State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
Department of Plant Sciences
College of Biological Sciences
China Agricultural University
Beijing 100094 China
Tel: +86-10-6273-3436; Fax: +86-10-6273-3491
E-mail: mingyuan@cau.edu.cn
http://cbs.cau.edu.cn/szll-show.asp?column_id=28&column_cat_id=86
Area of expertise: Actin; cell biology; cell growth; cell morphogenesis; confocal microscopy; cytoskeleton; microtubule; pollen
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Mu RL, Cao YR, Liu YF, Lei G, Zou HF, Liao Y, Wang HW, Zhang WK, Ma B, Du JZ, Yuan M, Zhang JS, Chen SY (2009) An R2R3-type transcription factor gene AtMYB59 regulates root growth and cell cycle progression in Arabidopsis. Cell Res. 19, 1291-1304.
• Liu BQ, Jin L, Zhu L, Li J, Huang S, Yuan M (2009) Phosphorylation of microtubule-associated protein SB401 from Solanum berthaultii regulates its effect on microtubules. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 51, 235-242.
• Wang F, Jing Y, Wang Z, Mao T, Samaj J, Yuan M, Ren H (2009) Arabidopsis profilin isoforms, PRF1 and PRF2 show distinctive binding activities and subcellular distributions. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 51, 113-121.
• Yao H, Xu Q, Yuan M (2008) Actin dynamics mediates the changes of calcium level during the pulvinus movement of Mimosa pudica. Plant Signal. Behav. 3, 954-960.
• Wang C, Li J, Yuan M (2007) Salt tolerance requires cortical microtubule reorganization in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 1534-1547.
• Huang S, Jin L, Du J, Li H, Zhao Q, Ou G, Ao G, Yuan M (2007) SB401, a pollen-specific protein from Solanum berthaultii, binds to and bundles microtubules and F-actin. Plant J. 51, 406-418.
• Li H, Mao T, Zhang Z, Yuan M (2007) The AtMAP65-1 cross-bridge between microtubules is formed by one dimer. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 866-874.
• Wang X, Zhu L, Liu B, Wang C, Jin L, Zhao Q, Yuan M (2007) Arabidopsis MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEIN18 functions in directional cell growth by destabilizing cortical microtubules. Plant Cell 19, 877-889.
• Guo H, Xu C, Liu C, Qu E, Yuan M, Li Z, Cheng B, Zhang D (2006) Mechanism and dynamics of breakage of fluorescent microtubules. Biophys. J. 90, 2093-2098.
• Yu M, Yuan M, Ren H (2006) Visualization of actin cytoskeletal dynamics during the cell cycle in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. cv Bright Yellow) cells. Biol. Cell 98, 295-306.
• Li CL, Chen ZL, Yuan M (2006) Actomyosin is involved in the organization of the microtubule preprophase band in Arabidopsis suspension cultured cells. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 48, 53-61.
• Liu CX, Guo HL, Xu CH, Yuan M, Li ZL, Cheng BY, Zhang DZ (2005) Measurement of breaking force of fluorescence labelled microtubules with optical tweezers. Chinese Phys. Lett. 22, 1278-1280.
• Mao T, Jin L, Li H, Liu B, Yuan M (2005) Two microtubule-associated proteins of the Arabidopsis MAP65 family function differently on microtubules. Plant Physiol. 138, 654-662.
• Li X, Qian Q, Fu Z, Wang Y, Xiong G, Zeng D, Wang X, Liu X, Teng S, Hiroshi F, Yuan M, Luo D, Han B, Li J (2003) Control of tillering in rice. Nature 422, 618-621.
• Ou GS, Chen ZL, Yuan M (2002) Jasplakinolide reversibly disrupts actin filaments in suspension-cultured tobacco BY-2 cells. Protoplasma 219, 168-175.
• Yuan M, Fu Y, Wang F, Huang BQ, Sze-Yong Z, Peter KH (2002) Fertilization in Torenia fournieri: actin organization and nuclear behavior in the central cell and primary endosperm. Sci. China C Life Sci. 45, 211-224.
• Fu Y, Yuan M, Huang BQ, Yang HY, Sze-Yong Z, O'Brien TP (2000) Changes in actin organization in the living egg apparatus of Torenia fournieri during fertilization. Sex. Plant Reprod. 12, 315-322.
• Han YZ, Huang BQ, Zee SY, Yuan M (2000) Symplastic communication between the central cell and the egg apparatus cells in the embryo sac of Torenia fournieri Lind. before and during fertilization. Planta 211, 158-162.
• Hussey PJ, Yuan M, Calder G, Khan S, Lloyd CW (1998) Microinjection of pollen-specific actin-depolymerizing factor, ZmADF1, reorientates F-actin strands in Tradescantia stamen hair cells. Plant J. 14, 353-357.
• Ren H, Gibbon BC, Ashworth SL, Sherman DM, Yuan M, Staiger CJ (1997) Actin purified from maize pollen functions. in living plant cells. Plant Cell 9, 1445-1457.
• Lloyd CW, Shaw PJ, Warn RM, Yuan M (1996) Gibberellic-acid-induced reorientation of cortical microtubules in living plant cells. J. Microsc. 181, 140-144.
• Yuan M, Warn RM, Shaw PJ, Lloyd CW (1995) Dynamic microtubules under the radial and outer tangential walls of microinjected pea epidermal cells observed by computer reconstruction. Plant J. 7, 17-23.
• Yuan M, Shaw PJ, Warn RM, Lloyd CW (1994) Dynamic reorientation of cortical microtubules, from transverse to longitudinal, in living plant cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 91, 6050-6053.
• Staiger CJ, Yuan M, Valenta R, Shaw PJ, Warn RM, Lloyd CW (1994) Microinjected profilin affects cytoplasmic streaming in plant cells by rapidly depolymerizing actin microfilaments. Curr. Biol. 4, 215-219.