Education
Ph.D. in Plant Molecular Genetics, PMCB Program, University of Florida, USA, 1997
Current position
Professor and Dean of School of Life Sciences, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China
Publications
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Chen, Y., Hou, M., Liu, L., Wu, S., Shen, Y., Ishiyama, K., Kobayashi, M., McCarty, D. R. and Tan, B. C. (2014). The maize DWARF1 encodes a gibberellin 3-oxidase and is dual localized to the nucleus and cytosol. Plant Physiol 166(4): 2028-2039.
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Li, X. J., Zhang, Y. F., Hou, M., Sun, F., Shen, Y., Xiu, Z. H., Wang, X., Chen, Z. L., Sun, S. S., Small, I. and Tan, B. C. (2014). Small kernel 1 encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat protein required for mitochondrial nad7 transcript editing and seed development in maize (Zea mays) and rice (Oryza sativa). Plant J 79(5): 797-809.
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Yang, Y. Z. and Tan, B. C. (2014). A distal ABA responsive element in AtNCED3 promoter is required for positive feedback regulation of ABA biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. PLoS One 9(1): e87283.
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Zhang, Y. F., Hou, M. M. and Tan, B. C. (2013). The requirement of WHIRLY1 for embryogenesis is dependent on genetic background in maize. PLoS One 8(6): e67369.
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Shen, Y., Li, C., McCarty, D. R., Meeley, R. and Tan, B. C. (2013). Embryo defective12 encodes the plastid initiation factor 3 and is essential for embryogenesis in maize. Plant J 74(5): 792-804.
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Liu, Y. J., Xiu, Z. H., Meeley, R. and Tan, B. C. (2013). Empty pericarp5 encodes a pentatricopeptide repeat protein that is required for mitochondrial RNA editing and seed development in maize. Plant Cell 25(3): 868-883.
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Tan, B. C.*, Chen, Z., Shen, Y., Zhang, Y., Lai, J. and Sun, S. S. (2011). Identification of an active new mutator transposable element in maize. G3 (Bethesda) 1(4): 293-302.
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Messing, S. A., Gabelli, S. B., Echeverria, I., Vogel, J. T., Guan, J. C., Tan, B. C., Klee, H. J., McCarty, D. R. and Amzel, L. M. (2010). Structural insights into maize viviparous14, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of the phytohormone abscisic acid. Plant Cell 22(9): 2970-2980.
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Vogel, J. T., Tan, B. C., McCarty, D. R. and Klee, H. J. (2008). The carotenoid cleavage dioxygenase 1 enzyme has broad substrate specificity, cleaving multiple carotenoids at two different bond positions. J Biol Chem 283(17): 11364-11373.
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Settles, A. M., Holding, D. R., Tan, B. C., Latshaw, S. P., Liu, J., Suzuki, M., Li, L., O'Brien, B. A., Fajardo, D. S., Wroclawska, E., Tseung, C. W., Lai, J., Hunter, C. T., 3rd, Avigne, W. T., Baier, J., Messing, J., Hannah, L. C., Koch, K. E., Becraft, P. W., Larkins, B. A. and McCarty, D. R. (2007). Sequence-indexed mutations in maize using the UniformMu transposon-tagging population. BMC Genomics 8: 116.
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McCarty, D. R., Settles, A. M., Suzuki, M., Tan, B. C., Latshaw, S., Porch, T., Robin, K., Baier, J., Avigne, W., Lai, J., Messing, J., Koch, K. E. and Hannah, L. C. (2005). Steady-state transposon mutagenesis in inbred maize. Plant J 44(1): 52-61.
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Tan, B. C., Joseph, L. M., Deng, W. T., Liu, L., Li, Q. B., Cline, K. and McCarty, D. R. (2003). Molecular characterization of the Arabidopsis 9-cis epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase gene family. Plant J 35(1): 44-56.
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Tan, B. C., Cline, K. and McCarty, D. R. (2001). Localization and targeting of the VP14 epoxy-carotenoid dioxygenase to chloroplast membranes. Plant J 27(5): 373-382.
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Tan, B. C., Schwartz, S. H., Zeevaart, J. A. and McCarty, D. R. (1997). Genetic control of abscisic acid biosynthesis in maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 94(22): 12235-12240.
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Schwartz, S. H.*, Tan, B. C.*, Gage, D. A., Zeevaart, J. A. and McCarty, D. R. (1997). Specific oxidative cleavage of carotenoids by VP14 of maize. Science 276(5320): 1872-1874. (*Co-first author)