The School of Life Sciences
Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
E-mail: hongma@fudan.edu.cn
http://life.fudan.edu.cn/professor/mahong.xml
Tel: +86 21 6564 2800
Area of expertise: Microspore development; male sterility; pollen development; flower morphorgenesis; MADS box proteins
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Wang X, Kong H, Ma H (2009) F-box proteins regulate ethylene signaling and more. Genes Dev. 23, 391-396.
• Xu G, Ma H, Nei M, Kong H (2009) Evolution of F-box genes in plants: different modes of sequence divergence and their relationships with functional diversification. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 835-840.
• Wang E, Wang J, Zhu X, Hao W, Wang L, Li Q, Zhang L, He W, Lu B, Lin H, Ma H, Zhang G, He Z (2008) Control of rice grain-filling and yield by a gene with a potential signature of domestication. Nat. Genet. 40, 1370-1374.
• Surcel A, Koshland D, Ma H, Simpson RT (2008) Cohesin interaction with centromeric minichromosomes shows a multi-complex rod-shaped structure. PLoS One 3, e2453.
• Quan L, Xiao R, Li W, Oh SA, Kong H, Ambrose JC, Malcos JL, Cyr R, Twell D, Ma H (2008) Functional divergence of the duplicated AtKIN14a and AtKIN14b genes: critical roles in Arabidopsis meiosis and gametophyte development. Plant J. 53, 1013-1026.
• Ito T, Nagata N, Yoshiba Y, Ohme-Takagi M, Ma H, Shinozaki K (2007) Arabidopsis MALE STERILITY1 encodes a PHD-type transcription factor and regulates pollen and tapetum development. Plant Cell 19, 3549-3562.
• Wijeratne AJ, Zhang W, Sun Y, Liu W, Albert R, Zheng Z, Oppenheimer DG, Zhao D, Ma H (2007) Differential gene expression in Arabidopsis wild-type and mutant anthers: insights into anther cell differentiation and regulatory networks. Plant J. 52, 14-29.
• Kong H, Landherr LL, Frohlich MW, Leebens-Mack J, Ma H, dePamphilis CW (2007) Patterns of gene duplication in the plant SKP1 gene family in angiosperms: evidence for multiple mechanisms of rapid gene birth. Plant J. 50, 873-885.
• Li N, Zhang DS, Liu HS, Yin CS, Li XX, Liang WQ, Yuan Z, Xu B, Chu HW, Wang J, Wen TQ, Huang H, Luo D, Ma H, Zhang DB (2006) The rice tapetum degeneration retardation gene is required for tapetum degradation and anther development. Plant Cell 18, 2999-3014.
• Chen H, Karplus VJ, Ma H, Deng XW (2006) Plant biology research comes of age in China. Plant Cell 18, 2855-2864.
• Zhang W, Sun Y, Timofejeva L, Chen C, Grossniklaus U, Ma H (2006) Regulation of Arabidopsis tapetum development and function by DYSFUNCTIONAL TAPETUM1 (DYT1) encoding a putative bHLH transcription factor. Development 133, 3085-3095.
• Lin Z, Kong H, Nei M, Ma H (2006) Origins and evolution of the recA/RAD51 gene family: evidence for ancient gene duplication and endosymbiotic gene transfer. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 103, 10328-10333.
• Hord CL, Chen C, Deyoung BJ, Clark SE, Ma H (2006) The BAM1/BAM2 receptor-like kinases are important regulators of Arabidopsis early anther development. Plant Cell 18, 1667-1680.
• Hu W, Ma H (2006) Characterization of a novel putative zinc finger gene MIF1: involvement in multiple hormonal regulation of Arabidopsis development. Plant J. 45, 399-422.
• Chen C, Zhang W, Timofejeva L, Gerardin Y, Ma H (2005) The Arabidopsis ROCK-N-ROLLERS gene encodes a homolog of the yeast ATP-dependent DNA helicase MER3 and is required for normal meiotic crossover formation. Plant J. 43, 321-334.
• Zahn LM, Kong H, Leebens-Mack JH, Kim S, Soltis PS, Landherr LL, Soltis DE, Depamphilis CW, Ma H (2005) The evolution of the SEPALLATA subfamily of MADS-box genes: a preangiosperm origin with multiple duplications throughout angiosperm history. Genetics 169, 2209-2223.
• Nam J, Kim J, Lee S, An G, Ma H, Nei M (2004) Type I MADS-box genes have experienced faster birth-and-death evolution than type II MADS-box genes in angiosperms. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 1910-1915.
• Liu F, Ni W, Griffith ME, Huang Z, Chang C, Peng W, Ma H, Xie D (2004) The ASK1 and ASK2 genes are essential for Arabidopsis early development. Plant Cell 16, 5-20.
• Yang X, Makaroff CA, Ma H (2003) The Arabidopsis MALE MEIOCYTE DEATH1 gene encodes a PHD-finger protein that is required for male meiosis. Plant Cell 15, 1281-1295.
• Zhao DZ, Wang GF, Speal B, Ma H (2002) The excess microsporocytes1 gene encodes a putative leucine-rich repeat receptor protein kinase that controls somatic and reproductive cell fates in the Arabidopsis anther. Genes Dev. 16, 2021-2031.
• Azumi Y, Liu D, Zhao D, Li W, Wang G, Hu Y, Ma H (2002) Homolog interaction during meiotic prophase I in Arabidopsis requires the SOLO DANCERS gene encoding a novel cyclin-like protein. EMBO J. 21, 3081-3095.
• Chen C, Marcus A, Li W, Hu Y, Calzada JP, Grossniklaus U, Cyr RJ, Ma H (2002) The Arabidopsis ATK1 gene is required for spindle morphogenesis in male meiosis. Development 129, 2401-2409.
• Ma H (2000) Gene regulation: better late than never? Curr Biol. 10, R365-R368.
• Ma H, dePamphilis C (2000) The ABCs of floral evolution. Cell 101, 5-8.
• Yang M, Hu Y, Lodhi M, McCombie WR, Ma H (1999) The Arabidopsis SKP1-LIKE1 gene is essential for male meiosis and may control homologue separation. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 96, 11416-11421.
• Mizukami Y, Ma H (1997) Determination of Arabidopsis floral meristem identity by AGAMOUS. Plant Cell 9, 393-408.
• Ma H (1997) The on and off of floral regulatory genes. Cell 89, 821-824.
• Mizukami Y, Huang H, Tudor M, Hu Y, Ma H (1996) Functional domains of the floral regulator AGAMOUS: characterization of the DNA binding domain and analysis of dominant negative mutations. Plant Cell 8, 831-845.
• Huang H, Tudor M, Su T, Zhang Y, Hu Y, Ma H (1996) DNA binding properties of two Arabidopsis MADS domain proteins: binding consensus and dimer formation. Plant Cell 8, 81-94.
• Sundaresan V, Springer P, Volpe T, Haward S, Jones JD, Dean C, Ma H, Martienssen R (1995) Patterns of gene action in plant development revealed by enhancer trap and gene trap transposable elements. Genes Dev. 9, 1797-1810.
• Ma H (1994) The unfolding drama of flower development: recent results from genetic and molecular analyses. Genes Dev. 8, 745-756.
• Weiss CA, Huang H, Ma H (1993) Immunolocalization of the G protein alpha subunit encoded by the GPA1 gene in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 5, 1513-1528.
• Mandel MA, Bowman JL, Kempin SA, Ma H, Meyerowitz EM, Yanofsky MF (1992) Manipulation of flower structure in transgenic tobacco. Cell 71, 133-143.
• Mizukami Y, Ma H (1992) Ectopic expression of the floral homeotic gene AGAMOUS in transgenic Arabidopsis plants alters floral organ identity. Cell 71, 119-131.
• Ma H, Yanofsky MF, Meyerowitz EM (1991) AGL1-AGL6, an Arabidopsis gene family with similarity to floral homeotic and transcription factor genes. Genes Dev. 5, 484-495.
• Yanofsky MF, Ma H, Bowman JL, Drews GN, Feldmann KA, Meyerowitz EM (1990) The protein encoded by the Arabidopsis homeotic gene agamous resembles transcription factors. Nature 346, 35-39.