Week of Sep 8
PlP692

Bacterial Pathogenesis

Assignments

Monday 

• Alfano, J.R., and Collmer, A. (1996) Bacterial pathogens in plants: life up against the wall. Plant Cell 8: 1683-1698.
• Block A, Li G, Fu ZQ, Alfano JR (2008) Phytopathogen type III effector weaponry and their plant targets. Curr Opin Plant Biol 11: 396-403.

Wednesday

• Janjusevic, R., Abramovitch, R.B., Martin, G.B., and Stebbins, C.E. (2006) A bacterial inhibitor of host programmed cell death defenses is an E3 ubiquitin ligase. Science 311, 222-226. Greg

Friday

• Melotto M, Underwood W, Koczan J, Nomura K, He SY (2006) Plant stomata function in innate immunity against bacterial invasion. Cell 126: 969-980. Brian
• Kim JG, Taylor KW, Hotson A, Keegan M, Schmelz EA, et al. (2008) XopD SUMO Protease Affects Host Transcription, Promotes Pathogen Growth, and Delays Symptom Development in Xanthomonas-Infected Tomato Leaves. Plant Cell 20: 1915-1929. Peter

Review articles for topics covered only briefly in lecture

• Bender, C.L., Alarcon-Chaidez, F., and Gross, D.C. (1999) Pseudomonas syringae phytotoxins: mode of action, regulation, and biosynthesis by peptide and polyketide synthetases. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev 63: 266-292.
• Von Bodman, S.B., Bauer, W.D., and Coplin, D.L. (2003) Quorum sensing in plant-pathogenic bacteria. Annu Rev Phytopathol 41: 455-482.

Lecture slides with references

• (ppt) (pdf)