Genetic engineering for fungal and bacterial diseases

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 208-214

  Shah, Dilip M ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; COMPLEMENT; PEPTIDE; PROTEIN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGRICULTURE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLONING; CROP; DISEASE RESISTANCE; DISSECTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR CLONING; MYCOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0030948378     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(97)80104-8     Document Type: Article

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