Céline Pesce

TL;DR: It is predicted and validated that expression of OsSWEET14 is induced by a novel TAL effector, Tal5, from an African Xoo strain, and efficiently complemented an Xoo talC mutant, demonstrating that specific induction of OsC is the key target of TalC.

TL;DR: Data indicate that roots as a site of energy production and synthesis of various secondary metabolites may actively influence the composition and colonisation level of root-associated microbes and emphasize the accumulation of jasmonic acid, pipecolic acid and/or the downstream mediator of hydrogen peroxide as long distal signals from infected leaves to roots.

TL;DR: It is shown that the hydrolase CbsA acts as a phenotypic switch between vascular and nonvascular plant pathogenesis, demonstrating how the gain and loss of single loci can facilitate the evolution of complex ecological traits.

TL;DR: Two factors potentially involved in signaling between Frankia casuarinae and its actinorhizal host Casuarinina glauca are studied and it is shown that CgRHDF and CgNINA corresponded to small thermoresistant molecules, indicating structural differences from rhizobial Nod factors (NFs) or mycorrhizal Myc-LCOs.

TL;DR: In this article, the genome of the pathotype strain CFBP 2541 was sequenced in order to decipher mechanisms that provoke disease and to elucidate the role of transcription activator-like (TAL) type III effectors in pathogenicity.