Saskia Hogenhout

Project Leader

Disease and Stress Biology

Contact details

saskia.hogenhout@jic.ac.uk

Research interests

Research in the Hogenhout lab centers on the emerging and important field of Molecular-Plant-Microbe-Insect Interactions (MPMII). Insects and other arthropods vector more than half of the ~800 plant viruses described to date, and several important groups of bacterial plant pathogens. By definition, studies on MPMII are interdisciplinary and require expertise with at least three unrelated organisms. Integrative molecular studies on these remain scarce but are expected to increase significantly in the coming years, thereby creating outstanding opportunities for innovative discoveries.

Recent Publications

Ammar E. D., Gasparich G. E., Hall D. G., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Spiroplasma-like organisms closely associated with the gut in five leafhopper species (Hemiptera: Cicadellidae)
Archives of Microbiology 193 (1) 35-44
DOI:10.1007/s00203-010-0637-x

Hogenhout S. A., Bos J. I. (2011)
Effector proteins that modulate plant--insect interactions.
Current Opinion in Plant Biology 14 (4) 422-8
DOI:10.1016/j.pbi.2011.05.003

Maclean A. M., Sugio A., Makarova O. V., Findlay K. C., Grieve V. M., Tóth R., Nicolaisen M., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Phytoplasma effector SAP54 induces indeterminate leaf-like flower development in Arabidopsis plants
Plant Physiology 157 (2) 831-41
DOI:10.1104/pp.111.181586

Pitino M., Coleman A. D., Maffei M. E., Ridout C. J., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Silencing of aphid genes by dsRNA feeding from plants
PLoS ONE 6 (10) e25709
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0025709

Sugio A., Kingdom H. N., Maclean A. M., Grieve V. M., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Phytoplasma protein effector SAP11 enhances insect vector reproduction by manipulating plant development and defense hormone biosynthesis.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Science U S A 108 (48) E1254-1263
DOI:10.1073/pnas.1105664108

Sugio A., MacLean A. M., Kingdom H. N., Grieve V. M., Manimekalai R., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Diverse targets of phytoplasma effectors: from plant development to defense against insects.
Annual Reviews in Phytopathology 49 175-95
DOI:10.1146/annurev-phyto-072910-095323

Whitfield A. E., Rotenberg D., Aritua V., Hogenhout S. A. (2011)
Analysis of expressed sequence tags from Maize mosaic rhabdovirus-infected gut tissues of Peregrinus maidis reveals the presence of key components of insect innate immunity
Insect Molecular Biology 20 (2) 225-242
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01060.x

Bos J., Prince D., Pitino M., Maffei M. E., Win J., Hogenhout S. A. (2010)
A functional genomics approach identifies candidate effectors from the aphid species Myzus persicae (green peach aphid).
PLos Genetics 6 (11) e1001216

Todd J. C., Ammar E. D., Redinbaugh M., Hoy C. W., Hogenhout S. (2010)
Plant host range and leafhopper transmission of Maize fine streak virus.
Phytopathology 100 (11) 1138-1145
DOI:10.1094/PHYTO-05-10-0144

Toruño T. Y., Seruga Music M., Simi S., Nicolaisen M., Hogenhout S. A. (2010)
Phytoplasma PMU1 exists as linear chromosomal and circular extrachromosomal elements and has enhanced expression in insect vectors compared with plant hosts.
Molecular Microbiology 77 (6) 1406-1415
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07296.x

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