J Integr Plant Biol board

Dr. Cao Xu

Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology (IGDB), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. Chinese Academy of Sciences-John Innes Centre, Centre of Excellence for Plant and Microbial Science (CEPAMS). Tel.: 86-10-64803911; Fax: 86-10-64803911
E-mail: caoxu@genetics.ac.cn
http://xulab.genetics.ac.cn/
Area of expertise: Plant development, stress resilience, crop improvement, small peptide, genome editing, phase separation.

Selected Publications:

C.-T. Kwon, L. Tang, X. Wang, L. Gentile, A. Hendelman, G. Robitaille, J. Van Eck, C. Xu and Z.B. Lippman (2022) Dynamic evolution of small signalling peptide compensation in plant stem cell control. Nat. Plants 8:346-355.

X. Huang, N. Xiao, Y. Zou, Y. Xie, L. Tang, Y. Zhang, Y. Yu, Y. Li, C. Xu (2022) Heterotypic transcriptional condensates formed by prion-like paralogous proteins canalize flowering transition in tomato. Genome Biol. 23:78.

Y. Xie, T. Zhang, X. Huang, C. Xu (2022) A two-in-one breeding strategy boosts rapid utilization of wild species and elite cultivars. Plant Biotechnol. J. 20:800-802.

X. Huang, S. Chen, W. Li, L. Tang, Y. Zhang, N. Yang, Y. Zou, X. Zhai, N. Xiao, W. Liu, P. Li and C. Xu (2021) ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering. Nat. Chem. Biol. 17:549-557.

L. Tu, P. Su, Z. Zhang, L. Gao, J. Wang, T. Hu, J. Zhou, Y. Zhang, Y. Zhao, Y. Liu, Y. Song, Y. Tong, Y. Lu, J. Yang, C. Xu, M. Jia, R.J. Peters, L. Huang and W. Gao (2020) Genome of Tripterygium wilfordii and identification of cytochrome P450 involved in triptolide biosynthesis. Nat. Commun. 11: 971

D. Rodriguez-Leal, C. Xu, C. Kwon, C. Soyars, E. Demesa-Arevalo, J. Man, L. Liu, Z. H. Lemmon, D.S. Jones, J. Van Eck, D.P. Jackson*, M.E. Bartlett*, Z.L. Nimchuk and Z.B. Lippman (2019) Evolution of buffering in a genetic circuit controlling plant stem cell proliferation. Nat. Genetics. 51: 786-792

T. Li, X. Yang, Y. Yu, X. Si, X. Zhai, H. Zhang, W. Dong, C. Gao, C. Xu (2018) Domestication of wild tomato is accelerated by genome editing. Nat. Biotechnol. 36: 1160-1163.

X. Huang, L. Tang, Y. Yu, J. Dalrymple, Z. B. Lippman and C. Xu (2018) Control of flowering and inflorescence architecture in tomato by synergistic interactions between ALOG transcription factors. J. Genet. Genomics 45: 557-560.

N. Zhang, H. Yu, H. Yu, Y. Cai, L. Huang, C. Xu, G. Xiong, X. Meng, J. Wang, H. Chen, G. Liu, Y. Jing, Y. Yuan, Y. Liang, S. Li, S. M. Smith, J. Li, and Y. Wang (2018) A core regulatory pathway controlling rice tiller angle mediated by the LAZY1-dependent asymmetric distribution of auxin. Plant Cell 30: 1461-1475.

C. Xu, S. Ju Park, J. Van Eck, and Z.B. Lippman (2016) Control of inflorescence architecture in tomato by BTB/POZ transcriptional regulators. Genes Develop. 30: 2048- 2061.

C. Xu, K.L. Liberatore, C.A. MacAlister, Z. Huang, Y.H. Chu, K. Jiang, C. Brooks, M. Ogawa-Ohnishi, G. Xiong, M. Pauly, J. Van Eck, Y. Matsubayashi, E. van der Knaap and Z.B. Lippman (2015) A cascade of arabinosyltransferases controls shoot meristem size in tomato. Nat. Genet. 47: 784-792.

C. Xu, Y. Wang, Y. Yu*, J. Duan, Z. Liao, G. Xiong, X. Meng, G. Liu, Q. Qian and J. Li (2012) Degradation of MONOCULM 1 by APC/CTAD1 regulates rice tillering. Nat. Commun. 3:750.

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