KEY PUBLICATIONS (* Correspondence author)
1. Liu X, Liu L, Li S, Zhao J, Chen Y, Ma W, Tang S, Guo L, Guo X*, Fan C*, Hu Z* (2025) SUMO-specific proteases SPF1 and SPF2 negatively regulate seed oil synthesis by mediating WRI1 deSUMOylation. Plant Communications, 101672.
2. Hui W, Li S, Ding J, Li Q, Chen Y, Wang Y, Guo X*, Fan C*, and Hu Z*. (2025) BnaC04.bZIP16 can be phosphorylated and inhibited by BnaA06.SnRK2 and negatively regulates the accumulation of fatty acids in Brassica napus. The Plant Journal, 124, e70506.
3. Li Q, Wang Y, Chen C, Zeng M, Jia Q, Ding J, Zhang C, Jiao S, Guo X, Wu J*, Fan C*, Chen Y*, Hu Z. (2024) Isolation of a novel Bacillus subtilis HF1 strain that is rich in lipopeptide homologs and has strong effects on the resistance of plant fungi and growth improvement of broilers. Frontiers in Microbiology 15, 1433598.
4. Ma W, Ding J, Jia Q, Li Q, Jiao S, Guo X, Fan C*, Chen Y*, Hu Z. (2024) A novel strain of Bacillus cereus with a strong antagonistic effect specific to Sclerotinia and its genomic and transcriptomic analysis. Microorganisms 12, 611.
5. Jiang S, Jin X, Liu Z, Xu R, Hou C, Zhang F, Fan C, Wu H, Chen T, Shi J, Hu Z, Wang G, Teng S, Li L, Li Y*. (2024) Natural variation in SSW1 coordinates seed growth and nitrogen use efficiency in Arabidopsis. Cell Reports 43(5):114150.
6. Guo X, Yan N, Liu L, Yin X, Chen Y, Zhang Y, Wang J, Cao G, Fan C* and
Hu Z* (2023). Transcriptomic comparison of seeds and silique walls from two rapeseed genotypes with contrasting seed oil content.
Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 13:1082466.
7. Zhang T, Zhang W, Ding C*, Hu Z, Fan C, Zhang J, Li Z, Diao S, Shen L, Zhang B, Liu G, Su X*. (2023) A breeding strategy for improving drought and salt tolerance of poplar based on CRISPR/Cas9. Plant Biotechnology Journal 21(11):2160-2162.
8. Yin X, Guo X, Hu L, Li S, Chen Y, Wang J, Wang R.R.-C, Fan C*,
Hu Z* (2022). Genome-wide characterization of DGATs and their expression diversity analysis in response to abiotic stresses in
Brassica napus.
Plants, 2022, 11, 1156.
9. Yin X, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Wang J, Wang R-C, Fan C* and Hu Z* (2021). Precise Characterization and Tracking of Stably Inherited Artificial Minichromosomes Made by Telomere-Mediated Chromosome Truncation in Brassica napus. Frontiers in Plant Sciences. 12:743792.
9. Liu X, Zhang D, Zhang J, Chen Y, Liu X, Fan C*, Wang R-C, Hou Y,
Hu Z* (2021). Overexpression of the transcription factor
AtLEC1 significantly improved the lipid content of
Chlorella ellipsoidea.
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2021.626162.
10. Zhang Y, Fan C*, Chen Y, Wang R-C, Zhang X, Han F and Hu Z* (2021). Genome evolution during bread wheat formation unveiled by the distribution dynamics of SSR sequences on chromosomes using FISH. BMC Genomics, 22:55.
11. Fan C, Wu J, Xu L, Bai L , Yang H, Yan C, Wu Q*, Chen Y*, Hu Z* (2019). A mutated rabbit defensin NP-1 produced by Chlorella ellipsoidea can improve the growth performance of broiler chickens. Scientific Reports, 9:12778.
12. Sun B, Guo X, Fan C*, Chen Y, Wang J, Hu Z* (2018). Newly identified essential amino acids affecting Chlorella ellipsoidea DGAT1 function revealed by site-directed mutagenesis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 19, 3462:19113462.
13. Han H, Liu W, Lu Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Li X, Hu Z*, Li L*(2017). Isolation and application of P genome-specific DNA sequences of Agropyron gaertn. in Triticeae. Planta, 245(2):425–437.
14. Guo X, Fan C, Chen Y, Wang J, Yin W, Wang R, Hu Z*(2017). Identification and characterization of an efficient acyl-CoA: diacylglycerol acyltransferase 1 (DGAT1) gene from the microalga Chlorella ellipsoidea. BMC Plant Biology,17:48.
15. Zhang Y, Fan C*, Li S, Chen Y, Wang R, Zhang X, Han F,
Hu Z*(2017). The diversity of sequence and chromosomal distribution of new transposable element-related segments in the rye genome revealed by FISH and lineage annotation.
Frontiers in Plant Sciences, 2017.8:1706.
16.
Zhang Y,
Deng C,
Hu Z* (2016). The chromosome microdissection and microcloning technique.
Methods in Molecular Biology, 1429:151-60.
17. Yan N, Fan C, Chen Y and Hu Z* (2016). The potential for microalgae as bioreactors to produce pharmaceuticals. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 17, 962.
18.
Li S,
Fan C,
Li Y,
Zhang J,
Sun J,
Chen Y,
Tian C,
Su X,
Lu M,
Liang C,
Hu Z* (2016). Effects of drought and salt-stresses on gene expression in
Caragana korshinskii seedlings revealed by RNA-seq.
BMC Genomics, 17: 200.
19. Xu C, Bai L, Chen Y, Fan C, Hu Z*, Xu H*, Jiang B* (2016). Effect of mutated defensin NP-1 on sciatic nerve regeneration after transection—A pivot study. Neuroscience Letters, 617: 283-287.
20. Li S, Huang Q, Zhang B, Zhang J, Liu X, Lu M, Hu Z, Ding C and Su X* (2016). Small GTP-binding protein PdRanBP regulates vascular tissue development in poplar. BMC Genetics, 17:96.
21. Guo X, Su H, Shi Q, Fu S, Wang J, Zahng X, Hu Z, Han F* (2016). De Novo centromere formation and centromeric sequence expansion in wheat and its wide hybrids. PLOS Genetics, 1005997.
22. Han H, Zhang Y, Liu W, Hu Z*, and Li L* (2015). Degenerate oligonucleotide primed–polymerase chain reaction-based chromosome painting of P genome chromosomes in Agropyron cristatum and Wheat-A. cristatum addition lines. Crop Sciences, 55: 2798-2805.
23. Fan J, Ning K, Zeng X, Luo Y, Wang D, Hu J, Li J, Xu H, Huang J, Wan M, Wang W, Zhang D, Shen G, Run C, Liao J, Fang L, Huang S, Jing X, Su X, Wang A, Bai L, Hu Z, Xu J*, and Li Y* (2015). Genomic foundation of starch-to-lipid switch in oleaginous Chlorella spp. Plant Physiology, 169: 2444-2461.
24. Zhang J, Hao Q, Bai L, Xu J, Yin W, Song L, Xu L, Guo X, Fan C, Chen Y, Ruan J, Hao S, Li Y, Wang RR, Hu Z* (2014). Overexpression of the soybean transcription factor GmDof4 significantly enhances the lipid content of Chlorella ellipsoidea. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 2014, 7: 128.
25. Hu L, Yin W, Chen Y,
Hu Z* (2014).
Functional divergence and evolutionary dynamics of the putative
AAAP gene family in
Brassica rapa.
Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 32:517–530.
26.
Song L,
Zhang Y,
Li S,
Hu J,
Yin W,
Chen Y,
Hao S,
Wang B,
Wang R-C,
Hu Z* (2014). Identification of the substrate recognition region in the Δ6-fatty acid and Δ 8-sphingolipid desaturase by fusion mutagenesis.
Planta, 239(4):753-63.
27. Bai L, Yin W, Chen Y, Niu L, Sun Y, Zhao S, Yang F, Wang R-C, Wu Q, Zhang X, Hu Z* (2013). A new strategy to produce a defensin: Stable production of mutated NP-1 in nitrate reductase-deficient Chlorella ellipsoidea. PLoS ONE, 8(1): e54966.
28. Song L, Lu W, Hu J, Yin W, Chen Y, Wang B, Wang R, Hu Z* (2013). The role of C-terminal amino acid residues of a Delta(6)-fatty acid desaturase from blackcurrant. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 431(4):675-679.
29. Deng C, Bai L, Fu S, Yin W, Zhang Y, Chen Y, Wang R-C, Zhang X, Han F, Hu Z* (2013). Microdissection and chromosome painting of the alien chromosome in an addition line of wheat--Thinopyrum intermedium. PLoS ONE, 8(8):e72564.
30. Han Y, Wang W, Sun J, Ding M, Zhao R, Deng S, Wang F, Hu Y, Wang Y, Lu Y, Du L, Hu Z, Diekmann H, Shen X, Polle A, Chen S* (2013). Populus euphratica XTH overexpression enhances salinity tolerance by the development of leaf succulence in transgenic tobacco plants. Journal of Experimental Botany, 64(14):4225-38.
31. Li S, Su X, Zhang B, Huang Q, Hu Z, Lu M* (2013). Molecular cloning and functional analysis of the Populus deltoides remorin gene PdREM. Tree Physiology, 33(10):1111-21.
33. Yang D, Song L, Hu J, Yin W, Li Z, Chen Y, Su X, Wang R-C, Hu Z* (2012). Enhanced tolerance to NaCl and LiCl stresses by over-expressing
Caragana korshinskii sodium/proton exchanger 1 (
CkNHX1) and the hydrophilic C terminus is required for the activity of CkNHX1 in
Atsos3-1 mutant and yeast.
Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 417: 732–737.
34. Li S, Song L, Yin W, Chen Y, Chen L, Li J, Wang R-C,
Hu Z* (2012). Isolation and functional characterization of the genes encoding
Δ8-sphingolipid desaturase from
Brassica rapa.
Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 39: 47-59.
36. Li Z, Yin W, Song L, Chen Y, Guan R, Wang J, Wang R-C, and Hu Z* (2011). Genes encoding the biotin carboxylase subunit of acetyl-CoA carboxylase from Brassica napus and parental species: cloning, expression patterns, and evolution. Genome, 54: 202–211.
37. Su X
*, Chu Y, Li H, Hou Y, Zhang B, Huang Q,
Hu Z, Huang R, Tian Y (2011). Expression of multiple resistance genes enhances tolerance to environmental stressors in transgenic Poplar (
Populus x euramericana ‘Guariento’).
PLoS ONE, 6(9):e24614.
39. Song L, Lu W, Hu J, Zhang Y, Yin W, Chen Y, Hao S, Wang B, Wang R-C, Hu Z* (2010). Identification and functional analysis of the genes encoding Δ6-desaturase from Ribes nigrum. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(6): 1827-38.
40. Ding M, Hou P, Shen X, Wang M, Deng S, Sun J, Xiao F, Wang R, Zhou X, Lu C, Zhang D, Zheng X,
Hu Z, Chen S
* (2010). Salt-induced expression of genes related to Na(+)/K(+) and ROS homeostasis in leaves of salt-resistant and salt-sensitive poplar species.
Plant Molecular Biology, 73(3): 251-69.
41. Sun J, Wang M, Ding M, Deng S, Liu M, Lu C, Zhou X, Shen X, Zheng X, Zhang Z, Song J, Hu Z, Xu Y, Chen S* (2010). H2O2 and cytosolic Ca2+ signals triggered by the PM H-coupled transport system mediate K+/Na+ homeostasis in NaCl-stressed Populus euphratica cells. Plant Cell Environment, 33(6):943-58.
42. Wang H, Yin W, Hu Z* (2009). Advances in chloroplast engineering. Journal of Genetics and Genomics, 36 (7): 387-98.
43. Jiang S, Yin W, Hu J, Shi R, Zhou R, Chen Y, Zhou G, Wang R-C, Song L,
Hu Z* (2009).
Isolation of expressed sequences from a specific chromosome of Thinopyrum intermediuminfected by BYDV. Genome, 52(1): 68-76.
44. Sun J, Dai S, Wang R, Chen S*, Zhou X, Li N, Lu C, Shen X, Zheng X, Hu Z, Zhang Z, Song J, Xu Y (2009). Calcium mediates root K+/Na+ homeostasis in poplar species differing in salt tolerance. Tree Physiology, 29(9):1175-86.
45. Sun J, Chen S*, Dai S, Wang R, Li N, Shen X, Zhou X, Lu C, Zheng X,
Hu Z, Zhang Z, Song J, Xu Y (2009).
NaCl-induced alternations of cellular and tissue ion fluxes in roots of salt-resistant and salt-sensitive poplar species. Plant Physiology, 149(2): 1141-53.
46. Zhou R, Shi R, Jiang S, Yin W, Wang H, Chen Y, Hu J, Wang R-C, Zhang X, Hu Z* (2008). Rapid EST isolation from chromosome 1R of rye. BMC Plant Biology, 2008, 8:28.
47. Zhou R, Hu Z*(2007). The development of chromosome microdissection and microcloning technique and its applications in genomic research. Current Genomics, 8 (1): 67-72.
48. Zhao T, Zhao S, Chen H, Zhao Q, Hu Z, Hou B, Xia G* (2006). Transgenic wheat progeny resistant to powdery mildew generated by Agrobacterium inoculum to the basal portion of wheat seedling. Plant Cell Reports, 25(11): 1199-1204.
49. Lu X, Yin W and Hu Z* (2006). Chloroplast transformation. Methods in Molecular Biology, 318: 285-303.
50. Jiang S, Hu J, Yin W, Chen Y, Wang R-C, Hu Z* (2005). Cloning of resistance gene analogs located on the alien chromosome in an addition line of wheat-Thinopyrum intermedium. Theoretical and Applied Genetics, 111(5): 923 – 931.
51. Hu Z, Wu X, Larson S*, Wang R-C, Jones T, Chatterton N and Palazzo A (2005). Detection of linkage disequilibrium QTLs controlling low-temperature growth and metabolite accumulations in an admixed breeding population of Leymus wildryes. Euphytica, 141(3): 263-280.
52. Zhang F, Yin W, Shi R, Hu Y, Yan Y, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Hu J, Wang R-C, and Hu Z* (2005). Construction and characterization of chromosome 1B specific DNA library of wheat. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 85: 309-316.
53. Jiang S, Zhang L, Hu J, Shi R, Zhou G, Chen Y, Yin W, Wang R-C, Hu Z* (2004). Screening and analysis of differentially expressed genes from an alien addition line of wheat Thynopyrum intermedium induced by barley yellow dwarf virus infection. Genome, 47:1114-1121.
55. Hou B, Zhou Y, Wan L, Zhang Z, Shen G, Chen Z and Hu Z* (2003). Chloroplast transformation in oilseed rape. Transgenic Research, 12:111-114.
56. Wang R-C*, Li X, Hu Z, Zhang J, Larson S, Zhang X, Grieve C and Shannon M (2003). Development of salinity-tolerant wheat recombinant lines from a wheat disomic addition line carrying a Thinopyrum junceum chromosome. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 164(1): 25-33.
58.
Hu Z*, Larson S, Jones T, Wang RC (2002).
Genetic relationships among soluble carbohydrates, anthocyanins and growth characteristics in Leymus (Gramineae) detected with molecular markers.
Acta Botanica Sinica, 44(10): 1173-1181.
59. Hu Z, Wang R-C*, Larson S, Palazzo A, Asay K and Chatterton N (2001). Selection response for molecular markers associated with anthocyanin coloration and low temperature growth traits in crested wheatgrass. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 81(4): 665-671.
