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Zárate-Chaves, C. A.; Audran, C.; Medina Culma, C. A.; Escalon, A.; Javegny, S.; Gagnevin, L.; Thomas, E.; Pimparé, L.-L.; López, C. E.; Jacobs, J. M.; Noël, L. D.; Koebnik, R.; Bernal, A. J.; Szurek, B. CRISPRi in Xanthomonas Demonstrates Functional Convergence of Transcription Activator-like Effectors in Two Divergent Pathogens. New Phytol 2023, 238 (4), 1593–1604. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18808.
Li, C.; Wang, L.; Cseke, L. J.; Vasconcelos, F.; Huguet-Tapia, J. C.; Gassmann, W.; Pauwels, L.; White, F. F.; Dong, H.; Yang, B. Efficient CRISPR-Cas9 Based Cytosine Base Editors for Phytopathogenic Bacteria. Communications Biology 2023, 6 (1), 56. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-023-04451-8
Kumar, J.; Char, S. N.; Weiss, T.; Liu, H.; Liu, B.; Yang, B.; Zhang, F. Efficient Protein Tagging and Cis-Regulatory Element Engineering via Precise and Directional Oligonucleotide-Based Targeted Insertion in Plants. The Plant Cell 2023, koad139. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koad139.
Schepler-Luu, V.; Sciallano, C.; Stiebner, M.; Ji, C.; Boulard, G.; Diallo, A.; Auguy, F.; Char, S. N.; Arra, Y.; Schenstnyi, K.; Buchholzer, M.; Loo, E. P.; Bilaro, A. L.; Lihepanyama, D.; Mkuya, M.; Murori, R.; Oliva, R.; Cunnac, S.; Yang, B.; Szurek, B.; Frommer, W. B. Genome Editing of an African Elite Rice Variety Confers Resistance against Endemic and Emerging Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae Strains. eLife 2023, 12, e84864. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.84864.
Ejaz, K.; Zakria, M.; Huguet-Tapia, J.; Zhang, P.; Faiq, A.; Ahsan, R.; Asif, M.; Arif, M.; White, F.; Yasmin, S. Genome Sequence Resource for Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae (Causal Agent of Bacterial Leaf Blight of Rice) Isolated from Pakistan. PhytoFrontiersTM 2023. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTOFR-12-22-0148-A.
Gupta, A.; Liu, B.; Chen, Q.-J.; Yang, B. High-Efficiency Prime Editing Enables New Strategies for Broad-Spectrum Resistance to Bacterial Blight of Rice. Plant Biotechnology Journal 2023, 21 (7), 1454–1464. https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14049.
Arra, Y.; Auguy, F.; Stiebner, M.; Chéron, S.; Wudick, M. M.; Miras, M.; Schepler-Luu, V.; Cunnac, S.; Frommer, W. B.; Albar, L. Rice Yellow Mottle Virus Resistance by Genome Editing of the Oryza Sativa L. Ssp. Japonica Nucleoporin Gene OsCPR5.1 but Not OsCPR5.2. bioRxiv January 13, 2023, p 2023.01.13.523077. https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.13.523077.
Teper, D.; White, F. F.; Wang, N. The Dynamic Transcription Activator-Like Effector Family of Xanthomonas. Phytopathology® 2023, 113 (4), 651–666. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-22-0365-KD.
Vinodh Kumar, P. N.; Mallikarjuna, M. G.; Jha, S. K.; Mahato, A.; Lal, S. K.; K R, Y.; Lohithaswa, H. C.; Chinnusamy, V. Unravelling Structural, Functional, Evolutionary and Genetic Basis of SWEET Transporters Regulating Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Maize. Int J Biol Macromol 2023, 229, 539–560. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.12.326.
Buchholzer, M.; Frommer, W. B. An Increasing Number of Countries Regulate Genome Editing in Crops. New Phytol 2022. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18333.
Garrett, K. A.; Bebber, D. P.; Etherton, B. A.; Gold, K. M.; Plex Sulá, A. I.; Selvaraj, M. G. Climate Change Effects on Pathogen Emergence: Artificial Intelligence to Translate Big Data for Mitigation. Annual Review of Phytopathology 2022, 60, 357–378.
Tall, H.; Lachaux, M.; Diallo, A.; Wonni, I.; Tékété, C.; Verdier, V.; Szurek, B.; Hutin, M. Confirmation Report of Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease of Rice Caused by Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzicola in Senegal. Plant Disease 2022, 106 (8), 2253. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-11-21-2481-PDN.
Sathee, L.; Jagadhesan, B.; Pandesha, P. H.; Barman, D.; Adavi B, S.; Nagar, S.; Krishna, G. K.; Tripathi, S.; Jha, S. K.; Chinnusamy, V. Genome Editing Targets for Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency and Nutrient Stress Adaptation. Front Genet 2022, 13, 900897. https://doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2022.900897.
Wu, L.-B.; Eom, J.-S.; Isoda, R.; Li, C.; Char, S. N.; Luo, D.; Schepler-Luu, V.; Nakamura, M.; Yang, B.; Frommer, W. B. OsSWEET11b, a Potential Sixth Leaf Blight Susceptibility Gene Involved in Sugar Transport-Dependent Male Fertility. New Phytol 2022, 234 (3), 975–989. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18054.
Lachaux, M.; Thomas, E.; Bogdanove, A. J.; Szurek, B.; Hutin, M. TAL Effectors with Avirulence Activity in African Strains of Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae. Rice 2022, 15 (1), 9. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12284-022-00553-9.
Sciallano, C.; Auguy, F.; Boulard, G.; Szurek, B.; Cunnac, S. The Complete Genome Resource of Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae CIX2779 Includes the First Sequence of a Plasmid for an African Representative of This Rice Pathogen. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 2023, 36 (1), 73–77. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-09-22-0191-A.
Doucouré, H.; Auguy, F.; Blanvillain-Baufumé, S.; Fabre, S.; Gabriel, M.; Thomas, E.; Dambreville, F.; Sciallano, C.; Szurek, B.; Koita, O.; Verdier, V.; Cunnac, S. The Rice ILI2 Locus Is a Bidirectional Target of the African Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae Major Transcription Activator-like Effector TalC but Does Not Contribute to Disease Susceptibility. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 2022, 23 (10), 5559. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23105559.
Diallo, A.; Zougrana, S.; Sawadogo, M.; Kone, D.; Silué, D.; Szurek, B.; Wonni, I.; Hutin, M. First Report of Bacterial Leaf Streak Disease of Rice Caused by Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzicola in Ivory Coast. Plant Dis. 2021, PDIS-04-21-0811-PDN. https://doi.org/10.1094/PDIS-04-21-0811-PDN
Garcia-Ruiz, H.; Szurek, B.; Van den Ackerveken, G. Stop Helping Pathogens: Engineering Plant Susceptibility Genes for Durable Resistance. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 2021, 70, 187–195. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copbio.2021.05.005
Long, J.; Sadoine, M.; Song, C.; Arra, Y.; Frommer, W. B.; Yang, B. Sucrose-Dependence of Sugar Uptake, Quorum Sensing and Virulence of the Rice Blight Pathogen Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae; preprint; Plant Biology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.22.457195
Luo, D.; Huguet-Tapia, J. C.; Raborn, R. T.; White, F. F.; Brendel, V. P.; Yang, B. The Xa7 Resistance Gene Guards the Susceptibility Gene SWEET14 of Rice Against Exploitation by Bacterial Blight Pathogen. Plant Commun. 2021, 100164. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2021.100164.
Schmidt, S. M.; Luu, van T.; Buchholzer, M.; Arra, Y.; Frommer, W. B. Options for Tackling Pathogen Resistance by Genome Editing in Rice. CAB Rev. Perspect. Agric. Vet. Sci. Nutr. Nat. Resour. 2021, 16 (047). https://doi.org/10.1079/PAVSNNR202116047
Wu, L.-B.; Eom, J.-S.; Isoda, R.; Li, C.; Char, S. N.; Luo, D.; Luu, V. T.; Nakamura, M.; Yang, B.; Frommer, W. B. OsSWEET11b , a Sixth Leaf Blight Susceptibility Gene Involved in Sugar Transport-Dependent Male Fertility; preprint; Plant Biology, 2021. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.08.21.457078
Zuluaga, A. P.; Bidzinski, P.; Chanclud, E.; Ducasse, A.; Cayrol, B.; Gomez Selvaraj, M.; Ishitani, M.; Jauneau, A.; Deslandes, L.; Kroj, T.; Michel, C.; Szurek, B.; Koebnik, R.; Morel, J.-B. The Rice DNA-Binding Protein ZBED Controls Stress Regulators and Maintains Disease Resistance After a Mild Drought. Front. Plant Sci. 2020, 11, 1265. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.01265.
Luu, V.; Stiebner, M.; Maldonado, P.; Valdés, S.; Marín, D.; Delgado, G.; Laluz, V.; Wu, L.-B.; Chavarriaga, P.; Tohme, J.; Slamet-Loedin, I.; Frommer, W. Efficient Efficient Agrobacterium-mediated Transformation of the Elite–Indica Rice Variety Komboka. BIO-Protoc. 2020, 10 (17). https://doi.org/10.21769/BioProtoc.3739
Quibod, I. L.; Atieza-Grande, G.; Oreiro, E. G.; Palmos, D.; Nguyen, M. H.; Coronejo, S. T.; Aung, E. E.; Nugroho, C.; Roman-Reyna, V.; Burgos, M. R.; Capistrano, P.; Dossa, S. G.; Onaga, G.; Saloma, C.; Cruz, C. V.; Oliva, R. The Green Revolution shaped the population structure of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. ISME J. 2020, 14 (2), 492–505. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-019-0545-2
Tekete, C.; Cunnac, S.; Doucouré, H.; Dembele, M.; Keita, I.; Sarra, S.; Dagno, K.; Koita, O.; Verdier, V. Characterization of New Races of Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae in Mali Informs Resistance Gene Deployment. Phytopathology® 2020, 110 (2), 267–277. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-02-19-0070-R.
Schmidt, S. M.; Belisle, M.; Frommer, W. B. The evolving landscape around genome editing in agriculture. EMBO Rep. 2020, 21 (6). https://doi.org/10.15252/embr.202050680
Oliva, R.; Ji, C.; Atienza-Grande, G.; Huguet-Tapia, J. C.; Perez-Quintero, A.; Li, T.; Eom, J.-S.; Li, C.; Nguyen, H.; Liu, B.; Auguy, F.; Sciallano, C.; Luu, V. T.; Dossa, G. S.; Cunnac, S.; Schmidt, S. M.; Slamet-Loedin, I. H.; Vera Cruz, C.; Szurek, B.; Frommer, W. B.; White, F. F.; Yang, B. Broad-spectrum resistance to bacterial blight in rice using genome editing. Nat. Biotechnol. 2019, 37 (11), 1344–1350. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0267-z
Eom, J.-S.; Luo, D.; Atienza-Grande, G.; Yang, J.; Ji, C.; Thi Luu, V.; Huguet-Tapia, J. C.; Char, S. N.; Liu, B.; Nguyen, H.; Schmidt, S. M.; Szurek, B.; Vera Cruz, C.; White, F. F.; Oliva, R.; Yang, B.; Frommer, W. B. Diagnostic Kit for Rice Blight Resistance. Nat. Biotechnol. 2019, 37 (11), 1372–1379. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0268-y
Peng, Z.; Hu, Y.; Zhang, J.; Huguet-Tapia, J. C.; Block, A. K.; Park, S.; Sapkota, S.; Liu, Z.; Liu, S.; White, F. F. Xanthomonas translucens commandeers the host rate-limiting step in ABA biosynthesis for disease susceptibility. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 2019, 116 (42), 20938–20946. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911660116
Li, C.; Ji, C.; Huguet‐Tapia, J. C.; White, F. F.; Dong, H.; Yang, B. An efficient method to clone TAL effector genes from Xanthomonas oryzae using Gibson assembly. Mol. Plant Pathol. 2019, 20 (10), 1453–1462. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12820
Perez-Quintero, A. L.; Szurek, B. A Decade Decoded: Spies and Hackers in the History of TAL Effectors Research. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 2019, 57 (1), 459–481. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100026
Lang, J. M.; Pérez-Quintero, A. L.; Koebnik, R.; DuCharme, E.; Sarra, S.; Doucoure, H.; Keita, I.; Ziegle, J.; Jacobs, J. M.; Oliva, R.; Koita, O.; Szurek, B.; Verdier, V.; Leach, J. E. A Pathovar of Xanthomonas oryzae Infecting Wild Grasses Provides Insight Into the Evolution of Pathogenicity in Rice Agroecosystems. Front. Plant Sci. 2019, 10, 507. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.00507
Sharma, A.; Jones, J. B.; White, F. F. Recent Advances in Developing Disease Resistance in Plants. F1000Research 2019, 8, 1934. https://doi.org/10.12688/f1000research.20179.1
Doucouré, H.; Pérez-Quintero, A. L.; Reshetnyak, G.; Tekete, C.; Auguy, F.; Thomas, E.; Koebnik, R.; Szurek, B.; Koita, O.; Verdier, V.; Cunnac, S. Functional and Genome Sequence-Driven Characterization of Tal Effector Gene Repertoires Reveals Novel Variants With Altered Specificities in Closely Related Malian Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae Strains. Front. Microbiol. 2018, 9, 1657https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2018.01657.
Tran, T. T.; Pérez-Quintero, A. L.; Wonni, I.; Carpenter, S. C. D.; Yu, Y.; Wang, L.; Leach, J. E.; Verdier, V.; Cunnac, S.; Bogdanove, A. J.; Koebnik, R.; Hutin, M.; Szurek, B. Functional Analysis of African Xanthomonas Oryzae Pv. Oryzae TALomes Reveals a New Susceptibility Gene in Bacterial Leaf Blight of Rice. PLOS Pathog. 2018, 14 (6), e1007092. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1007092.
Schandry, N.; Jacobs, J. M.; Szurek, B.; Perez-Quintero, A. L. A Cautionary TALE: How Plant Breeding May Have Favoured Expanded TALE Repertoires in Xanthomonas: Xanthomonas TALome Expansion and Plant Breeding. Mol. Plant Pathol. 2018, 19 (6), 1297–1301. https://doi.org/10.1111/mpp.12670.
Yang, J.; Luo, D.; Yang, B.; Frommer, W. B.; Eom, J.-S. SWEET11 and 15 as Key Players in Seed Filling in Rice. New Phytol. 2018, 218 (2), 604–615. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.15004.
Pérez-Quintero, A. L.; Lamy, L.; Zarate, C. A.; Cunnac, S.; Doyle, E.; Bogdanove, A.; Szurek, B.; Dereeper, A. DaTALbase: A Database for Genomic and Transcriptomic Data Related to TAL Effectors. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interactions® 2018, 31 (4), 471–480. https://doi.org/10.1094/MPMI-06-17-0153-FI.
Bezrutczyk, M.; Yang, J.; Eom, J.-S.; Prior, M.; Sosso, D.; Hartwig, T.; Szurek, B.; Oliva, R.; Vera-Cruz, C.; White, F. F.; Yang, B.; Frommer, W. B. Sugar Flux and Signaling in Plant-Microbe Interactions. Plant J. 2018, 93 (4), 675–685. https://doi.org/10.1111/tpj.13775.
Frommer, W. B.; Sosso, D.; Chen, L.-Q. SWEET Glucoside Transporter Superfamily. In Encyclopedia of Biophysics; Roberts, G. C. K., Ed.; Springer Berlin Heidelberg: Berlin, Heidelberg, 2013; pp 2556–2558. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16712-6_685.
Zuluaga P, Szurek B, Koebnik R, Kroj T, Morel JB. Effector Mimics and Integrated Decoys, the Never-Ending Arms Race between Rice and Xanthomonasoryzae. Front Plant Sci. 2017 Mar 28;8:431. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00431.eCollection 2017. Review. PubMed PMID: 28400786;
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Wang L, Rinaldi FC, Singh P, Doyle EL, Dubrow ZE, Tran TT, Pérez-Quintero AL, Szurek B, Bogdanove AJ. TAL Effectors Drive Transcription Bidirectionally inPlants. Mol Plant. 2017 Feb 13;10(2):285-296. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2016.12.002.Epub 2016 Dec 10. PubMed
Hutin M, Césari S, Chalvon V, Michel C, Tran TT, Boch J, Koebnik R, Szurek B, Kroj T. Ectopic activation of the rice NLR heteropair RGA4/RGA5 confersresistance to bacterial blight and bacterial leaf streak diseases. Plant J. 2016 Oct;88(1):43-55. doi: 10.1111/tpj.13231. Epub 2016 Aug 18.
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Quibod IL, Perez-Quintero A, Booher NJ, Dossa GS, Grande G, Szurek B, VeraCruz C, Bogdanove AJ, Oliva R. Effector Diversification Contributes toXanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Phenotypic Adaptation in a Semi-IsolatedEnvironment. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 26;6:34137. doi: 10.1038/srep34137. PubMed
Blanvillain-Baufumé S, Reschke M, Solé M, Auguy F, Doucoure H, Szurek B,Meynard D, Portefaix M, Cunnac S, Guiderdoni E, Boch J, Koebnik R. Targetedpromoter editing for rice resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae revealsdifferential activities for SWEET14-inducing TAL effectors. Plant Biotechnol J.2017 Mar;15(3):306-317. doi: 10.1111/pbi.12613. Epub 2016 Dec 17. PubMed
J. C. Huguet-Tapia, Z. Peng, B. Yang, Z. Yin, S. Liu, F. F. White. Complete Genome Sequence of the African Strain AXO1947 of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Genome Announcements 2016 Feb 11;4(1). pii: e01730-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01730-15
Char SN, Unger-Wallace E, Frame B, Briggs SA, Main M, Spalding MH, Vollbrecht E, Wang K, Yang B. Heritable site-specific mutagenesis using TALENs in maize. Plant Biotechnol J. 2015 Feb 3. PubMed
Zhou J, Peng Z, Long J, Sosso D, Liu B, Eom JS, Huang S, Liu S, Vera Cruz C, Frommer WB, White FF, Yang B. Gene targeting by the TAL effector PthXo2 reveals cryptic resistance gene for bacterial blight of rice. Plant J. 2015;82(4):632-43. PubMed
Chen LQ, Lin IW, Qu XQ, Sosso D, McFarlane HE, Londoño A, Samuels AL4, Frommer WB1. A cascade of sequentially expressed sucrose transporters in the seed coat and endosperm provides nutrition for the Arabidopsis embryo. Plant Cell. 2015;27(3):607-19. PubMed
Zeng X, Tian D, Gu K, Zhou Z, Yang X, Luo Y, White FF, Yin Z. Genetic engineering of the Xa10 promoter for broad-spectrum and durable resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Plant Biotechnol J. 2015 Feb 3. PubMed
Wang C, Zhang X, Fan Y, Gao Y, Zhu Q, Zheng C, Qin T, Li Y, Che J, Zhang M, Yang B, Liu Y, Zhao K. XA23 is an executor R protein and confers broad-spectrum disease resistance in rice. Mol Plant. 2015;8(2):290-302. PubMed
Hutin M, Sabot F, Ghesquière A, Koebnik R, Szurek B. A knowledge-basedmolecular screen uncovers a broad-spectrum OsSWEET14 resistance allele tobacterial blight from wild rice. Plant J. 2015 Nov;84(4):694-703. doi:10.1111/tpj.13042. PubMed
Pérez-Quintero AL, Lamy L, Gordon JL, Escalon A, Cunnac S, Szurek B, GagnevinL. QueTAL: a suite of tools to classify and compare TAL effectors functionallyand phylogenetically. Front Plant Sci. 2015 Aug 3;6:545. doi:10.3389/fpls.2015.00545. eCollection 2015. PubMed PMID: 26284082;
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Hutin M, Pérez-Quintero AL, Lopez C, Szurek B. MorTAL Kombat: the story ofdefense against TAL effectors through loss-of-susceptibility. Front Plant Sci.2015 Jul 14;6:535. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00535. eCollection 2015. Review.Erratum in: Front Plant Sci. 2015;6:647.
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Hu Y, Zhang J, Jia H, Sosso D, Li T, Frommer WB, Yang B, White FF, Wang N, Jones JB. Lateral organ boundaries 1 is a disease susceptibility gene for citrus bacterial canker disease. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(4):E521-9. PubMed
Cohn M, Bart RS, Shybut M, Dahlbeck D, Gomez M, Morbitzer R, Hou BH, Frommer WB, Lahaye T, Staskawicz BJ. Xanthomonas axonopodis virulence is promoted by a transcription activator-like effector-mediated induction of a SWEET sugar transporter in cassava. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2014;27(11):1186-98. PubMed
Xu Y, Tao Y, Cheung LS, Fan C, Chen LQ, Xu S, Perry K, Frommer WB7, Feng L. Structures of bacterial homologues of SWEET transporters in two distinct conformations. Nature. 2014;515(7527):448-52. PubMed
Zhou H, Liu B, Weeks DP, Spalding MH, Yang B. Large chromosomal deletions and heritable small genetic changes induced by CRISPR/Cas9 in rice. Nucleic Acids Res. 2014;42(17):10903-14.
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Richter A, Streubel J, Blücher C, Szurek B, Reschke M, Grau J, Boch J. A TAL effector repeat architecture for frameshift binding. Nat Commun. 2014 Mar11;5:3447. doi: 10.1038/ncomms4447.
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Jiang W, Zhou H, Bi H, Fromm M, Yang B, Weeks DP. Demonstration of CRISPR/Cas9/sgRNA-mediated targeted gene modification in Arabidopsis, tobacco, sorghum and rice. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013;41(20):e188. PubMed
Jones AM, Grossmann G, Danielson JÅ, Sosso D, Chen LQ, Ho CH, Frommer WB. In vivo biochemistry: applications for small molecule biosensors in plant biology. Curr Opin Plant Biol. 2013;16(3):389-95. PubMed
Noël LD, Denancé N, Szurek B. Predicting promoters targeted by TAL effectors in plant genomes: from dream to reality. Front Plant Sci. 2013 Sep 3;4:333. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00333. eCollection 2013. PubMed PMID: 24027573; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3759964.
Streubel J, Pesce C, Hutin M, Koebnik R, Boch J, Szurek B. Five phylogenetically close rice SWEET genes confer TAL effector-mediatedsusceptibility to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. New Phytol. 2013Nov;200(3):808-19. doi: 10.1111/nph.12411. Epub 2013 Jul 24. PubMed
Pérez-Quintero AL, Rodriguez-R LM, Dereeper A, López C, Koebnik R, Szurek B, Cunnac S. An improved method for TAL effectors DNA-binding sites predictionreveals functional convergence in TAL repertoires of Xanthomonas oryzae strains. PLoS One. 2013 Jul 15;8(7):e68464. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0068464. Print 2013. PubMed
Robin GP, Ortiz E, Szurek B, Brizard JP, Koebnik R. Comparative proteomicsreveal new HrpX-regulated proteins of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. JProteomics. 2014 Jan 31;97:256-64. doi: 10.1016/j.jprot.2013.04.010. Epub 2013Apr 18. PubMed
Zhao S, Mo WL, Wu F, Tang W, Tang JL, Szurek B, Verdier V, Koebnik R, FengJX. Identification of non-TAL effectors in Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae Chinese strain 13751 and analysis of their role in the bacterial virulence. World JMicrobiol Biotechnol. 2013 Apr;29(4):733-44. doi: 10.1007/s11274-012-1229-5. Epub2013 Jan 8. PubMed
Chen LQ, Qu XQ, Hou BH, Sosso D, Osorio S, Fernie AR, Frommer WB. Sucrose efflux mediated by SWEET proteins as a key step for phloem transport. Science. 2012;335(6065):207-11. PubMed
Hajri A, Brin C, Zhao S, David P, Feng JX, Koebnik R, Szurek B, Verdier V,Boureau T, Poussier S. Multilocus sequence analysis and type III effectorrepertoire mining provide new insights into the evolutionary history andvirulence of Xanthomonas oryzae. Mol Plant Pathol. 2012 Apr;13(3):288-302. doi:10.1111/j.1364-3703.2011.00745.x. Epub 2011 Sep 19. PubMed
Yu Y, Streubel J, Balzergue S, Champion A, Boch J, Koebnik R, Feng J, VerdierV, Szurek B. Colonization of rice leaf blades by an African strain of Xanthomonasoryzae pv. oryzae depends on a new TAL effector that induces the rice nodulin-3Os11N3 gene. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 2011 Sep;24(9):1102-13. doi:10.1094/MPMI-11-10-0254. PubMed
Chen LQ, Hou BH, Lalonde S, Takanaga H, Hartung ML, Qu XQ, Guo WJ, Kim JG, Underwood W, Chaudhuri B, Chermak D, Antony G, White FF, Somerville SC, Mudgett MB, Frommer WB. Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens. Nature. 2010;468(7323):527-32. PubMed