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Rebecca Schomer

Member of the Graduate Faculty | Assistant Professor, Plant Science

School of Plant Sciences - Research

Grants(2)

Fatal Attraction: Decoding the Specificity of Bacterial Pathogen Chemosensors
Active·2023·$139K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
bacterial pathogens, chemosensors, specificity, decoding, fatal attraction
The Chemical Specificities of Plant Pathogen Chemoreceptors Involved in Host Selection and Pathogenesis
Active·2022·$6.1K·
External
Principal Investigator (PI)
plant-pathogen interactions, host-pathogen interactions

Publications(6)

Recent

The Ralstonia Research Community Rejects the Proposal to Classify Phylotype I Ralstonia into the New Species Ralstonia nicotianae

2023

bacterial taxonomy, plant pathogen, microbiology, taxonomic classification, genomic analysis

TaxisPy: A Python-based software for the quantitative analysis of bacterial chemotaxis

2020

bacterial chemotaxis, quantitative analysis, python-based software, taxispy, bacterial analysis

Hybrid Two-Component Sensors for Identification of Bacterial Chemoreceptor Function

2019

bacterial chemoreceptor, hybrid sensors, identification, bacterial function, chemoreceptor

Alanine Scanning of YbdZ, an MbtH-like Protein, Reveals Essential Residues for Functional Interactions with Its Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase Partner EntF

2018

protein-protein interactions, nonribosomal peptide synthetase, alanine scanning, mbth-like protein, residue essentiality

Characterization of the Functional Variance in MbtH-like Protein Interactions with a Nonribosomal Peptide Synthetase

2017

protein interactions, nonribosomal peptide synthetase, functional variance, characterization, mbth-like protein

Endogenous synthesis of 2-aminoacrylate contributes to cysteine sensitivity in Salmonella enterica

2014

endogenous synthesis, cysteine sensitivity, salmonella enterica, 2-aminoacrylate, endogenous synthesis