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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Microbiology and Immunology
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
  • Member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)

Overview

Ulla Bonas is affiliated with Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg in Germany. Their research primarily focuses on agricultural and biological sciences, with a strong emphasis on plant science and molecular biology. The scientist's work covers several main topics including plant-microbe interactions and immunity, plant virus research studies, plant pathogenic bacteria studies, CRISPR and genetic engineering, chromosomal and genetic variations, advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, and legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis.

The frequent publication venues for this scientist reflect their research focus and include:

  • The Plant Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS Pathogens

Ulla Bonas has collaborated often with several coauthors, including:

  • Jessica Lee Erickson
  • Johannes Stuttmann
  • Patrick Martin
  • Jana Ordon
  • Filiz Ferik

Key recent publications by Ulla Bonas include:

  • Highly efficient multiplex editing: one-shot generation of 8× Nicotiana benthamiana and 12× Arabidopsis mutants, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • Disentangling cause and consequence: genetic dissection of the DANGEROUS MIX2 risk locus, and activation of the DM2h NLR in autoimmunity, 2021, The Plant Journal
  • A conserved microtubule-binding region in Xanthomonas XopL is indispensable for induced plant cell death reactions, 2023, PLoS Pathogens
  • Highly efficient multiplex editing: One-shot generation of 8xNicotiana benthamianaand 12x Arabidopsis mutants, 2020, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Twelve genes at one blow: multiplex genome editing with CRISPR/Cas, 2021, The Plant Journal

The scientist has received recognition including membership in the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina - Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften in 2008 for contributions in microbiology and immunology. They are also a member of the European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO).

Best Publications

  • Breaking the Code of DNA Binding Specificity of TAL-Type III Effectors

    Jens Boch;Heidi Scholze;Sebastian Schornack;Angelika Landgraf

  • Xanthomonas AvrBs3 Family-Type III Effectors: Discovery and Function

    Jens Boch;Ulla Bonas

  • A bacterial effector acts as a plant transcription factor and induces a cell size regulator.

    Sabine Kay;Simone Hahn;Eric Marois;Gerd Hause

  • Plant pathogen recognition mediated by promoter activation of the pepper Bs3 resistance gene.

    Patrick Römer;Simone Hahn;Tina Jordan;Tina Strauß

  • Genetic and structural characterization of the avirulence gene avrBs3 from Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria

    Ulla Bonas;Robert E. Stall;Brian Staskawicz

  • Regulation and secretion of Xanthomonas virulence factors

    Daniela Büttner;Ulla Bonas

  • Recognition of the Bacterial Avirulence Protein AvrBs3 Occurs inside the Host Plant Cell

    Guido Van den Ackerveken;Eric Marois;Ulla Bonas

  • 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

  • Gene-for-gene relationships specifying disease resistance in Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria - pepper interactions.

    G. V. Minsavage;D. Dahlbeck;M. C. Whalen;B. Kearney

  • HrpXv, an AraC-type regulator, activates expression of five of the six loci in the hrp cluster of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria.

    K Wengelnik;U Bonas

  • Getting across--bacterial type III effector proteins on their way to the plant cell.

    Daniela Büttner;Ulla Bonas

  • HrpG, a key hrp regulatory protein of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria is homologous to two-component response regulators.

    K Wengelnik;G Van den Ackerveken;U Bonas

  • Unified nomenclature for broadly conserved hrp genes of phytopathogenic bacteria

    A. J. Bogdanove;S. V. Beer;U. Bonas;C. A. Boucher

  • How Xanthomonas type III effectors manipulate the host plant

    Sabine Kay;Ulla Bonas

  • hrp Genes of Phytopathogenic Bacteria

    U. Bonas

  • Modular dna-binding domains and methods of use

    Ulla Bonas;Jens Boch;Sebastian Schornack;Thomas Lahaye

  • Port of entry – the type III secretion translocon

    Daniela Büttner;Ulla Bonas

  • The xanthomonas type III effector protein AvrBs3 modulates plant gene expression and induces cell hypertrophy in the susceptible host.

    Eric Marois;Guido Van den Ackerveken;Ulla Bonas

  • Type III effector proteins from the plant pathogen Xanthomonas and their role in the interaction with the host plant.

    Doreen Gürlebeck;Frank Thieme;Ulla Bonas

  • Isolation of a Gene Cluster fromXanthomonas campestrispv.vesicatoriathat Determines Pathogenicity and the Hypersensitive Response on Pepper and Tomato

    Ulla Bonas

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Lahaye
Thomas Lahaye University of Tübingen
Jens Boch
Jens Boch University of Hannover
Sebastian Schornack
Sebastian Schornack University of Cambridge
Guido Van den Ackerveken
Guido Van den Ackerveken Utrecht University
Boris Szurek
Boris Szurek Institut de Recherche pour le Développement
Gerd Hause
Gerd Hause Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Ralf Koebnik
Ralf Koebnik University of Montpellier
John W. Mansfield
John W. Mansfield Imperial College London
Robert E. Stall
Robert E. Stall University of Florida
Martin W. Ganal
Martin W. Ganal TraitGenetics GmbH

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