Recent Publications

Stone, J., J.E. Heard, T. Asai and F.M. Ausubel (2000) Simulation of fungal-mediated host cell death by fumonisin B1 toxin and selection of fumonisin B1-resistant (fbr) Arabidopsis mutants. Plant Cell 12:1811-1822.

Asai, T., J.M. Stone, J.E. Heard, Y Kovtum, P. Yorgey, J. Sheen and F.M. Ausubel (2000) Fumonisin B1-induced cell death in Arabidopsis protoplasts requires jasmonate-, ethylene-, and salicylate-dependent signaling pathways. Plant Cell 12:1823-1826.

Dewdney, J., T.L. Reuber, M.C. Wildermuth, A. Devoto, J. Cui, L.M. Stutius, E.P. Drummond, and F.M. Ausubel (2000) Three unique mutants of Arabidopsis identify eds loci required for limiting growth of a biotrophic fungal pathogen. Plant Journal 24:205-218.

Aballay, A., P. Yorgey and F.M. Ausubel (2000) Salmonella typhimurium proliferates and establishes a persistent infection in the intestine of Caenorhabditis elegans. Current Biology 10:1539-1542.

Plotnikova, J.M., L.G. Rahme and F.M. Ausubel (2000) Pathogenesis of the human opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 124:1766-1774.

Drenkard, E., B.G. Richter, S. Rozen, L.M. Stutius, N.A. Angell, M. Mindrinos, R.J. Cho, P.J. Oefner, R.W. Davis and F.M. Ausubel (2000) A simple procedure for the analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms facilitates map-based cloning in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 124:1483-1492.

Aballay, A. and F.M. Ausubel (2001) Programmed cell death mediated by ced-3 and ced-4 protects Caenorhabditis elegans from Salmonella typhimurium-mediated killing. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:2735-2739.

Jander, G., J. Cui, B. Nhan, N. Pierce and F.M. Ausubel (2001) The TASTY locus on chromosome 1 of Arabidopsis thaliana affects feeding behavior of the insect herbivore Trichoplusia ni. Plant Physiol. 126:890-898.

Yorgey, P., L.G. Rahme, M.-W. Tan and F.M. Ausubel (2001) The roles of mucD and alginate in the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in plants, nematodes, and mice. Mol. Microbiol. 41:1063-1076.

Garsin, D.A., C.D. Sifri, E. Mylonakis, X. Qin, K.V. Singh, B.E. Murray, S.B. Calderwood and F.M. Ausubel (2001) A simple model host for identifying gram-positive virulence factors. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 98:10892-10897.

Wildermuth, M.C., J. Dewdney, G. Wu, and F.M. Ausubel (2001) Isochorismate synthase is required to synthesize salicylic acid for plant defense. Nature 414:562-565.

Hendrickson, E.L., J. Plotnikova, S. Mahajan-Miklos, L.G. Rahme and F.M. Ausubel (2001) Differential roles of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 rpoN gene in pathogenicity in plants, nematodes, insects and mice. J. Bacteriol. 183:7126-7134.

Asai, T., G. Tena, J. Plotnikova, M.R. Willmann, W.-L. Chiu, L. Gomez-Gomez, T. Boller, F.M. Ausubel and J. Sheen (2002) MAP kinase signaling cascade in Arabidopsis innate immunity. Nature 415:977-983.

Drenkard, E. and F.M. Ausubel (2002) Pseudomonas biofilm formation and antibiotic resistance are linked to phenotypic variation. Nature 416:740-743.

Cui, J., G. Jander, L. Racki, P.D. Kim, N.E. Pierce and F.M. Ausubel (2002) Signals involved in Arabidopsis resistance to Trichoplusia ni caterpillars induced by virulent and avirulent strains of the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae. Plant Physiol. 129:551-564.

Kim, D.H., R. Feinbaum, G. Alloing, F.E. Emerson, D.A. Garsin, H. Inoue, M. Tanaka-Hino, N. Hisamoto, K. Matsumoto, M.-W. Tan and F.M. Ausubel (2002) A conserved p38 MAP kinase signaling pathway in Caenorhabditis elegans innate immunity. Science 297:623-626.

Aballay, A., E. Drenkard and F.M. Ausubel (2003) Caenorhabditis elegans innate immune response triggered by Salmonella requires intact LPS and is mediated by a MAPK signaling pathway. Current Biology 13:47-52.

Garsin, D.A., J. Villanueva, J. Begun, C.D. Sifri, D.H. Kim, S.B. Calderwood, G.B. Ruvkun and F.M. Ausubel (2003) Long-lived Caenorhabditis elegans daf-2 mutants are resistant to bacterial pathogens. Submitted to Science 300:1921.

Miyata, S., M. Casey, D.W. Frank, F.M. Ausubel and E. Drenkard (2003) Use of the Galleria mellonella caterpillar as a model host to study the role of the type III secretion system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis. Infection and Immunity 71:2404-2413.

Ferrari, S., J. Plotnikova, G. DeLorenzo and F.M. Ausubel (2003) Arabidopsis local resistance to Botrytis cinerea involves salicylic acid and camalexin and requires EDS4 and PAD2, but not SID2, EDS5 or PAD4. The Plant Journal 35:193-205.