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80
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21105
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32

Overview

Xin Li is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research work prominently focuses on Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with notable involvement in Immunology, Cell Biology, and Epidemiology.

They have published extensively on topics including:

  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Virus Research Studies
  • Plant pathogens and resistance mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases

Some of the frequent publication venues for their work are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Cell
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • The Plant Journal

Xin Li has several frequent co-authors, indicating active collaboration in their research community. These include Yuelin Zhang, Lei Tian, Zhongshou Wu, Weijie Huang, and Josh Li.

Representative recent papers authored or co-authored by Xin Li include:

  • "Salicylic Acid: Biosynthesis and Signaling" (2021), published in Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • "Activation of TIR signalling boosts pattern-triggered immunity" (2021), published in Nature
  • "Diverse Roles of the Salicylic Acid Receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in Plant Immunity" (2020), published in The Plant Cell
  • "Impact of intracellular innate immune receptors on immunometabolism" (2021), published in Cellular and Molecular Immunology
  • "The Destructive Fungal Pathogen Botrytis cinerea-Insights from Genes Studied with Mutant Analysis" (2020), published in Pathogens

Best Publications

  • Interaction of NPR1 with basic leucine zipper protein transcription factors that bind sequences required for salicylic acid induction of the PR-1 gene.

    Yuelin Zhang;Weihua Fan;Mark Kinkema;Xin Li

  • Generation of broad-spectrum disease resistance by overexpression of an essential regulatory gene in systemic acquired resistance

    Hui Cao;Xin Li;Xinnian Dong

  • Opposite Roles of Salicylic Acid Receptors NPR1 and NPR3/NPR4 in Transcriptional Regulation of Plant Immunity

    Yuli Ding;Tongjun Sun;Kevin Ao;Yujun Peng

  • Knockout Analysis of Arabidopsis Transcription Factors TGA2, TGA5, and TGA6 Reveals Their Redundant and Essential Roles in Systemic Acquired Resistance

    Yuelin Zhang;Mark J. Tessaro;Michael Lassner;Xin Li

  • A Gain-of-Function Mutation in a Plant Disease Resistance Gene Leads to Constitutive Activation of Downstream Signal Transduction Pathways in suppressor of npr1-1, constitutive 1

    Yuelin Zhang;Sandra Goritschnig;Xinnian Dong;Xin Li

  • Control of salicylic acid synthesis and systemic acquired resistance by two members of a plant-specific family of transcription factors

    Yaxi Zhang;Shaohua Xu;Pingtao Ding;Dongmei Wang

  • C. elegans Screen Identifies Autophagy Genes Specific to Multicellular Organisms

    Ye Tian;Zhipeng Li;Wanqiu Hu;Haiyan Ren

  • Regulation of cell death and innate immunity by two receptor-like kinases in Arabidopsis.

    Minghui Gao;Xia Wang;Dongmei Wang;Fang Fang Xu

  • Salicylic acid: biosynthesis, perception, and contributions to plant immunity.

    Yuelin Zhang;Xin Li

  • ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3 and ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3-LIKE1 Repress SALICYLIC ACID INDUCTION DEFICIENT2 Expression to Negatively Regulate Plant Innate Immunity in Arabidopsis

    Huamin Chen;Li Xue;Satya Chintamanani;Hugo Germain

  • BLADE-ON-PETIOLE-dependent signaling controls leaf and floral patterning in Arabidopsis.

    Shelley R. Hepworth;Yuelin Zhang;Sarah McKim;Xin Li

  • The phytochrome-interacting transcription factor, PIF3, acts early, selectively, and positively in light-induced chloroplast development

    Elena Monte;James M. Tepperman;Bassem Al-Sady;Karen A. Kaczorowski

  • Identification and Cloning of a Negative Regulator of Systemic Acquired Resistance, SNI1, through a Screen for Suppressors of npr1-1

    Xin Li;Yuelin Zhang;Joseph D Clarke;Yan Li

  • A fast neutron deletion mutagenesis‐based reverse genetics system for plants

    Xin Li;Yujuan Song;Karen Century;Shelly Straight

  • Salicylic Acid: Biosynthesis and Signaling

    Yujun Peng;Jianfei Yang;Jianfei Yang;Xin Li;Yuelin Zhang

  • Activation of an EDS1-mediated R-gene pathway in the snc1 mutant leads to constitutive, NPR1-independent pathogen resistance.

    Xin Li;Joseph D. Clarke;Yuelin Zhang;Xinnian Dong

  • Nuclear Pore Complex Component MOS7/Nup88 Is Required for Innate Immunity and Nuclear Accumulation of Defense Regulators in Arabidopsis

    Yu Ti Cheng;Hugo Germain;Marcel Wiermer;Dongling Bi

  • Arabidopsis resistance protein SNC1 activates immune responses through association with a transcriptional corepressor.

    Zhaohai Zhu;Fang Xu;Yaxi Zhang;Yu Ti Cheng

  • A Putative Nucleoporin 96 Is Required for Both Basal Defense and Constitutive Resistance Responses Mediated by suppressor of npr1-1,constitutive 1

    Yuelin Zhang;Xin Li

  • Isolation and Characterization of phyC Mutants in Arabidopsis Reveals Complex Crosstalk between Phytochrome Signaling Pathways

    Elena Monte;José M. Alonso;Joseph R. Ecker;Yuelin Zhang

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuelin Zhang
Yuelin Zhang University of British Columbia
Xinnian Dong
Xinnian Dong Duke University
Volker Lipka
Volker Lipka University of Göttingen
Reinhard Jetter
Reinhard Jetter University of British Columbia
Xuemei Chen
Xuemei Chen University of California, Riverside
Jianru Zuo
Jianru Zuo Chinese Academy of Sciences
Wei Xiao
Wei Xiao University of Saskatchewan
Jose M. Alonso
Jose M. Alonso North Carolina State University
Peter H. Quail
Peter H. Quail University of California, Berkeley
Jonathan D. G. Jones
Jonathan D. G. Jones University of East Anglia

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