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Group Leader
School of Life Sciences, Shandong University
No.72 Binhai Road, Aoshan Wei, Jimo District, Qingdao, 266237, China
Tel: 086-532-58630889
E-mail: dingzhaojun@sdu.edu.cn
http://www.lifesci.sdu.edu.cn/en/info/1110/1336.htm
Area of expertise: Auxin; ROS; root stem cell; root growth and aluminum stress or salt stress; root growth and rhizosphere microorganism
Selected Publications:
Kong, X., Zhang, C., Zheng, H., Sun, M., Zhang, F., Zhang, M., Cui, F., Lv, D., Liu, L., Guo, S., Zhang, Y., Yuan, X., Zhao, S., Tian, H., and Ding, Z. (2020). Antagonistic Interaction between Auxin and SA signaling pathways regulates bacterial infection through lateral root in Arabidopsis. Cell Rep. 32:108060.
Jia, Y., Kong, X., Hu, K., Cao, M., Liu, J., Ma, C., Guo, S., Yuan, X., Zhao, S., Robert, H., Li, C., Tian, H., and Ding, Z. (2020). PIFs coordinate shade avoidance by inhibiting auxin repressor ARF18 and metabolic regulator QQS. New Phytol. 228:609–621.
Lv, B., Yu, Q., Liu, J., Wen, X., Yan, Z., Hu, K., Li, H., Kong, X., Li, C., Tian, H., De Smet, I., Zhang, X., and Ding, Z. (2020). Non-canonical AUX/IAA protein IAA33 competes with canonical AUX/IAA repressor IAA5 to negatively regulate auxin signaling. EMBO J. 39: e101515.
Zhang, M., Lu, X., Li, C., Zhang, B., Zhang, C., Zhang, X., and Ding, Z. (2018). Auxin efflux carrier ZmPGP1 mediates root growth inhibition under aluminum stress. Plant Physiol.177: 819–832.
Kong, X., Liu, G., Liu, J., and Ding Z. (2018). The root transition zone: A hot spot for signal crosstalk. Trends plant Sci. 23: 403–409.
Kong, X., Tian, H., Yu, Q., Zhang, F., Wang, R., Gao, S., Xu, W., Liu, J., Shani, E., Fu, C., Zhou, G., Zhang, L., Zhang, X., and Ding, Z. (2018). PHB3 maintains root stem cell niche identity through ROS responsive AP2/ERF transcription factors in Arabidopsis. Cell Rep. 22:1350–1363.
Lv, B., Tian, H., Zhang, F., Liu, J., Lu, S., Bai, M., Li, C., and Ding, Z. (2018). Brassinosteroids regulate root growth by controlling reactive oxygen species homeostasis and dual effect on ethylene synthesis in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 14: e1007144.
Yang, Z., Liu, G., Liu, J., Zhang, B., Meng, W., Müller, B., Hayashi, KI., Zhang, X., Zhao, Z., Smet, De. I., and Ding, Z. (2017). Synergistic action of auxin and cytokinin mediates aluminum-induced root growth inhibition in Arabidopsis. EMBO Rep.18: 1213–1230.
Yang, Z., He, C., Ma, Y., Herde, M., and Ding, Z. (2017). Jasmonic acid enhances Al-induced root-growth inhibition. Plant Physiol. 173: 1420–1433.
Liu, G., Gao, S., Tian, H., Wu, W., Robert, H., and Ding, Z. (2016) Local transcriptional control of YUCCA regulates auxin promoted root-growth inhibition in response to aluminium stress in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genet. 12: e1006360.
Yu, Q., Tian, H., Yue, K., and Ding, Z. (2016) A P-loop NTPase regulates quiescent center cell division and distal stem cell identity through the regulation of ROS homeostasis in Arabidopsis root. PLoS Genet. 12: e1006175.
Yang, Z., Geng, X., He, C., Wang, R., Zhang, F., Horst, W., and Ding, Z. (2014) TAA1-regulated local auxin biosynthesis in the root-apex transition-zone mediates the aluminum-induced inhibition of root growth in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell 26: 2889–2904.
Tian, H., Wabnik, K., Niu, T., Li, H., Yu, Q., Pollmann, S., Vanneste, S., Govaerts, W., Rolcík, J., Geisler, M., Friml, J., and Ding, Z. (2014) WOX5-IAA17 feedback circuit mediated cellular auxin response is crucial for the patterning of root stem cell niches in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 7: 277–289.
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