Professor Zhongchi Liu

Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Genetics
3236 H. J. Patterson Hall
University of Maryland, USA
College Park, MD 20742
Tel: +1-301-405-1586; Fax: +1-301-314-9082
E-mail: zliu@umd.edu
www.life.umd.edu/cbmg/faculty/liu/lab/
Area of expertise: Flower development; epigenetic regulation; cytokinesis
Co-editor until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Bui M, Liu Z (2009) Simple allele-discriminating PCR for cost-effective and rapid genotyping and mapping. Plant Methods 5, 1.
• Sitaraman J, Bui M, Liu Z (2008) LEUNIG_HOMOLOG and LEUNIG perform partially redundant functions during Arabidopsis embryo and floral development. Plant Physiol. 147, 672-681.
• Hollender C, Liu Z (2008) Histone deacetylase genes in Arabidopsis development. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 875-885.
• Liu Z, Karmarkar V (2008) Groucho/Tup1 family co-repressors in plant development. Trends Plant Sci. 13, 137-144.
• Liu ZR, Liu ZC (2008) The second intron of AGAMOUS drives carpel- and stamen-specific expression sufficient to induce complete sterility in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Rep. 27, 855-863.
• Sridhar VV, Surendrarao A, Liu Z (2006) APETALA1 and SEPALLATA3 interact with SEUSS to mediate transcription repression during flower development. Development 133, 3159-3166.
• Franks RG, Liu Z, Fischer RL (2006) SEUSS and LEUNIG regulate cell proliferation, vascular development and organ polarity in Arabidopsis petals. Planta 224, 801-811.
• Wang C, Liu Z (2006) Arabidopsis ribonucleotide reductases are critical for cell cycle progression, DNA damage repair, and plant development. Plant Cell 18, 350-365.
• Liu Z (2005) Regulatory Mechanisms for Floral Organ Identity Specification in Higher Plants. Gene Expression and Regulation (Ma J ed). Higher Education Press, Beijing and Blackwell Publishing.
• Sridhar VV, Surendrarao A, Gonzalez D, Conlan RS, Liu Z (2004) Transcriptional repression of target genes by LEUNIG and SEUSS, two interacting regulatory proteins for Arabidopsis flower development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 101, 11494-11499.
• Bao X, Franks RG, Levin JZ, Liu Z (2004) Repression of AGAMOUS by BELLRINGER in floral and inflorescence meristems. Plant Cell 16, 1478-1489.
• Franks RG, Wang C, Levin JZ, Liu Z (2002) SEUSS, a member of a novel family of plant regulatory proteins, represses floral homeotic gene expression with LEUNIG. Development 129, 253-263.
• Song JY, Leung T, Ehler LK, Wang C, Liu Z (2000) Regulation of meristem organization and cell division by TSO1, an Arabidopsis gene with cysteine-rich repeats. Development 127, 2207-2217.
• Liu Z, Franks RG, Klink VP (2000) Regulation of gynoecium marginal tissue formation by LEUNIG and AINTEGUMENTA. Plant Cell 12, 1879-1892.
• Conner J, Liu Z (2000) LEUNIG, a putative transcriptional corepressor that regulates AGAMOUS expression during flower development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97, 12902-12907.
• Scovel G, Altshuler T, Liu Z, Vainstein A (2000) The Evergreen gene is essential for flower initiation in carnation. J. Hered. 91, 487-491.
• Liu Z, Running MP, Meyerowitz EM (1997) TSO1 functions in cell division during Arabidopsis flower development. Development 124, 665-672.
• Liu Z, Meyerowitz EM (1995) LEUNIG regulates AGAMOUS expression in Arabidopsis flowers. Development 121, 975-991.