Gene cloning and tissue expression analysis of a PR-5 thaumatin-like protein in Phellinus weirii-infected Douglas-fir

Phytopathology

Volumn 94, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1235-1243

  Zamani, Arezoo ^a   Sturrock, Rona N ^a   Ekramoddoullah, Abul K M ^a   Liu, Jun Jun ^a   Yu, Xueshu ^a  

^a PACIFIC FORESTRY CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Defense related protein; Ectotrophic mycelium; Mass spectrometry analysis

Indexed keywords

ABIES; ARMILLARIA; ARMILLARIA OSTOYAE; CONIFEROPHYTA; EMBRYOPHYTA; EUKARYOTA; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; PHELLINIDIUM WEIRII; PHELLINUS; PHELLINUS WEIRII; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 7544228549     PISSN: 0031949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/PHYTO.2004.94.11.1235     Document Type: Article

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