Wen‐Kai Wu

ORCID: 0009-0009-4670-5448
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Research Areas
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Horticultural and Viticultural Research
  • Research in Cotton Cultivation
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Insect-Plant Interactions and Control

Center for Excellence in Molecular Plant Sciences
2023-2024

University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023-2024

Chinese Academy of Sciences
2023-2024

Shanghai Ocean University
2010

Functionally similar to the tight junctions present in animal guts, plant roots have evolved a lignified Casparian strip as an extracellular diffusion barrier endodermis seal root apoplast and maintain nutrient homeostasis. How this is structured has been partially defined, but its lignin polymerization assembly steps remain elusive. Here, we characterize family of dirigent proteins (DPs) essential for both localized required biogenesis cell wall attachment plasma membrane apoplast. We...

10.1126/science.adi5032 article EN Science 2023-10-26

Plants can synthesize a wide range of terpenoids in response to various environmental cues. However, the specific regulatory mechanisms governing terpenoid biosynthesis at cellular level remain largely elusive. In this study, we employed single-cell RNA sequencing comprehensively characterize transcriptome profile cotton leaves and established hierarchical transcriptional network regulating cell-specific production. We observed substantial expression levels genes associated with both...

10.1016/j.molp.2023.10.008 article EN cc-by-nc-nd Molecular Plant 2023-10-17

Abstract Plants have evolved diverse defense mechanisms encompassing physical and chemical barriers. Cotton pigment glands are known for containing various metabolites, but the precise regulation of gland size to modulate compound levels remains enigmatic. Here, it is discovered that VQ domain‐containing protein JAVL negatively regulates biosynthesis compounds, while MYC2‐like transcription factor GoPGF has opposite effect. Notably, directly activates expression , whereas suppresses...

10.1002/advs.202403059 article EN cc-by Advanced Science 2024-06-05
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