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School of Life Sciences
Peking University, Beijing, China
E-mail: shengshengzz@pku.edu.cn
Area of expertise: Plant reproduction
Selected Publications:
Lan Z.#, Song Z.#, Wang Z., Li L., Liu Y., Zhi S., Wang R., Wang J., Li Q., Bleckmann A., Zhang L., Dresselhaus T., Dong J., Gu H., Zhong S.*, Qu L.-J.* 2023, Antagonistic RALF peptides control an intergeneric hybridization barrier on Brassicaceae stigmas. Cell 186: 4773-4787.
Li L.#, Hou S.#, Xiang W.#, Song Z., Wang Y., Zhang L., Li J., Gu H., Dong J., Dresselhaus T., Zhong S.*, Qu L.-J.* 2022, The egg cell is preferentially fertilized in Arabidopsis double fertilization. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64 (11): 2039–2046.
Jiang J., Stührwohldt N., Liu T., Huang Q., Li L., Zhang L., Gu H., Fan L.*, Zhong S.*, Schaller A.*, Qu L.-J.* 2022, Egg cell-secreted aspartic proteases ECS1/2 promote gamete attachment to prioritize the fertilization of egg cells over central cells in Arabidopsis. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64 (11): 2047–2059.
Zhong S.#, Li L.#, Wang Z.#, Ge Z.#, Li Q.#, Bleckmann A., Wang J., Song Z., Shi Y., Liu T., Li L., Zhou H., Wang Y., Zhang L., Wu H.-M., Lai L., Gu H., Dong J., Cheung A.Y., Dresselhaus T., and Qu L.-J.* (2022), RALF peptide signaling controls the polytubey block in Arabidopsis. Science 375: 290-296.
Li W.#, Li Q.#, Lyu M.#, Wang Z., Song Z., Zhong S., Gu H., Dong J., Dresselhaus T., Zhong S.*, Qu L.-J.* (2022), Lack of ethylene does not affect reproductive success and synergid cell death in Arabidopsis. Mol. Plants 15: 354-362.
Hou S.#, Shi J.#, Hao L.#, Wang Z., Liao Y., Gu H., Dong J., Dresselhaus T., Zhong S.*, Qu L.-J.* (2021), VPS18-regulated vesicle trafficking controls the secretion of pectin and its modifying enzyme during pollen tube growth in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 33: 3042-3056.
Liu M.#, Wang Z.#, Hou S., Wang L., Huang Q., Gu H., Dresselhaus T., Zhong S.*, Qu L.-J.* (2021), AtLURE1/PRK6-mediated signaling promotes conspecific micropylar pollen tube guidance. Plant Physiol. 186: 865-873.
Zhong S., Qu L.-J. (2019), Cysteine-rich peptides: signals for pollen tube guidance, species isolation and beyond. Sci. China Life Sci. 62: 1243-1245.
Zhong S.#, Liu M.#, Wang Z.#, Huang Q., Hou S., Xu Y.-C., Ge Z., Song Z., Huang J., Qiu X., Shi Y., Xiao J., Liu P., Guo Y.-L., Dong J., Dresselhaus T., Gu H., Qu L.-J. (2019), Cysteine-rich peptides promote interspecific genetic isolation in Arabidopsis. Science 364: eaau9564.
Zhong S., Qu L.-J. (2019), Peptide/receptor-like kinase-mediated signaling involved in male-female interactions. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 51: 7-14.
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