Wenxue Li
Wenxue Li
Head of the Research Group of Maize Molecular Breeding
Center for Crop Genetics and Breeding
Institute of Crop Sciences
No.12 Zhongguancun South Street
Beijing, 100081, China
Tel:86-10-82105799
Fax:86-10-
Email:liwenxue@caas.cn
Educations
- 1998-2001, PhD in Plant Nutrition, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- 1995-1998, MS in Plant Nutrition, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
- 1991-1995, BS in Soil Chemistry, Shenyang Agricultural University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China
Working Experience
- 2010.10-present, Professor, Institute of Crop Sciences, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
- 2006.6-2008.12, Visiting Scientist, University of California, Riverside, USA
- 2003.4-2004.4, Post-doctoral fellow, Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany
- 2003.9-2010.10, Associate Professor, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
- 2001.7-2003.3, Post-doctoral fellow, Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Research Interests
- Molecular mechanisms of plant abiotic stress responses
- Post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression
- Maize kernel development
Academic Qualifications
Selected Publications (*corresponding authors)
Du Q, Wang K, Zou C, Xu C, Li WX*.2018. The PILNCR1-miR399 regulatory module is important for low-phosphate tolerance in maize. Plant Physiol. 177:1743-1753.
Sun Q, Liu X, Yang J, Liu W, Du Q, Wang H, Fu C, Li WX*. 2018. microRNA528 Affects lodging resistance of maize by regulating lignin biosynthesis under nitrogen-luxury conditions. Mol. Plant. 11:806-814.
Wang H, Wang K, Du Q, Wang Y, Fu Z, Guo Z, Kang D, Li WX*,Tang J*. 2018. Maize Urb2 protein is required for kernel development and vegetative growth by affecting pre-ribosomal RNA processing. New Phytol. 218:1233-1246.
Du Q, Zhao M, Gao W, Sun S, Li WX*.2017 microRNA/microRNA* complementarity is important for the regulation pattern of NFYA5 by miR169 under dehydration shock in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 91:22-33.
Liu W, Sun Q, Wang K, Du Q, Li WX*.2017. Nitrogen Limitation Adaptation (NLA) is involved in source-to-sink remobilization of nitrate by mediating the degradation of NRT1.7 in Arabidopsis.New Phytol. 214:734-744.
Gao W, Liu W, Zhao M, Li WX*. 2015. NERF encodes a RING E3 ligase important for drought resistance and enhances the expression of its antisense gene NFYA5 in Arabidopsis.Nucleic Acids Res. 43:607-617.
Liu W, Tai H, Li S, Gao W, Zhao M, Xie C*,Li WX*. 2014. bHLH122 is important for drought and osmotic stress resistance in Arabidopsis and in the repression of ABA catabolism. New Phytol.201:1192-1204.
Members of Research Group