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Professor Zheng-Hua Ye

Department of Plant Biology
University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602, USA
Tel: +1-706-542-1832; Fax: +1-706-542-180
E-mail: zhye@plantbio.uga.edu
http://www.plantbio.uga.edu/~zhye/zhye.html
Area of expertise: Fiber differentiation; secondary wall biosynthesis; vascular differentiation; wood formation
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

   
Selected Publications:  
   
  • Lee C, Teng Q, Huang W, Zhong R, Ye ZH (2009) The F8H glycosyltransferase is a functional paralog of FRA8 involved in glucuronoxylan biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 812-827.
  • Zhou J, Lee C, Zhong R, Ye ZH (2009) MYB58 and MYB63 are transcriptional activators of the lignin biosynthetic pathway during secondary cell wall formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 248-266.
  • Zhong R, Lee C, Zhou J, McCarthy RL, Ye ZH (2008) A battery of transcription factors involved in the regulation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 248-266.
  • Lee C, Zhong R, Richardson EA, Himmelsbach DS, McPhail BT, Ye ZH (2007) The PARVUS gene is expressed in cells undergoing secondary wall thickening and is essential for glucuronoxylan biosynthesis. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 1659-1672 .
  • Zhong R, Ye ZH (2007) Regulation of cell wall biosynthesis. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10, 564-572.
  • Zhong R, Richardson EA, Ye ZH (2007) The MYB46 transcription factor is a direct target of SND1 and regulates secondary wall biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 2776-2792.
  • Zhou J, Qiu J, Ye ZH (2007) Alteration in secondary wall deposition by overexpression of the FRA1 kinesin-like protein in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 49, 1235-1243.
  • Burk DH, Zhong R, Ye ZH (2007) The katanin microtubule severing protein in plants. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 49, 1174-1182.
  • Zhou GK, Zhong R, Himmelsbach DS, McPhail BT, Ye ZH (2007) Molecular characterization of PoGT8D and PoGT43B, two secondary wall-associated glycosyltransferases in poplar. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 689-699.
  • Pena MJ, Zhong R, Zhou GK, Richardson EA, O'neill MA, Darvill AG, York WS, Ye ZH (2007) Arabidopsis irregular xylem8 and irregular xylem9: implications for the complexity of glucuronoxylan biosynthesis. Plant Cell 19, 549-563.
  • Zhou GK, Kubo M, Zhong R, Demura T, Ye ZH (2007) Overexpression of miR165 affects apical meristem formation, organ polarity establishment and vascular development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 391-404.
  • Zhong R, Richardson EA, Ye ZH (2007) Two NAC domain transcription factors, SND1 and NST1, function redundantly in regulation of secondary wall synthesis in fibers of Arabidopsis. Planta 225, 1603-1611.
  • Zhong R, Demura T, Ye ZH (2006) SND1, a NAC domain transcription factor, is a key regulator of secondary wall synthesis in fibers of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18, 3158-3170.
  • Zhong R, Pe?a MJ, Zhou GK, Nairn CJ, Wood-Jones A, Richardson EA, Morrison WH 3rd, Darvill AG, York WS, Ye ZH (2005) Arabidopsis fragile fiber8, which encodes a putative glucuronyltransferase, is essential for normal secondary wall synthesis. Plant Cell 17, 3390-3408.
  • Zhong R, Burk DH, Nairn CJ, Wood-Jones A, Morrison WH 3rd, Ye ZH (2005) Mutation of SAC1, an Arabidopsis SAC domain phosphoinositide phosphatase, causes alterations in cell morphogenesis, cell wall synthesis, and actin organization. Plant Cell 17, 1449-1466.
  • Zhong R, Burk DH, Morrison WH, Ye ZH (2004) FRAGILE FIBER3, an Arabidopsis gene encoding a type II inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, is required for secondary wall synthesis and actin organization in fiber cells. Plant Cell 16, 3242-3259.
  • Zhong R, Ye ZH (2004) Molecular and biochemical characterization of three WD-repeat-domain-containing inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 45, 1720-1728.
  • Zhong R, Ye ZH (2003) The SAC domain-containing protein gene family in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 132, 544-555.
  • Zhong R, Burk DH, Morrison WH 3rd, Ye ZH (2002) A kinesin-like protein is essential for oriented deposition of cellulose microfibrils and cell wall strength. Plant Cell 14, 3101-3117.
  • Burk DH, Ye ZH (2002) Alteration of oriented deposition of cellulose microfibrils by mutation of a katanin-like microtubule-severing protein. Plant Cell 14, 2145-2160.
  • Ye ZH (2002) Vascular tissue differentiation and pattern formation in plants. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 53, 183-202.
  • Zhong R, Kays SJ, Schroeder BP, Ye ZH (2002) Mutation of a chitinase-like gene causes ectopic deposition of lignin and overproduction of ethylene. Plant Cell 14, 165-179.
  • Burk DH, Liu B, Zhong R, Morrison WH, Ye ZH (2001) A katanin-like protein regulates normal cell wall biosynthesis and cell elongation. Plant Cell 13, 807-827.