Dissecting endophytic lifestyle along the parasitism/mutualism continuum in Arabidopsis

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue , 2016, Pages 103-112

  Fesel, Philipp H ^a   Zuccaro, Alga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOPHYTIC FUNGUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC MANIPULATION; INNATE IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARASITISM; PERENNIAL RYEGRASS; PLANT FUNGUS INTERACTION; PLANT IMMUNITY; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS; SYMPTOM; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCETES; BASIDIOMYCETES; ENDOPHYTE; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCOTA; BASIDIOMYCOTA; ENDOPHYTES; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SYMBIOSIS;

EID: 84973137242     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.05.008     Document Type: Review

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