Fungal effectors and plant susceptibility

Annual Review of Plant Biology

Volumn 66, Issue , 2015, Pages 513-545

  Lo Presti, Libera ^a   Lanver, Daniel ^a   Schweizer, Gabriel ^a   Tanaka, Shigeyuki ^a   Liang, Liang ^a   Tollot, Marie ^a   Zuccaro, Alga ^a,b   Reissmann, Stefanie ^a   Kahmann, Regine ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR TERRESTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotroph; Hemibiotroph; Necrotroph; Pathogen; Secreted protein effectors; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

FUNGI;

FUNGAL PROTEIN;

FUNGUS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

FUNGAL PROTEINS; FUNGI; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; SYMBIOSIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84928892986     PISSN: 15435008     EISSN: 15452123     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-043014-114623     Document Type: Article

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