• 🏢 I'm currenty working at INRAE - Sophia Antipolis

• 🔭 My main research interests are:

• 🌱 Bioinformatics with specialization in genomics

• 🌱 Population genomics,

• 🌱 Plant transcriptomics in response to biotic and abiotic stresses

• 🌱 Comparative genomics

• 🌱 High-throughput genome sequencing

• 🌱 Evolution of plant genomes and pathogens

• 🌱 Molecular biology

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1. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; KOUTSOVOULOS, G. D.; PERFUS-BARBEOCH, L.; DESPOT-SLADE, E.; LABADIE, K.; AURY, J. M.; ROBBE-SERMESANT, K; BAILLY-BECHET, M; BELSER, C; PERE, A; RANCURREL, C.; KOZLOWSKI, DK; HASSANALY-GOULAMHOUSSEN, R; DA ROCHA, M.; NOEL, B; MESTROVIC-RADAN, N.; WINCKER, P. & DANCHIN, E. G. (2024). Unzipped assemblies of polyploid root-knot nematode genomes reveal new kinds of unilateral composite telomeric repeats. bioRxiv, https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.03.29.534350

2. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; DOSSA, K; LECHAUDEL, M; CORNET, D; MOURNET, P; SANTONI, S; LOPEZ, D; CHAIR, H Whole-genome sequencing and comparative genomics reveal candidate genes associated with quality traits in Dioscorea alata. 2024 BMC genomics. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-024-10135-2.

3. BRASILEIRO, ACM; GIMENES, MA; PEREIRA, BM; MOTA, APZ; AGUIAR, MN; MARTINS, ACQ; PASSOS, MAS; GUIMARAES, PM. The stilbene synthase family in Arachis: a genome-wide study and functional characterization in response to stress. 2023 Genes https://doi.org/10.3390/genes14122181

4. DOSSA, K; MOREL, A; HOUNGBO ME; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; MALÉDON, E; IREP, JL; DIMAN, JL; MOURNET, P; CAUSSE, S; VAN, KN; CORNET, D; CHAIR, H. Genome-wide association studies reveal novel loci controlling tuber flesh color and oxidative browning in Dioscorea alata. 2023 Journal of Food and Agriculture https://doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.12721

5. GUIMARAES, PM; QUINTANA, ACM; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA ; BERBERT, PS; FERREIRA, DS; AGUIAR, MN; PEREIRA, BM; ARAUJO, ACG; BRASILEIRO, ACM. Engineering resistance Against Sclerotinia sclerotiorum using a truncated NLR (TNx) and a defense-priming gene. Plants, v.11, p. 3483, 2022

6. CHAIR, HANA; ARNAU, GEMMA; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA Yam Genomics. In: Chapman, M.A. (eds) Underutilised Crop Genomes. Compendium of Plant Genomes. Springer, Cham.

7. ARRAES, FABRICIO BM; VASQUEZ, DANIEL DN; TAHIR, MUHAMMED; PINHEIRO, DANIELE H; FAHEEM, MUHAMMED; FREITAS-ALVES, NAYARA S; MOREIRA-PINTO, CLÍDIA E; MOREIRA, VALDEIR JV; PAES-DE-MELO, BRUNO; LISEI-DE-SA, MARIA E; MORGANTE, CAROLINA V; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; LOURENÇO-TESSUTTI, ISABELA T; TOGAWA, ROBERTO C; GRYNBERG, PRISCILA; FRAGOSO, RODRIGO R; ALMEIDA-ENGLER, JANICE DE; LARSEN, MARTIN R; GROSSI-DE-SA, MARIA F Integrated Omic Approaches Reveal Molecular Mechanisms of Tolerance during Soybean and Meloidogyne incognita Interactions. Plants, v. 11, p. 2744, 2022

8. RIBEIRO, DAIANE GONZAGA; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; SANTOS, IVONALDO REIS; ARRAES, FABRÍCIO BARBOSA MONTEIRO; GRYNBERG, PRISCILA; FONTES, WAGNER; CASTRO, MARIANA DE SOUZA; DE SOUSA, MARCELO VALLE; LISEI-DE-SÁ, MARIA EUGÊNIA; GROSSI-DE-SÁ, MARIA FATIMA; FRANCO, OCTÁVIO LUIZ; MEHTA, ANGELA NBS-LRR-WRKY genes and protease inhibitors (PIs) seem essential for cowpea resistance to root-knot nematode. Journal of Proteomics. , v.261, p.104575 - , 2022.

9. MARTINS, ANDRESSA CUNHA QUINTANA; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; CARVALHO, PAULA ANDREA SAMPAIO VASCONCELOS; PASSOS, MARIO ALFREDO SARAIVA; GIMENES, MARCOS APARECIDO; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA Transcriptome Responses of Wild Arachis to UV-C Exposure Reveal Genes Involved in General Plant Defense and Priming. PLANTS. , v.11, p.408 - , 2022.

10. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA; VIDIGAL, BRUNA; OLIVEIRA, THAIS NICOLINI; DA CUNHA QUINTANA MARTINS, ANDRESSA; SARAIVA, MARIO ALFREDO DE PASSOS; DE ARAÚJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; TOGAWA, ROBERTO C.; GROSSI-DE-SÁ, MARIA FATIMA; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG Defining the combined stress response in wild Arachis. Scientific Reports. , v.11, p.11097 - , 2021.

11. BRASILEIRO, ANA C. M.; LACORTE, CRISTIANO; PEREIRA, BRUNA M.; OLIVEIRA, THAIS N.; FERREIRA, DEZIANY S.; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; SARAIVA, MARIO A. P.; ARAUJO, ANA C. G.; SILVA, LUCIANO P.; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA M. Ectopic expression of an expansin-like B gene from wild Arachis enhances tolerance to both abiotic and biotic stresses. PLANT JOURNAL. , v.107, p.1681 - 1696, 2021.

12. ARAUJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; GUIMARAES, LARISSA ARRAIS; PEREIRA, BRUNA MEDEIROS; VINSON, CHRISTINA CLEO; LACERDA, ANA LUÍZA; MARTINS, ANDRESSA CUNHA QUINTANA; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA Overexpression of DUF538 from Wild Arachis Enhances Plant Resistance to Meloidogyne spp.. Agronomy-Basel. , v.11, p.559 - , 2021.

13. VINSON, CHRISTINA C.; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; PORTO, BRENDA N.; OLIVEIRA, THAIS N.; SAMPAIO, IRACYARA; LACERDA, ANA L.; DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA M.; WILLIAMS, THOMAS V. R.; BRASILEIRO, ANA C. M. Characterization of raffinose metabolism genes uncovers a wild Arachis galactinol synthase conferring tolerance to abiotic stresses. Scientific Reports. , v.10, p.15258 - , 2020.

14. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; FERNANDEZ, DIANA; ARRAES, FABRICIO B. M.; PETITOT, ANNE-SOPHIE; DE MELO, BRUNO PAES; DE SA, MARIA E. LISEI; GRYNBERG, PRISCILA; SARAIVA, MARIO A. PASSOS; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA; ALBUQUERQUE, ERIKA VALERIA SALIBA; DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.; GROSSI-DE-SA, MARIA FATIMA Evolutionarily conserved plant genes responsive to root-knot nematodes identified by comparative genomics. MOLECULAR GENETICS AND GENOMICS. , v.295, p.1 - 16, 2020.

15. MARTINS, ANDRESSA C.Q.; MEHTA, ANGELA; MURAD, ANDRÉ M.; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; SARAIVA, MÁRIO A.P.; ARAÚJO, ANA C.G.; MILLER, ROBERT N.G.; BRASILEIRO, ANA C.M.; GUIMARÃES, PATRÍCIA M. Proteomics unravels new candidate genes for Meloidogyne resistance in wild Arachis. Journal of Proteomics. , v.217, p.103690 - , 2020.

16. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; OLIVEIRA, THAIS NICOLINI; VINSON, CHRISTINA CLEO; WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER RHYS; COSTA, MARCOS MOTA DO CARMO; ARAUJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.; GROSSI-DE-SÁ, MARIA FATIMA; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA Contrasting effects of wild arachis dehydrin under abiotic and biotic stresses. Frontiers in Plant Science. , v.10, p.1 - 16, 2019.

17. MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; VIDIGAL, BRUNA; DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.; TOGAWA, ROBERTO COITI; LEAL-BERTIOLI, SORAYA V. M.; BERTIOLI, DAVID JOHN; ARAUJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG Comparative root transcriptome of wild Arachis reveals NBS-LRR genes related to nematode resistance. BMC PLANT BIOLOGY. , v.18, p.159 - , 2018.

18. VINSON, CHRISTINA CLEO; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; OLIVEIRA, THAIS NICOLINI; GUIMARAES, LARISSA ARRAIS; LEAL-BERTIOLI, SORAYA CRISTINA MACEDO; WILLIAMS, THOMAS CHRISTOPHER RHYS; NEPOMUCENO, ALEXANDER LIMA; SARAIVA, MARIO ALFREDO PASSOS; ARAUJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; BRASILEIRO, ANA C. M. Early responses to dehydration in contrasting wild Arachis species. PLoS One. , v.13, p.e0198191 - , 2018.

19. GUIMARAES, LARISSA ARRAIS; MOTA, ANA PAULA ZOTTA; ARAUJO, ANA CLAUDIA GUERRA; BY ALENCAR FIGUEIREDO, LUCIO FLAVIO; PEREIRA, BRUNA MEDEIROS; DE PASSOS SARAIVA, MARIO ALFREDO; SILVA, RAQUEL BISPO; DANCHIN, ETIENNE G. J.; GUIMARAES, PATRICIA MESSENBERG; BRASILEIRO, ANA CRISTINA MIRANDA Genome-wide analysis of expansin superfamily in wild Arachis discloses a stress-responsive expansin-like B gene. Plant Molecular Biology. , v.93, p.1 - 18, 2017.