Zhongchi Liu

Portrait of Zhongchi Liu

Zhongchi Liu

Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics Professor Emerita

Research Interests

Molecular genetics of plant reproductive development in Arabidopsis thaliana


Education & Positions

  • Ph.D. Harvard University, 1990

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BISI Concentration Areas

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Latest Papers

Integrative regulation of axillary meristem maturation and stolon fate determination in strawberry by light, gibberellin, and ZFP6

| Molecular Plant
Author(s): Lei Guo, Muzi Li, Xi Luo, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


The E3 ubiquitin ligase COP1 inhibits sugar and anthocyanin accumulation in strawberry fruit

| Plant Physiology
Author(s): Xiaoyi Bi, Yuxuan Zhu, Junmiao Fan, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


Plant synthetic biology‐based biofortification, strategies and recent progresses

| Journal of Integrative Plant Biology
Author(s): Kai Wang, Zhongchi Liu
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


The transcription factor FveMYB117a controls leaf morphology by coordinating auxin and cytokinin signals in woodland strawberry

| Plant Physiology
Author(s): Yafan Han, Rui Lu, Danni Yan, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


Mutant analysis in a small weed reveals the blueprint of floral patterning

| Developmental Biology
Author(s): Zhongchi Liu
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


Identification and analysis of imprinted genes in wild strawberry uncover a regulatory pathway in endosperm development

| Plant Physiology
Author(s): Dirk Joldersma, Lei Guo, Elizabeth I Alger, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


The AP2 transcription factor BARE RECEPTACLE regulates floral organogenesis via auxin pathways in woodland strawberry

| The Plant Cell
Author(s): Rui Lu, Shaoqiang Hu, Jia Feng, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


Genome-wide gene network uncover temporal and spatial changes of genes in auxin homeostasis during fruit development in strawberry (F. × ananassa)

| BMC Plant Biology
Author(s): Yoon Jeong Jang, Taehoon Kim, Makou Lin, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


PIN2-mediated self-organizing transient auxin flow contributes to auxin maxima at the tip of Arabidopsis cotyledons


Author(s): Patricio Pérez-Henríquez, Shingo Nagawa, Zhongchi Liu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu


Transcription factor FveMYB117a inhibits axillary bud outgrowth by regulating cytokinin homeostasis in woodland strawberry

| The Plant Cell
Author(s): Yafan Han, Minghao Qu, Zhongchi Liu, et. al
UMD Author(s): Zhongchi Liu