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Magical mystery tour: MLO proteins in plant immunity and beyond.
The New phytologist - 1 Oct 2014
Acevedo-Garcia Johanna, Kusch Stefan, Panstruga Ralph
Abstract excerpt
Stable heritable restriction of the ubiquitous powdery mildew disease is a desirable trait for agri and horticulture. In barley (Hordeum vulgare), loss-of-function mutant alleles of the Mildew resistance locus o (Mlo) gene confer broad-spectrum resistance to almost all known isolates of the fungal barley powdery mildew pathogen, Blumeria graminis f.sp. hordei. Despite extensive cultivation of barley mlo...
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