The CPKA gene of Magnaporthe grisea is essential for appressorial penetration

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 187-194

  Xu, Jin Rong ^a   Urban, Martin ^a   Sweigard, James A ^b   Hamer, John E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0030901869     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.2.187     Document Type: Article

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