Publications

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Velásquez AC, Huguet-Tapia JC, and He SY (2022) Shared in planta population and transcriptomic features of non-pathogenic members of endophytic phyllosphere microbiota. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 119: e2114460119.


Velásquez AC, Huguet-Tapia JC, and He SY (2021) Phyllosphere-inhabiting endophytic bacteria feature a stationary phase-like lifestyle. bioRxiv: doi: 10.1101/2021.05.10.443510.



Jacob C, Velásquez AC, Josh NA, Settles M, He SY, and Melotto M (2021) Dual transcriptomic analysis reveals metabolic changes associated with differential persistence of human pathogenic bacteria in leaves of Arabidopsis and lettuce. G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics: doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab331.

Velásquez AC, Castroverde CDM, and He SY (2018) Plant and pathogen warfare under changing climate conditions. Current Biology 28: R619.



Nobori T, Velásquez AC, Wu J, Kvitko BH, Kremer JM, Wang Y, He SY, and Tsuda K (2018) Transcriptome landscape of a bacterial pathogen under plant immunity. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA 115: E3055.


Huot B, Castroverde CDM, Velásquez AC, Hubbard E, Pulman JA, Yoshida Y, Yao J, Howe GA, Childs KL, Tsuda K, Montgomery BL, and He SY (2017) Dual impact of elevated temperature on plant defence and bacterial virulence in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications 8: 1808.


Velásquez AC, Nomura K, Cooper MD, Herrin BR, and He SY (2017) Leucine-rich-repeat-containing variable lymphocyte receptors as modules to target plant-expressed proteins. Plant Methods 13: 29.


Velásquez AC, Oney M, Huot B, Xu S, and He SY (2017) Diverse mechanisms of resistance to Pseudomonas syringae in a thousand natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 214: 1673.


Xin XF, Nomura K, Aung K, Velásquez AC, Yao J, Boutrot F, Chang JH, Zipfel C, and He SY (2016) Bacteria establish an aqueous living space as a crucial virulence mechanism. Nature 539: 524.


Velásquez AC, and Martin GB (2013) Molecular mechanisms involved in the interaction between tomato and Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato. In: Molecular Plant Immunity. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 187 – 209.


Velásquez AC (2012) PAMP-triggered immunity components and LysM-receptor-like kinases. Doctoral dissertation. Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.

Zeng L, Velásquez AC, Munkvold KR, Zhang J, and Martin GB (2012) A tomato LysM receptor-like kinase promotes immunity and its kinase activity is inhibited by AvrPtoB. The Plant Journal 69: 92.

Nguyen HP, Chakravarthy S, Velásquez AC, McLane HL, Zeng L, Nakayashiki H, Park D-H, Collmer A, and Martin GB (2010) Methods to study PAMP-triggered immunity using tomato and Nicotiana benthamiana. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23:991.

Chakravarthy S, Velásquez AC*, Ekengren SK, Collmer A, and Martin GB (2010) Identification of Nicotiana benthamiana genes involved in pathogen-associated molecular pattern-triggered immunity. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 23: 715. *Co-first author

Chakravarthy S, Velásquez AC, and Martin GB (2009) Assay for pathogen-associated molecular pattern (PAMP)-triggered immunity (PTI) in plants. Journal of Visualized Experiments 31: 442.



Kvitko BH, Park DH, Velásquez AC, Wei CF, Russell AB, Martin GB, Schneider DJ, and Collmer A (2009) Deletions in the repertoire of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000 type III secretion effector genes reveal functional overlap among effectors. PLoS Pathogens 5: e1000388.

Velásquez AC, Chakravarthy S, and Martin GB (2009) Virus-induced gene silencing (VIGS) in Nicotiana benthamiana and tomato. Journal of Visualized Experiments 28: 1292.



Velásquez AC, Mihovilovich E, and Bonierbale M (2007) Genetic characterization and mapping of major gene resistance to potato leafroll virus in Solanum tuberosum ssp. andigena. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 114: 1051.