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Investigation into the Involvement of Defense Signaling Pathways in Components of the Nonhost Resistance of Arabidopsis thaliana to Rust Fungi Also Reveals a Model System for Studying Rust Fungal Compatibility by Mellersch, Denny G, Heath, Michèle C

“…Seventeen accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana inoculated with the cowpea rust fungus Uromyces vignae exhibited a variety of expressions of nonhost resistance,…”
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Look Before You Leap: Memoirs of a “Cell Biological” Plant Pathologist by Heath, Michèle C

“…In this article, I recount how I became a plant pathologist and used clues derived from light and electron microscopy to direct my research on the interactions…”
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Role of calcium in signal transduction during the hypersensitive response caused by basidiospore-derived infection of the cowpea rust fungus by Xu, H. (University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.), Heath, M.C

“…The hypersensitive response (HR) of disease-resistant plant cells to fungal invasion is a rapid cell death that has some features in common with programmed…”
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Nonhost resistance and nonspecific plant defenses by Heath, Michèle C

“…In the past year, most of the advances in our understanding of nonhost resistance to plant pathogens have been incremental. Highlights include the discovery of…”
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cDNAs Generated from Individual Epidermal Cells Reveal that Differential Gene Expression Predicting Subsequent Resistance or Susceptibility to Rust Fungal Infection Occurs Prior to the Fungus Entering the Cell Lumen by Mould, Michael J.R, Xu, Tao, Barbara, Mary, Iscove, Norman N, Heath, Michèle C

“…As the cowpea rust fungus penetrates the wall of a cowpea epidermal cell, resistant and susceptible plants exhibit different ultrastructural and cytochemical…”
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Advances in Imaging the Cell Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions by Heath, Michèle C

“…All plant-microbe interactions are initiated at the level of the cell. Recently, the light microscope has increased in popularity as an investigative tool in…”
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Transcriptional Response of Hybrid Poplar (Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoids) to Infection by Melampsora medusae Leaf Rust Involves Induction of Flavonoid Pathway Genes Leading to the Accumulation of Proanthocyanidins by Miranda, M, Ralph, S.G, Mellway, R, White, R, Heath, M.C, Bohlmann, J, Constabel, C.P

“…The transcriptional response of hybrid poplar (Populus trichocarpa x P. deltoids) to poplar leaf rust (Melampsora medusae) infection was studied using the…”
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H2O2 plays different roles in determining penetration failure in three diverse plant–fungal interactions by Mellersh, Denny G., Foulds, Inge V., Higgins, Verna J., Heath, Michele C.

“…Summary Fungal plant pathogens that attempt to penetrate and feed on living cells frequently trigger a localized plant defence response that results in fungal…”
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Apoptosis, programmed cell death and the hypersensitive response by HEATH, M. C

“…Apoptosis is typically a morphologically identifiable form of programmed cell death in mammals that is regulated by genes with homologues in other animal…”
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Changes in the cytoskeleton accompanying infection‐induced nuclear movements and the hypersensitive response in plant cells invaded by rust fungi by Skalamera, Dubravka, Heath, Michèle C.

“…Summary During the infection of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) by the cowpea rust fungus (Uromyces vignae, race 1 ) the plant nucleus moves towards and away from…”
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Cytological and pharmacological evidence that biotrophic fungi trigger different cell death execution processes in host and nonhost cells during the hypersensitive response by Christopher-Kozjan, Rosemarie, Heath, Michèle C

“…Living epidermal cells undergoing a hypersensitive response to penetration by a rust or a powdery mildew fungus exhibited two distinct patterns of cellular…”
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Callose deposition during the interaction between cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) and the monokaryotic stage of the cowpea rust fungus (Uromyces vignae) by šKALAMERA, DUBRAVKA, JIBODH, STEFAN, HEATH, MICHÈLE C.

“…The interaction between the race 1 of the cowpea rust fungus (Uromyces vignae Barclay) and the resistant cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) cv. Queen Anne…”
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Cleavage of Nuclear DNA into Oligonucleosomal Fragments during Cell Death Induced by Fungal Infection or by Abiotic Treatments by Ryerson, Douglas E., Heath, Michele C.

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Hypersensitive response-related death by Heath, M C

“…The hypersensitive response (HR) of plants resistant to microbial pathogens involves a complex form of programmed cell death (PCD) that differs from…”
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Plasma Membrane-Cell Wall Adhesion Is Required for Expression of Plant Defense Responses during Fungal Penetration by Mellersh, Denny G., Heath, Michèle C.

“…Fungal pathogens almost invariably trigger cell wall-associated defense responses, such as extracellular hydrogen peroxide generation and callose deposition,…”
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Involvement of reactive oxygen species in the response of resistant (hypersensitive) or susceptible cowpeas to the cowpea rust fungus by HEATH, MICHELE C.

“…A previous study had indicated that scavengers of reactive oxygen species (ROS) delayed cell death (the hypersensitive response (HR)) triggered in epidermal…”
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Structural changes at the plant-fungal interface by Heath, M.C. (University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)

“…Cytological studies, because of the spatial and temporal information they provide, are of great importance in understanding plant-fungal interactions. With…”
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Cellular interactions between biotrophic fungal pathogens and host or nonhost plants by Heath, Michèle C.

“…Biotrophic fungi, such as the rust fungi and the powdery mildew fungi, represent a distinct and economically important group of plant pathogens. Studies of…”
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Plant nuclear migrations as indicators of critical interactions between resistant or susceptible cowpea epidermal cells and invasion hyphae of the cowpea rust fungus by HEATH, MICHELE C., NIMCHUK, ZACHARY L., XU, HAIXIN

“…Living epidermal cells of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.) were examined by contrast-enhanced video microscopy during penetration by invasion hyphae of…”
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In this issue: secondary metabolites and plant defence by Heath, Michèle C.

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