Publications

The Magnaporthe oryzae MAX effector AVR-Pia binds a novel group of rice HMA domain-containing proteins.

Maidment, J.H.R.*, Saile, S.C.*, Bocquet, A., Thivolle, C., Bourcet, L., Planel, L., Gelin, M., Kroj, T., Padilla, A., de Guillen, K., Cesari, S.

2025, bioRxiv

DOI: 10.1101/2025.07.11.664054.

Allelic compatibility in plant immune receptors facilitates engineering of new effector recognition specificities.

Bentham, A.R., De la Concepcion, J.C., Vega Benjumea, J., Jones, S., Mendel, M., Stubbs, J., Stevenson, C.E.M., Maidment, J.H.R., Youles, M., Kourelis, J., Zdrzałek, R., Kamoun, S., Banfield, M.J.

2023, The Plant Cell

DOI: 10.1093/plcell/koad204.

Effector target-guided engineering of an integrated domain expands the disease resistance profile of a rice NLR immune receptor.

Maidment, J.H.R., Shimizu, M., Vera, S., Franceschetti, M., Longya, A., Stevenson, C.E.M., De la Concepcion, J.C., Białas, A., Kamoun, S., Terauchi, R., Banfield, M.J.

2023, eLife

DOI: 10.7554/eLife.81123.

pOPARA: Vectors for Golden Gate assembly of expression constructs containing the araBAD promoter.

Milnes, L., Youles, M., Maidment, J.H.R.

2023, bioRxiv

DOI: 10.1101/2023.05.31.543011.

The allelic rice immune receptor Pikh confers extended resistance to strains of the blast fungus through a single polymorphism in the effector binding interface.

De la Concepcion, J. C.*, Maidment, J.H.R.*, Longya, A.*, Xiao, G.*, Franceschetti, M.* & Banfield, M. J.

2021, PLOS Pathogens

DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009368.

Multiple variants of the fungal effector AVR-Pik bind the HMA domain of the rice protein OsHIPP19, providing a foundation to engineer plant defense.

Maidment, J.H.R.*, Franceschetti, M., Maqbool, A., Saitoh, H., Jantasuriyarat, C., Kamoun, S., Terauchi, R. & Banfield, M.J.

2021, Journal of Biological Chemistry

DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2021.100371.

Gene duplication and mutation in the emergence of a novel aggressive allele of the AVR-Pik effector in the rice blast fungus.

Longya, A., Chaipanya, C., Franceschetti, M., Maidment, J.H.R., Banfield, M.J. & Jantasuriyarat, C.

2019, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions

DOI: 10.1094/MPMI-09-18-0245-R.

Structure-guided insights into the biology of fungal effectors.

Le Naour–Vernet, M.*, Lahfa, M.*, Maidment, J.H.R., Padilla, A., Roumestand, C., de Guillen, K., Kroj, T., Cesari, S.

2025, New Phytologist

DOI: 10.1111/nph.70075.

Taking the stage: effectors in the spotlight.

Varden, F.*, De la Concepcion, J.C.*, Maidment, J.H.R.*, & Banfield, M.J.

2017, Current Opinion in Plant Biology

DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.04.013.