You are receiving this e-mail because you subscribed to our seminars announcements and reminders service at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] . '' Mobilization of molecular defense by phytocytokine-receptor signaling '' Dr Libo Shan Christine Richardson Professor in Agriculture Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Norman E. Borlaug Center Texas A&M University USA Tuesday, March 14, 2023 11:00 Plant genomes encode over thousands of small peptides, whose functions remain mostly enigmatic. Nevertheless, some secreted peptides have been implicated to be important players in regulating diverse plant physiological processes, including cell growth, development, reproduction, immunity, and abiotic stress adaptations. Plant small peptides with immunomodulatory functions are also known as phytocytokines and can function as short- and long-distance defense signaling molecules. The phytocytokines can amply the immune responses triggered by microbial patterns and pathogen effectors via acting on the same target cell, adjacent cells, or distant cells. In addition, some phytocytokines could modulate plant physiological processes. Meanwhile, pathogens could mimic plant endogenous peptides to promote parasitism. In this talk, Dr Shan will present data to discuss the perception and mode-of-actions of phytocytokines perceived by cell surface receptors in plant-microbe interaction and environmental stress adaptations. She will also discuss the pathogen-host evolutionary mimicry of immunomodulatory phytocytokines. Jozef Schell seminar room Technologiepark 71 - 9052 Invited by Prof Dirk Inzé and Prof Jenny Russinova If you do not wish to receive this information anymore, please unsubscribe from future mailings at [ https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars | https://maillist.psb.ugent.be/mailman/listinfo/seminars ] Genome editing, cutting-edge technology for a sustainable agriculture VIB-UGent Center for Plant Systems Biology Ghent University Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 71 9052 Ghent-Belgium Phone: +32(0)9 331 38 00 [ http://www.psb.vib-ugent.be/ | https://www.psb.ugent.be/ ]
