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Overview

Zhizhong Gong is affiliated with China Agricultural University in China. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scientist's work focuses extensively on plant science, with major subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics. Other subfields involved are Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, and Insect Science.

The main topics covered by Zhizhong Gong include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant responses to elevated CO2

The scientist has contributed to several recent papers, notably:

  • "Abiotic stress responses in plants," 2021, Nature Reviews Genetics
  • "Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency," 2020, Science China Life Sciences
  • "Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress," 2021, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
  • "Cold-Induced CBF-PIF3 Interaction Enhances Freezing Tolerance by Stabilizing the phyB Thermosensor in Arabidopsis," 2020, Molecular Plant
  • "The calcium transporter ANNEXIN1 mediates cold-induced calcium signaling and freezing tolerance in plants," 2020, The EMBO Journal

Zhizhong Gong frequently publishes in the following scientific venues:

  • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
  • Molecular Plant
  • The Plant Cell
  • Nature Plants
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

The scientist frequently collaborates with several co-authors, including:

  • Shuhua Yang
  • Zhen Li
  • Yan Guo
  • Yiting Shi
  • Yu Wang

Best Publications

  • Abiotic stress responses in plants.

    Huiming Zhang;Jianhua Zhu;Zhizhong Gong;Zhizhong Gong;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • Plant abiotic stress response and nutrient use efficiency.

    Zhizhong Gong;Liming Xiong;Huazhong Shi;Shuhua Yang

  • ROS1, a repressor of transcriptional gene silencing in Arabidopsis, encodes a DNA glycosylase/lyase

    Zhizhong Gong;Teresa Morales-Ruiz;Rafael R Ariza;Teresa Roldán-Arjona

  • OST1 Kinase Modulates Freezing Tolerance by Enhancing ICE1 Stability in Arabidopsis

    Yanglin Ding;Hui Li;Xiaoyan Zhang;Qi Xie

  • Reactive oxygen species signaling and stomatal movement in plant responses to drought stress and pathogen attack

    Junsheng Qi;Chun-Peng Song;Baoshan Wang;Jianmin Zhou

  • The Arabidopsis HOS1 gene negatively regulates cold signal transduction and encodes a RING finger protein that displays cold-regulated nucleo--cytoplasmic partitioning.

    Hojoung Lee;Liming Xiong;Zhizhong Gong;Manabu Ishitani

  • ABO3, a WRKY transcription factor, mediates plant responses to abscisic acid and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Xiaozhi Ren;Zhizhong Chen;Yue Liu;Hairong Zhang

  • Protein kinases in plant responses to drought, salt, and cold stress.

    Xuexue Chen;Yanglin Ding;Yongqing Yang;Chunpeng Song

  • The cbfs triple mutants reveal the essential functions of CBFs in cold acclimation and allow the definition of CBF regulons in Arabidopsis.

    Yuxin Jia;Yanglin Ding;Yiting Shi;Xiaoyan Zhang

  • Overexpression of SOS (Salt Overly Sensitive) genes increases salt tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis.

    Qing Yang;Zhi-Zhong Chen;Zhi-Zhong Chen;Xiao-Feng Zhou;Xiao-Feng Zhou;Hai-Bo Yin;Hai-Bo Yin

  • Apoplastic ROS signaling in plant immunity

    Junsheng Qi;Jinlong Wang;Zhizhong Gong;Jian-Min Zhou

  • MPK3- and MPK6-Mediated ICE1 Phosphorylation Negatively Regulates ICE1 Stability and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Hui Li;Yanglin Ding;Yiting Shi;Xiaoyan Zhang

  • A DEAD Box RNA Helicase Is Essential for mRNA Export and Important for Development and Stress Responses in Arabidopsis

    Zhizhong Gong;Chun Hai Dong;Chun Hai Dong;Hojoung Lee;Jianhua Zhu

  • Plasma Membrane CRPK1-Mediated Phosphorylation of 14-3-3 Proteins Induces Their Nuclear Import to Fine-Tune CBF Signaling during Cold Response

    Ziyan Liu;Yuxin Jia;Yanglin Ding;Yiting Shi

  • A plasma membrane receptor kinase, GHR1, mediates abscisic acid- and hydrogen peroxide-regulated stomatal movement in Arabidopsis.

    Deping Hua;Cun Wang;Junna He;Hui Liao

  • Modulation of Abscisic Acid Signal Transduction and Biosynthesis by an Sm-like Protein in Arabidopsis

    Liming Xiong;Zhizhong Gong;Christopher D. Rock;Senthil Subramanian

  • DEXH Box RNA Helicase–Mediated Mitochondrial Reactive Oxygen Species Production in Arabidopsis Mediates Crosstalk between Abscisic Acid and Auxin Signaling

    Junna He;Ying Duan;Deping Hua;Guangjiang Fan

  • Degradation of the ABA co-receptor ABI1 by PUB12/13 U-box E3 ligases

    Lingyao Kong;Jinkui Cheng;Yujuan Zhu;Yanglin Ding

  • Abscisic Acid‐mediated Epigenetic Processes in Plant Development and Stress Responses

    Viswanathan Chinnusamy;Zhizhong Gong;Jian-Kang Zhu

  • RNA helicase-like protein as an early regulator of transcription factors for plant chilling and freezing tolerance.

    Zhizhong Gong;Hojoung Lee;Liming Xiong;André Jagendorf

Frequent Co-Authors

Jian-Kang Zhu
Jian-Kang Zhu Southern University of Science and Technology
Shuhua Yang
Shuhua Yang Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Mami Yamazaki
Mami Yamazaki Chiba University
Yan Guo
Yan Guo University of New Mexico
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Liming Xiong
Liming Xiong Hong Kong Baptist University
Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette
Jigang Li
Jigang Li China Agricultural University
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka Tohoku University

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