Aleksandra Białas

Two NLR immune receptors acquired high-affinity binding to a fungal effector through convergent evolution of their integrated domain

Aleksandra Białas, Thorsten Langner, Adeline Harant et al. · eLife · 2021 · 73 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, Plant Biology +17

Effector target-guided engineering of an integrated domain expands the disease resistance profile of a rice NLR immune receptor

Josephine H. R. Maidment, Motoki Shimizu, Adam R. Bentham et al. · eLife · 2023 · 70 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Crop Sciences, Plant Biology +17

Disentangling the complex gene interaction networks between rice and the blast fungus identifies a new pathogen effector

Yu Sugihara, Yoshiko Abe, Hiroki Takagi et al. · PLoS Biology · 2023 · 57 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Genetics, Plant Biology +17

The blast pathogen effector AVR-Pik binds and stabilizes rice heavy metal-associated (HMA) proteins to co-opt their function in immunity

Kaori Oikawa, Koki Fujisaki, Motoki Shimizu et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2020 · 52 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology +17

Binding of a pathogen effector to rice Exo70 proteins tethered to the NOI/RIN4 integrated domain of the NLR receptor Pii2 confers immunity against fungi

Koki Fujisaki, Yoshiko Abe, Yu Sugihara et al. · bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) · 2017 · 36 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology +17