A barley ROP GTPase ACTIVATING PROTEIN associates with microtubules and regulates entry of the barley powdery mildew fungus into leaf epidermal cells

Plant Cell

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 2422-2439

  Hoefle, Caroline ^a   Huesmann, Christina ^a   Schultheiss, Holger ^b   Börnke, Frederik ^c   Hensel, Götz ^d   Kumlehn, Jochen ^d   Hückelhoven, Ralph ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF PLANT GENETICS AND CROP PLANT RESEARCH IPK   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS; ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI; HORDEUM; HORDEUM VULGARE;

EID: 79960857302     PISSN: 10404651     EISSN: 1532298X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1105/tpc.110.082131     Document Type: Article

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