Publications
Gitta Coaker - Google Scholar
2024
Sung YC, Li Y, Baik S, Asuke S, Fahima T, Coaker G. (2024) Direct binding of a fungal effector by the wheat RWT4 tandem kinase activates defense. bioRxiv. https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.04.30.591956
Fahima, T., Reveguk, T., Fatiukha, A., Potapenko, E., Reveguk, I., Sela, H., Klymiuk, V., Li, Y., Pozniak, C., Wicker, T. and Coaker, G. (2024) Atlas of tandem kinase proteins across the plant kingdom. 29 May 2024, PREPRINT available at Research Square [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4468450/v1]
Stevens DM, Moreno-Pérez A, Weisberg AJ, Ramsing C, Fliegmann J, Zhang N, Madrigal M, Martin G, Steinbrenner A, Felix G, Coaker G. Natural variation of immune epitopes reveals intrabacterial antagonism. (2024) Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 121(23):e2319499121. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2319499121.
Figueroa M, Coaker G, Kanyuka K. Focus on the Effectors at the Interface of Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2024. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 37(3):168-170. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-02-24-0010-CM.
Wang H, Irigoyen S, Liu J, Ramasamy M, Padilla C, Bedre R, Yang C, Thapa SP, Mulgaonkar N, Ancona V, He P, Coaker G, Fernando S, Mandadi KK. (2024) Inhibition of a conserved bacterial dual-specificity phosphatase confers plant tolerance to Candidatus Liberibacter spp. iScience. 27(3):109232. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109232.
Y Li, ZZ Wei, H Sela, L Govta, V Klymiuk, R Roychowdhury, HS Chawla, J Ens, K Wiebe, V Bocharova, R Ben-David, PB Pawar, Y Zhang, S Jaiwar, I Molnar, J Dolezel, G Coaker, CJ Pozniak, T Fahima (2024) Dissection of a rapidly evolving wheat resistance gene cluster by long-read genome sequencing accelerated the cloning of Pm69. Plant Communications. 5(1):100646. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2023.100646
2023
J Zhu, A Moreno-Perez, G Coaker (2023) Understanding plant pathogen interactions using spatial and single-cell technologies. Communication Biology. doi: 10.1038/s42003-023-05156-8
RK Verma, V Roman-Reyna, G Coaker, JM Jacobs, D Teper (2023) Allelic variations in a serine protease effector within Clavibacter michiganensis populations determine pathogen host range. Preprint. doi: 10.1101/2023.07.22.549466
J Zhu, S Lolle, A Tang, B Guel, B Kvitko, B Cole, G Coaker (2023) Single-cell profiling of Arabidopsis leaves to Pseudomonas syringae infection. Cell Reports. doi: 10.1016/j.celrep.2023.112676 ISBN 2211-1247
JHJ Leveau, G Coaker, ML Marco (2023) Phyllosphere 2022: 11th International Symposium on Leaf Surface Microbiology. Phytobiomes Journal. doi:10.1094/pbiomes-05-23-0029-mr ISBN: 2471-2906
Fahima T, Coaker G. (2023) Pathogen perception and deception in plant immunity by kinase fusion proteins. Nature Genetics. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01396-w ISBN: 1061-4036
Trinh J, Li T, Franco JY, Toruno T, Stevens DM, Thapa SP, Wong J, Pineda R, Avila de Dios E, Kahn T, Seymour D, Ramadugu C, Coaker G. (2023) Variation in microbial feature perception in the Rutaceae family with immune receptor conservation in citrus. Plant Physiology. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiad263 ISBN: 1532-2548
Lee D, Coaker G. (2023) Purification and detection of ubiquitinated plant proteins using tandem ubiquitin binding entities. Methods Mol Biol 2581:245-254
Lewis DCA, van der Zwan T, Richards A, Little H, Coaker G, Bostock RM. (2023) The oomycete MAMP, arachidonic acid, and an Ascophyllum nodosum-derived plant biostimulant induce defense metabolome remodeling in tomato. 2023. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-10-22-0368-R
Lewis DCA, Stevens DM, Little H, Coaker G, Bostock RM. (2023) Overlapping local and systemic defense induced by an oomycete fatty acid MAMP and brown seaweed extract in tomato. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-09-22-0192-R ISBN: 0894-0282
2022
Caldas PR, Zhu J, Breakspear A, Thapa SP, Toruno TY, Perilla-Henao LM, Casteel C, Faulkner CR, Coaker G. (2022) Effectors from a bacterial vector-borne pathogen exhibit diverse subcellular localization, expression profiles and manipulation of plant defense. Molecular Plant-microbe Interactions. doi: 10.1094mpmi-05-22-0114-r
Wang H, Mulgaonkar N, Mallawarachchi S, Ramasamy M, Padilla CS, Irigoyen S, Coaker G, Mandadi KK, Fernando S. Evaluation of Candidatus Liberibacter asiaticus efflux pump inhibition by antimicrobial peptides. (2022) Molecules 27(24):8729 doi: 10.3390/molecules27248729
Pincot DDA, Feldmann MJ, Hardigan MA, Vachev MV, Henry PM, Gordon TR, Bjornson M, Rodriguez A, Cobo N, Famula RA, Cole GS, Coaker G, Knapp SJ. (2022) Novel Fusarium wilt resistance uncovered in natural and cultivated strawberry populations are found on three non-homoeologous chromosomes. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 135, 2121-2145 doi: 10-1007/s00122-022-04102-2
Zhu J, Lolle S, Tang A, Guel B, Kvikto B, Cole B, Coaker G. (2022) Single-cell profiling of complex plant responses to Pseudomonas syringae infection. bioRxiv 2022. doi: 10.1101/2022.10.07.511353
2021
Rufian J, Elmore J, Bejarano ER, Beuzón CR, Coaker G. (2021) ER bodies are induced by Pseudomonas syringae and negatively regulate immunity. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 2021 doi: 10.1094/MPMI-11-20-0330-SC.
Castro B, Citterico M, Kimura S, Stevens DM, Wrzaczek M, Coaker G. (2021) Stress-induced reactive oxygen species compartmentalization, perception and signalling. Nature Plants. 7(4):403-412. doi: 10.1038/s41477-021-00887-0.
Stevens DM, Tang A, Coaker G. 2021 A genetic toolkit for investigating Clavibacter species: markerless deletion, permissive site identification and an integrative plasmid. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2021 doi: 10.1094/MPMI-07-21-0171-TA
Kumimoto RW, Ellison CT, Toruno T, Bak A, Zhang H, Casteel C, Coaker G, Harmer S. (2021) XAP5 CIRCADIAN TIMEKEEPER Affects both DNA damage responses and immune signaling in Arabidopsis. Frontiers in plant science. 2021 doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.707923
Xing Y, Xu N, Bhandari DD, Lapin D, Sun X, Luo X, Wang Y, Cao J, Wang H, Coaker G, Parker JE, Liu J. (2021) Bacterial effector targeting of a plant iron sensor facilitates iron acquisition and pathogen colonization. The Plant Cell. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab075.
*Highlighted in: Judith Van Dingenen, 2021. Harder, better, faster, stronger: iron strengthens pathogenic bacteria too! The Plant Cell. https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koab082
Selvaraj V, Maheshwari Y, Pagliaccia D, Espindola AS, Hajeri S, Chen J, Coaker G, Vidalakis G, Yokomi R. (2021) Genome analysis of Spiroplasma citri strains from different host plants and its leafhopper vectors. BMC Genomics. 22(1):373. doi: 10.1186/s12864-021-07637-8.
Klymiuk V, Coaker G, Fahima T, Pozniak C. (2021) Tandem protein kinases emerge as new regulators of plant immunity. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-03-21-0073-CR.
2020
Zhang J, Coaker G, Zhou JM, Dong X. (2020) Plant Immune Mechanisms: From Reductionistic to Holistic Points of View. Molecular Plant 13(10):1358-1378. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.09.007.
Lei L, Stevens DM, Coaker G. (2020) Phosphorylation of the Pseudomonas Effector AvrPtoB by Arabidopsis SnRK2.8 Is Required for Bacterial Virulence. Molecular Plant 13(10):1513-1522. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.08.018.
Franco JY, Thapa SP, Pang Z, Gurung FB, Liebrand TWH, Stevens DM, Ancona V, Wang N, Coaker G. (2020) Citrus Vascular Proteomics Highlights the Role of Peroxidases and Serine Proteases during Huanglongbing Disease Progression. Molecular Cellular Proteomics. 19(12):1936-1951. doi: 10.1074/mcp.RA120.002075.
Huang W, Reyes-Caldas P, Mann M, Seifbarghi S, Kahn A, Almeida RPP, Béven L, Heck M, Hogenhout SA, Coaker G. (2020) Bacterial Vector-Borne Plant Diseases: Unanswered Questions and Future Directions. Molecular Plant. 13(10):1379-1393. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.08.010.
Pang Z, Zhang L, Coaker G, Ma W, He SY, Wang N. (2020) Citrus CsACD2 Is a Target of Candidatus Liberibacter Asiaticus in Huanglongbing Disease. Plant Physiology. 184(2):792-805. doi: 10.1104/pp.20.00348.
Lee D, Lal NK, Lin ZD, Ma S, Liu J, Castro B, Toruño T, Dinesh-Kumar SP, Coaker G. (2020) Regulation of reactive oxygen species during plant immunity through phosphorylation and ubiquitination of RBOHD. 2020. Nature Communications. 11(1):1838. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-15601-5.
Thapa SP, De Francesco A, Trinh J, Gurung FB, Pang Z, Vidalakis G, Wang N, Ancona V, Ma W, Coaker G. (2020) Genome-wide analyses of Liberibacter species provides insights into evolution, phylogenetic relationships, and virulence factors. Molecular Plant Pathology. 21(5):716-731. doi: 10.1111/mpp.12925.
Lolle S, Stevens D, Coaker G. Plant NLR-triggered immunity: from receptor activation to downstream signaling. (2020) Current Opinion Immunology. 62:99-105.
Klymiuk V, Fatiukha A, Raats D, Bocharova V, Huang L, Feng L, Jaiwar S, Pozniak C, Coaker G, Dubcovsky J, Fahima T. (2020) Three previously characterized resistances to yellow rust are encoded by a single locus Wtk1. J Experimental Botany. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa020.
Thapa SP, O'Leary M, Jacques MA, Gilbertson RL, Coaker G. (2020) Comparative Genomics to Develop a Specific Multiplex PCR Assay for Detection of Clavibacter michiganensis. Phytopathology 110(3):556-566.
*cover article, highlighted as an Editor’s Pick, Featured in the APS News Capsule, APS Phytopathology News, and the APS Research Update
Bolus S, Akhunov E, Coaker G*, Dubcovsky J*. (2020) Dissection of cell death induction by wheat stem rust resistance protein Sr35 and its matching effector AvrSr35. Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 33(2):308-319.
*co-corresponding authors
2019
Lyu Q, Bia K, Kan Y, Jiang N, Thapa SP, Coaker G, Li J, Luo L. (2019) Variation in streptomycin resistance mechanisms in Clavibacter michiganensis. 2019. doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-05-19-0152-R
Thapa SP, Davis EW, Lyu Q, Weisberg AJ, Stevens DM, Clarke CR, Coaker G, Chang JH. (2019) The evolution, ecology, and mechanisms of infection by Gram-positive, plant-associated bacteria. Annual Review of Phytopathology. doi: 10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100124
Toruño TY, Shen M, Coaker G, Mackey D. (2019) Regulated Disorder: Posttranslational Modifications Control the RIN4 Plant Immune Signaling Hub. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 32(1):56-64. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-07-18-0212-FI
Kadota Y, Liebrand TWH, Goto Y, Sklenar J, Derbyshire P, Menke FLH, Torres MA, Molina A, Zipfel C, Coaker G #, Shirasu K #. (2019) Quantitative phosphoproteomic analysis reveals common regulatory mechanisms between effector- and PAMP-triggered immunity in plants. New Phytologist. 221(4):2160-2175
# = co-corresponding authors.
See accompanying commentary: Convergence of cell-surface and intracellular immune
receptor signaling. New Phytologist. 2019 221:2160-2175.
2018
Zhang M, Chiang YH, Toruño TY, Lee D, Ma M, Liang X, Lal NK, Lemos M, Lu YJ, Ma S, Liu J, Day B, Dinesh-Kumar SP, Dehesh K, Dou D, Zhou JM, Coaker G. (2018) The MAP4 Kinase SIK1 Ensures Robust Extracellular ROS Burst and Antibacterial Immunity in Plants. Cell Host Microbe. 24(3):379-391.e5. doi:10.1016/j.chom.2018.08.007.
See accompanying commentary: Kinases everywhere. Nature plants. 2018;4(10):738.
Leibman-Markus M, Pizarro L, Bar M, Coaker G, Avni A. (2018) NRC proteins - a critical node for pattern and effector mediated signaling. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 13(8):e1507404.
Clark K, Franco JY, Schwizer S, Pang Z, Hawara E, Liebrand TWH, Pagliaccia D, Zeng L, Gurung FB, Wang P, Shi J, Wang Y, Ancona V, van der Hoorn RAL, Wang N, Coaker G #, Ma W#. (2018) An effector from the Huanglongbing-associated pathogen targets citrus proteases. Nature Communications. 9(1):1718. doi:10.1038/s41467-018-04140-9.
# = co-corresponding authors.
Leibman-Markus M, Pizarro L, Schuster S, Lin ZJD, Gershony O, Bar M, Coaker G, Avni A. (2018) The intracellular nucleotide binding leucine-rich repeat receptor -SlNRC4a enhances immune signaling elicited by extracellular perception. Plant Cell & Environment. 41(10):2313-2327.
2017
Pagliaccia D, Shi J, Pang Z, Hawara E, Clark K, Thapa SP, De Francesco A, Liu J, Tran TT, Bodaghi S, Folimonova SY, Ancona V, Mulchandani A, Coaker G, Wang N, Vidalakis G, Ma W. (2017) A pathogen secreted protein as a detection marker for citrus Huanglongbing. Frontiers in Microbiology. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.02041
Luo X, Xu N, Huang J, Gao F, Zhou H, Boudsoc M, Coaker G, Liu J. (2017) A lectin receptor-like kinase mediates pattern-triggered salicylic acid signaling. Plant Physiology. 174:2501-2514.
Thapa S, Pattathil S, Hahn MG, Agnes-Jaques M, Gilbertson RL, Coaker G. (2017) Genomic analysis of Clavibacter michiganensis reveals insight into virulence strategies and genetic diversity of a Gram-positive bacterial pathogen. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 30:786-802. (cover article).
Henry E, Toruño TY, Jauneau A, Deslandes L, Coaker GL. (2017) Direct and Indirect Visualization of Bacterial Effector Delivery into Diverse Plant Cell Types During Infection. Plant Cell. 29:1555-1570. doi:10.1105/tpc.17.00027.
Zhang M, Coaker G. (2017) Harnessing Effector-Triggered Immunity for Durable Disease Resistance. Phytopathology. 107:912-919.
Michelmore RW, Coaker G, Bart R, Beattie GA, Bent A, Bruce T, Cameron D, DanglJ, Dinesh-Kumar S, Edwards R, Eves-van den Akker S, Gassmann W, Greenberg J,Harrison R, He P, Harvey J, Huffaker A, Hulbert S, Innes R, Jones JD, Kaloshian I, Kamoun S, Katagiri F, Leach JE, Ma W, McDowell JM, Medford J, Meyers B, Nelson R, Oliver RP, Qi Y, Saunders D, Shaw M, Subudhi P, Torrance L, Tyler BM, Walsh J. (2017) Foundational and translational research opportunities to improve plant health. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions. 30:515-516. doi: 10.1094/MPMI-01-17-0010-CR.
Yadeta KA, Elmore JM, Creer AY, Feng B, Franco JY, Rufian JS, He P, Phinney B, Coaker G. (2017) A Cysteine-Rich Protein Kinase Associates with a Membrane Immune Complex and the Cysteine Residues Are Required for Cell Death. Plant Physiology 173(1):771-787.
2016
Toruño TY, Stergiopoulos I, Coaker G. (2016) Plant-pathogen effectors: cellular probes interfering with plant defenses in spatial and temporal manners. Annual Review of Phytopathology 54:419-41.
Eschen-Lippod L, Jiang X, Elmore JM, Mackey D, Shan L, Coaker G, Scheel D, Lee J. (2016) Bacterial AvrRpt2-like cysteine proteases block activation of the Arabidopsis mitogen-activated protein kinases, MPK4 and MPK11. Plant Physiology 171:2223-38
Niu D, Lii YE, Chellappan P, Lei L, Peralta K, Jiang C, Guo J, Coaker G, Jin H. (2016) miRNA863-3p sequentially targets negative immune regulator pseudokinases ARLPKs and positive regulator SERRATE upon bacterial infection. Nature Communications 7:11324 doi:10.1038/ncomms11324
Thapa SP, Coaker G. (2016) Genome Sequences of Two Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato Race 1 Strains, Isolated from Tomato Fields in California. Genome Announcements 4(2), doi: 10.1128/genomeA.01671-15
2015
Lin ZJ, Liebrand TW, Yadeta KA, Coaker G. (2015) PBL13 is a Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase that Negatively Regulates Arabidopsis Immune Responses. Plant Physiology 169(4): 2950-2962.
Lee D, Bourdais G, Yu G, Robatzek S, Coaker G. (2015) Phosphorylation of the Plant Immune Regulator RPM1-INTERACTING PROTEIN4 Enhances Plant Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase Activity and Inhibits Flagellin-Triggered Immune Responses in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 27(7):2042-56
Chiang YH, Coaker G. (2015) Effector Triggered Immunity: NLR Perception and Downstream Defense Responses. The Arabidopsis Book 11:e0183.
Ma KW, Jiang S, Hawara E, Lee D, Pan S, Coaker G, Song J, Ma W. (2015) Two serine residues in Pseudomonas syringae effector HopZ1a are required for acetyltransferase activity and association with the host co-factor. New Phytologist 208(4):1157-1168.
Henry E, Fung N, Liu J, Drakakaki G, Coaker G.(2015) Beyond glycolysis: GAPDHs are multi-functional enzymes involved in regulation of ROS, autophagy, and plant immune responses. PLoS Genetics 11(4):e1005199.
Schwessinger B, Bart R, Krasileva K, Coaker G. (2015) Focus issue on plant immunity: from model systems to crop species. Frontiers in Plant Science 6:195. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2015.00195
Thapa SP, Miyao EM, Davis RM, Coaker G. (2015) Identification of QTLs controlling resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato race 1 strains from the wild tomato, Solanum habrochaites LA1777. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 128(4):681-92
2014
Hurley B, Lee D, Mott A, Wilton M, Liu J, Liu YC, Angers S, Coaker G, Guttman DS, Desveaux D. (2014) The Pseudomonas syringae Type III Effector HopF2 Suppresses Arabidopsis Stomatal Immunity. PLoS One. 9(12):e114921.
Li M, Ma X, Chiang YH, Yadeta KA, Ding P, Dong L, Zhao Y, Li X, Yu Y, Zhang L, Shen QH, Xia B, Coaker G, Liu D, Zhou JM. (2014) Proline isomerization of the immune receptor-interacting protein RIN4 by a cyclophilin inhibits effector-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. Cell Host & Microbe. 16(4):473-83.
Chin E, Mishchuk D, Bruce J, Cilia M, Coaker G, Davis CE, Jin H, Ma W, LeVesque C, Sellar G, Godfrey K, Slupsky C. (2014) An interdisciplinary approach to combat HLB: Research in UC Davis' Contained Research Facility. Citrograph 5(1): 28-34.
Coaker G. (2014) Botany. Pathogen Specialization. Science 343: 496-497
2013
Rastogi G, G.L. Coaker, and J.H. Leveau. (2013) New insights into the structure and function of phyllosphere microbiota through high-throughput molecular approaches. FEMS Microbiol Lett. 348(1):1-10.
Park S.W., W. Li, S. Kim, J.D. Kittle, M.M.R. Ambavaram, S. Luan, A.R. Esker, D. Tholl, M. Ellerstrőm, G. Coaker, T.K. Mitchell, A. Pereira, K.J. Dietz, C.B. Lawrence. (2013) Cyclophilin 20-3 Relays a 12-Oxo-Phytodienoic Acid Signal During Stress Responsive Regulation of Cellular Redox Homeostasis. PNAS 110:9559-64.
*Highlighted by PNAS commentary
Cui F., S.Wu, W. Sun, G. Coaker, B. Kunkel, P. He, and L. Shan. (2013). Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrRpt2 promotes pathogen virulence via stimulating Arabidopsis Aux/IAA protein turnover. Plant Physiology. 162:1018-29.
Henry L., K. Yadeta, G. Coaker. (2013) Recognition of bacterial plant pathogens: local, systemic and transgenerational immunity. New Phytologist 199(4) 908-915.
Elmore J.M., K. Yadeta, G. Coaker. (2013). The Arabidopsis plasma membrane proteome: technical advances, key players, and future challenges. Frontiers in Plant Science. 4:86. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2013.00086
Li W., Y.H. Chiang, G. Coaker. (2013). The HopQ1 effector’s nucleoside hydrolase-like domain is required for bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis and tomato, but not host recognition in tobacco. PLoS ONE 8(3): e59684. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0059684
Li W., K. Yadeta, J.M. Elmore, G. Coaker. (2013) The Pseudomonas effector HopQ1 promotes bacterial virulence and interacts with tomato 14-3-3 proteins in a phosphorylation dependent manner. Plant Physiology. 161(4):2062-74.
*Selected as an ‘Editor’s Choice’
2012
Coaker, G. and Baker, D. (2012) Signal Transduction Pathways Activated by R Proteins, in Molecular Plant Immunity (ed G. Sessa), Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, UK. doi: 10.1002/9781118481431.ch3
Rastogi G, Sbodio A, Tech JJ, Suslow TV, Coaker GL*, Leveau JH*. 2012. Leaf microbiota in an agroecosystem: spatiotemporal variation in bacterial community composition on field-grown lettuce. ISME J. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1038/ismej.2012.32
* co-corresponding authors
Elmore JM, Liu J, Smith B, Phinney B, Coaker G. 2012. Quantitative proteomics
reveals dynamic changes in the plasma membrane proteome during Arabidopsis immune signaling. Mol Cell Proteomics. 11(4):M111.014555.
Cai R., J. Lewis, S. Yan, H. Liu, C.R. Clarke, F. Campanile, N.F. Almeida, D.J. Studholme, M. Lindeberg, D. Schneider, M. Zaccardelli, J.C. Setubal, N.P. Morales-Lizcano, A. Bernal, G. Coaker, C. Baker, C.L. Bender, S. Leman, and B.A. Vinatzer. 2011. The plant pathogen Pseudomonas syringe pv. tomato is genetically monomorphic and under strong selection to evade tomato immunity. PLoS Pathogens 7(8):e1002130.
Elmore JM, Z.J. Lin ZJ, and G. Coaker. 2011. Plant NB-LRR signaling: upstreams and downstreams. Current Opinion in Plant Biol. 14(4):365-71.
Elmore J.M. and G. Coaker. 2011. Biochemical Purification of Protein Complexes. Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant Immunity 712:31-44.
2011
Liu J., J.M. Elmore, Z.J. Lin, and G. Coaker. 2011. A Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase Phosphorylates the Host Target RIN4, Leading to the Activation of a Plant Innate Immune Receptor. Cell Host & Microbe. 9:137-46.
*Special commentary highlighting this work: Innes, R. 2011. Cell Host and Microbe 9(2): 87-89.
*Cited in Faculty 1000
Elmore J.M., and G. Coaker. 2011. The Role of the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Plant-Microbe Interactions. Molecular Plant. 4(3) 416-427.
2010
Rastogi G., J.J. Tech, G. Coaker, and J.H. Leveau. 2010. A PCR-based toolbox for the culture-independent quantification of total bacterial abundances in plant environments. Journal of Microbial Methods 83:127-32
Kunkeaw S., S. Tan, and G. Coaker. 2010. Molecular and Evolutionary Analyses of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato race 1. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23(4):415-424.
Wilton M., R. Subramaniam, J.M. Elmore, C. Felsenteir, G. Coaker, and D. Desveaux. 2010. The Type III Effector HopF2Pto Targets Arabidopsis RIN4 Protein to promote Pseudomonas syringae virulence. PNAS 107: 2349-2354.
(track II)
2009
Liu J., J.M. Elmore, and G. Coaker. 2009. Investigating the functions of the RIN4 protein complex during plant innate immune responses. Plant Signaling and Behavior 4(12): 1107-1110.
Lui J., J.M. Elmore, A.J. Fuglsang, M.G. Palmgren, B. Staskawicz, and G. Coaker. 2009. RIN4 functions with plasma membrane H+-ATPases to regulate stomatal apertures during pathogen attack. PLoS Biology 7(6): e1000139.
2008
Lui J., G. Coaker. 2008. Nuclear trafficking during plant innate immunity. Molecular Plant 1(3): 411-422.
2002-2007
Coaker G., G. Zhu, Z. Ding, S.R. Van Doren, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2006. Eukaryotic cyclophilin acts as a molecular switch for bacterial effector activation. Molecular Microbiology 61(6): 1485-1496.
Chisholm S.*, G. Coaker*, B. Day*, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2006. Host-microbe interactions: shaping the evolution of the plant immune response. Cell 124(4): 803-814. * These authors contributed equally to this work.
Coaker G. , A. Falick, and B. J. Staskawicz. 2005. Activation of a phytopathogenic bacterial effector protein by a eukaryotic cyclophilin. Science 308(5721): 548-550.
*Special commentary highlighting this work: Schulze-Lefert P., and B. Stephane. 2005. Science 308:506-508.
*Cited in Faculty 1000, selected as a ‘must read’ paper
*Selected as an ‘Editor’s Choice’ in Science Signaling
Coaker G. , B. Willard, M. Kinter, E. J. Stockinger, and D. Francis. 2004. Proteomic analysis of resistance mediated by Rcm 2.0 and Rcm 5.1, two loci controlling resistance to bacterial canker of tomato. Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 17(9): 1019-1028.
Coaker G. , and D. Francis. 2004. Mapping, genetic effects, and epistatic interaction of two bacterial canker resistance QTLs from Lycopersicon hirsutum. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 108: 1047-1055.
Qu S., G. Coaker, D. Francis, B. Zhou, and G.-L. Wang. 2003. Development of a new transformation-competent artificial chromosome (TAC) vector and construction of tomato and rice TAC libraries. Molecular Breeding 12: 297-308.
Coaker G. , T. Meulia, E. Kabelka, A. Jones, and D. Francis. 2002. A QTL controlling stem morphology and vascular development in Lycopersicon esculentum X Lycopersicon hirsutum (Solanacea) crosses is located on chromosome 2. The American Journal of Botany 89(12): 1859-1866.
