A investigadoras del grupo de interacciones planta-patógeno
El trabajo desarrollado por las investigadoras del CIQUIBIC Dra. Georgina Fabro, Biol. Yanina Rizzi y Dra. María Elena Álvarez, fue distinguido como “Elección del Editor” en la prestigiosa revista Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. El artículo se titula “Arabidopsis proline dehydrogenase contributes to flagellin-mediated PAMP-triggered immunity by affecting RBOHD” (Fabro et al., Mol. Plant. Microbe. Interact, 2016, 29:620-8).
El Editor destaca el hallazgo de procesos que alteran la cadena de transporte de electrones mitocondrial en el establecimiento de la defensa vegetal contra moléculas derivadas de patógeno, con énfasis en rol de la enzima mitocondrial prolina deshidrogenasa. El trabajo fue distinguido con la ilustración de tapa y es de acceso libre por tiempo limitado.
La Dra. Fabro y la Biol. Rizzi son Investigadora Asistente y Becaria Doctoral de CONICET, respectivamente, en el grupo liderado por la Dra. Álvarez abocado al estudio de las bases moleculares de la resistencia a patógenos microbianos en el modelo de Arabidopsis thaliana.
The work of CIQUIBIC’s researchers Dr. Georgina Fabro, Biol. Yanina Rizzi and Dr. Maria Elena Alvarez recently published in Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions was awarded as the “Editor’s pick” by this prestigious journal. The article was entitled “Arabidopsis proline dehydrogenase contributes to flagellin-mediated PAMP-triggered immunity by affecting RBOHD” (Fabro et al., Mol. Plant. Microbe. Interact, 2016, 29:620-8).
The editor in chief of this journal highlighted that the study developed by Fabro and colleagues reveals the effect that processes altering the mitochondrial electron transport chain do have over the establishment of plant defenses against pathogen-derived molecules (PAMPs), with special emphasis on the role of the mitochondrial enzyme proline dehydrogenase. The work was awarded with the cover illustration and has been made available as open access for a limited period of time.
Dr. Fabro and Biol. Rizzi are an Assistant Researcher and a doctoral fellow from CONICET working in Dr. Alvarez’s group, which is focused on the study of the molecular basis of immunity against microbial pathogens in plants.