Recent publications

Calonje, M., and Sung, Z.R. 2006. Complexity beneath the silence. Curr Opin Plant Biol 9(5):530-7

Chen, L., and Sung, Z.R. 2006. Phylogenetic analysis of a PcG protein, EMF2. In 17th International conference of Arabidopsis research (Madison: Wis), pp. 141.

Sanchez, R., Calonje, M., Chen, L., Lin, W.H., Diao, Z.Y., and Sung, Z.R. 2006. Mechanism of the EMF1-mediated vegetative development. In Annual Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists (Boston, Massachusetts).

Calonje M., Chen LJ, Sanchez R. and Sung ZR. EMF1 functions as PRC1 in maintaining flower homeotic gene silencing during Arabiodpsis vegetative growth (Submitted).

Chanvivattana, Y. A. Bishop, D. Schubert, C. Stock, Y.-H. Moon, Z. R. Sung and J. Goodrich. 2004. Interaction of Polycomb-group proteins controlling flowering in Arabidopsis. Development 131:5263-5276.

Henderson J., H. Li, S. Rider, A. Mordhorst, J. Romero-Severson, J. Chen, J. Robey, Z.R. Sung, S. de Vries, and J. Ogas. 2004. PIKLE acts throughout the plant to repress expression of embryonic traits and may play a role in Gibberellin-dependent responses. Plant physiology. 134: 995-1005.

Moon Y.-H., Chen L., Pan R.-L., Chang H.-S., Zhu T., Maffeo D., and Sung Z. R.. 2003. EMF Genes Maintain Vegetative Development by Repressing the Seed and Flower Development Program. Plant Cell. 15: 681-693.

Sung, Z.R., L.-J. Chen, Y.-H. Moon, and K. Lertpiriyapong. 2003. Mechanisms of floral repression in Arabidopsis. Current Opinion in Plant Biology. 6:29-35.

Lertpiriyapong K. and Z.R. Sung. 2003. The elongation defective1 mutant of Arabidopsis is impaired in the gene encoding a serine-rich secreted protein. Plant Molecular Biology. 53: 581-595.

Sung Z. R., L.-J. Chen, Y.-H. Moon, and N. Yoshida. 2003. Molecular Mechanism of Shoot determinacy and flowering in Arabidopsis. HortScience. 38 (7):3-5.

Avsian-Kretchmer O., J. Cheng, E. Moctezuma, and Z. R. Sung. 2002. Indole acetic acid distribution coincides with vascular differentiation pattern during Arabidopsis leaf ontogeny. Plant Physiology. 130: 199-209.

Aubert D., L. Chen, Y. Moon, D. Martin, L. Castle, C. Yang, and Z. R. Sung. 2001. EMF1, A novel protein involved in the control of shoot architecture and flowering in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 13: 1865-1875.

Yoshida N., Y. Nanai, L. Chen, Y. Kato, J. Hiratsuka, T. Miwa, Z. R. Sung, and S. Takahashi. 2001. EMBRYONOIC FLOWER 2, a novel polycomb group protein homology, mediates shoot development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell. 13:1-12.

Milioni D., G. Franz, Z. R. Sung, P. Hatzopoulos. 2001. Gene expression during heat-shock in embryogenic carrot cell lines. Plant cell, tissue and organ culture. 65: 221-228.