D. M. Stevens

Natural variation of immune epitopes reveals intrabacterial antagonism

The paper analyzes natural variation in immune epitopes across bacterial genomes to reveal a mechanism of intrabacterial immune evasion.

Overlapping local and systemic defense induced by an oomycete fatty acid MAMP and brown seaweed extract in tomato

This study shows that arachidonic acid and brown seaweed extract induce overlapping local and systemic defense responses in tomato plants against oomycete and bacterial pathogens.

Variation in microbial feature perception in the Rutaceae family with immune receptor conservation in citrus

The paper examines variation in immune perception of microbial features across Rutaceae species, finding that receptor sequences are conserved despite differences in immune responses.

Citrus vascular proteomics highlights the role of peroxidases and serine proteases during Huanglongbing disease progression

The paper uses proteomics to study citrus vascular responses to HLB, finding increased peroxidases and serine proteases during infection.

Identification of a plant kinase that phosphorylates the bacterial effector AvrPtoB

The paper identifies SnRK2.8 as a plant kinase that phosphorylates the bacterial effector AvrPtoB, enhancing its virulence functions.