Structural and functional analysis of an oligomeric hydrophobin gene from Claviceps purpurea

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-41

  Mey, Géraldine ^a,c   Correia, Telmo ^a   Oeser, Birgitt ^a   Kershaw, Michael J ^b   Garre, Victoriano ^a,d   Arntz, Claudia ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^b   Tudzynski, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCOMYCOTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLAVICEPS; CLAVICEPS PURPUREA; FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SECALE CEREALE;

EID: 0037233062     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1364-3703.2003.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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