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National Key Laboratory of Plant Molecular Genetics,
CAS Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences,
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200032, China.
Tel.: 86-21-54924341
E-mail: yrwu@cemps.ac.cn
http://wulab.cemps.ac.cn/
Area of expertise: Maize; seed; endosperm; nutritional quality; storage protein; starch; nitrogen use efficiency; genetic improvement
Selected Publications:
Yang, T., Wu, X., Wang, W. and Wu, Y. (2023). Regulation of seed storage protein synthesis in monocot and dicot plants: A comparative review. Mol Plant 16:145-167.
Huang, Y., Wang, H., Zhu, Y., Huang, X., Li, S., Wu, X., Zhao, Y., Bao, Z., Qin, L., Jin, Y., Cui, Y., Ma, G., Xiao, Q., Wang, Q., Wang, J., Yang, X., Liu, H., Lu, X., Larkins, B.A., Wang, W. and Wu, Y. (2022). THP9 enhances seed protein content and nitrogen-use efficiency in maize. Nature 612:292-300.
Yang, T., Wang, H., Guo, L., Wu, X., Xiao, Q., Wang, J., Wang, Q., Ma, G., Wang, W. and Wu, Y. (2022). ABA-induced phosphorylation of ZmbZIP29, ZmABI19 and Opaque2 by SnRK2.2 enhances gene transactivation for endosperm filling in maize. Plant Cell 34:1933-1956.
Ji, C., Xu, L., Li, Y., Fu, Y, Li, S., Wang, Q., Zeng, X., Zhang, Z., Wang, W., Wang, J., and Wu, Y. (2022). The O2-ZmGRAS11 transcriptional regulatory network orchestrates the coordination of endosperm cell expansion and grain filling in maize. Mol Plant 15:468-487
Yang, T., Guo, L., Ji, C., Wang, H., Wang, J., Zheng, X., Xiao, Q., and Wu, Y. (2021). The B3 domain-containing transcription factor ZmABI19 coordinates expression of key factors required for maize seed development and grain filling. Plant Cel, 33:104-128.
Wang, H., Huang, Y., Xiao, Q., Huang, X., Li, C., Gao, X., Wang, Q., Xiang, X., Zhu, Y., Wang, J., Wang, W., Larkins, B.A. and Wu, Y. (2020). Carotenoids modulate kernel texture in maize by influencing amyloplast envelope integrity, Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-020-19196-9.
Li, C., Xiang, X., Huang, Y., Zhou, Y., An, D., Dong, J., Zhao, C., Liu, H., Li, Y., Wang, Q., Du, C., Messing, J., Larkins, B.A., and Wu, Y. and Wang, W. (2020). Long-read sequencing reveals genomic structural variations that underlie creation of Quality Protein Maize. Nat Commun. doi: 10.1038/s41467-019-14023-2.
Zheng, X., Li, Q., Li, C., An, D., Xiao, X., Wang, W. and Wu, Y. (2019). Intra-kernel reallocation of proteins in maize depends on vp1-mediated scutellum development and nutrient assimilation. Plant Cell 31: 2613-2635.
Huang, Y., Wang, H., Huang, X., Wang, Q., Wang, J., An, D., Li, J., Wang, W. and Wu, Y. (2019). Maize VKS1 Regulates Mitosis and Cytokinesis During Early Endosperm Development. Plant Cell 31:1238-1256.
Yang, J., Fu, M., Ji, C., Huang, Y. and Wu, Y. (2018). Maize Oxalyl-CoA Decarboxylase1 Degrades Oxalate and Affects the Seed Metabolome and Nutritional Quality. Plant Cell 30:2447-2462.
Li, Q., Wang, J., Ye, J., Zheng, X., Xiang, X., Li, C., Fu, M., Wang, Q., Zhang, Z. and Wu, Y. (2017). The maize imprinted gene Floury3 encodes a PLATZ protein required for tRNA and 5S rRNA transcription through interaction with RNA polymerase III. Plant Cell 29: 2661–2675.
Zhang, Z., Zheng, X., Yang, J., Messing J. and Wu, Y. (2016). Maize endosperm-specific transcription factors O2 and PBF network the regulation of protein and starch synthesis. PNAS 113:10842-7.
Liu, H., Shi, J., Sun, C., Gong, H., Fan, X., Qiu, F., Huang, X., Feng, Q., Zheng, X., Yuan, N., Li, C., Zhang, Z., Deng, Y., Wang, J., Pan, G., Han, B., Lai, J. and Wu, Y. (2016). Gene duplication confers enhanced expression of 27-kDa γ-zein for endosperm modification in Quality Protein Maize. PNAS 113:4964-9.
Zhang, Z., Yang, J. and Wu, Y. (2015). Transcriptional Regulation of Zein Gene Expression in Maize through the Additive and Synergistic Action of opaque2, Prolamine-Box Binding Factor, and O2 Heterodimerizing Proteins. Plant Cell 27: 1162–1172.
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