Emerging concepts in effector biology of plant-associated organisms

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 115-122

  Hogenhout, Saskia A ^a   Van Der Hoorn, Renier A L ^b   Terauchi, Ryohei ^c   Kamoun, Sophien ^d  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

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

^c IWATE BIOTECHNOLOGY RESEARCH CENTER   (Japan)

^d SAINSBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; REVIEW;

HOST-PARASITE INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR MIMICRY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS;

EID: 59749094857     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-22-2-0115     Document Type: Review

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