Cloning and expression of the cutinase A gene of Botrytis cinerea

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-29

  Van Der Vlugt Bergmans, C J B ^a   Wagemakers, C A M ^a   Van Kan, J A L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

grey mold; pathogenicity gene

Indexed keywords

BOTRYTIS CINEREA;

EID: 0031037580     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1997.10.1.21     Document Type: Conference Paper

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