Sacco Plant Molecular Biology & Virology Lab

Plant Molecular Biology/Plant Virology

Wang, K.-D., Empleo, R., Nguyen, T. T. V., Moffett, P. and Sacco, M. A. (2015) Elicitation of Hypersensitive Responses in Nicotiana glutinosa by the Suppressor of RNA Silencing Protein P0 from Poleroviruses. Molecular Plant Pathology 16,435-48.

Sobhanian, S. and Sacco, M. A. (2014) Divergent evolution of potato immune receptor CC domain interactions with the Ran GTPase-activating protein 2. Plant Signaling & Behavior. 9,e29772.

Sacco, M. A., Koropacka, K., Grenier, E., Jaubert, M., Blanchard, A. Goverse, A., Smant, G. & Moffett, P. (2009) The Cyst Nematode SPRYSEC Protein RBP-1 Elicits Gpa2- and RanGAP2-Dependent Plant Cell Death. PLoS Pathogens 5, e1000564. doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1000564

Bhattacharjee, S., Zamora, A., Azhar, M., Sacco, M., Lambert, L., and P. Moffett. (2009) Virus resistance induced by NB-LRR proteins involves Argonaute4-dependent translational control. The Plant Journal 58, 940-951.

Rairdan, G. J., Collier, S. M., Sacco, M. A., Baldwin, T. T., Boettrich, T. and P. Moffett. (2008) The coiled-coil and nucleotide binding domains of the Potato Rx disease resistance protein function in pathogen recognition and signaling. The Plant Cell 20, 739-751.

Sacco, M. A., Mansoor, S. and P. Moffett. (2007) A RanGAP protein physically interacts with the NB-LRR protein Rx and is required for Rx-mediated viral resistance. The Plant Journal 52, 82-93.

Krishna, P., Reddy, R. K.*, Sacco, M.*, Frappier, J. R. H., and Felsheim, R. F. (1997) Analysis of the native forms of the 90 kDa heat shock protein (hsp90) in plant cytosolic extracts. Plant Molecular Biology 33, 457-466. (*second author)

Wilen, R. W., Sacco, M., Gusta, L. V., and Krishna, P. (1995) Effects of 24-epibrassinolide on freezing and thermotolerance of bromegrass (Bromus-inermis) cell-cultures. Physiologia Plantarum 95, 195-202.

Krishna, P., Sacco, M., Cherutti, J. F., and Hill, S. (1995) Cold-Induced Accumulation of Hsp90 Transcripts In Brassica napus. Plant Physiology 107, 915-923.

Publications in Avian Viruses

Sacco, M. A. and Venugopal K. Nair (2014) Prototype EAV Endogenous Retroviruses of the Gallus Genus. Journal of General Virology doi:10.1099/vir.0.066852-0

Das, R., Howell, G. R., Farrell, E. R., Porteous, V. C., Manning, E. M., McGrew, M. J., Ohyama, K., Sacco, M .A., Sang, H. M., Storey, K. G., Placzek, M., Tickle, C., Nair, V. K., & Wilson. S.A. (2006) A robust system for RNA interference in the chicken using a modified microRNA operon. Developmental Biology 294, 554-563.

Petherbridge, L., Brown, A. C., Baigent, S. J., Howes, K., Sacco, M. A., Osterrieder, K. & Nair, V. K. (2004) Oncogenicity of Marek’s disease virus cloned as bacterial artificial chromosomes: Deletion of the region encoding Meq-vIL-8 genes interferes with replication and oncogenicity. Journal of Virology 78, 13376-13380.

Sacco, M. A., Howes, K., Smith, L. P. & Nair, V. K. (2004) Assessing the Roles of Endogenous Retrovirus EAV-HP in Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup J Emergence and Tolerance. Journal of Virology 78, 10525-10535.

Petherbridge, L., Howes, K., Baigent, S. J., Sacco, M. A., Evans, S., Osterrieder, N., & V. Nair. (2003) Replication-competent bacterial artificial chromosomes of Marek’s disease virus: Novel tools for generation of molecularly defined herpesvirus vaccines. Journal of Virology 77, 8712-8718.

Sacco, M. A. & K. Venugopal. (2001) Segregation of EAV-HP ancient endogenous retroviruses within the chicken population. Journal of Virology 75, 11935-11938.

Sacco, M. A., K. Howes, & K. Venugopal. (2001) Intact EAV-HP endogenous retrovirus in Sonnerat’s jungle fowl. Journal of Virology 75, 2029-2032.

Sacco, M. A., Flannery, D. M. J., Howes, K., & Venugopal, K. (2000) Avian Endogenous Retrovirus EAV-HP Shares Regions of Identity with Avian Leukosis Virus Subgroup J and the Avian Retrotransposon ART-CH. Journal of Virology 74, 1296-1306.

Book Chapter

Sacco, M. A. & Moffett, P (2009) Disease Resistance Genes: Form and Function. In K. Bouarab, N. Brisson & F. Daayf (Eds.), Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions (pp. 94-141) CAB International, UK.