Weibing Yang
SLCU Cambridge
2020
Yang W, Schuster C, Prunet N, Dong Q, Landrein B, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. Visualization of Protein Coding, Long Noncoding, and Nuclear RNAs by Fluorescence in Situ Hybridization in Sections of Shoot Apical Meristems and Developing Flowers. Plant Physiology. 2020 Jan 1;182(1):147-158.
2019
Zhang J, Eswaran G, Alonso-Serra J, Kucukoglu M, Xiang J, Yang W, Elo A, Nieminen K, Damén T, Joung J, Yun J, Lee J, Ragni L, de Reuille P, Ahnert S, Lee J, Mähönen A, Helariutta, Y. (2019) Transcriptional regulatory framework for vascular cambium development in Arabidopsis roots. Nature Plants. 2019 Oct 5 (10):1033-1042.
Sanchez DH, Gaubert H, Yang W. Evidence of developmental escape from transcriptional-gene silencing in MESSI retrotransposons. New Phytologist. 2019 May 7.
2018
Yin X, Zou B, Hong X, Gao M, Yang W, Zhong X, He Y, Kuai P, Lou Y, Huang J, Hua J. Rice copine genes OsBON 1 and OsBON 3 function as suppressors of broad‐spectrum disease resistance. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2018 Aug;16(8):1476-87.
Landrein B, Formosa-Jordan P, Malivert A, Schuster C, Melnyk CW, Yang W, Turnbull C, Meyerowitz EM, Locke JC, Jönsson H. Nitrate modulates stem cell dynamics in Arabidopsis shoot meristems through cytokinins. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2018 Feb 6;115(6):1382-7.
2017
Yang W, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. Cell cycle control by nuclear sequestration of CDC20 and CDH1 mRNA in plant stem cells. Molecular Cell. 2017 Dec 21;68(6):1108-19.
*This study for the first time identified two protein coding mRNAs that are retained inside the nucleus, providing a new mechanism for gene expression control.
Gao M, Yin X, Yang W, Lam SM, Tong X, Liu J, Wang X, Li Q, Shui G, He Z. GDSL lipases modulate immunity through lipid homeostasis in rice. PLoS Pathogens. 2017 Nov 13;13(11):e1006724.
Rey T, Bonhomme M, Chatterjee A, Gavrin A, Toulotte J, Yang W, André O, Jacquet C, Schornack S. The Medicago truncatula GRAS protein RAD1 supports arbuscular mycorrhiza symbiosis and Phytophthora palmivora susceptibility. Journal of Experimental Botany. 2017 Nov 25;68(21-22):5871-81.
Prunet N, Yang W, Das P, Meyerowitz EM, Jack TP. SUPERMAN prevents class B gene expression and promotes stem cell termination in the fourth whorl of Arabidopsis thaliana flowers. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 2017 Jul 3;114(27):7166-71.
2016
You Q, Zhai K, Yang D, Yang W, Wu J, Liu J, Pan W, Wang J, Zhu X, Jian Y, Liu J. An E3 ubiquitin ligase-BAG protein module controls plant innate immunity and broad-spectrum disease resistance. Cell Host & Microbe. 2016 Dec 14;20(6):758-69.
Yang W, Schuster C, Beahan CT, Charoensawan V, Peaucelle A, Bacic A, Doblin MS, Wightman R, Meyerowitz EM. Regulation of meristem morphogenesis by cell wall synthases in Arabidopsis. Current Biology. 2016 Jun 6;26(11):1404-15.
*In this study, we systematically analysed the cell wall composition in the shoot apical meristem, characterized the mRNA expression patterns of 152 GT genes, and identified CSLD family genes as important regulators of meristem morphogenesis.
2014
Yu N, Luo D, Zhang X, Liu J, Wang W, Jin Y, Dong W, Liu J, Liu H, Yang W, Zeng L, Li Q, He Z, Oldroyd G, Wang E. A DELLA protein complex controls the arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in plants. Cell Research. 2014 Jan;24(1):130.
2013
Yang W, Gao M, Yin X, Liu J, Xu Y, Zeng L, Li Q, Zhang S, Wang J, Zhang X, He Z. Control of rice embryo development, shoot apical meristem maintenance, and grain yield by a novel cytochrome p450. Molecular Plant. 2013 Nov 1;6(6):1945-60.
*In this paper we show that a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase Giant Embryo (GE) is specifically expressed in embryo epidermis to coordinate embryo and endosperm development.
2011
Zhang Y, Zhang B, Yan D, Dong W, Yang W, Li Q, Zeng L, Wang J, Wang L, Hicks LM, He Z. Two Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 monooxygenases, CYP714A1 and CYP714A2, function redundantly in plant development through gibberellin deactivation. The Plant Journal. 2011 Jul;67(2):342-53.
Yang W, Ren S, Zhang X, Gao M, Ye S, Qi Y, Zheng Y, Wang J, Zeng L, Li Q, Huang S, He Z. BENT UPPERMOST INTERNODE1 encodes the class II formin FH5 crucial for actin organization and rice development. The Plant Cell. 2011 Feb 1;23(2):661-80.
*By combing genetic, molecular and cellular approaches, I identified and functionally characterized the first plant Class II formin gene Bent Uppermost Internode 1 (BUI1) that plays essential roles in actin cytoskeleton organization, cell expansion and rice shoot morphogenesis.