Bacterial avirulence genes

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue , 1996, Pages 153-179

  Leach, Jan E ^a   White, Frank F ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

avirulence genes; avr; hrp genes; hypersensitive response; race specificity

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GLYCINE MAX; MAMMALIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE PV. GLYCINEA;

EID: 0029967989     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.34.1.153     Document Type: Review

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