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  1. Harnessing the MinION: An example of how to establish long-read sequencing in a laboratory using challenging plant tissue from Eucalyptus pauciflora

    Article • Molecular Ecology Resources, October 2018, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  2. Assembly of chloroplast genomes with long- and short-read data: a comparison of approaches using Eucalyptus pauciflora as a test case

    Article • May 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  3. A comprehensive toolkit to enable MinION long-read sequencing in any laboratory

    Article • March 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  4. De Novo Assembly and Phasing of Dikaryotic Genomes from Two Isolates of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae, the Causal Agent of Oat Crown Rust

    Article • mBio, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  5. A Near-Complete Haplotype-Phased Genome of the Dikaryotic Wheat Stripe Rust Fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici Reveals High Interhaplotype Diversity

    Article • mBio, February 2018, ASM Journals

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  6. A near complete haplotype-phased genome of the dikaryotic wheat stripe rust fungus Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici reveals high inter-haplotype diversity

    Article • September 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  7. De novo assembly and phasing of dikaryotic genomes from two isolates of Puccinia coronata f. sp. avenae , the causal agent of oat crown rust

    Article • August 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  8. Tyrosine-610 in the Receptor Kinase BAK1 Does Not Play a Major Role in Brassinosteroid Signaling or Innate Immunity

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2017, Frontiers

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  9. Distribution and inheritance of a gene cluster encoding a sulfated tyrosine peptide in Xanthomonas spp.

    Article • June 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  10. A microbially derived tyrosine-sulfated peptide mimics a plant peptide hormone

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2017, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger, Pamela Ronald

  11. A chloroplast retrograde signal, 3’-phosphoadenosine 5’-phosphate, acts as a secondary messenger in abscisic acid signaling in stomatal closure and germination

    Article • eLife, March 2017, eLife

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  12. Extraction of High Molecular Weight DNA from Fungal Rust Spores for Long Read Sequencing

    Article • January 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  13. Fungal phytopathogens encode functional homologues of plant rapid alkalinization factor (RALF) peptides

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, September 2016, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  14. Fundamental wheat stripe rust research in the 21stcentury

    Article • New Phytologist, August 2016, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  15. Structural Analysis of an Avr4 Effector Ortholog Offers Insight into Chitin Binding and Recognition by the Cf-4 Receptor

    Article • The Plant Cell, July 2016, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  16. Bacterial Outer Membrane Vesicles Induce Plant Immune Responses

    Article • Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, May 2016, Scientific Societies

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  17. A second-generation expression system for tyrosine-sulfated proteins and its application in crop protection

    Article • Integrative Biology, January 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Benjamin Schwessinger, Pamela Ronald

  18. Changing SERKs and priorities during plant life

    Article • Trends in Plant Science, September 2015, Elsevier

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  19. The rice immune receptor XA21 recognizes a tyrosine-sulfated protein from a Gram-negative bacterium

    Article • Science Advances, July 2015, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  20. Correction: Transgenic Expression of the Dicotyledonous Pattern Recognition Receptor EFR in Rice Leads to Ligand-Dependent Activation of Defense Responses

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, April 2015, PLOS

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  21. Transgenic Expression of the Dicotyledonous Pattern Recognition Receptor EFR in Rice Leads to Ligand-Dependent Activation of Defense Responses

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2015, PLOS

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  22. Focus issue on plant immunity: from model systems to crop species

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, March 2015, Frontiers

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  23. Proteome profile of the endomembrane of developing coleoptiles from switchgrass (Panicum virgatum )

    Article • PROTEOMICS, March 2015, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  24. How postdocs benefit from building a union

    Article • eLife, November 2014, eLife

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  25. OsSERK1 regulates rice development but not immunity toXanthomonas oryzaepv. oryzaeorMagnaporthe oryzae

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, November 2014, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  26. Transgenic expression of the dicotyledonous pattern recognition receptor EFR in rice leads to ligand-dependent activation of defense responses

    Article • June 2014, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  27. An XA21-Associated Kinase (OsSERK2) Regulates Immunity Mediated by the XA21 and XA3 Immune Receptors

    Article • Molecular Plant, May 2014, Elsevier

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  28. A Bacterial Tyrosine Phosphatase Inhibits Plant Pattern Recognition Receptor Activation

    Article • Science, March 2014, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Dr Alberto P Macho, Benjamin Schwessinger

  29. Antagonistic Regulation of Growth and Immunity by the Arabidopsis Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factor HOMOLOG OF BRASSINOSTEROID ENHANCED EXPRESSION2 INTERACTING WITH INCREASED LEAF INCLINATION1 BINDING bHLH1

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, January 2014, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  30. The Xanthomonas Ax21 protein is processed by the general secretory system and is secreted in association with outer membrane vesicles

    Article • PeerJ, January 2014, PeerJ

    Dr Ralf Koebnik, Benjamin Schwessinger

  31. Open Letter to The American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Article • The Winnower, January 2014, The Winnower, LLC

    Ms Stacy R Konkiel, Benjamin Schwessinger, Prof. Dr. Alexanander Grossmann, Joseph R Kraus

  32. An XA21-Associated Kinase (OsSERK2) regulates immunity mediated by the XA21 and XA3 immune receptors

    Article • November 2013, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  33. A Common Signaling Process that Promotes Mycorrhizal and Oomycete Colonization of Plants

    Article • Current Biology, December 2012, Elsevier

    Benjamin Schwessinger, Dr Sebastian Schornack

  34. Non-arginine-aspartate (non-RD) kinases are associated with innate immune receptors that recognize conserved microbial signatures

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  35. Plant Innate Immunity: Perception of Conserved Microbial Signatures

    Article • Annual Review of Plant Biology, June 2012, Annual Reviews

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  36. Tyrosine sulfation in a Gram-negative bacterium

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  37. Cautionary Notes on the Use of C-Terminal BAK1 Fusion Proteins for Functional Studies

    Article • The Plant Cell, November 2011, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  38. Brassinosteroids inhibit pathogen-associated molecular pattern–triggered immune signaling independent of the receptor kinase BAK1

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2011, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  39. The Arabidopsis Leucine-Rich Repeat Receptor–Like Kinases BAK1/SERK3 and BKK1/SERK4 Are Required for Innate Immunity to Hemibiotrophic and Biotrophic Pathogens

    Article • The Plant Cell, June 2011, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  40. Phosphorylation-Dependent Differential Regulation of Plant Growth, Cell Death, and Innate Immunity by the Regulatory Receptor-Like Kinase BAK1

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2011, PLOS

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  41. Control of the pattern-recognition receptor EFR by an ER protein complex in plant immunity

    Article • The EMBO Journal, September 2009, Wiley

    Benjamin Schwessinger

  42. Genome sequence and analysis of the Irish potato famine pathogen Phytophthora infestans

    Article • Nature, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Marcus C Chibucos, Benjamin Schwessinger, Dr David J Studholme, Dr Sebastian Schornack, Niklaus J Grunwald, Lucio Conti

  43. Small Ubiquitin-Like Modifier Proteases OVERLY TOLERANT TO SALT1 and -2 Regulate Salt Stress Responses in Arabidopsis

    Article • The Plant Cell, October 2008, American Society of Plant Biologists (ASPB)

    Benjamin Schwessinger, Lucio Conti

  44. News from the frontline: recent insights into PAMP-triggered immunity in plants

    Article • Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August 2008, Elsevier

    Benjamin Schwessinger