Gregory B. Martin

Genomewide identification of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 promoters controlled by the HrpL alternative sigma factor.

Tomato transcription factors pti4, pti5, and pti6 activate defense responses when expressed in Arabidopsis.

Two distinct Pseudomonas effector proteins interact with the Pto kinase and activate plant immunity.

The tobacco salicylic acid-binding protein 3 (SABP3) is the chloroplast carbonic anhydrase, which exhibits antioxidant activity and plays a role in the hypersensitive defense response.

1H, 15N and 13C chemical shift assignments of the structured core of the pseudomonas effector protein AvrPto.

Comprehensive transcript profiling of Pto- and Prf-mediated host defense responses to infection by Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.

Pseudomonas type III effector AvrPtoB induces plant disease susceptibility by inhibition of host programmed cell death.

Overexpression of the disease resistance gene Pto in tomato induces gene expression changes similar to immune responses in human and fruitfly.

The complete genome sequence of the Arabidopsis and tomato pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.

Understanding the functions of plant disease resistance proteins.

Molecular basis of Pto-mediated resistance to bacterial speck disease in tomato.

The tomato transcription factor Pti4 regulates defense-related gene expression via GCC box and non-GCC box cis elements.

Two MAPK cascades, NPR1, and TGA transcription factors play a role in Pto-mediated disease resistance in tomato.

Silencing of subfamily I of protein phosphatase 2A catalytic subunits results in activation of plant defense responses and localized cell death.

Suppression of pathogen-inducible NO synthase (iNOS) activity in tomato increases susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae.

PeerGAD: a peer-review-based and community-centric web application for viewing and annotating prokaryotic genome sequences.

Strategies used by bacterial pathogens to suppress plant defenses.

The solution structure of type III effector protein AvrPto reveals conformational and dynamic features important for plant pathogenesis.

MAPKKKalpha is a positive regulator of cell death associated with both plant immunity and disease.

Applications and advantages of virus-induced gene silencing for gene function studies in plants.

Comprehensive EST analysis of tomato and comparative genomics of fruit ripening.

Identification of MAPKs and their possible MAPK kinase activators involved in the Pto-mediated defense response of tomato.

Suppression of pathogen-inducible NO synthase (iNOS) activity in tomato increases susceptibility to Pseudomonas syringae.

Identification and expression profiling of tomato genes differentially regulated during a resistance response to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria.

An avrPto/avrPtoB mutant of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 does not elicit Pto-mediated resistance and is less virulent on tomato.

AvrPtoB: a bacterial type III effector that both elicits and suppresses programmed cell death associated with plant immunity.

Role of mitogen-activated protein kinases in plant immunity.

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato type III effectors AvrPto and AvrPtoB promote ethylene-dependent cell death in tomato.

Calmodulin-like proteins from Arabidopsis and tomato are involved in host defense against Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato.

Transcriptome and selected metabolite analyses reveal multiple points of ethylene control during tomato fruit development.

Adi3 is a Pdk1-interacting AGC kinase that negatively regulates plant cell death.

A bacterial inhibitor of host programmed cell death defenses is an E3 ubiquitin ligase.

Diverse AvrPtoB homologs from several Pseudomonas syringae pathovars elicit Pto-dependent resistance and have similar virulence activities.

Host-mediated phosphorylation of type III effector AvrPto promotes Pseudomonas virulence and avirulence in tomato.

Type III effector AvrPtoB requires intrinsic E3 ubiquitin ligase activity to suppress plant cell death and immunity.

Specific bacterial suppressors of MAMP signaling upstream of MAPKKK in Arabidopsis innate immunity.

Bacterial elicitation and evasion of plant innate immunity.

Comparative genomics of host-specific virulence in Pseudomonas syringae.

Aconitase plays a role in regulating resistance to oxidative stress and cell death in Arabidopsis and Nicotiana benthamiana.

Whole-genome expression profiling defines the HrpL regulon of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000, allows de novo reconstruction of the Hrp cis clement, and identifies novel coregulated genes.

Identification and characterization of plant genes involved in Agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation by virus-induced gene silencing.

An NB-LRR protein required for HR signalling mediated by both extra- and intracellular resistance proteins.

A Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 mutant lacking the type III effector HopQ1-1 is able to cause disease in the model plant Nicotiana benthamiana.

Pto- and Prf-mediated recognition of AvrPto and AvrPtoB restricts the ability of diverse pseudomonas syringae pathovars to infect tomato.

A bacterial E3 ubiquitin ligase targets a host protein kinase to disrupt plant immunity.

Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrPtoB is phosphorylated in plant cells on serine 258, promoting its virulence activity.

The N-terminal region of Pseudomonas type III effector AvrPtoB elicits Pto-dependent immunity and has two distinct virulence determinants.

Bacterial effectors target the common signaling partner BAK1 to disrupt multiple MAMP receptor-signaling complexes and impede plant immunity.

A draft genome sequence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato T1 reveals a type III effector repertoire significantly divergent from that of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.

Xanthomonas T3S Effector XopN Suppresses PAMP-Triggered Immunity and Interacts with a Tomato Atypical Receptor-Like Kinase and TFT1.

Deletions in the repertoire of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 type III secretion effector genes reveal functional overlap among effectors.

Crystal structure of the complex between Pseudomonas effector AvrPtoB and the tomato Pto kinase reveals both a shared and a unique interface compared with AvrPto-Pto.

Manipulation of plant programmed cell death pathways during plant-pathogen interactions.

Phosphorylation of the Pseudomonas syringae effector AvrPto is required for FLS2/BAK1-independent virulence activity and recognition by tobacco.

Advances in experimental methods for the elucidation of Pseudomonas syringae effector function with a focus on AvrPtoB.

Tomato 14-3-3 protein 7 positively regulates immunity-associated programmed cell death by enhancing protein abundance and signaling ability of MAPKKK {alpha}.

Two virulence determinants of type III effector AvrPto are functionally conserved in diverse Pseudomonas syringae pathovars.

A secreted effector protein (SNE1) from Phytophthora infestans is a broadly acting suppressor of programmed cell death.

Endosome-associated CRT1 functions early in resistance gene-mediated defense signaling in Arabidopsis and tobacco.

The T-loop extension of the tomato protein kinase AvrPto-dependent Pto-interacting protein 3 (Adi3) directs nuclear localization for suppression of plant cell death.

Identification of Nicotiana benthamiana genes involved in pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity.

A novel link between tomato GRAS genes, plant disease resistance and mechanical stress response.

DspA/E, a type III effector of Erwinia amylovora, is required for early rapid growth in Nicotiana benthamiana and causes NbSGT1-dependent cell death.

Location and activity of members of a family of virPphA homologues in pathovars of Pseudomonas syringae and P. savastanoi.

Methods to study PAMP-triggered immunity using tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana.

Effector-triggered immunity mediated by the Pto kinase.

Genetic disassembly and combinatorial reassembly identify a minimal functional repertoire of type III effectors in Pseudomonas syringae.

Tomato 14-3-3 protein TFT7 interacts with a MAP kinase kinase to regulate immunity-associated programmed cell death mediated by diverse disease resistance proteins.

A tomato LysM receptor-like kinase promotes immunity and its kinase activity is inhibited by AvrPtoB.

Structural analysis of Pseudomonas syringae AvrPtoB bound to host BAK1 reveals two similar kinase-interacting domains in a type III Effector.

Type III secretion and effectors shape the survival and growth pattern of Pseudomonas syringae on leaf surfaces.

Plant programmed cell death caused by an autoactive form of Prf is suppressed by co-expression of the Prf LRR domain.

The β-subunit of the SnRK1 complex is phosphorylated by the plant cell death suppressor Adi3.

A draft genome sequence of Nicotiana benthamiana to enhance molecular plant-microbe biology research.

Nonhost resistance of tomato to the bean pathogen Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a is due to a defective E3 ubiquitin ligase domain in avrptobb728a.

Salmonella colonization activates the plant immune system and benefits from association with plant pathogenic bacteria.

Two leucines in the N-terminal MAPK-docking site of tomato SlMKK2 are critical for interaction with a downstream MAPK to elicit programmed cell death associated with plant immunity.

Allelic variation in two distinct Pseudomonas syringae flagellin epitopes modulates the strength of plant immune responses but not bacterial motility.

The tomato calcium sensor Cbl10 and its interacting protein kinase Cipk6 define a signaling pathway in plant immunity.

The tomato Fni3 lysine-63-specific ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme and suv ubiquitin E2 variant positively regulate plant immunity.

Thymoquinone causes multiple effects, including cell death, on dividing plant cells.

Transcriptomics-based screen for genes induced by flagellin and repressed by pathogen effectors identifies a cell wall-associated kinase involved in plant immunity.

Pto kinase binds two domains of AvrPtoB and its proximity to the effector E3 ligase determines if it evades degradation and activates plant immunity.

Natural variation for responsiveness to flg22, flgII-28, and csp22 and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato in heirloom tomatoes.

Transcriptomic analysis reveals tomato genes whose expression is induced specifically during effector-triggered immunity and identifies the Epk1 protein kinase which is required for the host response to three bacterial effector proteins.

Analysis of wild-species introgressions in tomato inbreds uncovers ancestral origins.

The SGN VIGS tool: user-friendly software to design virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) constructs for functional genomics.

Greasy tactics in the plant-pathogen molecular arms race.

Comparative genomics and phylogenetic discordance of cultivated tomato and close wild relatives.

Acquisition of Iron Is Required for Growth of Salmonella spp. in Tomato Fruit.

Functional genomics of tomato for the study of plant immunity.

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 Type III Secretion Effector Polymutants Reveal an Interplay between HopAD1 and AvrPtoB.

Five Xanthomonas type III effectors suppress cell death induced by components of immunity-associated MAP kinase cascades.

Complete Genome Sequence of a Tomato-Infecting Tomato Mottle Mosaic Virus in New York.

A novel method of transcriptome interpretation reveals a quantitative suppressive effect on tomato immune signaling by two domains in a single pathogen effector protein.

Natural Variation in Tomato Reveals Differences in the Recognition of AvrPto and AvrPtoB Effectors from Pseudomonas syringae.