Small scale functional genomics of the blackleg fungus, Leptosphaeria maculans: Analysis of a 38 kb region

Australasian Plant Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 511-519

  Idnurm, Alexander ^a,d   Taylor, Janet L ^b   Pedras, M Soledade C ^c   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Expressed sequence tags; Pathogenicity, synteny; Secondary metabolite

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRASSICA; BRASSICA JUNCEA; BRASSICA NAPUS; FUNGI; LEPTOSPHAERIA; LEPTOSPHAERIA BICOLOR; LEPTOSPHAERIA MACULANS; MYXOGASTRIA; SINAPIS ARVENSIS;

EID: 0346307165     PISSN: 08153191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/AP03057     Document Type: Article

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