Selected Publications                                                         Complete Publications

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  • Wang, Q., and Lin, C. (2020) Mechanisms of cryptochrome-mediated photoresponses in plants. Annual Review of Plant Biology 71:23.1-23.27..

  • Liu Q, Su T, He W, Ren H, Liu S, Chen Y, Gao L, Hu X, Lu H, Cao S, Huang Y, Wang X, Wang Q, Lin C. (2020). Photo-oligomerization determines photosensitivity and photoreactivity of plant cryptochromes. Mol Plant. 13, 398-413.

  • Liu, H., Su T., He,W., Wang, Q., and Lin, C. (2019) The universally conserved residues are not universally required for stable protein expression or functions of cryptochromes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 37(2):327-340..

  • Wang, Q., Liu, Q., Wang, X., Zuo, Z., Oka, Y., and Lin, C. (2018). Beyond the photocycle - how cryptochromes regulate photoresponses in plants? Current Opinion in Plant Biology 45:120-126.

  • Liu, Q., Wang, Q., Deng, W., Wang, X., Piao, M., Cai, D., Li, Y., Barshop, W. D., Yu, X., Liu, B., Oka, Y., Wohlschlegel, J., Zuo, Z., and Lin, C., (2017), Molecular basis for blue light-dependent phosphorylation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2, Nature Communications 8: 15234..

  • Wang, Q., Zuo, Z., Wang, X., Gu, L., Yoshizumi, T., Yang, Z., Yang, L., Liu, Q., Liu, W., Han, Y.-J., Kim, J.-I., Liu, L., Wohlschlegel, J.M., Matsui, M., Oka, Y., and Lin, C. (2016) Photoactivation and inactivation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2. Science 354:343-347.

  • Gao, J., Wang, X., Zhang, M., Bian, M., Deng, W., Zuo, Z., Yang, Z., Zhong, D., and Lin, C. (2015). Trp triad-dependent rapid photoreduction is not required for the function of Arabidopsis CRY1. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 112, 9135-9140.

  • Liu, Y., Li, X., Li, K., Liu, H., and Lin, C. (2013) Multiple bHLH proteins form heterodimers to mediate CRY2-dependent regulation of flowering-time in Arabidopsis Plos Genetics 9: e1003861

  • Meng Y, Li, H., Wang Q., Liu, B., and Lin C. (2013) Blue light-dependent interaction between cryptochrome2 and CIB1 regulates transcription and leaf senescence in soybean. Plant Cell 25: 44054420.

  • Liu, H., Wang, Q., Liu, Y., Zhao, X., Imaizumi, T., Somers, D. E., Tobin, E. M., and Lin, C. (2013) The Arabidopsis photoreceptors CRY2 and ZTL mediate blue-light regulation of the transcription factor CIB1 by distinct mechanisms, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 110:17582-17587.

  • Liu, H., Yu, X., Li, K., Klejnot, J., Yang, H., Lisiero, D., Lin, C. (2008) "Photoexcited CRY2 Interacts with CIB1 to Regulate Transcription and Floral Initiation in Arabidopsis" Science 322:1535 - 1539.Supplemental Information:
  • Zhang, Q., Li, H., Li, R., Hu, R., Fan, C., Chen, F., Wang, Z., Liu, X., Fu, Y., Lin, C. (2008) "Association of the Circadian Rhythmic Expression of GMCRY1a with a Latitudinal Cline in Photoperiodic Flowering of Soybean" Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 105(52):21028-33.Supplemental Information:
  • Yu, X., Shalitin, D., Liu, X., Maymon, M., Klejnot, J., Yang, H., Lopez, J., Zhao, X., Bendehakkalu, K.T., Lin, C., (2007) "Derepression of the NC80 motif is critical for the photoactivation of Arabidopsis CRY2." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 104(17):7289-94.
  • Yu, X., Klejnot, J., Zhao, X., Shalitin, D., Maymon, M., Yang, H., Lee, J., Liu, X., Lopez, J, Lin, C., (2007) "Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2 completes its post-translational "life cycle" in the nucleus" Plant Cell 19: 3146-3156
  • Lin, C. and Todo, T. (2005) "Cryptochromes." Genome Biology 6:220-228.
  • Mockler, T.C., Yu, X., Shalitin, D., Parikh, D., Michael, T.P., Liou, J., Huang, J., Smith, Z., Alonso, J.M., Ecker, J.R., Chory, J., Lin, C., (2004) "Regulation of flowering time in Arabidopsis by KH-domain proteins." Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 101:12759-12764.
  • Shalitin, D., Yu, X., Maymon, M., Mockler, T., Lin, C., (2003) "Blue light-dependent in vivo and in vitro phosphorylation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 1." Plant Cell 15(10):2421-9.
  • Lin, C., Shalitin, D., (2003) "Cryptochrome structure and signal transduction." Annu Rev Plant Biol. 54:469-96. Review.
  • Mockler, T., Yang, H., Yu, X., Parikh, D., Cheng, Y.C., Dolan, S., Lin, C., (2003) "Regulation of photoperiodic flowering by Arabidopsis photoreceptors." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 100(4):2140-5.
  • Shalitin, D., Yang, H., Mockler, T.C., Maymon, M., Guo, H., Whitelam, G.C., Lin, C., (2002) "Regulation of Arabidopsis cryptochrome 2 by blue-light-dependent phosphorylation." Nature 417:763-767
  • Guo, H., Mockler, T., Duong, H., and Lin, C., (2001) "SUB1, an Arabidopsis Ca2+-binding protein involved in cryptochrome and phytochrome co-action." Science 291: 487-490.
  • Mockler, T. C., Guo, H., Yang, H., Duong, H., and Lin, C., (1999) "Antagonistic actions of the Arabidopsis cryptochromes and phytochrome B in the regulation of floral induction." Development 126:2073- 2082.
  • Guo, H., Yang, H., Mockler, T., Lin, C., (1998) "Regulation of Flowering Time by Arabidopsis Photoreceptors." Science 279:1360-1363.
  • Lin, C., Yang, H., Guo, H., Mockler, T., Chen, J., Cashmore, A. R., (1998) "Enhancement of Blue-Light Sensitivity of Arabidopsis Seedlings by a Blue Light Receptor Cryptochrome 2." Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 95:2686-2690.
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