Optical measurements of invasive forces exerted by appressoria of a plant pathogenic fungus

Science

Volumn 285, Issue 5435, 1999, Pages 1896-1899

  Bechinger, Clemens ^a   Giebel, Karl Friedrich ^a   Schnell, Martin ^a   Leiderer, Paul ^a   Deising, Holger B ^b   Bastmeyer, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; COLLETOTRICHUM; ELASTICITY; FUNGUS; MYCOSIS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THICKNESS;

COLLETOTRICHUM; FUNGI; GLOMERELLA GRAMINICOLA; GRAMINICOLA;

EID: 0033578680     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.285.5435.1896     Document Type: Article

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