Two receptor-like genes, Vfa1 and Vfa2, confer resistance to the fungal pathogen Venturia inaequalis inciting apple scab disease

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 448-458

  Malnoy, Mickael ^a,d   Xu, Mingliang ^b,c   Borejsza Wysocka, Ewa ^a   Korban, Schuyler S ^b   Aldwinckle, Herb S ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d RESEARCH AND INNOVATION CENTRE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Vf gene

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; T DNA; T-DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INNATE IMMUNITY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLOIDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; ROSACEAE; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ASCOMYCOTA; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BLOTTING, WESTERN; DNA, BACTERIAL; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MODELS, GENETIC; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLOIDIES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; ROSACEAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM; MALUS FLORIBUNDA; MALUS X DOMESTICA; RHIZOBIUM; VENTURIA INAEQUALIS;

EID: 42049109484     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-21-4-0448     Document Type: Article

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