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Dissection of Genetic Cell Programmes Driving Early Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Interactions

Pascale M. A. SeddasMarie TollotVivienne Gianinazzi-pearson

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[SDE] Environmental Sciences0106 biological sciences0303 health sciencesMolecular interactionsAppressoriumHyphabiologyEcology[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]fungibiology.organism_classification01 natural sciences[SDV] Life Sciences [q-bio]Arbuscular mycorrhizaGlomeromycota03 medical and health sciencesSymbiosisEvolutionary biology[SDE]Environmental SciencesSpore germination030304 developmental biology010606 plant biology & botany

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The persistence through evolution of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis between Glomeromycota and plants is probably due to a widespread molecular dialogue between the two partners. Most studies have focussed on established mycorrhizal systems whilst evidence for cellular commitment of the symbiotic partners during early developmental phases is recent. Whereas spore germination by AM fungi can occur spontaneously, subsequent hyphal branching, appressoria differentiation, root penetration and intraradical development leading to symbiosis establishment are under the control of molecular interactions between the two partners. In this chapter, recent work on AM fungus–plant interactions is presented in such a way as to highlight the subtlety of this ancestral molecular complicity between the two partners.

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2008-12-12
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-87978-7_3