The Pseudomonas syringae effector protein HopZ1a suppresses effector-triggered immunity

Alberto P Macho1, Carlos M Guevara1, Pablo Tornero2

  • 1Instituto de Hortofruticultura Subtropical y Mediterranea, Universidad de Málaga-Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (IHSM-UMA-CSIC), Depto Biología Celular, Genética y Fisiología, Campus de Teatinos, Málaga E-29071, Spain.

The New Phytologist
|July 20, 2010
PubMed

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