Functional analysis of plant disease resistance genes and their downstream effectors

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-279

  Martin, Gregory B ^a  

^a United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENE RESISTANCE; IMMUNITY; LEUCINE RICH REPEAT; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION;

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EID: 0033180530     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(99)80049-1     Document Type: Article

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