RNA silencing in the phytopathogenic fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 769-776

  Kadotani, Naoki ^a   Nakayashiki, Hitoshi ^a   Tosa, Yukio ^a   Mayama, Shigeyuki ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

RNA interference (RNAi)

Indexed keywords

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MAGNAPORTHE ORYZAE;

EID: 0043195647     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.9.769     Document Type: Article

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