Chengcai Chu

Research interests

Publications

• Genomic basis of geographical adaptation to soil nitrogen in rice

  Nature · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-020-03091-w

• A route to de novo domestication of wild allotetraploid rice

  Cell · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2021.01.013

• Salt tolerance in rice: Physiological responses and molecular mechanisms

  The Crop Journal · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cj.2021.02.010

• Nitrogen assimilation in plants: current status and future prospects

  Journal of genetics and genomics/Journal of Genetics and Genomics · 2021 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jgg.2021.12.006

• Nitrate–NRT1.1B–SPX4 cascade integrates nitrogen and phosphorus signalling networks in plants

  Nature Plants · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0384-1

• NRT1.1B is associated with root microbiota composition and nitrogen use in field-grown rice

  Nature Biotechnology · 2019 · https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-019-0104-4

• Expression of the Nitrate Transporter Gene OsNRT1.1A/OsNPF6.3 Confers High Yield and Early Maturation in Rice

  The Plant Cell · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00809

• A Novel QTL qTGW3 Encodes the GSK3/SHAGGY-Like Kinase OsGSK5/OsSK41 that Interacts with OsARF4 to Negatively Regulate Grain Size and Weight in Rice

  Molecular Plant · 2018 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2018.03.005

• Nitrogen use efficiency in crops: lessons from Arabidopsis and rice

  Journal of Experimental Botany · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx101

• MicroRNAs in crop improvement: fine-tuners for complex traits

  Nature Plants · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2017.77

• Arabidopsis WRKY46, WRKY54 and WRKY70 Transcription Factors Are Involved in Brassinosteroid-Regulated Plant Growth and Drought Response

  The Plant Cell · 2017 · https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.17.00364

• Melatonin delays leaf senescence and enhances salt stress tolerance in rice

  Journal of Pineal Research · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1111/jpi.12243

• Variation in NRT1.1B contributes to nitrate-use divergence between rice subspecies

  Nature Genetics · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.3337

• Control of grain size and rice yield by GL2-mediated brassinosteroid responses

  Nature Plants · 2015 · https://doi.org/10.1038/nplants.2015.195

• Brassinosteroid Regulates Cell Elongation by Modulating Gibberellin Metabolism in Rice

  The Plant Cell · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.114.132092

• OsNAP connects abscisic acid and leaf senescence by fine-tuning abscisic acid biosynthesis and directly targeting senescence-associated genes in rice

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2014 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1321568111

• OsbZIP71, a bZIP transcription factor, confers salinity and drought tolerance in rice

  Plant Molecular Biology · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-013-0115-3

• Os PT 2, a phosphate transporter, is involved in the active uptake of selenite in rice

  New Phytologist · 2013 · https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.12596

• DWARF AND LOW-TILLERING Acts as a Direct Downstream Target of a GSK3/SHAGGY-Like Kinase to Mediate Brassinosteroid Responses in Rice

  The Plant Cell · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1105/tpc.112.097394

• Insights into salt tolerance from the genome of Thellungiella salsuginea

  Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2012 · https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1209954109

• Nitric Oxide and ProteinS-Nitrosylation Are Integral to Hydrogen Peroxide-Induced Leaf Cell Death in Rice

  PLANT PHYSIOLOGY · 2011 · https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.111.184531

• DWARF AND LOW‐TILLERING, a new member of the GRAS family, plays positive roles in brassinosteroid signaling in rice

  The Plant Journal · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313x.2009.03825.x

• Natural variation at the DEP1 locus enhances grain yield in rice

  Nature Genetics · 2009 · https://doi.org/10.1038/ng.352

• Overexpression of a rice OsDREB1F gene increases salt, drought, and low temperature tolerance in both Arabidopsis and rice

  Plant Molecular Biology · 2008 · https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-008-9340-6

• OsWRKY71, a rice transcription factor, is involved in rice defense response

  Journal of Plant Physiology · 2006 · https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2006.07.006

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