Chitin and glucans detected in the cell walls of Pythium dimorphum - An oomycetous fungus

European Journal of Forest Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 315-321

  Asiegbu, F O ^a   Lonneborg A ^b   Johansson, M ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYTHIUM DIMORPHUM;

EID: 0030479753     PISSN: 03001237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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