An investigation into the involvement of defense signaling pathways in components of the nonhost resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana to rust fungi also reveals a model system for studying rust fungal compatibility

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 398-404

  Mellersh, Denny G ^a   Heath, Michèle C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; NICOTIANA TABACUM; PUCCINIA; PUCCINIA HELIANTHI; UREDINALES; UROMYCES; UROMYCES APPENDICULATUS; UROMYCES VIGNAE;

EID: 0037407594     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.5.398     Document Type: Article

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