C. Pouzet

Medicago truncatula SOBIR1 controls specificity in the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis

This study identifies MtSOBIR1 as an interactor of MtNFP in Medicago truncatula, showing it has dual roles in immunity and symbiosis with Rhizobium.

A bacterial effector directly targets Arabidopsis Argonaute 1 to suppress Pattern-triggered immunity and cause disease

This study shows that the bacterial effector HopT1-1 targets Arabidopsis AGO1 to suppress miRNA function and PTI, leading to disease.

An NLR Integrated Domain toolkit to identify plant pathogen effector targets

The paper develops an NLR integrated domain toolkit to identify plant pathogen effector targets by screening cloned domains against bacterial effectors and validating interactions in planta.

The neighboring genes AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B are part of a large multigene family of cooperating effector genes conserved in Dothideomycetes and Sordariomycetes

The paper identifies AvrLm10A and AvrLm10B as part of a conserved multigene family in fungal pathogens, showing they cooperate with other effectors through co-regulation and physical interactions.

A newly-evolved chimeric lysin motif receptor-like kinase in Medicago truncatula spp. tricycla R108 extends its Rhizobia symbiotic partnership

The paper identifies a newly evolved gene, LYK2bis, in Medicago truncatula ssp. tricycla R108 that enables nodulation by Sinorhizobium meliloti mutants producing non-O-acetylated Nod factors.

A DEAD BOX RNA helicase from Medicago truncatula is hijacked by an RNA-binding effector from the root pathogen Aphanomyces euteiches to facilitate host infection

This study identifies an RNA-binding effector from a plant pathogen that disrupts ribosome biogenesis and hijacks a host RNA helicase to promote infection.

Reconstitution of intestinal stem cell niche in vitro with pharmacological inhibitors or L-WRN conditioned medium differentially regulates epithelial proliferation, differentiation and barrier function in rabbit caecum organoids

This paper compares the effects of 2Ki medium and L-WRN conditioned medium on rabbit caecum organoids, showing differential regulation of proliferation, differentiation, and barrier function.