Common infection strategies of plant and animal pathogenic bacteria

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 312-319

  Büttner, Daniela ^a   Bonas, Ulla ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0042071205     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5266(03)00064-5     Document Type: Review

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