The plant immune system has been explored essentially through the study of qualitative
resistance, a simple form of immunity, and from a reductionist point of view. The recent …

Lanthipeptides are ribosomally synthesized and post-translationally modified peptides
characterized by lanthionine (Lan) and/or methyllanthionine (MeLan) residues. Four classes …

Quantitative disease resistance (QDR) represents the predominant form of resistance in
natural populations and crops. Surprisingly, very limited information exists on the …

Nitrogen (N) remobilization is an important physiological process that supports the growth
and development of trees. However, in evergreen broad-leaved tree species, such as citrus …

Plants perceive externally produced microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) and
endogenously produced danger-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) to activate …

The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringae secretes multiple effectors that modulate plant
defenses. Some effectors trigger defenses due to specific recognition by plant immune …

Pseudokinases are thought to lack phosphotransfer activity due to altered canonical catalytic
residues within their kinase domain. However, a subset of pseudokinases maintain activity …

We adopted a systems-based approach to determine the role of two Candidatus Liberibacter
asiaticus (C Las) proteins, LasP 235 and Effector 3, in Huanglongbing (HLB) pathogenesis …

Genome sequence analyses predicted the presence of effectors in the gram-negative
Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus (C Las) even without the presence of a classical type III …

Among the numerous signaling pathways triggered by plasma membrane-localized
receptors in plant cells, the cell wall integrity pathways (CWI) primarily orchestrate changes …