Co-evolutionary interactions between host resistance and pathogen effector genes in flax rust disease

Molecular Plant Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-102

  Ravensdale, Michael ^a   Nemri, Adnane ^a   Thrall, Peter H ^a   Ellis, Jeffrey G ^a   Dodds, Peter N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

BASIDIOMYCETES; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; FLAX; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW; VIRULENCE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FLAX; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PROTEIN INTERACTION DOMAINS AND MOTIFS; VIRULENCE;

LINUM USITATISSIMUM; MELAMPSORA LINI;

EID: 78649723391     PISSN: 14646722     EISSN: 13643703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1364-3703.2010.00657.x     Document Type: Review

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