Publications​

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  1. Manuela, D., Xu, M. (2020) Juvenile Leaves or Adult Leaves: Determinants for Vegetative Phase Change in Flowering Plants. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21: 9753. https://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/21/24/9753
  2. Manuela, D., Xu, M. (2020) Patterning a leaf by establishing polarities. Front. in Plant Sci. 11:568730. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.568730/full
  3. He, J., Xu, M., Willmann, M.R., McCormick, K., Hu, T., Yang, L., Starker, C.G., Voytas, D.F., Meyers, B.C. and Poethig R.S. (2018) Threshold-dependent repression of SPL gene expression by miR156/miR157 controls vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plos Genetics 14: e1007337. journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?rev=2&id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1007337
  4. Xu M., Leichty A.R., Hu T., Poethig S.R. (2018) H2A.Z promotes the transcription of MIR156A and MIR156C in Arabidopsis by facilitating the deposition of H3K4me3. Development 145: 1-11. dev.biologists.org/content/145/2/dev152868?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Development_TrendMD_0
  5. Xu, M., Hu, T., Zhao, J., Park, M-Y., Early, K.W., Wu, G., Yang, L., and Poethig R.S. (2016) Developmental Functions of miR156-Targeted SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE (SPL) Transcription Factors in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plos Genetics 12: e1006263.   www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4991793/
  6. Xu, M., Hu, T., Smith, M., and Poethig, R. S. (2016) Epigenetic regulation of vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 28: 28-41. http://www.plantcell.org/content/28/1/28.short
  7. Yang, L., Xu, M., Koo, Y., He, J., and Poethig, R.S. (2013) Sugar promotes vegetative phase change in Arabidopsis thaliana by repressing the expression of MIR156A and MIR156C. Elife, 2: e00260.   https://elifesciences.org/articles/00260
  8. Khan, M.*, Xu, M.*, Murmu, J., Tabb, P., Liu, Y., Storey, K., McKim, S.M., Douglas, C.J., and Hepworth, S.R. (2012) Antagonistic interaction of BLAE-ON-PETIOLE1 and 2 with BREVIPEDICELLUS and PENNYWISE regulates Arabidopsis inflorescence architecture. Plant Physiology 158: 946-960. (* equal contribution)   http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/158/2/946.short
  9. Murmu, J., Bush, M.J., DeLong, C., Li, S., Xu, M., Khan, M., Malcolmson, C., Fobert, P.R., Zachgo, S., and Hepworth, S.R. (2010) Arabidopsis basic leucine-zipper transcription factors TGA9 and TGA10 interact with floral glutaredoxins ROXY1 and ROXY2 and are redundantly required for anther development. Plant Physiology 154: 1492-1504.  http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/154/3/1492.short
  10. Xu, M., Hu, T., McKim, S., Murmu, J., Haughn, G.W., and Hepworth, S.R. (2010) Arabidopsis BLADE-ON-PETIOLE1 and 2 promote floral meristem fate and determinacy in a previously undefined pathway targeting APETALA1 and AGAMOUS-LIKE24. Plant Journal 63: 974-989.   https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2010.04299.x
  11. Xu, M., Jiang, J., Ge, L., Xu, Y., Chen, H., Zhao, Y., Bi, Y., Wen, J., and Chong, K (2005) FPF1 transgene leads to altered flowering time and root development in rice. Plant Cell Reports 24: 79-85.   https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00299-004-0906-8
  12. Ge, L., Chen, H., Jiang, J., Zhao, Y., Xu, M., Xu, Y., Tan, K., Xu, Z., and Chong, K. (2004) Overexpression of OsRAA1 causes pleiotropic phenotypes in transgenic rice, including altered leaf, flower, and root development and root response to gravity. Plant Physiology 135: 1502-1513.   http://www.plantphysiol.org/content/135/3/1502.short​