Francesca Sicilia

A domain swap approach reveals a role of the plant wall-associated kinase 1 (WAK1) as a receptor of oligogalacturonides

Alexandre Brutus, Francesca Sicilia, Alberto Macone et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 756 citations · Full text

Plant Defense Gene, Genetics, Arabidopsis Wak1 +18

The Endopolygalacturonase 1 from <i>Botrytis cinerea</i> Activates Grapevine Defense Reactions Unrelated to Its Enzymatic Activity

Benoît Poinssot, Elodie Vandelle, Marc Bentéjac et al. · Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · 2003 · 175 citations · Full text

Polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein 2 of Phaseolus vulgaris inhibits BcPG1, a polygalacturonase of Botrytis cinerea important for pathogenicity, and protects transgenic plants from infection

Cinzia Manfredini, Francesca Sicilia, Simone Ferrari et al. · Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology · 2005 · 95 citations

Biology, Transgenic Plants, Biosynthesis +9

Abnormal Glycosphingolipid Mannosylation Triggers Salicylic Acid–Mediated Responses in<i>Arabidopsis</i>   

Jenny C. Mortimer, Xiaolan Yu, Sandra Albrecht et al. · The Plant Cell · 2013 · 93 citations · Full text

Oligogalacturonide-Auxin Antagonism Does Not Require Posttranscriptional Gene Silencing or Stabilization of Auxin Response Repressors in Arabidopsis 

Daniel V. Savatin, Simone Ferrari, Francesca Sicilia et al. · PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2011 · 91 citations · Full text