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Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

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Biology and Biochemistry
Mexico
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
14838
World Ranking
10181
National Ranking
11

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Mexico Leader Award

Overview

Alfredo Herrera-Estrella is affiliated with the Instituto Politécnico Nacional in Mexico. The researcher's work spans several major fields of study, including Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Within these areas, they have focused extensively on subfields such as Plant Science, Infectious Diseases, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, and Animal Science and Zoology.

Their research covers a variety of topics, with a particular concentration on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research, and SARS-CoV-2 detection and testing. Other significant topics include Plant Virus Research Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, vaccines and immunoinformatics approaches, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

The scientist has published multiple papers, notably:

  • Trichoderma atroviride-emitted volatiles improve growth of Arabidopsis seedlings through modulation of sucrose transport and metabolism, 2021, Plant Cell & Environment
  • The fungal NADPH oxidase is an essential element for the molecular dialog between Trichoderma and Arabidopsis, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • The Alpha Variant (B.1.1.7) of SARS-CoV-2 Failed to Become Dominant in Mexico, 2022, Microbiology Spectrum
  • Genomic and Morphological Differentiation of Spirit Producing Agave angustifolia Traditional Landraces Cultivated in Jalisco, Mexico, 2022, Plants
  • Two-year follow-up of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico, 2023, Frontiers in Public Health

Frequent co-authors in their work include José Esteban Muñoz-Medina, Selene Zárate, Blanca Taboada, Alejandro Sánchez-Flores, and Carlos F. Arias.

Their research has appeared repeatedly in journals such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plants, Microbiology Spectrum, Frontiers in Microbiology, and Microbial Genomics.

Best Publications

  • Trichoderma : the genomics of opportunistic success

    Irina S. Druzhinina;Verena Seidl-Seiboth;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Benjamin A. Horwitz

  • Comparative genome sequence analysis underscores mycoparasitism as the ancestral life style of Trichoderma

    Christian P Kubicek;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Verena Seidl-Seiboth;Diego A Martinez

  • Biological Control of the Root-Knot Nematode Meloidogyne javanica by Trichoderma harzianum.

    E. Sharon;M. Bar-Eyal;I. Chet;A. Herrera-Estrella

  • Trichoderma Research in the Genome Era

    Prasun K. Mukherjee;Benjamin A. Horwitz;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella;Monika Schmoll

  • Trichoderma as biostimulant: exploiting the multilevel properties of a plant beneficial fungus

    José López-Bucio;Ramón Pelagio-Flores;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

  • Architecture and evolution of a minute plant genome

    Enrique Ibarra-Laclette;Eric Lyons;Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán;Gustavo Hernández-Guzmán;Claudia Anahí Pérez-Torres

  • Fungal Morphogenesis, from the Polarized Growth of Hyphae to Complex Reproduction and Infection Structures

    Meritxell Riquelme;Jesús Aguirre;Salomon Bartnicki-García;Gerhard H. Braus

  • Molecular characterization of the proteinase‐encoding gene, prb1, related to mycoparasitism by Trichoderma harzianum

    Roberto A. Geremia;Gustavo H. Goldman;Dirk Jacobs;W. Ardrtes

  • Characterization of ech-42, a Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase gene expressed during mycoparasitism.

    C Carsolio;A Gutiérrez;B Jiménez;M Van Montagu

  • Improved biocontrol activity of Trichoderma harzianum by over-expression of the proteinase-encoding gene prb1

    Alberto Flores;Ilan Chet;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

  • Trichoderma-induced plant immunity likely involves both hormonal- and camalexin-dependent mechanisms in Arabidopsis thaliana and confers resistance against necrotrophic fungi Botrytis cinerea.

    Hexon Angel Contreras-Cornejo;Lourdes Macías-Rodríguez;Elda Beltrán-Peña;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

  • Colonization of Arabidopsis roots by Trichoderma atroviride promotes growth and enhances systemic disease resistance through jasmonic acid/ethylene and salicylic acid pathways

    Miguel Angel Salas-Marina;Miguel Angel Silva-Flores;Edith Elena Uresti-Rivera;Ernestina Castro-Longoria

  • Role of the Trichoderma harzianum endochitinase gene, ech42, in mycoparasitism.

    Carolina Carsolio;Nicole Benhamou;Shoshan Haran;Carlos Cortés

  • Genome and transcriptome analysis of the Mesoamerican common bean and the role of gene duplications in establishing tissue and temporal specialization of genes

    Anna Vlasova;Salvador Capella-Gutiérrez;Martha Rendón-Anaya;Miguel Hernández-Oñate

  • Trichoderma Species: Versatile Plant Symbionts.

    Paulina Guzmán-Guzmán;María Daniela Porras-Troncoso;Vianey Olmedo-Monfil;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

  • BLR-1 and BLR-2, key regulatory elements of photoconidiation and mycelial growth in Trichoderma atroviride.

    Sergio Casas-Flores;Mauricio Rios-Momberg;Martha Bibbins;Patricia Ponce-Noyola

  • Analysis of the β-1,3-Glucanolytic System of the Biocontrol Agent Trichoderma harzianum

    Soledad Vázquez-Garcidueñas;Carlos A. Leal-Morales;Alfredo Herrera-Estrella

  • Chitinases in biological control.

    A Herrera-Estrella;I Chet

  • Expansion of Signal Transduction Pathways in Fungi by Extensive Genome Duplication.

    Luis M. Corrochano;Alan Kuo;Marina Marcet-Houben;Silvia Polaino

  • The expression of genes involved in parasitism by Trichoderma harzianum is triggered by a diffusible factor

    C. Cortes;A. Gutierrez;V. Olmedo;J. Inbar

Frequent Co-Authors

Luis Herrera-Estrella
Luis Herrera-Estrella Texas Tech University
Benjamin A. Horwitz
Benjamin A. Horwitz Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
Gustavo H. Goldman
Gustavo H. Goldman Universidade de São Paulo
M. Van Montagu
M. Van Montagu Ghent University
Ilan Chet
Ilan Chet Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Monika Schmoll
Monika Schmoll University of Vienna
José López-Bucio
José López-Bucio Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo
Igor V. Grigoriev
Igor V. Grigoriev Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Scott E. Baker
Scott E. Baker Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

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