Biomechanical model for appressorial design in Magnaporthe grisea

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-8

  Tongen, Anthony ^a   Goriely, Alain ^a   Tabor, Michael ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioelastic shell; Nonlinear elasticity; Rice blast fungus

Indexed keywords

BIOMECHANICS; CELL ORGANELLE; ELASTICITY; FUNGUS; PRESSURE EFFECT; RICE;

ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CONIDIUM; FUNGAL MORPHOLOGY; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS SPORE; FUNGUS TRANSMISSION; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR MODEL; PHENOMENOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RICE BLAST; TURGOR PRESSURE;

BIOMECHANICS; ELASTICITY; MAGNAPORTHE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORYZA SATIVA; PLANT DISEASES; PRESSURE;

FUNGI; MAGNAPORTHE GRISEA;

EID: 33646054098     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2005.08.014     Document Type: Article

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