Plant-pathogen arms races at the molecular level

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 299-304

  Stahl, Eli A ^a   Bishop, John G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COEVOLUTION; DISEASE RESISTANCE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PLANT GENETICS; PLANT PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

EID: 0033917639     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(00)00083-2     Document Type: Review

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