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  1. Polyadenylation Complex CFII Recognizes Downstream Cis‐element for Pre‐mRNA Polyadenylation Through Interaction with an RNA‐Binding Protein in Arabidopsis

    Article • Advanced Science, August 2025, Wiley

    Ligeng Ma

  2. Selection of dysfunctional alleles of bHLH1 and MYB1 has produced white grain in the tribe Triticeae

    Article • Plant Communications, April 2025, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  3. RNA-Binding Protein-Mediated Alternative Splicing Regulates Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Ligeng Ma

  4. Alternative Polyadenylation Is a Novel Strategy for the Regulation of Gene Expression in Response to Stresses in Plants

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Ligeng Ma

  5. Comprehensive Insight into Tapetum-Mediated Pollen Development in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Article • Cells, January 2023, MDPI AG

    Ligeng Ma

  6. Modified Pseudo-Schiff Propidium Iodide for Staining the Shoot Apical Meristem in Arabidopsis

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2023, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Ligeng Ma

  7. SKI-INTERACTING PROTEIN interacts with SHOOT MERISTEMLESS to regulate shoot apical meristem formation

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, May 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  8. The N-terminal acetyltransferase Naa50 regulates tapetum degradation and pollen development in Arabidopsis

    Article • Plant Science, March 2022, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  9. A functional characterization of TaMs1 orthologs in Poaceae plants

    Article • The Crop Journal, December 2021, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  10. Generation of a series of mutant lines resistant to imidazolinone by screening an EMS-based mutant library in common wheat

    Article • The Crop Journal, October 2021, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  11. Recent advances in CRISPR/Cas9 and applications for wheat functional genomics and breeding

    Article • aBIOTECH, April 2021, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  12. Co-Transcriptional RNA Processing in Plants: Exploring from the Perspective of Polyadenylation

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, March 2021, MDPI AG

    Ligeng Ma

  13. The N-Terminal Acetyltransferase Naa50 Regulates Arabidopsis Growth and Osmotic Stress Response

    Article • Plant and Cell Physiology, June 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  14. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated disruption of TaNP1 genes results in complete male sterility in bread wheat

    Article • Journal of Genetics and Genomics, May 2020, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  15. To Splice or to Transcribe: SKIP-Mediated Environmental Fitness and Development in Plants

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2019, Frontiers

    Ligeng Ma

  16. SKIP regulates environmental fitness and floral transition, respectively, by forming two distinct complexes in Arabidopsis

    Article • New Phytologist, June 2019, Wiley

    Ligeng Ma

  17. The Arabidopsis AGAMOUS 5′-UTR represses downstream gene translation

    Article • Science in China Series C Life Sciences, November 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ligeng Ma

  18. Poaceae-specific MS1 encodes a phospholipid-binding protein for male fertility in bread wheat

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

    Ligeng Ma

  19. A Method for Characterizing Embryogenesis in <em>Arabidopsis</em>

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, August 2017, MyJove Corporation

    Ligeng Ma

  20. A Method for Characterizing Embryogenesis in <em>Arabidopsis</em>

    Article • Journal of Visualized Experiments, August 2017, MyJove Corporation

    Ligeng Ma

  21. Polycomb Group Proteins RING1A and RING1B Regulate the Vegetative Phase Transition in Arabidopsis

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, May 2017, Frontiers

    Ligeng Ma

  22. Alternative Splicing in Plant Genes: A Means of Regulating the Environmental Fitness of Plants

    Article • International Journal of Molecular Sciences, February 2017, MDPI AG

    Ligeng Ma

  23. NatA is required for suspensor development in Arabidopsis

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, September 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Ligeng Ma

  24. Protein N-terminal acetylation is required for embryogenesis in Arabidopsis

    Article • Journal of Experimental Botany, July 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  25. The SNW Domain of SKIP Is Required for Its Integration into the Spliceosome and Its Interaction with the Paf1 Complex in Arabidopsis

    Article • Molecular Plant, July 2016, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  26. SKIP Interacts with the Paf1 Complex to Regulate Flowering via the Activation of FLC Transcription in Arabidopsis

    Article • Molecular Plant, December 2015, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  27. SKIP Confers Osmotic Tolerance during Salt Stress by Controlling Alternative Gene Splicing in Arabidopsis

    Article • Molecular Plant, July 2015, Elsevier

    Ligeng Ma

  28. Two novel NAC transcription factors regulate gene expression and flowering time by associating with the histone demethylase JMJ14

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  29. Ethylene Promotes Hypocotyl Growth and HY5 Degradation by Enhancing the Movement of COP1 to the Nucleus in the Light

    Article • PLoS Genetics, December 2013, PLOS

    Ligeng Ma

  30. USP49 deubiquitinates histone H2B and regulates cotranscriptional pre-mRNA splicing

    Article • Genes & Development, July 2013, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Ligeng Ma

  31. Unraveling the circadian clock inArabidopsis

    Article • Plant Signaling & Behavior, February 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Ligeng Ma

  32. Arabidopsis CSN5B Interacts with VTC1 and Modulates Ascorbic Acid Synthesis

    Article • The Plant Cell, February 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  33. Organ-Specific Expression of Arabidopsis Genome during Development  

    Article • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, May 2005, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ligeng Ma

  34. Brassinosteroid signal transduction: An emerging picture

    Article • Chinese Science Bulletin, September 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ligeng Ma

  35. Peptide primary messengers in plants

    Article • Chinese Science Bulletin, April 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ligeng Ma

  36. Apoplast Calmodulin: The Identification, Functions and Transmembrane Mechanism

    Article • January 2001, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ligeng Ma

  37. The effects of extracellular calmodulin on initiation of Hippeastrum rutilum pollen germination and tube growth

    Article • Planta, June 1997, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ligeng Ma