Education

Ph.D. in Food Science Program, Department of Biochemistry, Kansas State University, 1988

Current position

Professor, Graduate Institute of Biotechnology, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan

Publications (since 2007)

1. Wang, B. J., Hsu, Y. F., Chen, Y. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2014). Characterization of a lily anther-specific gene encoding cytoskeleton-binding glycoproteins and overexpression of the gene causes severe inhibition of pollen tube growth. Planta 240(3): 525-537.
   
2. Hsu, Y. F., Hsiao, Y. C., Wang, C. S., Zhan, X., Zhang, H. and Wang, C. S.* (2014). AtRRP6L1, a homolog of conserved yeast Exosomal Rrp6p, plays an important role in transcriptional gene silencing in arabidopsis. Mol Plant 7(9): 1490-1493.
   
3. Liu, M. C., Yang, C. S., Yeh, F. L., Wei, C. H., Jane, W. N., Chung, M. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2014). A novel lily anther-specific gene encodes adhesin-like proteins associated with exine formation during anther development. J Exp Bot 65(8): 2023-2037.
   
4. Hsu, Y. F., Chen, Y. C., Hsiao, Y. C., Wang, B. J., Lin, S. Y., Cheng, W. H., Jauh, G. Y., Harada, J. J. and Wang, C. S.* (2014). AtRH57, a DEAD-box RNA helicase, is involved in feedback inhibition of glucose-mediated abscisic acid accumulation during seedling development and additively affects pre-ribosomal RNA processing with high glucose. Plant J 77(1): 119-135.
   
5. Hsu, S. W., Liu, M. C., Zen, K. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2014). Identification of the tapetum/microspore-specific promoter of the pathogenesis-related 10 gene and its regulation in the anther of Lilium longiflorum. Plant Sci 215-216: 124-133.
   
6. Wang, C. S.*, Hsu, S. W. and Hsu, Y. F. (2013). New insights into desiccation-associated gene regulation by Lilium longiflorum ASR during pollen maturation and in transgenic Arabidopsis. Int Rev Cell Mol Biol 301: 37-94.
   
7. Lo, S.-C., Chung, P.-E. and Wang, C.-S.* (2012). Molecular cloning and functional analysis of Bergaptol-O-Methyltransferase from Angelica dahurica (Bai Zhi) and using it to efficiently produce bergapten in E. coli. Bot Stud 53(2): 197-206.
   
8. Liu, M. C., Yang, C. S. and Wang, C. S.* (2011). Expression and localization of two anther-specific genes in the tapetum and microspore of Lilium longiflorum. Bot Stud 52: 383-391.
   
9. Liu, M. C., Wang, B. J., Huang, J. K. and Wang, C. S.* (2011). Expression, localization and function of a cis-prenyltransferase in the tapetum and microspores of lily anthers. Plant Cell Physiol 52(9): 1487-1500.
   
10. Hsu, Y. F., Yu, S. C., Yang, C. Y. and Wang, C. S.* (2011). Lily ASR protein-conferred cold and freezing resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol Biochem 49(9): 937-945.
    
11. Hsu, S. W. and Wang, C. S.* (2010). Lily Cdc42/Rac-interactive binding motif-containing protein, a Rop target, involves calcium influx and phosphoproteins during pollen germination and tube growth. Plant Signal Behav 5(11): 1460-1463.
    
12. Hsu, S. W., Cheng, C. L., Tzen, T. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2010). Rop GTPase and its target Cdc42/Rac-interactive-binding motif-containing protein genes respond to desiccation during pollen maturation. Plant Cell Physiol 51(7): 1197-1209.
    
13. He, X. J., Hsu, Y. F., Zhu, S., Liu, H. L., Pontes, O., Zhu, J., Cui, X., Wang, C. S. and Zhu, J. K. (2009). A conserved transcriptional regulator is required for RNA-directed DNA methylation and plant development. Genes Dev 23(23): 2717-2722.
    
14. He, X. J., Hsu, Y. F., Zhu, S., Wierzbicki, A. T., Pontes, O., Pikaard, C. S., Liu, H. L., Wang, C. S., Jin, H. and Zhu, J. K. (2009). An effector of RNA-directed DNA methylation in arabidopsis is an ARGONAUTE 4- and RNA-binding protein. Cell 137(3): 498-508.
    
15. He, X. J., Hsu, Y. F., Pontes, O., Zhu, J., Lu, J., Bressan, R. A., Pikaard, C., Wang, C. S. and Zhu, J. K. (2009). NRPD4, a protein related to the RPB4 subunit of RNA polymerase II, is a component of RNA polymerases IV and V and is required for RNA-directed DNA methylation. Genes Dev 23(3): 318-330.
    
16. Chang, L. C., Guo, C. L., Lin, Y. S., Fu, H., Wang, C. S. and Jauh, G. Y. (2009). Pollen-specific SKP1-like proteins are components of functional scf complexes and essential for lily pollen tube elongation. Plant Cell Physiol 50(8): 1558-1572.
    
17. Tzeng, J. D., Hsu, S. W., Chung, M. C., Yeh, F. L., Yang, C. Y., Liu, M. C., Hsu, Y. F. and Wang, C. S.* (2009). Expression and regulation of two novel anther-specific genes in Lilium longiflorum. J Plant Physiol 166(4): 417-427.
    
18. Yang, C. Y., Wu, C. H., Jauh, G. Y., Huang, J. C., Lin, C. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2008). The LLA23 protein translocates into nuclei shortly before desiccation in developing pollen grains and regulates gene expression in Arabidopsis. Protoplasma 233(3-4): 241-254.
    
19. Jiang, P. L., Jauh, G. Y., Wang, C. S.* and Tzen, J. T. (2008). A unique caleosin in oil bodies of lily pollen. Plant Cell Physiol 49(9): 1390-1395.
    
20. Hsu, Y. F., Tzeng, J. D., Liu, M. C., Yei, F. L., Chung, M. C. and Wang, C. S.* (2008). Identification of anther-specific/predominant genes regulated by gibberellin during development of lily anthers. J Plant Physiol 165(5): 553-563.
    
21. Hsu, Y. F., Wang, C. S.* and Raja, R. (2007). Gene expression pattern at desiccation in the anther of Lilium longiflorum. Planta 226(2): 311-322.
    
22. Jiang, P. L., Wang, C. S., Hsu, C. M., Jauh, G. Y. and Tzen, J. T. (2007). Stable oil bodies sheltered by a unique oleosin in lily pollen. Plant Cell Physiol 48(6): 812-821.