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Looking For The Forest And The Trees: Exercises To Provoke Abstract Thinking, Boriana Marintcheva
Looking For The Forest And The Trees: Exercises To Provoke Abstract Thinking, Boriana Marintcheva
Biological Sciences Faculty Publications
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The Amino Acid Permeases Aap3 And Aap6 Are Involved In Root-Knot Nematode Parasitism Of Arabidopsis, Heather H. Marella, Erik Nielsen, Daniel P. Schachtman, Christopher G. Taylor
The Amino Acid Permeases Aap3 And Aap6 Are Involved In Root-Knot Nematode Parasitism Of Arabidopsis, Heather H. Marella, Erik Nielsen, Daniel P. Schachtman, Christopher G. Taylor
Biological Sciences Faculty Publications
The root-knot nematode, Meloidogyne incognita, is an obligate parasite which depends entirely on the host plant for its nutrition. Root-knot nematodes induce the formation of a highly specialized feeding site consisting of several giant cells surrounded by a network of vascular tissues. Nutrients, including amino acids and sugars, are transferred apoplastically from the vascular tissues to the feeding site. Using Arabidopsis thaliana lacking the vascular-expressed amino acid permeases (AAP) AAP3 or AAP6, we demonstrate that disruption of amino acid transport can affect nematode parasitism. Nematode infestation levels are significantly reduced on the aap3 and aap6 mutants. AAP3 and AAP6 …