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Biotechnology Genetic Engineering Protein Engineering Environmental Sciences Life Sciences Biology Plant Sciences
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Kirke J, Kaplan N, Velez S, Jin X-L, Vichyavichien P, Zhang X-H. (2018) Tissue-preferential activity and induction of the pepper capsaicin synthase PUN1 promoter by wounding, heat and metabolic pathway precursor in tobacco and tomato plants. Molecular Biotechnology, 60: 194–202.
Ibrahim A, Jin X-L, Zhang Y-B, Cruz J, Vichyavichien P, Esiobu N, Zhang X-H. (2017) Tobacco plants expressing the maize nitrate transporter ZmNrt2.1 exhibit altered responses of growth and gene expression to nitrate and calcium. Botanical Studies, 58: 51.
Hill W., Jin X.-L., Zhang X.-H. (2016) Expression of an arctic chickweed dehydrin, CarDHN, enhances tolerance to abiotic stress in tobacco plants. Plant Growth Regulation, 80: 323–334.
Zhang X.-H., Brotherton J.E., Widholm J.M. (2015) Co-expression of the tobacco anthranilate synthase b subunit with its feedback-insensitive a subunit as a selectable marker that also markedly increases the free tryptophan content. In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Plant, 51: 564–570.
Zhang X.-H., Keating P., Wang X.-W., Huang Y.-H., Martin J., Hartmann J.X., Liu A. (2014) Production of functional native human interleukin-2 in tobacco chloroplasts. Molecular Biotechnology, 56: 369–379.
Webb J. and Zhang X.-H. (2013) Organ disparate allocation of plasticity in phosphorus response as an underlying mechanism for the sawgrass-to-cattail habitat shift in Florida Everglades wetlands. International Journal of Plant Sciences, (in press)
Koch M., Bowes G., Ross C. and Zhang X.-H. (2013) Climate change and ocean acidification effects on seagrasses and marine macroalgae. Global Change Biology, 19: 103–132.
Li Q., Lin Y.-C., Sun Y.-H., Song J., Chen H., Zhang X.-H., Sederoff R.R. and Chiang V.L. (2012) Splice variant of the SND1 transcription factor is a dominant negative of SND1 members and their regulation in Populus trichocarpa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 109: 14699–14704.
*Sun Y.-H., *Shi R., *Zhang X.-H., Chiang V.L. and Sederoff R. (2012) MicroRNAs in trees. Plant Molecular Biology, 80: 37–53. (*equal contribution)
Miao S., Li Y., Guo Q., Yu H., Ding J., Yu F., Liu J., Zhang X.-H. and Dong M. (2012) Potential alternatives to classical biocontrol: Using native agents in invaded habitats and genetically engineered sterile cultivars for invasive plant management. Tree and Forestry Science and Biotechnology, 6: 17–21.
Lin L., Webb J. and Zhang X.-H. (2011) Involvement of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in the distribution of sawgrass and cattail in Florida Everglades. Wetlands, 31: 263–272.
Zhang X.-H., Webb J., Huang Y.-H., Lin L., Tang R.-S. and Liu A. (2011) Hybrid Rubisco of tomato large subunits and tobacco small subunits is functional in tobacco plants. Plant Science, 180: 480–488.
Tsai F.-Y., Zhang X.-H., Ulanov A. and Widholm J.M. (2010) The application of the yeast N-acetyltransferase MPR1 gene and the proline analog L-1 azetidine-2-carboxylic acid as a selectable marker system for plant transformation. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61: 2561–2573.
Zhang X.-H. (2010) Regulation of protein function by residue oxidation. Proteomics Insights, 3: 17–24.
Barone P., Zhang X.-H. and Widholm J.M. (2009) Tobacco plastid transformation using the feedback-insensitive anthranilate synthase [α]-subunit of tobacco (ASA2) as a new selectable marker. Journal of Experimental Botany, 60: 3195–3202.
Webb J., Miao S. and Zhang X.-H. (2009) Factors and mechanisms influencing seed germination in a wetland plant sawgrass. Plant Growth Regulation, 57: 243–250.
Zhang X.-H., Tapia M., Webb J.B., Huang Y.-H. and Miao S. (2008) Molecular signatures of two cattail species, Typha domingensis and T. latifolia (Typhaceae), in South Florida. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 49: 368–376.
Zhang X.-H. and Weissbach H. (2008) Origin and evolution of the protein-repairing enzymes methionine sulphoxide reductases. Biological Reviews, 83: 249–257.
Plants use sunlight for energy and CO2 as food. Plants can be made to produce valuable products such as medicine and nutrients to benefit human health and the environment
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Discussion of how the greenhouse gas CO2 affects plants and agriculture, and how to mitigate CO2 effects through enhanced biological sequestration by plant photosynthesis
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