Dr. Ming YangAssociate Professor |
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My goal in research is to understand the molecular mechanisms that underlie cellular and subcellular organization. Towards this end, both experimental and theoretical approaches are employed. The emphases are on novel morphologies or processes and on identification of the determining factors of the morphologies or processes. Currently there are two major investigations going on in my laboratory: one is on the reproductive processes regulated by SCF ubiquitin ligases and the other on the cell growth and division processes regulated by A-type cyclins. In addition, smaller projects mostly related to other reproductive processes are also being pursued. |
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Wang Y, Wu H, Yang M (2008) Microscopy and bioinformatic analyses of lipid metabolism implicate a sporophytic signaling network supporting pollen development in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant, in press. Wang Y, Yang M (2007) In silico identification of co-transcribed core cell cycle regulators and transcription factors in Arabidopsis. J Integrative Plant Biol 49(8):1253-1260. Vitha S, Yang M, Sack FD, Kiss JZ (2007) Gravitropism in the starch excess mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana. Am J Bot 94(4):590-598. Wu H, Mori A, Jiang X, Wang Y, Yang M (2006) The INDEHISCENT protein regulates unequal cell divisions in Arabidopsis fruit. Planta 224:971-979. Wang Y, Yang M (2006) The ARABIDOPSIS SKP1-LIKE1 (ASK1) protein acts predominately from leptotene to pachytene and represses homologous recombination in male meiosis. Planta 223:613-617. Wu H, Yang M (2005) Reduction in vacuolar volume in the tapetal cells coincides with conclusion of the tetrad stage in Arabidopsis thaliana. Sex Plant Reprod 18:173-178. Wang Y, Magnard J-L, McCormick S, Yang M (2004) Progression through meiosis I and meiosis II in Arabidopsis anthers is regulated by an A-type cyclin predominately expressed in prophase I. Plant Physiol 136: 4127-4135. Wang Y, Wu H, Liang G, Yang M (2004) Defects in nucleolar migration and synapsis in male prophase I in the ask1-1 mutant of Arabidopsis. Sex Plant Reprod 16: 273-282. Yang M, McCormick S (2002) The Arabidopsis MEI1 gene likely encodes a protein with BRCT domains. Sex Plant Reprod 14: 355-357. Magnard J-L, Yang M, Chen Y-CS, Leary M, McCormick S (2001) The Arabidopsis gene Tardy Asynchronous Meiosis is required for the normal pace and synchrony of cell division during male meiosis. Plant Physiol 127: 1157-1166. Yang M, Ma H (2001) Male meiotic spindle lengths in normal and mutant Arabidopsis cells. Plant Physiol 126: 622-630. Yang M, Hu Y, Lodhi M, McCombie WR, Ma H (1999) The Arabidopsis SKP1-LIKE1 gene is essential for male meiosis and may control homologue separation. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 96: 11416-11421. Yang M, Nadeau JA, Zhao L, Sack FD (1999) Characterization of a cytokinesis defective (cyd1) mutant of Arabidopsis. J Exp Bot 50: 1437-1446. Zhao D, Yang M, Solava J, Ma H (1999) The Arabidopsis SKP-LIKE1 gene regulates plant development and interacts with the UFO gene to control floral organ identity. Dev Genet 25: 209-223. Gray WM, del Pozo JC, Walker L, Hobbie L, Risseeuw E, Banks T, Crosby W, Yang M, Ma H, Estelle M (1999) Identification of an SCF ubiquitin-ligase complex required for auxin response in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes & Dev 13: 1678-1691. Geisler M, Yang M, Sack FD (1998) Divergent regulation of stomatal initiation and patterning in organ and suborgan regions of the Arabidopsis mutants too many mouths and four lips. Planta 205: 522-530. Vitha S, Yang M, Kiss JZ, Sack FD (1998) Light promotion of hypocotyl gravitropism of a starch-deficient tobacco mutant correlates with plastid enlargement and sedimentation. Plant Physiol 116: 495-502. Yang M, Sack FD (1995) The too many mouths and four lips mutations affect stomatal production in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 7: 2227-2239. |
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