Mechanisms of nutrient acquisition and utilization during fungal infections of leaves

Annual Review of Phytopathology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2014, Pages 155-174

  Fernandez, Jessie ^a   Marroquin Guzman, Margarita ^a   Wilson, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotroph; Genetic regulation; Glucose metabolism; Hemibiotroph; Nitrogen metabolism

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL GENOME; FUNGUS; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF;

FUNGI; GENOME, FUNGAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MYCOSES; PLANT LEAVES;

EID: 84905505805     PISSN: 00664286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-102313-050135     Document Type: Article

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