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Professor of Plant Systems Physiology
Institute for Water and Wetland Research
Faculty of Science
Radboud University
The Netherlands
Tel: +31 (0)24 3652773
E-mail: J.Xu@science.ru.nl
Visiting address:
Huygens building, room HG01.011
Heyendaalseweg 135, 6525 AJ Nijmegen
Area of expertise: Auxin; fluorescent biosensor; regeneration; root cap; stem cell
Selected Publications:
Shaw, R., Tian, X., and Xu, J. (2021) Single-cell transcriptome analysis in Plants: Advances and challenges. Mol Plant. 14:115–126.
Tian, X., Zhang, C., and Xu, J. (2018). Control of cell fate reprogramming towards de novo shoot organogenesis. Plant Cell Physiol. 59: 713–719.
Hong, J., Savina, M., Du, J., Devendran, A., Ramakanth, K., Tian, X., Sim, W., Mironova, V., and Xu, J. (2017). A Sacrifice-for-Survival Mechanism Protects Root Stem Cell Niche from Chilling Stress. Cell 170: 102–113.
Zhang, Y., Zheng, L., Hong, J., Gong, X., Zhou, C., Pérez-Pérez, J., and Xu, J. (2016). TOPOISOMERASE1α acts through two distinct mechanisms to regulate stele and columella stem cell maintenance in the Arabidopsis root. Plant Physiol. 171: 483–493.
Gong, X., Flores-Vegara, M., Hong, J., Chu, H., Lim, J., Franks, R., Liu, Z., Xu, J. (2016). SEUSS integrates gibberellin signalling with transcriptional inputs from the SHR-SCR-SCL3 module to regulate middle cortex formation in the Arabidopsis root. Plant Physiol. 170: 1675–1683.
Li. J., Zhao, Y., Chu, H., Wang, L., Fu, Y., Lu, P., Upadhyaya, N., Chen, C., Mou, T., Feng, Y., Kumar, P., and Xu, J. (2015). SHOEBOX modulates root meristem size in rice through dose-dependent effects of gibberellins on cell elongation and proliferation. PLoS Genet. 11: e1005464.
Hong, J., Chu, H., Zhang, C., Ghosh, D., Gong, X., and Xu, J. (2015). A quantitative analysis of stem cell homeostasis in the Arabidopsis columella root cap. Front Plant Sci. 6: 206.
Wang, L., Chu, H., Li, Z., Wang, J., Li, J., Qiao, Y., Fu, Y., Mou, T., Chen, C., and Xu, J. (2014). Origin and development of the root cap in rice. Plant Physiol. 166: 603–613.
Sassi, M., Lu, Y., Zhang, Y., Wang, J., Dhonukshe, P., Blilou, I., Dai, M., Li, J., Gong, X., Jaillais, Y., Yu, X., Traas, J., Ruberti, I., Wang, H., Scheres, B., Vernoux, T., and Xu, J. (2012). COP1 mediates the coordination of root and shoot growth by light through modulation of PIN1 and PIN2-dependent auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Development 139: 3402–3412.
Grieneisen, V., Xu, J., Maree, A., Hogeweg, P., and Scheres, B. (2007). Auxin transport is sufficient to generate a maximum and gradient guiding root growth. Nature 449: 1008–1013.
Wisniewska, J., Xu, J., Seifertova, D., Brewer, P.B., Ruzicka, K., Blilou, I., Benkova, E., Scheres, B., and Friml, J. (2006). Polar PIN localization directs auxin flow in plants. Science 312: 883.
Xu, J., Hofhuis, H., Heidstra, R., Sauer, M., Friml, J., and Scheres, B. (2006). A molecular framework for plant regeneration. Science 311: 385–388.
Blilou, I., Xu, J., Wildwater, M., Willemsen, W., Paponov, I., Friml, J., Heidstra, R., Aida, M., Palme, K., and Scheres, B. (2005). The PIN auxin efflux facilitator network controls growth and patterning in Arabidopsis roots. Nature 433: 39–44.
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