Expression and function of PR-protein genes in transgenic plants

Pathogenesis-Related Proteins in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 261-277

  Datta, Karabi ^a   Muthukrishnan, Subbaratnam ^b   Datta, Swapan K ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002203074     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420049299     Document Type: Chapter

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