Zhonglong Guo
Junior Editors, Plant Diversity
Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China
Area of expertise: MicroRNA, Multi-omics data integration, Bioinformatics tools and databases, AI for plant science
Institute of Botany, CAS, Beijing, China
Area of expertise: MicroRNA, Multi-omics data integration, Bioinformatics tools and databases, AI for plant science
Title: Associate Researcher
Email: guozhl@ibcas.ac.cn
Selected publications (no more than 15):
Guo Z., Kuang Z., Tao Y., Wang H., Wan M., Hao C., Shen F., Yang X.*, Li L.* (2022). Miniature inverted-repeat transposable elements drive rapid microRNA diversification in angiosperms. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 39: msac224.
Guo Z.#, Kuang Z#., Zhao Y#., Deng Y. #, He H., Wan M., Tao Y., Wang D., Wei J., Li L.* (2022) Yang X.* PmiREN2.0: from data annotation to functional exploration of plant microRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 50: D1475-D1482.
Guo Z.#, Kuang Z.#, Wang Y.#, Zhao Y.#, Tao Y., Cheng C., Yang J., Lu X., Hao C., Wang T., Wei J., Li L.*, Yang X.* (2020). PmiREN: a comprehensive encyclopedia of plant miRNAs. Nucleic Acids Research. 48: D1114-D1121.
Guo Z.#, Yang Y., Yang X.* (2025). Fast & Furious: the rapid turnover of microRNAs in plants. Journal of Systematics and Evolution. 63: 510-522.
Wang Q. #, Luo S. #, Yang Y., Bai Y., Wei J., Xu K-W., Yang Y., Li M., Yang X.*, Duan Y.*, Guo Z.* (2025). WP-MOD: a multi-omics and taxonomy database for woody plants. Plant Communications. 6(4): 101290.
Guo Z.#, Li B.#, Du J., Shen F., Tao Y., Wan M., Zhao Y., Deng Y., Kuang Z., Wang D., Wang Y., Wei J., Li L., Guo X.*, Zhao C.*, Yang X.* (2023). LettuceGDB: the community database for lettuce genetics and omics. Plant Communications. 4(1): 100425.
Guo Z.#, Luo S.#, Wang Q.#, Yang Y., Bai Y., Wei J., Wang D., Duan Y.*, Yang X.*, Yang Y.* (2024). ANAgdb: a multi-omics and taxonomy database for ANA-grade. BMC Plant Biology. 24(1): 882.
Guo Z.#, Guo J.#, Wei Z.#, Zhang R.#, McMahan S., Nie S., Yan X., Zhou S., Yun Q., Wu J., Ge J., Yang Y.*, Xue J.*, Mao J.* (2025). Near-gapless telomere-to-telomere reference nuclear genome and variable mitochondrial genome of Amborella trichopoda. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 52(9): 1151–1154.
Hao Y.#, Yang Y.#, Tu H.#, Guo Z.#, Chen P., Chao X., Yuan Y., Wang Z., Miao X., Zou S., Li D., Yang Y., Wu C., Li B., Li L.*, Cai H.* (2024). A transcription factor complex in Dictyostelium enables adaptive changes in macropinocytosis during the growth-to-development transition. Developmental Cell. 59(5): 645–660.e8.
Guo Z., Kuang Z., Deng Y., Li L.*, and Yang X.* (2022). Identification of species-specific microRNAs provides insights into dynamic evolution of microRNAs in plants. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 23: 14273.
Guo Z.#, Wei J.#, Xu Z., Lin C., Peng Y., Wang Q., Wang D., Yang X.*, Xu K-W.* (2023). HollyGTD: an integrated database for holly (Aquifoliaceae) genome and taxonomy. Frontiers in Plant Science. 14: 1220925.
Yu X.#, Zhao J.#, Xu Z.#, Wei J., Wang Q., Shen F., Yang X., Guo Z.* (2024). AIpollen: an analytic website for pollen identification through convolutional neural networks. Plants. 13(22): 3118.
Guo Z., Dzinyela R., Yang L., Hwarari D.* bZIP transcription factors: structure, modification, abiotic stress responses and application in plant improvement. Plants. 13(15): 2058.
Zhao J.#, Guo Z.*, and Yang X.* (2024). sRNAminer, a swiss army knife in small RNA research. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences. 67(10): 2289-2290.
Guo Z.#, Xu Z.#, Li L.* and Xu K.-W.* (2024). Species-Specific miRNAs contribute to the divergence between deciduous and evergreen species in Ilex. Plants. 13(11): 1429.