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Sebastian Schornack

@dromius

Plant cells and development, Plant-microbe research, Phytophthora, oomycetes & symbiotic fungi, TAL effectors (TAL DNA binding code codiscoverer) and Coleoptera
Cambridge, UK schornacklab.net Joined July 2009
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How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule?
@AlbinTeulet found that

Type III effectors of symbiotic Rhizobia include diverse predicted transcriptional and post-transcriptional modulators.
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journals.plos.org Type III effectors of symbiotic Rhizobia include diverse predicted transcriptional and post-trans... Symbiotic rhizobia form nitrogen-fixing partnerships with plant roots but how they reprogram plant development remains unclear. This study uses structural modelling to predict that many of their...
How do "friendly" rhizobia build a legume nodule? @AlbinTeulet found that some may carry hidden transcription factors - proteins that mimic DNA-binding folds to enter the plant nucleus and rewrite its developmental program.
biorxiv.org/content/10.648…
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