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Fungal and plant gene expression in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

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Abstract

Arbuscular mycorrhizas (AMs) are a unique example of symbiosis between two eukaryotes, soil fungi and plants. This association induces important physiological changes in each partner that lead to reciprocal benefits, mainly in nutrient supply. The symbiosis results from modifications in plant and fungal cell organization caused by specific changes in gene expression. Recently, much effort has gone into studying these gene expression patterns to identify a wider spectrum of genes involved. We aim in this review to describe AM symbiosis in terms of current knowledge on plant and fungal gene expression profiles.

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The authors apologize to those whose work was not cited because of space limitations. They thank Paola Bonfante and Silvia Perotto for critically reading the manuscript, Robert Milne for the linguistic revision, Marta Vallino for Fig. 1, the editor and reviewers for constructive suggestions. They acknowledge support by IPP-CNR, CEBIOVEM (D.M. 17/10/2003), Italian FIRB (RBNE01KZE7), and Regione Piemonte (CIPE B74) projects.

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Balestrini, R., Lanfranco, L. Fungal and plant gene expression in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Mycorrhiza 16, 509–524 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00572-006-0069-2

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