Molecular mechanisms underlying auxin biosynthesis, signaling and polar transport pathways; auxin and plant development and responses to environment.

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27. Yang W, Luo L, Bostick BC, Wiita E, Cheng Y, Shen Y. Effect of combined arsenic and lead exposure on their uptake and translocation in Indian mustard. Environ Pollut. 2021 Apr 1;274:116549. doi: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.116549

26. Song LZ, Wang YN, Guo ZA, Lam SM, Shui GH, Cheng YF *. NCP2/RHD4/SAC7, SAC6 and SAC8 phosphoinositide phosphatases are required for PtdIns4P and PtdIns(4,5)P2 homeostasis and Arabidopsis development. New Phytologist. 2021 DOI: 10.1111/nph.17402

25.  Jianyang Liu, Yanning Wang, Youfa Cheng*. The ESCRT-I components VPS28A and VPS28B are essential for auxin-mediated plant development. Plant Journal, 2020. 104: 1617–1634.

24. Guo Z, Yue X, Cui X, Song L, Cheng Y. AtMOB1 Genes Regulate Jasmonate Accumulation and Plant Development. Plant Physiol. 2020 Mar;182(3):1481-1493.

23. Yue X, Guo Z, Shi T, Song L, Cheng Y. Arabidopsis AGC protein kinases IREH1 and IRE3 control root skewing. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 46(5):259-267
22. Zeng W, Dai X, Sun J, Hou Y, Ma X, Cao X, Zhao Y, Cheng Y.. Modulation of auxin signaling and development by polyadenylation machinery.Plant Physiol. 2019 Feb;179(2):686-699.

21. Malka SK and Cheng Y. 2017. Possible Interactions between the Biosynthetic Pathways of Indole Glucosinolate and Auxin. Front. Plant Sci. 8:2131. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.02131

20. Cui XN*, Guo ZA*, Song LZ, Wang YL, Cheng YF. 2016. NCP1/AtMOB1A plays key roles in auxin-mediated Arabidopsis development. PLOS Genetics, doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1005923 (*Co-first author) 

19. 刘春明，程佑发，刘永秀，孙蒙祥，薛红卫。植物种子发育的分子机理。中国基础科学，2016，DOI：10.3969/j.issn.1009-2412.2016.02.001

18. Chen Q, Dai X, De-Paoli H, Cheng Y, Takebayashi Y, Kasahara H, Kamiya Y, Zhao Y .2014. Auxin overproduction in shoots cannot rescue auxin deficiencies in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Cell Physiology, 55: 1072-1079
17. Hentrich M, Böttcher C, Düchting P, Cheng Y, Zhao Y, Berkowitz O, Masle J, Medina J, Pollmann S. 2013. The jasmonic acid signaling pathway is linked to auxin homeostasis through the modulation of YUCCA8 and YUCCA9 gene expression. Plant J., doi: 10.1111/tpj.12152.
16. Cheng ZJ, Wang L, Sun W, Zhang Y, Zhou C, Su YH, Li W, Sun TT, Zhao XY, Li XG, Cheng Y, Zhao YD, Xie Q and Zhang XS. 2012. Pattern of auxin and cytokinin responses for shoot meristem induction results from regulation of cytokinin biosynthesis by auxin response factor 3. Plant Physiology, DOI:10.1104/pp.112.203166
15. Won C, Shen X, Mashiguchi K, Zheng Z, Dai X, Cheng Y, Kasahara H, Kamiya Y, Chory J and Zhao Y. 2011. Conversion of tryptophan to indole-3-acetic acid by TRYPTOPHAN AMINOTRANSFERASES OF ARABIDOPSIS and YUCCAs in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, doi/10.1073/pnas.1108436108
14. Li Y, Dai X, Cheng Y and Zhao Y. 2010. NPY genes play an essential role in root gravitropic responses in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 1-9
13. Bernard D, Cheng Y, Zhao Y and Balk J. 2009. An allelic mutant series of ATM3 reveals its key role in the biogenesis of cytosolic iron-sulfur proteins in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 151(2):590-602
12. Rawat R, Schwartz J, Jones M, Sairanen I, Cheng Y, Andersson C, Zhao Y, Ljung K and Harmer. 2009. A Myb-like transcription factor integrates circadian clock and auxin signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 106(39): 16883-16888
11. Tao Y, Ferrer J, Ljung K, Pojer F, Hong F, Long J, Li X, Moreno J, Bowman M, Ivans L, Cheng Y, Lim J, Zhao Y, Ballaré C, Sandberg G, Noel J, Chory J. 2008. Rapid synthesis of auxin via a new tryptophan-dependent pathway is required for shade avoidance in plants. Cell, 133(1):164-176
10. Cheng Y, Qin G, Dai X, Zhao Y. 2008. NPY genes and AGC kinases define two key steps in auxin- mediated organogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 105(52): 21017-21022
9. Cheng Y and Zhao Y. 2007. A role for auxin in flower development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 49(1):99-104
8. Cheng Y, Dai X and Zhao Y. 2007. Auxin synthesized by the YUCCA flavin monooxygenases is essential for embryogenesis and leaf formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 19: 2430-2439
7. Cheng Y, Qin G, Dai X and Zhao Y. 2007. NPY1, a BTB-NPH3-like protein, plays a critical role in auxin-regulated organogenesis in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104(47): 18825-18829
6. Cheng Y, Dai X and Zhao Y. 2006. Auxin biosynthesis by the YUCCA flavin monooxygenases controls the formation of floral organs and vascular tissues in Arabidopsis. Genes & Development, 20(13): 1790-1799
5. Dai X, Hayashi K, Nozaki H, Cheng Y and Zhao Y. 2005. Genetic and chemical analysis of the action mechanism of sirtinol. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 102 (8): 3129-3134
4. Cheng Y, Dai X and Zhao Y. 2004. AtCAND1, a HEAT-repeat protein that participates in auxin signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 135 (2): 1020-1026
3. Moran P, Cheng Y, Cassell J and Thompson GA. 2002. Gene expression profiling of Arabidopsis thaliana in compatible plant-aphid interactions. Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology, 51 (4): 182-203
2. Cheng Y, Pu T, Xue Y and Zhang C. 2001. PcTGD, a highly expressed gene in stem, is related to water stress in reed (Phragmites communis Trin.). Chinese Science Bulletin, 46 (10): 850-854
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