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Guan C, Wu B, Yu T, Wang Q, Krogan NT, Liu X, Jiao Y.(2017) Spatial Auxin Signaling Controls Leaf Flattening in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol. 9;27(19):2940-2950.
Li D, Palanca AMS, Won SY, Gao L, Feng Y, Vashisht AA, Liu L, Zhao Y, Liu X, Wu X, Li S, Le B, Kim YJ, Yang G, Li S, Liu J, Wohlschlegel JA, Guo H, Mo B, Chen X, Law JA.(2017) The MBD7 complex promotes expression of methylated transgenes without significantly altering their methylation status. eLife 6:e19893 doi: 10.7554/eLife.19893
Li D, Fu X, Guo L, Huang Z, Li Y, Liu Y, He Z, Cao X, Ma X, Zhao M, Zhu G, Xiao L, Wang H, Chen X, Liu R and Liu X.(2016) FAR-RED ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL3 activates SEPALLATA2 but inhibits CLAVATA3 to regulate meristem determinacy and maintenance in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 113(33):9375-80.
Liu L, Li B, Liu X.(2016) FAR-RED ELONGATED HYPOCOTYL3 promotes floral meristem determinacy in Arabidopsis. Plant Signal Behav. 11(10):e1238545.
Huang Z, Shi T, Zheng B, Yumul RE, Liu X, You C, Gao Z, Xiao L, Chen X.(2016) APETALA2 antagonizes the transcriptional activity of AGAMOUS in regulating floral stem cells in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytol. doi: 10.1111/nph.14151.
Cao X, He Z, Guo L, Liu X. (2015) Epigenetic mechanisms are critical for the regulation of WUSCHEL expression in floral meristems. Plant Physiology 168(4):1189-96.
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Liu X, Gao L, Dinh TT, Shi T, Li D, Wang R, Guo L, Xiao L, Chen X.(2014) DNA topoisomerase I affects polycomb group protein-mediated epigenetic regulation and plant development by altering nucleosome distribution in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 26(7):2803-17.
Dinh TT, Gao L, Liu X, Li D, Li S, Zhao Y, O'Leary M, Le B, Schmitz RJ, Manavella P, Li S, Weigel D, Pontes O, Ecker JR, Chen X.(2014) DNA topoisomerase 1α promotes transcriptional silencing of transposable elements through DNA methylation and histone lysine 9 dimethylation in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics. 3;10(7):e1004446
Dinh TT, Luscher E, Li S, Liu X, Won SY, Chen X. (2014) Genetic screens for floral mutants in Arabidopsis thaliana: enhancers and suppressors. Methods Mol Biol. 1110:127-56.
Li S, Liu L, Zhuang X, Yu Y, Liu X, Pan S, Raikhel N, Jiang L, Chen X. (2013) microRNAs inhibit the translation of target mRNAs on the endoplasmic reticulumin Arabidopsis. Cell 25;153(3):562-74.
Dinh TT, O'Leary M, Won SY, Li S, Arroyo L, Liu X, Defries A, Zheng B, Cutler SR, Chen X.(2013)Generation of a luciferase-based reporter for CHH and CG DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Silence. 5;4(1):1.
Qiao Y, Liu L, Xiong Q, Flores C, Wong J, Shi J, Wang X, Liu X, Xiang Q, Jiang S, Zhang F, Wang Y, Judelson HS, Chen X, Ma W.(2013)Oomycete pathogens encode RNA silencing suppressors. Nat Genetics. 45(3):330-3.
Yumul RE, Kim YJ, Liu X, Wang R, Ding J, Xiao L, Chen X.(2013) POWERDRESS and diversified expression of the MIR172 gene family bolster the floral stem cell network. PLoS Genetics 9(1):e1003218.
Tang X, Bian S, Tang M, Lu Q, Li S, Liu X, Tian G, Nguyen V, Tsang E, Wang A, Rothstein SJ, Chen X, Cui Y.(2012) MicroRNA-Mediated Repression of the Seed Maturation Program during Vegetative Development in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics: 8(11):e1003091,
Dinh TT, Girke T, Liu X, Yant L, Schmid M, Chen X.(2012) The floral homeotic protein APETALA2 recognizes and acts through an AT-rich sequence element. Development;139 1978-1986
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Ji L, Liu X, Yan J, Wang W, Yumul RE, Kim Y, Dinh TT, Liu J, Cui X, Zheng B, Agarwal M, Liu C, Cao X, Tang G and Chen X. (2011) ARGONAUTE10 and ARGONAUTE1 Regulate the Termination of Floral Stem Cells through Two microRNAs in Arabidopsis. PLoS Genetics 7 (3): e1001358.