Zoospore interspecific signaling promotes plant infection by <it>Phytophthora</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Oomycetes attack a huge variety of economically and ecologically important plants. These pathogens release, detect and respond to signal molecules to coordinate their communal behaviors including the infection process. When signal mo...

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Main Authors: Zhou Zhaohui S, Lee Bobby WK, Richardson Patricia A, Tyler Brett M, Kong Ping, Hong Chuanxue
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-12-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/10/313