Plant strategies for resistance to pathogens

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 208-213

  Maleck, Klaus ^a   Lawton, Kay ^a  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANKYRIN; PLANT DNA; SALICYLIC ACID; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARABIDOPSIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PLANT VIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ARABIDOPSIS;

EID: 0031895079     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80117-1     Document Type: Article

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