A novel BLUF photoreceptor modulates the Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri-host plant interaction.

Plant-pathogen interaction is influenced by multiple environmental factors, including temperature and light. Recent works have shown that light modulates not only the defense response of plants but also the pathogens virulence. Xanthomonas citri subsp.

Light modulates important physiological features of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum during the colonization of tomato plants.

Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum GMI1000 (Rpso GMI1000) is a soil-borne vascular phytopathogen that infects host plants through the root system causing wilting disease in a wide range of agro-economic interest crops, producing economical losses. Several features contribute to the full bacterial virulence. In this work we study the participation of light, an important environmental factor, in the regulation of the physiological attributes and infectivity of Rpso GMI1000.

Transcriptome analysis reveals novel genes involved in nonhost response to bacterial infection in tobacco.

Plants are continuously exposed to pathogen challenge. The most common defense response to pathogenic microorganisms is the nonhost response, which is usually accompanied by transcriptional changes. In order to identify genes involved in nonhost resistance, we evaluated the tobacco transcriptome profile after infection with Xanthomonas axonopodis pv.

Stress-induced co-expression of two alternative oxidase (VuAox1 and 2b) genes in Vigna unguiculata.

Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) alternative oxidase is encoded by a small multigene family (Aox1, 2a and 2b) that is orthologous to the soybean Aox family. Like most of the identified Aox genes in plants, VuAox1 and VuAox2 consist of 4 exons interrupted by 3 introns. Alignment of the orthologous Aox genes revealed high identity of exons and intron variability, which is more prevalent in Aox1.

Characterization of Citrus sinensis type 1 mitochondrial alternative oxidase and expression analysis in biotic stress.

The higher plant mitochondrial electron transport chain contains an alternative pathway that ends with the AOX (alternative oxidase). The AOX proteins are encoded by a small gene family composed of two discrete gene subfamilies. Aox1 is present in both monocot and eudicot plants, whereas Aox2 is only present in eudicot plants.

Alternative oxidase regulation in roots of Vigna unguiculata cultivars differing in drought/salt tolerance.

The alternative oxidase (Aox) was studied at different levels (transcript, protein and capacity) in response to an osmotic shock applied to roots of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata). Two cultivars of V. unguiculata were used, Vita 3 and Vita 5, tolerant and sensitive to drought/saline stress respectively.