Plant disease resistance genes: Recent insights and potential applications

Trends in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 178-183

  McDowell, John M ^a   Woffenden, Bonnie J ^a  

^a Fralin Life Science Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS;

DISEASE RESISTANCE;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

PROTEIN;

DISEASE RESISTANCE;

BREEDING METHOD; CROP; DISEASE CONTROL; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT DISEASE RESISTANCE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0037384421     PISSN: 01677799     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7799(03)00053-2     Document Type: Review

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