Groovy times: filamentous pathogen effectors revealed

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 358-365

  Kamoun, Sophien ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAL PROTEIN; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL PROTEIN;

CLASSIFICATION; FUNGUS; MICROBIOLOGY; OOMYCETES; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

ALGAL PROTEINS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

FUNGI; OOMYCETES;

EID: 34547221947     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2007.04.017     Document Type: Review

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