NRSA-1: A resistance gene homolog expressed in roots of non-host plants following parasitism by Striga asiatica (witchweed)

Plant Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 217-230

  Gowda, Bhavani S ^a   Riopel, James L ^a   Timko, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDNA LIBRARY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DNA AMPLIFICATION; GEL BLOT ANALYSIS; JASMONIC ACID; PARASITISM; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION; RESISTANCE MANAGEMENT; RNA; SALICYLIC ACID;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANT ROOTS; PLANTS; RNA, PLANT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ANIMALIA; STRIGA; STRIGA ASIATICA; TAGETES ERECTA;

EID: 0033213385     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.1999.00598.x     Document Type: Article

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