Molecular physiology of peribacteroid membrane proteins in lotus japonicus

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Michael Udvardi
• Subject Area: Organismic Interactions, Chemical Ecology and Microbiomes of Plant Systems
• Term: from 1999 to 2007
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 5174228

• Final Report Year: 2007

Final Report Abstract

An efficient system has been established to epitope-tag, express, and localise transporters and other proteins in Lotus nodules, which will facilitate cell biology and functional genomics in this model species. While research towards other aims was less fruitful, Maren Wandrey took the opportunity to develop her skills in bioinformatics, which had a positive impact on other research in our group and led to co-authorship for her on a number of publications, listed above.

Publications

• (2004) Molecular and cell biology of a family of VDAC porins in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol. 13, 182-93
  Wandrey, M., Trevaskis, B., Brewin, N. and Udvardi, M.K.
  
• (2005) The sulfate transporter SST1 is crucial for symbiotic nitrogen fixation in Lotus japonicus root nodules. Plant Cell 17, 1625-36
  Krusell, L., Krause, K., Ott, T., Desbrosses, G., Kramer, U., Sato, S., Nakamura, Y., Tabata, S., James, E.K., Sandal, N., Stougaard, J., Kawaguchi, M., Miyamoto, A., Suganuma, N., Udvardi, M.K.
  
• (2007) Legume Transcription Factors: Global Regulators of Plant Development and Response to the Environment. Plant Physiol.
  Udvardi, M. K., Kakar, K., Wandrey, M., Montanari, O., Murray, J. , Andriankaja, A., Zhang, J. -Y., Benedito, V., Hofer, J. M. I., Chueng, F., Town, C. D.
  
• (2007) Phosphorus Stress in Common Bean: Root Transcript and Metabolic Responses. Plant Physiol.
  Hernandez, G., Ramirez, M., Valdes-Lopez, O., Tesfaye, M., Graham, M. A., Czechowski, T., Schlereth, A., Wandrey, M., Erban, A., Cheung, F., Wu, H. C., Lara, M., Town, C. D., Kopka, J., Udvardi, M. K., Vance, C. P.