Recent progress in RXLR effector research

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1063-1072

  Anderson, Ryan G ^a   Deb, Devdutta ^a   Fedkenheuer, Kevin ^a   McDowell, John M ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

EVOLUTION; GENETICS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; OOMYCETES; PATHOGENICITY; PERONOSPORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT; PLANT DISEASE; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; VIRULENCE;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; OOMYCETES; PERONOSPORA; PHYTOPHTHORA; PLANT DISEASES; PLANTS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84945181664     PISSN: 08940282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-01-15-0022-CR     Document Type: Review

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