L. Medina-Puche

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.

Combinatorial interactions between viral proteins expand the functional landscape of the viral proteome

This study shows that viral proteins interact combinatorially, leading to new biological functions beyond their individual roles during infection.

A novel pathway linking plasma membrane and chloroplasts is co-opted by pathogens to suppress salicylic acid-dependent defences

This study identifies a pathway connecting plasma membrane and chloroplasts that pathogens exploit to suppress salicylic acid-dependent defenses.

PLANT NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE A antagonizes salicylic acid-primed cell death

The paper shows that PNP-A antagonizes SA-mediated cell death in Arabidopsis lsd1 mutants by interacting with a newly identified receptor PNPAR.

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.