Fungal avirulence genes: Structure and possible functions

Fungal Genetics and Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 285-297

  Laugé, Richard ^a   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Avirulence; Cultivar specificity; Elicitor; Gene for gene; Plant receptor; Resistance; Species specificity; Two component system

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; CLADOSPORIUM; CULTIVAR; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; HOST; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIRULENCE;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MELAMPSORA LINI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE; RHYNCHOSPORIUM SECALIS; UROMYCES VIGNAE;

EID: 0032144322     PISSN: 10871845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/fgbi.1998.1076     Document Type: Review

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