Biotechnology Research Institute

Faculty

Jun ZHAOProfessor，PhD supervisor，

Research Area：

1.Xiaoqing Liu, Jian Tian, Xiaojin Zhou, Rumei Chen , Lei Wang1,2, Chunyi Zhang1,2, Jun Zhao and Yunliu Fan.(2014).Identification and characterization of promoters specifically and strongly expressed in maize embryos. Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi: 10.1111/pbi.12227.
2.Xiaoqing Liu, Xiaojin Zhou, Ye Li, Jian Tian, Qiuxue Zhang, Suzhen Li, Lei Wang, Jun Zhao, Rumei Chen and Yunliu Fan.(2014). Identification and functional characterization of bidirectional gene pairs and their intergenic regions in maize. BMC Genomics,15:338, doi:10.1186/1471-2164-15-338
3.Xiaoning Liu, Jiamei Wu, Hao Liu, Na Zong, Jun Zhao. (2014). RoGFP1 is a quantitative biosensor in maize cells for cellular redox changes caused by environmental and endogenous stimuli. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 452 (2014) 503–508
4.Xia Zhang , Lei Wang , Hui Meng, Hongtao Wen, Yunliu Fan, and Jun Zhao. (2011). Maize ABP9 enhances tolerance to multiple stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis by modulating ABA signaling and cellular levels of reactive oxygen species. Plant Molecular Biology 75,365-378
5.Peng Peng, Jun Zhao, Yongyou Zhu, Tadao Asami, and Jianming Li.(2010). A direct docking mechanism for a plant GSK3-like kinase to phosphorylate its substrates. Journal of Biological Chemistry 285, 24646–24653.
6.Zhenyan Yan, Jun Zhao, Peng Peng, Ray K. Chihara, and Jianming Li.(2009). BIN2 functions redundantly with other Arabidopsis GSK3-like kinases to regulate brassinosteroid signaling. Plant Physiology 150, 710-721
7.Xia Zhang, Bernd Wollenweber, Dong Jiang, Fulai Liu and Jun Zhao. (2008). Water deficits and heat shock effects on photosynthesis of a transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana constitutively expressing ABP9, a bZIP transcription factor. Journal of Experimental Botany 59, 839-848
8.Lei Wang, Yanzhong Luo, Lan Zhang, Jun Zhao, Zhiqiu Hu, Yunliu Fan and Chunyi Zhang. (2008). Isolation and characterization of a C-repeat binding transcription factor from maize. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50: 965-974

9.Jun Zhao, Peng Peng, Robert J. Schmitz, Adria D. Decker, Frans E. Tax and Jianming Li. (2002). Two putative BIN2 substrates are nuclear components of brassinosteroid signaling. Plant Physiology 130, 1221-1229.

10.Wang Lei，Zhao Jun and Fan Yunliu. (2002). Cloning and function analysis of ABP9 protein which specifically binds to ABRE2 motif of maize Cat1 gene. Chinese Science Bulletin 47, 1871-1875

11.Lingqiang Guan, Jun Zhao and John G. Scandalios. (2000). Cis-elements and trans-factors that regulate expression of the maize Cat1 antioxidant gene in response to ABA and Osmotic Stress: H2O2 is the likely intermediary signaling molecule for the response. The Plant Journal 22, 87-95。