Fungal endophytes of grasses

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 462-468

  Tanaka, Aiko ^a   Takemoto, Daigo ^a   Chujo, Tetsuya ^b   Scott, Barry ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENDOPHYTE; EPICHLOE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENE; PLANT LEAF; POACEAE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

ENDOPHYTES; EPICHLOE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; PLANT LEAVES; POACEAE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

FUNGI; POACEAE;

EID: 84864510113     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2012.03.007     Document Type: Review

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