Publications
Lab authors in bold. 1 co-first author; * corresponding author
14. Kim SI, Ma X, Kong L, Guo W, Xu L, Shan L, Zhang R, He P*. Global profiling of CPL3-mediated alternative splicing reveals regulatory mechanisms of DGK5 in plant immunity and phosphatidic acid homeostasis. Genome Biology. 2025 Mar 21;26(1):65.
13. Mormile B, Yan Y, Bauer T, Wang L, Rivero R, Carpenter S, Clement C, Cox K, Zhang L, Ma X, Wheeler T, Dever J, He P, Bogdanove A, Shan L. Activation of three targets by a TAL effector confers susceptibility to bacterial blight of cotton. Nature Communications. 2025 Jan 14;16(1):644.
12. Ma X, Lieberman J*. Poking holes in the blood-brain barrier. Immunity. 2024 Jun 11;57(6)1192-1194.
11. Du G, Healy L, David L, Walker C, El-Baba T, Lutomski CA, Goh B, Gu B, Pi X, Devant P, Fontana P, Dong Y, Ma X, Miao R, Balasubramanian A, Puthenveetil R, Banerjee A, Luo R, Kagan JC, Oh SF, Robinson CV, Lieberman J, Wu H. ROS-dependent S-palmitoylation activates cleaved and intact gasdermin D. Nature. 2024 Jun;630(8016):437-446
10. Kong L1, Ma X1*, Kim S, Zhang C, Li B, Thapa H, Chen S, Yeo I, Devarenne T, Munnik T, He P*, Shan L*. Dual phosphorylation of DGK5-mediated PA burst regulates ROS in plant immunity. Cell. 2024 Feb 1;187(3)609-623
9. Santara SS, Lee DJ, Crespo A, Hu JJ, Walker C, Ma X, Zhang Y, Chowdhury S, Meza-Sosa KF, Lewandrowski M, Zhang H, Rowe M, McClelland A, Wu H, Junqueira C*, Lieberman J*. The NK receptor NKp46 recognizes ecto-calreticulin on ER-stressed cells. Nature. 2023 Apr;616 (7956): 348-356.
8. Ma X1, Zhang C1, Kim DY, Huang Y, He P, Vierstra RD, Shan L*. Ubiquitylome Analysis Reveals a Central Role for the Ubiquitin-Proteasome System in Plant Innate Immunity. Plant Physiology. 2021 Apr 23;185(4):1943-1965. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab011.
7. Ma X, Claus L.A.N., Leslie M.E., Tao K, Wu Z, Liu J, Yu X, Li B, Zhou J, Savatin D.V., Peng J, Tyler B.M., Heese A, Russinova E, He P*, Shan L*. Ligand-induced monoubiquitination of BIK1 regulates plant immunity. Nature. 2020 May;581:199-203
6. Wan W, Zhang L, Pruitt R, Zaidem M, Brugman R, Ma X, Krol E, Perraki A, Kilian J, Grossmann G, Stahl M, Shan L, Zipfel C, van Kan J, Hedrich R, Weigel D, Gust A*, Nuernberger T*. Comparing Arabidopsis receptor kinase and receptor protein-mediated immune signaling reveals BIK1-dependent differences. New Phytologist. 2019 Mar;221(4):2080-2095.
5. Lal NK, Nagalakshmi U, Hurlburt NK, Flores R, Bak A, Sone P, Ma X, Song G, Walley J, Shan L, He P, Casteel C, Fisher AJ*, Dinesh-Kumar SP*. The Receptor-like Cytoplasmic Kinase BIK1 Localizes to the Nucleus and Regulates Defense Hormone Expression during Plant Innate Immunity. Cell Host Microbe. 2018 Apr 11;23(4):485-497.
4. Zhou J, Liu D, Wang P, Ma X, Lin W, Chen S, Mishev K, Lu D, Kumar R, Vanhoutte I, Meng X, He P, Russinova E*, Shan L*. (2018) Regulation of Arabidopsis brassinosteroid receptor BRI1 endocytosis and degradation by plant U-box PUB12/PUB13-mediated ubiquitination.Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2018 Feb 20;115(8):E1906-E1915.
3. Ma X1, Xu G1, He P, Shan L*. Feature Review: SERKing coreceptors for receptors. Trends in Plant Science. 2016;21 (12):1017-1033.
2. Lin W1, Ma X1, Shan L, He P*. Review: Big roles of small kinases: the complex functions of receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases in plant immunity and development. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2013 Dec;55(12):1188-97.
1. Lin W, Lu D, Gao X, Jiang S, Ma X, Wang Z, Mengiste T, He P, Shan L* (2013) Inverse modulation of plant immune and brassinosteroidsignaling pathways by the receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase BIK1. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 2013 Jul 16;110(29):12114-9.
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