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Liu, L. Wan, A. M. Geiger, S. R. Hind, H. G. Rosli, and G. B. Martin. (2020). Molecular characterization of differences between the tomato immune receptors Fls3 and Fls2.\u00a0<em><strong>Plant Physiology<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<strong>183<\/strong>:1825-1837.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberts, R.<\/strong>, S. Mainiero, A. F. Powell, A. E. Liu, K. Shi, S. R. Hind, S. R. Strickler, A. Collmer and G. B. Martin (<strong>2019<\/strong>). Natural variation for unusual host responses and flagellin-mediated immunity against\u00a0<em>Pseudomonas syringae<\/em>\u00a0in genetically diverse tomato accessions.\u00a0<strong><em>New Phytologist<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>223<\/strong>:447-461<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberts, R<\/strong>., S. R. Hind, K. F. Pedley, B. A. Diner, M. J. Szarzanowicz, D. Luciano-Rosario, B. B. Majhi, G. Popov, G. Sessa, C.-S. Oh, and G. B. Martin (<strong>2019)<\/strong>. Mai1 protein acts between host recognition of pathogen effectors and mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling.\u00a0<strong><em>Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>32<\/strong>:1496-1507<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberts, R<\/strong>., L. K. Mayberry, K. S. Browning, A. M. Rakotondrafara.\u00a0<strong>(2017<\/strong>). The Triticum mosaic virus 5\u2019 Leader Binds to Both eIF4G and eIFiso4G for Translation.\u00a0<strong><em>PLoS One<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>12<\/strong>(1):e0169602<\/li>\n<li><strong>Roberts, R<\/strong>., J. Zhang, L. K. Mayberry, S. Tatineni, K. S. Browning, A. M. Rakotondrafara. A Unique 5\u2019 Translation Element Discovered in Triticum mosaic virus. (<strong>2015<\/strong>)\u00a0<strong><em>Journal of Virology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>89<\/strong>(24):12427-40.<\/li>\n<li>Jaramillo-Mesa, H., M. Gannon, E. Holshbach, J. Zhang,\u00a0<strong>R. Roberts<\/strong>, M. Buettner, and A. M. Rakotondrafara. Triticum mosaic virus IRES relies on a picornavirus-like YX-AUG motif to designate the preferred translation initiation site and to likely target the 18S rRNA. (<strong>2019)<\/strong>\u00a0<strong><em>Journal of Virology<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0<strong>93<\/strong>(5): e01705-18.<\/li>\n<li>Zhang, J.,\u00a0<strong>R. Roberts<\/strong>, A. M. Rakotondrafara. The role of the 5\u2019 untranslated regions of Potyviridae in translation. 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