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Clemencia M. Rojas

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20 h-index 33 pubs 2,119 cited

  • Plant Diseases
  • Arabidopsis
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Plant
  • Pseudomonas syringae
  • Arabidopsis Proteins
  • Nicotiana
  • Disease Resistance
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plant Immunity
  • Bacterial Proteins
  • Mutation
  • Oryza
  • Burkholderia
  • Phenotype
  • Signal Transduction

Biography and Research Information

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Clemencia M. Rojas studies plant-pathogen interactions, focusing on molecular mechanisms of plant immunity and disease resistance. Her research investigates how plants respond to bacterial pathogens, such as *Pseudomonas syringae*, and the role of specific genes and proteins in these interactions. Investigations have included the function of glycolate oxidase in plant defense signaling and the impact of bacterial effector proteins delivered into plant cells via type III secretion systems.

Rojas's work also explores the regulation of primary plant metabolism during these interactions, examining how metabolic pathways contribute to defense responses. Her publications include studies on *Arabidopsis thaliana* and *Nicotiana* species, utilizing molecular biology techniques to understand gene function and protein degradation pathways. She has received federal funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) for research into chloroplast retrograde signaling during plant immunity and for the deployment of antibacterials as seed treatments.

Metrics

  • h-index: 20
  • Publications: 33
  • Citations: 2,119

Selected Publications

  • AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B: Two Players of the Plant Secretory Pathway Functioning in Biotic Stress Responses (2025)
    Phytopathology DOI OpenAlex
  • The Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector HopD1 interferes with cellular dynamics associated with the function of the plant immune protein AtNHR2B (2023)
    Frontiers in Microbiology 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Agrobacterium expressing a type III secretion system delivers Pseudomonas effectors into plant cells to enhance transformation (2022)
    Nature Communications 110 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Metabolomic characterization of Pseudomonas protegens secretions for identification of biopesticides against Bacterial Panicle Blight of rice (2022)
    The FASEB Journal 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • The Pseudomonas syringae type III effector HopG1 triggers necrotic cell death that is attenuated by AtNHR2B (2022)
    Scientific Reports 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Pseudomonas syringae 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)
    bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) DOI OpenAlex
  • Genome Sequence Resource of Burkholderia glumae UAPB13 (2021)
    PhytoFrontiers™ DOI OpenAlex
  • Bacterial Panicle Blight and Burkholderia glumae : From Pathogen Biology to Disease Control (2020)
    Phytopathology 47 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Harnessing Pseudomonas protegens to Control Bacterial Panicle Blight of Rice (2020)
    Phytopathology 19 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Formate Dehydrogenase (FDH1) Localizes to Both Mitochondria and Chloroplast to Play a Role in Host and Nonhost Disease Resistance (2020)
    Preprints.org 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • The Arabidopsis Proteins AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B Are Multi-Functional Proteins Integrating Plant Immunity With Other Biological Processes (2020)
    Frontiers in Plant Science 15 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Warming increases Bacterial Panicle Blight (Burkholderia glumae) occurrences and impacts on USA rice production (2019)
    PLoS ONE 69 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Dissecting the functional domains of the Arabidopsis thaliana nonhost resistance 2B (AtNHR2B) protein (2018)
    Plant Signaling & Behavior 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
  • Nucleolar GTP-Binding Protein 1-2 (NOG1-2) Interacts with Jasmonate-ZIMDomain Protein 9 (JAZ9) to Regulate Stomatal Aperture during Plant Immunity (2018)
    International Journal of Molecular Sciences 28 citations DOI OpenAlex
  • Two Chloroplast-Localized Proteins: AtNHR2A and AtNHR2B, Contribute to Callose Deposition During Nonhost Disease Resistance in Arabidopsis (2018)
    Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23 citations DOI OpenAlex

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Federal Grants 2 $213,299 total

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