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Ralf Koebnik is affiliated with the University of Montpellier in France. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The scientist's work delves into several specific subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Immunology, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in Ralf Koebnik's research include Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Plant Pathogens and Resistance Mechanisms, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, and Plant Virus Research Studies.

Ralf Koebnik has a record of publications in various scientific journals, often collaborating with coauthors such as Boris Szurek, Jonathan M. Jacobs, Marion Fischer-Le Saux, Jens Boch, and Roland Kölliker.

Frequent venues where Koebnik has published include:

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Phytopathology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Microorganisms
  • BMC Genomics

Some of the recent papers by Ralf Koebnik are:

  • Repeated gain and loss of a single gene modulates the evolution of vascular plant pathogen lifestyles, 2020, Science Advances
  • Trends in Molecular Diagnosis and Diversity Studies for Phytosanitary Regulated Xanthomonas, 2021, Microorganisms
  • Xanthomonas hortorum - beyond gardens: Current taxonomy, genomics, and virulence repertoires, 2022, Molecular Plant Pathology
  • Complete Genome Assemblies of All Xanthomonas translucens Pathotype Strains Reveal Three Genetically Distinct Clades, 2022, Frontiers in Microbiology
  • The Rice DNA-Binding Protein ZBED Controls Stress Regulators and Maintains Disease Resistance After a Mild Drought, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

Best Publications

  • Structure and function of bacterial outer membrane proteins: barrels in a nutshell

    Ralf Koebnik;Kaspar P. Locher;Patrick Van Gelder

  • Transmembrane signaling across the ligand-gated FhuA receptor: crystal structures of free and ferrichrome-bound states reveal allosteric changes.

    Kaspar P Locher;Bernard Rees;Ralf Koebnik;André Mitschler

  • The type III effectors of Xanthomonas

    Frank F. White;Neha Potnis;Jeffrey B. Jones;Ralf Koebnik

  • Genome sequence and rapid evolution of the rice pathogen Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae PXO99A

    Steven L Salzberg;Daniel D Sommer;Michael C Schatz;Adam M Phillippy

  • Insights into Genome Plasticity and Pathogenicity of the Plant Pathogenic Bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Revealed by the Complete Genome Sequence

    Frank Thieme;Ralf Koebnik;Thomas Bekel;Carolin Berger

  • Five phylogenetically close rice SWEET genes confer TAL effector‐mediated susceptibility to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae

    Jana Streubel;Céline Pesce;Mathilde Hutin;Ralf Koebnik

  • TonB-dependent trans-envelope signalling: the exception or the rule?

    Ralf Koebnik

  • Coupling site-directed mutagenesis with high-level expression: large scale production of mutant porins from E. coli

    Alexej Prilipov;Prashant S Phale;Patrick Van Gelder;Jurg P Rosenbusch

  • Colonization of rice leaf blades by an African strain of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae depends on a new TAL effector that induces the rice nodulin-3 Os11N3 gene.

    Yanhua Yu;Jana Streubel;Sandrine Balzergue;Antony Champion

  • Proposal for a peptidoglycan‐associating alpha‐helical motif in the C‐terminal regions of some bacterial cell‐surface proteins

    Ralf Koebnik

  • Two New Complete Genome Sequences Offer Insight into Host and Tissue Specificity of Plant Pathogenic Xanthomonas spp.

    Adam J. Bogdanove;Ralf Koebnik;Hong Lu;Ayako Furutani

  • A knowledge‐based molecular screen uncovers a broad‐spectrum OsSWEET14 resistance allele to bacterial blight from wild rice

    Mathilde Hutin;François Sabot;Alain Ghesquière;Ralf Koebnik

  • Comparative genomics reveals diversity among xanthomonads infecting tomato and pepper

    Neha Potnis;Ksenia Krasileva;Virginia Chow;Nalvo F Almeida

  • Targeted promoter editing for rice resistance to Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae reveals differential activities for SWEET14‐inducing TAL effectors

    Servane Blanvillain-Baufumé;Maik Reschke;Montserrat Solé;Florence Auguy

  • Specific Binding of the Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria AraC-Type Transcriptional Activator HrpX to Plant-Inducible Promoter Boxes

    Ralf Koebnik;Antje Krüger;Frank Thieme;Alexander Urban

  • The complete genome sequence of Xanthomonas albilineans provides new insights into the reductive genome evolution of the xylem-limited Xanthomonadaceae

    Isabelle Pieretti;Monique Royer;Valérie Barbe;Sébastien Carrère

  • Using ecology, physiology, and genomics to understand host specificity in Xanthomonas

    Marie-Agnès Jacques;Matthieu Arlat;Matthieu Arlat;Matthieu Arlat;Alice Boulanger;Alice Boulanger;Alice Boulanger;Tristan Boureau

  • Structural and functional roles of the surface-exposed loops of the beta-barrel membrane protein OmpA from Escherichia coli.

    Ralf Koebnik

  • Stability of Trimeric OmpF Porin: The Contributions of the Latching Loop L2†

    Prashant S. Phale;Ansgar Philippsen;Thomas Kiefhaber;Ralf Koebnik

  • Insertion derivatives containing segments of up to 16 amino acids identify surface- and periplasm-exposed regions of the FhuA outer membrane receptor of Escherichia coli K-12.

    R Koebnik;V Braun

Frequent Co-Authors

Boris Szurek
Boris Szurek Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Valérie Verdier
Valérie Verdier Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Marie-Agnès Jacques
Marie-Agnès Jacques University of Angers
Jan E. Leach
Jan E. Leach Colorado State University
Claude Bragard
Claude Bragard Université Catholique de Louvain
Adam J. Bogdanove
Adam J. Bogdanove Cornell University
Jens Boch
Jens Boch University of Hannover
Marie-Anne Van Sluys
Marie-Anne Van Sluys Universidade de São Paulo
Jérôme Gouzy
Jérôme Gouzy Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Frank F. White
Frank F. White University of Florida

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