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About XU Lab publications

  1. Yifeng Xu, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Eng-Seng Gan&Toshiro Ito. (2019) When to stop: an update on molecular mechanisms of floral meristem termination. J Exp Bot. 70(6):1711-1718.

  2. Yifeng Xu, Nathanaël Prunet, Eng-Seng Gan,  et al. (2018) SUPERMAN regulates floral whorl boundaries through control of auxin biosynthesis. EMBO J.  37 e97499. 

  3. Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan and Toshiro Ito. (2018) Detection of protein-protein interaction for plant transcription factors by the in situ proximity ligation assay In: Methods in Molecular Biology: Plant Transcription Factor. Springer. 

  4. Akira Uemura, Nobutoshi Yamaguchi, Yifeng Xu, et al. (2018) Regulation of floral meristem activity through the interaction of AGAMOUS, SUPERMAN, and CLAVATA3 in Arabidopsis. Plant Reprod. 31(1): 89-105. 

  5. Nobutoshi Yamaguchi*, Jiangbo Huang*, Yifeng Xu, Keitaro Tanoi and Toshiro Ito. (2017) Fine-tuning of auxin homeostasis governs the transition from floral stem cell maintenance to gynoecium formation. Nat Commun. 8(1): 1125. (* 共同第一作者)

  6. Eng-Seng Gan, Yifeng Xu and Toshiro Ito. (2015) Dynamics of H3K27me3 methylation and demethylation in plant development. Plant Signalling & Behaviour. 10(9):e1027851. 

  7. Siyi Guo, Bo Sun, Liang-Sheng Looi, Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan, Jiangbo Huang and Toshiro Ito. (2015) Co-ordination of Flower Development Through Epigenetic Regulation in Two Model Species: Rice and Arabidopsis. Plant & Cell Physiology. 56(5):830-842. 

  8. Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan, Jie Zhou, Wan-Yi Wee, Xiaoyu Zhang and Toshiro Ito. (2014) Arabidopsis MRG Domain Proteins Bridge Two Histone Modifications to Elevate Expression of Flowering Genes. Nucleic Acids Research. 42(17):10960-74. 

  9. 9. Eng-Seng Gan, Yifeng Xu, Jie-Yun Wong, Jessamine Geraldine Goh, Bo Sun, Wanyi Wee, Jiangbo Huang and Toshiro Ito. (2014) Jumonji demethylases moderate precocious flowering at elevated temperature via regulation of FLC in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications. 30;5: 5098. 

  10. Fang Fang*, Yifeng Xu*, Kai-Khen Chew, Xi Chen, Huck Hui Ng and Paul Matsudaira. (2014) Coactivators p300/CBP maintain the identity of mouse embryonic stem cells by mediating long-range interactions. Stem Cells. 32(7):1805-16. (* 共同第一作者)

  11.  Bo Sun, Liang-Sheng Looi, Siyi Guo, Zemiao He, Eng-Seng Gan, Jiangbo Huang, Yifeng Xu, Wanyi Wee and Toshiro Ito. (2014) Timing mechanism dependent on cell division is invoked by Polycomb eviction in plant stem cells. Science. 343(6170): 1248559. 

  12. Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan and Toshiro Ito. (2014) Misexpression Approaches for the Manipulation of Flower Development. In: Flower Development: Methods and Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology. ed. by José Luis Riechmann and Frank Wellmer, Springer.

  13. Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan and Toshiro Ito. (2013) The AT-hook/PPC domain protein TEK negatively regulates floral repressors including MAF4 and MAF5. Plant Signalling & Behaviour. 8(8). e25006. 

  14. Yifeng Xu, Eng-Seng Gan and Toshiro Ito. (2013) Flowering and genome integrity control by a nuclear matrix protein in Arabidopsis. Nucleus. 4(4):274-276. 

  15. Yifeng Xu, Yizhong Wang, Hume Stroud, Xiaofeng Gu, Bo Sun, Eng-Seng Gan, Kian-Hong Ng, Steve Jacobsen, Yuehui He and Toshiro Ito. (2013) A Matrix Protein Silences Transposons and Repeats through Direct Interaction with Retinoblastoma-Associated Proteins. Current Biology. 23(4): 345-350. 

  16. Bo Sun, Yifeng Xu, Kian-Hong Ng and Toshiro Ito. (2009) A timing mechanism for stem cell maintenance and differentiation in Arabidopsis floral meristem. Genes & Development. 23(15): 1791-1804.

  17. Hao Yu and Yifeng Xu. (2007) III.4 Orchids. In: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, Transgenic Crops VI, ed. By E.C. Pua and M.R. Davey, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany.

  18. Yifeng Xu, Lai Lai Teo, Jing Zhou, Prakash P. Kumar and Hao Yu. (2006) Floral organ identity genes in the orchid Dendrobium crumenatum. The Plant Journal. 46: 54-68. 

  19. Shuhua Yang, Hao Yu, Yifeng Xu and Chong Jing Goh. (2003) Investigation of cytokinin-deficient phenotypes in Arabidopsis by ectopic expression of orchid DSCKX1. FEBS Letters. 555(2):291-296. 

  20. Hao Yu, Yifeng Xu, Ee Ling Tan and Prakash P. Kumar. (2002) AGAMOUS-LIKE 24, a dosage-dependent mediator of the flowering signals. Proc Natl Acad Sci U. S. A. 99(25):16336-16341. 

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