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College of Agriculture and Biotechnology
China Agricultural University
Beijing, China
Tel: +86-10-6273-1405; Fax: +86-10-6273-1416
E-mail: jlai@cau.edu.cn
http://nxy.cau.edu.cn/art/2012/4/24/art_661_133922.html
Area of expertise: Maize; functional genomics; insect and herbicide-resistant genetically; engineered drought; comparative genomics and molecular breeding
Selected Publications:
Shi, J., Ma, X., Zhang, J., Zhou, Y., Liu, M., Huang, L., Sun, S., Zhang, X., Gao, X., Zhan, W., Li, P., Wang, L., Lu, P., Zhao, H., Song, W., and Lai, J. (2019). Chromosome conformation capture resolved near complete genome assembly of broomcorn millet. Nat. Commun. 10:464.
Sun, S., Zhou, Y., Chen, J., Shi, J., Zhao, H., Zhao, H., Song, W., Zhang, M., Cui, Y., Dong, X., Liu, H., Ma, X., Jiao, Y., Wang, B., Wei, X., Stein, J.C., Glaubitz, J.C., Lu, F., Yu, G., Liang, C., Fengler, K., Li, B., Rafalski, A., Schnable, P.S., Ware, D.H., Buckler, E.S., and Lai, J. (2018). Extensive intraspecific gene order and gene structural variations between Mo17 and other maize genomes. Nat. Genet. 50:1289–1295.
Dong, X., Chen, J., Li, T., Li, E., Zhang, X., Zhang, M., Song, W., Zhao, H., and Lai, J. (2018). Parent-of-origin-dependent nucleosome organization correlates with genomic imprinting in maize. Genome Res. 28:1020–1028.
Zhang, X., Lei, L., Lai, J., Zhao, H., and Song, W. (2018). Effects of drought stress and water recovery on physiological responses and gene expression in maize seedlings. BMC Plant Biol. 18:68.
Dong, X., Zhang, M., Chen, J., Peng, L.Z., Wang, X., and Lai, J. (2017). Dynamic and antagonistic allele-specific epigenetic modifications controlling the expression of imprinted genes in Maize Endosperm. Mol. Plant. 10:442–455.
Chen, J., Li, E., Zhang, X., Dong, X., Lei, L., Song, W., Zhao, H., and Lai, J. (2017). Genome-wide nucleosome occupancy and organization modulates the plasticity of gene transcriptional status in maize. Mol. Plant. 10:962–974.
Song, W., Zhao, H., Zhang, X., Lei, L., and Lai, J. (2016). Genome-wide identification of VQ motif-containing proteins and their expression profiles under abiotic stresses in maize. Front. Plant Sci. 56:1177.
Song, W., Wang, B., Hauck, A., Dong, X., Li, J., and Lai, J. (2016). Genetic dissection of maize seedling root system architecture traits using an ultra-high density bin-map and a recombinant inbred line population. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 58:266–79.
Zhu, J., Song, N., Sun, S., Yang, W., Zhao, H., Song, W., and Lai, J. (2016). Efficiency and inheritance of targeted mutagenesis in Maize using CRISPR-Cas9. J. Genet. Genomics. 43: 25–36.
Lei, L., Shi, J., Chen, J., Zhang, M., Sun, S., Xie, S., Li, X., Zeng, B., Peng, L., Hauck, A., Zhao, H., Song, W., Fan, Z., and Lai, J. (2015). Ribosome profiling reveals dynamic translational landscape in maize seedlings under drought stress. Plant J. 84:1206–1218.
Chen, Z., Wang, B., Dong, X., Liu, H., Ren, L., Chen, J., Hauck, A., Song, W., and Lai, J. (2014). An ultra-high density bin-map for rapid QTL mapping for tassel and ear architecture in a large F2 maize population. BMC Genomics. 15:433.
Zhang, M., Xie, S., Dong, X., Zhao, X., Zeng, B., Chen, J., Li, H., Yang, W., Zhao, H., Wang, G., Chen, Z., Sun, S., Hauck, A., Jin, W., and Lai, J. (2013). Genome-wide high resolution parental specific DNA and histone methylation maps uncover patterns of imprinting regulation in maize. Genome Res. 24: 167–176.
Jiang, Y., Zeng, B., Zhao, H., Zhang, M., Xie, S., and Lai, J. (2012). Genome-wide transcription factor gene prediction and their expressional tissue-specificities in maize. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 54: 616–630.
Guan, H., Liu, C., Zhao, Y., Zeng, B., Zhao, H., Jiang, Y., Song, W., and Lai, J. (2012). Characterization, fine mapping and expression profiling of Ragged leaves1 in maize. Theor. Appl. Genet. 125: 1125–1135.
Jiao, Y., Zhao, H., Ren, L., Song, W., Zeng, B., Guo, J., Wang, B., Liu, Z., Chen, J., Li, W., Zhang, M., Xie, S., and Lai, J. (2012). Genome-wide genetic changes during modern breeding of maize. Nat. Genet. 4: 812–817.
Lu, X., Hu, X., Zhao, Y., Song, W., Zhang, M., Chen, Z., Chen, W., Dong, Y., Wang, Z., and Lai, J. (2012). Map-based cloning of zb7 encoding an IPP and DMAPP synthase in the MEP pathway of maize. Mol. Plant. 5: 1100–1112.
Zhang, M., Zhao, H., Xie, S., Chen, J., Xu, Y., Wang. K., Zhao, H., Guan, H., Hu, X., Jiao, Y., Song, W., and Lai, J. (2011). Extensive, clustered parental imprinting of protein-coding and noncoding RNAs in developing maize endosperm. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 108: 20042–20047.
Zhao, Y., Lu, X., Liu, C., Guan, H., Zhang, M., Li, Z., Cai, H., and Lai, J. (2012). Identification and fine mapping of rhm1 locus for resistance to southern corn leaf blight in maize. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 54: 321–329.
Dong, Y., Lu, X., Song, W., Shi, L., Zhang, M., Zhao, H., Jiao, Y., and Lai, J. (2011). Structural characterization of helitrons and their stepwise capturing of gene fragments in the maize genome. BMC Genomics. 12: 609–619.
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