Plant chitinases (PR-3, PR-4, PR-8, PR-11)

Pathogenesis-Related Proteins in Plants

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 77-105

  Neuhaus, Jean Marc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEUCHÂTEL   (Switzerland)

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DOI: 10.1201/9781420049299     Document Type: Chapter

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