The wheat Mla homologue TmMla1 exhibits an evolutionarily conserved function against powdery mildew in both wheat and barley

Plant Journal

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 610-621

  Jordan, Tina ^a   Seeholzer, Sabine ^a,c   Schwizer, Simon ^a,d   Töller, Armin ^b   Somssich, Imre E ^b   Keller, Beat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PLANT BREEDING RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Baxter AG   (Switzerland)

^d United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research   (United States)

Author keywords

barley; CC NB LRR; powdery mildew; resistance function; resistance gene evolution; wheat

Indexed keywords

BARLEY; CC-NB-LRR; POWDERY MILDEW; RESISTANCE FUNCTION; RESISTANCE GENE EVOLUTION; WHEAT;

ECOSYSTEMS; FUNGI; GENES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

TRANSCRIPTION;

MLA1 PROTEIN, HORDEUM VULGARE; PLANT DNA; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASCOMYCETES; BARLEY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASE; PLOIDY; WHEAT;

ASCOMYCOTA; DNA, PLANT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, PLANT; HORDEUM; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS; PLOIDIES; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC; TRITICUM;

BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. HORDEI; BLUMERIA GRAMINIS F. SP. TRITICI; ERYSIPHALES; HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 79551631084     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: 1365313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04445.x     Document Type: Article

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