1. Molecular epigenetic mechanisms underlying flowering-time regulation
2. Vernalization in Arabidopsis and wheat
3. Plant environmental epigenetics
1. Molecular epigenetic mechanisms underlying flowering-time regulation
2. Vernalization in Arabidopsis and wheat
3. Plant environmental epigenetics
1. Li Z, Luo X, Ou Y, Jiao H, Peng L, Fu X, Macho A, Liu R and He Y.* (2021) JASMONATE-ZIM DOMAIN proteins engage Polycomb chromatin modifiers to modulate Jasmonate signaling in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 14: 732-747.
2. Luo X, Ou Y, Li R and He Y.* (2020) Maternal transmission of the epigenetic 'memory of winter cold' in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants, 6: 1211-1218.
3. Tao Z, Hu H, Luo X, Jia B, Du J* and He Y.* (2019) Embryonic resetting of the parental vernalized state by two B3 domain transcription factors in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants, 5: 424-435.
4. Li Z, Fu X, Wang Y, Liu R and He Y.* (2018) Polycomb-mediated gene silencing by the BAH-EMF1 complex in plants. Nature Genetics, 50: 1254-1261.
5. Li Z, Jiang D and He Y.* (2018) FRIGIDA establishes a local chromosomal environment for FLOWERING LOCUS C mRNA production. Nature Plants, 4: 836-846.
6. Li Z, Ou Y, Li J and He Y.* (2018) Brassinosteroid signaling recruits Histone 3 lysine-27 demethylation activity to FLOWERING LOCUS C chromatin to inhibit the floral transition in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 11: 1135-1146.
7. He Y* and Li Z. (2018) Epigenetic environmental memories in plants: establishment, maintenance, and reprogramming. Trends in Genetics, 34: 856-866.
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