E. R. Bejarano

A plant virus causes symptoms through the deployment of a host-mimicking protein domain to attract the insect vector

This study identifies how the tomato yellow leaf curl virus uses a host-mimicking protein domain to disrupt plant processes and attract insect vectors, facilitating viral spread.

Functional analysis of V2 protein of Beet curly top Iran virus

This study shows that BCTIV V2 functions as a local silencing suppressor and is essential for systemic infection but not replication in N. benthamiana.

ER bodies are induced by Pseudomonas syringae and negatively regulate immunity

This study shows that ER bodies, induced by Pseudomonas syringae, negatively regulate plant immunity by modulating immune responses and resistance to bacterial infections.

Plant DNA polymerases alpha and delta mediate replication of geminiviruses

This study identifies DNA polymerases alpha and delta as key mediators of geminivirus replication in plants, with C3 protein selectively recruiting polymerase delta for efficient viral genome synthesis.

MiRNA and phasiRNAs-mediated regulation of TIR-NBS-LRR defense genes in Arabidopsis thaliana

The paper identifies a regulatory network involving miR825-5p and phasiRNAs that silence TNL defense genes in Arabidopsis, affecting disease resistance to Pseudomonas syringae.

Geminivirus Replication Protein impairs SUMO conjugation of PCNA at two acceptor sites

This paper shows that the geminivirus Rep protein suppresses sumoylation of tomato PCNA at two lysine residues in planta and in vitro.

A plant receptor-like kinase promotes cell-to-cell spread of RNAi and is targeted by a virus

The paper identifies BAM1 as a positive regulator of RNAi cell-to-cell spread and shows that a viral protein inhibits this process by interacting with BAM1 and BAM2.