The commensal fungus Candida albicans often causes life-threatening infections in patients
who are immunocompromised with high mortality. A prominent but poorly understood risk …

Root-microbe interaction and its specialized root nodule structures and functions are well
studied. In contrast, leaf nodules harboring microbial endophytes in special glandular leaf …

Bordetella pertussis is a highly contagious pathogen which causes whooping cough in
humans. A major pathophysiology of infection is the extrusion of ciliated cells and …

Peptidoglycan (PGN) is a bacterial cell wall component and known to be recognized by
various receptors or enzymes to lead the activation immune system. The general structure of …

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I am the author of this thesis and the vast majority of the work presented herein was carried
out by myself personally. The manuscript included in Appendix A resulted from …