Ancestral alliances: plant mutualistic symbioses with fungi and bacteria

FM Martin, S Uroz, DG Barker - Science, 2017 - science.org
BACKGROUND Among the extensive cortège of plant-associated microorganisms (the so-
called plant microbiota), mutualistic fungal and bacterial symbionts are striking examples of …

Cell and developmental biology of arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis

C Gutjahr, M Parniske - Annual review of cell and …, 2013 - annualreviews.org
The default mineral nutrient acquisition strategy of land plants is the symbiosis with
arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi. Research into the cell and developmental biology of AM …

Understanding the arbuscule at the heart of endomycorrhizal symbioses in plants

LH Luginbuehl, GED Oldroyd - Current Biology, 2017 - cell.com
Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi form associations with most land plants and facilitate nutrient
uptake from the soil, with the plant receiving mineral nutrients from the fungus and in return …

The continuum concept remains a useful framework for studying mycorrhizal functioning

NC Johnson, JH Graham - Plant and soil, 2013 - Springer
Background Recent studies have questioned the validity of the mutualism-parasitism
continuum of mycorrhizal function. This paper re-evaluates the continuum model and …

Long‐lasting impact of chitooligosaccharide application on strigolactone biosynthesis and fungal accommodation promotes arbuscular mycorrhiza in Medicago …

V Volpe, M Chialva, T Mazzarella, A Crosino… - New …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The establishment of arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) between plants and Glomeromycotina
fungi is preceded by the exchange of chemical signals: fungal released Myc‐factors …

RNA-seq transcriptional profiling of an arbuscular mycorrhiza provides insights into regulated and coordinated gene expression in Lotus japonicus and Rhizophagus …

Y Handa, H Nishide, N Takeda, Y Suzuki… - Plant and Cell …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Gene expression during arbuscular mycorrhizal development is highly orchestrated in both
plants and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. To elucidate the gene expression profiles of the …

Cellular programs for arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis

MJ Harrison - Current opinion in plant biology, 2012 - Elsevier
In arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM) symbiosis, AM fungi colonize root cortical cells to obtain
carbon from the plant, while assisting the plant with the acquisition of mineral nutrients from …

Remodeling of the infection chamber before infection thread formation reveals a two-step mechanism for rhizobial entry into the host legume root hair

J Fournier, A Teillet, M Chabaud, S Ivanov… - Plant …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
In many legumes, root entry of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing rhizobia occurs via host-constructed
tubular tip-growing structures known as infection threads (ITs). Here, we have used a …

Exocyst complexes multiple functions in plant cells secretory pathways

V Žárský, I Kulich, M Fendrych, T Pečenková - Current opinion in plant …, 2013 - Elsevier
Highlights•Multiplicity of exocyst complexes in land plants based on different EXO70
isoforms.•Exocysts function via exocytosis in polarity, cytokinesis, membrane recycling.•In …

A protein complex required for polar growth of rhizobial infection threads

CW Liu, A Breakspear, N Stacey, K Findlay… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
During root nodule symbiosis, intracellular accommodation of rhizobia by legumes is a
prerequisite for nitrogen fixation. For many legumes, rhizobial colonization initiates in root …