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Eric B. Holub is affiliated with the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, particularly focusing on Plant Science.

Holub's research centers on plant-microbe interactions, immunity, and disease resistance. Their work addresses topics including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact

Their publications appear frequently in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Genetics
  • New Phytologist
  • The Plant Journal
  • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Holub include:

  • The Arabidopsis PHD-finger protein EDM2 has multiple roles in balancing NLR immune receptor gene expression, 2020, PLoS Genetics
  • The Arabidopsis WRR4A and WRR4B paralogous NLR proteins both confer recognition of multiple Albugo candida effectors, 2022, New Phytologist
  • Evolutionary trade-offs at the Arabidopsis WRR4A resistance locus underpin alternate Albugo candida race recognition specificities, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • The Arabidopsis WRR4A and WRR4B paralogous NLR proteins both confer recognition of multiple Albugo candida effectors, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • An improved assembly of the Albugo candida Ac2V genome reveals the expansion of the "CCG" class of effectors, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their research include:

  • Volkan Çevik
  • Jonathan D. G. Jones
  • Amey Redkar
  • Oliver J. Furzer
  • Sebastian Fairhead

Best Publications

  • Different Requirements for EDS1 and NDR1 by Disease Resistance Genes Define at Least Two R Gene-Mediated Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis

    Nicole Aarts;Matthew Metz;Eric Holub;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • Characterization of eds1, a mutation in Arabidopsis suppressing resistance to Peronospora parasitica specified by several different RPP genes.

    Jane E. Parker;Eric B. Holub;Louise N. Frost;Anders Falk

  • The arms race is ancient history in Arabidopsis , the wildflower

    Eric B. Holub

  • NDR1, a locus of Arabidopsis thaliana that is required for disease resistance to both a bacterial and a fungal pathogen.

    Karen S. Century;Eric B. Holub;Brian J. Staskawicz

  • INTRAGENIC RECOMBINATION AND DIVERSIFYING SELECTION CONTRIBUTE TO THE EVOLUTION OF DOWNY MILDEW RESISTANCE AT THE RPP8 LOCUS OF ARABIDOPSIS

    John M. McDowell;Murali Dhandaydham;Terri A. Long;Mark G. M. Aarts

  • NDR1, a Pathogen-Induced Component Required for Arabidopsis Disease Resistance

    Karen S. Century;Allan D. Shapiro;Allan D. Shapiro;Peter P. Repetti;Peter P. Repetti;Douglas Dahlbeck;Douglas Dahlbeck

  • Three Genes of the Arabidopsis RPP1 Complex Resistance Locus Recognize Distinct Peronospora parasitica Avirulence Determinants

    Miguel A. Botella;Jane E. Parker;Louise N. Frost;Peter D. Bittner-Eddy

  • Phytoalexin-deficient mutants of Arabidopsis reveal that PAD4 encodes a regulatory factor and that four PAD genes contribute to downy mildew resistance.

    Jane Glazebrook;Michael Zook;Figen Mert;Isabelle Kagan

  • The scale of population structure in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Alexander Platt;Matthew Horton;Yu S. Huang;Yan Li

  • A Mutation within the Leucine-Rich Repeat Domain of the Arabidopsis Disease Resistance Gene RPS5 Partially Suppresses Multiple Bacterial and Downy Mildew Resistance Genes

    Randall F. Warren;Adam Henk;Patricia Mowery;Eric Holub

  • Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris (cause of black rot of crucifers) in the genomic era is still a worldwide threat to brassica crops

    Joana G. Vicente;Eric B. Holub

  • RPP13 is a simple locus in Arabidopsis thaliana for alleles that specify downy mildew resistance to different avirulence determinants in Peronospora parasitica.

    Peter D. Bittner-Eddy;Ian R. Crute;Eric B. Holub;Jim L. Beynon

  • Identification of R-Gene Homologous DNA Fragments Genetically Linked to Disease Resistance Loci in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Mark G. M. Aarts;Bas te Lintel Hekkert;Eric B. Holub;Jim L. Beynon

  • The maintenance of extreme amino acid diversity at the disease resistance gene, RPP13, in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Laura E Rose;Peter D Bittner-Eddy;Charles H Langley;Eric B Holub

  • Gene gain and loss during evolution of obligate parasitism in the white rust pathogen of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Eric Kemen;Anastasia Gardiner;Torsten Schultz-Larsen;Ariane C. Kemen

  • Downy mildew (Peronospora parasitica) resistance genes in Arabidopsis vary in functional requirements for NDR1, EDS1, NPR1 and salicylic acid accumulation.

    John M. McDowell;Alayne Cuzick;Canan Can;Jim Beynon

  • MEDIATOR25 Acts as an Integrative Hub for the Regulation of Jasmonate-Responsive Gene Expression in Arabidopsis

    Volkan Çevik;Brendan N. Kidd;Peijun Zhang;Claire Hill

  • Arabidopsis SGT1b Is Required for Defense Signaling Conferred by Several Downy Mildew Resistance Genes

    Mahmut Tör;Pam Gordon;Alayne Cuzick;Thomas Eulgem

  • IDENTIFICATION OF THREE PUTATIVE SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION GENES INVOLVED IN R GENE-SPECIFIED DISEASE RESISTANCE IN ARABIDOPSIS

    Randall F. Warren;Peter M. Merritt;Eric Holub;Roger W. Innes

  • Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of interactions between isolates of Peronospora parasitica and accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana

    E. B Holub;J. L Beynon;I. R Crute

Frequent Co-Authors

Mahmut Tör
Mahmut Tör University of Worcester
Jim Beynon
Jim Beynon University of Warwick
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Jeffery L. Dangl
Jeffery L. Dangl University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
John M. McDowell
John M. McDowell Virginia Tech
David J. Studholme
David J. Studholme University of Exeter
Riccardo Baroncelli
Riccardo Baroncelli University of Naples Federico II
Thomas Eulgem
Thomas Eulgem University of California, Riverside
John W. Mansfield
John W. Mansfield Imperial College London
Brian J. Staskawicz
Brian J. Staskawicz University of California, Berkeley

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