2019
1. Zhang, C., Lei, Y., Lu, C., Wang, L.*, Wu, J.* (2020) MYC2, MYC3, and MYC4 function additively in wounding-induced jasmonic acid biosynthesis and catabolism. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (in press) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31876387
2. Liu, N., Shen, G., Xu Y., Liu, H., Zhang, J., Li, S., Li, J., Zhang, C., Qi, J., Wang, L., Wu, J.* (2019) Extensive inter-plant protein transfer between Cuscuta parasites and their host plants. Molecular Plant (in press) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31812691
3. Qin. Y., Zhang, J., Hettenhausen, C., Liu, H., Li, S., Shen, G., Cao, G., Wu, J.* (2019) The host jasmonic acid pathway regulates the transcriptomic changes of dodder and host plant under the scenario of caterpillar feeding on dodder. BMC Plant Biology 19:540. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31801469
4. Gao, L., Shen, G., Zhang, L., Qi, J., Zhang, C., Ma, C., Li, J., Wang, L., Malook, S.U., Wu, J.* (2019) An efficient system composed of maize protoplast transfection and HPLC-MS for studying the biosynthesis and regulation of maize benzoxazinoids. Plant Methods 15:144. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31798670
5. Li, S., Zhang, J., Liu, H., Liu, N., Shen, G., Zhuang, H., Wu, J.* (2019) Dodder-transmitted mobile signals prime host plants for enhanced salt tolerance. Journal of Experimental Botany (in press) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31665509
6. Malook, S., Qi, J., Hettenhausen, C., Xu, Y., Zhang, C., Zhang, J., Lu, C., Li, J., Wang, L., Wu, J.* (2019) The oriental armyworm (Mythimna separata) feeding induces systemic defense responses within and between maize leaves. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374: 20180307 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2018.0307
2018
1. Jinfeng Qi, Saif ul Malook, Guojing Shen, Lei Gao, Cuiping Zhang, Jing Li, Jingxiong Zhang, Lei Wang, Jianqiang Wu. 2018. Current understanding of maize and rice defense against insect herbivores. Plant Diversity 40: 189-195. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468265918300696
2. Sun, G. #, Xu, Y. #, Liu, H. #, Sun, T., Zhang, J., Hettenhausen, C., Shen, G., Qi, J., Qin, Y., Li, J., Wang, L., Chang, W., Guo, Z., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2018) Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis. Nature Communications 9:2683. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29992948
3. Wu, J.* (2018) miRNAs as a secret weapon in the battlefield of haustoria, the interface between parasites and host plants. Molecular Plant 11, 354–356 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29462721
4. Zhuang, H., Li, J., Song, J., Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M., Sun, G., Zhang, C., Li, J., Song, D., Wu, J.* (2018) Aphid (Myzus persicae) feeding on the parasitic plant dodder (Cuscuta australis) activates defense responses in both the parasite and soybean host. New Phytologist 218: 1586-1596. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29575001
5. Lei, Y., Xu, Y., Hettenhausen, C., Lu, C., Shen, G., Zhang, C., Li, J., Song, J., Lin, H., Wu, J. (2018). Comparative analysis of alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) leaf transcriptomes reveals genotype-specific salt tolerance mechanisms. BMC Plant Biology 18:35 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29448940
6. Lu, C., Qi, J., Hettenhausen, C., Lei, Y., Zhang, J., Zhang, M., Zhang C., Song J., Li, J., Cao, G., Malook, S.U., Wu, J.* (2018) Elevated CO2 differentially affects tobacco and rice defense against lepidopteran larvae via the jasmonic acid signaling pathway. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (in press) https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29319235
7. Qi, J., Zhang, M., Lu, C., Hettenhausen, C., Tan, Q., Cao, G., Zhu, X., Wu, G., Wu, J.* (2018) Ultraviolet-B enhances the resistance of multiple plant species to lepidopteran insect herbivory through the jasmonic acid pathway. Scientific Reports 8:277 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29321619
2017
1. Hettenhausen, C.#, Li, J. #, Zhuang, H., Sun, H., Xu, Y., Qi, J., Zhang, J., Lei, Y., Qin, Y., Sun, G., Wang, L., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2017) The stem parasitic plant Cuscuta australis (dodder) transfers herbivory-induced signals among plants. Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences of the USA 114: E6703-E6709. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28739895
2. Lei, Y., Liu, Q., Hettenhausen, C., Cao, G., Tan, Q., Zhao, W., Lin, H., Wu, J. (2017) Salt-tolerant and -sensitive alfalfa (Medicago sativa) cultivars have large variations in defense responses to the lepidopteran insect Spodoptera litura under normal and salt stress condition. PLoS One 12: e0181589. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28719628
3. Song, J., Liu, H., Zhuang, H., Zhao, C., Xu, Y., Wu, S., Qi, J., Li, J., Hettenhausen, C., Wu, J. (2017) Transcriptomics and alternative splicing analyses reveal large differences between maize lines B73 and Mo17 in response to aphid Rhopalosiphum padi infestation. Frontiers in Plant Science 8:1738. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29067035
2016
1. Sun, T., Renner, S., Xu, Y., Qin, Y., Wu, J., Sun, G. (2016) Two hAT transposon genes were transferred from Brassicaceae to broomrapes and are actively expressed in some recipients. Scientific Reports.
2. Luo, J., Wei, K., Wang, S., Zhao, W., Ma, C., Hettenhausen, C., Wu, J., Cao, G., Sun, G., Baldwin, I. T., Wu, J., Wang, L. (2016) COI1-regulated hydroxylation of jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine impairs Nicotiana attenuata’s resistance to the generalist herbivore Spodoptera litura. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 64, 2822-2831. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26985773
3. Qi, J. #, Sun, G. #, Wang, L. #, Zhao, C. #, Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M.C., Baldwin, I.T., Li, J., Song, J., Liu, Z., Xu, G., Lu, X., Wu, J.* (2016) Oral secretions from Mythimna separata insects specifically induce defense responses in maize as revealed by high-dimensional biological data. Plant Cell & Environment . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26991784
4. Hettenhausen, C#., Sun, G. #, He, Y., Zhuang, H., Sun, T., Qi, J., Wu, J.* (2016) Genome-wide identification of calcium-dependent protein kinases in soybean and analyses of their transcriptional responses to insect herbivory and drought stress. Scientific Reports, 6: 18973. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26733237
2015
1. Li, J., Hettenhausen, C., Sun, G., Zhuang, H., Li, J. H., Wu, J. (2015) The parasitic plant Cuscuta australis is highly insensitive to abscisic acid-induced suppression of hypocotyl elongation and seed germination. PLoS One, 10: e0135197. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26258814
2014
1. Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M.C., Wu, J.* (2014) MAPK signaling – a key element in plant defense response to insects. Insect Science 22, 157-164. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24753304
2. Hettenhausen, C., Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2014) Fatty acid-amino acid conjugates are essential for systemic activation of salicylic acid-induced protein kinase and accumulation of jasmonic acid in Nicotiana attenuata. BMC Plant Biology, 14, 326. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25430398
3. Zhang, D., Qi, J., Yue, J., Huang, J., Sun, T., Li, S., Wen, J., Hettenhausen, C., Wu, J., Wang, L., Zhuang, H., Wu, J.* and Sun, G.* (2014), Root parasitic plant Orobanche aegyptiaca and shoot parasitic plant Cuscuta australis obtained Brassicaceae-specific strictosidine synthase-like genes by horizontal gene transfer. BMC Plant Biology 14, 19. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24411025
2013
1. Wang, L., Wu, J.* (2013) The essential role of jasmonic acid in plant-herbivore interactions - using the wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata as a model. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 40, 597-606.
2. Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2013) Nicotiana attenuata MPK4 suppresses a novel JA signaling-independent defense pathway against the specialist insect Manduca sexta but is not required for the resistance to the generalist Spodoptera littoralis. New Phytologist 199, 787-99. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23672856
3. Yang, D.H., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2013) Silencing brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 impairs herbivory-elicited accumulation of jasmonic acid-isoleucine and diterpene glycosides, but not jasmonic acid and trypsin proteinase inhibitors in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 55, 514-526. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23347255
4. Heinrich, M., Hettenhausen, C., Lange, T., Wünsche, H., Fang, J., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2013) High levels of jasmonic acid antagonize the biosynthesis of gibberellins and inhibit the growth of Nicotiana attenuata stems. Plant Journal 73, 591-606. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23190261
2012 and before
1. Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Protein kinases in plant growth and defense. Protein kinases in plant growth and defense. Journal of Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 22, 48-51.
2. Wang, L., Wu, J.* (2013) The essential role of jasmonic acid in plant-herbivore interactions - using the wild tobacco Nicotiana attenuata as a model. Journal of Genetics and Genomics 40, 597-606. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24377866
3. Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Protein kinases in plant growth and defense. Protein kinases in plant growth and defense. Journal of Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 22, 48-51.
4. Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) MAPK signaling regulates multiple stress responses in plants. Journal of Endocytobiosis and Cell Research 22, 52-6.
5. Meldau, S., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) For security and stability: SGT1 in plant defense and development. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6, 1479-82. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21897126
6. Yang D.H., Hettenhausen C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) The multifaceted function of BAK1/SERK3: plant immunity to pathogens and responses to insect herbivores. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6, 1322-4. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21852758
7. Wu, J., Baldwin, I.T. (2010) New insights into plant responses to the attack from insect herbivores. Annual Review of Genetics 44, 1-24. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20649414
8. Wu, J., Hettenhausen, C., Schuman, M.C., and Baldwin, I.T.* (2008) A comparison of two Nicotiana attenuata accessions reveals large differences in Manduca sexta-induced signaling events. Plant Physiology 146, 927-39. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18218965
9. Wu, J., Hettenhausen, C., Meldau, S., and Baldwin, I.T.* (2007). Herbivory rapidly activates MAPK signaling in attacked and unattacked leaf regions but not between leaves of Nicotiana attenuata. Plant Cell 19, 1096-1122. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17400894
10. Wu, J., Kang, J.H., Hettenhausen, C., and Baldwin, I.T.* (2007). Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay (NMD) silences the accumulation of aberrant trypsin proteinase inhibitor mRNA in Nicotiana attenuata. Plant Journal 51, 693-706. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17587303
11. Wu, J., Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T.* (2006). Evolution of proteinase inhibitor defenses in North American allopolyploid species of Nicotiana. Planta 224, 750-760. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16534618
12. Hettenhausen, C., Yang, D.H., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Calcium-dependent protein kinases, CDPK4 and CDPK5, affect early steps of jasmonic acid biosynthesis in Nicotiana attenuata. Plant Signaling & Behavior 8, e22784 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23221744
13. Yang, D.H., Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Silencing Nicotiana attenuata calcium-dependent protein kinases, CDPK4 and CDPK5, strongly upregulates wound- and herbivory-induced jasmonic acid accumulations. Plant Physiology 159, 1591-607 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22715110
14. Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Silencing MPK4 in Nicotiana attenuata enhances photosynthesis and seed production but compromises abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure and guard cell-mediated resistance to Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato DC3000. Plant Physiology 158, 759-76 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22147519
15. Shi, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Arabidopsis nonsense-mediated mRNA decay factors, UPF1, UPF2, and UPF3, are involved in plant development and wounding- and pathogen-induced responses. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 54, 99-114. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22353561
16. Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2012) Three MAPK kinases, MEK1, SIPKK and NPK2, are not involved in activation of SIPK after wounding and herbivore feeding but important for accumulation of trypsin proteinase inhibitors. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 30, 731-40. http://www.springerlink.com/content/ph4hq3w1318k5503/
17. Heinrich, M., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) Two mitogen-activated protein kinase kinases, MKK1 and MEK2, are involved in wounding- and specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta-induced responses in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 4355-65. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21610019
18. Wünsche, H., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) S-Nitrosoglutathione reductase (GSNOR) mediates resistance of Nicotiana attenuata to the specialist insect herbivore Manduca sexta. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 4605-16. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21622839
19. Wünsche, H., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) Silencing NOA1 elevates herbivory-induced JA accumulation and compromises most of carbon-based defense metabolites in Nicotiana attenuata. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 53, 619-31. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21457460
20. Yang, D.H., Hettenhausen, C., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) BAK1 regulates the accumulation of jasmonic acid and the levels of trypsin proteinase inhibitors in Nicotiana attenuata’s responses to herbivory. Journal of Experimental Botany 62, 641-52. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20937731
21. Meldau, S., Baldwin, I.T., Wu, J.* (2011) SGT1 regulates wounding- and herbivory-induced jasmonic acid accumulation and Nicotiana attenuata’s resistance to the specialist lepidopteran herbivore Manduca sexta. New Phytologist 189, 1143-56.
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