TY - JOUR AU - Appiano, Michela AU - Catalano, Domenico AU - Santillán Martínez, Miguel AU - Lotti, Concetta AU - Zheng, Zheng AU - Visser, Richard G. F. AU - Ricciardi, Luigi AU - Bai, Yuling AU - Pavan, Stefano PY - 2015 DA - 2015/10/26 TI - Monocot and dicot MLO powdery mildew susceptibility factors are functionally conserved in spite of the evolution of class-specific molecular features JO - BMC Plant Biology SP - 257 VL - 15 IS - 1 AB - Specific members of the plant Mildew Locus O (MLO) protein family act as susceptibility factors towards powdery mildew (PM), a worldwide-spread fungal disease threatening many cultivated species. Previous studies indicated that monocot and dicot MLO susceptibility proteins are phylogenetically divergent. SN - 1471-2229 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12870-015-0639-6 DO - 10.1186/s12870-015-0639-6 ID - Appiano2015 ER -