Luis Federico Ceriotti

The paper compares mitochondrial genomes of Rafflesiaceae parasites and their host to show how horizontal gene transfer and structural changes lead to divergent mitogenome architectures.

The paper investigates how parasitic plants overcome expression barriers in mitochondrial HGT by using chimeric genes with native promoters and efficient RNA editing.

This study investigates how photosynthesis loss and horizontal gene transfer reshape organellar translation and tRNA metabolism in holoparasitic plants.

The paper identifies fungal-derived tRNA genes in orchid mitochondria that are transcribed, modified, and aminoacylated, suggesting functional integration into the mitochondrial translation system.

The paper characterizes tRNA aminoacylation in Arabidopsis and shows higher rates in organellar tRNAs compared to nuclear/cytosolic tRNAs.

The paper identifies break-induced replication (BIR) as the primary recombination pathway in plant somatic hybrid mitochondria, supporting a model for mitochondrial horizontal gene transfer.