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Overview

Antonio Molina is affiliated with the Technical University of Madrid in Spain and has a research focus on plant biology, particularly in the areas of plant-microbe interactions and plant immunity. Their work extensively explores the biological and molecular mechanisms underlying disease resistance in plants, often with a specialized emphasis on plant cell walls and polysaccharides.

Their recent published papers include:

  • Arabidopsis cell wall composition determines disease resistance specificity and fitness, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant cell wall-mediated disease resistance: Current understanding and future perspectives, 2024, Molecular Plant

Antonio Molina's research outputs contribute to several main fields of study:

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

The subfields of study include:

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology
  • Biotechnology
  • Nutrition and Dietetics

The scientist's work covers a range of topics primarily focused on the interface between plants and their pathogens, detailed as follows:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms

Antonio Molina has frequently collaborated with other researchers including Hugo Mélida, Gemma López, Andrea Sánchez-Vallet, Laura Bacete, and Diego Rebaque. These partnerships have contributed to a range of publications often appearing in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • The Cell Surface
  • Molecular Plant

Best Publications

  • Systemic Acquired Resistance.

    John A. Ryals;Urs H. Neuenschwander;Michael G. Willits;Antonio Molina

  • A glucosinolate metabolism pathway in living plant cells mediates broad-spectrum antifungal defense.

    Paweł Bednarek;Paweł Bednarek;Mariola Piślewska-Bednarek;Mariola Piślewska-Bednarek;Aleš Svatoš;Aleš Svatoš;Bernd Schneider;Bernd Schneider

  • Constitutive expression of ETHYLENE-RESPONSE-FACTOR1 in Arabidopsis confers resistance to several necrotrophic fungi

    Marta Berrocal-Lobo;Antonio Molina;Roberto Solano

  • Pre- and postinvasion defenses both contribute to nonhost resistance in Arabidopsis

    Volker Lipka;Jan Dittgen;Pawel Bednarek;Riyaz Bhat

  • Arabidopsis PEN3/PDR8, an ATP Binding Cassette Transporter, Contributes to Nonhost Resistance to Inappropriate Pathogens That Enter by Direct Penetration

    Mónica Stein;Jan Dittgen;Clara Sánchez-Rodríguez;Bi-Huei Hou

  • Plant defense peptides.

    Francisco García-Olmedo;Antonio Molina;Josefa M. Alamillo;Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuéla

  • Disease resistance or growth: the role of plant hormones in balancing immune responses and fitness costs

    Nicolas Denancé;Nicolas Denancé;Andrea Sánchez-Vallet;Deborah Goffner;Deborah Goffner;Antonio Molina;Antonio Molina

  • The role of the secondary cell wall in plant resistance to pathogens

    Eva Miedes;Ruben Vanholme;Wout Boerjan;Wout Boerjan;Antonio Molina

  • Impairment of Cellulose Synthases Required for Arabidopsis Secondary Cell Wall Formation Enhances Disease Resistance

    Camilo Hernández-Blanco;Dong Xin Feng;Jian Hu;Andrea Sánchez-Vallet

  • The defensive role of nonspecific lipid-transfer proteins in plants

    Francisco García-Olmedo;Antonio Molina;Ana Segura;Manuel Moreno

  • Lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) from barley and maize leaves are potent inhibitors of bacterial and fungal plant pathogens

    Antonio Molina;Ana Segura;Francisco García-Olmedo

  • Plant cell wall-mediated immunity: cell wall changes trigger disease resistance responses

    Laura Bacete;Hugo Mélida;Eva Miedes;Antonio Molina

  • Snakin-1, a Peptide from Potato That Is Active Against Plant Pathogens

    Ana Segura;Manuel Moreno;Francisco Madueño;Antonio Molina

  • Snakin-2, an Antimicrobial Peptide from Potato Whose Gene Is Locally Induced by Wounding and Responds to Pathogen Infection

    Marta Berrocal-Lobo;Ana Segura;Manuel Moreno;Gemma López

  • Ethylene response factor 1 mediates Arabidopsis resistance to the soilborne fungus Fusarium oxysporum

    Marta Berrocal-Lobo;Antonio Molina

  • ERECTA receptor-like kinase and heterotrimeric G protein from Arabidopsis are required for resistance to the necrotrophic fungus Plectosphaerella cucumerina

    Francisco Llorente;Carlos Alonso-Blanco;Clara Sánchez-Rodriguez;Lucía Jorda

  • Control of the pattern-recognition receptor EFR by an ER protein complex in plant immunity

    Vladimir Nekrasov;Jing Li;Martine Batoux;Milena Roux

  • Expression of the α-thionin gene from barley in tobacco confers enhanced resistance to bacterial pathogens

    Maria José Carmona;Antonio Molina;José Antonio Fernández;Juan José López-Fando

  • Enhanced tolerance to bacterial pathogens caused by the transgenic expression of barley lipid transfer protein LTP2

    A. Molina;F. García‐Olmedo

  • Repression of the auxin response pathway increases Arabidopsis susceptibility to necrotrophic fungi.

    Francisco Llorente;Paul Muskett;Andrea Sánchez-Vallet;Gemma Fernandez Lopez

Frequent Co-Authors

Francisco García-Olmedo
Francisco García-Olmedo Technical University of Madrid
Paweł Bednarek
Paweł Bednarek Polish Academy of Sciences
Shauna Somerville
Shauna Somerville University of California, Berkeley
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Cyril Zipfel
Cyril Zipfel University of Zurich
Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela
Pablo Rodríguez-Palenzuela Technical University of Madrid
Sivakumar Pattathil
Sivakumar Pattathil University of Georgia
Michael G. Hahn
Michael G. Hahn University of Georgia
José López-Barneo
José López-Barneo Spanish National Research Council
Ralph Panstruga
Ralph Panstruga RWTH Aachen University

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