Two-Step Maternal-to-Zygotic Transition with Two-Phase Parental Genome Contributions

Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, Kun Shen, +6

Developmental Cell

Developmental BiologyTwo-step Maternal-to-zygotic TransitionGeneticsGenomic MechanismMolecular Genetics +4

A comprehensive, genome-wide analysis of autophagy-related genes identified in tobacco suggests a central role of autophagy in plant response to various environmental cues

Xuemei Zhou, Peng Zhao, Wei Wang, +4

DNA Research

BotanyAutophagy-related GenesGeneticsGenomicsPlant Genomics +17

A Bipartite Molecular Module Controls Cell Death Activation in the Basal Cell Lineage of Plant Embryos

Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, Liyao Zhang, +6

PLoS Biology

Autophagy-mediated compartmental cytoplasmic deletion is essential for tobacco pollen germination and male fertility

Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, Linlin Zhao, +2

Autophagy

Comparative Analysis of WUSCHEL-Related Homeobox Genes Revealed Their Parent-of-Origin and Cell Type-Specific Expression Pattern During Early Embryogenesis in Tobacco

Xuemei Zhou, Yingying Guo, Peng Zhao, +1

Frontiers in Plant Science

Genome-wide identification and characterization of cystatin family genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.)

Wei Wang, Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, +2

Plant Cell Reports

BiologyPlant Molecular BiologyPlant GeneticsGeneticsGenome-wide Identification +6

Comprehensive analysis of cystatin family genes suggests their putative functions in sexual reproduction, embryogenesis, and seed formation

Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, Jie Zou, +4

Journal of Experimental Botany

Papain-like and legumain-like proteases in rice: genome-wide identification, comprehensive gene feature characterization and expression analysis

Wei Wang, Xuemei Zhou, Hanxian Xiong, +3

BMC Plant Biology

Equal parental contribution to the transcriptome is not equal control of embryogenesis

Peng Zhao, Xuemei Zhou, Yifan Zheng, +2

Nature Plants

BiologyCell LineageDevelopmental BiologyEqual Parental ContributionNatural Sciences +9

Cell lineage-specific transcriptome analysis for interpreting cell fate specification of proembryos

Xuemei Zhou, Zhenzhen Liu, Kun Shen, +2

Nature Communications