Guido Sessa

4.9k total citations · 1 hit paper
80 papers, 3.7k citations indexed

About

Guido Sessa is a scholar working on Plant Science, Molecular Biology and Cell Biology. According to data from OpenAlex, Guido Sessa has authored 80 papers receiving a total of 3.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 74 papers in Plant Science, 22 papers in Molecular Biology and 4 papers in Cell Biology. Recurrent topics in Guido Sessa's work include Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (60 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (53 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (23 papers). Guido Sessa is often cited by papers focused on Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (60 papers), Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies (53 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (23 papers). Guido Sessa collaborates with scholars based in Israel, United States and Germany. Guido Sessa's co-authors include Gregory B. Martin, Adam J. Bogdanove, Robert Fluhr, Isaac Barash, Shulamit Manulis‐Sasson, Dor Salomon, Laura Chalupowicz, Mark D’Ascenzo, Doron Teper and Rudolf Eichenlaub and has published in prestigious journals such as Journal of Biological Chemistry, Nature Communications and The EMBO Journal.

In The Last Decade

Guido Sessa

79 papers receiving 3.6k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Understanding the Functions of Plant Disease Resistance Proteins
    2003 680 citations Gregory B. Martin, Guido Sessa et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Guido Sessa Israel 34 3.2k 1.2k 326 129 120 80 3.7k
Darrell Desveaux Canada 41 4.0k 1.3× 1.5k 1.2× 383 1.2× 122 0.9× 144 1.2× 83 4.6k
Laurent Deslandes France 32 4.3k 1.3× 1.1k 0.9× 335 1.0× 130 1.0× 102 0.8× 51 4.6k
David Mackey United States 34 4.6k 1.5× 1.2k 0.9× 382 1.2× 130 1.0× 205 1.7× 65 5.2k
Alberto P. Macho China 39 4.7k 1.5× 1.3k 1.1× 362 1.1× 72 0.6× 134 1.1× 92 5.1k
Marc T. Nishimura United States 24 2.6k 0.8× 998 0.8× 319 1.0× 134 1.0× 101 0.8× 34 3.2k
Ari Sadanandom United Kingdom 36 3.8k 1.2× 2.3k 1.9× 326 1.0× 136 1.1× 210 1.8× 76 4.8k
Volkan Çevik United Kingdom 24 2.2k 0.7× 685 0.6× 201 0.6× 149 1.2× 168 1.4× 36 2.4k
Núria S. Coll Spain 29 2.7k 0.8× 1.3k 1.0× 314 1.0× 83 0.6× 82 0.7× 66 3.3k
Youssef Belkhadir Austria 28 4.6k 1.4× 2.0k 1.6× 297 0.9× 120 0.9× 108 0.9× 39 5.2k

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Guido Sessa

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All Works

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Chakraborty, Joydeep, et al.. (2024). PP2C phosphatase Pic14 negatively regulates tomato Pto/Prf‐triggered immunity by inhibiting MAPK activation. The Plant Journal. 119(6). 2622–2637. 1 indexed citations
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Bosis, Eran, et al.. (2024). PIX is an N-terminal delivery domain that defines a class of polymorphic T6SS effectors in Enterobacterales. Cell Reports. 43(4). 114015–114015. 4 indexed citations
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Sheikh, Arsheed H., Ana Domínguez‐Ferreras, Daniela J. Sueldo, et al.. (2023). Dynamic changes of the Prf/Pto tomato resistance complex following effector recognition. Nature Communications. 14(1). 2568–2568. 14 indexed citations
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Pasmanik‐Chor, Metsada, et al.. (2022). Tomato receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase Fir1 is involved in flagellin signaling and preinvasion immunity. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(1). 565–581. 5 indexed citations
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Roberts, R. H., Sarah R. Hind, Kerry F. Pedley, et al.. (2019). Mai1 Protein Acts Between Host Recognition of Pathogen Effectors and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Signaling. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 32(11). 1496–1507. 16 indexed citations
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Teper, Doron, et al.. (2018). The Xanthomonas euvesicatoria type III effector XopAU is an active protein kinase that manipulates plant MAP kinase signaling. PLoS Pathogens. 14(1). e1006880–e1006880. 32 indexed citations
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Sunitha, Sukumaran, Jung‐Gun Kim, Doron Teper, et al.. (2018). Tomato 14-3-3 Proteins Are Required for Xv3 Disease Resistance and Interact with a Subset of Xanthomonas euvesicatoria Effectors. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 31(12). 1301–1311. 19 indexed citations
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Chalupowicz, Laura, et al.. (2016). Revealing the inventory of type III effectors in Pantoea agglomerans gall‐forming pathovars using draft genome sequences and a machine‐learning approach. Molecular Plant Pathology. 19(2). 381–392. 24 indexed citations
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Teper, Doron, et al.. (2015). Identification of novel X anthomonas euvesicatoria type III effector proteins by a machine‐learning approach. Molecular Plant Pathology. 17(3). 398–411. 53 indexed citations
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Sessa, Guido, et al.. (2011). The SlMKK2 and SlMPK2 genes play a role in tomato disease resistance to Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 6(1). 154–156. 24 indexed citations
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Bar, Maya, et al.. (2011). Endosomal signaling of the tomato leucine‐rich repeat receptor‐like protein LeEix2. The Plant Journal. 68(3). 413–423. 61 indexed citations
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Salomon, Dor, et al.. (2010). Expression of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria Type III Effectors in Yeast Affects Cell Growth and Viability. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 24(3). 305–314. 33 indexed citations
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Sessa, Guido, et al.. (2010). Tomato MAPKKKε is a positive regulator of cell-death signaling networks associated with plant immunity. The Plant Journal. 64(3). 379–391. 91 indexed citations
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Chalupowicz, Laura, Orit Dror, Rudolf Eichenlaub, et al.. (2010). Sequential Expression of Bacterial Virulence and Plant Defense Genes During Infection of Tomato with Clavibacter michiganensis subsp. michiganensis. Phytopathology. 100(3). 252–261. 49 indexed citations
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Anderson, Jeffrey C., Pete E. Pascuzzi, Fangming Xiao, Guido Sessa, & Gregory B. Martin. (2006). Host-Mediated Phosphorylation of Type III Effector AvrPto PromotesPseudomonasVirulence and Avirulence in Tomato. The Plant Cell. 18(2). 502–514. 56 indexed citations
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Martin, Gregory B., et al.. (2004). Identification and Expression Profiling of Tomato Genes Differentially Regulated During a Resistance Response toXanthomonas campestrispv.vesicatoria. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions. 17(11). 1212–1222. 46 indexed citations
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Sessa, Guido & Gregory B. Martin. (2000). Signal recognition and transduction mediated by the tomato Pto kinase: a paradigm of innate immunity in plants. Microbes and Infection. 2(13). 1591–1597. 28 indexed citations
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Sessa, Guido, et al.. (1996). PK12, a plant dual-specificity protein kinase of the LAMMER family, is regulated by the hormone ethylene.. The Plant Cell. 8(12). 2223–2234. 60 indexed citations
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