A mating-induced protein of Phytophthora infestans is a member of a family of elicitors with divergent structures and stage-specific patterns of expression

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 926-935

  Fabritius, Anna Liisa ^a,b   Judelson, Howard S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Oomycete; Oosporogenesis; Potato late blight

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; FUNGI; PHYTOPHTHORA; PHYTOPHTHORA INFESTANS; PHYTOPHTHORA SOJAE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0141453421     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2003.16.10.926     Document Type: Article

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