Establishment of biotrophy by parasitic fungi and reprogramming of host cells for disease resistance

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 41, Issue , 2003, Pages 641-667

  Schulze Lefert, Paul ^a   Panstruga, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defense suppression; Haustorium; Pathogenesis; Powdery mildew; Resistance signaling

Indexed keywords

ALLELES; FUNGI; GENES, PLANT; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS;

ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; UREDINALES;

EID: 0242574337     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.41.061002.083300     Document Type: Review

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