Federica Locci

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors provide mechanistic insights into the crosstalk between signalling components of pattern-triggered immunity and their molecular linkers, and propose that the EDS1-PAD4-ADR1 node is a convergence point for defence signalling cascades, activated by both surface-resident and intracellular LRR receptors, in conferring pathogen immunity.

TL;DR: A mechanism that may control the homeostasis of OGs avoiding their deleterious hyper-accumulation is reported, and plants overexpressing OGOX1 are more resistant to Botrytis cinerea, pointing to a crucial role of OGOx enzymes in plant immunity.

TL;DR: A systematic comparison of components and T-DNA architectures for CRISPR-mediated gene editing in Arabidopsis, testing multiple promoters, terminators, sgRNA backbones and Cas9 alleles, identified a T- DNA architecture that usually results in stable mutations in the first generation after transformation.

TL;DR: The capacity to oxidize and impair the biological activity of cell wall-derived oligosaccharides seems to be a general trait of the family of BBE-like proteins, which may serve to homeostatically control the level of DAMPs to prevent their hyperaccumulation.

TL;DR: It is shown that AvrPto affectsonly a subset of the OG-triggered immune responses and that, among these responses, only a subset is affected by the concomitant loss of BAK1 and BKK1, revealing an unprecedented complexity among the MAMP/DAMP response cascades.