The cAMP-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit is required for appressorium formation and pathogenesis by the rice blast pathogen Magnaporthe grisea

Plant Cell

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 1995, Pages 1869-1878

  Mitchell, Thomas K ^a,b   Dean, Ralph A ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; ANIMALIA; ASCOMYCOTA; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 0029411326     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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