Occurrence and properties of plant pathogenesis-related proteins

Pathogenesis-Related Proteins in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1-19

  van Loon, Leendert Cornelis ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420049299     Document Type: Chapter

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