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  1. 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

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

    Article • BioEssays, February 2025, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. A New Protein Unlocks Fungal mRNA Editing

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

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

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

    Article • Molecular Plant, October 2023, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • mBio, June 2023, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

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

    Article • mBio, October 2022, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  17. 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

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

    Article • New Phytologist, May 2022, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  19. 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

  20. 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

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

    Article • New Phytologist, February 2021, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • PLoS Genetics, November 2020, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. 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

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

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, March 2018, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  28. 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

  29. 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

  30. 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

  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 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

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

    Article • RNA Biology, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  36. 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

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

    Article • PLoS Genetics, April 2016, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

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

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

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • New Phytologist, July 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, June 2015, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  45. 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

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

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, March 2015, Wiley

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  47. 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

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

    Article • PLOS One, February 2014, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  49. 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

  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 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

  54. 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

  55. 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

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

    Article • PLoS Pathogens, December 2011, PLOS

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  57. 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

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

    Article • Virology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • Journal of Virology, July 2011, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

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

    Article • Journal of Virology, September 2010, ASM Journals

    Prof. Huiquan Liu

  61. 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