Publications
2024
Wang H, Li Z, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. Fortifying nematode resistance through susceptibility gene inactivation. Trends in Plant Science (accepted)
Li K, Zhang R, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2024. Distinct phosphorylation optimizes pathogen-induced PA and ROS bursts. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.03.003
2023
Zhang J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Flooding plant apoplast through water and solute channels. Cell Research
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-023-00898-w
Zheng H, You L, Meng S, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Unraveling the mysteries of (L)WY-domain oomycete effectors. Science Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.030
You L, Shi C, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Helicases clear hurdles during plant defense protein translation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2023.10.007
Carty M, Zhang R, Li Z, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Launching, Perceiving, and Diminishing of Airborne Signals. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.10.012
Wu D, Lei K, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Effector-triggered and self-regulated plant resistance to insects. Trends in Plant Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.10.008
Carty M, Wang C, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Autophagy and Jasmonate Fight Nematode Blight. Trends in Parasitology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.09.008
Zheng H, Zhao J, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Rising from the dead: the power of genome editing. Science China Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-023-2415-2
You L, Wu D, Zhang R, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Bioactivated and selective: A promising new family of nematicides with a novel mode of action.
Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.06.006
Liu J, Wu X, Fang Y, Liu Y, Oreofe BE, Li Y, Xiong R, Li Y, Fu ZQ, Wang A, Cheng X. 2023. A plant RNA virus subverts NPR1-mediated plant immunity by inhibiting its sumoylation. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39254-2
Zhu F, Cao MY, Zhang QP, Mohan R, Schar J, Mitchell M, Chen H, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Join the green team: inducers of plant immunity in the plant disease sustainable control toolbox. Journal of Advanced Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2023.04.016
Li G, Wang Z, Meng Y, Fu ZQ, Wang D, and Zhang K. 2023. A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.01.008
Thompson S, Clinton M, Miller B, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Method for viewing the plant stomata responses. American Biology Teacher 85(1): 33-37.
https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.1.33
Li W, He J, Wang X, Ashline M, Wu Z, Liu F, Fu ZQ, and Chang M. 2023. PBS3: a versatile player in and beyond salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 237(2): 414-422 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18558
2022
Li M, Guo B, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Cross-kingdom vitamin B5 biosynthesis and cyst nematode susceptibility. Trends in Parasitology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.004
Wang H, Xiang Y, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.10.008
You L, Zhang R, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Achieving a more robust antiviral RNAi via subverting a viral virulence protein. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.09.020 PDF
Goloubinoff P, Woodson J, Strader L, and Fu Z. 2022. Important questions and future directions in plant biochemistry. Trends in Biochemical Sciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2022.07.003
Liu L, Li Y, Xu Z, Chen H, Zhang J, Manion B, Liu F, Zou L, Fu ZQ, and Chen G. 2022. A Xanthomonas type III effector XopAP prevents stomatal closure by interfering with vacuolar acidification. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13344 PDF
Liu N, Chen H, Wang X, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. TIRggering cell death via two enzymatic reactions. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.07.004
Guo B, Duan S, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. A vigilant gliding bird protects plants. Trends in Biochemical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2022.06.008
Mohan R, Spell S, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Caffeoylputrescine-hexenal -mediated nonhost resistance against leafhoppers. Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.05.009
Khan M, Islam F, Ashline M, Wang D, Zhao B, Fu ZQ, and Chen J. 2022. The interplay between hydrogen sulfide and phytohormone signaling pathways under challenging environment. International Journal of Molecular Science https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23084272
Chen H, Chen J, Zhao Y, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. Trends in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.002
He F, Yang J, Zhao Y, Laborda P, Jia Y, Safdar A, Kange AM, Li B, Zhou L, Zeng Q, Brown S, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2022. Identification and characterization of a stem canker and twig dieback disease of pears caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in China’s mainland. Phytopathology Research 4(6) https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-022-00111-7 PDF
Zhang R, Chen J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Hijacking of host mitochondria by Toxoplasma gandii and SARS-CoV-2. Trends in Parasitology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.02.002
He F, Kange AM, Yang J, Zhao Y, Xiao JL, Wang R, Yang L, Jia Y, Dou D, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2022. The transcription factor XpxInR is required for the growth, development, and virulence of the fungal pathogen Valsa pyri. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.784686 PDF
Khan M, Islam F, Chen H, Chang H, Wang D, Liu F, Fu ZQ, and Chen J. 2022. Transcriptional Coactivators: Driving Force of Plant Immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.823937 PDF
Chen J, Chen H, Liu F, and Fu Z.Q. 2022. A war on the cell wall. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.009 PDF
2021
Chang M, Chen H, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2021. PTI and ETI: Convergent Pathways with Diverse Elicitors. Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.013
Chen J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Degradation without Ubiquitination: New Function of a Parasite Effector. Trends in Parasitology 37(12): 1024-1026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.10.001
Liu J, Zhao Y, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2021. Monooxygenase LaPhzX is Involved in Self-resistance Mechanisms During the Biosynthesis of the N-Oxide Phenazine Myxin. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05206
Chen H, Li M, Qi G, Zhao M, Liu L, Zhang J, Chen G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Two interacting transcriptional coactivators cooperatively control plant immune responses. Science Advances 7: eabl7173 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl7173 PDF
Qi G, Chen H, Wang D, Zheng H, Tang X, Guo Z, Cheng J, Chen J, Wang Y, Bai M, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2021. The BZR1-EDS1 module regulates plant growth-defense coordination. Molecular Plant 14:1-16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.08.011 PDF
Chen J, Li M, Liu L, Chen G, and Fu ZQ. 2021. ZAR1 Resistosome and Helper NLRs: Bringing in Calcium and Inducing Cell Death. Molecular Plant 14: 1234-1236 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.06.026 PDF
Wang X, Chen J, Liu N, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Dual functions of a stable peptide against citrus Huanglongbing disease. Trends in Plant Science. 26(7) 668-670 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.04.006
Chen J, Zhang J, Kong M, Freeman A, Chen H, and Liu F. 2021. More stories to tell: NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1, a salicylic acid receptor. Plant Cell Environ. 44(6): 1716-1727 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14003
2020
Meng F, Yang C, Cao J, Chen H, Pang J, Zhao Q, Wang Z, Fu ZQ, and Liu J. 2020. A bHLH transcription activator regulates defense signaling by nucleo‐cytosolic trafficking in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62(10): 1552-1573 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12922
Liu N, Lewis C, Zheng W, and Fu ZQ. 2020. Phage Cocktail Therapy: Multiple Ways to Suppress Pathogenicity. Trends in Plant Science 25(4): 315-317 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.01.013
Chen J, Clinton M, Qi G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2020. Reprogramming and remodeling: transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of salicylic acid-mediated plant defense. Journal of Experimental Botany 71(17) 5256-5268 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa072
2019
Chen H, Clinton M, Qi G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Connecting the Dots: A New and Complete Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway. Molecular Plant 12(12): 1539-1541 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.11.007
Chen H, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Deceiving the chaperone. 2019. Nature Plants 5: 1110-1111 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0552-3
Chang M, Clinton M, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. NAD+ Cleavage: TIR domain-Containing Resistance Proteins in Action. Trends in Plant Science 24(12): 1069-1072 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.005
Zhang Y, Wu G, Palmer I, Wang B, Qian G, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2019. Role of a host-induced arginase of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in promoting virulence on rice. Phytopathology 109(11) 1069-1077 doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-19-0058-R
Palmer I, Chen H, Chen J, Chang M, Li M, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Novel Salicylic Acid Analogs Induce a Potent Defense Response in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133356
Chen J, Mohan R, Zhang Y, Li M, Chen H, Palmer I, Chang M, Qi G, Spoel SH, Mengiste T, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. NPR1 promotes its own and target gene expression in plant defense by recruiting CDK8. Plant Physiology 181(1):289-304 https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00124
Chang M, Zhao J, Chen H, Li G, Chen J, Palmer I, Li M, Song J, Alfano JR, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. PBS3 protects EDS1 from proteasome-mediated degradation in plant immunity. Molecular Plant 12(5):678-688 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.01.023
2018
Mohan R, Benton M, Dangelmaier E, Fu ZQ, and Sekhar AC. 2018. Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation in Pathogenic and Mutualistic Plant-Bacterial Interactions. In Implication of Quorum Sensing System in Biofilm Formation and Virulence. 133-160. Edited by Pallaval Veera B: Springer Singapore.
Qi G, Chen J, Chang M, Chen H, Hall K, Korin J, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2018. Pandemonium Breaks Out: Disruption of Salicylic Acid-Mediated Defense by Plant Pathogens. Molecular Plant 11: 1427-1439 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2018.10.002 PDF
Chen X, Cheng S, Laborda P, Zhao Y, Palmer I, Fu ZQ, Qiu J, and Liu F. 2018. Melatonin Treatment Inhibits the Growth of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 2280. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02280. PDF
Li M, Chen H, Chen J, Chang M, Palmer A, Gassmann W, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2018. TCP Transcription Factors Interact with NPR1 and Contribute Redundantly to Systemic Acquired Resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1153. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01153. PDF
Su P, Song Z, Wu G, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Wang B, Qian G, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2018. Insights into the roles of two genes in histidine biosynthesis operon in pathogenicity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Phytopathology 108(5):542-551. PDF
Chen H, Palmer I, Chen J, Chang M, Thompson SL, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2018. Specific and Accurate Detection of the Citrus Greening Pathogen Candidatus liberibacter spp. Using Conventional PCR on Citrus Leaf Tissue Samples. J. Vis. Exp. (136), e57240, doi:10.3791/57240. PDF
Su Z, Han S, Fu ZQ, Qian G, and Liu F. 2018. Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF) Biosynthesis in Lysobacter enzymogenes Is Controlled by the Interplay of Two Transcription Factors and a Diffusible Molecule. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(3). pii: e01754-17. PDF
2017
Chen H, Chen J, Li M, Chang M, Xu K, Shang Z, Zhao Y, Palmer I, Zhang Y, Mcgill J, Alfano JR, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2017. A Bacterial Type III Effector Targets the Master Regulator of Salicylic Acid Signaling NPR1 to subvert Plant Immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 22(6):777-788.e7. PDF
F1000Prime Recommended
Palmer I, Shang Z, and Fu ZQ. 2017. Salicylic acid-mediated plant defense: recent development, missing links and future outlook. Frontiers in Biology 12(4) 1460-4. PDF
Yan Q, Wang J, Fu ZQ, and Chen W. 2017. Endocytosis of AtRGS1 Is Regulated by the Autophagy Pathway after D-Glucose Stimulation. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1229. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01229. PDF
Xu H, Wang R, Zhao Y, Fu ZQ, Qian G, and Liu F. 2017. LesR is a novel upstream regulator that controls downstream Clp expression to modulate antibiotic HSAF biosynthesis and cell aggregation in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11. Microbial Cell Factories 16(1):202. PDF
2016
Mohan R, Tai T, Chen A, Arnoff T, and Fu ZQ. 2016. Overexpression of Arabidopsis NIMIN1 results in salicylate intolerance. Plant Signaling & Behavior 1(10):e1211222. PDF
Krizek BA, Bequette CJ, Estrada AD, Xu K, Fu ZQ, Stratmann JW, and Loraine AE. 2016. RNA-Seq reveals roles for AINTEGUMENTA and AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE6 in cell wall remodeling and plant defense pathways in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 171: 2069. PDF
2014
Wu L, Chen H, Curtis C, and Fu ZQ. 2014. Go in for the kill: How plants deploy effector-triggered immunity to combat pathogens. Virulence 5: 0-11. PDF
Mammarella ND, Cheng Z, Fu ZQ, Daudi A, Bolwell GP, Dong X, and Ausubel FM. 2014. Apoplastic peroxidases are required for salicylic acid-mediated defense against Pseudomonas syringae. Phytochemistry 112:110-21. PDF
2013
Fu ZQ, and Dong X. 2013. Systemic acquired resistance: turning local infection into global defense. Annual Review of Plant Biology 64: 7.1-7.25. PDF
2012
Zheng XY, Spivey NW, Zeng W, Liu PP, Fu ZQ, Klessig DF, Zheng N, and Dong X. 2012. Coronatine promotes Pseudomonas syringae virulence in plants by activating a signaling cascade that inhibits salicylic acid accumulation. Cell Host Microbe 11: 587-96. PDF
Fu ZQ, Yan S, Saleh A, Wang W, Ruble J, Oka N, R. Mohan, Spoel SH, Tada Y, Zheng N, and Dong X. 2012. NPR3 and NPR4 are receptors for the immune signal salicylic acid in plants. Nature (article) 486: 228-232. PDF
F1000Prime Recommended
2008
Block A, Li G, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2008. Phytopathogen type III effector weaponry and their plant targets. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 11: 396-403. PDF
2007
Fu ZQ, Guo M, Jeong B, Tian F, Elthon, Cerny RL, Staiger D, and Alfano JR. 2007. A type III effector ADP-ribosylates RNA-binding proteins and quells plant immunity. Nature (article) 447: 284-288. PDF
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2006
Fu ZQ, Guo M, and Alfano JR. 2006. The Pseudomonas syringae HrpJ is a type III-secreted protein that is required for plant pathogenesis, injection of effectors, and for secretion of the HrpZ1 harpin. J. Bacteriol. 188: 6060-6069. PDF
2004
Wehling MD, Guo M, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2004. The Pseudomonas syringae HopPtoV protein is secreted in culture and translocated into plant cells via the type III protein secretion system in a manner dependent on the ShcV type III chaperone. J. Bacteriol. 186: 3621-30. PDF
2003
Espinosa A, Guo M, Tam VC, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2003. The Pseudomonas syringae type III-secreted protein HopPtoD2 possesses protein tyrosine phosphatase activity and suppresses programmed cell death in plants. Mol. Microbiol. 49: 377-397. PDF
Criley RA, Uchida JY, and Fu ZQ. 2003. Productivity and periodicity of flowering in Heliconia orthotricha cultivars. Acta Horticulturae 624: 207-212.
Wang H, Li Z, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. Fortifying nematode resistance through susceptibility gene inactivation. Trends in Plant Science (accepted)
Li K, Zhang R, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2024. Distinct phosphorylation optimizes pathogen-induced PA and ROS bursts. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2024.03.003
2023
Zhang J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Flooding plant apoplast through water and solute channels. Cell Research
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-023-00898-w
Zheng H, You L, Meng S, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Unraveling the mysteries of (L)WY-domain oomycete effectors. Science Bulletin
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scib.2023.10.030
You L, Shi C, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Helicases clear hurdles during plant defense protein translation. Trends in Biochemical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2023.10.007
Carty M, Zhang R, Li Z, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Launching, Perceiving, and Diminishing of Airborne Signals. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.10.012
Wu D, Lei K, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Effector-triggered and self-regulated plant resistance to insects. Trends in Plant Science
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2023.10.008
Carty M, Wang C, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Autophagy and Jasmonate Fight Nematode Blight. Trends in Parasitology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2023.09.008
Zheng H, Zhao J, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Rising from the dead: the power of genome editing. Science China Life Sciences https://doi.org/10.1007/s11427-023-2415-2
You L, Wu D, Zhang R, Wang D, Fu ZQ. 2023. Bioactivated and selective: A promising new family of nematicides with a novel mode of action.
Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.06.006
Liu J, Wu X, Fang Y, Liu Y, Oreofe BE, Li Y, Xiong R, Li Y, Fu ZQ, Wang A, Cheng X. 2023. A plant RNA virus subverts NPR1-mediated plant immunity by inhibiting its sumoylation. Nature Communications DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-39254-2
Zhu F, Cao MY, Zhang QP, Mohan R, Schar J, Mitchell M, Chen H, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Join the green team: inducers of plant immunity in the plant disease sustainable control toolbox. Journal of Advanced Research https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jare.2023.04.016
Li G, Wang Z, Meng Y, Fu ZQ, Wang D, and Zhang K. 2023. A new phase of treasure hunting in plant genebanks. Molecular Plant
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2023.01.008
Thompson S, Clinton M, Miller B, and Fu ZQ. 2023. Method for viewing the plant stomata responses. American Biology Teacher 85(1): 33-37.
https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2023.85.1.33
Li W, He J, Wang X, Ashline M, Wu Z, Liu F, Fu ZQ, and Chang M. 2023. PBS3: a versatile player in and beyond salicylic acid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 237(2): 414-422 https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.18558
2022
Li M, Guo B, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Cross-kingdom vitamin B5 biosynthesis and cyst nematode susceptibility. Trends in Parasitology
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.11.004
Wang H, Xiang Y, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. An epic war between an oomycete pathogen and plants. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.10.008
You L, Zhang R, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Achieving a more robust antiviral RNAi via subverting a viral virulence protein. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.09.020 PDF
Goloubinoff P, Woodson J, Strader L, and Fu Z. 2022. Important questions and future directions in plant biochemistry. Trends in Biochemical Sciences https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2022.07.003
Liu L, Li Y, Xu Z, Chen H, Zhang J, Manion B, Liu F, Zou L, Fu ZQ, and Chen G. 2022. A Xanthomonas type III effector XopAP prevents stomatal closure by interfering with vacuolar acidification. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.13344 PDF
Liu N, Chen H, Wang X, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. TIRggering cell death via two enzymatic reactions. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2022.07.004
Guo B, Duan S, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. A vigilant gliding bird protects plants. Trends in Biochemical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tibs.2022.06.008
Mohan R, Spell S, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Caffeoylputrescine-hexenal -mediated nonhost resistance against leafhoppers. Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2022.05.009
Khan M, Islam F, Ashline M, Wang D, Zhao B, Fu ZQ, and Chen J. 2022. The interplay between hydrogen sulfide and phytohormone signaling pathways under challenging environment. International Journal of Molecular Science https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23084272
Chen H, Chen J, Zhao Y, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. Trends in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tim.2022.03.002
He F, Yang J, Zhao Y, Laborda P, Jia Y, Safdar A, Kange AM, Li B, Zhou L, Zeng Q, Brown S, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2022. Identification and characterization of a stem canker and twig dieback disease of pears caused by Neofusicoccum parvum in China’s mainland. Phytopathology Research 4(6) https://doi.org/10.1186/s42483-022-00111-7 PDF
Zhang R, Chen J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2022. Hijacking of host mitochondria by Toxoplasma gandii and SARS-CoV-2. Trends in Parasitology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2022.02.002
He F, Kange AM, Yang J, Zhao Y, Xiao JL, Wang R, Yang L, Jia Y, Dou D, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2022. The transcription factor XpxInR is required for the growth, development, and virulence of the fungal pathogen Valsa pyri. Frontiers in Microbiology https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2022.784686 PDF
Khan M, Islam F, Chen H, Chang H, Wang D, Liu F, Fu ZQ, and Chen J. 2022. Transcriptional Coactivators: Driving Force of Plant Immunity. Frontiers in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.823937 PDF
Chen J, Chen H, Liu F, and Fu Z.Q. 2022. A war on the cell wall. Molecular Plant https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.12.009 PDF
2021
Chang M, Chen H, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2021. PTI and ETI: Convergent Pathways with Diverse Elicitors. Trends in Plant Science https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.11.013
Chen J, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Degradation without Ubiquitination: New Function of a Parasite Effector. Trends in Parasitology 37(12): 1024-1026 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pt.2021.10.001
Liu J, Zhao Y, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2021. Monooxygenase LaPhzX is Involved in Self-resistance Mechanisms During the Biosynthesis of the N-Oxide Phenazine Myxin. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.1c05206
Chen H, Li M, Qi G, Zhao M, Liu L, Zhang J, Chen G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Two interacting transcriptional coactivators cooperatively control plant immune responses. Science Advances 7: eabl7173 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl7173 PDF
Qi G, Chen H, Wang D, Zheng H, Tang X, Guo Z, Cheng J, Chen J, Wang Y, Bai M, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2021. The BZR1-EDS1 module regulates plant growth-defense coordination. Molecular Plant 14:1-16 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.08.011 PDF
Chen J, Li M, Liu L, Chen G, and Fu ZQ. 2021. ZAR1 Resistosome and Helper NLRs: Bringing in Calcium and Inducing Cell Death. Molecular Plant 14: 1234-1236 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2021.06.026 PDF
Wang X, Chen J, Liu N, and Fu ZQ. 2021. Dual functions of a stable peptide against citrus Huanglongbing disease. Trends in Plant Science. 26(7) 668-670 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2021.04.006
Chen J, Zhang J, Kong M, Freeman A, Chen H, and Liu F. 2021. More stories to tell: NONEXPRESSOR OF PATHOGENESIS-RELATED GENES1, a salicylic acid receptor. Plant Cell Environ. 44(6): 1716-1727 DOI: 10.1111/pce.14003
2020
Meng F, Yang C, Cao J, Chen H, Pang J, Zhao Q, Wang Z, Fu ZQ, and Liu J. 2020. A bHLH transcription activator regulates defense signaling by nucleo‐cytosolic trafficking in rice. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 62(10): 1552-1573 https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12922
Liu N, Lewis C, Zheng W, and Fu ZQ. 2020. Phage Cocktail Therapy: Multiple Ways to Suppress Pathogenicity. Trends in Plant Science 25(4): 315-317 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.01.013
Chen J, Clinton M, Qi G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2020. Reprogramming and remodeling: transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of salicylic acid-mediated plant defense. Journal of Experimental Botany 71(17) 5256-5268 https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/eraa072
2019
Chen H, Clinton M, Qi G, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Connecting the Dots: A New and Complete Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis Pathway. Molecular Plant 12(12): 1539-1541 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.11.007
Chen H, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Deceiving the chaperone. 2019. Nature Plants 5: 1110-1111 https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-019-0552-3
Chang M, Clinton M, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. NAD+ Cleavage: TIR domain-Containing Resistance Proteins in Action. Trends in Plant Science 24(12): 1069-1072 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2019.10.005
Zhang Y, Wu G, Palmer I, Wang B, Qian G, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2019. Role of a host-induced arginase of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae in promoting virulence on rice. Phytopathology 109(11) 1069-1077 doi: 10.1094/PHYTO-02-19-0058-R
Palmer I, Chen H, Chen J, Chang M, Li M, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. Novel Salicylic Acid Analogs Induce a Potent Defense Response in Arabidopsis. International Journal of Molecular Sciences 20, 3356. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms20133356
Chen J, Mohan R, Zhang Y, Li M, Chen H, Palmer I, Chang M, Qi G, Spoel SH, Mengiste T, Wang D, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. NPR1 promotes its own and target gene expression in plant defense by recruiting CDK8. Plant Physiology 181(1):289-304 https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00124
Chang M, Zhao J, Chen H, Li G, Chen J, Palmer I, Li M, Song J, Alfano JR, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2019. PBS3 protects EDS1 from proteasome-mediated degradation in plant immunity. Molecular Plant 12(5):678-688 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2019.01.023
2018
Mohan R, Benton M, Dangelmaier E, Fu ZQ, and Sekhar AC. 2018. Quorum Sensing and Biofilm Formation in Pathogenic and Mutualistic Plant-Bacterial Interactions. In Implication of Quorum Sensing System in Biofilm Formation and Virulence. 133-160. Edited by Pallaval Veera B: Springer Singapore.
Qi G, Chen J, Chang M, Chen H, Hall K, Korin J, Liu F, Wang D, and Fu ZQ. 2018. Pandemonium Breaks Out: Disruption of Salicylic Acid-Mediated Defense by Plant Pathogens. Molecular Plant 11: 1427-1439 doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2018.10.002 PDF
Chen X, Cheng S, Laborda P, Zhao Y, Palmer I, Fu ZQ, Qiu J, and Liu F. 2018. Melatonin Treatment Inhibits the Growth of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae. Frontiers in Microbiology 9: 2280. doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.02280. PDF
Li M, Chen H, Chen J, Chang M, Palmer A, Gassmann W, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2018. TCP Transcription Factors Interact with NPR1 and Contribute Redundantly to Systemic Acquired Resistance. Frontiers in Plant Science 9:1153. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2018.01153. PDF
Su P, Song Z, Wu G, Zhao Y, Zhang Y, Wang B, Qian G, Fu ZQ, and Liu F. 2018. Insights into the roles of two genes in histidine biosynthesis operon in pathogenicity of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Phytopathology 108(5):542-551. PDF
Chen H, Palmer I, Chen J, Chang M, Thompson SL, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2018. Specific and Accurate Detection of the Citrus Greening Pathogen Candidatus liberibacter spp. Using Conventional PCR on Citrus Leaf Tissue Samples. J. Vis. Exp. (136), e57240, doi:10.3791/57240. PDF
Su Z, Han S, Fu ZQ, Qian G, and Liu F. 2018. Heat-Stable Antifungal Factor (HSAF) Biosynthesis in Lysobacter enzymogenes Is Controlled by the Interplay of Two Transcription Factors and a Diffusible Molecule. Applied and Environmental Microbiology 84(3). pii: e01754-17. PDF
2017
Chen H, Chen J, Li M, Chang M, Xu K, Shang Z, Zhao Y, Palmer I, Zhang Y, Mcgill J, Alfano JR, Liu F, and Fu ZQ. 2017. A Bacterial Type III Effector Targets the Master Regulator of Salicylic Acid Signaling NPR1 to subvert Plant Immunity. Cell Host & Microbe 22(6):777-788.e7. PDF
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Palmer I, Shang Z, and Fu ZQ. 2017. Salicylic acid-mediated plant defense: recent development, missing links and future outlook. Frontiers in Biology 12(4) 1460-4. PDF
Yan Q, Wang J, Fu ZQ, and Chen W. 2017. Endocytosis of AtRGS1 Is Regulated by the Autophagy Pathway after D-Glucose Stimulation. Front. Plant Sci. 8:1229. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.01229. PDF
Xu H, Wang R, Zhao Y, Fu ZQ, Qian G, and Liu F. 2017. LesR is a novel upstream regulator that controls downstream Clp expression to modulate antibiotic HSAF biosynthesis and cell aggregation in Lysobacter enzymogenes OH11. Microbial Cell Factories 16(1):202. PDF
2016
Mohan R, Tai T, Chen A, Arnoff T, and Fu ZQ. 2016. Overexpression of Arabidopsis NIMIN1 results in salicylate intolerance. Plant Signaling & Behavior 1(10):e1211222. PDF
Krizek BA, Bequette CJ, Estrada AD, Xu K, Fu ZQ, Stratmann JW, and Loraine AE. 2016. RNA-Seq reveals roles for AINTEGUMENTA and AINTEGUMENTA-LIKE6 in cell wall remodeling and plant defense pathways in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 171: 2069. PDF
2014
Wu L, Chen H, Curtis C, and Fu ZQ. 2014. Go in for the kill: How plants deploy effector-triggered immunity to combat pathogens. Virulence 5: 0-11. PDF
Mammarella ND, Cheng Z, Fu ZQ, Daudi A, Bolwell GP, Dong X, and Ausubel FM. 2014. Apoplastic peroxidases are required for salicylic acid-mediated defense against Pseudomonas syringae. Phytochemistry 112:110-21. PDF
2013
Fu ZQ, and Dong X. 2013. Systemic acquired resistance: turning local infection into global defense. Annual Review of Plant Biology 64: 7.1-7.25. PDF
2012
Zheng XY, Spivey NW, Zeng W, Liu PP, Fu ZQ, Klessig DF, Zheng N, and Dong X. 2012. Coronatine promotes Pseudomonas syringae virulence in plants by activating a signaling cascade that inhibits salicylic acid accumulation. Cell Host Microbe 11: 587-96. PDF
Fu ZQ, Yan S, Saleh A, Wang W, Ruble J, Oka N, R. Mohan, Spoel SH, Tada Y, Zheng N, and Dong X. 2012. NPR3 and NPR4 are receptors for the immune signal salicylic acid in plants. Nature (article) 486: 228-232. PDF
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2008
Block A, Li G, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2008. Phytopathogen type III effector weaponry and their plant targets. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 11: 396-403. PDF
2007
Fu ZQ, Guo M, Jeong B, Tian F, Elthon, Cerny RL, Staiger D, and Alfano JR. 2007. A type III effector ADP-ribosylates RNA-binding proteins and quells plant immunity. Nature (article) 447: 284-288. PDF
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2006
Fu ZQ, Guo M, and Alfano JR. 2006. The Pseudomonas syringae HrpJ is a type III-secreted protein that is required for plant pathogenesis, injection of effectors, and for secretion of the HrpZ1 harpin. J. Bacteriol. 188: 6060-6069. PDF
2004
Wehling MD, Guo M, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2004. The Pseudomonas syringae HopPtoV protein is secreted in culture and translocated into plant cells via the type III protein secretion system in a manner dependent on the ShcV type III chaperone. J. Bacteriol. 186: 3621-30. PDF
2003
Espinosa A, Guo M, Tam VC, Fu ZQ, and Alfano JR. 2003. The Pseudomonas syringae type III-secreted protein HopPtoD2 possesses protein tyrosine phosphatase activity and suppresses programmed cell death in plants. Mol. Microbiol. 49: 377-397. PDF
Criley RA, Uchida JY, and Fu ZQ. 2003. Productivity and periodicity of flowering in Heliconia orthotricha cultivars. Acta Horticulturae 624: 207-212.