Shuxin Zhang, Professor, Ph.D., sxzhang@sdau.edu.cn, +86-538-8244008.
Research Interests:
Biochemistry and molecular biology
Education:
2015.03-present Research Assistant Professor, Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
2011.10-2015.02 Postdoc, Center for Plant Science Innovation, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, USA
2007.5-2009.5 Ph.D, Institute of Biology (IBL), Leiden University, Leiden, the Netherlands
2006.9-2011.9 Ph.D of Developmental Biology, Leiden University/Institute of Botany, CAS
2003.9-2006.7 Master of Crop Genetics and Breeding, Shandong Agricultural University
1999.9-2003.7 B.S. of Agronomy, Shandong Agricultural University
Teaching Courses:
Molecular biology
Advanced Biochemistry Experiment
Advanced Molecular Biology
Selected Publications:
1.Zhang S, Xie M, Ren G, Yu B*. (2013) CDC5, a DNA binding protein, positively regulates posttranscriptional processing and/or transcription of primary microRNA transcripts. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 110: 17588-17593. (IF=9.81)
2.Zhang S, Liu Y*, Yu B*. (2014) PRL1, an RNA-binding protein, positively regulates the accumulation of miRNAs and siRNAs in Arabidopsis. PLOS Genetics 10(12): e1004841. (IF=8.17)
3.Wang X#, Zhang S#, Dou Y#, Zhang C, Chen X, Yu B*, Ren GD*.(2015) Synergistic and Independent Actions of Multiple Terminal Nucleotidyl Transferases in the 3' Tailing of Small RNAs in Arabidopsis. PLOS Genetics 11(4): e1005091 (# equal contribution).
4.Ren G, Xie M, Dou Y, Zhang S, Zhang C, Yu B*. (2012) Regulation of miRNA abundance by RNA binding protein TOUGH in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 109: 12817-12821.
5.Zhang S, Liu Y*, Yu B*. (2015) New insights into pri-miRNA processing and accumulation in plants. WIREs RNA 6: 533-545. (IF=6.15)
6.Xie M#, Zhang S# & Yu B*. (2014) microRNA biogenesis, degradation and activity in plants. Cell Mol Life Sci DOI 10.1007/s00018-014-1728-7 (# equal contribution). (IF=5.86)
7.Zhang S, Haider I, Kohlen W, Jiang L, Bouwmeester H, Meijer AH, Schluepmann H, Liu C*, Ouwerkerk PB*. (2012) Function of the HD-Zip I gene Oshox22 in ABA-mediated drought and salt tolerances in rice.Plant Mol Biol6, 571-585.
8.Ren G, Xie M,Zhang S,Vinovskis C, Chen X*, Yu B*. (2014) Methylation protects microRNAs from an AGO1-associated activity that uridylates 5' RNA fragments generated by AGO1 cleavage. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA111, 6356-6370.
9.Feng B, Ma S, Chen S, Zhu N, Zhang S, Yu B, Yu Y, Le B, Chen X, Dinesh-Kumar S P, Shan L, He P*. (2016) PARylation of the forkhead-associated domain protein DAWDLE regulates plant immunity. EMBO Reports 17(12): 1799-1813. (IF=7.56)
10.Li S, Liu K, Wang X, Zhang S, RogersK, Ren G, Zhang C, Yu B* . (2017) STV1, a ribosomal protein, binds primary microRNA transcripts to promote their interaction with the processing complex in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 114(6): 1424-1429.
11.Li S, Liu K,Zhou B, Li M,Zeng L, Zhang S, Zhang C, Yu B*. (2018) MAC3A and MAC3B, Two Core Subunits of the MOS4-Associated Complex, Positively Influence miRNA Biogenesis. Plant Cell 30: 481-494.
