Chen Jiongjiong

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Chen Jiongjiong

Degree: Ph.D.
Title: Associate Professor
Graduation school: Huazhong Agricultural University

Office: 623, North Building

We are interested in lettuce nutritional quality.

  1. Ph.D. Huazhong Agricultural University, 2008, Genetics and
  2. Biochemistry
    B.S. Huazhong Agricultural University, 2003, Biotechology
  1. Associate Professor, 2013.12—Present Huazhong Agricultural University
  2. Visiting scholar, 2013.05—2014.05 University of California, Berkeley
  3. Assistant professor, 2009.01—2013.12 HuazhongAgricultural University

1. Su W, Tao R, Liu W, Yu C, Yue Z, He S, Lavelle D, Zhang W, Zhang L, An G, Zhang Y, Hu Q, Larkin RM, Michelmore RW, Kuang H, Chen J. (2020) Characterization of four polymorphic genes controlling red leaf colour in lettuce that have undergone disruptive selection since domestication. Plant Biotechnol J. doi: 10.1111/pbi.13213. (Corresponding author)
2. Wei C, Chen J*, Kuang H. (2016) Dramatic Number Variation of R Genes in Solanaceae Species Accounted for by a Few R Gene Subfamilies. PLoS One. 11(2):e0148708. (Corresponding author)
3. Wei C, Kuang H, Li F, Chen J. (2014) The I2 resistance gene homologues in Solanum have complex evolutionary patterns and are targeted by miRNAs. BMC Genomics. 15(1):743. (Corresponding author)
4. Chen J, Hu Q, Zhang Y, Lu C, Kuang H. (2013) P-MITE: a database for plant miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements. Nucleic Acids Res. 2013.
5. Lin X, Zhang Y, Kuang H, Chen J. (2013) Frequent loss of lineages and deficient duplications accounted for low copy number of disease resistance genes in Cucurbitaceae. BMC Genomics. 17;14:335, (Corresponding author)
6. Lu C, Chen J, Zhang Y, Hu Q, Su W, Kuang H. (2012) Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) have been accumulated through amplification bursts and play important roles in gene expression and species diversity in Oryza sativa. Mol Biol Evol. 29(3):1005-17. (co-first author)
7. Chen J, Ouyang Y, Wang L, Xie W, Zhang Q. (2009) Aspartic proteases gene family in rice: Gene structure and expression, predicted protein features and phylogenetic relation. Gene.;442(1-2):108-18. (Corresponding author)
8. Chen J, Ding J, Ouyang Y, Du H, Yang J, Cheng K, Zhao J, Qiu S, Zhang X, Yao J, Liu K, Wang L, Xu C, Li X, Xue Y, Xia M, Ji Q, Lu J, Xu M, Zhang Q. (2008) A triallelic system of S5 is a major regulator of the reproductive barrier and compatibility of indica-japonica hybrids in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 105(32):11436-41.
9. Chen J, Lu C, Zhang Y, Kuang H. (2012) Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements (MITEs) in rice were originated and amplified predominantly after the divergence of Oryza and Brachypodium and contributed considerable diversity to the species. Mobile Genetic Elements, 2(3), 1-6.
10. Yan C., An G., Zhu T., Zhang W., Zhang L., Peng L., Chen J., Kuang H. (2019) Independent activation of the BoMYB2 gene leading to purple traits in Brassica oleracea. Theor Appl Genet. 132(4):895-906.
11. Zhang L., Su W., Tao R., Zhang W., Chen J., Wu P., Jia Y., Larkin R.M., Lavelle D., Truco M.J., Wo S.R.C., Michelmore R.W., Kuang H. RNA sequencing provides insights into the evolution of lettuce and the regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis. Nat Commun 8(1):2264, 2017
12. Yuan, X., Yan, C., Wu, Z., Ren, F., Zhang, H., Baker, B., Chen, J., Kuang, H. (2015) Frequent gain and loss of resistance against tobacco mosaic virus in Nicotiana species. Mol Plant 8:1813-15.
13. Yang J, Zhao X, Cheng K, Du H, Ouyang Y, Chen J, Qiu S, Huang J, Jiang Y, Jiang L, Ding J, Wang J, Xu C, Li X, Zhang Q. (2012) A killer-protector system regulates both hybrid sterility and segregation distortion in rice. Science. 337(6100):1336-40.
14. Xu Q, Chen LL, Ruan X, Chen D, Zhu A, Chen C, Bertrand D, Jiao WB, Hao BH, Lyon MP, Chen J, Gao S, Xing F, Lan H, Chang JW, Ge X, Lei Y, Hu Q, Miao Y, Wang L, Xiao S, Biswas MK, Zeng W, Guo F, Cao H, Yang X, Xu XW, Cheng YJ, Xu J, Liu JH, Luo OJ, Tang Z, Guo WW, Kuang H, Zhang HY, Roose ML, Nagarajan N, Deng XX*, Ruan Y*. (2013) The draft genome of sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). Nat Genet. 45(1), 59-66.
15. Luo S, Zhang Y, Hu Q, Chen J, Li K, Lu C, Liu H, Wang W, Kuang H. (2012) Dynamic nucleotide-binding site and leucine-rich repeat-encoding genes in the grass family. Plant Physiol. 159(1):197-210.
16. Ouyang Y, Chen J, Xie W, Wang L, Zhang Q. (2009) Comprehensive sequence and expression profile analysis of Hsp20 gene family in rice. Plant Mol Biol. 70(3), 341-357.