Gang Liang
Editors, Plant Diversity
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Nutrient signaling and transduction in plants
Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, China
Area of expertise: Nutrient signaling and transduction in plants
Title: Professor
Email: lianggang@xtbg.ac.cn
Web-link of Research Group: https://xtbg.cas.cn/2022/kywzq/pmn/tnsde/
Selected publications:
Li C, Zhao J, Ping H, Li Y, Lei R, Pan B, Liang G*. OsbHLH062 negatively regulates Fe homeostasis by enhancing OsHRZ1 targeting OsPRIs for degradation. New Phytol. 2025 Jul;247(1):160-177. doi: 10.1111/nph.70207.
Cai Y, Ping H, Zhao J, Li C, Li Y, Liang G*. IRON MAN interacts with Cu-DEFICIENCY INDUCED TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1 to maintain copper homeostasis. New Phytol. 2024 May;242(3):1206-1217. doi: 10.1111/nph.19439. Lu CK, Liang G*. Fe deficiency-induced ethylene synthesis confers resistance to Botrytis cinerea. New Phytol. 2023 Mar;237(5):1843-1855. doi: 10.1111/nph.18638.
Liang G*. Iron uptake, signaling, and sensing in plants. Plant Commun. 2022 Sep 12;3(5):100349. doi: 10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100349.
Li Y, Lu CK, Li CY, Lei RH, Pu MN, Zhao JH, Peng F, Ping HQ, Wang D, Liang G*. IRON MAN interacts with BRUTUS to maintain iron homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Sep 28;118(39):e2109063118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2109063118.
Lei R, Li Y, Cai Y, Li C, Pu M, Lu C, Yang Y, Liang G*. bHLH121 Functions as a Direct Link that Facilitates the Activation of FIT by bHLH IVc Transcription Factors for Maintaining Fe Homeostasis in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant. 2020 Apr 6;13(4):634-649. doi: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.01.006.