High-throughput sequencing for transcript profiling in plants has revealed that alternative
splicing (AS) affects a much higher proportion of the transcriptome than was previously …

Since the early 1980s, various strains of the gram-negative bacterial pathogen
Pseudomonas syringae have been used as models for understanding plant-bacterial …

Salicylic acid (SA) is an essential hormone in plant immunity, but its receptor has remained
elusive for decades. The transcriptional coregulator NPR1 is central to the activation of SA …

Phytopathogenic bacteria, fungi, and oomycetes invade and colonize their host plants
through distinct routes. These pathogens secrete diverse groups of effector proteins that aid …

Pathogenicity of most Gram-negative plant-pathogenic bacteria depends on the type III
secretion (T3S) system, which translocates bacterial effector proteins into plant cells. Type III …

Plants are invaded by an array of pathogens of which only a few succeed in causing
disease. The attack by others is countered by a sophisticated immune system possessed by …

Highlights•Type-III effectors (T3Es) suppress plant immunity using multiple strategies.•PRR-
triggered immunity is redundantly targeted by multiple T3Es from a single bacterial strain.•A …

To suppress plant defense responses and favor the establishment of disease,
phytopathogenic bacteria have gained the ability to deliver effector molecules inside host …

Alternative splicing plays a crucial role in plant development as well as stress responses.
Although alternative splicing has been studied during development and in response to …

Fungi and oomycetes are filamentous microorganisms that include a diversity of highly
developed pathogens of plants. These are sophisticated modulators of plant processes that …