Recognition and signal transduction associated with R gene-mediated resistance

Natural Resistance Mechanisms of Plants to Viruses

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 73-98

  Caplan, J ^a   Dinesh Kumar, S P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3780-5_4     Document Type: Chapter

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