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Shi L,Li X,Weng Y,Cai H,Liu K,Xie B,Ansar H,Guan D,He S,Liu Z,The CaPti1-CaERF3 module positively regulates resistance of Capsicum annuum to bacterial wilt disease by coupling enhanced immunity and dehydration tolerance. The Plant Journal, 2022,DOI: 10.1111/tpj.15790
Yang S, Cai W, Shen L, Wu R, Cao J, Tang W, Lu Q, Huang Y, Guan D, He S: Solanaceous plants switch to cytokinin-mediated immunity against Ralstonia solanacearum under high temperature and high humidity. Plant, Cell & Environment 2022, 45(2):459-478.
Yang S, Cai W, Shen L, Cao J, Liu C, Hu J, Guan D, He S: A CaCDPK29-CaWRKY27b module promotes CaWRKY40-mediated thermotolerance and immunity to Ralstonia solanacearum in pepper. The New Phytologist 2022, 233(4):1843-1863.
Cai W, Yang S, Wu R, Zheng Y, He S, Shen L, Guan D, He S: CaSWC4 regulates the immunity-thermotolerance tradeoff by recruiting CabZIP63/CaWRKY40 to target genes and activating chromatin in pepper. PLoS Genetics 2022, 18(2):e1010023.
Liu ZQ, Shi LP, Yang S, Qiu SS, Ma XL, Cai JS, Guan DY, Wang ZH, He SL: A conserved double-W box in the promoter of CaWRKY40 mediates autoregulation during response to pathogen attack and heat stress in pepper. Molecular Plant Pathology 2021, 22(1):3-18.
Cai W, Yang S, Wu R, Cao J, Shen L, Guan D, Shuilin H: Pepper NAC-type transcription factor NAC2c balances the trade-off between growth and defense responses. Plant Physiology 2021, 186(4):2169-2189.
Huang J, Shen L, Yang S, Guan D, He S: CaASR1 promotes salicylic acid- but represses jasmonic acid-dependent signaling to enhance the resistance of Capsicum annuum to bacterial wilt by modulating CabZIP63. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71(20):6538-6554.
Dang F, Lin J, Chen Y, Li GX, Guan D, Zheng SJ, He S: A feedback loop between CaWRKY41 and H2O2 coordinates the response to Ralstonia solanacearum and excess cadmium in pepper. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2019, 70(5):1581-1595.
Qiu A, Lei Y, Yang S, Wu J, Li J, Bao B, Cai Y, Wang S, Lin J, Wang Y et al: CaC3H14 encoding a tandem CCCH zinc finger protein is directly targeted by CaWRKY40 and positively regulates the response of pepper to inoculation by Ralstonia solanacearum. Molecular Plant Pathology 2018, 19(10):2221-2235.
Cheng W, Xiao Z, Cai H, Wang C, Hu Y, Xiao Y, Zheng Y, Shen L, Yang S, Liu Z et al: A novel leucine-rich repeat protein, CaLRR51, acts as a positive regulator in the response of pepper to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Molecular Plant Pathology 2017, 18(8):1089-1100.
Shen L, Liu Z, Yang S, Yang T, Liang J, Wen J, Liu Y, Li J, Shi L, Tang Q et al: Pepper CabZIP63 acts as a positive regulator during Ralstonia solanacearum or high temperature-high humidity challenge in a positive feedback loop with CaWRKY40. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2016, 67(8):2439-2451.
Liu ZQ, Qiu AL, Shi LP, Cai JS, Huang XY, Yang S, Wang B, Shen L, Huang MK, Mou SL et al: SRC2-1 is required in PcINF1-induced pepper immunity by acting as an interacting partner of PcINF1. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66(13):3683-3698.
Cai H, Yang S, Yan Y, Xiao Z, Cheng J, Wu J, Qiu A, Lai Y, Mou S, Guan D et al: CaWRKY6 transcriptionally activates CaWRKY40, regulates Ralstonia solanacearum resistance, and confers high-temperature and high-humidity tolerance in pepper. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2015, 66(11):3163-3174.
Wang Y, Dang F, Liu Z, Wang X, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Yu L, She J, Shi Y, Lin J et al: CaWRKY58, encoding a group I WRKY transcription factor of Capsicum annuum, negatively regulates resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Molecular Plant Pathology 2013, 14(2):131-144.
Dang FF, Wang YN, Yu L, Eulgem T, Lai Y, Liu ZQ, Wang X, Qiu AL, Zhang TX, Lin J et al: CaWRKY40, a WRKY protein of pepper, plays an important role in the regulation of tolerance to heat stress and resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum infection. Plant, Cell & Environment 2013, 36(4):757-774.