Emily Fisher
Education:
· Ph.D student, Biology, Current. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Advisor: Dr. Jeffrey L. Dangl
· B.S., Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of California at Santa Cruz
Project Description:
Identification of virulence factors in P. syringae based on rapid evolution.
Publications:
Nimchuk, Z.L., E.J. Fisher, D. Desveaux, J.H. Chang, and J.L. Dangl, 2007. The HopX (AvrPphE) family of Pseudomonas syringe type III effectors require a catalytic triad and novel N-terminal domain for function, Molecular Plant Microbe Interactions 20, 346-357.
Grant, S.G., E.J. Fisher, J.H. Chang, B.M. Mole, J. L. Dangl. 2006. Subterfuge and Manipulation: Type III Effector Proteins of Phytopathogenic Bacteria, Annual Review of Microbiology 60, 425-449.
Oke, V., B.B. Rushing, E.J. Fisher, M. Moghadam Tabrizi, and S.R. Long. 2001. Identification of the heat shock sigma factor RpoH and a second RpoH-like protein in Sinorhizobium meliloti, Microbiology 147,2399-2408.