Chenglin Chai

PUBLICATIONS IN PEER-REVIEWED JOURNALS 

Wang, Y, Chai, C, Khatabi, B, Scheible, W, Udvardi, M, Saha M, Kang, Y, Nelson, R. (2021) An efficient Brome mosaic virus-based gene silencing protocol for hexaploid wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Frontiers in Plant Sciences. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.685187)

Chai C, Shankar R, Jain M, Subudhi P. (2018) Genome-wide discovery of DNA polymorphisms by whole genome sequencing differentiates weedy rice (Oryza sativa) from cultivated rice. Scientific Reports. 8:4218

Subudhi P, DeLeon T, Tapia R, Chai C, Karan R,  Ontoy J, Singh P, Parco A  (2018) Genetic    interaction involving photoperiod responsive Hd1 promotes early flowering under long-day condition in rice. Scientific Reports. 8:2081

Dhakal R, Chai C, Karan R, Windham G, Williams W, Subudhi P (2017). Expression profiling coupled with in-silico mapping identifies candidate genes for reducing aflatoxin accumulation in maize. Frontiers in Plant Sciences doi: 10.3389/fpls.2017.00503

Chai C Subudhi (2016). Comprehensive Analysis and Expression Profiling of the OsLAX and OsABCB Auxin Transporter Gene Families in Rice (Oryza sativa) under Phytohormone Stimuli and Abiotic Stresses. Frontiers in Plant Sciences (corresponding author) doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00593

Chai C, Wang Y, Valliyodan B, Nguyen H (2016) Comprehensive Analysis of the Soybean (Glycine max) GmLAX Auxin Transporter Gene Family. Frontiers in Plant Sciences doi: 10.3389/fpls.2016.00282

Chai C, Wang Y, Joshi T, Valliyodan B, Michael L*, Xu D, Nguyen, H. (2015) Soybean transcription factor ORFeomic resource for dissecting regulatory network associated with drought resistance. BMC Genomics, 16:596 (* denotes undergraduate students)

Wang Y, Chai C, Valliyodan B, Maupin C*, Annen B*, Nguyen H. (2015) Genome-wide analysis and expression profiling of the PIN auxin transporter gene family in soybean (Glycine max). BMC Genomics, 16:951 (Joint First Author). (* denotes undergraduate students) (Joint First Author).

Prince S, Song L, Qiu D, Santos J, Chai C, Joshi T, Patil G, et al (2015) Genetic variants in root architecture-related genes in a Glycine soja accession, a potential resource to improve cultivated soybean. BMC genomics, 16:132

Guan Q, Wu J, Zhang Y, Jiang C, Liu R, Chai C, Zhu J. (2013) A DEAD Box RNAHelicase Is Critical for Pre-mRNA Splicing, Cold-Responsive Gene Regulation, and Cold Tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 25(1): 342-56

Sharma M, Chai C, Morohashi K, Grotewold, E, Snook, M, Chopra S. (2012) Expression of flavonoid 3'-hydroxylase is controlled by P1 the regulator of 3-deoxy flavonoid biosynthesis in maize. BMC Plant Biology 12:196

Kong Q, Pattanaik S, Feller A, Chai C, Wang Y, Grotewold E, and Ling Yuan (2012) Regulatory switch enforced by basic helix-loop-helix and ACT-domain mediated dimerizations of the maize transcription factor R. PNAS, 109(30): 11918-11919

Chai C, Fang J, Liu Y, Tong H, Gong Y, Wang Y, Liu M, Wang Y, Qian Q, Cheng Z,

Chu C. (2011) ZEBRA2, encoding a carotenoid isomerase, is involved in photoprotection in rice. Plant Mol Biol, 75(3): 211-21

Fornalé S, Shi X, Chai C, Encina A, Irar S, Capellades M, Fuguet E, Torres J-L, Rovira P, Puigdomènech P, Rigau J, Grotewold E, Gray J, Caparrós-Ruiz, D (2010) ZmMYB31 directly represses the maize COMT gene and redirects the phenylpropanoid metabolic flux. Plant J, 64(4): 633-44

Wang Y, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Chai C, Wei G, Wei X, Xu H, Ouwerkerk PBF, Wang M,

Zhu Z. (2008) Molecular cloning, functional characterization and expression analysis of a novel monosaccharide transporter gene OsMST6 from rice (Oryza sativa L.). Planta, 228(4): 525-35

Fang J, Chai C, Qian Q, Li C, Tang J, Sun L, Huang Z, Guo X, Liu M, Lu Q, Wang Y, Lu C, Han B, Chen F, Cheng Z, Chu C. (2008) Mutations of genes in synthesis of the carotenoid precursors of ABA lead to preharvest sprouting and photo-oxidation in rice. Plant J, 54(2): 177-189. (Joint First Author).

Wang YQ, Wei XL, Xu HL, Chai CL, Meng K, Zhai HL, Sun AJ, Peng YG, Wu B, Xiao GF, Zhu Z (2008) Cell-wall invertases from rice are differentially expressed in caryopsis during the grain filling stage. J Integr Plant Biol, 50 (4): 466–474.

Wang Y, Xu H, Wei X, Chai C, Xiao Y, Zhang Y, Chen B, Xiao G, Ouwerkerk PBF,

Wang M, Zhu Z (2007) Molecular cloning and expression analysis of a monosaccharide transporter gene OsMST4 from rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Mol Biol, 65:439-451.

Chai C, Li S, Xu Y, Song W (2004) Assimilates distribution in young peach plants

during water stress and after removing water stress. Acta Hortic Sinica, 31(5): 574-578.

Chai C, Li S, Xu Y (2001) Carbohydrate metabolism in peach leaves during water stress and after stress relief. Plant Physiol Commun, 37: 495-498.

Xu Y, Li S, Chai C, Liu G, Chen S (2001) Carbohydrate metabolism in source leaves of Jonagold apple tree under water stress and after water stress relief. J Fruit Sci, 18 (1): 1-6.

INVITED BOOK CHAPTERS

Chai C, Chin S, Blancaflor EB (2022) Imaging the Cytoskeleton in Living Plant Roots. In: Gavin, R. H. (ed.), Cytoskeleton Methods and Protocols: Methods in Molecular Biology series. 4th edition, Totowa, New Jersey: Humana Press, 2364:139-148. Doi: 10.1007/978-1-0716-1661-1_6.

Chai C, Xie Z, Grotewold E (2011) SELEX (Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential Enrichment), as a powerful tool for deciphering the protein-DNA interaction space. In Methods Mol Biol. Yuan L and Perry S (ed) Humana Press, NJ. 754:249-58.