The Cf-4 and Cf-9 resistance genes against Cladosporium fulvum are conserved in wild tomato species

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 18, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1011-1021

  Kruijt, Marco ^a   Kip, Diana J ^a   Joosten, Matthieu H A J ^a   Brandwagt, Bas F ^a,b   De Wit, Pierre J G M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Van Zanten Research   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CLADOSPORIUM; CLASSIFICATION; GENE; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOMATO;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLADOSPORIUM; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, PLANT; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENES, PLANT; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

CLADOSPORIUM; CLADOSPORIUM FULVUM; FUNGI; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; LYCOPERSICON HIRSUTUM; LYCOPERSICON PIMPINELLIFOLIUM;

EID: 23844490485     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-18-1011     Document Type: Article

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