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Zhonglin Mou

Department of Microbiology and Cell Science, University of Florida, USA

Personal information

Education

Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Biology, Institute of Genetics, CAS, 1999

Current position

Associate Professor in Plant Defense, University of Florida (2011- to date)

Publications (since 2008)

  1. DeFraia, C.T., Wang, Y., Yao, J. and Mou, Z. (2013). Elongator subunit 3 positively regulates plant immunity through its histone acetyltransferase and radical S-adenosylmethionine domains. BMC Plant Biology 13, 102.
  2. Zhang, X., Yao, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y. and Mou, Z. (2013). The Arabidopsis Mediator complex subunits MED14/SWP and MED16/SFR6/IEN1 differentially regulate defense gene expression in plant immune responses. Plant J 75(3): 484-497.
  3. Wang, Y., An, C., Zhang, X., Yao, J., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Yu, F., Amador, D. M. and Mou, Z. (2013). The Arabidopsis elongator complex subunit2 epigenetically regulates plant immune responses. Plant Cell 25(2): 762-776.
  4. Zhang, X., Wang, C., Zhang, Y., Sun, Y. and Mou, Z. (2012). The Arabidopsis mediator complex subunit16 positively regulates salicylate-mediated systemic acquired resistance and jasmonate/ethylene-induced defense pathways. Plant Cell 24(10): 4294-4309.
  5. Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2012). Expression of the human NAD(P)-metabolizing ectoenzyme CD38 compromises systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis. Mol Plant Microbe Interact 25(9): 1209-1218.
  6. An, C. and Mou, Z. (2012). Non-host defense response in a novel Arabidopsis-Xanthomonas citri subsp. citri pathosystem. PLoS One 7(1): e31130.
  7. An, C. and Mou, Z. (2011). Salicylic acid and its function in plant immunity. J Integr Plant Biol 53(6): 412-428.
  8. DeFraia, C.T. and Mou, Z. (2011). The role of the Elongator complex in plants. Plant Signaling & Behavior 6, 19-22.
  9. DeFraia, C. T., Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2010). Elongator subunit 2 is an accelerator of immune responses in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 64(3): 511-523.
  10. Marek, G., Carver, R., Ding, Y., Sathyanarayan, D., Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2010). A high-throughput method for isolation of salicylic acid metabolic mutants. Plant Methods 6: 21.
  11. Zhang, X., Francis, M.I., Dawson, W.O., Graham, J.H., Orbovi?, V., Triplett, E.W. and Mou, Z. (2010). Overexpression of the Arabidopsis NPR1 gene in citrus increases resistance to citrus canker. European Journal of Plant Pathology 128, 91-100.
  12. Zhang, X., Chen, S. and Mou, Z. (2010). Nuclear localization of NPR1 is required for regulation of salicylate tolerance, isochorismate synthase 1 expression and salicylate accumulation in Arabidopsis. J Plant Physiol 167(2): 144-148.
  13. Spoel, S. H.*, Mou, Z.*, Tada, Y., Spivey, N. W., Genschik, P. and Dong, X. (2009). Proteasome-mediated turnover of the transcription coactivator NPR1 plays dual roles in regulating plant immunity. Cell 137(5): 860-872. *authors with equal contributions.
  14. Xiong, Y., DeFraia, C., Williams, D., Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2009). Deficiency in a cytosolic ribose-5-phosphate isomerase causes chloroplast dysfunction, late flowering and premature cell death in Arabidopsis. Physiol Plant 137(3): 249-263.
  15. Xiong, Y., DeFraia, C., Williams, D., Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2009). Characterization of Arabidopsis 6-phosphogluconolactonase T-DNA insertion mutants reveals an essential role of the oxidative section of the plastidic pentose phosphate pathway in plant growth and development. Plant & Cell Physiology 50, 1277-1291.
  16. Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2009). Extracellular pyridine nucleotides induce PR gene expression and disease resistance in Arabidopsis. Plant J 57(2): 302-312.
  17. Tada, Y., Spoel, S. H., Pajerowska-Mukhtar, K., Mou, Z., Song, J., Wang, C., Zuo, J. and Dong, X. (2008). Plant immunity requires conformational changes [corrected] of NPR1 via S-nitrosylation and thioredoxins. Science 321(5891): 952-956.
  18. Zhang, X. and Mou, Z. (2008). Function of extracellular pyridine nucleotides in plant defense signaling. Plant Signaling & Behavior 3(12): 1143-1145.
  19. Zhang, X., Xiong, Y., Defraia, C., Schmelz, E. and Mou, Z. (2008). The Arabidopsis MAP Kinase Kinase 7: A crosstalk point between auxin signaling and defense responses? Plant Signaling & Behavior 3, 272-274.
  20. Defraia, C. T., Schmelz, E. A. and Mou, Z. (2008). A rapid biosensor-based method for quantification of free and glucose-conjugated salicylic acid. Plant Methods 4: 28.