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Giulia De Lorenzo is affiliated with Sapienza University of Rome in Italy. Their research primarily addresses aspects of plant immune responses and molecular biology, with a focus on the regulation of plant defense mechanisms.

The scientist's main fields of study include Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with 48 publications, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, contributing 14 publications. Within these broader areas, their subfields of study focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Insect Science. Their specific research topics cover:

  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Giulia De Lorenzo has contributed to multiple research papers, including work authored or co-authored in recent years. Notable papers include:

  • "Dampening the DAMPs: How Plants Maintain the Homeostasis of Cell Wall Molecular Patterns and Avoid Hyper-Immunity" (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • "Roots drive oligogalacturonide-induced systemic immunity in tomato" (2020, Plant Cell & Environment)
  • "Arabidopsis thaliana Response to Extracellular DNA: Self Versus Nonself Exposure" (2021, Plants)
  • "Plant immunity by damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs)" (2022, Essays in Biochemistry)
  • "The Arabidopsis thaliana LysM-containing Receptor-Like Kinase 2 is required for elicitor-induced resistance to pathogens" (2021, Plant Cell & Environment)

The scientist's research has been published frequently in venues such as Plant Cell & Environment (5 publications), bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (4 publications), Frontiers in Plant Science (3 publications), SSRN Electronic Journal (3 publications), and Plants (1 publication).

Giulia De Lorenzo collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Felice Cervone
  • Manuel Benedetti
  • Moira Giovannoni
  • Benedetta Mattei
  • Daniela Pontiggia

Best Publications

  • A domain swap approach reveals a role of the plant wall-associated kinase 1 (WAK1) as a receptor of oligogalacturonides

    Alexandre Brutus;Francesca Sicilia;Alberto Macone;Felice Cervone

  • Arabidopsis local resistance to Botrytis cinerea involves salicylic acid and camalexin and requires EDS4 and PAD2, but not SID2, EDS5 or PAD4.

    Simone Ferrari;Julia M. Plotnikova;Giulia De Lorenzo;Frederick M. Ausubel

  • Activation of defense response pathways by OGs and Flg22 elicitors in Arabidopsis seedlings

    Carine Denoux;Roberta Galletti;Nicole Mammarella;Suresh Gopalan

  • Oligogalacturonides: plant damage-associated molecular patterns and regulators of growth and development

    Simone Ferrari;Daniel Valentin Savatin;Francesca Sicilia;Giovanna Gramegna

  • THE ROLE OF POLYGALACTURONASE-INHIBITING PROTEINS (PGIPS) IN DEFENSE AGAINST PATHOGENIC FUNGI

    Giulia De Lorenzo;Renato D'Ovidio;Felice Cervone

  • Resistance to Botrytis cinerea Induced in Arabidopsis by Elicitors Is Independent of Salicylic Acid, Ethylene, or Jasmonate Signaling But Requires PHYTOALEXIN DEFICIENT3

    Simone Ferrari;Roberta Galletti;Carine Denoux;Giulia De Lorenzo

  • Host-Pathogen Interactions: XXXIII. A Plant Protein Converts a Fungal Pathogenesis Factor into an Elicitor of Plant Defense Responses

    Felice Cervone;Michael G. Hahn;Giulia De Lorenzo;Alan Darvill

  • Tandemly duplicated Arabidopsis genes that encode polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins are regulated coordinately by different signal transduction pathways in response to fungal infection

    Simone Ferrari;Donatella Vairo;Frederick M. Ausubel;Felice Cervone

  • Extracellular H2O2 Induced by Oligogalacturonides Is Not Involved in the Inhibition of the Auxin-Regulated rolB Gene Expression in Tobacco Leaf Explants

    Daniela Bellincampi;Nunzio Dipierro;Giovanni Salvi;Felice Cervone

  • The AtrbohD-Mediated Oxidative Burst Elicited by Oligogalacturonides in Arabidopsis Is Dispensable for the Activation of Defense Responses Effective against Botrytis cinerea

    Roberta Galletti;Carine Denoux;Stefano Gambetta;Julia Dewdney

  • Polygalacturonase-inhibiting proteins in defense against phytopathogenic fungi.

    Giulia De Lorenzo;Simone Ferrari

  • Arabidopsis MPK3 and MPK6 play different roles in basal and oligogalacturonide-or flagellin-induced resistance against Botrytis cinerea

    Roberta Galletti;Simone Ferrari;Giulia De Lorenzo

  • Cloning and characterization of the gene encoding the endopolygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP) of Phaseolus vulgaris L

    Patrick Toubart;Angiola Desiderio;Giovanni Salvi;Felice Cervone

  • Structural Basis for the Interaction between Pectin Methylesterase and a Specific Inhibitor Protein

    Adele Di Matteo;Alfonso Giovane;Alessandro Raiola;Laura Camardella

  • Engineering the cell wall by reducing de-methyl-esterified homogalacturonan improves saccharification of plant tissues for bioconversion

    Vincenzo Lionetti;Fedra Francocci;Simone Ferrari;Chiara Volpi

  • Plant immunity triggered by engineered in vivo release of oligogalacturonides, damage-associated molecular patterns

    Manuel Benedetti;Daniela Pontiggia;Sara Raggi;Zhenyu Cheng

  • Purification and Characterization of a Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Protein from Phaseolus vulgaris L.

    Felice Cervone;Giulia De Lorenzo;Luisa Degrà;Giovanni Salvi

  • An update on polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein (PGIP), a leucine-rich repeat protein that protects crop plants against pathogens.

    Raviraj M. Kalunke;Silvio Tundo;Manuel Benedetti;Felice Cervone

  • Characterization of the Complex Locus of Bean Encoding Polygalacturonase-Inhibiting Proteins Reveals Subfunctionalization for Defense against Fungi and Insects

    Renato D'Ovidio;Alessandro Raiola;Cristina Capodicasa;Alessandra Devoto

  • Transgenic Expression of a Fungal endo-Polygalacturonase Increases Plant Resistance to Pathogens and Reduces Auxin Sensitivity

    Simone Ferrari;Roberta Galletti;Daniela Pontiggia;Cinzia Manfredini

Frequent Co-Authors

Felice Cervone
Felice Cervone Sapienza University of Rome
Daniela Bellincampi
Daniela Bellincampi Sapienza University of Rome
Renato D'Ovidio
Renato D'Ovidio Tuscia University
Alan G. Darvill
Alan G. Darvill University of Georgia
Peter Albersheim
Peter Albersheim University of Georgia
Frederick M. Ausubel
Frederick M. Ausubel Harvard University
Gabriella Piro
Gabriella Piro University of Salento
Juan Fernández-Recio
Juan Fernández-Recio Spanish National Research Council
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci
Marcello Salvatore Lenucci University of Salento
Francesco Favaron
Francesco Favaron University of Padua

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