Education

Ph.D. in Genetics, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, China, 2004

Current Position

Associate Professor, Department of Genetics, College of Life Science, Wuhan University, Wuhan, China

Publications (since 2010)

1. Wang, K., Gao, F., Ji, Y., Liu, Y., Dan, Z., Yang, P., Zhu, Y. and Li, S. (2013). ORFH79 impairs mitochondrial function via interaction with a subunit of electron transport chain complex III in Honglian cytoplasmic male sterile rice. New Phytol 198(2): 408-418.
2. Wang, K., Peng, X., Ji, Y., Yang, P., Zhu, Y. and Li, S. (2013). Gene, protein, and network of male sterility in rice. Front Plant Sci 4: 92.
3. Hu, J., Wang, K., Huang, W., Liu, G., Gao, Y., Wang, J., Huang, Q., Ji, Y., Qin, X., Wan, L., Zhu, R., Li, S., Yang, D. and Zhu, Y. (2012). The rice pentatricopeptide repeat protein RF5 restores fertility in Hong-Lian cytoplasmic male-sterile lines via a complex with the glycine-rich protein GRP162. Plant Cell 24(1): 109-122.
4. Tan, Y., Xie, H., Li, N., Li, S. and Zhu, Y. (2012). Molecular characterization of latent fertility restorer loci for Honglian cytoplasmic male sterility in Oryza species. Molecular Breeding 30(4): 1699-1706.
5. Huang, W., Hu, J., Yu, C., Huang, Q., Wan, L., Wang, L., Qin, X., Ji, Y., Zhu, R., Li, S. and Zhu, Y. (2012). Two non-allelic nuclear genes restore fertility in a gametophytic pattern and enhance abiotic stress tolerance in the hybrid rice plant. Theor Appl Genet 124(5): 799-807.
6. Zhang, Q., Li, Z., Yang, J., Li, S., Yang, D. and Zhu, Y. (2012). A calmodulin-binding protein from rice is essential to pollen development. Journal of Plant Biology 55(1): 8-14.
7. Li, S. J., Xie, H. W., Qian, M. J., Chen, G. H., Li, S. Q. and Zhu, Y. G. (2012). A Set of SCAR Markers Efficiently Differentiating Hybrid Rice. Rice Science 19(1): 14-20.
8. Xu, Y. Z., Santamaria Rde, L., Virdi, K. S., Arrieta-Montiel, M. P., Razvi, F., Li, S., Ren, G., Yu, B., Alexander, D., Guo, L., Feng, X., Dweikat, I. M., Clemente, T. E. and Mackenzie, S. A. (2012). The chloroplast triggers developmental reprogramming when mutS HOMOLOG1 is suppressed in plants. Plant Physiol 159(2): 710-720.
9. Li, S., Wan, C., Hu, C., Gao, F., Huang, Q., Wang, K., Wang, T. and Zhu, Y. (2012). Mitochondrial mutation impairs cytoplasmic male sterility rice in response to H₂O₂ stress. Plant Sci 195: 143-150.
10. Liu, G., Tian, H., Huang, Y. Q., Hu, J., Ji, Y. X., Li, S. Q., Feng, Y. Q., Guo, L. and Zhu, Y. G. (2012). Alterations of mitochondrial protein assembly and jasmonic acid biosynthesis pathway in Honglian (HL)-type cytoplasmic male sterility rice. J Biol Chem 287(47): 40051-40060.
11. Tan, Y., Li, S., Xie, H., Duan, S., Wang, T. and Zhu, Y. (2011). Genetical and molecular analysis reveals a cooperating relationship between cytoplasmic male sterility- and fertility restoration-related genes in Oryza species. Theor Appl Genet 122(1): 9-19.
12. Kun, W., Feng, G., Renshan, Z., Shaoqing, L. and Yingguo, Z. (2011). Expression, purification, and secondary structure prediction of pentatricopeptide repeat protein RF1A from rice. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter 29(3): 739-744.
13. Hu, C., Sun, Q., Peng, X., Huang, Q., Wang, M., Li, S. and Zhu, Y. (2010). Flow cytometric analysis of mitochondrial populations in HL-CMS systems of rice under H₂O₂ stress. Protoplasma 241(1-4): 91-98.
14. Wang, K., Gao, Y., Peng, X., Yang, G., Gao, F., Li, S. and Zhu, Y. (2010). Using FAM labeled DNA oligos to do RNA electrophoretic mobility shift assay. Mol Biol Rep 37(6): 2871-2875.
15. Peng, X., Wang, K., Hu, C., Zhu, Y., Wang, T., Yang, J., Tong, J. and Li, S. (2010). The mitochondrial gene orfH79 plays a critical role in impairing both male gametophyte development and root growth in CMS-Honglian rice. BMC Plant Biol 10: 125.
16. Li, S., Hu, J., Yanping, T., Huang, W., Peng, X. and Zhu, Y. Advances on the molecular mechanism and use of Honglian-CMS in rice. Accelerating Hybrid Rice Development: 71.