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gene_symbols:
  - VPY
gene_symbol_long: Vapyrin
gene_model_pub_name: ADC33495.1
gene_model_full_id: medtr.A17_HM341.gnm4.ann2.Medtr6g027840
confidence: 5
curators:
  - Steven Cannon
phenotype_synopsis: In Medicago truncatula, the Vapyrin (VPY) gene is essential for the establishment of the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis. Analyses of mutants shows that the same VPYgene is also required for rhizobial colonization and nodulation.  Plants mutated in this gene have abnormal rhizobial infection threads and fewer nodules, and in the case of interactions with AM fungi, epidermal penetration defects and aborted arbuscule formation.
traits:
  - entity_name: root nodule number
    entity: TO:0000900
  - entity_name: root system
    entity: PO:0025025
  - entity_name: root nodule
    entity: PO:0003023
references:
  - citation: Pumplin, Mondo et al., 2009
    doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.04072.x
    pmid: 19912567
  - citation: Oellrich, Walls et al., 2015
    doi: 10.1186/s13007-015-0053-y
    pmid: 25774204