Structure, evolution and functional inference on the Mildew Locus O (MLO) gene family in three cultivated Cucurbitaceae spp.

BMC Genomics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Iovieno, Paolo ^a   Andolfo, Giuseppe ^a   Schiavulli, Adalgisa ^b   Catalano, Domenico ^b   Ricciardi, Luigi ^c   Frusciante, Luigi ^a   Ercolano, Maria Raffaella ^a   Pavan, Stefano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cucurbitaceae; Evolution; MLO; Powdery mildew; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; MILDEW LOCUS O PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEGETABLE PROTEIN; PLANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUCURBITACEAE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MLO GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MUSKMELON; NONHUMAN; PLANT GENE; PLANT GENOME; PLANT LEAF; PODOSPHAERA; PODOSPHAERA XANTHII; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PURIFYING SELECTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; WATERMELON; ZUCCHINI; ASCOMYCETES; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT DISEASE;

ASCOMYCOTA; CUCURBITACEAE; PHYLOGENY; PLANT DISEASES; PLANT PROTEINS;

EID: 84951985536     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-2325-3     Document Type: Article

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