Heterologous expression of Septoria lycopersici tomatinase in Cladosporium fulvum: Effects on compatible and incompatible interactions with tomato seedlings

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 228-236

  Melton, Rachel E ^a   Flegg, Lynda M ^b   Brown, James K M ^c   Oliver, Richard P ^d   Daniels, Michael J ^a   Osbourn, Anne E ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

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EID: 0032031509     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.3.228     Document Type: Article

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