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Overview

Li Yang is affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Sciences in China and has a substantial research background in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Endocrine and Autonomic Systems.

The scientist's research contributions primarily focus on Plant Molecular Biology Research, Wheat and Barley Genetics and Pathology, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant Virus Research Studies, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, and Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals.

Li Yang's notable recent papers include:

  • Melatonin promotes Arabidopsis primary root growth in an IAA-dependent manner, 2021, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Strigolactones inhibit auxin feedback on PIN-dependent auxin transport canalization, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Targeted creation of new mutants with compact plant architecture using CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing by an optimized genetic transformation procedure in cucurbit plants, 2022, Horticulture Research
  • Single cell atlas for 11 non-model mammals, reptiles and birds, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Akkermansia muciniphila Improves Host Defense Against Influenza Virus Infection, 2021, Frontiers in Microbiology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Li Yang include:

  • Hongjun Zhang
  • Hongjie Li
  • Hongwei Liu
  • Yang Zhou
  • Jinghuang Hu

The scholar's publications are often featured in these venues:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Horticulture Research
  • Plant Science
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • Circular Intronic Long Noncoding RNAs

    Yang Zhang;Xiao-Ou Zhang;Tian Chen;Jian-Feng Xiang

  • Complementary Sequence-Mediated Exon Circularization

    Xiao-Ou Zhang;Hai-Bin Wang;Hai-Bin Wang;Yang Zhang;Xuhua Lu

  • Regulation of circRNA biogenesis

    Ling-Ling Chen;Li Yang

  • The developmental transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster

    Brenton R. Graveley;Angela N. Brooks;Joseph W. Carlson;Michael O. Duff

  • The Biogenesis, Functions, and Challenges of Circular RNAs.

    Xiang Li;Li Yang;Li Yang;Ling-Ling Chen;Ling-Ling Chen

  • Expansion of myeloid immune suppressor Gr+CD11b+ cells in tumor-bearing host directly promotes tumor angiogenesis

    Li Yang;Laura M. DeBusk;Koari Fukuda;Barbara Fingleton

  • Identification of Functional Elements and Regulatory Circuits by Drosophila modENCODE

    Sushmita Roy;Jason Ernst;Peter V. Kharchenko;Pouya Kheradpour

  • TGF-β and immune cells: an important regulatory axis in the tumor microenvironment and progression

    Li Yang;Yanli Pang;Harold L. Moses

  • Abrogation of TGFβ signaling in mammary carcinomas recruits Gr-1+CD11b+ myeloid cells that promote metastasis

    Li Yang;Jianhua Huang;Xiubao Ren;Agnieszka E. Gorska

  • Diverse alternative back-splicing and alternative splicing landscape of circular RNAs

    Xiao-Ou Zhang;Rui Dong;Rui Dong;Yang Zhang;Jia-Lin Zhang

  • Structure and Degradation of Circular RNAs Regulate PKR Activation in Innate Immunity.

    Chu-Xiao Liu;Xiang Li;Fang Nan;Shan Jiang

  • Human colorectal cancer-specific CCAT1-L lncRNA regulates long-range chromatin interactions at the MYC locus

    Jian-Feng Xiang;Qing-Fei Yin;Tian Chen;Yang Zhang

  • Oil price shocks and stock market activities: Evidence from oil-importing and oil-exporting countries

    Yudong Wang;Chongfeng Wu;Li Yang

  • Coordinated circRNA Biogenesis and Function with NF90/NF110 in Viral Infection

    Xiang Li;Chu-Xiao Liu;Wei Xue;Yang Zhang

  • The Biogenesis of Nascent Circular RNAs

    Yang Zhang;Wei Xue;Xiang Li;Jun Zhang

  • Genomewide characterization of non-polyadenylated RNAs

    Li Yang;Michael O Duff;Brenton R Graveley;Gordon G Carmichael

  • Long Noncoding RNAs with snoRNA Ends

    Qing-Fei Yin;Li Yang;Yang Zhang;Jian-Feng Xiang

  • Recapitulation of SARS-CoV-2 infection and cholangiocyte damage with human liver ductal organoids.

    Bing Zhao;Chao Ni;Ran Gao;Yuyan Wang

  • Gr-1+CD11b+ Myeloid Cells Tip the Balance of Immune Protection to Tumor Promotion in the Premetastatic Lung

    Hannah H. Yan;Michael Pickup;Yanli Pang;Agnieszka E. Gorska

  • Base editing with a Cpf1–cytidine deaminase fusion

    Xiaosa Li;Xiaosa Li;Ying Wang;Yajing Liu;Yajing Liu;Bei Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ling-Ling Chen
Ling-Ling Chen Chinese Academy of Sciences
Donald Lien
Donald Lien The University of Texas at San Antonio
Xianyou Wang
Xianyou Wang Xiangtan University
Brenton R. Graveley
Brenton R. Graveley University of Connecticut Health Center
Gordon G. Carmichael
Gordon G. Carmichael University of Connecticut Health Center
David P. Carbone
David P. Carbone The Ohio State University
Yudong Wang
Yudong Wang Nanjing University of Science and Technology
Xingxu Huang
Xingxu Huang First Affiliated Hospital Zhejiang University
Norbert Perrimon
Norbert Perrimon Harvard University
Susan E. Celniker
Susan E. Celniker Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

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