The role of oomycete effectors in plantpathogen interactions

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 919-925

  Hardham, Adrienne R ^a   Cahill, David M ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

enzyme inhibitors; pathogens; Phytophthora; plant microbe interactions; plant pathogen interactions

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; CHEMICAL STRATEGY; DEGRADING ENZYMES; DIVERSE RANGE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT CELL CYTOPLASM; PLANT DEFENCE; PLANT ENZYMES; PLANT PATHOGEN; PLANT RESISTANCE; PLANT STRUCTURES; PLANT TISSUES; PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS; PLANT-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS;

BACTERIA; CATALYSTS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYMES; PLANT CELL CULTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

PATHOGENS;

CYTOPLASM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FUNGAL DISEASE; HOST PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MICROORGANISM; PLANT DEFENSE; PROTEIN; SECRETION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; OOMYCETES; PHYTOPHTHORA;

EID: 77957779522     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP10073     Document Type: Review

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