S. Michaeli

Autophagy Restricts Tomato Fruit Ripening Via a General Role in Ethylene Repression

This study shows autophagy restricts tomato fruit ripening by repressing ethylene, with similar effects observed in Arabidopsis mutants.

Self-eating while being eaten: Elucidating the relationship between aphid feeding and the plant autophagy machinery in Arabidopsis leaves

This study shows that autophagy in Arabidopsis affects aphid feeding and reproduction, with atg7.2 mutants showing higher hydrogen peroxide levels and altered metabolite profiles.

Lytic Reactivation of the Kaposis sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) is Accompanied by Major Nucleolar Alterations

This study shows that KSHV lytic reactivation causes nucleolar structural changes without affecting pre-rRNA levels or accumulation, suggesting rRNA processing continues but may be uncoupled.

Experimental evolution reveals post-transcriptional regulation as a novel driver of Leishmania fitness gain

This study shows that post-transcriptional regulation, not just genome instability, drives fitness gain in Leishmania parasites during in vitro adaptation.

ATG8-interacting (ATI) 1 and 2 define a plant starvation-induced ER-phagy pathway and serve as MSBP1 (MAPR5) cargo-receptors

This study identifies ATI1 and ATI2 as cargo receptors for MSBP1 in a starvation-induced ER-phagy pathway in Arabidopsis, distinct from ER-stress-induced pathways.