Evolving disease resistance genes

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 129-134

  Meyers, Blake C ^a   Kaushik, Shail ^a   Nandety, Raja Sekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

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EID: 14744271279     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2005.01.002     Document Type: Review

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