title: Symbiotic phosphate transport in arbuscular mycorrhizas.
abstract: Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi colonize the root systems of most land plants and modulate plant growth by enhancing the availability of nutrients, mainly phosphorus, for plant nutrition. Recently identified genes encoding mycorrhiza-specific plant phosphate transporters have enabled fundamental problems in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis research to be addressed. Because phosphate transport is a key feature of this symbiosis, the study of phosphate transport mechanisms and their gene regulation will further our understanding of the intimate interaction between the two symbiotic partners.
authors.affiliation: Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, Institute of Plant Sciences, Experimental Station Eschikon 33, 8315 Lindau, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Vladimir
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Karandashov
authors.forename: Marcel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bucher
mesh_terms: D005075:Biological Evolution; D001693:Biological Transport, Active / Q000502:physiology; D005656:Fungal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D038821:Mycorrhizae / Q000378:metabolism*; D028061:Phosphate Transport Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010802:Phylogeny; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000378:metabolism / Q000382:microbiology; D013559:Symbiosis / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005656:Fungal Proteins; D028061:Phosphate Transport Proteins; D010710:Phosphates; D010940:Plant Proteins