Quorum quenching and proactive host defense

Trends in Plant Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 238-244

  Zhang, Lian Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038000510     PISSN: 13601385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1360-1385(03)00063-3     Document Type: Review

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