Professor Wei-Cai Yang

Centre for Plant Gene Research
Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology, CAS
Lincui East Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100101 China
Tel(Fax): +86-10-6255-1272
E-mail: wcyang@genetics.ac.cn
http://sourcedb.genetics.cas.cn/zw/zjrck/200907/t20090721_2130949.html
Area of expertise: Megaspore development; ovule; embryo sac; embryo and endosperm development; molecular markers
Editorial board member until: Dec. 31, 2010

• Liu M, Yuan L, Liu NY, Shi DQ, Liu J, Yang WC (2009) GAMETOPHYTIC FACTOR 1, involved in pre-mRNA splicing, is essential for megagametogenesis and embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 51, 261-271.
• Liu NY, Zhang ZF, Yang WC (2008) Isolation of embryo-specific mutants in Arabidopsis: plant transformation. Methods Mol. Biol. 427, 91-100.
• Liu NY, Zhang ZF, Yang WC (2008) Isolation of embryo-specific mutants in Arabidopsis: genetic and phenotypic analysis. Methods Mol. Biol. 427, 101-109.
• Pu L, Li Q, Fan X, Yang W, Xue Y (2008) A R2R3 MYB transcription factor GhMYB109 is required for cotton fiber development. Genetics 180, 811-820.
• Wang F, Shi DQ, Liu J, Yang WC (2008) Novel nuclear protein ALC-INTERACTING PROTEIN1 is expressed in vascular and mesocarp cells in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50, 918-927.
• Liu J, Zhang Y, Qin G, Tsuge T, Sakaguchi N, Luo G, Sun K, Shi D, Aki S, Zheng N, Aoyama T, Oka A, Yang W, Umeda M, Xie Q, Gu H, Qu LJ (2008) Targeted degradation of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor ICK4/KRP6 by RING-type E3 ligases is essential for mitotic cell cycle progression during Arabidopsis gametogenesis. Plant Cell 20, 1538-1554.
• Chen YH, Li HJ, Shi DQ, Yuan L, Liu J, Sreenivasan R, Baskar R, Grossniklaus U, Yang WC (2007) The central cell plays a critical role for pollen tube guidance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 19, 3563-3577.
• Escobar-Restrepo JM, Huck N, Kessler S, Gagliardini V, Gheyselinck J, Yang WC, Grossniklaus U (2007) The FERONIA receptor-like kinase mediates male-female interactions during pollen tube reception. Science 317, 656-660.
• Meng ZH, Liang AH, Yang WC (2007) Effects of hygromycin on cotton cultures and its application in Agrobacterium-mediated cotton transformation. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol., Plant 43, 111-118.
• Song XF, Yang CY, Liu J, Yang WC (2006) RPA, a Class II ARFGAP protein, activates ARF1 and U5 and plays a role in root hair development in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.141, 966-976.
• Ding YH, Liu NY, Tang ZS, Liu J, Yang WC (2006) Arabidopsis GLUTAMINE-RICH PROTEIN23 is essential for early embryogenesis and encodes a novel nuclear PPR motif protein that interacts with RNA polymerase II subunit III. Plant Cell 18, 815-830.
• Chen YH, Wu XM, Ling HQ, Yang WC (2006) Transgenic expression of DwMYB2 impairs iron transport from root to shoot in Arabidopsis thaliana. Cell Res. 16, 830-840.
• Yang WC (2005). Female gametophyte development. Handbook of seed science and technology. The Haworth Press, Totowa, USA (ed Basra AS) 27-62.
• Yang SL, Jiang L, Puah CS, Xie LF, Zhang XQ, Chen LQ, Yang WC, Ye D (2005) Overexpression of TAPETUM ETERMINANT1 alters the cell fates in the Arabidopsis carpel and tapetum via genetic interaction with EXCESS MICROSPOROCYTES1/EXTRA SPOROGENOUS CELLS. Plant Physiol. 139, 186-191.
• Shi DQ, Liu J, Xiang YH, Ye D, Sundaresan V, Yang WC (2005) SLOW WALKER1 , essential for gametogenesis in Arabidopsis, encodes a WD40 protein involved in 18S ribosomal RNA biogenesis. Plant Cell 17, 2340-2354.
• Li XB, Fan XP, Wang XL, Cai L, Yang WC (2005) The cotton ACTIN1 gene is functionally expressed in fibers and participates in fiber elongation. Plant Cell 17, 859-875.
• Jiang L, Yang SL, Xie LF, Puah CS, Zhang XQ, Yang WC, Sundaresan V, Ye D (2005) VANGUARD1 encodes a pectin methylesterase that enhances pollen tube growth in the Arabidopsis style and transmitting tract. Plant Cell 17, 584-596.
• Rotman N, Durbarry A, Wardle A, Yang WC, Chaboud A, Faure JE, Berger F, Twell D (2005) A novel class of MYB factors controls sperm-cell formation in plants. Curr. Biol. 15, 244-248.
• Yang SL, Xie LF, Mao HZ, Puah CS, Yang WC, Jiang L, Sundaresan V, Ye D (2003) Tapetum determinant1 is required for cell specialization in the Arabidopsis anther. Plant Cell 15, 2792-2804.
• Wu XM, Lim SH, Yang WC (2003) Characterization, expression and phylogenetic study of R2R3-MYB genes in orchid. Plant Mol. Biol. 51, 959-972.
• Compaan B, Yang WC, Bisseling, Franssen H (2001) ENOD40 expression in the pericycle precedes cortical cell division in Rhizobium-legume interaction and the highly conserved internal region of the gene does not encode a peptide. Plant Soil 230, 1-8.
• Yang WC, Sundaresan V (2000) Genetics of gametophyte biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 3, 53-57.
• Yang WC, Ye D, Xu J, Sundaresan V (1999) The SPOROCYTELESS gene of Arabidopsis is required for sporogenesis and encodes a novel protein. Genes Dev. 13, 2108-2117.
• Yang WC (1999) Molecular mechanism of root nodule formation. Molecular Mechanisms of Plant Development. Science Press, Beijing, China (eds Xu ZH and Liu CM) (in Chinese).
• Kumaran MK, Ye D, Yang WC, Griffith ME, Chaudhury AM, Sundaresan V (1999) Molecular cloning of ABNORMAL FLORAL?ORGANS : a gene required for flower development in Arabidopsis. Sex. Plant Reprod. 12, 118-122.
• Parinov S, Sevugan M, Ye D, Yang WC, Kumaran M, Sundaresan V (1999) Analysis of flanking sequences from Dissociation insertion lines: a database for reverse genetics in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 11, 1-9.
• Heidstra R, Yang WC, Yalcin Y, Peck S, Emons AM, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1997) Ethylene provides positional information on cortical cell division but is not involved in Nod factor-induced root hair tip growth in Rhizobium-legume interaction. Development 124, 1781-1787.
• Christiansen H, Hansen AC, Vijn I, Pallisgaard N, Larsen K, Yang WC, Bisseling T, Marcker KA, Jensen EO (1996) A novel type of DNA-binding protein interacts with a conserved sequence in an early nodulin ENOD12 promoter. Plant Mol. Biol. 32, 809-821.
• Vijn I, Yang WC, Pallisgård N, Ostergaard Jensen E, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1995) VsENOD5, VsENOD12 and VsENOD40 expression during Rhizobium-induced nodule formation on Vicia sativa roots. Plant Mol. Biol. 28, 1111-1119.
• Vijn I, Martinez-Abarca F, Yang WC, das Neves L, van Brussel A, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1995) Early nodulin gene expression during Nod factor-induced processes in Vicia sativa. Plant J. 8, 111-119.
• Fern¨˘ndez D, Toffanin A, Palacios JM, Ruiz-Arg¨šeso T, Imperial J (1995) Temporal and spatial co-expression of hydrogenase and nitrogenase genes from Rhizobium leguminosarum bv. viciae in pea (Pisum sativum L.) root nodules. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 8, 235-240.
• Mylona P, Moerman M, Yang WC, Gloudemans T, Van de Kerckhove J, van Kammen A, Bisseling T, Franssen HJ (1994) The root epidermis specific pea gene RH2 is homologous to a pathogen related gene. Plant Mol. Biol. 26, 39-50.
• Matvienko M, Van de Sande K, Yang WC, van Kammen A, Bisseling T, Franssen H (1994) Comparison of soybean and pea ENOD40 cDNA clones representing genes expressed during both early and late stages of nodule development. Plant Mol. Biol. 26, 487-493.
• Yang WC, de Blank C, Meskiene I, Hirt H, Bakker J, van Kammen A, Franssen H, Bisseling T (1994) Rhizobium nod factors reactivate the cell cycle during infection and nodule primordium formation, but the cycle is only completed in primordium formation. Plant Cell 6, 1415-1426.
• de Maagd RA, Yang WC, Goosen-de Roo L, Mulders IHM, Roest HP, Spaink HP, Bisseling T, Lugtenberg BJJ (1994) Down-regulation of expression of the Rhizobium leguminosarum outer membrane protein gene ropA occurs abruptly in interzone II-III of pea nodules and can be uncoupled from nif gene activation. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 7, 276-281.
• Kardailsky I, Yang WC, Zalensky A, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1993) The pea late nodulin gene PsNOD6 is homologous to the early nodulin genes PsENOD3/14 and is expressed after the leghaemoglobin genes. Plant Mol. Biol. 23, 1029-1037.
• Yang WC, Katinakis P, Hendriks P, Smolders A, de Vries F, Spee J, van Kammen A, Bisseling T, Franssen H (1993) Characterization of GmENOD40, a gene showing novel patterns of cell-specific expression during soybean nodule development. Plant J. 3, 573-585.
• de Blank C, Mylona P, Yang WC, Katinakis P, Bisseling T, Franssen H (1993) Characterization of the soybean early nodulin cDNA clone GmENOD55. Plant Mol. Biol. 22, 1167-1171.
• Yang WC, Canter Cramers HCJ, Hogendijk P, Katinakis P, Wijffelman CA, Franssen H, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1992) In-situ localization of chalcone synthase mRNA in pea root nodule development. Plant J. 2, 143-151.
• Franssen HJ, Vijn I, Yang WC, Bisseling T (1992) Developmental aspects of the Rhizobium-legume symbiosis. Plant Mol. Biol. 19, 89-107.
• Yang WC, Horvath B, Hontelez J, van Kammen A, Bisseling T (1991) In situ localization of Rhizobium mRNAs in pea root nodules: nifA and nifH localization. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 4, 464-468.