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Dunken N, Widmer H, Balcke GU, Straube H, Langen G, Charura NM, Saake P, De Quattro C, Schön J, Rövenich H, Wawra S, Khan M, Djamei A, Zurbriggen MD, Tissier A, Witte CP, Zuccaro A. A nucleoside signal generated by a fungal endophyte regulates host cell death and promotes root colonization. Cell Host Microbe. 2024 Nov 19:S1931-3128(24)00406-2. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2024.10.020. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39603244.

Charura N, Llamas E, De Quattro C, Vilchez D, Nowack MK, Zuccaro A. Root cap cell corpse clearance limits microbial colonization in Arabidopsis thaliana. Elife. 2024 Nov 12;13:RP96266. doi: 10.7554/eLife.96266. PMID: 39531016; PMCID: PMC11556792.

Llamas, E., Koyuncu, S., Lee, H.J., Wehrmann, M., Gutierrez-Garcia, R., Dunken, N., Charura, N., Torres-Montilla, S., Schlimgen, E., Mandel, A.M., Theile, E.B., Grossbach, J., Wagle, P., Lackmann, J.W., Schermer, B., Benzing, T., Beyer, A., Pulido, P., Rodriguez-Concepcion, M., Zuccaro, A. and Vilchez, D. (2023) In planta expression of human polyQ-expanded huntingtin fragment reveals mechanisms to prevent disease-related protein aggregation. Nat Aging. doi: 10.1038/s43587-023-00502-1

Llamas, E., Torres-Montilla, S., Lee, H. J., Barja, M. V., Schlimgen, E., Dunken, N., Wagle, P., Werr, W., Zuccaro, A., Rodríguez-Concepción, M., & Vilchez, D (2021). The intrinsic chaperone network of Arabidopsis stem cells confers protection against proteotoxic stress. Aging Cell, 00, e13446. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13446

Wawra, S., Fesel, P., Widmer, H., Neumann, U., Lahrmann, U., Becker, S., Hehemann, J.H., Langen, G., and Zuccaro, A. (2019). FGB1 and WSC3 are in planta-induced beta-glucan-binding fungal lectins with different functions. New Phytol 222, 1493-1506.

Nizam, S., Qiang, X., Wawra, S., Nostadt, R., Getzke, F., Schwanke, F., Dreyer, I., Langen, G., and Zuccaro, A. (2019). Serendipita indica E5'NT modulates extracellular nucleotide levels in the plant apoplast and affects fungal colonization. EMBO Rep 20, e47430

Wawra, S., Fesel, P., Widmer, H., Timm, M., Seibel, J., Leson, L., Kesseler, L., Nostadt, R., Hilbert, M., Langen, G., and Zuccaro, A. (2016). The fungal-specific beta-glucan-binding lectin FGB1 alters cell-wall composition and suppresses glucan-triggered immunity in plants. Nature commun 7, 13188.

Fesel, P.H., and Zuccaro, A. (2016). Dissecting endophytic lifestyle along the parasitism/mutualism continuum in Arabidopsis. Curr Opin Microbiol 32, 103-112.

Lo Presti, L., Lanver, D., Schweizer, G., Tanaka, S., Liang, L., Tollot, M., Zuccaro, A., Reissmann, S., Kahmann, R., and Merchant, S. (2015). Fungal Effectors and Plant Susceptibility. Annu Rev Plant Biol 66, 513-545.

Lahrmann, U., Strehmel, N., Langen, G., Frerigmann, H., Leson, L., Ding, Y., Scheel, D., Herklotz, S., Hilbert, M., and Zuccaro, A. (2015). Mutualistic root endophytism is not associated with the reduction of saprotrophic traits and requires a noncompromised plant innate immunity. New Phytol 207, 841-857.

Zuccaro, A., Lahrmann, U., and Langen, G. (2014). Broad compatibility in fungal root symbioses. Curr Opin Plant Biol 20, 135-145.

Lahrmann, U., Ding, Y., Banhara, A., Rath, M., Hajirezaei, M.R., Doehlemann, S., von Wiren, N., Parniske, M., and Zuccaro, A. (2013). Host-related metabolic cues affect colonization strategies of a root endophyte. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110, 13965-13970.

Lahrmann, U., and Zuccaro, A. (2012). Opprimo ergo sum-Evasion and Suppression in the Root Endophytic Fungus Piriformospora indica. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25, 727-737.

Zuccaro, A., Lahrmann, U., Gueldener, U., Langen, G., Pfiffi, S., Biedenkopf, D., Wong, P., Samans, B., Grimm, C., Basiewicz, M., et al. (2011). Endophytic Life Strategies Decoded by Genome and Transcriptome Analyses of the Mutualistic Root Symbiont Piriformospora indica. Plos Pathog 7, e1002290.