Alain F. Tissier

Cytokinin-mediated trichome initiation in Nicotiana benthamiana upon Agrobacterium tumefaciens infiltration

This study shows that Agrobacterium strains producing cytokinins induce trichome initiation and acylsugar production in N. benthamiana, highlighting cytokinin's role in trichome development and potential experimental artifacts.

Cooperation between a root fungal endophyte and host-derived coumarin scopoletin mediates Arabidopsis iron nutrition

This study shows that the fungal endophyte Macrophomina phaseolina interacts with the coumarin scopoletin to enhance Arabidopsis iron nutrition by converting it into iron-chelating esculetin.

Efficient scar-free knock-ins of several kilobases by engineered CRISPR/Cas endonucleases

The paper demonstrates that fusing CRISPR endonucleases to specific 5'-exonucleases significantly increases scar-free multikilobase knock-in frequencies in plants.

Production of 130 diterpenoids by combinatorial biosynthesis in yeast

The paper reports the production of 130 diterpenoids in yeast through combinatorial biosynthesis using ten diterpene synthases and four cytochrome P450 enzymes, with 80 novel compounds identified.

DNA double strand breaks lead to de novo transcription and translation of damage-induced long RNAs in planta

This study shows that DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) in plants induce the transcription and translation of damage-induced long RNAs (dilRNAs) into proteins.