A5032070315- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
- Herbal Medicine Research Studies
- Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
- Dermatology and Skin Diseases
- Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
- Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
- Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
University of Chicago
2012-2016
Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
2008-2012
Much is known about the evolution of plant immunity components directed against specific pathogen strains: They show pervasive functional variation and have potential to coevolve with populations. However, plants are effectively protected most microbes by generalist that detect conserved pathogen-associated molecular patterns (PAMPs) control onset PAMP-triggered immunity. In Arabidopsis thaliana, receptor kinase flagellin sensing 2 (FLS2) confers recognition bacterial (flg22) activates a...
A first line of defense against pathogen attack for both plants and animals involves the detection microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs), followed by induction a complex immune response. Plants, like animals, encode several receptors that recognize different MAMPs. While these are thought to function largely redundantly, physiological responses MAMPs can differ in detail. Responses MAMP exposure evolve quantitatively natural populations Arabidopsis thaliana, perhaps response...