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Overview

Libo Shan is affiliated with Texas A&M University in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specialization in Plant Science, complemented by work in Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Environmental Chemistry, and Immunology.

The scientist's recent scholarly output includes the following papers:

  • Phytocytokine signalling reopens stomata in plant immunity and water loss, 2022, Nature
  • Ligand-induced monoubiquitination of BIK1 regulates plant immunity, 2020, Nature
  • The Cotton Wall-Associated Kinase GhWAK7A Mediates Responses to Fungal Wilt Pathogens by Complexing with the Chitin Sensory Receptors, 2020, The Plant Cell
  • The Arabidopsis MIK2 receptor elicits immunity by sensing a conserved signature from phytocytokines and microbes, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Plant plasma membrane-resident receptors: Surveillance for infections and coordination for growth and development, 2020, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology

Key research topics covered by Libo Shan include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • The Plant Cell
  • Nature Communications
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Libo Shan collaborates regularly with researchers in the field. Notable frequent co-authors include:

  • Ping He
  • Liang Kong
  • Jun Liu
  • Fausto Andrés Ortiz-Morea
  • Zunyong Liu

Best Publications

  • Differential innate immune signalling via Ca2+ sensor protein kinases

    Marie Boudsocq;Matthew R. Willmann;Matthew R. Willmann;Matthew McCormack;Horim Lee

  • A receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase, BIK1, associates with a flagellin receptor complex to initiate plant innate immunity.

    Dongping Lu;Shujing Wu;Xiquan Gao;Yulan Zhang

  • Direct Ubiquitination of Pattern Recognition Receptor FLS2 Attenuates Plant Innate Immunity

    Dongping Lu;Wenwei Lin;Wenwei Lin;Xiquan Gao;Shujing Wu

  • Bacterial Effectors Target the Common Signaling Partner BAK1 to Disrupt Multiple MAMP Receptor-Signaling Complexes and Impede Plant Immunity

    Libo Shan;Ping He;Jianming Li;Antje Heese

  • From Chaos to Harmony: Responses and Signaling upon Microbial Pattern Recognition.

    Xiao Yu;Baomin Feng;Ping He;Libo Shan

  • Specific bacterial suppressors of MAMP signaling upstream of MAPKKK in Arabidopsis innate immunity.

    Ping He;Libo Shan;Nai-Chun Lin;Gregory B. Martin

  • Pseudomonas syringae type III effector AvrRpt2 alters Arabidopsis thaliana auxin physiology.

    Zhongying Chen;Jennifer L. Agnew;Jerry D. Cohen;Ping He

  • One for all: the receptor-associated kinase BAK1

    Delphine Chinchilla;Libo Shan;Ping He;Sacco de Vries

  • Genomewide identification of proteins secreted by the Hrp type III protein secretion system of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000.

    Tanja Petnicki-Ocwieja;David J. Schneider;Vincent C. Tam;Scott T. Chancey

  • Bifurcation of Arabidopsis NLR Immune Signaling via Ca2+-Dependent Protein Kinases

    Xiquan Gao;Xin Chen;Wenwei Lin;Sixue Chen

  • Transcriptional Regulation of Pattern-Triggered Immunity in Plants

    Bo Li;Xiangzong Meng;Libo Shan;Ping He

  • Silencing GhNDR1 and GhMKK2 compromises cotton resistance to Verticillium wilt

    Xiquan Gao;Terry Wheeler;Zhaohu Li;Charles M. Kenerley

  • Differential Function of Arabidopsis SERK Family Receptor-like Kinases in Stomatal Patterning.

    Xiangzong Meng;Xin Chen;Hyunggon Mang;Chenglong Liu

  • SERKing Coreceptors for Receptors

    Xiyu Ma;Guangyuan Xu;Ping He;Libo Shan

  • Plant immune response to pathogens differs with changing temperatures

    Cheng Cheng;Xiquan Gao;Xiquan Gao;Baomin Feng;Jen Sheen

  • Elicitation and suppression of microbe-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity in plant-microbe interactions.

    Ping He;Libo Shan;Jen Sheen

  • The Pseudomonas AvrPto Protein Is Differentially Recognized by Tomato and Tobacco and Is Localized to the Plant Plasma Membrane

    Libo Shan;Venkatappa K. Thara;Gregory B. Martin;Jian-Min Zhou

  • Inverse modulation of plant immune and brassinosteroid signaling pathways by the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1

    Wenwei Lin;Dongping Lu;Xiquan Gao;Shan Jiang

  • Tyrosine phosphorylation of protein kinase complex BAK1/BIK1 mediates Arabidopsis innate immunity

    Wenwei Lin;Bo Li;Bo Li;Dongping Lu;Sixue Chen

  • Plant Pattern Recognition Receptors

    Libo Shan;Ping He

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping He
Ping He Texas A&M University
Jen Sheen
Jen Sheen Harvard University
Sixue Chen
Sixue Chen University of Florida
Jianmin Zhou
Jianmin Zhou Chinese Academy of Sciences
Keyan Zhu-Salzman
Keyan Zhu-Salzman Texas A&M University
Zhaohu Li
Zhaohu Li China Agricultural University
Eugenia Russinova
Eugenia Russinova Ghent University
Richard D. Vierstra
Richard D. Vierstra Washington University in St. Louis
James R. Alfano
James R. Alfano University of Nebraska–Lincoln
Alan Collmer
Alan Collmer Cornell University

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