Liu Juntao PhD

Dr. Juntao is Professor in the department of State Key Laboratory of Plant Genomics at Institute Of Microbiology Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is specialized in Molecular biology, genetics and proteomics of plant-microbe interactions. His research interests are Research in the Liu laboratory primarily focuses on the molecular mechanisms of plant innate immunity upon pathogen invasion. We are interested in elucidating each component function of the host immune signaling complexes and attempt to understand how plants utilize the immune complexes to fight against pathogen colonization. The Arabidopsis-Pseudomonas syringae model system is currently employed in the laboratory to investigate the plant and microbe interaction at molecular level. Recently, we also initiated a project to characterize the functions of secreting proteins from rice blast fungus.

His Publications are as follows:
1] James Elmore, Jun Liu, Barrett Smith, Brett Phinney and Gitta Coaker. Quantitative proteomics reveals dynamic changes in the plasma membrane proteome during Arabidopsis immune signaling. Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. 2012, M111.014555.
Jun Liu, James Elmore, Daniel Lin and Gitta Coaker. A receptor like cytoplasmic protein kinase phosphorylates RIN4, triggerring plant innate immunity. Cell &Host Microbe, 2011, 9, 137–146.
Jun Liu*, James Elmore* and Gitta Coaker. Investigating the functions of the RIN4 protein complex during plant innate immune responses. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 2009,4:12, 1-4. (*: equal contribution).
Liu J., J.M. Elmore, and G. Coaker. Proteomic Analysis of Plant Innate Immunity: Identification of the RIN4 complex and investigating dynamic changes in the plasma membrane proteome. Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. 2010,7:45.
Tao Chen*, Jun Liu*, Gang Lei, Yun-Feng Liu, Zhi-Gang Li, Jian-Jun Tao, Yu-Jun Hao, Yang-Rong Cao, Qing Lin, Wan-Ke Zhang, Biao Ma, Shou-Yi Chen and Jin-Song Zhang. Effects of Tobacco Ethylene Receptor Mutations on Receptor Kinase Activity, Plant Growth and Stress Responses. Plant and Cell Physiology. 2009 50(9):1636-1650 (*: equal contribution).
Jun Liu, James Elmore, Anja Fuglsang, Michael Palmgren. Brian Staskawicz and Gitta Coaker. RIN4 Functions with Plasma Membrane H+-ATPases to Regulate Stomatal Apertures during Pathogen Attack. PLoS Biology. 2009, 7(6): e1000139.
Jun Liu, Da Ha, Zongming Xie, Chunmei Wang, Huiwen Wang, Wanke Zhang, Jinsong Zhang, Shouyi Chen. Ectopic expression of soybean GmKNT1 in Arabidopsis results in altered leaf morphology and flower identity. Journal of Genetics and Genomics. 2008 35 (7): 441-449.