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Flagellin gene sequence evolution in Salmonella

Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2007
Salmonella exhibits 70 serologically distinct flagellins, used internationally to diagnose and track infections. The terminal sequences of flagellin protein subunits are conserved in a range of bacteria and are here used as evolutionary markers to reveal how new serotypes arise.
Chloe K B, Mortimer, Saheer E, Gharbia, Julie M J, Logan, Tansy M, Peters, Catherine, Arnold   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

A Multifunctional β‐Defensin‐3 Mimetic Peptide Modulates Host–Biofilm Interactions and Reduces Bone Loss in Periodontitis

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
BDMP, a peptide that can penetrate cells and tissues, offering antimicrobial and anti‐inflammatory effects, has been identified as a potential new therapy for periodontitis. ABSTRACT Aim This study evaluated the potential of a beta‐defensin‐3 mimetic peptide (BDMP), a synthetic cell‐penetrating peptide with antimicrobial and immunomodulatory properties,
Beom Soo Jo, Dong Woo Lee, Ji‐Young Lee, Sanghui Seok, Yu‐Bin Kim, Jue‐Yeon Lee, Shin‐Young Park, Young Dan Cho, Yang Jo Seol, Yoon Shin Park, Shahram Ghanaati, Homayoun H. Zadeh, Chong Pyung Chung, Yoon Jeong Park   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source

Genomic variations define divergence of water/wildlife-associated Campylobacter jejuni niche specialists from common clonal complexes [PDF]

, 2011
Although the major food-borne pathogen Campylobacter jejuni has been isolated from diverse animal, human and environmental sources, our knowledge of genomic diversity in C.
Ashelford, KE, Birtles, RJ, Dorrell, N, French, NP, Gould, KA, Hall, N, Hepworth, PJ, Hinds, J, Leatherbarrow, H, Mendonca, C, Wigley, P, Williams, NJ, Winstanley, C, Witney, AA, Wren, BW   +14 more
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The maize mitogen‐activated protein kinase kinase kinase gene ZmMAPKKK45 is associated with multiple disease resistance

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Southern leaf blight (SLB), caused by the necrotrophic fungus Cochliobolus heterostrophus, is a major foliar disease of maize (Zea mays) world‐wide. A genome‐wide association study was performed to dissect the genetic basis of SLB resistance in maize. Functional validation was performed using mutant and transgenic analyses.
Tao Zhong, Bode Olukolu, Yang Bian, Shang Xue, Randall J. Wisser, Peter S. Ojiambo, James B. Holland, Qin Yang, Peter Balint‐Kurti   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

CD2-1, the C-Terminal Region of Flagellin, Modulates the Induction of Immune Responses in Rice

Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 2015
Flagellin from the rice avirulent N1141 strain of Acidovorax avenae functions as a pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP) and induces PAMP-triggered immunity (PTI) in rice.
Yuya Katsuragi, Ryota Takai, Takehito Furukawa, Hiroyuki Hirai, Takumi Morimoto, Takara Katayama, Takahiko Murakami, Fang-Sik Che   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

GRP-3 and KAPP, encoding interactors of WAK1, negatively affect defense responses induced by oligogalacturonides and local response to wounding [PDF]

, 2016
Conserved microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) and damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) act as danger signals to activate the plant immune response.
CERVONE, Felice, DE LORENZO, Giulia, GRAMEGNA, GIOVANNA, MODESTI, VANESSA, SAVATIN, DANIEL VALENTIN, SICILIA, Francesca   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Decoding plant defense signaling using the defenseless mutant

New Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary Can plants live without defenses? Mutant analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana has identified numerous regulators of biotic, abiotic, and hormone‐based defenses, but the redundancy among separate defense pathways remains unexplored. We constructed an Arabidopsis mutant, defenseless, lacking six canonical defense pathways using abi1‐1 (abscisic acid),
Bikash Baral, Mikael Brosché
wiley   +1 more source

Trained immunity or tolerance : opposing functional programs induced in human monocytes after engagement of various pattern recognition receptors [PDF]

, 2014
Article Accepted Date: 29 January 2014. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS D.C.I. received funding from the European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement HEALTH-2010-260338 (“Fungi in the setting of inflammation, allergy and autoimmune ...
Gow, Neil A R, Ifrim, Daniela C, Jacobs, Cor, Jacobs, Liesbeth, Jansen, Trees, Joosten, Leo A B, Netea, Mihai G, Quintin, Jessica, van der Meer, Jos W M, Williams, David L   +9 more
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The Outcome of Intracellular Selenomonas sputigena and its Impact on Gingival Keratinocytes

Molecular Oral Microbiology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Selenomonas sputigena is an understudied oral pathobiont associated with periodontitis and dental caries. We recently demonstrated that S. sputigena binds to gingival epithelial cells (GECs), where afterwards the bacterium causes robust in vitro pro‐inflammatory cytokine production and migration of monocytes and neutrophils.
Colin G. Hawkes, Travis J. Chiarelli, Doaa N. Abdallah, Grayson Way, Huiping Zhou, Jason A. Carlyon, Daniel P. Miller   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Fungal Cysteine‐Rich Protein SsSCP Activates Immune Responses and Confers Broad‐Spectrum Disease Resistance in Tomato

Plant Biotechnology Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Plant immune systems recognise pathogen‐derived molecular patterns to activate defence responses, yet the mechanisms underlying fungal pattern recognition in crops remain largely unclear. Here, we characterise the cysteine‐rich secretory protein SsSCP from the broad‐host‐range fungal pathogen Sclerotinia sclerotiorum as a potent elicitor of ...
Liyuan Zhang, Yuan Wang, Yuhang Liu, Jinwen Yang, Kaihao Zhang, Chengzhang Du, Jiajing Xiao, Ling Qing, Xinhua Sun   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source