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2023
Luyan Tian, Xiaozhen Huang# (2023) Application value of protein phase separation mechanism of flowering regulation in de novo domestication. Hereditas(Beijing).45(9): 754-764
Qianwen Lv, Yongfang Yang# (2023) The biological functions of peptide signaling in plant and the advances on its utilization for crop improvement. Hereditas(Beijing).45(9): 813-828.
2022
Choon-Tak Kwon, Lingli Tang, Xingang Wang, lacopo Gentile, Anat Hendelman, Gina Robitaille, Joyce Van Eck, Cao Xu# & Zachary B. Lippman# (2022) Dynamic evolution of small signalling peptide compensation in plant stem cell control. Nature Plants. 8(4):346-355.
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Xiaozhen Huang*, Nan Xiao*, Yupan Zou, Yue Xie, Lingli Tang, Yueqin Zhang, Yuan Yu, Yiting Li, Cao Xu# (2022) Heterotypic transcriptional condensates formed by prion-like paralogous proteins canalize flowering transition in tomato. Genome Biology. 23(1):78.
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Yue Xie, Tinghao Zhang, Xiaozhen Huang, Cao Xu# (2022) A two-in-one breeding strategy boosts rapid utilization of wild species and elite cultivars. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 20(5):800-802.
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2021
Xiaozhen Huang*, Shudong Chen*, Weiping Li, Lingli Tang, Yueqin Zhang, Ning Yang, Yupan Zou, Xiawan Zhai, Nan Xiao, Wei Liu, Pilong Li# & Cao Xu# (2021) ROS regulated reversible protein phase separation synchronizes plant flowering. Nature Chemical Biology. 17(5):549~557 (Featured Article, Highlighted by Nature Chemical Biology, Feb. 25. 2021).
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2020
Lichan Tu*, Ping Su*, Zhongren Zhang*, Linhui Gao, Jiadian Wang, Tianyuan Hu, Jiawei Zhou, Yifeng Zhang, Yujun Zhao, Yuan Liu, Yadi Song, Yuru Tong, Yun Lu, Jian Yang, Cao Xu, Meirong Jia, Reuben J. Peters, Luqi Huang# & Wei Gao# (2020) Genome of Tripterygium wilfordii and identification of cytochrome P450 involved in triptolide biosynthesis. Nature Communications. 11: 971
2019
Daniel Rodriguez-Leal*, Cao Xu*, Choon-Tak Kwon, Cara Soyars, Edgar Demesa-Arevalo, Jarrett Man, Lei Liu, Zachary H. Lemmon, Daniel S. Jones, Joyce Van Eck, David P. Jackson#, Madelaine E. Bartlett#, Zachary L. Nimchuk# and Zachary B. Lippman# (2019) Evolution of buffering in a genetic circuit controlling plant stem cell proliferation. Nature Genetics. 51(5): 786-792 (Highlighted by Nature Genetics 51, 770-771, 2019).
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Different ways to be redundant
2018
Tingdong Li*, Xinping Yang*, Yuan Yu*, Xiaomin Si, Xiawan Zhai, Huawei Zhang, Wenxia Dong, Caixia Gao# & Cao Xu# (2018) Domestication of wild tomato is accelerated by genome editing. Nature Biotechnology. doi:10.1038/nbt.4273 (Highlighted by Nature, Oct. 2. 2018)
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Super-tomato shows what plant scientists can do
CRISPR Can Make Old Tomatoes, New Tomatoes
De novo domestication of wild tomato using genome editing
Xiaozhen Huang, Lingli Tang, Yuan Yu, Justin Dalrymple, Zachary B. Lippman# & Cao Xu# (2018) Control of flowering and inflorescence architecture in tomato by synergistic interactions between ALOG transcription factors. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2018.03.008.
Ning Zhang*, Hong Yu*, Hao Yu*, Yueyue Cai, Linzhou Huang, Cao Xu, Guosheng Xiong, Xiangbing Meng, Jiyao Wang, Haofeng Chen, Guifu Liu, Yanhui Jing, Yundong Yuan, Yan Liang, Shujia Li, Steven M Smith, Jiayang Li, and Yonghong Wang# (2018) A core regulatory pathway controlling rice tiller angle mediated by the LAZY1-dependent asymmetric distribution of auxin. Plant Cell. doi: 10.1105/tpc.18.00063.
2016
Cao Xu, Soon Ju Park, Joyce Van Eck, and Zachary B. Lippman# (2016) Control of inflorescence architecture in tomato by BTB/POZ transcriptional regulators. Genes & Development. 30(18): 2048- 2061. (Recommended by F1000 Prime)
2015
Cao Xu*, Katie L. Liberatore*, Cora A MacAlister, Zejun Huang, Yi-Hsuan Chu, Ke Jiang, Christopher Brooks, Mari Ogawa-Ohnishi, Guangyan Xiong, Markus Pauly, Joyce Van Eck, Yoshikatsu Matsubayashi, Esther van der Knaap & Zachary B Lippman# (2015) A cascade of arabinosyltransferases controls shoot meristem size in tomato. Nature Genetics. 47(7): 784-792. (Featured on the cover, Highlighted by Nature Genetics 47, 698–699 (2015), by Science, May. 25, 2015, Recommended by F1000 Prime)
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Sweet size control in tomato
Scientists find way to create supersized fruit
2012
Cao Xu*, Yonghong Wang*, Yanchun Yu*, Jingbo Duan, Zhigang Liao, Guosheng Xiong, Xiangbing Meng, Guifu Liu, Qian Qian# & Jiayang Li# (2012) Degradation of MONOCULM 1 by APC/CTAD1 regulates rice tillering. Nature Communications. 3:750.