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Yafan Huang
Researcher at University of Illinois at Chicago
Publications - 14
Citations - 1179
Yafan Huang is an academic researcher from University of Illinois at Chicago. The author has contributed to research in topics: Drought tolerance & Abscisic acid. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 14 publications receiving 1085 citations. Previous affiliations of Yafan Huang include Queen's University.
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Biochemical and functional analysis of CTR1, a protein kinase that negatively regulates ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis.
TL;DR: The results suggest that CTR1 interacts with ETR1 in vivo, and that this association is required to turn off the ethylene-signaling pathway.
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Molecular tailoring of farnesylation for plant drought tolerance and yield protection.
Yang Wang,Jifeng Ying,Monika M. Kuzma,Maryse Chalifoux,Angela Sample,Charlene McArthur,Tina Uchacz,Carlene Sarvas,Jiangxin Wan,David T. Dennis,Peter McCourt,Yafan Huang +11 more
TL;DR: It is shown that molecular manipulation of protein farnesylation in Arabidopsis, through downregulation of either the alpha- or beta-subunit of farnesytransferase enhances the plant's response to ABA and drought tolerance, a successful demonstration of engineered drought tolerance and yield protection in a crop plant under laboratory and field conditions.
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ATMPK4, an Arabidopsis Homolog of Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase, Is Activated in Vitro by AtMEK1 through Threonine Phosphorylation
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that a plant MEK can phosphorylate and activate MAPK, and that Tyr phosphorylation is critical for the catalytic activity of MAPK in plants.
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Identification of a dual‐specificity protein phosphatase that inactivates a MAP kinase from Arabidopsis
TL;DR: Replacement of a highly conserved cysteine by serine abolished phosphatase activity of AtDsPTP1, indicating a conserved catalytic mechanism of dual-specificity protein phosphatases from all eukaryotes.
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Shoot-Specific Down-Regulation of Protein Farnesyltransferase (α-Subunit) for Yield Protection against Drought in Canola
Yang Wang,Michelle Beaith,Maryse Chalifoux,Jifeng Ying,Tina Uchacz,Carlene Sarvas,Rebecca Griffiths,Monika M. Kuzma,Jiangxin Wan,Yafan Huang +9 more
TL;DR: The identification and characterization of the promoter of Arabidopsis hydroxypyruvate reductase (AtHPR1), which expresses specifically in the shoot and not in non-photosynthetic tissues such as root, and it is confirmed that AtH PR1 expression is inducible by drought stress.