• A host-free transcriptome for haustoriogenesis in Cuscuta campestris: signature gene expression identifies markers of successive development stages 

      Bawin, Thomas Georges A; Bruckmüller, Julien-Alexander; Olsen, Stian; Krause, Kirsten (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-01-20)
      The development of the infection organ of the parasitic angiosperm genus Cuscuta is a dynamic process that is normally obscured from view as it happens endophytically in its host. We artificially induced haustoriogenesis in C. campestris by far-red light to define specific morphologically different stages and analyze their transcriptional patterns. This information enabled us to extract sets of ...
    • The tomato receptor CuRe1 senses a cell wall protein to identify Cuscuta as a pathogen 

      Hegenauer, Volker; Slaby, Peter; Körner, Max; Bruckmüller, Julien-Alexander; Burggraf, Ronja; Albert, Isabell; Kaiser, Bettina; Löffelhardt, Birgit; Droste-Borel, Irina; Sklenar, Jan; Menke, Frank L. H.; Macek, Boris; Ranjan, Aashish; Sinha, Neelima; Nurnberger, Thorsten; Felix, Georg; Krause, Kirsten; Stahl, Mark; Albert, Markus (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-20)
      Parasitic plants of the genus Cuscuta penetrate shoots of host plants with haustoria and build a connection to the host vasculature to exhaust water, solutes and carbohydrates. Such infections usually stay unrecognized by the host and lead to harmful host plant damage. Here, we show a molecular mechanism of how plants can sense parasitic Cuscuta. We isolated an 11 kDa protein of the parasite cell ...