(1) Yu Du, Rob Weide, Zhijian Zhao, Dmitry Lapin, Peter Msimuko, Francine Govers* and Klaas Bouwmeester. RXLR effector diversity in Phytophthora infestans isolates determines recognition by potato resistance proteins; the case study AVR1 and R1. Studies in Mycology, 2018, 89: 85-93. (中科院大類分區生物一區top期刊, IF2016 = 14)
(2) Yu Du#, Elysa J. R. Overdijk#, Jeroen A. Berg, Francine Govers and Klaas Bouwmeester. Solanaceous exocyst subunits are involved in immunity to diverse plant pathogens. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018, 69 (3): 655-666. (中科院大類分區生物二區top期刊,IF2016 = 5.83)
(3) Yu Du#, Martin Stegmann# and Johana C. Misas. The apoplast as battleground for plant-microbe interactions. New Phytologist, 2016, 209 (1):34-38. (中科院大類分區生物一區top期刊,IF2016 = 7.33)
(4) Yu Du, Jeroen Berg, Francine Govers and Klaas Bouwmeester. Immune activation mediated by the late blight resistance protein R1 requires nuclear localization of R1 and AVR1. New Phytologist, 2015, 207: 735-747. (中科院大類分區生物一區top期刊,IF2015 = 7.21)
(5) Yu Du, Mohamed H. Mpina, Paul R.J. Birch, Klaas Bouwmeester and Francine Govers. Phytophthora infestans RXLR effector AVR1 interacts with exocyst component Sec5 to manipulate plant immunity. Plant Physiology, 2015, 169 (3): 1975-1990. (中科院大類分區生物一區top期刊,IF2015 = 6.28)#,并列一作