Xia Cao
Michigan State University
10 Papers
Xia Cao is an academic researcher from Michigan State University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Biology & Transcriptome. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 7 publications. Previous affiliations of Xia Cao include Bayer & Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center.
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Papers
Comparative deep transcriptional profiling of four developing oilseeds
Manuel Adrián Troncoso-Ponce,Aruna Kilaru,Xia Cao,Xia Cao,Timothy P. Durrett,Timothy P. Durrett,Jilian Fan,Jacob Krüger Jensen,Nicholas Thrower,Markus Pauly,Markus Pauly,Curtis G. Wilkerson,Curtis G. Wilkerson,John B. Ohlrogge,John B. Ohlrogge +14 more
TL;DR: Using pyrosequencing, over 7 million ESTs from four stages of developing seeds of Ricinus communis, Brassica napus, Euonymus alatus and Tropaeolum majus are generated, revealing both conserved and distinct species-specific expression patterns for genes involved in the synthesis of glycerolipids and their precursors.
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Lipid turnover during senescence.
TL;DR: A database that compiles and plots transcript expression of lipid-related genes during natural leaf senescence of Arabidopsis and allowed identification of coordinated patterns of down-regulation of lipid biosynthesis genes and the contrasting groups of genes that increase, including 68 putative lipases.
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Fatty acid synthesis is inhibited by inefficient utilization of unusual fatty acids for glycerolipid assembly
Philip D. Bates,Sean R. Johnson,Xia Cao,Jia Li,Jeong-Won Nam,Jan G. Jaworski,John B. Ohlrogge,John Browse +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that inefficient utilization of unusual fatty acids within the endoplasmic reticulum can induce posttranslational inhibition of acetyl–CoA carboxylase activity in the plastid, thus inhibiting fatty acid synthesis and total oil accumulation.
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Oil biosynthesis in a basal angiosperm: transcriptome analysis of Persea Americana mesocarp
Aruna Kilaru,Aruna Kilaru,Xia Cao,Xia Cao,Parker Dabbs,Ha-Jung Sung,Md. Mahbubur Rahman,Nicholas Thrower,Gregory J Zynda,Ram Podicheti,Enrique Ibarra-Laclette,Luis Herrera-Estrella,Keithanne Mockaitis,John B. Ohlrogge,John B. Ohlrogge +14 more
TL;DR: This work represents a comprehensive transcriptome resource for a basal angiosperm species and provides insight into their lipid metabolism in mesocarp tissues and has implications for metabolic engineering to enhance storage oil content in nonseed tissues of diverse species.
FUSCA3 activates triacylglycerol accumulation in Arabidopsis seedlings and tobacco BY2 cells.
Meng Zhang,Meng Zhang,Meng Zhang,Xia Cao,Xia Cao,Qingli Jia,John B. Ohlrogge,John B. Ohlrogge +7 more
TL;DR: Overexpression of FUS3 driven by an estradiol-inducible promoter increased oil contents in Arabidopsis seedlings up to 6% of dry weight; more than 50-fold over controls; and microarrays of Arabidoptera seedlings revealed that F US3 overexpression increased the expression of a higher proportion of genes involved in TAG biosynthesis than genesinvolved in fatty acid biosynthesis or other lipid pathways.
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