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Professor Chun-Ming Liu

Center for Signal Transduction & Metabolomics (C-STM)
Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanxincun 20, Fragrant Hill
Beijing 100093, China
Tel: +86-10-62836663; Fax: +86-10-82599701
Email: cmliu@ibcas.ac.cn
http://cstm.ibcas.ac.cn/en/eyjz1.asp
Personal Home Page: http://www.hybtech.org/Liu.htm
Area of expertise: Embryogenesis; peptide signaling; meristem; embryo induction and endosperm development

   
Selected Publications:  
   
  • Liu CM (2010) Chapter 2 Arabidopsis as Model for Developmental Regulation and Crop Improvement. Plant Developmental Biology ¨C Biotechnological Per 1
  • Zhu YF, WangYQ, Li RL, Song X, Wang QL, Huang SJ, Jin JB, Liu CM, Lin JX (2010) Analysis of interactions among the CLAVATA3 receptors reveals a direct interaction between CLAVATA2 and CORY in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 61, 223-233.
  • Wang Ql, Chen B, Liu P, Zheng MZ, Wang YQ, Cui SJ, Sun DY, Fang XH, Liu CM, Lucas WJ, Lin JX (2009) Calmodulin binds to extracellular sites on the plasma membrane of plant cells and elicits a rise in intracellular calcium concentration. J. Biol. Chem. 284,12000-12007.
  • Fradin EF, Zhang Z, Juarez Ayala JC, Castroverde CD, Nazar RN, Robb J, Liu CM, Thomma BP (2009) Genetic dissection of verticillium wilt resistance mediated by tomato Ve11. Plant Physiol. 150, 320-332.
  • Fan YF, Jiang L, Gong HQ, Liu CM (2008) Sexual reproduction in higher plants I: fertilization and the Initiation of zygotic program. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 860-867.
  • Wang GD, Ellendorff U, Kemp B, Mansfield JW, Forsyth A, Mitchell K, Bastas K, Liu CM, Woods-T?r A, Zipfel C, de Wit PJ, Jones JD, T?r M, Thomma BP (2008) A genome-wide functional investigation into the roles of receptor-like proteins in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 147, 503-517.
  • Fiers M, Ku KL, Liu CM (2007) CLE peptide ligands and their roles in establishing meristems. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10, 39-43.
  • Ribarits A, Mamun ANK, Li SP, Resch T, Fiers M, Heberle-Bors E, Liu CM, Touraev A  (2007) Combination of reversible male sterility and doubled haploid production by targeted inactivation of cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase in developing anthers and pollen. Plant Biotechnol. J. 5, 483-494.  
  • Fiers M, Golemiec E, van der Schors R, van der Geest L, Li KW, Stiekema WJ, Liu CM (2006) The CLAVATA3/ESR motif of CLAVATA3 is functionally independent from the nonconserved flanking sequences. Plant Physiol. 141, 1284-1292.
  • Xu J, Zhang HY, Xie CH, Xue HW, Dijkhuis P, Liu CM (2005) EMBRYONIC FACTOR 1 encodes an AMP deaminase and is essential for the zygote to embryo transition in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 42, 743-756.
  • Fiers M, Golemiec E, Xu J, van der Geest L, Heidstra R, Stiekema W, Liu CM (2005) The 14-amino acid CLV3, CLE19, and CLE40 peptides trigger consumption of the root meristem in Arabidopsis through a CLAVATA2-dependent pathway. Plant Cell 17, 2542-2553.
  • Fiers M, Hause G, Boutilier K, Casamitjana-Martinez E, Weijers D, Offringa R, van der Geest L, van Lookeren Campagne M, Liu CM (2004) Mis-expression of the CLV3/ESR-like gene CLE19 in Arabidopsis leads to a consumption of root meristem. Gene 327, 37-49.
  • Casamitjana-Mart¨ªnez E, Hofhuis HF, Xu J, Liu CM, Heidstra R, Scheres B (2003) Root-specific CLE19 overexpression and the sol1/2 suppressors implicate a CLV-like Pathway in the control of Arabidopsis root meristem maintenance. Curr. Biol. 13, 1435-1441.
  • Liu CM, McElver J, Tzafrir I, Joosen R, Wittich P, Patton D, Van Lammeren AA, Meinke D (2002) Condensin and cohesin knockouts in Arabidopsis exhibit a titan seed phenotype. Plant J. 29, 405-415.
  • Boutilier K, Offringa R, Sharma VK, Kieft H, Ouellet T, Zhang L, Hattori J, Liu CM, van Lammeren AA, Miki BL, Custers JB, van Lookeren Campagne MM (2002) Ectopic expression of BABY BOOM triggers a conversion from vegetative to embryonic growth. Plant Cell 14, 1737-1749.
  • Tzafrir I, McElver JA, Liu CM, Yang LJ, Wu JQ, Martinez A, Patton DA, Meinke DW (2002) Diversity of TITAN functions in Arabidopsis seed development. Plant Physiol. 128, 38-51.
  • McElver J, Patton D, Rumbaugh M, Liu CM, Yang LJ, Meinke D (2000) The TITAN5 gene of Arabidopsis encodes a protein related to the ADP ribosylation factor family of GTP binding proteins. Plant Cell 12, 1379-1392.
  • Liu CM, Johnson S, Gregorio SD, Wang TL (1999) single cotyledon (sic) mutants of pea and their significance in understanding plant embryo development. Dev. Genet. 25, 11-22.
  • Cordewener J, Bergervoet J, Liu CM (1999) Changes in protein synthesis and phosphorylation during microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus. J. Plant Physiol. 156, 156-163.
  • Liu CM, Meinke DW (1998) The titan mutants of Arabidopsis are disrupted in mitosis and cell cycle control during seed development. Plant J. 16, 21-31.
  • Hong Y, Takano M, Liu CM, Gasch A, Chye ML, Chua NH (1996) Expression of the three members of the calcium-dependent protein kinase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. 30, 1259-1275.
  • Chye ML, Liu CM, Tan CT (1995) A cDNA clone encodes Brassica calmodulin. Plant Mol. Biol. 27, 419-423.
  • Liu CM, Johnson S, Wang TL (1995) cyd, a mutant of pea that alters embryo morphology is defective in cytokinesis. Dev. Genet. 16, 312-331.
  • Johnson S, Liu CM, Wang TL (1994) An analysis of seed development in Pisum sativum. XVIII. The isolation of mutants defective in embryo development. J. Exp. Bot. 45, 1503-1511.
  • Liu CM, Xu ZH, Chua NH (1993) Auxin polar transport is essential for the establishment of bilateral symmetry during early plant embryogenesis. Plant Cell 5, 621-630.
  • Liu CM, Xu ZH, Chua NH (1993) Proembryo culture: in vitro development of early globular-staged zygotic embryos of Brassica juncea. Plant J. 3, 291-300.