Education
Ph.D. in Botany and Plant Pathology, Purdue University, 2010
Current position
Professor at Huazhong Agricultural University, Working on Maize innate immunity
Publications
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Liao, C., Lai, Z., Lee, S., Yun, D. and Mengiste, T. (2016). Arabidopsis HOOKLESS1 regulates responses to pathogens and abscisic acid through interaction with MED18 and acetylation of WRKY33 and ABI5 chromatin. Plant Cell. 28: 1662-1681.
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Lai, Z., Schluttenhofer, C. M., Bhide, K., Shreve, J., Thimmapuram, J., Lee, S. Y., Yun, D. J. and Mengiste, T. (2014). MED18 interaction with distinct transcription factors regulates multiple plant functions. Nat Commun 5: 3064.
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Lai, Z. and Mengiste, T. (2013). Genetic and cellular mechanisms regulating plant responses to necrotrophic pathogens. Curr Opin Plant Biol 16(4): 505-512.
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Lai, Z., Li, Y., Wang, F., Cheng, Y., Fan, B., Yu, J. Q. and Chen, Z. (2011). Arabidopsis sigma factor binding proteins are activators of the WRKY33 transcription factor in plant defense. Plant Cell 23(10): 3824-3841.
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Laluk, K., Luo, H., Chai, M., Dhawan, R., Lai, Z. and Mengiste, T. (2011). Biochemical and genetic requirements for function of the immune response regulator BOTRYTIS-INDUCED KINASE1 in plant growth, ethylene signaling, and PAMP-triggered immunity in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 23(8): 2831-2849.
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Lai, Z., Wang, F., Zheng, Z., Fan, B. and Chen, Z. (2011). A critical role of autophagy in plant resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Plant J 66(6): 953-968.
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Ellwood, S. R., Liu, Z., Syme, R. A., Lai, Z., Hane, J. K., Keiper, F., Moffat, C. S., Oliver, R. P. and Friesen, T. L. (2010). A first genome assembly of the barley fungal pathogen Pyrenophora teres f. teres. Genome Biol 11(11): R109.
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Luo, H., Laluk, K., Lai, Z., Veronese, P., Song, F. and Mengiste, T. (2010). The Arabidopsis Botrytis Susceptible1 Interactor defines a subclass of RING E3 ligases that regulate pathogen and stress responses. Plant Physiol 154(4): 1766-1782.
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Huang, J., Gu, M., Lai, Z., Fan, B., Shi, K., Zhou, Y. H., Yu, J. Q. and Chen, Z. (2010). Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis PAL gene family in plant growth, development, and response to environmental stress. Plant Physiol 153(4): 1526-1538.
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Chen, H., Lai, Z., Shi, J., Xiao, Y., Chen, Z. and Xu, X. (2010). Roles of arabidopsis WRKY18, WRKY40 and WRKY60 transcription factors in plant responses to abscisic acid and abiotic stress. BMC Plant Biol 10: 281.
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Chen, Z., Zheng, Z., Huang, J., Lai, Z. and Fan, B. (2009). Biosynthesis of salicylic acid in plants. Plant Signal Behav 4(6): 493-496.
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Lai, Z., Wang, F., Zheng, Z., Fan, B. and Chen, Z. (2011). A critical role of autophagy in plant resistance to necrotrophic fungal pathogens. Plant J 66(6): 953-968.
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Lai, Z., Vinod, K., Zheng, Z., Fan, B. and Chen, Z. (2008). Roles of Arabidopsis WRKY3 and WRKY4 transcription factors in plant responses to pathogens. BMC Plant Biol 8: 68.
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Xing, D. H., Lai, Z. B., Zheng, Z. Y., Vinod, K. M., Fan, B. F. and Chen, Z. X. (2008). Stress- and pathogen-induced Arabidopsis WRKY48 is a transcriptional activator that represses plant basal defense. Mol Plant 1(3): 459-470.
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Lai, Z., Faris, J. D., Weiland, J. J., Steffenson, B. J. and Friesen, T. L. (2007). Genetic mapping of Pyrenophora teres f. teres genes conferring avirulence on barley. Fungal Genet Biol 44(5): 323-329.
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Friesen, T. L., Faris, J. D., Lai, Z. and Steffenson, B. J. (2006). Identification and chromosomal location of major genes for resistance to Pyrenophora teres in a doubled-haploid barley population. Genome 49(7): 855-859.
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Lai, Z., Shao, M., Song, C., Chen, G. and Wang, J. (2004). Cloning of a dsp gene from Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzicola. Acta of Nanjing Agricultural University (Chinese) 67: 324-332.