Education
Ph.D. in Biology, University of Barcelona, 1999
Current position
Professor, Department of Genetics, Faculty of Biology, University of Barcelona (since 2008)
Publications (since 2003)
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Stael, S., Nowack, M. K., Van Breusegem, F., Valls, M. and Coll, N. S. (2014). The death of plant cells: from proteases to field applications. Cell Death Differ 21(7): 1178-1179.
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Coll, N. S., Smidler, A., Puigvert, M., Popa, C., Valls, M. and Dangl, J. L. (2014). The plant metacaspase AtMC1 in pathogen-triggered programmed cell death and aging: functional linkage with autophagy. Cell Death Differ 21(9): 1399-1408.
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Cruz, A. P., Ferreira, V., Pianzzola, M. J., Siri, M. I., Coll, N. S. and Valls, M. (2014). A novel, sensitive method to evaluate potato germplasm for bacterial wilt resistance using a luminescent Ralstonia solanacearum reporter strain. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 27(3): 277-285.
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Zuluaga, A. P., Puigvert, M. and Valls, M. (2013). Novel plant inputs influencing Ralstonia solanacearum during infection. Front Microbiol 4: 349.
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Coll, N. S. and Valls, M. (2013). Current knowledge on the Ralstonia solanacearum type III secretion system. Microb Biotechnol 6(6): 614-620.
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Peeters, N., Guidot, A., Vailleau, F. and Valls, M. (2013). Ralstonia solanacearum, a widespread bacterial plant pathogen in the post-genomic era. Mol Plant Pathol 14(7): 651-662.
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Sole, M., Popa, C., Mith, O., Sohn, K. H., Jones, J. D., Deslandes, L. and Valls, M. (2012). The awr gene family encodes a novel class of Ralstonia solanacearum type III effectors displaying virulence and avirulence activities. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(7): 941-953.
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Pianzzola, M. J., Siri, M. I., Lucca, F., Zuluaga, P. and Valls, M. (2012). Manejo de enfermedades de la patata en suramérica y su aplicación al campo Europeo. 214884 -Tierras de Castilla y León. Agricultura 188, 65 -71.
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Monteiro, F., Genin, S., van Dijk, I. and Valls, M. (2012). A luminescent reporter evidences active expression of Ralstonia solanacearum type III secretion system genes throughout plant infection. Microbiology 158(Pt 8): 2107-2116.
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Monteiro, F., Sole, M., van Dijk, I. and Valls, M. (2012). A chromosomal insertion toolbox for promoter probing, mutant complementation, and pathogenicity studies in Ralstonia solanacearum. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(4): 557-568.
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Valls, M., Silva-Rocha, R., Cases, I., Munoz, A. and de Lorenzo, V. (2011). Functional analysis of the integration host factor site of the sigma(54) Pu promoter of Pseudomonas putida by in vivo UV imprinting. Mol Microbiol 82(3): 591-601.
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Corominas, M. and Valls, M. (2011). Organismes model en Biologia. Treballs 62. (Spain): Treballs de la Societat Catalana de Biologia.
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Plener, L., Manfredi, P., Valls, M. and Genin, S. (2010). PrhG, a transcriptional regulator responding to growth conditions, is involved in the control of the type III secretion system regulon in Ralstonia solanacearum. J Bacteriol 192(4): 1011-1019.
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Lumbreras, V., Vilela, B., Irar, S., Sole, M., Capellades, M., Valls, M., Coca, M. and Pages, M. (2010). MAPK phosphatase MKP2 mediates disease responses in Arabidopsis and functionally interacts with MPK3 and MPK6. Plant J 63(6): 1017-1030.
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Muñoz, A., Valls, M. and de Lorenzo, V. (2010). Extreme DNA bending: molecular basis of the regulatory breadth of IHF. In: Bacterial chromatin. Springer: 365-393.
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Genin, S., Peeters, N., Poueymiro, M., Angot, A., Delaspre, F., Nieto-Peñalver, C., Saurel, O., Milon, A., Valls, M., Barberis, P., Vorholt, J. and Boucher, C. (2008). Coordinated expression of type III secretion system-dependent effectors, small diffusible molecules and phytohormone analogues in the bacterial wilt pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum. Biology of Plant Microbe Interactions. 6, (United States of America): American Phytopathological Society.
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Valls, M., Angot, A., Occhialini, A., Cunnac, S., Poueymiro, M., Barberis, P., Guidot, A., Peeters, N. P., Boucher, C. and Genin, S. (2007). Ralstonia solanacearum Type III-dependent pathogenesis: genomic approaches and identification of plant targets. Biology of Plant Microbe Interactions, 5, (United States of America): American Phytopathological Society.
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Valls, M., Genin, S. and Boucher, C. (2006). Integrated regulation of the type III secretion system and other virulence determinants in Ralstonia solanacearum. PLoS Pathog 2(8): e82.
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Velazquez, F., de Lorenzo, V. and Valls, M. (2006). The m-xylene biodegradation capacity of Pseudomonas putida mt-2 is submitted to adaptation to abiotic stresses: evidence from expression profiling of xyl genes. Environ Microbiol 8(4): 591-602.