Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Datun Road, Anwai, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
Tel: +86-10-64863356; Fax: +86-10-64873428
E-mail: jrzuo@genetics.ac.cn
http://sourcedb.cas.cn/sourcedb_genetics_cas/zw/zjrck/200907/t20090721_2130979.html
Area of expertise: Cytokinin; inducible promoter; expression analysis
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Chen R, Sun S, Wang C, Li Y, Liang Y, An F, Li C, Dong H, Yang X, Zhang J, Zuo J (2009) The Arabidopsis PARAQUAT RESISTANT2 gene encodes an S-nitrosoglutathione reductase that is a key regulator of cell death. Cell Res. 19, 1377-1387.
• Chen H, Xue L, Chintamanani S, Germain H, Lin H, Cui H, Cai R, Zuo J, Tang X, Li X, Guo H, Zhou JM (2009) ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3 and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE1 repress SALICYLIC ACID INDUCTION DEFICIENT2 expression to negatively regulate plant innate immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 2527-2540.
• Ren B, Liang Y, Deng Y, Chen Q, Zhang J, Yang X, Zuo J (2009) Genome-wide comparative analysis of type-A Arabidopsis response regulator genes by overexpression studies reveals their diverse roles and regulatory mechanisms in cytokinin signaling. Cell Res. 19, 1178-1190.
• Wang X, Niu QW, Teng C, Li C, Mu J, Chua NH, Zuo J (2009) Overexpression of PGA37/MYB118 and MYB115 promotes vegetative-to-embryonic transition in Arabidopsis. Cell Res. 19, 224-235.
• Tada Y, Spoel SH, Pajerowska-Mukhtar K, Mou Z, Song J, Wang C, Zuo J, Dong X (2008) Plant immunity requires conformational changes [corrected] of NPR1 via S-nitrosylation and thioredoxins. Science 321, 952-956.
• Mu J, Tan H, Zheng Q, Fu F, Liang Y, Zhang J, Yang X, Wang T, Chong K, Wang XJ, Zuo J (2008) LEAFY COTYLEDON1 is a key regulator of fatty acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 148, 1042-1054.
• Teng C, Dong H, Shi L, Deng Y, Mu J, Zhang J, Yang X, Zuo J (2008) Serine palmitoyltransferase, a key enzyme for de novo synthesis of sphingolipids, is essential for male gametophyte development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 146, 1322-1332.
• Shi L, Bielawski J, Mu J, Dong H, Teng C, Zhang J, Yang X, Tomishige N, Hanada K, Hannun YA, Zuo J (2007) Involvement of sphingoid bases in mediating reactive oxygen intermediate production and programmed cell death in Arabidopsis. Cell Res. 17, 1030-1040.
• Feng, H., Chen, Q., Feng, J., Zhang, J, Yang, X., and Zuo, J (2007) Functional characterization of the Arabidopsis eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A-2 (eIF-5A-2) that plays a crucial role in plant growth and development by regulating cell division, cell growth and cell death. Plant Physiol. 144, 1531-1545.
• Dong H, Deng Y, Mu J, Lu Q, Wang Y, Xu Y, Chu C, Chong K, Lu C, Zuo J (2007) The Arabidopsis Spontaneous Cell Death1 gene, encoding a -carotene desaturase essential for carotenoid biosynthesis, is involved in chloroplast development, photoprotection and retrograde signaling. Cell Res. 17, 458-470.
• Feng H, An F, Zhang S, Ji Z, Ling HQ, Zuo J (2006) Light-regulated, tissue-specific, and cell differentiation-specific expression of the Arabidopsis Fe(III)-chelate reductase gene AtFRO6. Plant Physiol. 140, 1345-1354.
• Zheng B, Deng Y, Mu J, Ji Z, Xiang T, Niu QW, Chua NH, Zuo J (2006) Cytokinin affects circadian-clock oscillation in a phytochrome B- and Arabidopsis response regulator 4-dependent manner. Physiol. Plant. 127, 277-292.
• Zuo J, Hare PD, Chua NH (2006) Applications of chemical-inducible expression systems in functional genomics and biotechnology. In "Methods in Molecular Biology-Arabidopsis Protocols", eds. Salinas J, Sanchez-Serrano JJ, pp 329-342. Humana Press, NJ.
• Sun J, Hirose N, Wang X, Wen P, Xue L, Sakakibara H, Zuo J (2005) The Arabidopsis SOI33/AtENT8 gene encodes a putative equilibrative nucleoside transporter that is involved in cytokinin transport in planta. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 47, 588-603.
• Sun J, Niu QW, Tarkowski P, Zheng B, Tarkowska D, Sandberg G, Chua NH, Zuo J (2003) The Arabidopsis AtIPT8/PGA22 gene encodes an isopentenyl transferase that is involved in de novo cytokinin biosynthesis. Plant Physiol. 131, 167-176.
• Zuo J, Niu QW, Ikeda Y, Chua NH (2002) Marker-free transformation: Increasing transformation frequency by the use of regeneration-promoting genes. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 13:173-180.
• Zuo J, Niu QW, Frugis G, Chua NH (2002) The WUSCHEL gene promotes vegetative-to-embryonic transition in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 30, 349-359.
• Zuo J, Niu QW, M?ller SG, Chua NH (2001) Chemical-regulated, site-specific DNA recombination in transgenic plants. Nat. Biotechnol. 19, 157-161.
• Zuo J, Niu Q, Nishizawa N, Wu Y, Kost B, Chua NH (2000) KORRIGAN, an Arabidopsis endo-1,4-?-glucanase, localizes to the cell plate by polarized targeting and is essential for cytokinesis. Plant Cell 12, 1137-1152.
• Zuo J, Niu QW, Chua NH (2000) Technical advance: An estrogen receptor-based transactivator XVE mediates highly inducible gene expression in transgenic plants. Plant J. 24, 265-273.
• Zuo J, Chua NH (2000) Chemical-inducible systems for regulated expression of plant genes. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 11, 146-151.
• Xia W, Guo Y, Vilaboa N, Zuo J, Voellmy R (1998) Transcriptional activation of heat shock factor HSF1 probed by phosphopeptide analysis of factor 32P-labeled in vivo. J. Biol. Chem. 273, 8749-8755.