Macromolecule exchange in Cuscuta-host plant interactions

Current Opinion in Plant Biology

Volumn 26, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-25

  Kim, Gunjune ^a   Westwood, James H ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUSCUTA; CUSCUTEAE;

MESSENGER RNA; PLANT RNA;

CUSCUTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION;

CUSCUTA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, PLANT;

EID: 84930633899     PISSN: 13695266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2015.05.012     Document Type: Review

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