Professor Li-Jia Qu

School of Life Sciences
Peking University
Tel: +86-10-62753018; Fax: +86-10-62743339
E-mail: qulj@pku.edu.cn
http://www.bio.pku.edu.cn/teachinfo/Biographical/qulj.htm
Area of expertise: Auxin methylation; cell cycle regulation; circadian; pathogen resistance; plant Hormones; plant leaf development; transcription factor
Editorial board member until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Guo Y, Qin G, Gu H, Qu LJ (2009) Dof5.6/HCA2, a Dof transcription factor gene, regulates interfascicular cambium formation and vascular tissue development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 3518-3534.
• Liu J, Zhang Y, Qin G, Tsuge T, Sakaguchi N, Luo G, Sun K, Shi D, Aki S, Zheng N, Aoyama T, Oka A, Yang W, Umeda M, Xie Q, Gu H, Qu LJ (2008) Targeted degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor ICK4/KRP6 by RING-type E3 ligases is essential for mitotic cell cycle progression during Arabidopsis gametogenesis. Plant Cell 20, 1538-1554.
• Li LC, Qin GJ, Tsuge T, Hou XH, Ding MY, Aoyama T, Oka A, Chen Z, Gu H, Zhao Y, Qu LJ (2008) SPOROCYTELESS modulates YUCCA expression to regulate the development of lateral organs in Arabidopsis. New Phytol. 179, 751-764.
• Li X, Qin G, Chen Z, Gu H, Qu LJ (2008) A gain-of-function mutation of transcriptional factor PTL results in curly leaves, dwarfism and male sterility by affecting auxin homeostasis. Plant Mol. Biol. 66: 315-327.
• Li L, Hou X, Tsuge T, Ding M, Aoyama T, Oka A, Gu H, Zhao Y, Qu LJ (2008) The possible action mechanisms of indole-3-acetic acid methyl ester in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep. 27, 575-584.
• Liu J, Qu LJ (2008) Meiotic and mitotic cell cycle mutants involved in gametophyte development in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 1, 564-574.
• Lin Z, Yin K, Wang X, Liu M, Chen Z, Gu H, Qu LJ (2007) Virus induced gene silencing of AtCDC5 results in accelerated cell death in Arabidopsis leaves. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 45, 87-94.
• Yang XY, Li JG, Pei M, Gu H, Chen ZL, Qu LJ (2007) Over-expression of a flower-specific transcription factor gene AtMYB24 causes aberrant anther development. Plant Cell Rep. 26, 219-228.
• Li LC, Kang DM, Chen ZL, Qu LJ (2007) Hormonal regulation of leaf morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. J.Integr. Plant Biol. 49, 75-80.
• Xing S, Qin G, Shi Y, Ma Z, Chen ZL, Gu H, Qu LJ (2007) GAMT2 encodes a methyltransferase of gibberellic acid that is involved in seed maturation and germination in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 49, 368-381.
• Qin G, Gu H, Ma L, Peng Y, Deng XW, Chen ZL, Qu LJ (2007) Disruption of phytoene desaturase gene results in albino and dwarf phenotypes in Arabidopsis by impairing chlorophyll, carotenoid, and gibberellin biosynthesis. Cell Res. 17, 471-482.
• Zhang X, Chen Y, Wang ZY, Chen ZL, Gu H, Qu LJ (2007) Constitutive expression of CIR1 (RVE2) affects several circadian-regulated processes and seed germination in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 51, 512-525.
• Lin Z, Yin K, Zhu D, Chen ZL, Gu H, Qu LJ (2007) AtCDC5 regulates the G2 to M transition of the cell cycle and is critical for the function of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristem. Cell Res. 17, 815-828.
• Chen YH, Yang XY, He K, Liu MH, Li JG, Gao ZF, Lin ZQ, Zhang YF, Wang XX, Qiu XM, Shen YP, Zhang L, Deng XH, Luo JC, Deng XW, Chen ZL, Gu H, Qu LJ (2006) The MYB transcription factor superfamily of Arabidopsis: expression analysis and phylogenetic comparison with the rice MYB family. Plant Mol. Biol. 60, 107-124.
• Qu LJ, Zhu YX (2006) Transcription factor families in Arabidopsis: major progress and outstanding issues for future research. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 9, 544-549.
• Qin G, Gu H, Zhao Y, Ma Z, Shi G, Yang Y, Pichersky E, Chen H, Liu M, Chen ZL, Qu LJ (2005) An indole-3-acetic acid carboxyl methyltransferase regulates Arabidopsis leaf development. Plant Cell 17, 2693-2704.
• Jiao Y, Yang H, Ma L, Sun N, Yu H, Liu T, Gao Y, Gu H, Chen Z, Wada M, Gerstein M, Zhao H, Qu LJ, Deng XW (2003) A genome-wide analysis of blue-light regulation of Arabidopsis transcription factor gene expression during seedling development. Plant Physiol. 133, 1480-1493.
• Qu LJ, Chen J, Liu M, Pan N, Okamoto H, Lin Z, Li C, Li D, Wang J, Zhu G, Zhao X, Chen X, Gu H, Chen ZL (2003) Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel type of Bowman-Birk inhibitor gene family in rice. Plant Physiol. 133, 560-570.
• Qin GJ, Kang DM, Dong YY, Shen YP, Zhang L, Deng XH, Zhang Y, Li S, Chen N, Niu WR, Chen C, Liu PC, Chen HD, Li JG, Ren YF, Gu H, Qu LJ, Chen ZL (2003) Obtaining and analysis of flanking sequences from T-DNA transformants of Arabidopsis. Plant Sci. 165, 941-949.
• Qu LJ, Foote TN, Roberts MA, Money TA, Arag¨Žn-Alcaide L, Snape JW, Moore G (1998) A simple PCR-based method for scoring the ph1b deletion in wheat. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96, 371-375.
• Qu LJ, Xie M, Gu H, Chen ZL (1997) A chalcone synthase-like cDNA from rice anther. Sex. Plant Reprod. 10,181-183.
• Chen ZL, Qu LJ(1997) Plant molecular biology in China. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 15, 273-277.