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The MLA6 coiled-coil, NBS-LRR protein confers AvrMla6-dependent resistance specificity to Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei in barley and wheat

  1. Dennis Halterman1,2,
  2. Fasong Zhou4,
  3. Fusheng Wei2,3,
  4. Roger P. Wise1,2,3,*,
  5. Paul Schulze-Lefert4,†

Article first published online: 23 DEC 2001

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.00982.x

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Volume 25, Issue 3, pages 335–348, February 2001

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Halterman, D., Zhou, F., Wei, F., Wise, R. P. and Schulze-Lefert, P. (2001), The MLA6 coiled-coil, NBS-LRR protein confers AvrMla6-dependent resistance specificity to Blumeria graminis f. sp. hordei in barley and wheat. The Plant Journal, 25: 335–348. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.00982.x

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  1. 1

    Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research, USDA-ARS, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011–1020 USA,

  2. 2

    Department of Plant Pathology, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011–1020 USA,

  3. 3

    Interdepartmental Genetics Program, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011–1020 USA, and

  4. 4

    Sainsbury Laboratory, John Innes Centre, Colney Lane, Norwich NR4 7UH, UK

  1. †

    Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abteilung Biochemie, Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany.

* For correspondence (fax +515 294 9240; e-mail rpwise@iastate.edu).

  • †

    Present address: Max-Planck-Institut für Züchtungsforschung, Abteilung Biochemie, Carl-von-Linne-Weg 10, D-50829 Köln, Germany.

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  2. Article first published online: 23 DEC 2001
  3. Received 6 November 2000; accepted 13 December 2000.

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