Selected Publications

1. Zhu Q, Zeng D, Yu S, Cui C, Li J, Li H, Chen J, Zhang R, Zhao X, Chen L, Liu Y-G *. 2018. From Golden Rice to aSTARice: Bioengineering Astaxanthin Biosynthesis in Rice Endosperm. Molecular Plant. 11:1440–1448

2. Shen R, Wang L, Liu X, Wu J, Jin W, Zhao X, Xie X, Zhu Q, Tang H, Li Q, Chen L, Liu Y-G*.2017. Genomic structural variation-mediated allelic suppression causes hybrid male sterility in rice. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-017-01400-y

3. Zhu Q, Yu S, Zeng D, Liu H, Wang H, Yang Z, Xie X, Shen R, Tan J, Li H,Zhao X, Zhang Q, Chen Y, Guo J, Chen L, Liu Y-G *.2017. Development of ‘‘Purple Endosperm Rice’’ by engineering anthocyanin biosynthesis in the endosperm with a high-Efficiency transgene stacking system. Molecular Plant. 10:918–929.

4. Tang H, Zheng X, Li C, Xie X, Chen Y, Chen L, Zhao X, Zheng H, Zhou J, Ye S, Guo J*, Liu Y-G* 2017.Multi-step formation, evolution, and functionalization of new cytoplasmic male sterility genes in the plant mitochondrial genomes.Cell Res., 27: 130-146.

5. Xie X, Ma X, Zhu Q, Zeng D, Li G, Liu Y-G *. 2017. CRISPR-GE: A Convenient Software Toolkit for CRISPR-Based Genome Editing. Molecular Plant.10:1246–1249

6. Xie Y, Xu P, Huang J, Ma S, Xie X, Tao D, Chen L*, Liu Y-G*. 2017. Interspecific hybrid sterility in rice is mediated by OgTPR1 at the S1 locus encoding a peptidase-like protein.Mol. Plant, 10: 1137-1140.

7. Ma X, Zhu Q, Chen Y, Liu Y-G*. 2016. CRISPR/Cas9 Platforms for Genome Editing in Plants: Developments and Applications. Molecular Plant. 9: 961–974.

8. Ma X, Zhang Q, Zhu Q, Liu W, Chen Y, Qiu R, Wang B, Yang Z, Li H,Lin Y, Xie Y, Shen R, Chen S, Wang Z, Chen Y, Guo J, Chen L, Zhao X, Dong Z, Liu Y-G*. 2015. A robust CRISPR/Cas9 system for convenient high-efficiency multiplex genome editing in monocot and dicotplants. Molecular Plant. 8：1274-1284

9. Chen L and Liu Y-G*. 2014. Male Sterility and Fertility Restoration in Crops. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 65:579-606.

10. Luo D , Xu H, Liu Z , Guo J, Li H, Chen L, Fang C, Zhang Q, Bai M, Yao N, Wu H, Ji C, Zheng H, Chen Y, Ye S, Li X, Zhao X, Li R, Liu Y-G*. 2013. A detrimental mitochondrial-nuclear interaction causes cytoplasmic male sterility in rice. Nature Genetics. 45:573-577.