Mutualistic fungal endophytes express a proteinase that is homologous to proteases suspected to be important in fungal pathogenicity

Plant Physiology

Volumn 111, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1209-1218

  Reddy, Ponaka V ^a   Lam, Cuong K ^a   Belanger, Faith C ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EPICHLOE FESTUCAE; EUKARYOTA; FESTUCA; FESTUCA RUBRA SUBSP. RUBRA; FUNGI; HEXAPODA; LOLIUM PERENNE; NEMATODA; NEOTYPHODIUM LOLII; POA SECUNDA; POACEAE;

EID: 0030220480     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.111.4.1209     Document Type: Article

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