Parallels in fungal pathogenesis on plant and animal hosts

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1941-1949

  Sexton, Adrienne C ^a   Howlett, Barbara J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; FUNGUS; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; FUNGI; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOSES; PLANT DISEASES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33845647653     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00277-06     Document Type: Short Survey

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