The Melampsora lini AvrL567 avirulence genes are expressed in haustoria and their products are recognized inside plant cells

Plant Cell

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 755-768

  Dodds, Peter N ^a   Lawrence, Gregory J ^a   Catanzariti, Ann Maree ^a   Ayliffe, Michael A ^a   Ellis, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; DNA; FUNGUS RESISTANCE; GENES; PROTEINS;

PHENOTYPES; VIRULENCE;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGI; LINUM; LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MELAMPSORA; MELAMPSORA LINI; NICOTIANA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 1542542334     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.020040     Document Type: Article

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