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A Plant Molecular Genetics Lab
Investigating
Life Secrets of Photosynthetic Organisms and
Applying
Gained Knowledge to Solve Climate Crisis

List of publication list can be also found at "MyBibliography"

Yu, N., Liang, Y, Wang, Q., Peng, X., He, Z.-H., Hou, X. (2022) Transcriptomic analysis of OsRUS1 overexpression rice lines with rapid and dynamic leaf rolling morphology. Scientific Reports 12:6736. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-10784-x
Hou, X-W., Tong, H., He, Z.-H. (2022) Prokaryotic expression and solubilisation of Arabidopsis ROOT UVB SENSITIVE 1 from inclusion bodies in Escherichia coli. Botanica Serbica 46(1):85-91. DOI:10.2298/BOTSERB2201085H
Shen B.R., Wang, L.M., Lin, X.L., Yao, Z., Xu, H.W., Zhu, C.H., Teng, H.Y., Cui, L.L., Liu, E.E., Zhang, J.J., He, Z.-H., Peng, X. (2019) Engineering a New Chloroplastic Photorespiratory Bypass to Increase Photosynthetic Efficiency and Productivity in Rice. Molecular Plant 12: 199-214.
Lee J, Gokey T, Ting D, He Z.-H., Guliaev, A.B. (2018) Dimerization misalignment in human glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase variants is the primary factor for PLP release. PLoS ONE 13 (9): e0203889.
Owens, et al., (He, Z.-H. as one of the 68 co-authors) (2018) Collectively Improving Our Teaching: Attempting Biology Department-wide Professional Development in Scientific Teaching. CBE Life Sci Educ. 17(1). doi: 10.1187/cbe.17-06-0106.
Owens, et al., (He, Z.-H. as one of the 84 co-authors) (2017) Classroom Sound Can Be Used To Classify Teaching Practices in College Science Courses. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 114:3085–3090.
Zhang, Z., Xu, Y., Xie, Z., Li, X., He, Z.-H. Peng, X. (2016) Association-dissociation of glycolate oxidase with catalase in rice: a potential switch to modulate intracellular H2O2 levels. Molecular Plant 9:737-748.
Zink, A. G. and He, Z.-H. (2015) Botanical brilliance – Are plants decision-makers or elaborate fakers? Science 347: 724-725.
Leasure, C.D., Chen, Y.P., and He Z.-H. (2013) Enhancement of Indole-3-Acetic Acid Photodegradation by Vitamin B6. Molecular Plant 6 (6):1992-1995.
Leasure, C.D., and He, Z.-H. (2012) CLE and RGF Family Peptide hormone signaling in Plant Development. Molecular Plant 5:1173-1175.
Jadrane, I., Kornievsky, M., Desjardin, D. E., Cai, L., Hyde, K., and He, Z.-H. (2012) First Report of Flower Anthracnose Caused by Colletotrichum karstii in White Phalaenopsis Orchids in the United States. Plant Disease 96(8): 1227.
Zhang, Z., Lu Y., Zhai, L., Deng, R., Jiang, J., Li, Y., He, Z.-H., Peng, X. (2012) Glycolate oxidase isozymes are coordinately controlled by GLO1 and GLO4 in rice. PLoS One. 2012;7(6):e39658. Epub 2012 Jun 26.
Leasure, C.D., Tong, H.Y., Hou, X.W., Shelton, A., Minton, M., Esquerra, R., Roje, S., Hellmann, H., He, Z.-H. (2011) Root uv-b sensitive mutants are suppressed by specific mutations in ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE2 and by exogenous vitamin B6. Molecular Plant, 4:759-770. (PMCID: PMC3146737)
Yang, Q., He, H., Li, H., Tian, H., Zhang, J., Zhai, L., Chen, J., Wu, H., Yi, G., He, Z.-H., Peng X. (2011) NOA1 Functions in a Temperature-Dependent Manner to Regulate Chlorophyll Biosynthesis and Rubisco Formation in Rice. PLoS ONE 6(5): e20015. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0020015.
Yu, L., Jiang, J., Zhang, C., Jiang, L., Ye, N., Lu, Y., Yang, G. Liu, E., Peng, C., He, Z.-H., and Peng, X. (2010) Glyoxylate rather than ascorbate is an efficient precursor for oxalate biosynthesis in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 61:1625-1634.
Xu, H., Zhang, J., Zeng, J., Jiang, L., Liu, E., Peng, C., He, Z.-H., Peng, X. (2009). Inducible antisense suppression of glycolate oxidase reveals its strong regulation over photosynthesis in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 60: 1799-1809.
Leasure, C.D., Tong, T., Yuen, G., Hou, X., Sun, X., and He, Z.-H. (2009) ROOT UV-B SENSITIVE2 Acts With RUS1 in a Root UV-B Sensing Pathway. Plant Physiology 150:1902-1915.
Tong, H., Leasure, C.D., Hou, X., Yuen, G., Briggs, W., and He, Z.-H. (2008) Role of root UV-B sensing in Arabidopsis early seedling development. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105: 21039-21044.
Zhang, J., He, Z.-H., Tian, H., Zhu, G., Peng, X. (2007) Identification of aluminum-responsive genes in rice cultivars with different aluminum sensitivities. Journal of Experimental Botany, 58: 2269-2278.
Xu, H., Ji, X.-M., He, Z.-H., Shi, W., Zhu, G., Niu, J., Li, B., Peng, X. (2006) Oxalate accumulation and regulation is independent of glycolate oxidase in rice leaves. Journal of Experimental Botany 57:1899-1908.
Hou, X., Tong, H., Selby, J., DeWitt, J., Peng, X., He Z.-H. (2005) Involvement of a cell wall-associated kinase, WAKL4, in Arabidopsis mineral responses. Plant Physiology 139:1704-1716.
Zhang S, Chen CS, Li L, Ling M, Singh J, Jiang Ni, Deng X-W, He Z.-H., Lemaux P (2005) Evolutionary Expansion, Gene Structure, and Expression of the Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Wall-Associated Kinase (OsWAKs) Gene Family. Plant Physiology 139:1107-1124.
Verica, J., Chae, L., Tong, H., Ingmire, P., and He, Z.-H. (2003) Tissue Specific and Developmentally Regulated Expression of a Cluster of Tandemly Arrayed WAK-Like Kinase, WAKL, Genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 133:1732-1746.
Sivaguru M, Ezaki B, He, Z.-H., Tong H., Osawa, H., Baluska, F., Volkmann, D., Matsumoto, H. (2003) Aluminum Induced Gene-Expression and Protein Localization of a Cell Wall-Associated Receptor Protein Kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 132: 2256-2266.
Verica, J., He, Z.-H (2002) The cell wall-associated kinase (WAK) and WAK-like kinase gene family. Plant Physiology. 129:455-459.
Lally, D., Ingmire, P., Tong, H., He, Z.-H. (2001) Antisense Expression of a Cell Wall Associated Protein Kinase, WAK4, Results in Cell Elongation Inhibition and Morphological Alternations. Plant Cell. 13:1317-1331.
Anderson, C. M, Wagner T. A, Perret, M, He Z.-H, He D, Kohorn BD. (2001) WAKs: cell wall-associated kinases linking the cytoplasm to the extracellular matrix. Plant Molecular Biology. 47:197-206.
He, Z.-H., Cheeseman, I., He, D., and Kohorn, B. (1999) A cluster of five cell wall-associated kinase genes, Wak1-5, are expressed in specific organs of Arabidopsis. Plant Molecular Biology. 39:1189-1196.
He, Z.-H., He, D., and Kohorn, B. D. (1998) Requirement for the Induced Expression of a Cell Wall Associated Receptor Kinase for Survival during the Pathogen Response. Plant Journal. 14:155-163.
He, Z.-H., Fujiki, M., and Kohorn, B.D. (1996) A Cell Wall Associated Protein Receptor-like Kinase in Arabidopsis. Journal of Biological Chemistry. 271:19789-19793.
Kohorn, B.D., He, Z.-H., and Fujiki, M. 1995 A Receptor-like kinase with an EGF domain in the cell wall. In Protein Phosphorylation in Plants, Oxford University Press, pp 297-304.
He, Z.-H., Li, J., Sundqvist, C., and Timko, M.P. (1994) Developmental age affects the expression of genes encoding enzymes of chlorophyll and heme biosynthesis in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Physiology. 106:537-546.
Spano, A.J., He, Z.-H., Michel, H., Hunt, D.F., and Timko M.P. (1992) Molecular cloning, nuclear gene structure, and developmental expression of NADPH-protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in pea (Pisum sativum L.). Plant Molecular Biology. 18:967-972.
Spano, A.J., He, Z.-H., and Timko, M.P. (1992) NADPH: protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase in white pine (Pinus strobus) and loblolly pine (Pinus taeda). Evidence for light and developmental regulation of expression and conservation in gene organization and protein structure between angiosperms and gymnosperms. Molecular and General Genetics. 236:86-95.

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