Publications

Ma Y, Flückiger I, Nicolet J, et al. (2024) Comparisons of two receptor-MAPK pathways in a single cell-type reveal mechanisms of signalling specificity. Nat Plants 10(9):1343-62 preprint  bioRxiv:2023.07.03.547518.

Ma Y and Nicolet J (2023) Specificity models in MAPK cascade signaling. FEBS Open Bio 13(7):1177-92.

Duxbury Z, Wang S, MacKenzie CI, et al. (2020) Induced proximity of a TIR signaling domain on a plant-mammalian NLR chimera activates defense in plants. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117(31):18832-9.

Guo H, Ahn HK, Sklenar J, et al. (2020) Phosphorylation-regulated activation of the Arabidopsis RRS1-R/RPS4 immune receptor complex reveals two distinct effector recognition mechanisms. Cell Host Microbe 27(5):769-81.

Ngou BPM, Ahn HK, Ding P, et al. (2020) Estradiol-inducible AvrRps4 expression reveals distinct properties of TIR-NLR-mediated effector-triggered immunity. J Exp Bot 71(6):2186-97. 

Okuda S, Fujita S, Moretti A, et al. (2020) Molecular mechanism for the recognition of sequence-divergent CIF peptides by the plant receptor kinases GSO1/SGN3 and GSO2. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 117(5):2693-703.

Ma Y, Guo H, Hu L, et al. (2018) Distinct modes of derepression of an Arabidopsis immune receptor complex by two different bacterial effectors. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 115(41):10218-27. 

Huh SU, Cevik V, Ding P, et al. (2017) Protein-protein interactions in the RPS4/RRS1 immune receptor complex. PLoS Pathogsn 13(5):e1006376.

Duxbury Z, Ma Y, Furzer O, et al. (2016) Pathogen perception by NLRs in plants and animals: Parallel worlds. Bioessays 38(8):769-81.

Sarris PF, Duxbury Z, Huh SU, et al. (2015) A plant immune receptor detects pathogen effectors that target WRKY transcription factors. Cell 161(5):1089-100.

Saucet SB, Ma Y, Sarris PF, et al. (2015) Two linked pairs of Arabidopsis TNL resistance genes independently confer recognition of bacterial effector AvrRps4. Nat Commun 6:6338.

Williams SJ, Sohn KH, Wan L, et al. (2014) Structural basis for assembly and function of a heterodimeric plant immune receptor. Science 344(6181):299-303.