Selected Publications

Farkas A, Pap B, Kondorosi É, Maróti G.
Antimicrobial Activity of NCR Plant Peptides Strongly Depends on the Test Assays.
FRONT MICROBIOL. 2018 Oct 30;9:2600. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02600. eCollection 2018.

Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Montiel J, Endre G, Kondorosi É.
Impact of Plant Peptides on Symbiotic Nodule Development and Functioning.
FRONT PLANT SCI 2018 Jul 17;9:1026. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01026. eCollection 2018. Review..

Farkas A, Maroti G, Kereszt A, Kondorosi E
Comparative Analysis of the Bacterial Membrane Disruption Effect of Two Natural Plant Antimicrobial Peptides.
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 8: p. 51. (2017)

Kazmierczak T, Nagymihaly M, Lamouche F, Barriere Q, Guefrachi I, Alunni B, Ouadghiri M, Ibijbijen J, Kondorosi E, Mergaert P, Gruber V
Specific Host-Responsive Associations Between Medicago truncatula Accessions and Sinorhizobium Strains
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS 30:(5) pp. 399-409. (2017)

Montiel J, Downie JA, Farkas A, Bihari P, Herczeg R, Balint B, Mergaert P, Kereszt A, Kondorosi E
Morphotype of bacteroids in different legumes correlates with the number and type of symbiotic NCR peptides
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114:(19) pp. 5041-5046. (2017)

Nagymihaly M, Veluchamy A, Gyorgypal Z, Ariel F, Jegu T, Benhamed M, Szucs A, Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Kondorosi E
Ploidy-dependent changes in the epigenome of symbiotic cells correlate with specific patterns of gene expression
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114:(17) pp. 4543-4548. (2017)

Wang Q, Yang S, Liu J, Terecskei K, Abraham E, Gombar A, Domonkos A, Szucs A, Kormoczi P, Wang T, Fodor L, Mao L, Fei Z, Kondorosi E, Kalo P, Kereszt A, Zhu H
Host-secreted antimicrobial peptide enforces symbiotic selectivity in Medicago truncatula.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 114:(26) pp. 6854-6859. (2017)

Mikulass KR, Nagy K, Bogos B, Szegletes Z, Kovacs E, Farkas A, Varo G, Kondorosi E, Kereszt A
Antimicrobial nodule-specific cysteine-rich peptides disturb the integrity of bacterial outer and inner membranes and cause loss of membrane potential.
ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS 15:(1) p. 43. (2016)

Montiel J, Szucs A, Boboescu IZ, Gherman VD, Kondorosi E, Kereszt A
Terminal Bacteroid Differentiation Is Associated With Variable Morphological Changes in Legume Species Belonging to the Inverted Repeat-Lacking Clade
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS 29:(3) pp. 210-219. (2016)

Ábrahám E, Mergaert P, Kereszt A, Kondorosi E
Bacteroid Differentiation in Legume Nodules: Role of AMP-Like Host Peptides in the Control of the Endosymbiont In: Frans J de Bruijn (Editor)
BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION, Volume 2. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015. pp. 671-682. (ISBN:978-1-118-63704-3)

Durgo H, Klement E, Hunyadi-Gulyas E, Szucs A, Kereszt A, Medzihradszky KF, Kondorosi E
Identification of nodule-specific cysteine-rich plant peptides in endosymbiotic bacteria
PROTEOMICS 15:(13) pp. 2291-2295. (2015)

Guefrachi I, Pierre O, Timchenko T, Alunni B, Barriere Q, Czernic P, Villaecija-Aguilar JA, Verly C, Bourge M, Fardoux J, Mars M, Kondorosi E, Giraud E, Mergaert P
Bradyrhizobium BclA is a peptide transporter required for bacterial differentiation in symbiosis with Aeschynomene legumes.
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS 28:(11) pp. 1155-1166. (2015)

Guefrachi I, Verly C, Kondorosi E, Alunni B, Mergaert P
Role of the Bacterial BacA ABC-Transporter in Chronic Infection of Nodule Cells by Rhizobium Bacteria chapter 31 In: de Bruijn FJ (Editor)
BIOLOGICAL NITROGEN FIXATION, Vol. 1. Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2015. pp. 315-324. (ISBN:978-1118637043)

Horvath B, Domonkos A, Kereszt A, Szucs A, Abraham E, Ayaydin F, Boka K, Chen Y, Chen R, Murray JD, Udvardi MK, Kondorosi E, Kalo P
Loss of the nodule-specific cysteine rich peptide, NCR169, abolishes symbiotic nitrogen fixation in the Medicago truncatula dnf7 mutant.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 112:(49) pp. 15232-15237. (2015)

Kondorosi E
From Nodulation to Antibiotics
In: Lugtenberg B (Editor)
PRINCIPLES OF PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS. Genf: Springer International Publishing, 2015. pp. 427-434.

Maróti G, Downie JA, Kondorosi É
Plant cysteine-rich peptides that inhibit pathogen growth and control rhizobial differentiation in legume nodules
CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY 26: pp. 57-63. (201

Nagy K, Mikulass KR, Vegh AG, Kereszt A, Kondorosi E, Varo G, Szegletes Z
Interaction of cysteine-rich cationic antimicrobial peptides with intact bacteria and model membranes
GENERAL PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOPHYSICS 34:(2) pp. 135-144. (2015)

Emese Petra Balogh, Tímea Mosolygó, Hilda Tiricz, Ágnes Mira Szabó, Adrienn Karai, Fanni Kerekes, Dezso P Virók, Éva Kondorosi, Katalin Burián
Antichlamydial effect of plant peptides
ACTA MICROBIOLOGICA ET IMMUNOLOGICA HUNGARICA 61:(2) pp. 229-239. (2014)

Farkas A, Maroti G, Durgo H, Gyorgypal Z, Lima RM, Medzihradszky KF, Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Kondorosi E
Medicago truncatula symbiotic peptide NCR247 contributes to bacteroid differentiation through multiple mechanisms
PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 111:(14) pp. 5183-5188. (2014)

Guefrachi I, Nagymihaly M, Pislariu CI, de Velde WV, Ratet P, Mars M, Udvardi MK, Kondorosi E, Mergaert P, Alunni B
Extreme specificity of NCR gene expression in Medicago truncatula
BMC GENOMICS 15: Paper 712. 16 p. (2014)

Lakatos G, Deák Zs, Vass I, Rétfalvi T, Rozgonyi Sz, Rákhely G, Ördög V, Kondorosi É, Maróti G
Bacterial symbionts enhance photo-fermentative hydrogen evolution of Chlamydomonas algae
GREEN CHEMISTRY 16:(11) pp. 4716-4727. (2014)

Maroti G, Kondorosi E
Nitrogen-fixing Rhizobium-legume symbiosis: are polyploidy and host peptide-governed symbiont differentiation general principles of endosymbiosis?
FRONTIERS IN MICROBIOLOGY 5: Paper 326. 6 p. (2014)

Ördögh L, Vörös A, Nagy I, Kondorosi E, Kereszt A
Symbiotic Plant Peptides Eliminate Candida albicans Both In Vitro and in an Epithelial Infection Model and Inhibit the Proliferation of Immortalized Human Cells
BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2014: Paper 320796. 9 p. (2014)

Xiao TT, Schilderink S, Moling S, Deinum EE, Kondorosi E, Franssen H, Kulikova O, Niebel A, Bisseling T
Fate map of Medicago truncatula root nodules
DEVELOPMENT 141:(18) pp. 3517-3528. (2014)

Baloban M, Vanstraelen M, Tarayre S, Reuzeau C, Cultrone A, Mergaert P, Kondorosi E
Complementary and dose-dependent action of AtCCS52A isoforms in endoreduplication and plant size control
NEW PHYTOLOGIST 198:(4) pp. 1049-1059. (2013)

Kondorosi E, Mergaert P, Kereszt A
A paradigm for endosymbiotic life: cell differentiation of Rhizobium bacteria provoked by host plant factors.
ANNUAL REVIEW OF MICROBIOLOGY 67: pp. 611-628. (2013)

Sinharoy S, Torres-Jerez I, Bandyopadhyay K, Kereszt A, Pislariu CI, Nakashima J, Benedito VA, Kondorosi E, Udvardi MK
The C2H2 Transcription Factor REGULATOR OF SYMBIOSOME DIFFERENTIATION Represses Transcription of the Secretory Pathway Gene VAMP721a and Promotes Symbiosome Development in Medicago truncatula.
PLANT CELL 25:(9) pp. 3584-3601. (2013)

Tiricz H, Szucs A, Farkas A, Pap B, Lima RM, Maroti G, Kondorosi E, Kereszt A
Antimicrobial Nodule-Specific Cysteine-Rich Peptides Induce Membrane Depolarization-Associated Changes in the Transcriptome of Sinorhizobium meliloti.
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY 79:(21) pp. 6737-6746. (2013)

Haag AF, Baloban M, Sani M, Kerscher B, Pierre O, Farkas A, Longhi R, Boncompagni E, Herouart D, Dall Angelo S, Kondorosi E, Zanda M, Mergaert P, Ferguson GP
Protection of Sinorhizobium against Host Cysteine-Rich Antimicrobial Peptides Is Critical for Symbiosis
PLOS BIOLOGY 9:(10) Paper e1001169. 10 p. (2011)

Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Maróti G, Kondorosi E
Innate immunity effectors and virulence factors in symbiosis
CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY 14:(1) pp. 76-81. (2011)

Kereszt A, Kondorosi E
Unlocking the Door to Invasion
SCIENCE 331:(6019) pp. 865-866. (2011)

Kereszt A, Mergaert P, Kondorosi E
Bacteroid Development in Legume Nodules: Evolution of Mutual Benefit or of Sacrificial Victims?
MOLECULAR PLANT-MICROBE INTERACTIONS 24:(11) pp. 1300-1309. (2011)