Magnaporthe grisea pathogenicity genes obtained through insertional mutagenesis

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 404-412

  Sweigard, James A ^a   Carroll, Anne M ^a   Farrall, Leonard ^a   Chumley, Forrest G ^a   Valent, Barbara ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CLONING; FUNGAL GENE; GENE INTEGRATION; HYGROMYCIN; INSERTIONAL MUTAGENESIS; PATHOGENICITY; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE; RICE;

ERAGROSTIS CURVULA; FUNGI; HORDEUM VULGARE SUBSP. VULGARE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 0032078281     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.1998.11.5.404     Document Type: Article

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