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Fang J*, Jiang J*, Leichter SM*, Liu J, Biswal M, Khudaverdyan N, Zhong X#, Song J# (2022) Mechanistic basis for maintenance of CHG DNA methylation in plants. Nature Communications, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31627-3
(*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
Liu Z, Simmons CH, Zhong X (2022) Linking transcriptional silencing with chromatin remodeling, folding, and positioning in the nucleus. Current Opinion in Plant Biology (In press).
Nozawa K*, Chen J*, Jiang J*, Leichter SM, Yamada M, Suzuki T, Liu F, Ito H#, Zhong X# (2021) DNA methyltransferase CHROMOMETHYLASE3 is required for full ONSEN transposon activation in heat stress. PLOS Genetics 17(8): e1009710. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009710 (*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
Fang J*, Leichter SM*, Jiang J*, Biswal M, Lu J, Zhang ZM, Ren W, Zhai J, Cui Q, Zhong X#, Song J# (2021) Substrate deformation regulates DRM2-mediated DNA methylation in plants. Science Advances 2021 7(23):1-13 (*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
Jiang J, Liu J, Sanders D, Qian S, Ren W, Song J, Liu F#, Zhong X# (2021) UVR8 interacts with de novo DNA methyltransferase and suppresses DNA methylation in Arabidopsis. Nature Plants 7(2):184-197. doi: 10.1038/s41477-020-00843-4 (#Corresponding authors).
Scheid R, Chen J, Zhong X (2021) Biological role and mechanism of chromatin readers in plants. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10;61:102008. doi: 10.1016/j.pbi.2021.102008
Chen J, Liu J, Jiang J, Qian S, Song J, Kabara R, Delo I, Serino G, Liu F, Hua Z, Zhong X (2021) F-box protein CFK1 interacts with and degrades de novo DNA methyltransferase in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 229(6):3303-3317. doi: 10.1111/nph.17103
Jiang J, Ding A, Liu F#, Zhong X# (2020) Linking signaling pathways to chromatin dynamics. Journal of Experimental Botany 71(17):5179-5190. doi: 10.1093/jxb/eraa202 (#Corresponding authors)
Mayer KS*, Chen X*, Sanders D, Chen J, Jiang J, Nguyen P, Scalf M, Smith LM, Zhong X (2019) HOS15 acts with the histone deacetylase to modulate transcription and development. Plant Physiology doi: 10.1104/pp.18.01156 (*Equal contribution).
Yang Z*, Qian S*, Scheid R, Lu L, Chen X, Liu R, Du X, Lv X, Boersma M, Scalf M, Smith L, Denu J, Du J#, Zhong X# (2018) EBS is a bivalent histone reader that regulates floral phase transition in Arabidopsis. Nature Genetics 50(9) 1247-1253 doi: 10.1038/s41588-018-0187-8 (*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
Qian S*, Lv X*, Scheid R*, Lu L, Yang Z, Chen W,Liu R, Boersma M, Denu J, Zhong X#, Du J# (2018) Dual recognition of H3K4me3 and H3K27me3 by a plant histone reader SHL. Nature Communications 9(1):2425 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-018-04836-y (*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
Chen X, Lu L, Qian S, Scalf M, Smith L, Zhong X (2018) Canonical and non-canonical actions of Arabidopsis histone deacetylases in ribosomal RNA processing. Plant Cell 30(1):134-152.
Lu L*, Chen X*, Qian S, Zhong X (2018) The plant-specific histone residue Phe41 is important for genome-wide H3.1 distribution. Nature Communications 9(1):630 doi:10.1038/s41467-018-02976-9. (*Equal contribution)
Sanders D, Qian S, Fieweger R, Lu L, Dowell JA, Denu JM, Zhong X (2017) Histone lysine-to-methionine mutations reduce histone methylation and cause developmental pleiotropy. Plant Physiology 73(4):2243-2252.
Chen X, Lu L, Meyer KS, Scalf M, Qian S, Lomax A, Smith LM, Zhong X (2016) POWERDRESS interacts with histone deacetylase 9 to promote aging in Arabidopsis. eLife DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.17214
Zhong X (2016) Comparative epigenomics: a powerful tool to understand the evolution of DNA methylation. New Phytologist 210: 76–80
Lu L, Chen X, Sanders D, Qian S, Zhong X (2015) High-resolution mapping of H4K16 and H3K23 acetylation reveals conserved and unique distribution patterns in Arabidopsis and rice. Epigenetics 10(11): 1044-1053
Zhong X*#, Hale CJ*, Nguyen M, Ausin I, Groth M, Hetzel J, Vashisht AA, Henderson IR, Wohlschlegel JA, Jacobsen SE# (2015) DOMAINS REARRANGED METHYLTRANSFERASE3 controls DNA methylation and regulates RNA polymerase V transcript abundance in Arabidopsis. PNAS 112 (3): 911-916. (*Equal contribution, #Corresponding authors)
