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Professor Zhizhong Gong

State Key Laboratory of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry
College of Biological Sciences, China Agricultural University
No.2 Yuanmingyuan Xilu, Haidian District
Beijing 100094, China
Tel (Fax): +86-10-6273-3733
Email: gongzz@cau.edu.cn
http://cbs.cau.edu.cn/szll-show.asp?column_id=29&column_cat_id=86
Area of expertise: Stress tolerance; salt tolerance; NaCl stress; microRNA
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010
   
Selected Publications:
   
  • Liu J, Ren X, Yin H, Wang Y, Xia R, Wang Y, Gong Z (2010) Mutation in the catalytic subunit of DNA polymerase alpha influences transcriptional gene silencing and homologous recombination in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 61, 36-45.
  • Zhang M, Henquet M , Chen Z, Zhang H, Zhang Y, Ren X, van der Krol S, Gonneau M, Bosch D, Gong Z (2009) LEW3 encoding a putative alpha-1, 2-mannosyltransferase (ALG11) in N-linked glycoprotein plays vital roles in cell wall biosynthesis and abiotic stress response in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 60, 983-999.
  • Shen J, Ren X, Cao R, Liu J, Gong Z (2009) Transcriptional gene silencing mediated by a plastid inner envelope phosphoenolpyruvate/phosphate translocator CUE1 in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 150, 1990-1996.
  • Zhou X, Hua D, Chen Z, Zhou Z, Gong Z (2009) Elongator mediates ABA responses, oxidative stress resistance, and anthocyanin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 60, 79-90.
  • Yin H, Zhang X, Liu J, Wang Y, He J, Yang T, Hong X, Yang Q, Gong Z (2009) Epigenetic regulation, somatic homologous recombination, and abscisic acid signaling are influenced by DNA polymerase epsilon mutation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 386-402.
  • Yang Q, Chen ZZ, Zhou XF, Yin HB, Li X, Xin XF, Hong XH, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2009) Overexpression of SOS (Salt Overly Sensitive) genes increases the salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Mol. Plant 2, 22-31.
  • Chinnusamy V, Gong Z, Zhu JK (2008) Nuclear RNA export and its importance in abiotic stress responses of plants. Curr. Top. Microbiol. Immunol. 326, 235-255.
  • Chinnusamy V, Gong Z, Zhu JK (2008) Abscisic acid-mediated epigenetic processes in plant development and stress responses. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 1187-1195.
  • Zhang H, Ohyama K, Boudet J, Chen Z, Yang J, Zhang M,Muranaka T, Maurel C, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2008) Dolichol biosynthesis and its effects on the unfolded protein response and abiotic stress resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 20, 1879-1898.
  • Zhao J, Zhang W, Zhao Y, Gong X, Guo L, Zhu G, Wang X, Gong Z, Schumaker KS, Guo Y (2007) SAD2, an importin -like protein, is required for UV-B response in Arabidopsis by mediating MYB4 nuclear trafficking. Plant Cell 19, 3805-3818.
  • Wang Y, Liu J, Xia R, Wang J, Shen J, Cao R, Hong X, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2007) The protein kinase TOUSLED is required for maintenance of transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis. EMBO Rep. 8, 77-83.
  • Chen Z, Zhang H, Jablonowski D, Zhou X, Ren X, Hong X, Schaffrath R, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2006) Mutations in ABO1/ELO2, a subunit of holo-elongator, increase ABA sensitivity and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis. Mol. Cell. Biol. 26, 6902-6912.
  • 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.
  • Kapoor A, Agarwal M, Andreucci A, Zheng X, Gong Z, Hasegawa PM, Bressan RA, Zhu JK (2005) Mutations in a conserved replication protein suppress transcriptional gene silencing in a DNA-methylation-independent manner in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol. 15, 1912-1918.
  • Chen Z, Hong X, Zhang H, Wang Y, Li X, Zhu JK, Gong Z (2005) Disruption of the cellulose synthase gene, AtCesA8/IRX1, enhances drought and osmotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 43, 273-283.
  • Gong Z, Dong CH, Lee H, Zhu J, Xiong L, Gong D, Stevenson B, Zhu JK (2005) A DEAD box RNA helicase is essential for mRNA export and important for development and stress responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17, 256-267.
  • Wang ZL, Li PH, Fredricksen M, Gong Z, Kim CS, Zhang C, Bohnert HJ, Zhu JK, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM, Zhao YX, Zhang H (2004) Expressed seqeunce tags from Thellungiella halophila, a new model to study plant salt-tolerance. Plant Sci. 166, 609-616.
  • Gong Z, Morales-Ruiz T, Ariza R. R. , Rold¨¢n-Arjona T, David L, Zhu JK (2002) ROS1 a repressor of transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis, encodes a DNA glycosylase/lyase. Cell 111, 803-814.
  • Zhu J, Gong Z, Zhang C, Song CP, Damsz B, Inan G, Koiwa H, Zhu JK, Hasegawa PM, Bressan RA (2002) OSM1/SYP61: a syntaxin protein in Arabidopsis controls abscisic acid-mediated and non-abscisic acid-mediated responses to abiotic stress. Plant Cell 14, 3009-3028.
  • Gong D, Zhang C, Chen X, Gong Z, Zhu JK (2002) Constitutive activation and transgenic evaluation of the function of an Arabidopsis PKS protein kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 42088-42096.
  • Gong Z, Lee H, Xiong L, Jagendorf A, Stevenson B, Zhu JK (2002) RNA helicase-like protein as an early regulator of transcription factors for plant chilling and freezing tolerance. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 11507-11512.
  • Koiwa H, Barb AW, Xiong L, Li F, McCully MG, Lee BH, Sokolchik I, Zhu J, Gong Z, Reddy M, Sharkhuu A, Manabe Y, Yokoi S, Zhu JK, Bressan RA, Hasegawa PM (2002) C-terminal domain phosphatase-like family members (AtCPLs) differentially regulate Arabidopsis thaliana abiotic stress signaling, growth, and development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 99, 10893-10898.
  • Yamazaki M, Yamagishi E, Gong Z, Fukuchi-Mizutani M, Fukui Y, Tanaka Y, Kusumi T, Yamaguchi M, Saito K (2002) Two flavonoid glucosyltransferases from Petunia hybrida: molecular cloning, biochemical properties and developmentally regulated expression. Plant Mol. Biol. 48, 401-411.
  • Gong D, Gong Z, Guo Y, Chen X, Zhu JK (2002) Biochemical and functional characterization of PKS11, a novel Arabidopsis protein kinase. J. Biol. Chem. 277, 28340-28350.
  • Gong D, Gong Z, Zhu JK (2002) Expression, activation and biochemical properties of a novel Arabidopsis protein kinase. Plant Physiol. 129, 225-234.
  • Lee H, Xiong L, Gong Z, Ishitani M, Stevenson B, Zhu JK (2001) The Arabidopsis HOS1 gene negatively regulates cold signal transduction and encodes a RING-finger protein that displays cold-regulated nucleo-cytoplasmic partitioning. Genes Dev. 15, 912-924.
  • Xiong L, Gong Z, Rock C, Subramanian S, Guo Y, Xu W, Galbraith D, Zhu JK (2001) Modulation of abscisic acid signal transduction and biosynthesis by an Sm-like protein in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell. 6, 771-781.
  • Li X, Gong Z, Koiwa H, Niu X, Espartero J, Zhu X, Veronese P, Ruggiero B, Bressan R, Weller SC, Hasegawa PM (2001) Bar expressing peppermint (Mentha X Piperita L. var. Black Mitcham) plants are highly resistant to the glufosinate herbicide liberty. Mol. Breed. 8, 109-118.
  • Gong Z, Koiwa H, Cushman MA, Ray A,Bufford D, Kore-eda S, Matsumoto T, Zhu J, Cushman J, Bressan R, Hasegawa M (2001) Genes that are uniquely stress-regulated in salt overly sensitive(sos) mutants. Plant Physiol. 126, 363-375.
  • Kitada C, Gong Z, Tanaka Y, Yamazaki M, Saito K (2001) Differential expression of two cytochrome P450s involved in the biosynthesis of flavones and anthocyanins in chemo-varietal forms of Perilla frutescens. Plant Cell Physiol. 42, 1338-1344.