• The ALS gene as genetic target in CRISPR/ cas approaches: what have we learned so far? 

      Darqui, Flavia Soledad; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Lopez Bilbao, Marisa Gisela (Crimson Publishers, 2020-08)
      Specific mutations in the conserved domains of the acetolactate synthase (ALS) gene conduct to different key amino acid substitutions that can confer herbicide resistance in different plant species. This outcome has been ...
    • The autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus Ac12: A non-essential F box-like protein that interacts with cellular SKP1 component of the E3 ubiquitin ligase complex 

      Costa Navarro, Guadalupe Soledad; Amalfi, Sabrina; Lopez, Maria Gabriela; Llauger, Gabriela; Arneodo Larochette, Joel Demian; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Alfonso, Victoria (Elsevier, 2019-01)
      The Autographa californica multiple nucleopolyhedrovirus (AcMNPV) ac12 gene, which is conserved in ten other baculovirus, codes a predicted 217 amino acid protein of unknown function. In this study, we investigated the ...
    • The conserved brassinosteroid-related transcription factor BIM1a negatively regulates fruit growth in tomato 

      Mori, Kentaro; Lemaire-Chamley, Martine; Jorly, Joana; Carrari, Fernando; Conte, Mariana; Asamizu, Erika; Mizoguchi, Tsuyoshi; Ezura, Hiroshi; Rothan, Christophe (Oxford University Press, 2021-02)
      Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroid hormones that play key roles in plant development and defense. Our goal is to harness the extensive knowledge of the Arabidopsis BR signaling network to improve productivity in crop ...
    • The cytosolic invertase NI6 affects vegetative growth, flowering, fruit set, and yield in tomato 

      Coluccio Leskow, Carla; Conte, Mariana; del Pozo, Talía; Bermudez Salazar, Luisa; Lira, Bruno Silvestre; Gramegna, Giovanna; Baroli, Irene; Burgos, Estanislao; Zavallo, Diego; Kamenetzky, Laura; Asis, Ramón; Gonzalez, Maurıcio; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Rossi, Magdalena; Osorio, Sonia; Carrari, Fernando (Oxford University Press, 2021-03)
      Sucrose metabolism is important for most plants, both as the main source of carbon and via signaling mechanisms that have been proposed for this molecule. A cleaving enzyme, invertase (INV) channels sucrose into sink ...
    • The genetic architecture of photosynthesis and plant growthrelated traits in tomato 

      Oliveira Silva, Franklin Magnum de; Lichtenstein, Gabriel; Alseekh, Saleh; Rosado‐Souza, Laise; Conte, Mariana; Fuentes Suguiyama, Vanessa; Lira, Bruno Silvestre; Fanourakis, Dimitrios; Usadel, Björn; Lopes Bhering, Leonardo; DaMatta, Fábio M.; Sulpice, Ronan; Araújo, Wagner L.; Rossi, Magdalena; de Setta, Nathalia; Fernie, Alisdair R.; Carrari, Fernando; Nunes Nesi, Adriano (Wiley, 2018-02)
      To identify genomic regions involved in the regulation of fundamental physiological processes such as photosynthesis and respiration, a population of Solanum pennellii introgression lines was analyzed. We determined ...
    • The genome of the stress-tolerant wild tomato species Solanum pennellii 

      Bolger, Anthony; Scossa, Federico; Bolger, Marie E.; Lanz, Christa; Maumus, Florian; Tohge, Takayuki; Quesneville, Hadi; Alseekh, Saleh; Sørensen, Iben; Lichtenstein, Gabriel; Fich, Eric A.; Conte, Mariana; Keller, Heike; Schneeberger, Korbinian; Schwacke, Rainer; Ofner, Itai; Vrebalov, Julia; Xu, Yimin; Osorio, Sonia; Aflitos, Saulo Alves; Schijlen, Elio; Jiménez-Goméz, José M.; Ryngajllo, Malgorzata; Kimura, Seisuke; Kumar, Ravi; Koenig, Daniel; Headland, Lauren R.; Maloof, Julin N.; Sinha, Neelima; van Ham, Roeland C. H. J.; Lankhorst, René Klein; Mao, Linyong; Vogel, Alexander; Arsova, Borjana; Panstruga, Ralph; Fei, Zhangjun; Rose, Jocelyn K. C.; Zamir, Dani; Carrari, Fernando; Giovannoni, James J.; Weigel, Detlef; Usadel, Björn; Fernie, Alisdair R. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014-09)
      Solanum pennellii is a wild tomato species endemic to Andean regions in South America, where it has evolved to thrive in arid habitats. Because of its extreme stress tolerance and unusual morphology, it is an important ...
    • The Gln15Arg mutation in the transcriptional factor PALM1 produces multifoliate alfalfa 

      Gomez, Maria Cristina; Jozefkowicz, Cintia; Mozzicafreddo, Matteo; Odorizzi, Ariel; Arolfo, Valeria; Basigalup, Daniel Horacio; Ayub, Nicolás Daniel; Soto, Gabriela Cynthia (Springer, 2022-12)
      The CRISPR/Cas9 system has proven to be highly valuable for genome editing in several important crops, including the allogamous tetraploid cultivated alfalfa (Medicago sativa). However, the fact that most of the beneficial ...
    • The heart microbiome of insectivorous bats from Central and South Eastern Europe 

      Corduneanu, Alexandra; Mihalca, Andrei Daniel; Sandor, Attila D.; Hornok, Sándor; Malmberg, Maja; Pin Viso, Natalia Daniela; Bongcam-Rudloff, Erik (Elsevier, 2021-04)
      Host associated microbiome not only may affect the individual health-status or provide insights into the species- or group specific bacterial communities but may act as early warning signs in the assessment of zoonotic ...
    • The key to egress? Babesia bovis perforin-like protein 1 (PLP1) with hemolytic capacity is required for blood stage replication and is involved in the exit of the parasite from the host cell 

      Paoletta, Martina; Laughery, Jacob Michael; Lopez Arias, Ludmila Sol; Jaramillo Ortiz, Jose; Montenegro, Valeria Noely; Petrigh, Romina; Ueti, Massaro W.; Suarez, Carlos Esteban; Farber, Marisa Diana; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (Elsevier, 2021-07)
      Bovine babesiosis is a tick-borne disease caused by apicomplexan parasites of the Babesia genus that represents a major constraint to livestock production worldwide. Currently available vaccines are based on live parasites ...
    • The P0 protein encoded by cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV) inhibits local but not systemic RNA silencing 

      Delfosse, Veronica Cecilia; Agrofoglio, Yamila Carla; Casse, Maria Florencia; Bonacic Kresic, Iván; Hopp, Horacio Esteban; Ziegler-Graff, Véronique; Distefano, Ana Julia (2014-02)
      Plants employ RNA silencing as a natural defense mechanism against viruses. As a counter-defense, viruses encode silencing suppressor proteins (SSPs) that suppress RNA silencing. Most, but not all, the P0 proteins encoded ...
    • The role of glucose in the pathology of EHEC O157: H7 

      Marques Da Silva, Wanderson; Taibo, Catalina Beatriz; Sabio Y Garcia, Julia Veronica; Larzabal, Mariano; Cataldi, Angel Adrian (Cambridge University Press, 2020-04)
      The pathogen enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157: H7 is responsible for hemorrhagic colitis and hemolytic uremic syndrome in humans [1]. During the colonization process in the gastrointestinal tract, EHEC needs ...
    • The subunit vaccine H65 + CAF01 increased the BCG- protection against Mycobacterium bovis infection in a mouse model of bovine tuberculosis 

      Blanco, Federico Carlos; Garcia, Elizabeth Andrea; Aagaard, Claus; Bigi, Fabiana (Elsevier, 2021-05)
      H65, a fusion protein of three pairs of ESX-secreted antigens of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and Mycobacterium bovis, formulated with the liposomal adjuvant CAF01 has been shown to confer protection against M. tuberculosis ...
    • The Use of Raw Poultry Waste as Soil Amendment Under Field Conditions Caused a Loss of Bacterial Genetic Diversity Together with an Increment of Eutrophic Risk and Phytotoxic Effects 

      Pin Viso, Natalia Daniela; Rizzo, Pedro Federico; Young, Brian Jonathan; Gabioud, Emmanuel Adrian; Bres, Patricia Alina; Riera, Nicolas Iván; Merino, Lina; Farber, Marisa Diana; Crespo, Diana Elvira (Springer, 2022-10-05)
      Poultry waste has been used as fertilizer to avoid soil degradation caused by the long-term application of chemical fertilizer. However, few studies have evaluated field conditions where livestock wastes have been used for ...
    • Thrombospondin related anonymous protein superfamily in vector-borne apicomplexans: the parasite’s toolkit for cell invasion 

      Paoletta, Martina; Wilkowsky, Silvina Elizabeth (Frontiers Media, 2022-04)
      Apicomplexan parasites transmitted by vectors, including Babesia spp. and Plasmodium spp., cause severe disease in both humans and animals. These parasites have a complex life cycle during which they migrate, invade, and ...
    • TLR9 activation is required for cytotoxic response elicited by baculovirus capsid display 

      Molinari, Maria Paula; Crespo, Maria Ines; Molina, Guido Nicolas; Dho, Nicolás D.; Marinho, Fábio V.; Maletto, Belkys Angélica; Leclerc, Claude; Oliveira, Sergio C.; Taboga, Oscar Alberto; Cebrian, Ignacio; Moron, Victor Gabriel (Wiley, 2023-05)
      Although the baculovirus Autographa californica multiple nuclear polyhedrosis virus (AcMNPV) infects lepidopteran invertebrates as natural hosts, represents an efficient vector for vaccine development. Baculovirus surface ...
    • TMV induces RNA decay pathways to modulate gene silencing and disease symptoms 

      Conti, Gabriela; Zavallo, Diego; Venturuzzi, Andrea Laura; Rodriguez, Maria Cecilia; Crespi, Martin; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2017)
      RNA decay pathways comprise a combination of RNA degradation mechanisms that are implicated in gene expression, development and defense responses in eukaryotes. These mechanisms are known as the RNA Quality Control or RQC ...
    • TMV-Cg Coat Protein stabilizes DELLA proteins and in turn negatively modulates salicylic acid-mediated defense pathway during Arabidopsis thaliana viral infection 

      Rodriguez, Maria Cecilia; Conti, Gabriela; Zavallo, Diego; Manacorda, Carlos Augusto; Asurmendi, Sebastian (2014)
      Background Plant viral infections disturb defense regulatory networks during tissue invasion. Emerging evidence demonstrates that a significant proportion of these alterations are mediated by hormone imbalances. Although ...
    • Tomato Abscisic Acid Stress ripening (ASR) gene family revisited 

      Golan, Ido; Dominguez, Pia Guadalupe; Konrad, Zvia; Shkolnik Inbar, Doron; Carrari, Fernando; Bar Zvi, Dudy (PLOS, 2014-10-13)
      Tomato ABSCISIC ACID RIPENING 1 (ASR1) was the first cloned plant ASR gene. ASR orthologs were then cloned from a large number of monocot, dicot and gymnosperm plants, where they are mostly involved in response to abiotic ...
    • Trans-complementation of polyhedrin by a stably transformed Sf9 insect cell line allows occ− baculovirus occlusion and larval per os infectivity 

      López, María Gabriela; Alfonso, Victoria; Carrillo, Elisa Cristina; Taboga, Oscar Alberto (Elsevier, 2010-01-15)
      Oral infection of insect larvae with baculovirus is an advantageous methodology for producing high levels of recombinant proteins and for achieving plague control. However, many recombinant baculoviruses express a foreign ...
    • Transcript and metabolic adjustments triggered by drought in Ilex paraguariensis leaves 

      Acevedo, Raúl Maximiliano; Avico, Edgardo H.; Gonzalez, Sergio Alberto; Rodrigues Salvador, Acácio; Rivarola, Maximo Lisandro; Paniego, Norma Beatriz; Nunes Nesi, Adriano; Ruiz, Oscar Adolfo; Sansberro, Pedro Alfonso (Springer, 2019-08)
      Ilex paraguariensis (yerba mate) is cultivated in the subtropical region of South America, where the occurrence of drought episodes limit yield. To explore the mechanisms that allow I. paraguariensis to overcome dehydration, ...