Phylogenetic Characterization of the Eubacterial lcrD Gene Family: Molecular Evolutionary Aspects of Pathogen-induced Hypersensitivity in Plants

Cladistics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-62

  Brown, Eric W ^a,b   Allard, Marc W ^b   Van Der Zwet, Tom ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001927915     PISSN: 07483007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-0031.1998.tb00203.x     Document Type: Article

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