Professor Zhen-Biao Yang

Center for Plant Cell Biology
Department of Botany and Plant Sciences
University of California
Riverside, CA 92521-0124, USA
Tel: +1-951-827-7351; Fax: +1-951-827-4437
E-mail: zhenbiao.yang@ucr.edu
http://cepceb.ucr.edu/members/yang.htm
Area of expertise: Cell Biology; G protein; MAP kinase; protein kinase; cell division and growth; exocytosis
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Ye J, Zheng Y, Yan A, Chen N, Wang Z, Huang S, Yang Z (2009) Arabidopsis formin3 directs the formation of actin cables and polarized growth in pollen tubes. Plant Cell 21, 3868-3884.
• Yan A, Xu G, Yang ZB (2009) Calcium participates in feedback regulation of the oscillating ROP1 Rho GTPase in pollen tubes. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 106, 22002-22007.
• Fu Y, Gu Y, Zheng Z, Wasteneys G, Yang Z (2005) Arabidopsis interdigitating cell growth requires two antagonistic pathways with opposing action on cell morphogenesis. Cell 120, 676-700.
• Park J, Gu Y, Lee Y, Yang Z, Lee Y (2004) Phosphatidic acid induces leaf cell death in Arabidopsis by activating the Rho-related small G protein GTPase-mediated pathway of reactive oxygen species generation. Plant Physiol. 134, 129-136.
• Yang Z (2003) GABA, a new player in the plant mating game. Dev. Cell 5, 185-186.
• Li S, Blanchoin L, Yang Z, Lord EM (2003) The putative Arabidopsis Arp2/3 complex controls leaf cell morphogenesis. Plant Physiol. 132, 2034-2044.
• Vernoud V, Horton AC, Yang Z, Nielson E (2003) Analysis of the small GTPase gene family of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 131, 1191-1208.
• Gu Y, Vernoud V, Fu Y, Yang Z (2003) ROP GTPase regulation of pollen tube growth through the dynamics of tip-localized F-actin. J. Exp. Bot. 54, 93-101.
• Baxter-Burrell A, Yang Z, Springer PS, Bailey-Serres J (2002) RopGAP4-dependent Rop GTPase rheostat control of Arabidopsis oxygen deprivation tolerance. Science 296, 2026-2028.
• Fu Y, Li H, Yang Z (2002) The Rop2 GTPase controls the formation of cortical fine F-actin and the early phase of directional cell expansion during Arabidopsis organogenesis. Plant Cell 14, 763-776.
• Jones MA, Shen J, Li H, Fu Y, Yang Z, Grierson CS (2002) The Arabidopsis Rop2 GTPase is a positive regulator of both root hair initiation and tip growth. Plant Cell 14, 763-776.
• Wu G, Gu Y, Li S, Yang Z (2001) A Genome-wide analysis of Arabidopsis Rop-interactive CRIB motif-containing proteins that act as Rop GTPase targets. Plant Cell 13, 2841-2856.
• Lin Y, Seals DF, Randall SK, Yang Z (2001) Dynamic localization of Rop GTPase to the tonoplast during vacuole development. Plant Physiol. 125, 241-251.
• Li H, Shen J, Zheng Z, Lin Y, Yang Z (2001) The Rop GTPase switch controls multiple distinct developmental processes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 126, 670-684.
• Fu Y, Wu G, Yang Z (2001) Rop GTPase-Dependent dynamics of tip-localized F-actin controls tip growth in pollen tubes. J. Cell Biol. 152, 1019-1032.
• Wu G, Li H, Yang Z (2000) Arabidopsis RopGAPs are a novel family of Rho GTPase-activating proteins that require the Cdc42/Rac-interactive binding motif for Ro-specific GTPase stimulation. Plant Physiol. 124, 1625-1636.
• Li H, Lin Y, Heath R, Zhu MX, Yang Z (1999) Control of pollen tube tip growth by a Rop GTPase-dependent pathway that leads to the tip-localized calcium influx. Plant Cell 11, 1731-1742.
• Trotochaud AE, Wu G, Yang Z, Clark SE (1999) The Arabidopsis CLV1-like kinase requires CLV3 for its assembly into a signaling complex that includes KAPP and a Rho GTPase. Plant Cell 11,393-406.
• Li H, Wu G, Ware D, Davis K, Yang Z (1998) Arabidopsis Rop GTPases: Differential gene expression in pollen and polar localization in fission yeast. Plant Physiol. 118, 407-417.
• Yang Z (1998) Signaling tip growth in plants. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 1, 525-530.
• Zhou D, Qian D, Cramer CL, Yang Z (1997) Developmental and environmental regulation of tissue- and cell-specific expression of a pea protein farnesyltransferase. Plant J. 12, 921-930.
• Lin Y, Yang Z (1997) Inhibition of pollen tube extension by microinjected anti-Rop1Ps antibodies suggest a role for rho-type GTPases in the control of tip growth. Plant Cell 9, 1647-1659.
• Lin Y, Wang Y, Zhu J, Yang Z (1996) Localization of a rho GTPase implies a role in tip growth and movement of the generative cell in pollen tubes. Plant Cell 8, 293-303.
• Qian D, Zhou D, Ju R, Cramer CL, Yang Z (1996) Protein farnesyltransferase in plants: molecular characterization and involvement in cell cycle control. Plant Cell 8, 2381-2394.