Armchair Biology

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Sunday, 22 April 2012

What is this 'effector' thing, anyway?

In which I opine about the definition of (plant) pathogen effectors.

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Labels: avirulence, biology, disease, effectors, pathology, plant pathology, plants, science, systems biology

Not a facelift, just a bit of Botox

In which I decide that even I can't face reading blogposts in the old template style, so make a change.
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