Cytoskeleton functions in plant-microbe interactions

Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 71, Issue 4-6, 2007, Pages 135-148

  Schmidt, Sarah Maria ^a   Panstruga, Ralph ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arbuscular mycorrhiza; Arbuscules; Haustorium; Host cell entry; Infection thread; Non host resistance; Prepenetration apparatus; Race specific resistance; Rhizobia; Spitzenk rper; Tip growth

Indexed keywords

ARBUSCULAR; RHIZOBIACEAE;

EID: 44949146877     PISSN: 08855765     EISSN: 10961178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2008.01.001     Document Type: Review

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