• Colonization of legumes by an endophytic Fusarium solani strain FsK reveals common features to symbionts or pathogens 

      Skiada V., Faccio A., Kavroulakis N., Genre A., Bonfante P., Papadopoulou K.K. (2019)
      Plant cellular responses to endophytic filamentous fungi are scarcely reported, with the majority of described colonization processes in plant-fungal interactions referring to either pathogens or true symbionts. Fusarium ...
    • Finding and analyzing plant metabolic gene clusters 

      Osbourn, A.; Papadopoulou, K. K.; Qi, X.; Field, B.; Wegel, E. (2012)
      Plants produce an array of diverse secondary metabolites with important ecological functions, providing protection against pests, diseases, and abiotic stresses. Secondary metabolites are also a rich source of bioactive ...
    • Lotus SHAGGY-like kinase 1 is required to suppress nodulation in Lotus japonicus 

      Garagounis C., Tsikou D., Plitsi P.K., Psarrakou I.S., Avramidou M., Stedel C., Anagnostou M., Georgopoulou M.E., Papadopoulou K.K. (2019)
      Glycogen synthase kinase/SHAGGY-like kinases (SKs) are a highly conserved family of signaling proteins that participate in many developmental, cell-differentiation, and metabolic signaling pathways in plants and animals. ...
    • A metabolic gene cluster in Lotus japonicus discloses novel enzyme functions and products in triterpene biosynthesis 

      Krokida, A.; Delis, C.; Geisler, K.; Garagounis, C.; Tsikou, D.; Pena-Rodriguez, L. M.; Katsarou, D.; Field, B.; Osbourn, A. E.; Papadopoulou, K. K. (2013)
      Genes for triterpene biosynthetic pathways exist as metabolic gene clusters in oat and Arabidopsis thaliana plants. We characterized the presence of an analogous gene cluster in the model legume Lotus japonicus. In the ...
    • Role of lupeol synthase in Lotus japonicus nodule formation 

      Delis, C.; Krokida, A.; Georgiou, S.; Pena-Rodriguez, L. M.; Kavroulakis, N.; Ioannou, E.; Roussis, V.; Osbourn, A. E.; Papadopoulou, K. K. (2011)
      P>Triterpenes are plant secondary metabolites, derived from the cyclization of 2,3-oxidosqualene by oxidosqualene cyclases (OSCs). Here, we investigated the role of lupeol synthase, encoded by OSC3, and its product, lupeol, ...