Characterization and evolutionary analysis of a large polygalacturonase gene family in the oomycete plant pathogen Phytophthora cinnamomi

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 907-921

  Götesson, Arvid ^a   Marshall, Jerry S ^a   Jones, David A ^a   Hardham, Adrienne R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA CINNAMOMI;

EID: 0036751423     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2002.15.9.907     Document Type: Article

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