储成才简历
1. 简历
储成才，1966 年生，安徽岳西人。博士生导师。中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所研究员，
中国科学院大学教授，中国科学院-英国约翰英纳斯中心植物和微生物科学联合研究中心
（CEPAMS）研究员，植物基因组学国家重点实验室副主任。1999 年入选中国科学院“百人计
划”、引进国外杰出人才；2004 年入选首批新世纪百千万人才工程国家级人选；2006 年经国务
院批准享受政府特殊津贴专家；2008 年获国家杰出青年基金；2016 年入选中国科学院“特聘
核心骨干”研究员，第七届全国优秀科技工作者，第六届中国侨界贡献奖；其领导的“资源高
效利用水稻的分子设计”入选国家创新人才推进计划重点领域创新团队（“万人计划”领军人
才）。现任国家植物基因研究中心（北京）理事会秘书、主任助理，中国科学院遗传发育所浙
江嘉兴农作物高新技术育种中心副主任。同时兼任中国农业科学院水稻研究所研究员，南京大
学、北京师范大学、天津师范大学、河南农业大学、安徽农业大学兼职教授，国际组织培养与
生物技术学会会员，美国植物生理学会会员，中国遗传学会第七届理事会理事，中国生物化学
与分子生物学会农业分会理事。全国科学技术新词委员会委员，中国科学院《中国未来二十年
技术预见研究》生物技术领域专家组副组长。中国科学院战略性先导专项（A 类）“分子模块
设计创新技术体系”总体组成员、课题组组长。民盟中科院遗传所支部主任委员，民盟中科院
第五届委员会副主任委员，民盟北京市委联络委员会副主任，民盟中央科技委员会委员。《遗
传》杂志副主编，《中华科学技术大词典》、《Frontier in Plant Genetics and Genomics》、
《植物学报》、《植物生理学报》、《农业生物技术学报》等编委。
2. 联系方式
北京市朝阳区北辰西路 1 号院 2 号中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所
邮政编码：100101
电话：010 - 64806608
传真：010 - 64806595
电子邮件：[email protected]
网址：http://chulab.genetics.ac.cn
3. 储成才研究组科研相关媒体新闻
【科技日报】在转基因植物中精确调控外源基因的表达：基因开关
----访中国科学院遗传与发育生物学研究所储成才研究员 (2001) （科技日报第 1 版和第 7 版）
http://www.biosino.org/news-2001/200109/01090713.htm
Plant Journal：方军博士水稻穗发芽研究新进展 (2008)
http://www.biodiscover.com/news/phylogeny/article/2414.html
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研究从水稻中分离关键调控基因 (2011.2.17 科学网新闻)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlpaper/201121716405453515057.shtm
【科技时报】让作物“按需取磷” （2011.2.21 科技时报 A4 版）
http://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/dznews_photo.aspx?id=10853
遗传发育所水稻光合效率提高的分子机理研究取得进展 (2011.8.1 中国科学院院网新闻)
http://www.cas.cn/ky/kyjz/201108/t20110801_3318533.shtml
储成才实验室在水稻抗病防御反应分子机制研究中取得重要进展 (2011)
http://www.genetics.ac.cn/xwzx/kyjz/201103/t20110325_3093789.html
遗传发育所发现 NO 参与过氧化氢诱导的水稻叶片细胞死亡过程 (2011.11.22 中国科学院院网新
闻)
http://www.cas.cn/ky/kyjz/201111/t20111122_3400072.shtml
【科技日报】我科学家发现水稻叶片衰老死亡原理（2011.12.5 科技日报第 1 版）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2011-12/05/node_2.htm
【中国科学报】粮食丰产终须借力科技创新(2012-05-26 A3 观察版)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2012/5/258540.shtm?id=258540
遗传发育所水稻油菜素内酯信号传导机制研究取得新进展
http://www.cas.cn/ky/kyjz/201206/t20120611_3595901.shtml
【科技日报】中科院遗传所成功解析盐芥基因组序列（2012.7.11 科技日报第 1 版）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2012-07/11/node_2.htm
【中国科学报】野草默然成奇葩 ——小盐芥全基因测定拉开耐盐植物研究序幕(2012-07-13 A1
今日要闻版)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/dznews_photo.aspx
Nature 亮点文章评述
http://www.nature.com/nmiddleeast/2012/120712/full/nmiddleeast.2012.98.html
【中国科学报】 科学家发现水稻长日照下开花调控机制(2012-08-17 A1 要闻版)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/dznews_photo.aspx?id=15194
【科技日报】中科院遗传所揭示水稻长日照开花之谜（2012.8.19 科技日报第 1 版 今日要闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2012-08/19/node_2.htm
【中国科学报】从主粮进口看粮食安全（2013.2.19 中国科学报 第 1 版要闻）
http://news.sciencenet.cn/htmlnews/2013/2/274842.shtm
遗传发育所嘉兴农作物高新技术育种中心成绩卓著(2013.1.10 中国科学院院网新闻)
http://www.cas.cn/hzjl/ydhz/hzdt/201301/t20130110_3748689.shtml
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【中国科学报】禾谷类种子萌发调控机制研究获进展（2013.5.6 中国科学报 第 4 版综合）
http://news.sciencenet.cn/dz/upload/20135681448160.pdf
【科技日报】我科学家水稻吸收硒元素研究获突破（2013.11.14 科技日报第 3 版 综合新闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2013-11/14/content_233333.htm?div=-1
【中国科学报】找到富硒大米生产新途径 (2013-12-09 中国科学报 第 4 版 综合)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2013/12/281055.shtm
【科技日报】激素调控水稻冠根发育研究获新成果（2014.5.12 科技日报第 3 版 综合新闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/
【科技日报】我科学家发现水稻衰老调控分子机制（2014.6.23 科技日报第 1 版 新闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/
【科技日报】油菜素内酯决定水稻身高（2012.11.9 科技日报第 1 版 今日要闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/
Nature Plants 亮点文章评述 (News & Views)
Chao DY & Lin HX (2015) Nitrogen-use efficiency: Transport solution in rice variations. Nature
Plants. 1: 15096.
【新华社】中国科学家在水稻氮利用效率改良研究上取得突破
http://news.xinhuanet.com/tech/2015-06/09/c_1115557943.htm
【中新社】中国科学家首次揭示水稻亚种间氮利用效率差异
http://www.chinanews.com/gn/2015/06-09/7332800.shtml
【光明日报】水稻氮利用率改良获重大突破
http://epaper.gmw.cn/gmrb/html/2015-06/13/nw.D110000gmrb_20150613_4-01.htm
【中国科学报】发现关键基因——在粳稻氮利用效率改良上极具价值（2015.6.10 中国科学报
第 1 版要闻）
http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2015/6/300928.shtm
【中国科学报】我国科学家找到水稻增产分子靶点（中国科学报 2015.12.22 第 4 版综合)
http://news.sciencenet.cn/sbhtmlnews/2015/12/307618.shtm
Nature Plants 亮点文章评述 (News & Views)
Hirokazu Tsukaya (2015) Yield increase: GRFs provide the key. Nature Plants 2: 15210.
【中央电视台】水稻籽粒大小调控机制获重要进展（2015.12.22【朝闻天下】）
http://tv.cntv.cn/video/C10598/20d11142bee94f29806e1921092723ae
【科学人】水稻增产：岂止于大粒，尚能不少籽（2015.12.27【果壳网】）
http://www.guokr.com/article/441036/
【经济日报】我国科学家克隆出氮利用高效率基因——“绿色超级稻”培育有望突破
http://paper.ce.cn/jjrb/html/2015-06/17/content_244483.htm
【大公报】中科院遗传发育所氮肥利用效率改良获重大突破（2015.6.14）。
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http://news.takungpao.com/mainland/topnews/2015-06/3025412.html
IGDB Scientists Reveal Mechanism of Grain Size Control in Rice（2015.12.22）
http://english.cas.cn/newsroom/research_news/201512/t20151222_157743.shtml
【科技日报】简化杂交稻制种解决方案问世（2016.3.21 科技日报第 7 版 新闻）
http://digitalpaper.stdaily.com/http_www.kjrb.com/kjrb/html/2016-03/21/content_334367.htm?div=-1
【Science Daily】Feeding the World: Uncovering a Key Regulator of Flower Head Development in
Rice（2016.4.1 News）
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2016/04/160401144547.htm
储成才研究组在亚洲稻群体结构和演化研究上取得新进展
http://www.genetics.ac.cn/xwzx/kyjz/201605/t20160514_4601624.html
棉花抗黄萎病研究取得进展
http://paper.sciencenet.cn/htmlpaper/20167615131067239990.shtm
【农民日报】棉花抗黄萎病研究取得重大进展 （2016.7.11 农民日报第 6 版 前沿）
http://szb.farmer.com.cn/nmrb/html/2016-07/11/nw.D110000nmrb_20160711_3-06.htm?div=-1
【农业科技报】棉花抗黄萎病研究取得重大进展 （2016.7.18 农业科技报第 1 版 要闻）
http://eb.nkb.com.cn/nykjb/20160718/html/index.htm
Nature Plants 亮点文章评述 (News & Views)
Scheller HV (2017) Plant cell wall: Never too much acetate. Nature Plants. 3: 17024.
【中国科学院新闻】遗传发育所细胞壁乙酰化修饰调控机制研究获进展
http://www.cas.cn/syky/201703/t20170307_4592563.shtml
4. 受教育情况
1986 年安徽师范大学生物学学士。
1989 年中国科学院植物研究所植物学硕士。
1993 年赴德国国家植物遗传和作物育种研究所（IPK）从事甘氨酸脱羧酶基因和启动子的分离
研究。
1996 年德国 Martin-Luther 大学博士。
1997-1998 德国植物遗传和作物育种研究所（IPK）博士后。
2011 年 中国科学院联想学院科技成果转移转化与规模产业化第九期研修班结业。
5. 主要成就
教育体会：毕业于安徽师范大学，曾在河南师范大学学习工作 7 年，有 11 年师范大学学习、
工作经历及 18 年培养硕士、博士研究生经历，在与学生沟通交流与教育方面有着丰富的经验
和深刻的体会，主张 Happy Science 教育理念，获得研究人员和学生广泛认可，多次受邀到中
国科学院、军事医学科学院、中国科学院大学、中国科技大学、兰州大学、四川大学、华中农
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业大学、四川农业大学、扬州大学、安徽农业大学、河南农业大学、安徽师范大学、北京农学
院等科研机构及高校给大学生、研究生及青年教师分享教学体会。
科学成就：长期以来一直从事植物基因表达的精细调控、农作物产量性状改良的分子基础及作
物品种的分子设计研究，成功分离叶肉细胞、根、维管束鞘组织特异性启动子，在水稻营养高
效吸收利用、种子大小和叶片衰老调控的分子机制，作物分子设计育种等基础及应用基础研究
领域均做出了一系列原创性研究，为新一代水稻及其它作物高产育种改良提供了全新的思路。
回国后已在 Nature Genetics, Nature Plants, Genome Research, PNAS, Plant Cell, New Phytologist,
PLoS Genetics, Molecular Plant, Plant Physiology, Plant Journal 等国际刊物发表论文 113 篇（SCI
总影响因子 600，他引 5672 次，h 指数 42），申请专利 40 多项，其中国际专利 8 项，与育种
单位合作培育水稻新品种 3 个，其中秀水 114、秀水 134 在 2010 年双双进入农业部万亩高产示
范片，“高产优质多抗晚粳稻秀水 134 的选育和推广”荣获 2013 年浙江嘉兴市科学技术进步一
等奖，“高产抗条纹叶枯病晚粳稻品种的选育和推广”荣获 2014 年浙江省科学技术进步二等
奖，“高产优质多抗晚粳稻秀水 134 的选育和推广” 荣获 2015 年浙江省科学技术进步二等奖，
秀水 134 获 2014 年农业部推荐的 30 个水稻主导品种之一，秀水 114 和秀水 134 累积推广面积
1200 多万亩。
6. 回国后发表的主要文章：
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Li H, Hu B and Chu C (2017) Nitrogen use efficiency in crops: Lessons from Arabidopsis and
rice. J. Exp. Bot. Doi: 10.1093/jxb/erx101. (特邀综述)
2.
Wang H^, Vieira FG^, Crawford JE, Chu C*, and Nielsen R* (2017) Asian wild rice is a
hybrid swarm with extensive gene flow and feralization from domesticated rice. Genome Res.
Doi: 10.1101/gr.204800.116.
3.
Tang J and Chu C (2017) microRNA: an emerging Archimedes’ lever for crop improvement.
Nature Plants. (特邀综述，minor revision).
4.
Zhang B^, Zhang L^, Li F^, Zhang D, Liu X, Wang H, Xu Z, Chu C*, Zhou Y* (2017)
Control of secondary cell wall patterning involves xylan deacetylation by a GDSL esterase.
Nature Plants. 3: 17017.
Featured in Nature Plants by Scheller HV (2017) Plant cell wall: Never too much acetate. Nature
Plants. 3: 17024.
5.
Ye H, Liu S, Tang B, Chen J, Xie Z, Nolan T, Jiang H, Guo H, Lin HY, Li L, Wang Y, Tong
H, Zhang M, Chu C, Li Z, Aluru M, Aluru S, Schnable P and Yin Y (2017) RD26 mediates
crosstalk between drought and brassinosteriod signalling pathways. Nature Commun. 8: 14573.
6.
Hu B and Chu C (2017) Node-based transporter: Switching phosphorus distribution. Nature
Plants. 3: 17002.
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7.
Wu J, Yang R, Yang Z, Zhao S, Yao S, Wang Y, Li P, Song X, Jin L, Zhou T, Xie L, Zhou X,
Chu C, Qi Y, Cao X, and Li Y (2017) ROS accumulation and antiviral defence control by
microRNA528 in rice. Nature Plants. 3: 16203.
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Wang M, Wu HJ, Fang J, Chu C, Wang XJ (2017) A long noncoding RNA involved in rice
reproductive
development
by
negatively
regulating
osa-miR160.
Sci.
Bull.
Doi:
10.1016/j.scib.2017.03.013.
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Li X, Zhou W, Ren Y, Tian X, Lv T, Wang Z, Fang J, Chu C, Yang J, and Bu Q (2017)
High-efficiency breeding of early-maturing rice cultivars via CRISPR/Cas9-mediated genome
editing. J. Genet. Genomics. Doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2017.02.001.
10. Liang C^, Li A^, Yu H, Li W, Liang C, Guo S, Zhang R, Chu C (2017) Melatonin regulates
root architecture by modulating auxin response in rice. Front. Plant Sci. 8: 134.
11. Tong H and Chu C (2017) Physiological analysis of brassinosteroid responses and sensitivity in
rice. Methods Mol. Biol. 1564: 23-29.
12. Wang H and Chu C (2017) Underlying mechanism for heterosis unveiled by –Omics. Chin.
Bull. Bot. 52(1): 4-9.
13. Li H, Hu B, Wang W, Zhang Z, Liang Y, Gao X, Li P, Liu Y, Zhang L, and Chu C (2016)
Identification of microRNAs in rice root in response to nitrate and ammonium. J. Genet.
Genomics 43: 651-661.
14. Liu Y, Mao C, Chu C (2016) Research progress on functional genomics of rice nutrient
utilization. Chin. Bull. Life Sci. 28(10): 1230-1242.
15. Guo Q, Wu F, Pang S, Zhao X, Chen L, Liu J, Xue B, Xu G, Li L, Jing H, and Chu C (2016)
Crop 3D: a platform based on LiDAR for 3D high-throughput crop phenotyping. Sci. Sin. Vitae
46(10): 1210-1221.
16. Liu Y, Hu B, and Chu C (2016) 15N-nitrate uptake activity and root-to-shoot transport assay.
Bio-protocol. 6(16): e1897.
17. Wang Y, Liang C, Wu S, Zhang X, Tang J, Jian G, Jiao G, Li F, and Chu C (2016)
Significant Improvement of Cotton Verticillium Wilt Resistance by Manipulating the Expression
of Gastrodia Antifungal Proteins. Mol. Plant 9(10): 1436-1439.
18. Qu M, Hamdani S, Li W, Wang S, Tang J, Chen Z, Song Q, Li M, Zhao H, Chang T, Chu C,
and Zhu X (2016) Rapid stomatal response to fluctuating light: an under-explored mechanism to
improve drought tolerance in rice. Funct. Plant Biol. 43(8): 727-738.
19. Wang H, Xu X, Vieira FG, Xiao Y, Li Z, Wang J, Nielsen R, and Chu C (2016) The power of
inbreeding: NGS based GWAS of rice reveals convergent evolution during rice domestication.
Mol. Plant 9(7): 975-985.
Cover Story. Featured in Molecular Plant by Xuehui Huang (2016) From Genetic Mapping to
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Molecular Breeding: Genomics Have Paved the Highway. 9(7): 959-960.
20. Tong H and Chu C (2016) Brassinosteroid regulates gibberellin synthesis to promote cell
elongation in rice: Critical comments on Ross and Quittenden’s letter. Plant Cell 28(4): 833-835.
21. Gao S, Fang J, Xu F, Wang W, and Chu C (2016) Rice HOX12 regulates panicle exsertion by
directly modulating the expression of ELONGATED UPPERMOST INTERNODE1. Plant Cell
28(3): 680-695.
Highlighted with Science News on April 1, 2016 by Jennifer A. Lockhart: Feeding the World:
Uncovering a Key Regulator of Flower Head Development in Rice.
22. Song Q, Chu C, Parry M, and Zhu XG (2016) Genetics-based dynamic systems model of
canopy photosynthesis: The key to improve light and resource use efficiencies for crops. Food
Energy Security. 5(1): 18-25.
23. Che R, Tong H, Shi B, Liu Y, Fang S, Liu D, Xiao Y, Hu B, Liu L, Wang H, Zhao M, and
Chu C (2015) Control of grain size and rice yield by GL2-mediated brassinosteroid responses.
Nature Plants 2: 15195.
Featured with News and Views in Nature Plants by Hirokazu Tsukaya (2015): Yield Increase:
GRFs Provide the Key. 2: 15210.
Highlighted in Chinese Bulletin of Botany by Lingtong Liu and Tai Wang (2016): miR396-GRF
Modules: A New Prospective on Rice Molecular Breeding. 51: 148-151.
24. Chu C (2015) A new era for crop improvement: From model-guided rationale design to practical
engineering. Mol. Plant 8(9): 1299-1301.
25. Liu L^, Tong H^, Xiao Y, Che R, Xu F, Hu B, Liang C, Chu J, Li J, and Chu C (2015)
Activation of Big Grain1 significantly improves grain size by regulating auxin transport in rice.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 112(35): 11102-11107.
26. Li X, Liu H, Wang M, Liu H, Tian X, Zhou W, Lv T, Wang Z, Chu C, Fang J and Bu Q
(2015) Combinations of four heading date genes determine rice adaptability to Heilongjiang
province, northern limit of China. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 57(8): 698-707.
27. Hu B, Wang W, Ou S, Tang J, Li H, Che R, Zhang Z, Chai X, Wang H, Wang Y, Liang C,
Liu L, Piao Z, Deng Q, Deng K, Xu C, Liang Y, Zhang L, Li L, and Chu C (2015) Variation
in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies. Nature Genet. 47(7):
834-838.
Featured with News and Views in Nature Plants by Dai-Yin Chao & Hong-Xuan Lin (2015)
Nitrogen-use efficiency: Transport solution in rice variations. 1: 15096.
Highlighted with a Research Highlight article in J. Genet. Genomics. 2015, 42(9): 463-465 and
Sci. China Life Sci. 2015, 58(8): 827-828.
Selected for F1000 Prime. doi: 10.3410/f.725540326.793508312.
28. Liang C, Zheng G, Li W, Wang Y, Hu B, Wang H, Wu H, Qian Y, Zhu XG, Tan DX, Chen
SY, and Chu C (2015) Melatonin delays leaf senescence and enhances salt stress tolerance in
rice. J Pineal Res. 59(1): 91-101.
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29. Wang W, Zhang L, Li H, Zhang Z, Hu B, and Chu C (2015) Recent progress in molecular
dissection of nutrient uptake and transport in rice. Sci. Sin. Vitae 45(6): 569-590.
30. Chen J, Liu X, Wang C, Yin SS, Li XL, Hu WJ, Simon M, Shen ZJ, Xiao Q, Chu CC, Peng
XX, and Zheng HL (2015) Nitric oxide ameliorates zinc oxide nanoparticles-induced
phytotoxicity in rice seedlings. J. Hazard. Mater. 297: 173-182.
31. Xue Y, Chong K, Han B, Gui J, Wang T, Fu X, He Z, Chu C, Tian Z, Cheng Z, and Lin S
(2015) A new chapter of designer breeding in China: An update on the strategic program of
molecular module-based designer breeding systems. Bull. Chin. Acad. Sci. 30(3): 262-271.
32. Yin CC, Ma B, Collinge D, Pogson B, He SJ, Xiong Q, Duan KX, Chen H, Yang C, Lu X,
Wang YQ, Zhang WK, Chu CC, Sun XH, Fang S, Chu JF, Lu TG, Chen SY, and Zhang JS
(2015) Differential regulation of ethylene responses in roots and coleoptiles by a carotenoid
isomerase MHZ5-mediated abscisic acid pathway in rice. Plant Cell 27(4): 1061-1081.
33. Liang C and Chu C (2015) Towards understanding abscisic acid-mediated leaf senescence. Sci.
China Life Sci. 58(5): 506-508.
34. Hu B, Wang W, Deng K, Li H, Zhang Z, Zhang L, and Chu C (2015) microRNA399 is
involved in multiple nutrient responses in rice. Front. Plant Sci. 6: 188.
35. Hamdani S, Qu M, Xin C, Chu C, Govindjee G, and Zhu X (2015) Variations of
photosynthetic parameters in Chinese elite rice revealed by simultaneous measurements of
Chlorophyll a fluorescence induction and 820nm transmission signal. J. Plant Physiol. 177: 128138.
36. Xu F, Fang J, Ou S, Gao S, Zhang F, Du L, Xiao Y, Wang H, Sun X, Chu J, Wang G, and
Chu C (2015) Variations in CYP78A13 coding region influence grain size and yield in rice. Plant
Cell Environ. 38(4): 800-811.
37. Tong H, Xiao Y, Liu D, Gao S, Liu L, Yin Y, Jin Y, Qian Q, and Chu C (2014)
Brassinosteroid regulates cell elongation by modulating gibberellin metabolism in rice. Plant Cell
26(11): 4376-4393.
Featured with In Brief in Plant Cell by Nancy R. Hofmann (2015). Taking Hormone Crosstalk to
a New Level: Brassinosteroids Regulate Gibberellin Biosynthesis. Plant Cell 25(8): 2081.
38. Sun C, Chen D, Fang J, Wang P, Deng X, and Chu C (2014) Understanding the genetic and
epigenetic architecture in complex network of rice flowering pathways. Protein Cell 5(12): 889898.
39. Liu Y, Fang J, Xu F, Chu J, Yan C, Schläppi M, Wang Y, and Chu C (2014) Expression
patterns of ABA and GA metabolism genes and hormone levels during rice seed development and
imbibition: A comparison of dormant and non-dormant rice cultivars. J. Genet. Genomics 41(6):
327-338.
40. Liang C, Wang Y, Zhu Y, Tang J, Hu B, Liu L, Ou S, Wu H, Sun X, Chu J, and Chu C
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(2014) OsNAP connects absisic acid and leaf senescence by fine tuning absisic acid biosynthesis
and directly targeting senescence-associated genes in rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111(27):
10013-10018.
41. Gao S, Fang J, Xu F, Wang W, Sun X, Chu J, Cai B, Feng Y, and Chu C (2014) CYTOKININ
OXIDASE/DEHYDROGENASE4 integrates cytokinin and auxin signaling to control rice crown
root formation. Plant Physiol. 165(3):1035-1046.
42. Zhang L, Hu B, Li W, Che R, Deng K, Li H, Yu F, Ling H, Li Y, and Chu C (2014) OsPT2, a
phosphate transporter, is involved in active uptake of selenite in rice. New Phytol. 201(4): 11831191.
43. Liu C, Mao B, Ou S, Wang W, Liu L, Wu Y, Chu C*, and Wang X* (2014) OsbZIP71, a bZIP
transcription factor, confers salinity and drought tolerance in rice. Plant Mol. Biol., 84(1-2): 1936. (*Corresponding authors)
44. Su L, Li A, Li H, Chu C, and Qiu JL (2013) Direct modulation of protein level in Arabidopsis,
Mol. Plant 6(5): 1711-1714.
45. Fan Y, Du K, Gao Y, Kong Y, Chu C, Sokolov V, and Wang Y (2013) Transformation of LTP
gene into Brassica napus to enhance its resistance to Sclerotinia sclerotiorum. Russ. J. Genet.
49(4): 380-387.
46. Wang Y, Lin A, Loake GJ, and Chu C (2013) H2O2-induced leaf cell death and the crosstalk of
reactive nitric/oxygen species. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 55(3): 202-208.
47. Wang Y, Loake GJ, and Chu C (2013) Cross-talk of nitric oxide and reactive oxygen species in
plant programed cell death. Front. Plant Sci. 4: 314.
48. Guo X, Hou X, Fang J, Wei P, Xu B, Chen M, Feng Y, and Chu C (2013) The rice
GERMINATION DEFECTIVE1, encoding a B3 domain transcriptional repressor, regulates seed
germination and seedling development by integrating GA and carbohydrate metabolism. Plant J.
75(3): 403-416.
49. Wang L, Song X, Gu L, Li X, Cao S, Chu C, Cui X, Chen X, and Cao X (2013) NOT2
proteins promote Pol II-dependent transcription and interact with multiple miRNA biogenesis
factors in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 25(2): 715-727.
50. Sun C, Fang J, Zhao T, Xu B, Zhang F, Liu L, Tang J, Zhang G, Deng X, Chen F, Qian Q,
Cao X, and Chu C (2012) The histone methyltransferase SDG724 mediates H3K36me2/3
deposition at MADS50 and RFT1, and promotes flowering in rice. Plant Cell 24(8): 3235-3247.
51. Tong H, Liu L, Jin Y, Du L, Yin Y, Qian Q, Zhu L, and Chu C (2012) DWARF AND LOWTILLERING acts as a direct downstream target of a GSK3/SHAGGY-like kinase to mediate
brassinosteroid responses in rice. Plant Cell 24(6): 2562–2577.
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52. Wu HJ, Zhang Z, Wang JY, Oh DH, Dassanayake M, Liu B, Huang Q, Sun HX, Xia R, Wu
Y, Wang Y, Yang Z, Liu Y, Zhang W, Zhang H, Chu J, Yan C, Fang S, Zhang J, Wang Y,
Zhang F, Wang G, Lee SY, Cheeseman JM, Yang B, Li B, Min J, Yang L, Wang J*, Chu C*,
Chen SY*, Bohnert HJ*, Zhu J-K*, Wang XJ*, and Xie Q* (2012) Insights into salt tolerance
from the genome of Thellungiella salsuginea. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109(30): 12219-12224.
Highlighted with Research Highlights in Nature Middle East on July 12, 2012 by Moheb
Costandi: “Genome sequencing reveals a plant's adaptation to extreme conditions”.
53. Song X, Wang D, Ma L, Chen Z, Li P, Cui X, Liu C, Cao S, Chu C, Tao Y, and Cao X (2012)
Rice RNA-dependent RNA polymerase 6 acts in small RNA biogenesis and spikelet development.
Plant J. 71(3): 378-389.
54. Song X, Li P, Zhai J, Zhou M, Ma L, Liu B, Jeong DH, Nakano M, Cao S, Liu C, Chu C,
Wang XJ, Green PJ, Meyers BC, and Cao X (2012) Roles of DCL4 and DCL3b in rice phased
small RNA biogenesis. Plant J. 69(3): 462-474.
55. Wu H, Chen C, Du J, Liu H, Yan C, Zhang Y, He Y, Wang Y, Chu C, Feng Z, Li J, and
Ling HQ (2012) Co-overexpression FIT with AtbHLH38 or AtbHLH39 in Arabidopsis enhanced
cadmium tolerance via increased cadmium sequestration in roots and improved iron homeostasis
of shoots. Plant Physiol. 158(2): 790-800.
56. Tong H and Chu C (2012) Brassinosteroid signaling and application in rice. J. Genet. Genomics
39(1): 3-9.
57. Liu X^, Li F^, Tang J, Wang W, Zhang F, Wang G, Chu J, Yan C, Wang T, Chu C*, and Li
C* (2012) Activation of the jasmonic acid pathway by depletion of the hydroperoxide lyase
OsHPL3 reveals crosstalk between the HPL and AOS branches of the oxylipin pathway in rice.
PLoS One 7(11): e50089 (*Corresponding author).
58. Shen H, Liu C, Zhang Y, Meng X, Zhou X, Chu C, and Wang X. (2012) OsWRKY30 is
activated by MAP kinases to confer drought tolerance in rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 80(3): 241-253.
59. Lin A^, Wang Y^, Tang J^, Xue P, Li C, Liu L, Hu B, Yang F, Loake GJ, and Chu C (2012)
Nitric oxide and protein s-nitrosylation are integral to hydrogen peroxide induced leaf cell death
in rice. Plant Physiol. 158: 451-464 (^co-first authors).
60. Wang H, Fang J, Liang C, He M, Li Q, and Chu C (2011) Computation-assisted SiteFindingPCR for isolating flanking sequence tags in rice. BioTechniques 51: 421-423.
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61. Jin Y^, Luo Q^, Tong H^, Wang A, Cheng Z, Tang J, Li D, Zhao X, Li X, Wan J, Chu C, and
Zhu L (2011) An AT-hook gene is required for palea formation and floral organ number control
in rice. Dev. Biol. 359: 277-288. (^co-first authors)
62. Yang Z and Chu C (2011) Towards understanding plant response to heavy metal stress. In:
Abiotic Stress in Plants - Mechanisms and Adaptations, Venkateswarlu B and Shanker AK
(Ed.), p59-78.
63. Li C, Wang Y, Liu L, Hu Y, Zhang F, Sodmergen, Wang G, Schläppi MR, and Chu C (2011)
A rice plastidial nucleotide sugar epimerase is involved in galactolipid biosynthesis and improves
photosynthetic efficiency. PLoS Genet. 7(7): e1002196.
64. Feng J, Cao L, Li J, Duan C, Luo X, Le N, Wei H, Liang S, Chu C, Pan Q, and Tang JL
(2011) Involvement of OsNPR1/NH1 in rice basal resistance to rice blast fungus Magnaporthe
oryzae. Eur. J. Plant Pathol. 131(2): 221-235.
65. Kong F, Mao S J, Du K, Wu M, Zhou X, Chu C, and Wang Y (2011) Comparative proteomics
analysis of OsNAS1 transgenic Brassica napus under salt stress. Chin. Sci. Bull. 56: 2343-2350.
66. Meng X, Qin J, Wang L, Duan G, Sun G, Wu H, Chu C, Ling HQ, Rosen B, and Zhu Y
(2011) Arsenic biotransformation and volatilization in transgenic rice. New Phytol. 191: 49-56.
67. Tang J, Zhu X, Wang Y, Liu L, Xu B, Li F, Fang J, and Chu C (2011) Semidominant
mutations in the CC-NB-LRR-type R gene, NLS1, lead to constitutive activation of defense
responses in rice. Plant J. 66: 996-1007.
68. Gao T, Wu Y, Zhang Y, Liu L, Ning Y, Wang D, Tong H, Chen S, Chu C, and Xie Q (2011)
OsSDIR1 overexpression greatly improves drought tolerance in transgenic rice. Plant Mol Biol.
76: 145-156.
69. Hu B and Chu C (2011) Phosphate starvation signaling in rice. Plant Sig. Behav. 6(7): 927-929.
70. Hu B, Zhu C, Li F, Tang J, Wang Y, Lin A, Liu L, Che R, and Chu C (2011) LEAF TIP
NECROSIS1 plays a pivotal role in regulation of multiple phosphate starvation responses in rice.
Plant Physiol. 156: 1101-1115.
71. Wu X, Zuo S, Chen Z, Zhang Y, Zhu J, Ma N, Tang J, Chu C, and Pan X (2011) Fine
mapping of qSTV11TQ, a major gene conferring resistance to rice stripe disease. Theor. Appl.
Genet. 122(5): 915-923.
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72. Sun C^, Liu L^, Tang J, Lin A, Zhang F, Fang J, Zhang G, and Chu C (2011) RLIN1,
encoding a putative coproporphyrinogen III oxidase, is involved in lesion initiation in rice. J.
Genet. Genomics 38(1): 29-37 (^co-first authors).
73. Chai C^, Fang J^, Liu Y, Tong H, Gong Y, Wang Y, Liu M, Wang Y, Qian Q, Cheng Z, and
Chu C (2011) ZEBRA2, encoding a carotenoid isomerase, is involved in photoprotection in rice.
Plant Mol. Biol. 75(3): 211-221.
74. Qin X, Liu Y, Mao S, Li T, Wu H, Chu C, and Wang Y (2011) Genetic transformation of lipid
transfer protein encoding gene in Phalaenopsis amabilis to enhance cold resistance. Euphytica
177: 33-43.
75. Zhang S, Li G, Fang J, Chen W, Jiang H, Zou J, Liu X, Zhao X, Li X, Chu C, Xie Q, Jiang
X, and Zhu L (2010) The interactions among DWARF10, auxin and cytokinin underlie lateral
bud outgrowth in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 52(7): 626-638.
76. Li F^, Liu W^, Tang J, Chen J, Tong H, Hu B, Li C, Fang J, Chen M, and Chu C (2010) Rice
DENSE AND ERECT PANICLE 2 is essential for determining panicle outgrowth and elongation.
Cell Res. 20: 838-849.
77. Chen H, Zhang Z, Teng K, Lai J, Zhang Y, Huang Y, Li Y, Liang L, Wang Y, Chu C, Guo
H, and Xie Q (2010) Up-regulation of LSB1/GDU3 impacts geminivirus infection by activating
the salicylic acid pathway. Plant J. 62(1): 12-23.
78. Wang Y, Chen C, Loake G, and Chu C (2010) Nitric oxide: Promoter or suppressor of
programmed cell death? Protein Cell 1(2): 133-142.
79. Spadaro D, Yun BW, Spoel SH, Chu C, Wang Y, and Loake G (2010) The redox switch:
dynamic regulation of protein function by cysteine modifications. Physiol. Plant. 138(4): 360371.
80. Tong H and Chu C (2009) Roles of DLT in fine modulation on brassinosteroid response in rice.
Plant Sig. Behav. 4 (5): 438 - 439.
81. Tong H, Jin Y, Liu W, Li F, Fang J, Yin Y, Qian Q, Zhu L, and Chu C (2009) DWARF AND
LOW-TILLERING, a new member of GRAS family, plays positive roles in brassinosteroid
signaling in rice. Plant J. 58: 803-816.
82. Ma Y, Liu L, Zhu C, Sun C, Xu B, Fang F, Tang J, Luo A, Cao S, Li G, Qian Q, Xue Y, and
Chu C (2009) Molecular analysis of rice plants harboring a multi-functional T-DNA tagging
system. J. Genet. Genomics 36(5): 267-276.
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83. Huang X, Qian Q, Liu Z, Sun H, He S, Luo D, Xia G, Chu C, Li J, and Fu X (2009) Natural
variation at the DEP1 locus enhances grain yield in rice. Nat. Genet. 41(4): 494-497.
84. Wang Y, Feechan A, Yun BW, Shafiei R, Hofmann A, Taylor P, Xue P, Yang F, Xie Z,
Pallas JA, Chu C, and Loake G (2009) S-nitrosylation of AtSABP3 antagonizes the expression
of plant immunity. J. Biol. Chem. 284: 2131-2137.
85. Guo X, Wu Y, Wang Y, and Chu C (2009) OsMSRA4.1 and OsMSRB1.1, two rice plastidial
methionine sulfoxide reductases, are involved in abiotic stress responses. Planta 230: 227-238.
86. Yang Z, Wu Y, Li Y, Ling HQ, and Chu C (2009) OsMT1a, a type 1 metallothionein, plays the
pivotal role in zinc homeostasis and drought tolerance in rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 70(1-2): 219-229.
87. Wang Q, Guan Y, Wu Y, Chen H, Chen F, and Chu C (2008) Overexpression of a rice
OsDREB1F gene increases salt, drought, and low temperature tolerance in both Arabidopsis and
rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 67: 589-602.
88. Zhang Y, Li Y, Gao T, Zhu H, Wang D, Zhang H, Ning Y, Liu L, Wu Y, Chu C, Guo H, and
Xie Q (2008) Arabidopsis SDIR1 enhances drought tolerance in crop plants. Biosci. Biotech.
Biochem. 72: 2251-2254.
89. Fang J and Chu C (2008) Abscisic acid and the pre-harvest sprouting in cereals. Plant Sig.
Behav. 3: 1046-1048.
90. Fang J^, Chai C^, Qian Q^, Li C, Tang J, Sun L, Huang Z, Guo X, Sun C, Liu M, Zhang Y,
Lu Q, Wang Y, Lu C, Han B, Chen F, Cheng Z, and Chu C (2008) Mutations of genes in
synthesis of the carotenoid precursors of ABA lead to preharvest sprouting and photo-oxidation in
rice. Plant J. 54: 177-189.
91. Bai X, Wang Q, and Chu C (2008) Excision of a selective marker in transgenic rice using a
novel Cre/loxP system controlled by a floral specific promoter. Transgenic Res. 17: 1035-1043.
92. Qi J, Qian Q, Bu Q, Li S, Chen Q, Sun J, Liang W, Zhou Y, Chu C, Li X, Ren F, Palme K,
Zhao B, Chen J, Chen M, and Li C (2008) Mutation of the rice NARROW LEAF1 gene, which
encodes a novel protein, affects vein patterning and polar auxin transport. Plant Physiol. 147:
1947-1959.
93. Hong JK, Yun BW, Kang JG, Raja MU, Kwon E, Sorhagen K, Chu C, Wang Y, and Loake
GJ (2008) Nitric oxide function and signalling in plant disease resistance. J. Exp. Bot. 59: 147154.
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94. Liu X, Bai X, Wang X, and Chu C (2007) OsWRKY71, a rice transcription factor, is involved
in rice defense response. J. Plant Physiol. 164: 969-979.
95. Dong H, Deng Y, Mu J, Lu Q, Wang Y, Xu Y, Chu C, Chong K, Lu C, and Zuo J (2007) The
Arabidopsis Spontaneous Cell Death1 gene, encoding a ζ-carotene desaturase essential for
carotenoid biosynthesis, is involved in photo protection, chloroplast development and retrograde
signaling. Cell Res. 17: 458-470.
96. Liu B, Chen Z, Song X, Liu C, Cui X, Zhao X, Fang J, Xu W, Zhang H, Wang X, Chu C,
Deng XW, Xue Y, and Cao X (2007) Oryza sativa Dicer-like4 reveals a key role for small
interfering RNA silencing in plant development. Plant Cell 19: 2705-2718.
97. Ding Y, Wang X, Su L, Zhai J, Cao S, Zhang D, Liu C, Bi YP, Qian Q, Cheng ZK, Chu C*,
and Cao X* (2007) SDG714, a histone H3K9 methyltransferase, is involved in Tos17 DNA
methylation and transposition in rice. Plant Cell 19: 9-22 (*Corresponding author).
Featured with Leading Edge-Molecular Biology Select in Cell by Priya Prakash Budde (2007)
Connecting the Dots between Histone Methylation and DNA Methylation. 128(4): 633.
98. Zhang K, Qian Q, Huang Z, Wang Y, Li M, Hong L, Zheng D, Gu M, Chu C, and Cheng Z
(2006) GOLD HULL AND INTERNODE2 (GH2) encodes a primarily multifunctional cinnamylalcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) in Oryza sativa. Plant Physiol. 140: 972-983.
99. Xiong G, Hu X, Jiao Y, Yu Y, Chu C, Li J, Qian Q, and Wang Y (2006) LEAFY HEAD2,
which encodes a putative RNA-binding protein, regulates shoot development of rice. Cell Res. 16:
267-276.
100.Luo A^, Qian Q^, Ying H^, Liu X, Yin C, Lan Y, Tang J, Tang Z, Cao S, Wang X, Xia K, Fu
X, Luo D, and Chu C (2006) EUI1, encoding a putative cytochrome P450 monooxygenase,
regulates the internodes elongation by modulating GA responses in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 47:
181-191. (^co-first authors)
101.Zhou H, He S, Cao Y, Chen T, Du B, Chu C, Zhang J, and Chen S (2006) OsGLU1, A
putative membrane-bound endo-1,4--D-glucanase from rice, affects plant internode elongation.
Plant Mol. Biol. 60:137-151.
102.Wu Y, Wang Q, Ma Y, and Chu C (2005) Isolation and expression analysis of salt up-regulated
ESTs in upland rice using PCR-based subtractive suppression hybridization method. Plant Sci.
168: 847-853.
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103.Luo A, Liu L, Tang Z, Bai X, Cao S, and Chu C (2005) Down-regulation of OsGRF1 gene in
rice rhd1 mutant results in reduced heading date. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 47: 745-752.
104.Liu X, Bai X, Qian Q, Wang X, Chen M, and Chu C (2005) OsWRKY03, a rice transcription
activator that functions in defense signaling pathway upstream of OsNPR1. Cell Res. 15: 593-603.
105.Liu B, Li P, Li X, Liu C, Cao S, Chu C, and Cao X (2005) Loss of function of OsDCL1 affects
microRNA accumulation and causes developmental defects in rice. Plant Physiol. 139: 296-305.
106.Si L, Cao S, and Chu C (2003) Isolation of a 1195 bp 5’-flanking region of rice cytosolic
fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase and analysis of its expression in transgenic rice. Acta Bot. Sin. 45:
359-364.
107.Junker BH, Chu C, Sonnewald U, Willmitzer L, and Fernie AR (2003) In plants the alc gene
expression system responds more rapidly following induction with acetaldehyde than with
ethanol. FEBS Lett. 535 (1-3):136-140.
108.Sweetman JP, Chu C, Qu N, Greenland AJ, Sonnewald U, and Jepson I (2002) Ethanol vapor
is an efficient inducer of the alc gene expression system in model and crop plant species. Plant
Physiol. 129: 943-948.
109.Si L, Wang L, Cao S, and Chu C (2002) Deletion of a 93 bp 5’ flanking region of rice cytosolic
fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase completely altered its expression pattern. Acta Bot. Sin. 44: 13391345.
110.Chen S, Qu N, Cao S, Bauwe H, Chen S, Tian W, and Chu C (2001) Expression pattern of
gdcsP promoter from C3-C4 intermediate plant Flaveria anomala in transgenic rice. Chin. Sci.
Bull. 46 (19): 1635-1638.
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