Effectors

Adaptation mechanisms of pseudomonas syringae and ralstonia solanacearum to the host plant: suppression of plant defenses

Participants:

Jose S. Rufián (PI), Javier Ruiz Albert (PI), Carmen Beuzón López, Juan Manuel Ocaña Gálvez, Álvaro Jiménez Jiménez

Collaborators:

Alberto Macho Escribano (Shanghai Center for Plant Stress Biology), Murray Grant (University of Warwick)

About the line

In this research line, we analyse the plant-pathogen interaction in several models, using strains from the Pseudomonas syringae and Ralstonia solanacearum species complexes. The line focuses on studying the molecular mechanisms associated with bacterial Type 3 Secretion System (T3SS) effectors and explores different aspects of bacterial virulence and plant defense, with special attention to defense suppression (ETI, PTI, and SAR) by bacteria. We aim to expand the knowledge about the complex interaction occuring among bacterial effectors belonging to the same inventory and how such effector networks determine virulence or immunity.

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