Traubenik S, Reynoso M, Sánchez-Rodríguez F, Yacullo M, Christ A, Hummel M, Blein T, Crespi M, Bailey-Serres J, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
The subunit 3 of the SUPERKILLER (SKI) complex mediates miR172-directed cleavage of Nodule Number Control 1 (NNC1) to modulate nodulation in Medicago truncatula.
Plant Physiology aceptado — 2025
doi: 10.1101/2025.01.06.631520

Burda M, Ferrero L, Gaggión N, Fonouni-Farde C, The MoBiPlant Consortium, Crespi M, Ariel F, Ferrante E, (y miembros del MoBiPlant Consortium igualmente contribuyentes)
What large language models know about plant molecular biology.
bioRxiv — 2025
doi: 10.1101/2025.08.31.672925

Zanetti ME, Blanco F, Ferrai M, Ariel F, Benoit M, Niebel A, Crespi M.
Epigenetics control during root development and simbiosis.
Plant Physiology accepted — 2024
doi: —

Kirolinko C, Hobecker K, Cueva M, Botto F, Christ A, Niebel A, Ariel F, Blanco F, Crespi M, Zanetti ME.
A Lateral Organ Boundaries Domain transcription factor acts downstream of the Auxin Response Factor 2 (ARF2) to control nodulation and root architecture in Medicago truncatula.
New Phytologist 242(6): 2746–2762 — 2024
doi: 10.1111/nph.19766

Roda C, Clúa J, Eylenstein A, Ariel F, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
The C subunit of the nuclear factor Y binds to the Cyclin P4;1 promoter to modulate nodule organogenesis and infection during symbiosis in Phaseolus vulgaris.
New Phytologist — 2023
doi: 10.1111/nph.19419

Zanetti ME.
FER meets the Nod factor pathway.
Nature Plants 9: 1581–1582 — 2023
doi: 10.1038/s41477-023-01531-9

Reynoso M, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
Nuclear and cytoplasmic lncRNAs in root tips of the model legume Medicago truncatula under control and submergence.
IUBMB Life — 2023
doi: 10.1002/iub.2712

Clúa J, Rípodas C, Roda C, Battaglia M, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
NIPK, a protein pseudokinase that interacts with the C subunit of the transcription factor NF-Y, is involved in rhizobial infection and nodule organogenesis.
Frontiers in Plant Science 13:992543 — 2022
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2022.992543

Reynoso MA, Borowsky AT, Pauluzzi GC, Yeung E, Zhang J, Formentin E, Velasco J, Cabanlit S, Duvenjian C, Prior MJ, Akmakjian GZ, Deal RB, Sinha NR, Brady SM, Girke T, Bailey-Serres J.
Gene regulatory networks shape developmental plasticity of root cell types under water extremes in rice.
Developmental Cell — 2022
doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2022.04.013

Castaingts M, Rivero C, Villagra Mancini U, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME.
Identification of conserved and new miRNAs that affect nodulation and strain selectivity in the Phaseolus vulgaris–Rhizobium etli symbiosis through differential analysis of host small RNAs.
New Phytologist — 2022
doi: 10.1111/nph.18055

Clúa J, Rivero C, Roda C, Giorgis C, Donna S, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
Transcriptomic analysis of Mesoamerican and Andean Phaseolus vulgaris accessions revealed mRNAs and lncRNAs associated with strain selectivity during symbiosis.
Scientific Reports 12:2614 — 2022
doi: —

Traubenik S, Ferrari M, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
Translational regulation in pathogenic and beneficial plant-microbe interactions.
Biochemical Journal 478:2775–2788 — 2021
doi: 10.1042/BCJ20210066

Kirolinko C, Hobecker K, Wen J, Mysore K, Niebel A, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
Auxin Response Factor 2 (ARF2), ARF3 and ARF4 mediate both lateral root and nitrogen-fixing nodule development in Medicago truncatula.
Frontiers in Plant Science — 2021
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.659061

Zanetti ME, Blanco F, Reynoso M, Crespi M.
To keep or not to keep: mRNA stability and translatability in root nodule symbiosis.
Current Opinion in Plant Biology2020
doi: —

Traubenik S, Reynoso M, Hobecker K, Lancia M, Hummel M, Rosen B, Town C, Bailey-Serres J, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
Reprogramming of root cells during nitrogen-fixing symbiosis involves dynamic polysome association of coding and non-coding RNAs.
Plant Cell 32: 352–373 — 2019
doi: 10.1105/tpc.19.00647

Traubenik S, Reynoso M, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
In a nutshell: Translation has something to say in nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.
Plantae — 2019
doi: —

Reynoso M, Kajala K, Bajic M, West D, Pauluzzi G, Yao A, Hatch K, Zumstein K, Woodhouse M, Rodriguez-Medina J, Sinha N, Brady S, Deal R, Bailey-Serres J.
Evolutionary flexibility in flooding response circuitry in angiosperms.
Science 365(6459):1291 — 2019
doi: 10.1126/science.aax8862

Rípodas C, Castaingts M, Clúa J, Villafañe J, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME.
The PvNF-YA1 and PvNF-YB7 subunits of the heterotrimeric NF-Y transcription factor influence strain preference in the Phaseolus vulgaris–Rhizobium etli symbiosis.
Frontiers in Plant Science 10:221 — 2019
doi: 10.3389/fpls.2019.00221

Clúa J, Roda C, Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
Compatibility between legumes and rhizobia for the establishment of a successful nitrogen-fixing symbiosis.
Genes 9(3):E125 — 2018
doi: 10.3390/genes9030125

Hobecker K, Reynoso M, Bustos-Sanmamed P, Wen J, Mysore K, Crespi M, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
The microRNA390/TAS3 pathway controls symbiotic nodulation and lateral root growth in Medicago truncatula.
Plant Physiology 174:2469–2486 — 2017
doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00464

Flores AC, Dalla Via V, Savy V, Mancini Villagra U, Blanco F, Zanetti ME.
Comparative phylogenetic and expression analysis of monomeric GTPases families in legume and non-legume plants.
Plant Signaling and Behavior ID 1432956 — 2017
doi: 10.1080/15592324.2018.1432956

Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
Translational switch from growth to defense: a common role for TOR in plant and mammalian immunity?
Journal of Experimental Botany 68(9):2077–2081 — 2017
doi: —

Rivero C, Traubenik S, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
Small GTPases in plant biotic interactions.
Small GTPases — 2017
doi: —

Dalla Via V, Traubenik S, Rivero C, Aguilar OM, Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
The monomeric GTPase RabA2 is required for progression and maintenance of membrane integrity of infection threads during root nodule symbiosis.
Plant Molecular Biology 93(6):549–562 — 2017
doi: 10.1007/s11103-016-0581-5

Zanetti ME, Rípodas C, Niebel A.
Plant NF-Y transcription factors: key players in plant-microbe interactions, root development and adaptation to stress.
BBA - Gene Regulatory Mechanisms — 2016
doi: 10.1016/j.bbagrm.2016.11.007

Dalla Via V, Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
How legumes recognize rhizobia.
Plant Signaling & Behavior 11:2 — 2016
doi: —

Baudin M, Laloum T, Lepage A, Ripodas C, Ariel F, Frances L, Crespi M, Gamas PC, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME, de Carvalho-Niebel F, Niebel A.
A phylogenetically conserved group of NF-Y transcription factors interact to control nodulation in legumes.
Plant Physiology 169:2761–2773 — 2015
doi: 10.1104/pp.15.01144

Dalla Via V, Narduzzi C, Aguilar OM, Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
Changes in the common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) transcriptome in response to secreted and surface signal molecules of Rhizobium etli.
Plant Physiology 169:1356–1370 — 2015
doi: 10.1104/pp.15.00508

Rípodas C, Castaingts M, Clúa J, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME.
Annotation, Phylogeny and Expression Analysis of the Nuclear Factor Y Gene Families in Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris).
Frontiers in Plant Science 5:761 — 2015
doi: —

Rípodas C, Clúa J, Battaglia M, Baudin M, Niebel A, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
Transcriptional regulators of legume-rhizobia symbiosis: Nuclear Factors Ys and GRAS are two for tango.
Plant Signaling & Behaviour 9:e28847 — 2014
doi: —

Battaglia M, Rípodas C, Clúa J, Baudin M, Aguilar M, Niebel A, Zanetti ME, Blanco F.
A nuclear factor Y interacting protein of the GRAS family is required for nodule organogenesis, infection thread progression, and lateral root growth.
Plant Physiology 164:1430–1442 — 2014
doi: —

Rípodas C, Dalla Vía V, Aguilar OM, Zanetti ME, Blanco FA.
Knock-down of a member of the Isoflavone reductase gene family impairs plant growth and nodulation in Phaseolus vulgaris.
Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 68:81–89 — 2013
doi: —

Reynoso MA, Blanco FA, Bailey-Serres J, Crespi M, Zanetti ME.
Selective recruitment of mRNAs and miRNAs to polyribosomes in response to rhizobia infection in Medicago truncatula.
The Plant Journal 73(2):289–301 — 2013
doi: —

Reynoso MA, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME.
Insights into post-transcriptional regulation during legume-rhizobia symbiosis.
Plant Signaling & Behaviour 8:e23102 — 2013
doi: 10.4161/psb.23102

Mazziotta L, Reynoso MA, Aguilar OM, Blanco FA, Zanetti ME.
Transcriptional and functional variation of NF-YC1 in genetically diverse accessions of Phaseolus vulgaris during the symbiotic association with Rhizobium etli.
Plant Biology 15:808–818 — 2013
doi: 10.1111/j.1438-8677.2012.00683.x

Zanetti ME, Blanco FA, Beker MP, Battaglia M, Aguilar OM.
A C subunit of the plant nuclear factor NF-Y required for rhizobial infection and nodule development affects partner selection in the common bean–Rhizobium etli symbiosis.
The Plant Cell 22:4142–4157 — 2010
doi: —

Mustroph A, Lee SC, Oosumi T, Zanetti ME, Yang H, Ma K, Mashi A, Fukao T, Bailey-Serres J.
Cross-kingdom comparison of transcriptomic adjustments to low oxygen stress highlights conserved and plant-specific responses.
Plant Physiology 152:1484–1500 — 2010
doi: —

Mustroph A, Zanetti ME, Jang CJH, Holtan HE, Repetti PP, Galbraith DW, Girke T, Bailey-Serres J.
Profiling translatomes of discrete cell populations resolves altered cellular priorities during hypoxia in Arabidopsis.
PNAS 106(44):18843–18848 — 2009
doi: —

Blanco FA, Peltzer Meschini E, Zanetti ME, Aguilar OM.
A small GTPase of the Rab family is required for root hair formation and pre-infection stages in the common bean–rhizobium symbiotic association.
The Plant Cell 21(9):2797–2810 — 2009
doi: —