Moving targets: rapid evolution of oomycete effectors

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 507-510

  Soanes, Darren M ^a   Talbot, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; RXLR EER EFFECTOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CYTOPLASM; EVOLUTION; FUNGAL GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OOMYCETES; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT; PLANT CELL; PLANT DEFENSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SHORT SURVEY;

ALGAL PROTEINS; AMINO ACID MOTIFS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; OOMYCETES; PLANT DISEASES; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

OOMYCETES;

EID: 54849411219     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2008.08.002     Document Type: Short Survey

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