The roles of plant phenolics in defence and communication during Agrobacterium and Rhizobium infection

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 705-719

  Bhattacharya, Amita ^a   Sood, Priyanka ^a   Citovsky, Vitaly ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF HIMALAYAN BIORESOURCE TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

PHENOLS; PLANTS; RHIZOBIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL;

AGROBACTERIUM; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 77956001365     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00625.x     Document Type: Review

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