Catalina Rodríguez-Puerto Data-verified

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Researcher

UA Div. of Agriculture primary University of Arkansas

Last publication 2023 Last refreshed 2026-03-16

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Crop, Soil and Environmental Sciences

2 h-index 3 pubs 21 cited

Research Areas

OverviewAI-generated summary

Catalina Rodríguez-Puerto investigates the molecular mechanisms by which bacterial pathogens interact with host plants, focusing on the role of bacterial type III effectors in triggering plant immune responses and cell death. Her work specifically examines the Pseudomonas syringae effector HopG1 and its interaction with the plant immune protein AtNHR2B, exploring how this interaction influences necrotic cell death. Another area of her research involves the Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 effector HopD1 and its interference with cellular dynamics related to the plant immune protein AtNHR2B. Rodríguez-Puerto has published three scholarly works on these topics, accumulating 21 citations and an h-index of 2. She collaborates with researchers Clemencia M. Rojas and Perla Rocha-Loyola at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville on multiple publications.

Metrics

h-index: 2
Publications: 3
Citations: 21

Selected Publications

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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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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