MPG1, a gene encoding a fungal hydrophobin of Magnaporthe grisea, is involved in surface recognition

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 450-456

  Beckerman, Janna L ^a   Ebbole, Daniel J ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0030219723     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-9-0450     Document Type: Article

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