主要研究方向:
植物生长发育和蓝光信号转导的表观遗传调控机制研究(偏重组蛋白修饰和染色质重塑方向);不同表观遗传修饰的交互机制研究;TCP转录因子活性和功能的调控机制研究。
发表论文((# co-first author)):
(1)Kai Cheng#; Yingchao Xu#; Chao Yang#; Luc Ouellette; Longjian Niu; Xiaochen Zhou; Liutian Chu; Feng Zhuang; Jin Liu; Hualing Wu*; Jean-Benoit Charron*; Ming Luo*; Histone tales: lysine methylation, a protagonist in Arabidopsis development.Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 73(1):793-807.
(2) Chun-Wei Yu; Ready Tai; Shen-Chi Wang; Ping Yang; Ming Luo; Songguang Yang;Kai Cheng; Wen-Chun Wang; Yi-Sheng Cheng; Keqiang Wu*; HISTONE DEACETYLASE6 acts in concert with histone methyltransferases SUVH4, SUVH5, and SUVH6 to regulate transposon silencing.The Plant Cell, 2017, 29: 1970-1983.
(3) Ming Luo#*;Kai Cheng#; Yingchao Xu; Songguang Yang; Keqiang Wu*; Plant responses to abiotic stress regulated by histone deacetylases.Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8: 2147.
(4) Zhiyong Xu#;Kai Cheng#; Xin Li; Jun Yang; Shilei Xu; Xiangling Cao; Xiaohe Hu; Wei Xie; Ling Yuan; Mike Ambrose; Genyun Chen; Hualing Mi; Da Luo*; Transcriptional and post-transcriptional modulation of squ and kew activities in the control of dorsal–ventral asymmetric flower development inLotus japonicus.Molecular Plant, 2016, 9(5): 722-736.