Challenges and progress towards understanding the role of effectors in plant-fungal interactions

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 477-482

  Rafiqi, Maryam ^a   Ellis, Jeffrey G ^b   Ludowici, Victoria A ^c   Hardham, Adrienne R ^c   Dodds, Peter N ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; FUNGUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

ERYSIPHALES; FUNGI;

EID: 84864503262     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.05.003     Document Type: Review

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