学科发展与人才聘任工作委员会

刘春明

简介

个人简介

博士,教授,现任北京大学现代农学院院长,中国科学院植物研究所研究员,中国作物学会副理事长,国家重大研究计划首席科学家,中国科学院大学岗位教授,中国细胞学会荣誉会员,【Frontiers in Plant Science】总编,【Food and Energy Security】副主编等职。曾任国家重大研究计划首席科学家;Journal of Integrative Plant Biology (植物学报英文版)主编(2009-2018)。主要研究植物种子发育,特别是胚胎与胚乳发育的分子调控和细胞间信号转导分子机理。主要学术贡献包括提出了生长素的极性运输决定植物器官原基形成的理论;鉴定了一系列控制胚胎和胚乳发育必需基因;发现控制干细胞分化的基因是以小分子多肽参与信号传递,解析了调控水稻灌浆关键转录因子NF-YB1控制水稻灌浆的分子机理,发现DNA去甲基化酶ROS1弱突变可以增加水稻糊粉层厚度,大幅度提升稻米营养品质。迄今为止已发表SCI论文100余篇,总被引 4000余次。参编【植物发育的分子机理】(许智宏、刘春明,1998年,科学出版社)和【植物细胞分化与器官发生】(2015年科学出版社出版)等教课书。2006年入选中科院“百人计划”择优支持,同年入选国家自然科学基金委杰出青年项目支持,2009年入选国务院政府特殊津贴;同年获“新中国60年最有影响力的期刊人”称号。
研究组信息:http://www.klpmp.ibcas.ac.cn/kydw/zzfy/lcm/202101/t20210111_615167.html 

 

教育经历

1984年7月山东师范大学获学士学位

1987年9月中国科学院上海植物生理研究所获硕士学位

1996年6月英国John Innes Center/UEA获博士学位

 

工作经历

1987年9月-1990年2月山东师范大学担任助教;

1990年2月-1992年11月受国家人事部专家司派遣以Visiting Scientist在新加坡国立大学分子与细胞生物学研究所(IMCB)工作;

1996年2月-1999年2月在美国奥克拉何马州立大学做博士后;

1999年2月-2005年12月受聘于荷兰瓦赫宁根大学国际植物中心(Plant Research International)担任种子发育实验室主任(Section Leader)/高级研究员(Senior Scientist);

2005年7月-2011年6月主持筹建中国科学院植物研究所信号转导与代谢组学研究中心并担任主任;

2011年7月-2016年5月任中国科学院植物分子生理学重点实验室主任;

2016年5月-2020年5月任中国农科院作物科学研究所所长,党委副书记;

2020年5月-至今任北京大学现代农学院院长。

 

学术期刊兼职

2022-至今, Frontiers in Plant Science,总编

2008-至今, Food and Energy Security,副主编

2007-2017, Journal of Integrative Plant Biology,主编

2007-2009, Journal of Experimental Botany,顾问委员会成员

 

社会职责

2016-至今, 中国作物学会副理事长兼秘书长

2006-2016, 中国细胞生物学会副理事长

2016-至今, 中国细胞生物学会监事会副主任

 

发表文章(*通讯/资深作者)

2022

Congcong Jiang; Miaomiao Lei; Yu Guo; Guangqi Gao; Lijie Shi; Yanlong Jin; Yu Cai; Axel Himmelbach; Shenghui Zhou; Qiang He; Xuefeng Yao; Jinhong Kan; Georg Haberer; Fengying Duan; Lihui Li; Jun Liu; Jing Zhang; Manuel Spannagl; Chunming Liu; Nils Stein; Zongyun Feng; Martin Mascher*; PING YANG* (2022) A reference guided TILLING by amplicon-seq platform supports forward and reverse genetics in barley. Plant Communications. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xplc.2022.100317

Jinxing Liu, Ming-Wei, Wu and Chun-Ming Liu*, 2022. Cereal Endosperms: Development and Storage Product Accumulations. Annual Review of Plant Biology, published online. https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/pdf/10.1146/annurev-arplant-070221-024405

Xiufeng Song and Chun-Ming Liu* 2022, CLE peptides: critical regulators for stem cell maintenance in plants, Planta, doi: 10.1007/s00425-021-03791-1

2021

Jin-Lei Liu, Meng-Meng Chen, Wen-Qiang Chen, Chun-Ming Liu*, Yubing He*, Xiu-Fen Song*, 2021, A CASE toolkit for easy and efficient multiplex transgene-free gene editing. Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiab573. 

Liu Q, Xu J, Zhu Y, Mo Y, Yao XF, Wang R, Ku W, Huang Z, Xia S, Tong J, Huang C, Su Y, Lin W, Peng K, Liu CM and Xiao L*. 2021.The copy number variation of OsMTD1 regulates rice plant architecture. Front Plant Sci.11:620282.

Zheng XM#, Pang HB#, Wang JR, Yao XF, Song Y, Li F, Lou DJ, Ge JY, Zhao ZY, Qiao WH, Kim SR, Ye GY, Olsen KM*, Liu CM*, Yang QW*. 2021. Genomic signatures of domestication and adaptation during geographical expansions of rice cultivation. Plant Biotechnology Journal, https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.13730

Yu JT, Mao CJ, Zhong Q, Yao XF, Li P, Liu CM* and Ming F*. 2021. OsNAC2 Is Involved in Multiple Hormonal Pathways to Mediate Germination of Rice Seeds and Establishment of Seedling. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:699303. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.699303

Liu T, Jiang GQ, Yao XF, Liu CM*. 2021. The leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase OsERL plays a critical role in anther lobe formation in rice. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 563: 85-91

Li DQ, Wu XB, Wang HF, Feng X, Yan SJ, Wu SY, Liu JX, Yao XF, Bai AN, Zhao H, Song XF, Guo L, Zhang SY, Liu CM*. 2021. Defective mitochondrial function by mutation in THICK ALEURONE 1 encoding a mitochondrion-targeted single-stranded DNA binding protein leads to increased aleurone cell layers and improved nutrition in rice. Molecular Plant, 14(8): 1343-1361

Hou XL, Chen WQ, Hou YF, Gong HQ, Sun J, Wang Z, Zhao H, Cao XF, Song XF*, Liu CM*. 2021. DEAD-BOX RNA HELICASE 27 Regulates MicroRNA Biogenesis, Zygote Division and Stem Cell Homeostasis. Plant Cell, 33(1): 66-84

2020

Yin WC, Xiao YH, Niu M, Meng WJ, Li LL, Zhang XX, Liu DP, Zhang GX, Qian YW, Sun ZT, Huang RY, Wang SP, Liu CM, Chu CC, Tong HN*. 2020. ARGONAUTE2 enhances grain length and salt tolerance by activating BIG GRAIN3 to modulate cytokinin distribution in rice. The Plant Cell, doi: 10.1105/tpc.19.00542.

Liu CM*. 2020. The war between wheat and Fusarum: fighting with an alien weapon. SCIENCE CHINA Life Sciences, doi: 10.1007/s11427-020-1724-y

Xiao-Fan Zhang, Jian-Hua Tong, Ai-Ning Bai, Chun-Ming Liu, Lang-Tao Xiao, Hong-Wei Xue (2020). Phytohormone dynamics in developing endosperm influence rice grain shape and quality. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, Published online.

Song ZB, Sui XY, Li MY, Gao YL, Li WZ, Zhao L, Li F, Yao XF, Liu CM, Wang BW*. 2020. Development of a nornicotine-reduced flue-cured tobacco line via EMS mutagenesis of nicotine N-demethylase genes. Plant Signaling and Behavior, doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1710053

Xue-Feng Yao, Shengyang Wu, Lei Guo, Chun-Ming Liu* (2020) Efficient CELI endonuclease production in Nicotiana benthamiana through transient expression and applications in detections of mutation and gene editing events. Plant Science, online: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2020.110469

2019

Song ZB, Sui XY, Li MY, Gao YL, Li WZ, Zhao L, Li F, Yao XF, Liu CM, Wang BW*. 2020. Development of a nornicotine-reduced flue-cured tobacco line via EMS mutagenesis of nicotine N-demethylase genes. Plant Signaling and Behavior, doi:10.1080/15592324.2019.1710053

Zhang DJ#, Guo XY#, Xu YY, Li H, Ma L, Yao XF, Weng YX, Guo Y, Liu CM, Chong K*. 2019. OsCIPK7 point‐mutation leads to conformation and kinase‐activity change for sensing cold response. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, doi: org/10.1111/jipb.12800

Wu MW, Zhao H, Zhang JD, Guo L, Liu CM*. 2019. RADICLELESS 1 (RL1)-mediated nad4 intron 1 splicing is crucial for embryo and endosperm development in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrc.2019.11.084

Mao C, He J, Liu L, Deng Q, Yao XF, Liu CM, Ming F*. 2019. OsNAC2 integrates auxin and cytokinin pathways to modulate rice root development. Plant Biotechnology Journal, doi:10.1111/pbi.13209

Zhao T, Huan Q, Sun J, Liu C, Hou X, Yu X,Silverman IM, Zhang Y, Gregory BD, Liu CM, Qian WF, Cao XF*. 2019. Impact of poly (A)-tail G-content on Arabidopsis PAB binding and their role in enhancing translational efficiency. Genome Biology, doi:10.1186/s13059-019-1799-8

Yu K#, Liu D#, Chen Y, Wang D, Yang W, Yang W, Liu CM*, Zhang AM*. 2019. Unraveling the genetic architecture of grain size in einkorn wheat through linkage and homology mapping, and transcriptomic profiling. Journal of Experimental Botany, doi:10.1093/jxb/erz247

Ren SC#, Song XF#, Chen WQ, Lu R, Lucas WJ, Liu CM*. 2019. CLE25 peptide regulates phloem initiation in Arabidopsis through a CLERK‐CLV2 receptor complex. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, doi: 10.1111/jipb.12846

Gao YL#, Yao XF#, Li WZ, Song ZB, Wang BW, Wu YP, Shi JL, Liu GS, Li YP, Liu CM*. 2019. An efficient TILLING platform for cultivated tobacco. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, doi: 10.1111/jipb.12784

He Y, Yan L, Ge C, Yao XF, Han X, Wang R, Xiong LZ, Jiang LW, Liu CM, Zhao YD*. 2019. PINOID is required for formation of the stigma and style in rice. Plant Physiology, 180: 926-936

2018

Liu JX, Wu XB, Yu. R., Larkin, P, and Liu CM* (2018) Mutation in the DNA demethylase OsROS1 result in a thickened aleurone and improved nutritional value in rice grains. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 115, 11327-11332

Guo L, Jiang L, Lu XL and Liu CM* (2018) ANAPHASE PROMOTING COMPLEX/CYCLOSOME-mediated cyclin B1 degradation is critical for cell cycle synchronization in syncytial endosperms. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, published online.

Zhang LM#, Leng CY#, Luo H#, Wu XY#, Liu ZQ#, Zhang YM, Zhang H, Xia Y, Shang L, Liu CM, Hao DY, Zhou YH, Chu CC, Cai H, Jing HC* (2018) Sweet sorghum originated through selection of dry, a plant-specific NAC transcription factor gene, Plant Cell, 2018, 30: 2286-2307.

2017

Song XG,  Lu ZF, Yu H, Shao GN, Xiong JS, Meng XB, Jing YH, Liu GF, Xiong GS, Duan JB, Yao XF, Liu CM, Li HQ, Wang YH, Li JY*. 2017. IPA1 functions as a downstream transcription factor repressed by D53 in strigolactone signaling in rice. Cell Research, 27: 1128-1141

Song XF, Ren SC and Liu CM* (2017) Peptide hormones, In Hormones Metabolism and Signaling in Plants (Edited by J. Li, C Li and SM Smith), Academic Press, Elsevier, pp361-404.

Kang Yu, Dongcheng Liu,Wenying Wu,Wenlong Yang,Jiazhu Sun,Xin Li,Kehui Zhan,Dangqun Cui,Hongqing Ling,Chun-Ming Li,Aimin Zhang*  Development of an integrated linkage map of einkorn wheat and its application for QTL mapping and genome sequence anchoring. Theor Appl Genet  2017,130:53–70.

Shuangshuang Wang, Jianan Lu, Xiu-Fen Song, Shi-Chao Ren, Chenjiang You, Jie Xu, Chun-Ming Liu, Hong Ma, Fang Chang (2017) Cytological and transcriptomic analyses reveal important roles of CLE19 in pollen exine formation. Plant Physiol. 175:1186-1202. doi: 10.1104/pp.17.00439.

2016

Guo L*, Jiang L*, Zhang Y, Lu XL, Xie Q, Weijers D, Liu CM*. 2016. The anaphase promoting complex initiates zygote division in Arabidopsis through degradation of cyclin B1. Plant Journal, 86: 161-174 (*Co-first author).

Wu XB#, Liu JX#, Li DQ, Liu CM*. 2016. Rice caryopsis development II: Dynamic changes in the endosperm. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 58: 786-798 (#Co-first author).

Wu XB, Liu JX, Li DQ, Liu CM*. 2016. Rice caryopsis development I: Dynamic changes in different cell layers. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 58: 772-785.

Bai AN, Lu XD, Li DQ, Liu JX, Liu CM*. 2016. NF-YB1-regulated expression of sucrose transporters in aleurone facilitates sugar loading to rice endosperm. Cell Research, 26: 383-388.

2015

Guo L, Liu CM* (2015) A single-nucleotide exon found in Arabidopsis. Scientific Reports, accepted.

Xu TT, Ren SC, Song XF, Liu CM*. 2015. CLE19 expressed in the embryo regulates both cotyledon establishment and endosperm development in Arabidopsis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 66:5217-5227.

Yan SJ, Liang YT, Zhang JD, Chen Z, Liu CM*. 2014. Autoxidated linolenic acid inhibits aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavus via oxylipin species. Fungal Genetics and Biology, doi:10.1016/j.fgb.2014.11.005

Liu CM* 2015, AUXIN BINDING PROTEIN 1 (ABP1): A matter of fact. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 57: 234-235.

2014

Zhang JD, Han LD, Yan SJ, Liu CM*. 2014. The non-metabolizable glucose analog D-glucal inhibits aflatoxin biosynthesis and promotes kojic acid production in Aspergillus flavus. BMC Microbiology, 14: 95

Zhang Z, Song Y, Liu CM, Thomma B. 2014. Mutational analysis of the Ve1 immune receptor that mediates Verticillium resistance in tomato. Plos One, 9: e99511.

Lu X, Zhang D, Li S, Su Y, Liang Q, Meng H, Shen S, Fan Y, Liu CM, Zhang C. (2014) FtsHi4 is essential for embryogenesis due to its influence on chloroplast development in Arabidopsis. Plos One. 9:e99741.

2013

Xu TT, Song XF, Ren SC, Liu CM* (2013) The sequence flanking the N-terminus of the CLV3 peptide is critical for its cleavage and activity in stem cell regulation in Arabidopsis. BMC Plant Biology, 13:225, doi:10.1186/1471-2229-13-225

Xiu-Fen Song, Ting-Ting Xu, Shi-Chao Ren, and Chun-Ming Liu* (2013) Individual amino acid residues in CLV3 peptide contribute to its stability in vitro. Plant Signal Behavior, 8: e25344

Li S, Chen M. Yu D, Ren S, Sun S, Liu L, Ketelaar, T, Emons AM and Liu CM* (2013) EXO70A1-mediated vesicle trafficking is critical for tracheary element development in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell, 25: 1774-1786 (*Corresponding author)

Song XF, Guo P, Ren SC, Xu TT, Liu CM*. 2013. Antagonistic peptide technology for functional dissection of CLE genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 161, 1076-1085

Jiang GQ, Yao XF and Liu CM*. 2013. A simple CELI endonuclease-based protocol for genotyping both SNPs and InDels. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 1325-1335

Zhang Z, van Esse HP, van Damme M, Fradin EF, Liu C-M, Thomma BPHJ (2013). Ve1-mediated resistance against Verticillium does not involve a hypersensitive response in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant Pathology 14: 719–727.

Zhang Y, Immink R, Liu CM, Emons A and Ketelaar T. 2013.The Arabidopsis exocyst subunit SEC3A is essential for embryo development and accumulates in transient puncta at the plasma membrane. New Phytologist, 199:74-88.

Chu H, Liang W, Li J, Hong F, Wu Y, Wang L, Wang J, Wu P, Liu C, Zhang Q, Xu J, Zhang D.* (2013) A CLE-WOX signalling module regulates root meristem maintenance and vascular tissue development in rice. Journal of Experimental Botany 64:5359-5369.

Ronny Brandt, Yakun Xie, Thomas Musielak, Moritz Graeff, York-Dieter Stierhof, Hai Huang, Chun-Ming Liu, Stephan Wenkel* (2013) Control of stem cell homeostasis via interlocking microRNA and microProtein feedback loops, Mechanism in Development, 130: 25-33.

Zhang Z, Fradin E, Jonge R, Esse H.P, Smit P, Liu CM and Thomma B. * 2013. Optimized agroinfiltration and virus-induced gene silencing to study ve1-mediated Verticillium resistance in tobacco. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 26(2): 182-191 

2012

Song XF, Yu DL, Xu TT, Ren SC, Guo P, Liu CM* 2012, Contributions of individual amino acid residues to the endogenous CLV3 function in shoot apical meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant, 5(2):515-523 

Zhang S, Haider I, Kohlen W, Jiang L, Bouwmeester H, Meijer AH, Schluepmann H, Liu CM*, Ouwerkerk PB*. (2012) Function of the HD-Zip I gene Oshox22 in ABA-mediated drought and salt tolerances in rice. Plant Mol Biol. 2012 80:571–585

Dali Yu, Li Jiang, Huaqin Gong, Chun-Ming Liu* (2012) EMBRYONIC FACTOR 19 encodes a PPR protein that is essential for the initiation of zygotic embryogenesis in Arabidopsis. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 54(1):55-64

Shijuan Yan, Yating Liang, Jindan Zhang and Chun-Ming Liu* (2012) Aspergillus flavus grown in peptone as the carbon source exhibits spore density- and peptone concentration-dependent aflatoxin biosynthesis. BMC Microbiology, 12:106

Wang ZZ, Yan SJ, Liu CM, Chen F and Wang T. * 2012. Proteomic Analysis reveals an aflatoxin-triggered immune response in cotyledons of Arachis hypogaea infected with Aspergillus flavus. Journal of Proteome Research, 11, 2739−2753

Zheng Y, Xin H, Lin J, Liu CM and Huang SJ. * 2012. An Arabidopsis class II Formin, AtFH19, nucleates actin assembly, binds to the barbed end of actin filaments and antagonizes the effect of AtFH1 on actin dynamics. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 54(10): 800-813  

2011

Zheng LY, Guo XS, He B, Sun LJ, Peng Y, Dong SS, Liu TF, Jiang S, Ramachandran S, Liu CM, Jing HC. * (2011) Genome-wide patterns of genetic variation in sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). Genome Biology 12(11):R114.

Ma J, Hanssen M, Lundgren K, Hernandez H, Delatte T, Ehlert A, Liu CM, Schluepmann H, Droge-Laser H, Moritz T, Smeekens S and Hanson J* (2011) The sucrose-regulated Arabidopsis transcription factor bZIP11 reprograms metabolism and regulates trehalose metabolism. New Phytologist., 191(3):733-745.

2010

Li S, Os G van, Ren S, Yu D, Ketelaar T, Emons A and Liu CM* Expression and functional analyses of EXO70 genes in Arabidopsis implicate their roles in regulating cell type-specific exocytosis. Plant Physiology 2010, 154: 1819-1830

Liu CM*, Hu Y (2010) Plant stem cells and their regulations in shoot apical meristems. Frontier of Biology 5: 417-423

Xiufen Song, Peng Guo, Chen Li, Chun-Ming Liu* (2010) The cysteine pairs in CLV2 are not necessary for sensing the CLV3 peptide in shoot and root meristems. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 52:774-781

Zhou W, Wei L, Xu J, Zhai QZ, Jiang HL, Chen R, Chen Q, Sun JQ, Chu JF, Zhu LH, Liu CM and Li CY* (2010) Arabidopsis tyrosylprotein sulfotransferase acts in the Auxin/PLETHORA pathway in regulating postembryonic maintenance of the root stem cell niche. Plant Cell. 22:3692-3709.

Yingfang Zhu, Yuqing Wang, Ruili Li, Xiufen Song, Qinli Wang, Shanjin Huang,Jing Bo Jin, Chun-Ming Liu and Jinxing Lin. * (2010) Analysis of interactions among the CLAVATA3 receptors reveals a direct interaction between CLAVATA2 and CORY in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 61:223-233.

2009

Qinli Wang, Bo Chen, Peng Liu, Maozhong Zheng, Yuqing Wang, Sujuan Cui, Daye Sun, Xiaohong Fang, Chun-Ming Liu, William J. Lucas, and Jinxing Lin. * (2009) Calmodulin Binds to Extracellular Sites on the Plasma Membrane of Plant Cells and Elicits a Rise in Intracellular Calcium Concentration. Journal of Biological Chemistry 284:12000-12007.

Emilie F. Fradin, Zhao Zhang, Juan C. Juarez Ayala, Christian D.M. Castroverde, Ross N. Nazar, Jane Robb, Chun-Ming Liu, and Bart P.H.J. Thomma* (2009) Genetic Dissection of Verticillium Wilt Resistance Mediated by Tomato Ve11. Plant Physiology 150:320–332.

2008

Yong-Feng Fan, Li Jiang, Hua-Qin Gong and Chun-Ming Liu* (2008) Sexual Reproduction in Higher Plants I: Fertilization and the Initiation of Zygotic Program. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 50:860-867

Wang G, Ellendorff U, Kemp B, Mansfield JW, Forsyth A, Mitchell K, Bastas K, Liu CM, Woods-Tor A, Zipfel C, de Wit PJGM, Jones JDG, Tor M, and Thomma BPHJ*(2008)A genome-wide functional investigation into the roles s of receptor-like proteins in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology, 147:503-517.

2007

Fiers M, Ku KL, Liu CM* (2007) CLE peptide ligands and their roles in establishing meristems. Current Opinion of Plant Biology. 10:39-43

Ribarits A, Mamun A. N. K., Li S., Resch T., Fiers M., Heberle-Bors E., Liu CM and Touraev A.(2007)Combination of reversible male sterility and doubled haploid production by targeted inactivation of cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase in developing anthers and pollen. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 2007, 5: 483–494.

2006

Fiers M, Golemiec E, van der Schors R, van der Geest L, Li KW, Stiekema WJ, Liu CM* (2006) The CLV3/ESR motif of CLV3 is functionally independent from the non-conserved flanking sequences. Plant Physiology, 141,1284-1294 (cover story)

2005

M. Fiers, E. Golemiec, J. Xu, L. van der Geest, R. Heidstra, W. Stiekema, and C.M. Liu* (2005) The 14-Amino Acid CLV3, CLE19 and CLE40 Peptides Trigger Consumption of the Root Meristem in Arabidopsis through a CLAVATA2-Dependent Pathway. Plant Cell 17: 2542-2553 (cover story)

J. Xu, H.Y. Zhang, C.H. Xie, H.W. Xue, P. Dijkhuis, and C.M. Liu* (2005) EMBRYONIC FACTOR 1 encodes an AMP deaminase and is essential for the zygote to embryo transition in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 42:743-756

2004

M. Fiers, G. Hause, K. Boutilier, E. Casamitjana-Marinez, D. Weijers, R. Offringa, L. van der Geest, M. van Lookeren Campagne, C.M. Liu* (2004) Mis-expression of the CLV3/ESR-like gene  CLE19 in Arabidopsis leads to a consumption of root meristem. Gene, 327: 37-49

2003

E. Casamitjana-Martínez, H. F. Hofhuis, J. Xu, C.M. Liu, R. Heidstra and B. Scheres* (2003) Root-Specific CLE19 Overexpression and the sol1/2: Suppressors Implicate a CLV-like Pathway in the Control of Arabidopsis Root Meristem. Current Biology, 13: 1435-1441.

2002

C.M. Liu, John McElver, Irris Tzafrir, Ronny Joosen, Peter Wittich, David Patton, Andre A.M. van Lammeren and David Meinke* (2002) Condensin and cohesin knockouts in Arabidopsis exhibit a titan seed phenotype. Plant Journal, 29:405-415.

K. Boutilier, R. Offringa, V.K. Sharma,  H. Kieft, T. Ouellet, L. Zhang, J. Hattori, C.M. Liu, A.A. Van Lammeren,  B.L. Miki, J.B. Custers, M.M. Van Lookeren Campagne* (2002) Ectopic expression of BABY BOOM triggers a conversion from vegetative to embryonic growth. Plant Cell. 14, 1737-1749.

Iris Tzafrir, John A. McElver, Chun-ming Liu, Li Jun Yang, Jia Qian Wu, Audrey Martinez, David A. Patton, and David W. Meinke* (2002) Diversity of TITAN Functions in Arabidopsis Seed Development. Plant Physiology 128:32-51.

2000

McElver, J., Patton, D., Rambaugh M., Liu C.M. Yang, L.J. and Meinke D. * (2000) The TITAN5 gene of arabidopsis encodes a protein related to the ADP ribosylation factor family of GTP binding proteins. Plant Cell 12: 1379-1302.

Cordewener, J., Bergervoet, J. and Liu, C.M. * (2000) Changes in protein systhesis and phosphorylation during microspore embryogenesis in Brassica napus. J. Plant Physiology. 156: 156-163.

1999

Liu, C.M., Johnson, S. Di Gregorio, S. and Wang, T.L. * (1999) single cotyledon (sic) mutants of pea and their relevance to the pattern formation and the evolution of monocots. Developmental Genetics, 25:11-22.

1998

Liu, C.M. and Meinke, D.W. * (1998) The titan mutants of Arabidopsis are disrupted in mitosis and cell cycle control during seed development. Plant Journal, 16:21-31. 

1996

Hong Y., Takano, M., Liu, C.M., Gasch, A., Chye, M.L. and Chua, N.-H. * (1996) Expression of the three members of the calcium-dependent protein kinase gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Molecular Biology, 30: 1259-1275.

1995

Liu C.M., Johnson, S. and Wang, T.L. * (1995) cyd, a mutant of pea that alters embryo morphology is defective in cytokinesis. Developmental Genetics, 16:312-331.

1993

Liu C.M., Z.H. Xu, Z.H. and Chua, N.-H* (1993) Proembryo culture: in vitro development of early globular-staged zygotic embryos of Brassica juncea. Plant Journal, 3: 291-300.

Liu, C.M., Xu, Z.H. and Chua, N.-H* (1993) Auxin polar transport is essential for the establishment of bilateral symmetry during early plant embryogenesis. Plant Cell, 5: 621-630.