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Plant Stem Cell Dynamics
PUBLICATIONS


2025
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Zhu Y, Zhu X, Bi S, Teng D, Tahir M, Liu Y, Wang L, Liu H, Wen T, Zhu L, Li Z, Chen X, Zhang M, Cai W, Liu Z, Zheng M, Zhang Y, Gong JM, Wang JW, He Z, Li L, Wang E, Ji M, Yang W. (2025). Epidermal hydrodynamics controls water homeostasis of shoot meristems for plant adaptation to terrestrial environments. Dev. Cell 2025 Sep 30: S1534-5807.
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Lan M, Zhu Y, Peaucelle A, Zhu X, Liu Y, Cao X, Gurzadyan A, Gao G, Cai W, Gruel J, Haas KT, Jönsson H, Hamant O, Wightman R, Meyerowitz E, Yang W. (2025). CSLD5-mediated cell wall remodelling regulates tissue mechanics and shoot meristem growth. Nat. Commun. 16: 7229.
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Liu Y, Yang W. (2025). Plant hormones: Uneven mitotic division and brassinosteroid. Curr. Biol. 35: R262-R265.
2024
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Chen C, Hu Y, Ikeuchi M, Jiao Y, Prasad K, Su YH, Xiao J, Xu L, Yang W, Zhao Z, Zhou W, Zhou Y, Gao J, Wang JW. (2024). Plant regeneration in the new era: from molecular mechanisms to biotechnology applications. Sci. China Life Sci. 67: 1338-1367. (co-corresponding author)
2021
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Gao M, He Y, Yin X, Zhong X, Yan B, Wu Y, Chen J, Li X, Zhai K, Huang Y, Gong X, Chang H, Xie S, Liu J, Yue J, Xu J, Zhang G, Deng Y, Wang E, Tharreau D, Wang GL, Yang W, He Z. (2021). Ca2+ sensor-mediated ROS scavenging suppresses rice immunity and is exploited by a fungal effector. Cell 184: 5391-5404. (co-corresponding author)
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Yang W, Cortijo S, Korsbo N, Roszak P, Schiessl K, Gurzadyan A, Wightman R, Jonsson H, Meyerowitz E. (2021). Molecular mechanism of cytokinin-activated cell division in Arabidopsis. Science 371: 1350-1355.
2020
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Yang W, Schuster C, Prunet N, Dong Q, Landrein B, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. (2020). Visualization of protein coding, long noncoding, and nuclear RNAs by fluorescence in situ hybridization in sections of shoot apical meristems and developing flowers. Plant Physiol. 182: 147-158.
2017
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Yang W, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. (2017). Cell cycle control by nuclear sequestration of CDC20 and CDH1 mRNA in plant stem cells. Mol. Cell 68: 1108-1119.
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Prunet N, Yang W, Das P, Meyerowitz EM, Jack TP. (2017). SUPERMAN prevents class B gene expression and promotes stem cell termination in the fourth whorl of Arabidopsis thaliana flowers. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 114: 7166-7171.
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Gao M, Yin X, Yang W, Lam SM, Tong X, Liu J, Wang X, Li Q, Shui G, He Z. (2017). GDSL lipases modulate immunity through lipid homeostasis in rice. PLoS Pathogens 13: e1006724.
2016
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Yang W, Schuster C, Beahan CT, Charoensawan V, Peaucelle A, Bacic A, Doblin MS, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. (2016). Regulation of meristem morphogenesis by cell wall synthases in Arabidopsis. Curr. Biol. 26: 1404-1415.
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You Q, Zhai K, Yang D, Yang W, Wu J, Liu J, Pan W, Wang J, Zhu X, Jian Y, Liu J, Zhang Y, Deng Y, Li Q, Lou Y, Xie Q, He Z. (2016). An E3 ubiquitin ligase-BAG protein module controls plant innate immunity and broad-spectrum disease resistance. Cell Host Microbe 20: 758-769.
2013
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Yang W, Gao M, Yin X, Liu J, Xu Y, Zeng L, Li Q, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhang X, He Z. (2013). Control of rice embryo development, shoot apical meristem maintenance, and grain yield by a novel cytochrome P450. Mol. Plant 6: 1945-1960.
2011
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Yang W, Ren S, Zhang X, Gao M, Ye S, Qi Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Zeng L, Li Q, Huang S, He Z. (2011). BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes the class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development. Plant Cell 23: 661-680.
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