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Role of melanin in appressorium function
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Metadata
- Authors
- Howard, R. J., & Ferrari, M. A.
- Venue
- Experimental Mycology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1989-12
- Volume
- 13
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 403-418
- ISSN
- 0147-5975 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1977244215
- Cited by
- 314
- References
- 43
- FWCI
- 1.98
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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