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   1 use strict;
   2 use CXGN::Page;
   3 my $page=CXGN::Page->new('200404.html','html2pl converter');
   4 $page->header('The Kuhlemeier Lab');
   5 print<<END_HEREDOC;
   6
   7   <center>
   8     <h1>The Li Lab</h1>
   9
  10     <div style="text-align: center; width: 650">
  11       <img src="/static_content/community/feature/200404-1.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0"
  12       alt="The Li Lab" /><br />
  13       <strong>Dr. Li's group as of spring 2004</strong><br />
  14       From left to right: Zhongxin Guo (Ph.D. student), Jinhuan
  15       Chen (MS student), Dr. Chuanyou Li, Jing Qi (Ph.D. student),
  16       Wenguang Zheng (Ph.D. student), Fang Liu (Ph.D. student) and
  17       Lei Zhang (M.S. student).
  18     </div>
  19   </center>
  20
  21   <div style="text-align: justify">
  22     <p>Our laboratory is mainly interested in jasmonic acid (JA)
  23     signaling and regulation of JA-mediated plant responses to
  24     insects.</p>
  25
  26     <p><strong>Genetic dissection of the JA signaling
  27     pathway</strong><br />
  28     The fatty acid-derived plant hormone JA plays a key role in the
  29     regulation of development, reproduction and systemic induced
  30     resistance to herbivore attack. Compared to the five classic
  31     plant hormones, relatively little is known about the molecular
  32     mechanisms governing the JA action, especially in the area of
  33     JA-mediated defense responses to insects. Using tomato as a
  34     genetic model, we have been able to identify several mutants
  35     that are deficient in systemic defense responses.
  36     Interestingly, map-based cloning of these mutants identified
  37     genes that are involved in JA biosynthesis and signaling.
  38     Grafting experiments using a JA biosynthesis mutant
  39     (<em>spr2</em>) and a JA signaling mutant (<em>jai1</em>)
  40     demonstrated that JA or a derivative, rather than the
  41     18-amino-acid peptide systemin is the long-distance mobile
  42     "wound signal" for systemic defense responses and that the
  43     biosynthesis of JA is regulated by systemin. A long-term goal
  44     of our research is to identify most, if not all, of the genes
  45     that are involved in systemin/JA-mediated wound response
  46     pathway and elucidate how these genes are regulated.</p>
  47
  48     <p><strong>Identification of agriculturally important genes in
  49     rice and tomato</strong><br />
  50     Another aspect of our research is to identify agriculturally
  51     important genes in the model system of rice and tomato, using a
  52     map-based cloning approach.</p>
  53   </div><strong>Selected Publications:</strong>
  54
  55   <ol style="1">
  56     <li>Li C, Liu G, Xu C, Lee G, Bauer P, Ganal M, Ling, H and
  57     Howe GA (2003) The tomato <em>Suppressor of
  58     prosystemin-mediated response2</em> gene encodes a fatty acid
  59     desaturase required for the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid and
  60     the production of a systemic wound signal for defense gene
  61     expression. The Plant Cell. 15, 1646-1661</li>
  62
  63     <li>Li L, Li C, Lee GI and Howe GA (2002) Distinct roles for
  64     jasmonate synthesis and action in the systemic wound response
  65     of tomato. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 99, 6416-6421</li>
  66
  67     <li>Li C, Williams MM, Loh Y-T, Lee GI and Howe GA (2002)
  68     Resistance of cultivated tomato to cell content-feeding
  69     herbivores is regulated by the octadecanoid-signaling pathway.
  70     Plant Physiology. 130, 494-503</li>
  71
  72     <li>Li L, Li C and Howe GA (2001) Genetic analysis of wound
  73     signaling in tomato: evidence for a dual role of jasmonic acid
  74     in defense and female fertility. Plant Physiology 127,
  75     1414-1417</li>
  76
  77     <li>Howe GA, Li L, Lee GI, Li C and Shaffer D (2002) Genetic
  78     dissection of induced resistance in tomato. In, "Induced
  79     resistance in plants against insects and diseases". A. Schmitt
  80     &amp; B. Mauch-Mani, Eds. Vol. 26, pp.47-52</li>
  81
  82     <li>Jia J, Zhang D, Li C, Qu X, Wang S, Chamarerk V, Nguyen HT
  83     and Wang B (2001) Molecular mapping of a rice thermo-sensitive
  84     genic male sterile gene using AFLP, RFLP and SSR techniques.
  85     Theor Appl Genet 103, 607-612</li>
  86   </ol>
  87
  88   <p>For more information, please visit Dr. Li's web page at
  89   <a href=
  90   "http://www.genetics.ac.cn/xywwz/Faculty/LiChuanyou.htm">http://www.genetics.ac.cn/xywwz/Faculty/LiChuanyou.htm</a>.</p><br />
  91
  92
  93   <p style="font-family: monospace">Chuanyou Li<br />
  94   Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology,<br />
  95   5 Datun Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100101, China<br />
  96   Tel: 8610-64865313<br />
  97   Fax: 8610-64873428<br /></p>
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