Prof. Wang Liuqiang mainly researched on the mechanism of transcription factors in tree stress resistance, and found the new molecular mechanism of WOX11/12 transcription factor in responding to drought and salt stresses and regulating the plastic development of adventitious roots to adapt stress, which provide a new idea for molecular design resistance breeding based on root developmental adaptation to adverse environmental stresses. The applicant constructed a novel transcription factor centered yeast one-hybrid (TF-Centered Y1H) system for efficiently identifying the DNA motifs recognized by a defined transcription factor, which provide technical support for the efficient identification of target genes. So far, the applicant has published 24 SCI papers in Plant Biotechnology Journal, Journal of Experimental Botany and Tree Physiology, etc. by first or correspondent author.
Liu Rui, Wen Shuang-Shuang, Sun Ting-Ting, Wang Rui, Zuo Wen-Teng, Yang Tao, Wang Chao, Hu Jian-Jun, Lu Meng-Zhu, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2022. PagWOX11/12a positively regulates PagSAUR36 gene that enhances adventitious root development in poplar. Journal of Experimental Botany, 73(22): 7298-7311.
Wen Shuang-Shuang, Ge Xiao-Lan, Wang Rui, Yang Hai-Feng, Bai Yu-E, Guo Ying-Hua, Zhang Jin, Lu Meng-Zhu, Zhao Shu-Tang, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2022. An efficient agrobacterium-mediated transformation method for hybrid poplar 84K (Populus alba × P. glandulosa) using calli as explants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 23(4): 2216.
Sun Ting-Ting, Su Zhi-Hao, Wang Rui, Liu Rui, Yang Tao, Zuo Wen-Teng, Wen Shuang-Shuang, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2022. Transcriptome and metabolome analysis reveals the molecular mechanisms of Tamarix taklamakanensis under progressive drought and rehydration treatments. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 195: 104766.
Wang Yan-Min, Zhang Yi-Ming, Zhang Xin, Zhao Xin, Zhang Yu, Wang Chao, Wang Yu-Cheng*, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2021. Poplar PsnICE1 enhances cold tolerance by binding to different cis-acting elements to improve reactive oxygen species-scavenging capability. Tree Physiology, 41: 2424-2437.
Sun Ting-Ting, Wang Chao, Liu Rui, Zhang Yu, Wang Yu-Cheng, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2021. ThHSFA1 confers salt stress tolerance through modulation of reactive oxygen species scavenging by directly regulating ThWRKY4. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 22(9): 5048.
Wang Rui, Zhang Yu, Wang Chao, Wang Yu-Cheng, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2021. ThNAC12 from Tamarix hispida directly regulates ThPIP2; 5 to enhance salt tolerance by modulating reactive oxygen species. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 163: 27-35.
Liu Rui, Wang Rui, Lu Meng-Zhu, Wang Liu-Qiang*. 2021. WUSCHEL-related homeobox gene PagWOX11/12a is involved in drought tolerance through modulating reactive oxygen species scavenging in poplar. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 16(3): 1866312.
Wang Liu-Qiang, Wen Shuang-Shuang, Wang Rui, Wang Chao, Gao Bei, Lu Meng-Zhu*. 2021. PagWOX11/12a activates PagCYP736A12 gene that facilitates salt tolerance in poplar. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 19(11): 2249-2260.
Wang Liu-Qiang, Li Zhen, Wen Shuang-Shuang, Wang Jin-Nan, Zhao Shu-Tang, Lu Meng-Zhu*. 2020. WUSCHEL-related homeobox gene PagWOX11/12a responds to drought stress by enhancing root elongation and biomass growth in poplar. Journal of Experimental Botany, 71(4): 1503-1513.
Guo Huiyan, Wang Liuqiang, Yang Chuanping, Zhang Yiming, Zhang Chunrui, Wang Chao*. 2018. Identification of novel cis-elements bound by BplMYB46 involved in abiotic stress responses and secondary wall deposition. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 60(10): 1000-1014.
Wang Liuqiang, Zhang Chunrui, Wang Yanmin, Wang Yucheng, Yang Chuanping, Lu Mengzhu*, Wang Chao*. 2018. Tamarix hispida aquaporin ThPIP2; 5 confers salt and osmotic stress tolerance to transgenic Tamarix and Arabidopsis. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 152: 158-166.
Wang Liuqiang, Li Zhen, Wang Chao, Wang Deyin, Wang Yucheng*, Lu Mengzhu*. 2017. Overexpression of a peroxiredoxin gene from Tamarix hispida, ThPrx1, confers tolerance to oxidative stress in yeast and Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Biology, 60(6): 548-557.
Wang Chao, Wang Liuqiang, Yang Chuanping, Wang Yucheng*. 2017. Identification, phylogeny, and transcript profiling of aquaporin genes in response to abiotic stress in Tamarix hispida. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 13(4): 81.
Wang Liuqiang, Li Zhen, Lu Mengzhu*, Wang Yucheng*. 2017. ThNAC13, a NAC transcription factor from Tamarix hispida, confers salt and osmotic stress tolerance to transgenic Tamarix and Arabidopsis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 8: 635.
Wang Liuqiang, Wang Chao, Qin Liping, Hu Ping, Wang Yucheng*. 2016. ThERF1 from Tamarix hispida confers decreased tolerance to oxidative and drought stresses and is regulated by a WRKY protein. Journal of Forestry Research, 27(4): 767-772.
Wang Liuqiang, Wang Chao, Qin Liping, Liu Wenjin, Wang Yucheng*. 2015. ThERF1 regulates its target genes via binding to a novel cis-acting element in response to salt stress. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 57(10): 838-847.
Wang Liuqiang, Qin Liping, Liu Wenjin, Zhang Daoyuan, Wang Yucheng*. 2014. A novel ethylene-responsive factor from Tamarix hispida, ThERF1, is a GCC-box- and DRE- motif binding protein that negatively modulates abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Physiologia Plantarum, 152(1): 84-97.
Wang Liuqiang, Wang Chao, Wang Deyin, Wang Yucheng*. 2014. Molecular characterization and transcript profiling of NAC genes in response to abiotic stress in Tamarix hispida. Tree Genetics & Genomes, 10(1): 157-171.
Wang Liuqiang, Xu Chenxi, Wang Chao, Wang Yucheng*. 2012. Characterization of a eukaryotic translation initiation factor 5A homolog from Tamarix androssowii involved in plant abiotic stress tolerance. BMC Plant Biology, 12: 118.
