Mycotoxins reveal connections between plants and animals in apoptosis and ceramide signaling

Cell Death and Differentiation

Volumn 4, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 689-698

  Gilchrist, David G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

AAL toxins; Alternaria alternata f. sp. lycopersici; Disease resistance; Fumonisins; Fusarium moniliforme; Host selective toxins

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344747126     PISSN: 13509047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400312     Document Type: Article

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