The role of secreted proteins in diseases of plants caused by rust, powdery mildew and smut fungi

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 326-331

  Ellis, Jeffrey G ^a   Dodds, Peter N ^a   Lawrence, Gregory J ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIRULENCE PROTEIN; FUNGAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YY1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BARLEY; CELL NUCLEUS; DISEASE RESISTANCE; FLAX; FUNGUS; GENE EXPRESSION; HAUSTORIUM; HOST CELL; INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLANT DISEASE; POWDERY MILDEW; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REVIEW; RUST (PLANT DISEASE); SMUT (PLANT DISEASE); VIRULENCE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; VIRULENCE;

ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; HORDEUM; MELAMPSORA LINI;

EID: 34548646724     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2007.05.015     Document Type: Review

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