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Mark J. Banfield is affiliated with the John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with significant contributions within the subfields of Plant Science, Immunology, Molecular Biology, Biotechnology, and Cell Biology.

The main topics of study for this researcher include:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Toxin Mechanisms and Immunotoxins
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Mark J. Banfield has published extensively in several venues, with frequent appearances in:

  • Journal of Biological Chemistry (37 publications)
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) (26 publications)
  • PLoS Pathogens (5 publications)
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (4 publications)
  • New Phytologist (3 publications)

Notable recent papers authored by or involving Mark J. Banfield include:

  • "A molecular roadmap to the plant immune system," 2020, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Aegilops sharonensis genome-assisted identification of stem rust resistance gene Sr62," 2022, Nature Communications
  • "Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defense," 2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Two NLR immune receptors acquired high-affinity binding to a fungal effector through convergent evolution of their integrated domain," 2021, eLife
  • "The allelic rice immune receptor Pikh confers extended resistance to strains of the blast fungus through a single polymorphism in the effector binding interface," 2021, PLoS Pathogens

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Mark J. Banfield include:

  • Lila M. Gierasch
  • F. Peter Guengerich
  • Ruma Banerjee
  • Roger Colbran
  • Peter Cresswell

Best Publications

  • A divergent external loop confers antagonistic activity on floral regulators FT and TFL1

    Ji Hoon Ahn;Ji Hoon Ahn;David Miller;Victoria J Winter;Mark J Banfield

  • Protein-folding location can regulate manganese-binding versus copper- or zinc-binding

    Steve Tottey;Kevin J. Waldron;Susan J. Firbank;Brian Reale

  • Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR immune receptor.

    A Maqbool;H Saitoh;M Franceschetti;C E M Stevenson

  • Oomycetes, effectors, and all that jazz

    Tolga O Bozkurt;Sebastian Schornack;Mark J Banfield;Sophien Kamoun

  • DETERMINATE and LATE FLOWERING are two TERMINAL FLOWER1/CENTRORADIALIS homologs that control two distinct phases of flowering initiation and development in pea.

    Fabrice Foucher;Julie Morin;Juliette Courtiade;Sandrine Cadioux

  • Function from structure? The crystal structure of human phosphatidylethanolamine-binding protein suggests a role in membrane signal transduction

    Mark J. Banfield;John J. Barker;Anthony C.F. Perry;R. Leo Brady

  • An effector of the Irish potato famine pathogen antagonizes a host autophagy cargo receptor

    Yasin F Dagdas;Khaoula Belhaj;Abbas Maqbool;Angela Chaparro-Garcia

  • Effector Specialization in a Lineage of the Irish Potato Famine Pathogen

    Suomeng Dong;Remco Stam;Liliana M. Cano;Jing Song

  • Phytophthora infestans RXLR Effector PexRD2 Interacts with Host MAPKKKε to Suppress Plant Immune Signaling

    Stuart R.F. King;Hazel McLellan;Petra C. Boevink;Miles R. Armstrong

  • The structure of lactate dehydrogenase from Plasmodium falciparum reveals a new target for anti-malarial design.

    C R Dunn;M J Banfield;J J Barker;C W Higham

  • Structures of Phytophthora Rxlr Effector Proteins: A Conserved But Adaptable Fold Underpins Functional Diversity.

    Laurence S. Boutemy;Stuart R. F. King;Joe Win;Richard K. Hughes

  • The structure of Antirrhinum centroradialis protein (CEN) suggests a role as a kinase regulator

    M.J Banfield;R.L Brady

  • Sequence Divergent RXLR Effectors Share a Structural Fold Conserved across Plant Pathogenic Oomycete Species

    Joe Win;Ksenia V. Krasileva;Sophien Kamoun;Ken Shirasu

  • Effectors of Filamentous Plant Pathogens: Commonalities amid Diversity

    Marina Franceschetti;Abbas Maqbool;Maximiliano J. Jiménez-Dalmaroni;Helen G. Pennington

  • Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen.

    Juan Carlos De la Concepcion;Marina Franceschetti;Abbas Maqbool;Hiromasa Saitoh

  • Recent developments in effector biology of filamentous plant pathogens

    Ricardo Oliva;Joe Win;Sylvain Raffaele;Laurence Boutemy

  • Crystal structure of Streptococcus pyogenes sortase A: Implications for sortase mechanism

    Paul R. Race;Matthew L. Bentley;Jeff A. Melvin;Allister Crow

  • Single amino acid mutations in the potato immune receptor R3a expand response to Phytophthora effectors.

    María Eugenia Segretin;Marina Pais;Marina Franceschetti;Marina Franceschetti;Angela Chaparro-Garcia

  • Specificity in Trk receptor:neurotrophin interactions: the crystal structure of TrkB-d5 in complex with neurotrophin-4/5.

    M.J Banfield;R.L Naylor;A.G.S Robertson;S.J Allen

  • Author response: Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR immune receptor

    A Maqbool;H Saitoh;M Franceschetti;Cem Stevenson

Frequent Co-Authors

Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Ryohei Terauchi
Ryohei Terauchi Kyoto University
Tolga O. Bozkurt
Tolga O. Bozkurt Imperial College London
Hiromasa Saitoh
Hiromasa Saitoh Rice University
Joe Win
Joe Win University of East Anglia
Paul R. J. Birch
Paul R. J. Birch James Hutton Institute
Edward N. Baker
Edward N. Baker University of Auckland
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia
Frank L.H. Menke
Frank L.H. Menke Sainsbury Laboratory
Eric Oswald
Eric Oswald Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées

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