title: How Microbes Twist Jasmonate Signaling around Their Little Fingers.
abstract: Plant immunity relies on a complex network of hormone signaling pathways in which jasmonic acid (JA) plays a central role. Successful microbial pathogens or symbionts have developed strategies to manipulate plant hormone signaling pathways to cause hormonal imbalances for their own benefit. These strategies include the production of plant hormones, phytohormone mimics, or effector proteins that target host components to disrupt hormonal signaling pathways and enhance virulence. Here, we describe the molecular details of the most recent and best-characterized examples of specific JA hormonal manipulation by microbes, which exemplify the ingenious ways by which pathogens can take control over the plant's hormone signaling network to suppress host immunity.
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain. selena.gimenez@cnb.csic.es.
authors.forename: Selena
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gimenez-Ibanez
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain. achini@cnb.csic.es.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chini
authors.affiliation: Plant Molecular Genetics Department, Centro Nacional de Biotecnología-CSIC (CNB-CSIC), 28049 Madrid, Spain. rsolano@cnb.csic.es.
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Solano
keywords: JAZ repressors; coronatine; effectors; hormonal manipulation; hormone mimics; jasmonate; pathogenesis; phytotoxin; symbiosis