Host-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
Specialists:
- Dr Bertram Daum
- Dr Mike Deeks
- Dr Vicki Gold
- Dr Katherine Helliwell
- Dr Vinod Kumar
- Dr Hans-Wilhelm Nuetzmann
- Professor James Wakefield
Microtubules in a living plant cell
Microtubules in a living plant cell (labelled here with MAP4-GFP and shown in blue) form dynamic networks below the plasma membrane and guide cell wall growth.
Filamentous pathogens attempting to penetrate the plant cell wall disrupt the cytoskeleton and trigger the arrival of specific proteins such as FORMIN4 (labelled here with tdTomato) to support networks at the site of attack.