Magical mystery tour: MLO proteins in plant immunity and beyond

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 273-281

  Acevedo Garcia, Johanna ^a   Kusch, Stefan ^a   Panstruga, Ralph ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Broadspectrum resistance; CRISPR; Hordeum vulgare; Membrane protein; Mlo (Mildew resistance locus o); Powdery mildew; TALEN

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS PROTEIN; MLO PROTEIN, HORDEUM VULGARE; VEGETABLE PROTEIN;

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ASCOMYCETES; GENE LOCUS; GENETICS; HORDEUM; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT IMMUNITY;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; ASCOMYCOTA; GENETIC LOCI; GENOME, PLANT; HORDEUM; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT IMMUNITY; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84923068258     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nph.12889     Document Type: Review

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