Early events in host-pathogen interactions

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 312-319

  Grant, Murray ^a   Mansfield, John ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 0033179801     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80055-7     Document Type: Article

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