Recent Publications:
Huang, J., Gu, M., Lai, Z., Fan, B., Shi, K., Zhou, Y.-H., Yu, J.-Q., and Chen, Z. (2010) Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL gene family in plant growth, development and response to environmental stress. Plant Physiol. 153:1526-1538.
Lai, Z. Li, Y., Wang, F., Cheng, Y., Fan, B., Yu, J.-Q.and Chen, Z. (2011) Arabidopsis sigma factor-binding proteins are coactivators of WRKY33 transcription factor in defense against necrotrophic pathogens. Plant Cell 23:3824-3841.
Cheng, Y., Zhou, Y., Yang, Y., Chi, Y.-J., Zhou, J., Chen, J.-Y., Wang, F., Fan, B., Shi, K., Zhou, Y.-H., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2012) Structural and functional analysis of VQ motif-containing proteins in Arabidopsis and soybean as WRKY-interacting proteins. Plant Physiol. 159: 810-825.
Zhou, J., Wang, J., Cheng, Y., Chi, Y.-J., Fan, B., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2013) NBR1-mediated selective autophagy targets insoluble ubiquitinated protein aggregates in plant stress responses. PLOS Genetics 9: e1003196.
Chi, Y., Yang, Y., Zhou, Y., Zhou, J., Fan, B., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2013) Protein-protein interactions in the regulation of WRKY transcription factors. Mol. Plant 6:287-300.
Zhou, J., Zhang, Y., Qi, J., Chi, Y., Fan, B., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2014). The ubiquitin E3 ligase CHIP and NBR1-mediated selective autophagy protect additively against proteotoxicity in plant stress responses. PLOS Genetics 10:e1004116.
Zhou, J., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2014) The perplexing role of autophagy in plant innate immune responses. Mol. Plant Pathol. (DOI: 10.111/mpp.12118).
Zhou, J., Wang, J., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2014) Role and regulation of autophagy in heat stress responses of tomato plants. Front. Plant Sci. 5:174. doi: 10.3389/fpls. 2014.00174
Wang, F., Shang, Y., Fan, B., Yu, J.-Q., Chen, Z. (2014) Arabidopsis LIP5, a regulator of SKD1 AAA ATPase in multivesicular body biogenesis, is a critical target of pathogen-responsive MAPKs in plant basal defense. PLOS Pathogens (accepted).