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Clemencia M. Rojas
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Federal Grant PI
High Impact
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Faculty Researcher
20 h-index
33 pubs
2,119 cited
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Clemencia M. Rojas investigates plant immunity and the molecular mechanisms underlying plant-pathogen interactions, with a particular focus on bacterial pathogens like *Pseudomonas syringae*. Her research explores how bacterial effectors manipulate plant cellular processes and how plants mount resistance responses. She has published work detailing the function of specific bacterial effector proteins, such as HopG1 and HopD1, and their interactions with plant immune components like AtNHR2B.
Her work also extends to identifying potential biopesticides derived from microbial secretions. This includes defining secondary metabolites in *Pseudomonas protegens* with antagonistic activity against other plant pathogens and metabolomic characterization of *Pseudomonas protegens* secretions for applications against bacterial blight of rice. Rojas has secured federal funding from the NSF for research on chloroplast retrograde signaling during plant immunity, aiming to integrate signal transduction and cellular dynamics, and for the I-Corps program focused on deploying antibacterials as seed treatments.
With an h-index of 20 and over 2,100 citations across 33 publications, Rojas is recognized as a highly cited researcher. Her collaborations within the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville include work with Catalina Rodríguez-Puerto and Perla Rocha-Loyola, with whom she shares multiple publications.
Metrics
- h-index: 20
- Publications: 33
- Citations: 2,119
Selected Publications
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AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B: Two Players of the Plant Secretory Pathway Functioning in Biotic Stress Responses (2025)
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The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector HopD1 interferes with cellular dynamics associated with the function of the plant immune protein AtNHR2B (2023)
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Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation (2022)
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Metabolomic characterization of <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice (2022)
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The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B (2022)
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<i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. tomato DC3000 Effector HopG1 is a multi-faceted protein that Triggers Necrotic Cell Death that is attenuated by the Nonhost Resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) Protein (2021)
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Genome Sequence Resource of <i>Burkholderia glumae</i> UAPB13 (2021)
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Bacterial Panicle Blight and <i>Burkholderia glumae</i>: From Pathogen Biology to Disease Control (2020)
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Harnessing <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> to Control Bacterial Panicle Blight of Rice (2020)
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Formate Dehydrogenase (FDH1) Localizes to Both Mitochondria and Chloroplast to Play a Role in Host and Nonhost Disease Resistance (2020)
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The Arabidopsis Proteins AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B Are Multi-Functional Proteins Integrating Plant Immunity With Other Biological Processes (2020)
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Warming increases Bacterial Panicle Blight (Burkholderia glumae) occurrences and impacts on USA rice production (2019)
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Dissecting the functional domains of the <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> nonhost resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) protein (2018)
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Nucleolar GTP-Binding Protein 1-2 (NOG1-2) Interacts with Jasmonate-ZIMDomain Protein 9 (JAZ9) to Regulate Stomatal Aperture during Plant Immunity (2018)
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Two Chloroplast-Localized Proteins: AtNHR2A <b>and</b> AtNHR2B, Contribute to Callose Deposition During Nonhost Disease Resistance in <i>Arabidopsis</i> (2018)
Federal Grants 2 $213,299 total
NSF
PI
May 2022 - Jun 2023
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Catalina Rodríguez-Puerto
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B
- The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector HopD1 interferes with cellular dynamics associated with the function of the plant immune protein AtNHR2B
- <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. tomato DC3000 Effector HopG1 is a multi-faceted protein that Triggers Necrotic Cell Death that is attenuated by the Nonhost Resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) Protein
Perla Rocha-Loyola
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
3 shared publications
In database
- The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B
- The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector HopD1 interferes with cellular dynamics associated with the function of the plant immune protein AtNHR2B
- <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. tomato DC3000 Effector HopG1 is a multi-faceted protein that Triggers Necrotic Cell Death that is attenuated by the Nonhost Resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) Protein
Rupak Chakraborty
South Dakota State University (US)
2 shared publications
- The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B
- <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. tomato DC3000 Effector HopG1 is a multi-faceted protein that Triggers Necrotic Cell Death that is attenuated by the Nonhost Resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) Protein
Raksha Singh
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
2 shared publications
- The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B
- <i>Pseudomonas syringae</i> pv. tomato DC3000 Effector HopG1 is a multi-faceted protein that Triggers Necrotic Cell Death that is attenuated by the Nonhost Resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) Protein
Juanita Gil
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Genome Sequence Resource of <i>Burkholderia glumae</i> UAPB13
Laura Ortega
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Genome Sequence Resource of <i>Burkholderia glumae</i> UAPB13
Alejandro Rojas
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville (US)
1 shared publication
- Genome Sequence Resource of <i>Burkholderia glumae</i> UAPB13
Samantha J. Balboa
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
1 shared publication
- Metabolomic characterization of <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice
Maia Vierengel
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
1 shared publication
- Metabolomic characterization of <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice
Kristen Gates
University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
1 shared publication
In database
- Metabolomic characterization of <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice
Leslie M. Hicks
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
1 shared publication
- Metabolomic characterization of <i>Pseudomonas protegens</i> secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice
Vidhyavathi Raman
Noble Research Institute (US)
1 shared publication
- Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation
Balaji Vasudevan
Noble Research Institute (US)
1 shared publication
- Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation
Kevin Dunning
Noble Research Institute (US)
1 shared publication
- Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation
Jaydeep Kolape
Noble Research Institute (US)
1 shared publication
- Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation
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