Bonnamy M., Pinel-Galzi A., Gorgues L., Chalvon V., Hébrard E., Chéron S., Nguyen H., Poulicard N., Sabot F., Pidon H., Champion A., Cesari S., Kroj T., Albar L.

Rapid evolution of an RNA virus to escape recognition by a rice NLR immune receptor.

In review

 

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Xi Y., Chalvon V., Padilla A., Cesari S.*, Kroj T*.

The activity of the RGA5 sensor NLR from rice requires binding of its integrated HMA domain to effectors but not HMA domain self-interaction. Mol Plant Pathol. 2022 23(9):1320-1330

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Xi Y., Cesari S., Kroj T.

Insight into the structure and molecular mode of action of plant paired NLR immune receptors.

Essays Biochem. 2022 EBC20210079. doi: 10.1042/EBC20210079.

 

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Lahfa M., Padilla A., de Guillen K., Pissarra J., Raji M., Cesari S., Kroj T., Gladieux P., Roumestand C., Barthe P.

1H, 13C, 15 N backbone and side-chain NMR assignments for three MAX effectors from Magnaporthe oryzae. Biomol NMR Assign. 2022. doi: 10.1007/s12104-022-10095-2.

 

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Cesari S., Xi Y., Declerck N., Chalvon V., Mammri L., Pugnière M., Henriquet C., de Guillen K., Chochois V., Padilla A., Kroj T.

New recognition specificity in a plant immune receptor by molecular engineering of its integrated domain. Nat Commun. 2022 13(1):1524.

 

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Ortiz D., Chen J., Outram M.A., Saur I.M.L., Upadhyaya N.M., Mago R., Ericsson D.J., Cesari S., Chen C., Williams S.J., Dodds P.N.

The stem rust effector protein AvrSr50 escapes Sr50 recognition by a substitution in a single surface-exposed residue. New Phytol. 2022 234(2):592-606.

 

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Xi Y., Chochois V., Kroj T., Cesari S.

A novel robust and high-throughput method to measure cell death in Nicotiana benthamiana leaves by fluorescence imaging. Mol Plant Pathol. 2021 22(12):1688-1696.

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Oikawa K., Fujisaki K., Shimizu M., Takeda T., Saitoh H., Hirabuchi A., Hiraka Y., Białas A., Langner T., Kellner R., Bozkurt T.O., Cesari S., Kroj T., Maidment J.H.R., Banfield M.J., Kamoun S., Terauchi R.
The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity
bioRxiv. 2021. doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.12.01.406389

 

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Veillet F, Durand M, Kroj T, Cesari S, Gallois JL.
Precision Breeding Made Real with CRISPR: Illustration through Genetic Resistance to Pathogens.
Plant Commun. 2020, 1(5):100102.

 

 

​Guo L*, Cesari S*, de Guillen K*, Chalvon V, Mammri L, Ma M, Meusnier I, Bonnot F, Padilla A, Peng Y, Liu J, Kroj T.

Specific recognition of two MAX effectors by integrated HMA domains in plant immune receptors involves distinct binding surfaces.

PNAS. 2018, 115(45):11637-11642.

* Equal contribution

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Cesari S.
Multiple strategies for pathogen perception by plant immune receptors. New Phytologist. 2017, doi:10.1111/nph.14877.

Single author Tansley Medal insight

 

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Cesari S, Kroj T.
Transposon-Mediated NLR Exile to the Pollen Allows Rice Blast Resistance without Yield Penalty. Molecular Plant. 2017 10(5):665-667.

 

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Ortiz D, de Guillen K, Cesari S, Chalvon V, Gracy J, Padilla A, Kroj T.
Recognition of the Magnaporthe oryzae effector AVR-Pia by the decoy domain of the rice NLR immune receptor RGA5. Plant Cell. 2017 TPC2016-00435-RAR1.

 

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Casey LW, Lavrencic P, Bentham AR, Cesari S, Ericsson DJ, Croll T, Turk D, Anderson PA, Mark AE, Dodds PN, Mobli M, Kobe B, Williams SJ.
The CC domain structure from the wheat stem rust resistance protein Sr33 challenges paradigms for dimerization in plant NLR proteins. PNAS. 2016 113(45): 12856-12861.

 

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Cesari S, Moore J, Chen C, Webb D, Periyannan S, Mago R, Bernoux M, Lagudah ES, Dodds PN.
Cytosolic activation of cell death and stem rust resistance by cereal MLA-family CC-NLR proteins. PNAS. 2016 113(36):10204-10209.

Highlighted in: El Kasmi F and Nishimura M. PNAS 2016 113(45): 12619-21

 

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Hutin M*, Césari S*, Chalvon V, Michel C, Tran TT, Boch J, Koebnik R, Szurek B, Kroj T.
Ectopic activation of the rice NLR heteropair RGA4/RGA5 confers resistance to bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak diseases. Plant Journal. 2016 88(1):43-55.

* Equal contribution

 

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Césari S, Bernoux M, Moncuquet P, Kroj T, Dodds P.
A novel conserved mechanism for plant NLR protein pairs: the ‘integrated decoy’ hypothesis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2014 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2014.00606.

Highlighted in: Wu C-H et al. FIPS 2015 6:134. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00134

 

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Césari S*, Kanzaki H*, Fujiwara T*, Bernoux M, Chalvon V, Kawano Y, Shimamoto K, Dodds P, Terauchi R, Kroj T.
The NB-LRR proteins RGA4 and RGA5 interact functionally and physically to confer disease resistance. EMBO journal. 2014 33(17):1941-1959.

* Equal contribution

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Svistoonoff S, Benabdoun FM, Nambiar-Veetil M, Imanishi L, Vaissayre V, Césari S, Diagne N, Hocher V, de Billy F, Bonneau J, Wall L, Ykhlef N, Rosenberg C, Bogusz D, Franche C, Gherbi H.

The independent acquisition of plant root nitrogen-fixing symbiosis in Fabids recruited the same genetic pathway for nodule organogenesis. PLoS One. 2013 8(5):e64515.

 

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Césari S, Thilliez G, Ribot C, Chalvon V, Michel C, Jauneau A, Rivas S, Alaux L, Kanzaki H, Okuyama Y, Morel JB, Fournier E, Tharreau D, Terauchi R, Kroj T.

The rice resistance protein pair RGA4/RGA5 recognizes the Magnaporthe oryzae effectors AVR-Pia and AVR1-CO39 by direct binding. Plant Cell. 2013 25(4):1463-1481.

Highlighted in an “in brief” article: Mach J. Plant Cell 2013 25(4): 1189

 

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Ribot C, Césari S, Abidi I, Chalvon V, Bournaud C, Vallet J, Lebrun MH, Morel JB, Kroj T.

The Magnaporthe oryzae effector AVR1-CO39 is translocated into rice cells independently of a fungal-derived machinery. Plant Journal. 2013 74(1):1-12.

Featured article and cover of the Plant Journal 2013 74(1)

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