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Thorsten Nürnberger

Thorsten Nürnberger

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
42182
World Ranking
5786
National Ranking
414

Overview

Thorsten Nürnberger is affiliated with the University of Tübingen in Germany and has contributed extensively to the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a strong focus on Plant Science. Their research spans several subfields, including Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cell Biology, and Insect Science.

The main topics of Nürnberger's scientific work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies, Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance.

Their notable recent publications include the following:

  • The transcriptional landscape of Arabidopsis thaliana pattern-triggered immunity, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Plant immunity unified, 2021, Nature Plants
  • The tomato receptor CuRe1 senses a cell wall protein to identify Cuscuta as a pathogen, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Plant cell surface immune receptors-Novel insights into function and evolution, 2023, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • The Arabidopsis thaliana LysM-containing Receptor-Like Kinase 2 is required for elicitor-induced resistance to pathogens, 2021, Plant Cell & Environment

Nürnberger frequently collaborates with a number of co-authors, including Cyril Zipfel, Andrea A. Gust, Guillaume Gilliard, Jelena Pršić, and Heba Ibrahim. These collaborations highlight a network of researchers involved in similar areas of plant immunity and molecular biology.

Regarding publication venues, Nürnberger has published multiple works in diverse scientific platforms. The most frequent include Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Nature Plants, Nature Communications, Frontiers in Plant Science, and bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory).

Best Publications

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Fabio C. Abdalla;Hagai Abeliovich;Robert T. Abraham

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

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

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

  • Innate immunity in plants and animals: striking similarities and obvious differences

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Frédéric Brunner;Birgit Kemmerling;Lizelle Piater

  • Of PAMPs and Effectors: The Blurred PTI-ETI Dichotomy

    Bart P.H.J. Thomma;Thorsten Nürnberger;Matthieu H.A.J. Joosten

  • Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition)

    Daniel J. Klionsky;Kotb Abdelmohsen;Akihisa Abe;Joynal Abedin

  • High affinity binding of a fungal oligopeptide elicitor to parsley plasma membranes triggers multiple defense responses

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Dirk Nennstiel;Thorsten Jabs;Wendy R. Sacks

  • 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

  • Arabidopsis lysin-motif proteins LYM1 LYM3 CERK1 mediate bacterial peptidoglycan sensing and immunity to bacterial infection

    Roland Willmann;Heini M. Lajunen;Gitte Erbs;Mari Anne Newman

  • Receptor-Mediated Increase in Cytoplasmic Free Calcium Required for Activation of Pathogen Defense in Parsley

    Beatrix Blume;Thorsten Nürnberger;Norbert Nass;Dierk Scheel

  • Innate immunity in plants and animals: emerging parallels between the recognition of general elicitors and pathogen-associated molecular patterns.

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Frédéric Brunner

  • An RLP23–SOBIR1–BAK1 complex mediates NLP-triggered immunity

    Isabell Albert;Hannah Böhm;Markus Albert;Christina E. Feiler

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

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

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

    Birgit Kemmerling;Anne Schwedt;Patricia Rodriguez;Sara Mazzotta

  • Signal transmission in the plant immune response

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Dierk Scheel

  • Non‐host resistance in plants: new insights into an old phenomenon

    Thorsten Nürnberger;Volker Lipka

  • Bacteria-derived Peptidoglycans Constitute Pathogen-associated Molecular Patterns Triggering Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis

    Andrea A. Gust;Raja Biswas;Heike D. Lenz;Thomas Rauhut

  • Pep-13, a plant defense-inducing pathogen-associated pattern from Phytophthora transglutaminases.

    Frédéric Brunner;Sabine Rosahl;Justin Lee;Jason J. Rudd

  • NPP1, a Phytophthora-associated trigger of plant defense in parsley and Arabidopsis.

    Guido Fellbrich;Annette Romanski;Anne Varet;Beatrix Blume

  • Sensing Danger: Key to Activating Plant Immunity.

    Andrea A. Gust;Rory Pruitt;Thorsten Nürnberger

Frequent Co-Authors

Dierk Scheel
Dierk Scheel Leibniz Association
Birgit Kemmerling
Birgit Kemmerling University of Tübingen
Justin Lee
Justin Lee Leibniz Institute of Plant Biochemistry
Klaus Hahlbrock
Klaus Hahlbrock Max Planck Society
Evelina Gatti
Evelina Gatti Aix-Marseille University
Sergio Lavandero
Sergio Lavandero University of Chile
Shazib Pervaiz
Shazib Pervaiz National University of Singapore
Volker Lipka
Volker Lipka University of Göttingen
Georg Felix
Georg Felix University of Tübingen
Beth Levine
Beth Levine The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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