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Professor Meng-Xiang Sun

College of Life Sciences
Wuhan University
Wuhan 430072, China
Tel: +86-27-6875-6170; Fax: +86-27-6875-6010
E-mail: mxsun@whu.edu.cn
http://www.bio.whu.edu.cn/cn1/faculty/smxiang.htm
Area of expertise: plant developmental biology, plant sexual reproduction
Co-editor until: Mar. 14, 2011

   
Selected Publications:  
   
  • Qu LH, Sun MX (2008) The nucleus as a chief cellular organizer and active defender in response to mechanical stimulation. Plant Signal. Behav. 3, 678-680.
  • Peng XB, Sun MX, Yang HY (2009) Comparative detection of calcium fluctuations in single female sex cells of tobacco to distinguish calcium signals triggered by in vitro fertilization. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 51, 782-791.
  • Peng XB, Sun MX (2008) Gamete recognition in higher plants: an abstruse but charming mystery. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 868-874.
  • Qu LH, Sun MX (2008) Cytoplasmic compartmental response to local mechanical stimulation of internal tissue cells. Protoplasma 233, 51-59.
  • Wang L, Liao FL, Zhu L, Peng XB, Sun MX (2008) NtGNL1 is involved in embryonic cell division patterning, root elongation, and pollen tube growth in tobacco. New Phytol. 179, 81-93.
  • Yu GH, Sun MX (2007) Deciphering the possible mechanism of GABA in tobacco pollen tube growth and guidance. Plant Signal. Behav. 2, 393-395.
  • Qu LH, Sun MX (2007) The plant cell nucleus is constantly alert and highly sensitive to repetitive local mechanical stimulations. Plant Cell Rep. 26, 1187-1193.
  • He YC, He YQ, Qu LH, Sun MX, Yang HY (2007) Tobacco zygotic embryogenesis in vitro: the original cell wall of the zygote is essential for maintenance of cell polarity, the apical-basal axis and typical suspensor formation. Plant J. 49, 515-527.
  • Yu G, Liang J, He Z, Sun M (2006) Quantum dot-mediated detection of gamma-aminobutyric acid binding sites on the surface of living pollen protoplasts in tobacco. Chem. Biol. 13, 723-731.
  • Tang XC, He YQ, Wang Y, Sun MX (2006) The role of arabinogalactan proteins binding to Yariv reagents in the initiation, cell developmental fate, and maintenance of microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus L. cv. Topas. J. Exp. Bot. 57, 2639-2650.
  • Wei J, Li XR, Sun MX (2006) Establishment of a simple and efficient system for somatic embryo induction via ovule culture in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Rep. 25, 1275-1280.
  • Zhang LY, Sun MX (2005) Selective determination of gamma-aminobutyric acid, glutamate and alanine by mixed micellar electrokinetic chromatography and fluorescence detection. J. Chromatogr. A 1095, 185-188.
  • Peng XB, Sun MX, Yang HY (2005) A novel in vitro system for gamete fusion in maize. Cell Res. 15, 734-738.
  • Fang KF, Yan TT, Sun MX (2005) Mosaicism in the organization of Con A binding sites on the membrane surface of female cells of Nicotiana tabacum. New Phytol. 167, 743-750.