Cell biology of plant early response to Fusarium oxysporum
- Date: Sep 19, 2016
- Time: 01:15 PM (Local Time Germany)
- Speaker: Prof. Dr. Clara Sánchez Rodríguez
- Dept. of Biology, ETH Zürich
- Location: MPI for Terrestrial Microbiology
- Room: Lecture hall
- Host: Prof. Dr. Regine Kahmann
- Contact: kahmann@mpi-marburg.mpg.de
The first battle between plants and their pathogens occurs at the host apoplast, separated from the plant cytosol by the first layers of plant cell defence: the cell wall and the plasma membrane, which contains receptors that perceive specific signals from the pathogen. The connection of these plant structures plays a key role in defence against pathogens, especially those which grow intercellularly, like Fusarium oxysporum. In this seminar I will present our work focused on the identification and characterization of those first layers of plant response against Fusarium oxysporum.