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  Zhiyong Wang

Publications

2015

Juthamas Chaiwanon, Zhi-Yong (2015) Spatiotemporal Brassinosteroid Signaling and Antagonism with Auxin Pattern Stem Cell Dynamics in Arabidopsis Roots. Current Biology doi:10.1016/j.cub.2015.02.046

Ulrich Kutschera, Zhi-Yong Wang (2015) Growth-limiting proteins in maize coleoptiles and the auxin-brassinosteroid hypothesis of mesocotyl elongation. Protoplasma doi:10.1007/s00709-015-0787-4

2014

Eunkyoo Oh*, Jia-Ying Zhu*, Hojin Ryu, Ildoo Hwang & Zhi-Yong Wang (2014) TOPLESS mediates brassinosteroid-induced transcriptional repression through interaction with BZR1. Nature Communications 5: 4140 doi:10.1038/ncomms5140  (* co-contributed)

Wenfei Wang, Ming-Yi Bai, Zhi-Yong Wang (2014) The brassinosteroid signaling network-a paradigm of signal integration. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 21, 147-153.

Weimin Ni*, Shou-Ling Xu*, James M. Tepperman, David J. Stanley, Dave A. Maltby, John D. Gross, Alma L. Burlingame, Zhi-Yong Wang, Peter H. Quail (2014) A mutually assured destruction mechanism attenuates light signaling in Arabidopsis. Science 6; 1160-1164. (* co-contributed)

Eunkyoo Oh, Jia-Ying Zhu, Ming-Yi Bai, Rafael Augusto Arenhart, Yu Sun, Zhi-Yong Wang (2014) Cell elongation is regulated through a central circuit of interacting transcription factors in the Arabidopsis hypocotyl. eLife 3:e03031.

Wenfei Wang, Zhi-Yong Wang (2014) At the Intersection of Plant Growth and Immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 15; 400–402.

Zhiping Deng, Juan A. Oses-Prieto, Ulrich Kutschera, Tong-Seung Tseng, Lingzhao Hao, Alma L. Burlingame, Zhi-Yong Wang, Winslow R. Briggs (2014) Blue light-induced proteomic changes in etiolated Arabidopsis seedlings. Journal of Proteome Research 13; 2524–2533.

Min Fan*, Ming-Yi Bai*, Jung-Gun Kim, Tina Wang, Eunkyoo Oh, Lawrence Chen, Chan Ho Park, Seung-Hyun Son, Seong-Ki Kim, Mary Beth Mudgett, Zhi-Yong Wang (2014) The bHLH Transcription Factor HBI1 Mediates the Trade-Off between Growth and Pathogen-Associated Molecular Pattern–Triggered Immunity in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 26; 828–841. (* co-contributed)

2013

Kim, M.H., Kim, Y., Kim, J.W., Lee, H.S., Lee, W.S., Kim, S.K., Wang, Z.Y., Kim, S.H. (2013) Identification of Arabidopsis BAK1-Associating Receptor-Like Kinase 1 (BARK1) and Characterization of its Gene Expression and Brassinosteroid-Regulated Root Phenotypes. Plant Cell Physiol. 54, 1620–1634.

Youn, J.H., Kim, T.W., Kim, E.J., Bu, S., Kim, S.K., Wang, Z.Y., Kim, T.W. (2013) Structural and functional characterization of Arabidopsis GSK3-like kinase AtSK12. Mol. Cell. 36, 564–570.

Ni, W., Xu, S.L., Chalkley, R.J., Pham, T.N., Guan, S., Maltby, D.A., Burlingame, A.L., Wang, Z.-Y., Quail, P.H. (2013) Multisite Light-Induced Phosphorylation of the Transcription Factor PIF3 Is Necessary for Both Its Rapid Degradation and Concomitant Negative Feedback Modulation of Photoreceptor phyB Levels in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25, 2679–2698.

Jiang, W.B., Huang, H.Y., Hu, Y.W., Zhu, S.W., Wang, Z.-Y., Lin, W.H. (2013) Brassinosteroid Regulates Seed Size and Shape in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 162, 1965–1977.

Zhong, S.H., Liu, J.Z., Jin, H., Lin, L., Li, Q., Chen, Y., Yuan, Y.X., Wang, Z.-Y., Huang, H., Qi, Y.J., Chen, X.Y., Vaucheret, H., Chory, J., Li, J., He, Z.H. (2013) Warm temperatures induce transgenerational epigenetic release of RNA silencing by inhibiting siRNA biogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 110, 9171–9176.

Huang, H.Y., Jiang, W.B., Hu, Y.W., Wu, P., Zhu, J.Y., Liang, W.Q., Wang, Z.-Y., Lin, W.H. (2013) BR signal influences Arabidopsis ovule and seed number through regulating related genes expression by BZR1. Mol. Plant 6, 456–469.

Zhu, J.-Y., Sae-Seaw, J., Wang, Z.-Y. (2013) Brassinosteroid signalling. Development. 140, 1615–1620.
 

2012

Ming-Yi Bai, Min Fan, Eunkyoo Oh, Zhi-Yong Wang (2012) A triple-HLH/bHLH Cascade Controls Cell Elongation Downstream of Multiple Hormonal and Environmental Signaling Pathways in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell, Epub Dec 7, 2012

Joshua M. Gendron, Jiang-Shu Liu, Min Fan, Ming-Yi Bai, Stephan Wenkel, Patricia S. Springer, M.K. Barton, Zhi-Yong Wang. (2012). Brassinosteroids regulate plant architecture by repressing organ boundary identity genes. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 109 (51): 21152-21157

Wang, Z.Y., Bai, M.Y. Oh, E., Zhu, J.Y. (2012) Brassinosteroid signaling network and regulation of photomorphogenesis. Annual Review in Genetics, Vol 46:701-24.

Kim, T.W., Michniewicz, M., Bergmann, D.C., and Wang, Z.Y. (2012). Brassinosteroid regulates stomatal development by GSK3-mediated inhibition of a MAPK pathway. Nature 482, 419-422.

Oh, E., Zhu, J-Y., and Wang, Z-Y. (2012).  Interaction between BZR1 and PIF4 integrates brassinosteroid and environmental responses. Nature Cell Biology 14:802-9.

Bai, M.-Y., Shang, J-X., He, J-X., Oh, E.,  Fan, M., Bai, Y., Zentella, R., Sun, T-p., and Wang, Z-Y. (2012). Brassinosteroid, gibberellin, and phytochrome impinge on a common transcription module in Arabidopsis. Nature Cell Biology, 14(8):810-7.

Wang, Z.Y. (2012) Brassinosteroids modulate plant immunity at multiple levels. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 109: 7-8.

Fan, X.Y., Sun, Y., Cao, D.M., Bai, M.Y., Luo, X.M., Yang, H., Wei, C., Zhu, S., Sun, Y., Chong, K., Wang, Z.Y.* (2012) BZS1, a B-box Protein, Promotes Photomorphogenesis Downstream of Both Brassinosteroid and Light Signaling Pathways. Mol Plant 5, 65-74.

Hao, Y., Oh, E., Choi, G., Liang, Z., and Wang, Z.Y. (2012). Interactions between HLH and bHLH Factors Modulate Light-Regulated Plant Development. Mol Plant 5:162-71.

Yan, L., Ma, Y., Liu, D., Wei, X., Sun, Y., Chen, X., Zhao, H., Zhou, J., Wang, Z.Y., Shui, W., and Lou, Z. (2012). Structural basis for the impact of phosphorylation on plant receptor-like kinase BAK1 activation. Cell Research 22:1304-8

Kutschera, U, Wang, Z.Y. (2012). Brassinosteroid action in flowering plants: a Darwinian perspective. J Exp Bot. 2012 Apr 30. PMID: 22547659

Xu, S.L., Chalkley, R.J., Wang, Z.Y., Burlingame, AL. (2012). Identification of O-linked β-D: -N-acetylglucosamine-Modified Proteins from Arabidopsis. Methods Mol Biol. 876:33-45

Deng, Z., Bu, S., and Wang Z.Y. (2012). Quantitative analysis of protein phosphorylation using two-dimensional difference gel electrophoresis. Methods Mol Biol, 876: 47-66.

Zhu, J-Y., Sun, Y., and Wang, Z-Y. (2012). Genome-wide identification of transcription factor binding sites in plants using chromatin immunoprecipitation followed by microarray (ChIP-chip) or Sequencing (ChIP-seq). Methods Mol Biol, 876: 173-88.

Sheen X. Lu, Candace J. Webb, Stephen M. Knowles, Sally H.J. Kim, Zhiyong Wang, and Elaine M. Tobin (2012) CCA1 and ELF3 Interact in the Control of Hypocotyl Length and Flowering Time in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol.158(2): 1079–1088

2011

Tang, W., Yuan, M., Wang, R., Yang, Y., Wang, C., Oses-Prieto, J.A., Kim, T.-W., Zhou, H.-W., Deng, Z., Gampala, S.S., Gendron, J.M., Jonassen, E.M., Lillo, C., DeLong, A., Burlingame, A.L., Sun, Y., Wang, Z.Y.* (2011). PP2A activates brassinosteroid-responsive gene expression and plant growth by dephosphorylating BZR1. Nature Cell Biol.13:124-131.

Kim, T.-W., Guan, S., Burlingame, A.L., and Wang, Z.-Y. (2011). The CDG1 Kinase Mediates Brassinosteroid Signal Transduction from BRI1 Receptor Kinase to BSU1 Phosphatase and GSK3-like Kinase BIN2. Mol Cell43, 561-571.

She, J., Han, Z., Kim, T.W., Wang, J., Cheng, W., Chang, J., Shi, S., Yang, M., Wang, Z.Y., and Chai, J. (2011). Structural insight into brassinosteroid perception by BRI1. Nature 474, 472-476.

Li, T., Xu, S.-L., Oses-Prieto, J.A.,Putil, S., Xu, P., Wang, R.-J., Li, K.-H., Maltby, D.A., An, L.-Z., Burlingame, A.L., Wang, Z.-Y.* (2011). Proteomics analysis reveals post-translational mechanisms for cold-induced metabolic changes in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant 4:361-374 

Samuel, M.A., Tang, W., Jamshed, M., Northey, J., Patel, D., Smith, D., Siu, K.W., Muench, D.G., Wang, Z.Y., and Goring, D.R. (2011). Proteomic analysis of Brassica stigmatic proteins following the self-incompatibility reaction reveals a role for microtubule dynamics during pollen responses. Mol Cell Proteomics10, M111 011338.

Deng, Z.,  Xu, S., Chalkley, RJ.,  Oses-Prieto, JA.,  Burlingame, AL., and Wang, Z.-Y., & Kutscher, U. (2011). Rapid auxin-mediated changes in the proteome of the epidermal cells in rye coleoptiles: implications for the initiation of growth. Plant Biol 14:420-7.

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2010

Kim, T.-W., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2010) Brassinosteroid signal transduction from receptor kinases to transcription factors. Ann. Rev. Plant Biol. 61, 681-704.

Luo, X.-M., Lin, W.-H., Zhu, S.-W, Zhu, J.-Y., Sun,Y., Fan, X.-Y., Cheng, M., Hao,Y., Oh, E., Tian,M., Liu, L., Zhang, M., Xie, Q., Chong, K., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2010). Integration of light- and brassinosteroid-signaling pathways by a GATA transcription factor in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell 19, 872-883.

Sun, Y., Fan, X.-Y., Cao, D.-M., He, K., Tang, W., Zhu, J.-Y., He, J.-X., Bai, M.-Y., Zhu, S.-W., Oh, E., Patil, S., Kim,T.-W., Ji,H., Wong, H., Rhee, S.Y., Wang, Z.-Y.* (2010). Integration of brassinosteroid signal transduction with the transcription network for plant growth regulation in Arabidopsis. Dev. Cell 19, 756-777.

Tang, W., Deng, Z., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2010). Proteomics shed light on the brassinosteroid signaling mechanisms. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 13, 27-33.37.

Wang, Z-Y. and Choi, G. (2010). From Receptors to Responses. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 13: 485-488.

Wang, F., Bai, M.-Y., Deng , Z., Oses-Prieto, J.A., Burlingame, A.L., Lu, T., Chong , K., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2010). Proteomic study identifies proteins involved in brassinosteroid regulation of rice growth. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 52, 1075-1085.

Kutschera, U., Deng, Z., Oses-Prieto, J.A., Burlingame, A. L., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2010) Cessation of coleoptile elongation and loss of auxin sensitivity in developing rye seedlings. A quantitative proteomic analysis. Plant Signal. Behav. 5, 509-517.

2009

Kim, T.-W., Guan, S., Sun, Y., Deng, Z., Shang, J.-X., Sun, Y., Burlingame, A.L., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2009) Brassinosteroid signal transduction from cell-surface receptor kinases to nuclear transcription factors. Nature Cell Biol. 11, 1254-1262.

Zhang, L.-Y., Bai, M.-Y., Wu, J.,  Zhu, J.-Y., Wang, H. ,Wang, W., Zhang, Z., Sun, Y. Zhao, J., Sun, X., Yang , H., Xu, Y., Kim, S.-W., Fujioka, S., Lin, W.-H., Chong ,K., Lu, T.-G., Wang, Z.-Y.* (2009). Antagonistic HLH/bHLH transcription factors mediate BR regulation of cell elongation and plant development in rice and Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 21, 3767-3780.

Wang, L., Wang, Z., Xu,Y. , Yoo,S.-H., Xue, Z., Xu, Z.,Wang, Z.-Y., Chong, K. (2009). OsGSR1 is involved in crosstalk between gibberellins and brassinosteroids in rice. Plant J. 57, 498-510.

Peng ZY, Zhou X, Li L, Yu X, Li H, Jiang Z, Cao G, Bai M, Wang X, Jiang C, Lu H, Hou X, Qu L, Wang Z, Zuo J, Fu X, Su Z, Li S, Guo H. (2009). Arabidopsis Hormone Database: a comprehensive genetic and phenotypic information database for plant hormone research in Arabidopsis. Nucleic Acids Res. 37(Database issue):D975-82.

2008

Tang, W., Kim, T.-W., Oses-Prieto, J.A.,Sun, Y., Deng, Z., Zhu, S., Wang, R., Burlingame, A.L., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2008). BSKs mediate signal transduction from the receptor kinase BRI1 in Arabidopsis. Science 321, 557-560.

Tang, W., Deng, Z., Oses-Prieto, J.A., Suzuki, N., Zhu, S., Zhang, X., Burlingame, A.L., Wang. Z.-Y*. (2008) Proteomic studies of brassinosteroid signal transduction using prefractionation and 2-D DIGE.Mol. Cell Proteomics 7, 728-738.

Gendron, J. M., Haque, A., Gendron, N., Chang, T., Asami, T. Wang, Z-Y*. (2008). Chemical genetic dissection of brassinosteroid-ethylene interaction.  Mol. Plant 1, 368-379.

Gu, Y., Deng, Z., Paredeza, A.R., DeBolt, S. Wang, Z.-Y., Somerville, C. (2008) Prefoldin 6 is required for normal microtubule dynamics and organization in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 18064-18069.

2007

Gampala, S.S., Kim,T.-W., He, J.-X., Tang, W., Deng, Z., Bai, M-Y., Guan, S. Lalonde, S., Sun,Y., Gendron, J.M.,Chen, H., Shibagaki, N., Ferl, R.J., Ehrhardt, D., Chong, K., Burlingame, A. L., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2007). An essential role for 14-3-3 proteins in brassinosteroid signal transduction in Arabidopsis.Dev. Cell 13, 177-189.

Bai, M.-Y., Zhang,L.-Y., Gampala, S.S., Zhu, S.-W.,Song, W.-Y., Chong, K., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2007). Functions of OsBZR1 and 14-3-3 proteins in brassinosteroid signaling in rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104, 13939-13844.

Gendron, J. M., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2007). Multiple mechanisms modulate brassinosteroid signaling. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 10, 436-441.

Deng, Z., Zhang, X., Tang, W., Oses-PrietoJ. A., Suzuki, N., Gendron, J. A. ,Chen,H., Guan, S., Chalkley, R.J., Kaye Peterman,T., Burlingame, A. L.,Wang. , Z.-Y*. (2007) A Proteomic Study of brassinosteroid response in Arabidopsis. Mol. Cell Proteomics 6, 2058-2071.

Zhang X, Chen Y, Wang ZY, Chen Z, Gu H, Qu LJ. (2007) Constitutive expression of CIR1 (RVE2) affects several circadian-regulated processes and seed germination in Arabidopsis. The Plant Journal 51(3), 512-525.

2006

Wang Z-Y*, Wang Q, Chong K, Wang F, Wang L, Bai M, Jia C. (2006). The brassinosteroid signal transduction pathway. Cell Research. 16(5): 427-34.

Shi, Y-H., Zhu, S-W., Mao, X-Z., Feng, J-X., Zhang, L., Cheng, J., Wei, L-P., Wang, Z-Y., Zhu, Y-X. (2006) Transcriptome Profiling, Molecular Biological and Physiological Studies Reveal a Major Role for Ethylene in Cotton Fiber Cell Elongation. Plant Cell 18(3): 651-64.

2005

He, J.-X., Gendron, J. M., Sun, Y., Gampala, S. S. L., Gendron, N., Sun, C.Q., Wang, Z.-Y*. (2005). BZR1 is a transcriptional repressor with dual roles in brassinosteroid homeostasis and growth responses. Science 307, 1634-1638.

2004

Wang Z.-Y*. , He, J.-X. (2004). Brassinosteroid signal transduction: choices of signals and receptors. Trends Plant Sci. 9, 91-96.

Thain, S.C., Vandenbussche, F., Laarhoven, L.J., Dowson-Day, M.J., Wang, Z.Y., Tobin, E.M., Harren, F.J., Millar, A.J., and Van Der Straeten, D. (2004). Circadian rhythms of ethylene emission in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol136, 3751-3761.

2002

He, J-X., Gendron, J. M., Yang, Y. Li, J., Wang, Z-Y*. (2002). The GSK3-like kinase BIN2 phosphorylates and destabilizes BZR1, a positive regulator of the brassinosteroid signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, 99, 10185-10990.

Wang, Z.-Y., Nakano, T., Gendron, J. M., He, J., Chen, M., Vafeados, D., Yang, Y., Fujioka, S., Yoshida, S., Asami, T., Chory, J.(2002). Nuclear-localized BZR1 mediates brassinosteroid-induced growth and feedback suppression of brassinosteroid biosynthesis. Dev. Cell 2, 505-513.

Yin, Y., Wang, Z-Y., Mora-Garcia, S., Li, J., Yoshida, S., Asami, T., Chory, J*. (2002). BES1 accumulates in the nucleus in response to brassinosteroids to regulate gene expression and promote stem elongation. Cell 109, 181-191.

Green, R.M., Tingay, S., Wang Z-Y., Tobin, E.M. (2002). Circadian rhythms confer a higher level of fitness to Arabidopsis plants. Plant Physiology 129, 576-584.

Before 2001

Wang, Z.-Y., Setu, H., Fujioka, S., Yoshida, S., Chory, J. (2001) BRI1 is a critical component of a plasma membrane receptor for plant steroids. Nature 410, 380-382.

He, Z., Wang, Z.-Y., Li, J., Zhu, Q., Lamb, C., Ronald, P., Chory, J. (2000) Perception of brassinosteroids by the extracellular domain of the receptor kinase BRI1. Science 288, 2360-2363.

Wang, Z.-Y., Tobin, E.M. (1998) Constitutive expression of the CIRCADIAN CLOCK ASSOCIATED 1 (CCA1) gene disrupts circadian rhythms and suppresses its own expression. Cell 93, 1207-1217.

Weigel, D., Ahn, J.H., Blazquez, M.A., Borevitz, J.O., Christensen, S.K., Fankhauser, C., Ferrandiz, C., Kardailsky, I., Malancharuvil, E.J., Neff, M.M., Nguyen, J.T., Sato, S., Wang, Z.Y., Xia, Y., Dixon, R., Harrison, M.J., Lamb, C.J., Yanofsky, M.F., and Chory, J. (2000). Activation tagging in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 122, 1003-1013.

Sugano, S., Andronis, C., Green, R. M., Wang, Z-Y, and Tobin, E. M. (1998). Protein kinase CK2 interacts with and phosphorylates the Arabidopsis circadian clock-associated 1 protein. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 95, 11020-11025.

Wang, Z-Y, Kenigsbuch, D., Sun, L., Harel, E., Ong, M.S., Tobin, E.M. (1997). A Myb-related transcription factor is involved in the phytochrome regulation of an Arabidopsis Lhcb gene. Plant Cell 9, 491-507.