Overexpression of an endogenous thionin enhances resistance of arabidopsis against Fusarium oxysporum

Plant Cell

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 509-520

  Epple, Petra ^a   Apel, Klaus ^a   Bohlmann, Holger ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; FUSARIUM OXYSPORUM;

EID: 0031128435     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.4.509     Document Type: Article

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