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  1. When growth becomes risky: stress-driven sporulation and sexual development in fungi

    Article • Stress Biology, August 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  2. Author Correction: Epitranscriptomic RNA editing resolves Mus81 DNA repair tradeoffs in heat tolerance and meiosis

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  3. A coordinated, multi‐subunit chitin deacetylase complex for robust evasion of wheat immunity by Fusarium graminearum

    Article • The Plant Journal, July 2026, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  4. Taming Spo11: How RNA editing turns a dangerous DNA cutter into a guardian

    Article • Science Advances, June 2026, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  5. Homologs of yeast polyamine uptake transporters are dispensable for polyamine uptake but affect adaptation to inorganic nutrients, conidiation, and DON production in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Mycology&#58 An International Journal on Fungal Biology, May 2026, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  6. Beyond Gene Duplication: How Fungi Erase Stop Codons to Multiply Safely

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, April 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  7. How Fungi Hack Their Own Genes to Survive Extreme Heat and Reproduce

    Article • Nature Communications, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  8. A conserved fungal Egh16‐like effector suppresses host defense by disrupting ATP binding of wheat MPK3

    Article • Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, March 2026, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  9. Bacterial entrapment of a fungal carbon repressor prevents plant colonization

    Article • Cell Host & Microbe, March 2026, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  10. How a Friendly Fungus Shields Wheat from Devastating Diseases

    Article • Plant Cell & Environment, February 2026, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  11. Otubain deubiquitinases: Multi-layered regulators of cell fate, development, and stress responses across kingdoms

    Article • iScience, January 2026, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  12. A New Evolutionary Perspective: How RNA Editing Powers Fungal Altruism

    Article • mLife, December 2025, Tsinghua University Press

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  13. Fungal Genome Defense: TRISS Links Two Ancient Systems to Silence Jumping Genes During Sex

    Article • Science Advances, August 2025, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  14. Decreased green autofluorescence in cancerous tissues is a potential biomarker for diagnosis of renal cell carcinomas

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  15. Gip1 GPCR regulates two sexual-stage differentiation processes in the ascomycete Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  16. How RNA Editing Helped Animals and Fungi Adapt, Innovate, and Thrive Through Evolutionary Challenges

    Article • BioEssays, February 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  17. Navigating trade-offs: the adaptive significance of A-to-I RNA editing in fungi, bacteria, and animals

    Article • Epigenetics Insights, January 2025, Maximum Academic Press

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  18. Fgk3, a Glycogen Synthase Kinase, Regulates Chitin Synthesis through the Carbon Catabolite Repressor FgCreA in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, October 2024, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  19. High-quality genome assembly and annotation of Clonostachys chloroleuca strain Cc878 using Oxford Nanopore long-read sequencing

    Article • Microbiology Resource Announcements, July 2024, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  20. Hyphal editing of the conserved premature stop codon in CHE1 is stimulated by oxidative stress in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Stress Biology, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  21. Overexpression of wheat spermidine synthase gene enhances wheat resistance to Fusarium head blight

    Article • Phytopathology Research, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  22. A New Protein Unlocks Fungal mRNA Editing

    Article • Nature Communications, May 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  23. Basal defense is enhanced in a wheat cultivar resistant to Fusarium head blight

    Article • Journal of Integrative Agriculture, April 2024, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  24. Erratum for Huang et al., “Discovery and Characterization of Putative Glycoprotein-Encoding Mycoviruses in the Bunyavirales ”

    Article • Journal of Virology, February 2024, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  25. Regulation of TRI5 expression and deoxynivalenol biosynthesis by a long non-coding RNA in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Nature Communications, February 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  26. Fungi use RNA editing to balance survival and reproduction, enabling complex multicellularity

    Article • Science Advances, January 2024, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  27. FgSdhC Paralog Confers Natural Resistance toward SDHI Fungicides in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, December 2023, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  28. A non-pheromone GPCR is essential for meiosis and ascosporogenesis in the wheat scab fungus

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, October 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  29. Wheat adaptation to environmental stresses under climate change: Molecular basis and genetic improvement

    Article • Molecular Plant, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  30. The evolution of mini-chromosomes in the fungal genus Colletotrichum

    Article • mBio, June 2023, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  31. High-Quality Genome Resource of Fusarium pseudograminearum Isolate Fp22-2 by Oxford Nanopore Long-Read Sequencing

    Article • Plant Disease, June 2023, Scientific Societies

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  32. The Fng3 ING protein regulates H3 acetylation and H4 deacetylation by interacting with two distinct histone‐modifying complexes

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2023, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  33. RNA editing confers a 'heterozygote advantage' to fungi

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2023, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  34. Discovery and Characterization of Putative Glycoprotein-Encoding Mycoviruses in theBunyavirales

    Article • Journal of Virology, January 2023, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  35. Uncovering Cis -Regulatory Elements Important for A-to-I RNA Editing in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • mBio, October 2022, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  36. Editorial: Fusarium pathogenesis: Infection mechanisms and disease progression in host plants

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2022, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  37. Combatting Fusarium head blight: advances in molecular interactions between Fusarium graminearum and wheat

    Article • Phytopathology Research, October 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  38. FgCsn12 Is Involved in the Regulation of Ascosporogenesis in the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  39. The Fng3 ING protein regulates H3 acetylation and H4 deacetylation by interacting with two distinct histone modifying complexes

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  40. Landscape and regulation of alternative splicing and alternative polyadenylation in a plant pathogenic fungus

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  41. Deletion of all three MAP kinase genes results in severe defects in stress responses and pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Stress Biology, January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  42. Fusarium BP1 is a reader of H3K27 methylation

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, September 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  43. High-Quality Genome Resource of Clonostachys rosea Strain CanS41 by Oxford Nanopore Long-Read Sequencing

    Article • Plant Disease, August 2021, Scientific Societies

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  44. Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals distinct gene expression profiles in Brachypodium distachyon infected by two fungal pathogens

    Article • BMC Plant Biology, June 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  45. FgBUD14 is important for ascosporogenesis and involves both stage‐specific alternative splicing and RNA editing during sexual reproduction

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  46. Stage‐specific regulation of purine metabolism during infectious growth and sexual reproduction in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  47. Opposing functions of Fng1 and the Rpd3 HDAC complex in H4 acetylation in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • PLoS Genetics, November 2020, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  48. An orphan protein of Fusarium graminearum modulates host immunity by mediating proteasomal degradation of TaSnRK1α

    Article • Nature Communications, September 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  49. Discovering RNA Editing Events in Fungi

    Article • July 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  50. The SR-protein FgSrp2 regulates vegetative growth, sexual reproduction and pre-mRNA processing by interacting with FgSrp1 in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Current Genetics, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  51. Extensive chromosomal rearrangements and rapid evolution of novel effector superfamilies contribute to host adaptation and speciation in the basal ascomycetous fungi

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, January 2020, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  52. An expanded subfamily of G-protein-coupled receptor genes in Fusarium graminearum required for wheat infection

    Article • Nature Microbiology, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  53. The meiosis‐specific APC activator FgAMA1 is dispensable for meiosis but important for ascosporogenesis in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, March 2019, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  54. Comparative genomics reveals the unique evolutionary status of Plasmodiophora brassicae and the essential role of GPCR signaling pathways

    Article • Phytopathology Research, March 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  55. Determination of the absolute configurations of the stereogenic centers of ustilaginoidins by studying the biosynthetic monomers from a gene knockout mutant of Villosiclava virens

    Article • Scientific Reports, February 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  56. Independent losses and duplications of autophagy‐related genes in fungal tree of life

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, November 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  57. Sexual specific functions of Tub1 beta-tubulins require stage-specific RNA processing and expression in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, October 2018, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  58. A-to-I mRNA editing in fungi: occurrence, function, and evolution

    Article • Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  59. Dicer-Like Proteins Regulate Sexual Development via the Biogenesis of Perithecium-Specific MicroRNAs in a Plant Pathogenic Fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2018, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  60. MFS Transporters and GABA Metabolism Are Involved in the Self-Defense Against DON in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2018, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  61. Mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in plant pathogenic fungi

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2018, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  62. Fusarium graminearum Inoculation on Wheat Head

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2018, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  63. Uninterrupted Expression of CmSIT1 in a Sclerotial Parasite Coniothyrium minitans Leads to Reduced Growth and Enhanced Antifungal Ability

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, November 2017, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  64. Endosphere microbiome comparison between symptomatic and asymptomatic roots of Brassica napus infected with Plasmodiophora brassicae

    Article • PLOS One, October 2017, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  65. A-to-I RNA editing is developmentally regulated and generally adaptive for sexual reproduction in Neurospora crassa

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2017, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  66. PKA activity is essential for relieving the suppression of hyphal growth and appressorium formation by MoSfl1 in Magnaporthe oryzae

    Article • PLoS Genetics, August 2017, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  67. The FgSRP1 SR-protein gene is important for plant infection and pre-mRNA processing in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  68. RNA editing of the AMD1 gene is important for ascus maturation and ascospore discharge in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  69. New insights into reovirus evolution: implications from a newly characterized mycoreovirus

    Article • Journal of General Virology, May 2017, Society for General Microbiology

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  70. Transcriptome Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Plasmodiophora brassicae during Early Infection

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, April 2017, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  71. The cyclase‐associated protein FgCap1 has both protein kinase A‐dependent and ‐independent functions during deoxynivalenol production and plant infection in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Molecular Plant Pathology, March 2017, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  72. Characterization of the Two-Speed Subgenomes of Fusarium graminearum Reveals the Fast-Speed Subgenome Specialized for Adaption and Infection

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2017, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  73. A-to-I RNA editing independent of ADARs in filamentous fungi

    Article • RNA Biology, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  74. TRI6 and TRI10 play different roles in the regulation of deoxynivalenol (DON) production by cAMP signalling in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2016, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  75. FgPrp4 Kinase Is Important for Spliceosome B-Complex Activation and Splicing Efficiency in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2016, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  76. Peltaster fructicola genome reveals evolution from an invasive phytopathogen to an ectophytic parasite

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  77. FgSsn3 kinase, a component of the mediator complex, is important for sexual reproduction and pathogenesis in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  78. Genome-wide A-to-I RNA editing in fungi independent of ADAR enzymes

    Article • Genome Research, March 2016, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  79. Evolution and Functional Insights of Different Ancestral Orthologous Clades of Chitin Synthase Genes in the Fungal Tree of Life

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, February 2016, Frontiers

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  80. Distinct cell cycle regulation during saprophytic and pathogenic growth in fungal pathogens

    Article • Current Genetics, September 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  81. Genome sequence ofValsacanker pathogens uncovers a potential adaptation of colonization of woody bark

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  82. Two Cdc2 Kinase Genes with Distinct Functions in Vegetative and Infectious Hyphae in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  83. Characterization of a Novel Megabirnavirus from Sclerotinia sclerotiorum Reveals Horizontal Gene Transfer from Single-Stranded RNA Virus to Double-Stranded RNA Virus

    Article • Journal of Virology, June 2015, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  84. The MADS‐box transcription factor FgMcm1 regulates cell identity and fungal development in Fusarium graminearum

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  85. Molecular evolution and functional divergence of tubulin superfamily in the fungal tree of life

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  86. Identification of a Fungi-Specific Lineage of Protein Kinases Closely Related to Tyrosine Kinases

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  87. Erratum: High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus

    Article • Nature Communications, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  88. Erratum to: Comparative analysis of fungal genomes reveals different plant cell wall degrading capacity in fungi

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  89. High genome heterozygosity and endemic genetic recombination in the wheat stripe rust fungus

    Article • Nature Communications, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  90. Comparative analysis of fungal genomes reveals different plant cell wall degrading capacity in fungi

    Article • BMC Genomics, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  91. The complete genomic sequence of a novel mycovirus from Rhizoctonia solani AG-1 IA strain B275

    Article • Archives of Virology, February 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  92. Discovery of Novel dsRNA Viral Sequences by In Silico Cloning and Implications for Viral Diversity, Host Range and Evolution

    Article • PLOS One, July 2012, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  93. Evolutionary genomics of mycovirus-related dsRNA viruses reveals cross-family horizontal gene transfer and evolution of diverse viral lineages

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  94. Functional Analysis of the Kinome of the Wheat Scab Fungus Fusarium graminearum

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, December 2011, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  95. Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer from Circular Single-stranded DNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Genomes

    Article • BMC Evolutionary Biology, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  96. A novel mycovirus closely related to hypoviruses that infects the plant pathogenic fungus Sclerotinia sclerotiorum

    Article • Virology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  97. Widespread Endogenization of Densoviruses and Parvoviruses in Animal and Human Genomes

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  98. Widespread Horizontal Gene Transfer from Double-Stranded RNA Viruses to Eukaryotic Nuclear Genomes

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2010, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  99. A Novel Mycovirus That Is Related to the Human Pathogen Hepatitis E Virus and Rubi-Like Viruses

    Article • Journal of Virology, December 2008, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu