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Professor Xiao-Feng Cao

National Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics and Center for Plant Gene Research
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Datun Road, Anwai, Chaoyang District
Beijing 100101, China
Tel: +86-10-6486-9203; Fax: +86-10-64873428
E-mail: xfcao@genetics.ac.cn
http://sourcedb.cas.cn/sourcedb_genetics_cas/zw/zjrck/200907/t20090731_2287246.html
Area of expertise: Epigenetic regulation; microRNA; siRNA; gene silencing
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010
   
Selected Publications:  
   
  • Wang Y, Li P, Cao X, Wang X, Zhang A, Li X (2009) Identification and expression analysis of miRNAs from nitrogen-fixing soybean nodules. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 378, 799-803.
  • Meyers BC, Axtell MJ, Bartel B, Bartel DP, Baulcombe D, Bowman JL, Cao X, Carrington JC, Chen X, Green PJ, Griffiths-Jones S, Jacobsen SE, Mallory AC, Martienssen RA, Poethig RS, Qi Y, Vaucheret H, Voinnet O, Watanabe Y, Weigel D, Zhu JK (2008) Criteria for annotation of plant MicroRNAs. Plant Cell 20, 3186-3190.
  • Lacombe S, Nagasaki H, Santi C, Duval D, Pi¨¦gu B, Bangratz M, Breitler JC, Guiderdoni E, Brugidou C, Hirsch J, Cao X, Brice C, Panaud O, Karlowski WM, Sato Y, Echeverria M (2008) Identification of precursor transcripts for 6 novel miRNAs expands the diversity on the genomic organisation and expression of miRNA genes in rice. BMC Plant Biol. 8, 123.
  • Niu L, Zhang Y, Pei Y, Liu C, Cao X (2008) Redundant requirement for a pair of PROTEIN ARGININE METHYLTRANSFERASE4 homologs for the proper regulation of Arabidopsis flowering time. Plant Physiol. 148, 490-503.
  • Zhang D, Yang Q, Ding Y, Cao X, Xue Y, Cheng Z (2008) Cytological characterization of the tandem repetitive sequences and their methylation status in the Antirrhinum majus genome. Genomics 92, 107-114.
  • Lu F, Li G, Cui X, Liu C, Wang XJ, Cao X (2008) Comparative analysis of JmjC domain-containing proteins reveals the potential histone demethylases in Arabidopsis and rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 886-896.
  • Zhai J, Liu J, Liu B, Li P, Meyers BC, Chen X, Cao X (2008) Small RNA-directed epigenetic natural variation in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet. 4, e1000056.
  • Lu C, Jeong DH, Kulkarni K, Pillay M, Nobuta K, German R, Thatcher SR, Maher C, Zhang L, Ware D, Liu B, Cao X, Meyers BC, Green PJ (2008) Genome-wide analysis for discovery of rice microRNAs reveals natural antisense microRNAs (nat-miRNAs). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 4951-4956.
  • Niu L, Lu F, Pei Y, Liu C, Cao X (2007) Regulation of flowering time by the protein arginine methyltransferase AtPRMT10. EMBO Rep. 8, 1190-1195.
  • Liu B, Chen Z, Song X, Liu C, Cui X, Zhao X, Fang J, Xu W, Zhang H, Wang X, Chu C, Deng X, Xue Y, Cao X (2O07) Oryza sativa dicer-like4 reveals a key role for small interfering RNA silencing in plant development. Plant Cell 19, 2705-2718.
  • Yan D, Zhang Y, Niu L, Yuan Y, Cao X (2007) Identification and characterization of two closely related histone H4 arginine 3 methyltransferases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Biochem J. 408, 113-121.
  • Pei Y, Niu L, Lu F, Liu C, Zhai J, Kong X, Cao X (2007) Mutations in the Type II protein arginine methyltransferase AtPRMT5 result in pleiotropic developmental defects in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 44, 1913-1923.
  • Deng W, Liu C, Pei Y, Deng X, Niu L, Cao X (2007) Involvement of the histone acetyltransferase AtHAC1 in the regulation of flowering time via repression of FLOWERING LOCUS C in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 143, 1660-1668.
  • Ding Y, Wang X, Su L, Zhai J, Cao S, Zhang D, Liu C, Bi Y, Qian Q, Cheng Z, Chu C, Cao X (2007) SDG714, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase, is involved in Tos17 DNA methylation and transposition in rice. Plant Cell 19, 9-22.
  • Xia R, Wang J, Liu C, Wang Y, Wang Y, Zhai J, Liu J, Hong X, Cao X, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2006) ROR1/RPA2A, a putative replication protein A2, functions in epigenetic gene silencing and in regulation of meristem development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18, 85-103.
  • Liu B, Li P, Li X, Liu C, Cao S, Chu C, Cao X (2005) Loss of function of OsDCL1 affects microRNA accumulation and causes developmental defects in rice. Plant Physiol. 139, 296-305.
  • Zhang W, Yi C, Bao W, Liu B, Cui J, Yu H, Cao X, Gu M, Liu M, Cheng Z (2005) The transcribed 165-bp CentO satellite is the major functional centromeric element in the wild rice species Oryza punctata. Plant Physiol. 139, 306-315.
  • Li H, Xu L, Wang H, Yuan Z, Cao X, Yang Z, Zhang D, Xu Y, Huang H (2005) The Putative RNA-dependent RNA polymerase RDR6 acts synergistically with ASYMMETRIC LEAVES1 and 2 to repress BREVIPEDICELLUS and MicroRNA165/166 in Arabidopsis leaf development. Plant Cell 17, 2157-2171.
  • Cao X, Aufsatz W, Zilberman D, Mette MF, Huang MS, Matzke M, Jacobsen SE (2003) Role of the DRM and CMT3 methyltransferases in RNA-directed DNA methylation. Curr. Biol. 13, 2212-2217.
  • ZZilberman D, Cao X, Johansen LK, Xie Z, Carrington JC, Jacobsen SE (2004) Role of Arabidopsis ARGONAUTE4 in RNA-directed DNA methylation triggered by inverted repeats. Curr. Biol. 14, 1214-1220.
  • Kinoshita T, Miura A, Choi Y, Kinoshita Y, Cao X, Jacobsen SE, Fischer RL, Kakutani T (2004) One-way control of FWA imprinting in Arabidopsis endosperm by DNA methylation. Science 303, 521-523.
  • Zilberman D, Cao X, Jacobsen SE (2003) ARGONAUTE4 control of locus-specific siRNA accumulation and DNA and histone methylation. Science 299, 716-719.
  • Cao X, Jacobsen SE (2002a) Role of the Arabidopsis DRM methyltransferases in de novo DNA methylation and gene silencing. Curr. Biol. 12, 1138-1144.
  • Cao X, Jacobsen SE (2002b) Locus specific control of asymmetric and CpNpG methylation by the DRM and CMT3 methyltransferase genes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 16491-16498.
  • Jackson JP, Lindroth AM, Cao X, Jacobsen SE (2002) Control of CpNpG DNA methylation by the KRYPTONITE histone H3 methyltransferase. Nature 416, 556-560.
  • Johnson L, Cao X, Jacobsen S (2002) Interplay between two epigenetic marks. DNA methylation and histone H3 lysine 9 methylation. Curr. Biol. 12, 1360-1367.
  • Lindroth AM, Cao X, Jackson JP, Zilberman D, McCallum CM, Henikoff S, Jacobsen SE (2001) Requirement of CHROMOMETHYLASE3 for maintenance of CpXpG methylation. Science 292, 2077-2080.
  • Cao X, Springer NM, Muszynski MG, Phillips RL, Kaeppler S, Jacobsen SE (2000) Conserved plant genes with similarity to mammalian de novo DNA methyltransferases. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 4979-4984.
  • Cao X, Rogers SW, Butler J, Beevers L, Rogers JC (2000) Structural requirements for ligand binding by a probable plant vacuolar sorting receptor. Plant Cell 12, 493-506.
  • Jacobsen SE, Sakai H, Finnegan EJ, Cao X, Meyerowitz EM (2000) Ectopic hypermethylation of flower-specific genes in Arabidopsis. Curr. Biol. 10, 179-186.
  • Cao X , Linstead P, Berger F, Kieber J, Dolan L (1999) Differential ethylene sensitivity of epidermal cells is involved in the establishment of cell pattern in the Arabidopsis root. Physiol.Plant.106, 311-317.
  • Dolan L, Linstead P, Kidner C, Boudonck K, Cao XF, Berger F (1998) Cell fate in plants. Lessons from the Arabidopsis root. Symp. Soc. Exp. Biol. 51, 11-17.
  • Xia M, Zhu Y, Cao X, You L, Chen Z (1995) Cloning, sequencing and analysis of a gene encoding Escherichia coli proline dehydrogenase. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 127, 235-242.
  • Cao XF, Lu ZB, Zhu YX, Pan NS, Chen ZL (1994) Cloning and sequencing of a tomato cDNA of ethylene-forming enzyme. Chin. Sci. Bull. 39, 430-434.
  • Cao XF, Wang RC, Yen LF, Lu ZB , Pan NS, Chen ZL (1994) Construction of a Pea Tendril cDNA library and sequence analysis of a Pea actin cDNA, PEAc1. Chin. Sci. Bull. 39, 332-337.