The role of melanin production in Gaeumannomyces graminis infection of cereal plants

Melanin: Biosynthesis, Functions and Health Effects

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 139-165

  Fouly, Hanafy ^a   Henning, Shelby ^b   Radwan, Osman ^b   Wilkinson, Henry ^b   Martin, Bruce ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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