J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Meng-Xiang Sun

College of Life Sciences, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430072, China
E-mail: mxsun@whu.edu.cn
http://www.bio.whu.edu.cn/info/1191/4304.htm
Area of expertise: Plant developmental biology, sexual plant reproduction

Speciality Area

Plant Reproductive Biology

Selected Publications:

Shi, C., Zhao, Z., Zhong, Y., Qiao, Y., Zhang, L., Yang, F., Li, S., Li, L., Huang, L., Tang, X., Luo P., and Sun, M.-X. (2025). Reprograming of microspore fate via BBM-BAR1 for highly efficient in vivo haploid induction. Cell 188: 6109–6120.

Cheng, T.and Sun, M.-X. (2025). A highly efficient and environmentally friendly strategy to obtain transgene-free genome-edited progeny in flowering plants. Mol. Plant 18: 1–4.

Cheng, T., Liu, Z., Li, H., Huang, X., Wang, W., Shi, C., Zhang, X., Chen, H., Yao, Z., Zhao, P., Peng, X., Sun, M.-X. (2024), Sperm-origin paternal effects on root stem cell niche differentiation. Nature 634: 220–227.

Wang, W., Sun, M.-X. (2024). Gamete activation for fertilization and seed development in flowering plants. Curr. Top. Dev. Bio. 162: 1–31.

Zhao, P., Shi, C., Wang L., and Sun, M.-X. (2022). The parental contributions to early plant embryogenesis and the concept of maternal-to-zygotic transition in plants. Curr. Opin. Plant Bio. 65:102144.

Huang, X., Sun M.-X. (2022). H3K27 methylation regulates the fate of two cell lineages in male gametophytes. Plant Cell. 34: 2989–3005.

Wang, W., Xiong, H., Cyprys, P., Malka, R., Flores-Tornero, M., Zhao, P., Peng, X., Sprunck，S.and Sun, M.-X. (2022). DMP8 and 9 regulate HAP2/GCS1 trafficking for the timely acquisition of sperm fusion competence. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 119: e2207608119.

Zhang, X., Shi, C., Li, S., Zhang, B., Luo, P., Peng, X., Zhao, P., Dresselhaus, T.and Sun, M.-X. (2023). A female in vivo haploid-induction system via mutagenesis of egg cell-specific peptidases. Mol. Plant 16: 1-10.

Wang, W., Malka, R., Lindemeier, M., Cyprys, P., Tiedemann, S., Sun, K., Zhang, X., Xiong, H., Sprunck S. and Sun, M.-X. (2023). EGG CELL 1 contributes to egg cell-dependent preferential fertilization in Arabidopsis. Nat. Plant 10: 268–282.

X, Yu., Zhang, X., Zhao, P., Peng, X., Chen, H., Bleckmann, A., Bazhenova, A., Shi, C., Dresselhaus, T., and Sun, M.-X. (2021). Fertilized egg cells secrete endopeptidases to avoid polytubey. Nature 592: 433–437.

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