Adaptive evolution has targeted the C-terminal domain of the RXLR effectors of plant pathogenic oomycetes

Plant Signaling and Behavior

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 251-253

  Win, Joe ^a   Kamoun, Sophien ^a  

^a SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Effectors; Gene families; Plant microbe interactions; Positive selection

Indexed keywords

OOMYCETES;

EID: 42549146892     PISSN: 15592316     EISSN: 15592324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/psb.3.4.5182     Document Type: Article

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