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Institute of Agricultural Resources and Regional Planning (IARRP) of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences (CAAS)
Beijing, China
Tel: +86-10-82108643
E-mail: yikeke@caas.cn, yikeke@gmail.com
https://yilab.life
Area of expertise: Crop; rice; nutrient utilization; phosphate signaling; root development
Selected Publications:
Guo, M., Zhang, Y., Jia, X., Wang, X., Zhang, Y., Liu, J., Yang, Q., Ruan, W., and Yi, K. (2022). Alternative splicing of REGULATOR OF LEAF INCLINATION 1 modulates phosphate starvation signaling and growth in plants. Plant Cell 10.1093/plcell/koac161.
Guo, M., Ruan, W., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Guo, Z., Wang, L., Zhou, T., Paz-Ares, J., and Yi, K. (2022). A reciprocal inhibitory module for Pi and iron signaling. Mol. Plant 15: 138-150.
Jia, X., Wang, L., Zeng, H., and Yi, K. (2021). Insights of intracellular/intercellular phosphate transport and signaling in unicellular green algae and multicellular land plants. New Phytol 232:1566-1571.
Wang, L., Jia, X., Zhang, Y., Xu, L., Menand, B., Zhao, H., Zeng, H., Dolan, L., Zhu, Y., and Yi, K. (2021). Loss of two families of SPX domain-containing proteins required for vacuolar polyphosphate accumulation coincides with the transition to phosphate storage in green plants. Mol. Plant 14: 838-846.
Xu, L., Wang, F., Li, R., Deng, M., Fu, M., Teng, H., and Yi, K. (2020). OsCYCP4s coordinate phosphate starvation signaling with cell cycle progression in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62: 1017-1033.
Ruan, W., Guo, M., Wang, X., Guo, Z., Xu, Z., Xu, L., Zhao, H., Sun, H., Yan, C., and Yi, K. (2019). Two ring-finger ubiquitin E3 ligases regulate the degradation of SPX4, an internal phosphate sensor, for phosphate homeostasis and signaling in rice. Mol. Plant 12: 1060-1074.
Xu, L., Zhao, H., Wan, R., Liu, Y., Xu, Z., Tian, W., Ruan, W., Wang, F., Deng, M., Wang, J., Dolan, L., Luan, S., Xue, S., and Yi, K. (2019). Identification of vacuolar phosphate efflux transporters in land plants. Nat. Plants 5: 84-94.
Ruan, W., Guo, M., Xu, L., Wang, X., Zhao, H., Wang, J., and Yi, K. (2018). An SPX-RLI1 module regulates leaf inclination in response to phosphate availability in rice. Plant Cell 30: 853-870.
Xu, L., Zhao, H., Ruan, W., Deng, M., Wang, F., Peng, J., Luo, J., Chen, Z., and Yi, K. (2017). ABNORMAL INFLORESCENCE MERISTEM1 functions in salicylic acid biosynthesis to maintain proper reactive oxygen species levels for root meristem activity in rice. Plant Cell 29: 560-574.
Pires, N.D., Yi, K., Breuninger, H., Catarino, B., Menand, B., and Dolan, L. (2013). Recruitment and remodeling of an ancient gene regulatory network during land plant evolution. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 110: 9571–9576.
Yi, K., Menand, B., Bell, E. and Dolan, L. (2010). A basic helix loop helix transcription factor controls cell growth and size in root hairs. Nat. Genetics 42: 264-267.
Menand, B., Yi, K.K., Jouannic, S., Hoffmann, L., Ryan, E., Linstead, P., Schaefer, D.G., and Dolan, L. (2007). An ancient mechanism controls the development of cells with a rooting function in land plants. Science 316: 1477-1480.
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