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Jane E. Parker

Jane E. Parker

D-Index & Metrics

Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
88
Citations
33494
World Ranking
305
National Ranking
29

Molecular Biology

D-Index
84
Citations
32152
World Ranking
866
National Ranking
70

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2017 - Member of Academia Europaea
  • 2013 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Jane E. Parker is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on plant science as the principal subfield. Additional areas of study include molecular biology, immunology, biotechnology, and cell biology.

The scientist's work centers on key topics such as plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant parasitism and resistance, plant virus research studies, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, legume nitrogen-fixing symbiosis, plant stress responses and tolerance, and transgenic plants and applications.

Jane E. Parker has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Dmitry Lapin, Jijie Chai, Jaqueline Bautor, Federica Locci, and Junli Wang. These partnerships have supported a significant body of research published in various well-regarded scientific venues.

Their publications appear regularly in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), New Phytologist, Science, Nature, and the Journal of Experimental Botany.

Recent publications by Jane E. Parker include:

  • Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme (2020, Science)
  • The EDS1-PAD4-ADR1 node mediates Arabidopsis pattern-triggered immunity (2021, Nature)
  • Shaping the leaf microbiota: plant-microbe-microbe interactions (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Identification and receptor mechanism of TIR-catalyzed small molecules in plant immunity (2022, Science)
  • TIR-catalyzed ADP-ribosylation reactions produce signaling molecules for plant immunity (2022, Science)

Jane E. Parker has received recognition as a Member of Academia Europaea since 2017.

Best Publications

  • Effector-Triggered Immunity: From Pathogen Perception to Robust Defense

    Haitao Cui;Kenichi Tsuda;Jane E. Parker

  • Genetic strategies for improving crop yields

    Julia Bailey-Serres;Julia Bailey-Serres;Jane E. Parker;Elizabeth A. Ainsworth;Giles E. D. Oldroyd

  • Arabidopsis MAP Kinase 4 Negatively Regulates Systemic Acquired Resistance

    Morten Petersen;Peter Brodersen;Henrik Naested;Erik Andreasson

  • 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

  • EDS1, an essential component of R gene-mediated disease resistance in Arabidopsis has homology to eukaryotic lipases.

    Anders Falk;Bart J. Feys;Louise N. Frost;Jonathan D. G. Jones

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

    Volker Lipka;Jan Dittgen;Pawel Bednarek;Riyaz Bhat

  • Deciphering plant–pathogen communication: fresh perspectives for molecular resistance breeding

    Kim E Hammond-Kosack;Jane E Parker

  • Interplay of signaling pathways in plant disease resistance.

    Bart J Feys;Jane E Parker

  • Direct interaction between the Arabidopsis disease resistance signaling proteins, EDS1 and PAD4

    Bart J. Feys;Lisa J. Moisan;Mari-Anne Newman;Jane E. Parker;Jane E. Parker

  • Plant immunity: the EDS1 regulatory node.

    Marcel Wiermer;Bart J Feys;Jane E Parker

  • 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

  • Regulatory Role of SGT1 in Early R Gene-Mediated Plant Defenses

    Mark J. Austin;Paul Muskett;Katherine Kahn;Bart J. Feys

  • Gene-for-gene disease resistance without the hypersensitive response in Arabidopsis dnd1 mutant

    I-ching Yu;Jane Parker;Andrew F. Bent

  • Salicylic Acid–Independent ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1 Signaling in Arabidopsis Immunity and Cell Death Is Regulated by the Monooxygenase FMO1 and the Nudix Hydrolase NUDT7

    Michael Bartsch;Enrico Gobbato;Pawel Bednarek;Svenja Debey

  • Arabidopsis SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE101 Stabilizes and Signals within an ENHANCED DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY1 Complex in Plant Innate Immunity

    Bart J. Feys;Marcel Wiermer;Riyaz A. Bhat;Lisa J. Moisan

  • The Arabidopsis downy mildew resistance gene RPP5 shares similarity to the toll and interleukin-1 receptors with N and L6.

    JE Parker;MJ Coleman;V Szabo;LN Frost

  • A Receptor Pair with an Integrated Decoy Converts Pathogen Disabling of Transcription Factors to Immunity

    Clémentine Le Roux;Clémentine Le Roux;Clémentine Le Roux;Gaëlle Huet;Gaëlle Huet;Alain Jauneau;Laurent Camborde;Laurent Camborde

  • Co-option of a default secretory pathway for plant immune responses

    Chian Kwon;Christina Neu;Christina Neu;Simone Pajonk;Hye Sup Yun

  • Arabidopsis MAP kinase 4 regulates salicylic acid- and jasmonic acid/ethylene-dependent responses via EDS1 and PAD4

    Peter Brodersen;Morten Petersen;Henrik Bjørn Nielsen;Shijiang Zhu

  • Direct pathogen-induced assembly of an NLR immune receptor complex to form a holoenzyme

    Shoucai Ma;Dmitry Lapin;Li Liu;Yue Sun

  • The BRI1-Associated Kinase 1, BAK1, Has a Brassinolide-Independent Role in Plant Cell-Death Control

    Birgit Kemmerling;Anne Schwedt;Patricia Rodriguez;Sara Mazzotta

Frequent Co-Authors

Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Rubén Alcázar
Rubén Alcázar University of Barcelona
Stanislaw Karpinski
Stanislaw Karpinski Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Dierk Scheel
Dierk Scheel Leibniz Association
Philip M. Mullineaux
Philip M. Mullineaux University of Essex
Jim Beynon
Jim Beynon University of Warwick
Laurent Deslandes
Laurent Deslandes Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Guido Van den Ackerveken
Guido Van den Ackerveken Utrecht University
Jyoti Shah
Jyoti Shah Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

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