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ArticleJournal of experimental botany2017

The Medicago truncatula GRAS protein RAD1 supports arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis and Phytophthora palmivora susceptibility.

Thomas Rey, Maxime Bonhomme, Abhishek Chatterjee, Aleksandr Gavrin, Justine Toulotte, Weibing Yang, Olivier André, Christophe Jacquet, Sebastian Schornack

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Article in Journal of experimental botany, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Thomas ReyUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Maxime BonhommeLaboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), France.
Abhishek ChatterjeeUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Aleksandr GavrinUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Justine ToulotteUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Weibing YangUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
Olivier AndréLaboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), France.
Christophe JacquetLaboratoire de Recherche en Sciences Végétales, Université de Toulouse, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Paul Sabatier (UPS), France.
Sebastian SchornackUniversity of Cambridge, Sainsbury Laboratory, UK.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The roots of most land plants are colonized by symbiotic arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi. To facilitate this symbiosis, plant genomes encode a set of genes required for microbial perception and accommodation. However, the extent to which infection by filamentous root pathogens also relies on some of these genes remains an open question. Here, we used genome-wide association mapping to identify genes contributing to colonization of Medicago truncatula roots by the pathogenic oomycete Phytophthora palmivora. Single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markers most significantly associated with plant colonization response were identified upstream of RAD1, which encodes a GRAS transcription regulator first negatively implicated in root nodule symbiosis and recently identified as a positive regulator of AM symbiosis. RAD1 transcript levels are up-regulated both in response to AM fungus and, to a lower extent, in infected tissues by P. palmivora where its expression is restricted to root cortex cells proximal to pathogen hyphae. Reverse genetics showed that reduction of RAD1 transcript levels as well as a rad1 mutant are impaired in their full colonization by AM fungi as well as by P. palmivora. Thus, the importance of RAD1 extends beyond symbiotic interactions, suggesting a general involvement in M. truncatula microbe-induced root development and interactions with unrelated beneficial and detrimental filamentous microbes.

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Gene Expression Regulation, PlantDisease SusceptibilityEndodeoxyribonucleasesGenome-Wide Association StudyHost-Pathogen InteractionsMedicago truncatulaMycorrhizaePhytophthoraPlant DiseasesPlant ProteinsSymbiosisEndodeoxyribonucleasesPlant ProteinsArbuscular mycorrhizagenome-wide association mappinghost susceptibilityMedicago truncatulaMtSymSCL3oomycetePhytophthora palmivoraRAD1root colonizationsymbiosis

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PMID29186498
PMCPMC5854134
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