Genetics of plant-pathogen interactions

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 202-207

  Ji, Cheng ^a   Jennifer, Smith Becker ^a   Noel T, Keen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; RECEPTOR; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGRICULTURE; ARABIDOPSIS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ARABIDOPSIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0344352462     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0958-1669(98)80116-X     Document Type: Article

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