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    Inline holographic coherent anti-Stokes Raman microscopy.
    (Opt Express, 2010-04-12) Xu, Qian; Shi, Kebin; Li, Haifeng; Choi, Kerkil; Horisaki, Ryoichi; Brady, David; Psaltis, Demetri; Liu, Zhiwen
    We demonstrate a simple approach for inline holographic coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) microscopy, in which a layer of uniform nonlinear medium is placed in front of a specimen to be imaged. The reference wave created by four-wave mixing in the nonlinear medium can interfere with the CARS signal generated in the specimen to result in an inline hologram. We experimentally and theoretically investigate the inline CARS holography and show that it has chemical selectivity and can allow for three-dimensional imaging.
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    The bacterial effector AvrRxo1 inhibits vitamin B6 biosynthesis to promote infection in rice.
    (Plant communications, 2022-05) Liu, Haifeng; Lu, Chongchong; Li, Yang; Wu, Tao; Zhang, Baogang; Liu, Baoyou; Feng, Wenjie; Xu, Qian; Dong, Hansong; He, Shengyang; Chu, Zhaohui; Ding, Xinhua
    Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola (Xoc), which causes rice bacterial leaf streak, invades leaves mainly through stomata, which are often closed as a plant immune response against pathogen invasion. How Xoc overcomes stomatal immunity is unclear. Here, we show that the effector protein AvrRxo1, an ATP-dependent protease, enhances Xoc virulence and inhibits stomatal immunity by targeting and degrading rice OsPDX1 (pyridoxal phosphate synthase), thereby reducing vitamin B6 (VB6) levels in rice. VB6 is required for the activity of aldehyde oxidase, which catalyzes the last step of abscisic acid (ABA) biosynthesis, and ABA positively regulates rice stomatal immunity against Xoc. Thus, we provide evidence supporting a model in which a major bacterial pathogen inhibits plant stomatal immunity by directly targeting VB6 biosynthesis and consequently inhibiting the biosynthesis of ABA in guard cells to open stomata. Moreover, AvrRxo1-mediated VB6 targeting also explains the poor nutritional quality, including low VB6 levels, of Xoc-infected rice grains.