Functional analysis of the asian soybean rust resistance pathway mediated by Rpp2

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-206

  Pandey, Ajay K ^a,b   Yang, Chunling ^b   Zhang, Chunquan ^b   Graham, Michelle A ^a,b   Horstman, Heidi D ^b   Lee, Yeunsook ^b   Zabotina, Olga A ^b   Hill, John H ^b   Pedley, Kerry F ^a   Whitham, Steven A ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BASIDIOMYCETES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE SILENCING; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; SOYBEAN;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENE SILENCING; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; SOYBEANS;

FUNGI; GLYCINE MAX; PHAKOPSORA PACHYRHIZI;

EID: 78651283209     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-08-10-0187     Document Type: Article

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