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2. JingJing Xu, XiaoFan Zhang, HongWei Xue*. Rice aleurone layer specific OsNF-YB1 regulates grain filling and endosperm development by interacting with an ERF transcription factor. J Experimental Botany,2016, https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erw409.

3. Yong Tang, ChunYan Zhao, ShuTang Tan, HongWei Xue*. Arabidopsis type II phosphatidylinositol 4-kinase PI4Kr5 regulates auxin biosynthesis and leaf margin serration through interacting with and affecting the cleavage of a membrane-bound NAC transcription factor. PLoS Genetics, 2016,  https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1006252.

4.   YuJia Chu, Xu Chen, HongWei Xue*. Ins(1,4,5)P3 suppresses protein degradation in plant vacuole by regulating SNX-mediated protein sorting. Molecular Plant, 2016, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molp.2016.07.009.

5.  Ting Deng, Hongyan Yao, Jin Wang, Jun Wang, HongWei Xue*, Kaijing Zuo*. GhLTPG1, a cotton GPI-anchored lipid transfer protein, regulates the transport of phosphatidylinositol monophosphates and cotton fiber elongation. Scientific Reports, 2016,  https://www.nature.com/articles/srep26829.

6.  YiSheng Wang, HongYan Yao, HongWei Xue*. Lipidomic profiling analysis reveals the dynamics of phospholipid molecules in Arabidopsis thaliana seedling growth. J Integrative Plant Biology, 2016,https://doi.org/10.1111/jipb.12481.