Tessa M. Burch-Smith

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

Mechanisms of plant resistance to viruses.

Efficient virus-induced gene silencing in Arabidopsis.

A novel role for the TIR domain in association with pathogen-derived elicitors.

The functions of plant TIR domains.

A ligation-independent cloning tobacco rattle virus vector for high-throughput virus-induced gene silencing identifies roles for NbMADS4-1 and -2 in floral development.

Chloroplastic protein NRIP1 mediates innate immune receptor recognition of a viral effector.

Loss of INCREASED SIZE EXCLUSION LIMIT (ISE)1 or ISE2 increases the formation of secondary plasmodesmata.

Plasmodesmata during development: re-examination of the importance of primary, secondary, and branched plasmodesmata structure versus function.

Organelle-nucleus cross-talk regulates plant intercellular communication via plasmodesmata.

Plasmodesmata paradigm shift: regulation from without versus within.

Reduced levels of class 1 reversibly glycosylated polypeptide increase intercellular transport via plasmodesmata.

Plasmodesmata formation and cell-to-cell transport are reduced in decreased size exclusion limit 1 during embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.

Delivery of dsRNA into Plants by VIGS Methodology.

Novel positive regulatory role for the SPL6 transcription factor in the N TIR-NB-LRR receptor-mediated plant innate immunity.

Investigating Plasmodesmata Genetics with Virus-Induced Gene Silencing and an Agrobacterium-Mediated GFP Movement Assay.