ArticlePlanta2005
Aquaporins in poplar: what a difference a symbiont makes!
Article in Planta, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 144 citations in OpenAlex.
- Fungal highways to water: Mechanisms of drought tolerance in arbuscular and ectomycorrhizal symbioses.Mycorrhiza · 2026Review
- Inoculation with Ericoid Mycorrhizal Associations Alleviates Drought Stress in Lowland and Upland Velvetleaf Blueberry (Plants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Ethylene enhances root water transport and aquaporin expression in trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) exposed to root hypoxia.BMC plant biology · 2021Article
- Pb Stress and Ectomycorrhizas: Strong Protective Proteomic Responses in Poplar Roots Inoculated withInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2021Article
- Arbuscular Mycorrhiza-Mediated Regulation of Polyamines and Aquaporins During Abiotic Stress: Deep Insights on the Recondite Players.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Review
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- Fungal Aquaporins in Ectomycorrhizal Root Water Transport.Frontiers in plant science · 2020Article
- Local root ABA/cytokinin status and aquaporins regulate poplar responses to mild drought stress independently of the ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor.Journal of experimental botany · 2019Article
- Regulation of the leaf proteome by inoculation of Populus × canescens with two Paxillus involutus isolates differing in root colonization rates.Mycorrhiza · 2019Article
- Mechanistic Insights into Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi-Mediated Drought Stress Tolerance in Plants.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019Review
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- Trees, fungi and bacteria: tripartite metatranscriptomics of a root microbiome responding to soil contamination.Microbiome · 2018Article
- Regulation of aquaporins in plants under stress.Biological research · 2018Review
- Hydraulic conductivity and aquaporin transcription in roots of trembling aspen (Populus tremuloides) seedlings colonized by Laccaria bicolor.Mycorrhiza · 2016Article
- Ectomycorrhizal fungal communities associated with Populus simonii and Pinus tabuliformis in the hilly-gully region of the Loess Plateau, China.Scientific reports · 2016Article
- Over-expression of AQUA1 in Populus alba Villafranca clone increases relative growth rate and water use efficiency, under Zn excess condition.Plant cell reports · 2016Article
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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The formation of ectomycorrhizas, a tight association between fine roots of trees and certain soil fungi, improves plant nutrition in a nutrient-limited environment and may increase plant survival under water stress conditions. To investigate the impact of mycorrhiza formation on plant water uptake, seven genes coding for putative water channel proteins (aquaporins) were isolated from a poplar ectomycorrhizal cDNA library. Four out of the seven genes were preferentially expressed in roots. Mycorrhiza formation resulted in an increased transcript level for three of these genes, two of which are the most prominently expressed aquaporins in roots. When expressed in Xenopus laevis oocytes, the corresponding proteins of both genes were able to transport water. Together, these data indicate, that the water transport capacity of the plasma membrane of root cells is strongly increased in mycorrhized plants. Measurements of the hydraulic conductance of intact root systems revealed an increased water transport capacity of mycorrhized poplar roots. These data, however, also indicate that changes in the properties of the plasma membrane as well as those of the apoplast are responsible for the increased root hydraulic conductance in ectomycorrhizal symbiosis.
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