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Overview

Silke Robatzek is affiliated with Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München in Germany, focusing primarily on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research contributions span subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Horticulture, Microbiology, and Nutrition and Dietetics.

The work of Silke Robatzek centers on several main topics:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Phytoplasmas and Hemiptera pathogens
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Plant Pathogens and Resistance
  • Cocoa and Sweet Potato Agronomy

Notable recent publications include:

  • "Host-interactor screens of Phytophthora infestans RXLR proteins reveal vesicle trafficking as a major effector-targeted process," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "The Arabidopsis immune receptor EFR increases resistance to the bacterial pathogens Xanthomonas and Xylella in transgenic sweet orange," 2021, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • "Xylella fastidiosa's relationships: the bacterium, the host plants, and the plant microbiome," 2022, New Phytologist
  • "Spotlight on plant RNA-containing extracellular vesicles," 2022, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • "S-acylation stabilizes ligand-induced receptor kinase complex formation during plant pattern-triggered immune signaling," 2023, Current Biology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Silke Robatzek include:

  • Jan Sklenář
  • Frank L.H. Menke
  • Yasin Dagdas
  • Cyril Zipfel
  • Alessa Ruf

Their research is often published in venues with multiple contributions, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BIOspektrum
  • The Plant Cell
  • Journal of Extracellular Vesicles
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • The WRKY superfamily of plant transcription factors

    Thomas Eulgem;Paul J. Rushton;Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • A flagellin-induced complex of the receptor FLS2 and BAK1 initiates plant defence

    Delphine Chinchilla;Cyril Zipfel;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Birgit Kemmerling

  • Bacterial disease resistance in Arabidopsis through flagellin perception.

    Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Silke Robatzek;Lionel Navarro;Edward J. Oakeley

  • The N Terminus of Bacterial Elongation Factor Tu Elicits Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis Plants

    Gernot Kunze;Cyril Zipfel;Silke Robatzek;Karsten Niehaus

  • Ligand-induced endocytosis of the pattern recognition receptor FLS2 in Arabidopsis

    Silke Robatzek;Delphine Chinchilla;Thomas Boller

  • Targets of AtWRKY6 regulation during plant senescence and pathogen defense

    Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • The Transcriptional Innate Immune Response to flg22. Interplay and Overlap with Avr Gene-Dependent Defense Responses and Bacterial Pathogenesis

    Lionel Navarro;Cyril Zipfel;Owen Rowland;Ingo Keller

  • A new member of the Arabidopsis WRKY transcription factor family, AtWRKY6, is associated with both senescence‐ and defence‐related processes

    Silke Robatzek;Imre E. Somssich

  • Plant Pattern-Recognition Receptor FLS2 Is Directed for Degradation by the Bacterial Ubiquitin Ligase AvrPtoB

    Vera Göhre;Thomas Spallek;Heidrun Häweker;Sophia Mersmann

  • Breaking the Barriers: Microbial Effector Molecules Subvert Plant Immunity

    Vera Göhre;Silke Robatzek

  • Ethylene Signaling Regulates Accumulation of the FLS2 Receptor and Is Required for the Oxidative Burst Contributing to Plant Immunity

    Sophia Mersmann;Gildas Bourdais;Steffen Rietz;Silke Robatzek

  • Effector biology of plant-associated organisms:concepts and perspectives

    J Win;A Chaparro-Garcia;K Belhaj;D G O Saunders

  • Receptor-like kinase SOBIR1/EVR interacts with receptor-like proteins in plant immunity against fungal infection

    Thomas W. H. Liebrand;Grardy C. M. van den Berg;Zhao Zhang;Patrick Smit

  • PAMP (pathogen-associated molecular pattern)-induced changes in plasma membrane compartmentalization reveal novel components of plant immunity.

    Nana F. Keinath;Sylwia Kierszniowska;Justine Lorek;Gildas Bourdais

  • Microbe-associated molecular patterns (MAMPs) probe plant immunity

    Pascal Bittel;Silke Robatzek

  • Standards for plant synthetic biology: a common syntax for exchange of DNA parts.

    Nicola J. Patron;Nicola J. Patron;Diego Orzaez;Sylvestre Marillonnet;Heribert Warzecha

  • Transcriptional regulation of the CRK/DUF26 group of Receptor-like protein kinases by ozone and plant hormones in Arabidopsis

    Michael Wrzaczek;Mikael Brosche;Jarkko Tapani Salojärvi;Saijaliisa Maria Kangasjärvi

  • LYM2-dependent chitin perception limits molecular flux via plasmodesmata

    Christine Faulkner;Christine Faulkner;Elena Petutschnig;Yoselin Benitez-Alfonso;Martina Beck

  • Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity

    Yusuke Saijo;Nico Tintor;Xunli Lu;Philipp Rauf

  • Spatio-Temporal Cellular Dynamics of the Arabidopsis Flagellin Receptor Reveal Activation Status-Dependent Endosomal Sorting

    Martina Beck;Ji Zhou;Christine Faulkner;Daniel MacLean

Frequent Co-Authors

Cyril Zipfel
Cyril Zipfel University of Zurich
Thomas Boller
Thomas Boller University of Basel
Alexandra M. E. Jones
Alexandra M. E. Jones University of Warwick
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Georg Felix
Georg Felix University of Tübingen
Jaakko Kangasjärvi
Jaakko Kangasjärvi University of Helsinki
Frank L.H. Menke
Frank L.H. Menke Sainsbury Laboratory
Stanislaw Karpinski
Stanislaw Karpinski Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Paul Schulze-Lefert
Paul Schulze-Lefert Max Planck Society
Sebastian Schornack
Sebastian Schornack University of Cambridge

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