Publications

  • Zavaliev, R., and Dong, X., NPR1, a key immune regulator for plant survival under biotic and abiotic stresses, Molecular Cell 84, January (2024), DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2023.11.018 pdf
    • Xiang, Y., Huang, W., Tan, L., Chen, T., He, Y., Irving, P. S., Weeks, K. M., Zhang, Q. C., and Dong, X., Pervasive downstream RNA hairpins dynamically dictate start-codon selection, Nature, September (2023), DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-06500-y Article
    • Zhou, P., Zavaliev, R., Xiang, Y., and Dong, X., Seeing is believing: Understanding functions of NPR1 and its paralogs in plant immunity through cellular and structural analyses, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, February 17 (2023), Volume 73, DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2023.102352 pdf
    • Chen, T., Xu, G., Mou, R., Greene, G. H., Liu, L., Motley, J., and Dong, X., Global translational induction during NLR-mediated immunity in plants is dynamically regulated by CDC123, an ATP-sensitive protein, Cell Host & Microbe, February 17 (2023), DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2023.01.014 pdf
    • Hua, J. and Dong, X., Sustaining plant immunity in rising temperature, Cell Research, August 5 (2022), PMID: 35931822 DOI: 10.1038/s41422-022-00710-1 pdf
    • Wang, J., Zhang, X., Greene, G., Xu, G., and Dong, X., PABP/purine-rich-motif as an initiation module for cap-independent translation in pattern-triggered immunity, Cell, July 30 (2022), PMID: 35907403 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2022.06.037Article
    • Kumar, S., Zavaliev, R., Wu, Q., Zhou, Y., Cheng, J., Dillard, L., Powers, J., Withers, J., Zhao, J., Guan, J., Borgian, M., Bartesaghi, A., Dong, X. and Zhou, P., Structural basis of NPR1 in activating plant immunity, Nature, May (2022), PMID: 35545668 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-022-04699-w Article
    • Zhang, X. and Dong, X., Life-or-death decisions in plant immunity, Current Opinion in Immunology, April (2022), vol. 75 article 102169 PMID: 35168119 DOI: 10.1016/j.coi.2022.102169 pdf
    • McMillan, H.M., Zebell, S. G., Ristaino, J.B., Dong, X., and Kuehn, M.J., Protective plant immune responses are elicited by bacterial outer membrane vesicles, Cell Reports , January (2021), vol. 34 pp. 1 – 20 PMID: 33472073 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2020.108645 pdf
    • Zhang, J., Coaker, G., Zhou, J.-M., Dong, X., Plant Immune Mechanisms: From Reductionistic to Holistic Points of View, Molecular Plant, October (2020), vol. 13 pp. 1358 – 1378 PMID: 32916334 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2020.09.007 pdf
    • Zavaliev, R., Mohan, R., Chen, T., Dong, X., Formation of NPR1 Condensates Promotes Cell Survival during the Plant Immune Response, Cell, August (2020), vol. 182 pp. 1 – 16 PMID: 32810437 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2020.07.016 Article
    • Wang, W., Withers, J., Li, H., Zwack, P. J., Rusnac, D. V., Shi, H., Liu, L., Yan, S., Hinds, T. R., Guttman, M., Dong, X. & Zheng, Z., Structural basis of salicylic acid perception by Arabidopsis NPR proteins, Nature, August (2020), vol. 586 pp. 311-316 PMID: 32788727 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2596-y Article
    • Li, M., Cao, L., Mwimba, M., Zhou, Y., Li, L., Zhou, M., Schnable, P.S., O’Rourke, J.A., Dong, X., Wang, W., Comprehensive mapping of abiotic stress inputs into the soybean circadian clock, PNAS, November (2019), vol. 116 (47) pp. 23840-23849 PMID: 31676549 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1708508116 Article
    • Q & A with Dr. Dong, Current Biology, November (2019), vol. 29 pp. 1108-1109 Article
    • Yoo, H., Greene, G.H., Yuan, M., Xu,G., Burton, D., Liu, L., Marqués, J., Dong, X., Translational Regulation of Metabolic Dynamics during Effector-Triggered Immunity, Molecular Plant, October (2019), pp. 1 – 11 PMID: 31568832 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2019.09.009 pdf
    • Mwimba, M., Karapetyan, S., Liu, L., Marques, J., McGinnis, E. M., Buchler, N.E., Dong, X., Daily humidity oscillation regulates the circadianclock to influence plant physiology, Nature Communications, October 16 (2018), vol. 9 pp. 1-10 DOI:10.1038/s41467-018-06692-2 Article
    • Greene, G., Dong, X., To grow and to defend A rice transcription factor’s dual roles could improve yield and disease resistance, Science, September (2018), vol. 361 pp. 976-977 DOI: 10.1126/science.aau9065 pdf
    • Karapetyan, S., Dong, X., Redox and the circadian clock in plant immunity: A balancing act, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, May (2018), vol. 119 pp. 56-61 PMID: 29274381 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2017.12.024 pdf
    • Withers, J., Dong, X., Post-translational regulation of plant immunity, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, August (2017), vol. 38 pp. 124 – 132 PMID: 28538164 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2017.05.004 pdf
    • Gu,Y., Zavaliev, R., Dong, X., Membrane Trafficking in Plant Immunity, Molecular Plant, July 26 (2017), Vol. 10 pp. 1026-1034 PMID: 28698057 DOI: 10.1016/j.molp.2017.07.001 pdf
    • Xu, G., Greene, G.H., Yoo, H., Liu, L., Marques, J., Motley, J., Dong, X., Global Translational Reprogramming Is A Fundamental Layer of Immune Regulation in Plants, Nature, May 17 (2017), Vol. 545 pp. 487–490 PMID: 28514447 DOI: 10.1038/nature22371 Article
    • Xu, G., Yuan, M., Ai, C., Liu, L., Zhuang, E., Karapetyan, S., Wang, S., Dong, X., uORF-mediated Translation Allows Engineered Plant Disease Resistance Without Fitness Costs, Nature, May 17 (2017), Vol. 545 pp. 491–494 PMID: 28514448 DOI: 10.1038/nature22372 Article
    • Mwimba, M., Dong, X., The CAT(2) Comes Back, Cell Host &; Microbe, February 8 (2017), Vol. 21 pp.125 – 127 PMID: 28182944 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.01.012 pdf
    • Liu, L., Sonbol, F. M., Huuot, B., Gu, Y., Withers, J., Mwimba, M., Yao, J., He, S.Y., Dong, X., Salicylic Acid Receptors Activate Jasmonci Acid Signaling Through a Non-Canonical Pathway to Promote Effector-Triggered Immunity, Nature Communications, October 11 (2016), Vol. 7 pp.1 – 10 PMID: 27725643 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms13099 pdf
    • Zavaliev, R., Dong, X., Epel, B.L., Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) Modification Serves as a Primary Plasmodesmal Sorting Signal, Plant Physiology, October (2016), Vol. 172 pp.1061 – 1073 PMID: 27559035 DOI: 10.1104/pp.16.01026 pdf
    • Gu, Y., Zebell, S.G., Liang, Z., Wang, S., Kang, B., Dong, X., Nuclear Pore Permeabilization Is a Convergent Signaling Event in Effector-Triggered Immunity, Cell, vol. 166, September 8 (2016), pp 1526-1539 PMID: 27569911 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2016.07.042 pdf
    • Withers, J., Dong, X., Posttranslational Modifications of NPR1: A Single Protein Playing Multiple Roles in Plant Immunity and Physiology, PLOS | Pathogens, August 11 (2016), pp 1-9 PMID: 27513560 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1005707 pdf
    • Zebell, S.G., Dong, X., Cell-Cycle Regulators and Cell Death in Immunity, Cell Host & Microbe, October 14 (2015), Vol. 18 pp. 402 – 407 PMID: 26468745 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.10.001 pdf
    • Saleh, A., Withers, J., Mohan, R., Marques, J., Gu, Y., Yan, S., Zavaliev, R., Normoto, M., Tada, Y., Dong, X., Posttranslational Modifications of the Master Transcriptional Regulator NPR1 Enable Dynamic but Tight Control of Plant Immune Responses, Cell Host & Microbe 18, August 12 (2015), pp. 169 – 182 PMID: 26269953 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2015.07.005 pdf
    • Gu, Y., Dong, X., Stromules: Signal Conduits for Plant Immunity, Developmental Cell, July 6 (2015), Vol. 34 pp. 3 – 4 PMID: 26151902 DOI: 10.1016/j.devcel.2015.06.018 pdf
    • Zheng, X.Y., Zhou, M., Yoo, H., Pruneda-Paz, J. L., Spivey, N. W., Kay, S., Dong, X., Spatial and Temporal Regulation of Biosynthesis of the Plant Immune Signal Salicylic Acid, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA , July 28 (2015), Vol. 112, no. 30 pp. 9166 – 9173 PMID: 26139525 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1511182112 pdf
    • Zhou, M., Wang, W., Karapetyan, S., Mwimba, M., Marques, J., Buchler, N., Dong, X., Redox Rhythm Reinforces the Circadian Clock to Gate Immune Response, Nature , June 22 (2015), Vol. 523 pp. 472 – 476 PMID: 26098366 DOI: 10.1038/nature14449 Article
    • Yang, L., Li, B., Zheng, Z.Y., Li, J., Yang, M., Dong, X., He, G., An, C., Deng, X.W., Salicylic Acid Biosynthesis is Enhanced and Contributes To Increased Biotropic Pathogen Resistance in Arabidopsis Hybrids, Nature Communications , June 12 (2015), Vol. 6 pp. 1 – 11 PMID: 26065719 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms8309 pdf
    • Mammarella, N. D., Cheng, Z., Fu, Z. F., Daudi, A., Bolwell, G. P., Dong, X., Ausubel, F., Apoplastic peroxidases are required for salicylic acid-mediated defense against Pseudomonas syringae, Phytochemistry , December (2014), Vol 112, pp. 110 – 121 PMID: 25096754 DOI: 10.1016/j.phytochem.2014.07.010 pdf
    • Wang, S., Gu, Y., Zebell, S. G., Anderson, L. K., Wang, W., Mohan, R., Dong, X., A Noncanonical Role for the CKI-RB-E2F Cell-Cycle Signaling Pathway in Plant Effector-Triggered Immunity, Cell Host & Microbe vol. 16, December 10 (2014), pp. 787 – 794 PMID: 25455564 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2014.10.005 pdf
    • Fonseca, J.P., Dong, X., Functional Characterization of a Nudix Hydrolase AtNUDX8 upon Pathogen Attack Indicates a Positive Role in Plant Immune Responses, PLoS One , December 1 (2014), pp. 1 – 19 PMID: 25436909 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114119 pdf
    • Yan, S., Dong, X., Perception of the plant immune signal salicylic acid, Current Opinion in Plant Biology , vol. 20 (2014), pp. 64 – 68 PMID: 24840293 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2014.04.006 pdf
    • Yan, S.,Wang, W., Marques, J., Mohan, R., Saleh, A., Durrant, W.E., Song, J., Dong, X., Salicylic Acid Activates DNA Damage Responses to Potentiate Plant Immunity, Molecular Cell , vol. 52 (2013), pp. 1 – 9 PMID: 24207055 DOI: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.09.019 pdf
    • Chen, X., Barnaby, J.Y., Sreedharan, A., Huanga, X., Orbović, V., Grosser, J.W., Wang, X., Dong, X., Song, W-Y., Over-expression of the citrus gene CtNH1 confers resistance to bacterial canker disease, Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology , vol. 84 (2013), pp. 115 – 122 DOI: 10.1016/j.pmpp.2013.07.002 pdf
    • Fu, Z.Q., Dong, X., Systemic Acquired Resistance: Turning Local Infection into Global Defense , Annual Review of Plant Biology , vol. 64 (2013), pp. 839 – 863 PMID: 23373699 DOI: 10.1146/annurev-arplant-042811-105606 pdf
    • Zheng, X.Y., Spivey, N. W., Zeng, W., Liu, P.P., Fu, Z. Q., Klessig, D. F., He, S. H., Dong, X., Coronatine Promotes Pseudomonas syringae Virulence in Plants by Activating a Signaling Cascade that Inhibits Salicylic Acid Accumulation, Cell Host & Microbe , vol. 11 (2012), pp. 587 – 596 PMID: 22704619 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2012.04.014 pdf
    • Fu, Z.Q., Yan, S., Saleh, A., Wang, W., Ruble, J., Oka, N., Mohan, R., Spoel, S. H., Tada, Y., Zheng, N., and Dong, X., NPR3 and NPR4 are receptors for the immune signal salicylic acid in plants, Nature, vol. 0 (2012), pp. 1 – 6 PMID: 29656896 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.03.044 pdf
    • Moreno, A. A., Muktar, M. S., Blanco, F., Boatwright, J. L., Moreno, I., Jordan, M., Chen, Y., Brandizzi, F., Dong, X., Orellana, A., Mukhtar, K., IRE1/bZIP60-Mediated Unfolded Protein Response Plays Distinct Roles in Plant Immunity and Abiotic Stress Responses, PLoS One, vol. 7 Issue 2 (2012), pp. 1 – 15 PMID: 22359644 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0031944 pdf
    • Spoel, S., Dong, X., How do plants achieve immunity? Defence withoug specialized immune cells, Nature Reviews Immunology, (2012), pp. page 89 – 100 PMID: 22273771 DOI: 10.1038/nri3141 pdf
    • Mukhtar K., Wang, W., Tada, Y., Oka, N., Tucker, C., Fonseca, J., Dong, X., The HSF-like transcription factor TBF1 is a major molecular switch for plant growth-to-defense transition, Current Biology, vol. 22 no. 2 (January, 2012), pp. 103 – 112 PMID: 22244999 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.12.015 pdf
    • Cheng, Y., Li, Y., Huang, S., Dong, X., Zhang, Y., Li, X., Stability of plant immune-receptor resistance proteins is controlled by SKP1-CULLIN1-F-box (SCF)-mediated protein degradation, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, (2011), pp. 14694 – 14699 PMID: 21873230 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1105685108 pdf
    • Wang, D., Dong, X., A Highway for War and Peace: The Secretory Pathway in Plant-Microbe Interactions, Molecular Plant, vol. 4 (2011), pp. 581 – 587 PMID: 21742620 DOI: 10.1093/mp/ssr053 pdf
    • Song, J., Durrant, W. E., Wang, S., Yan, S., Tan, E.H. and Dong, X., DNA repair proteins are directly involved in regulation of gene expression during plant immune response, Cell Host & Microbe, vol. 9 (2011), pp. 115 – 124 PMID: 21320694 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2011.01.011 pdf
    • Wang, W., Barnaby, J. Y., Tada, Y., Li, H., Tor, M., Caldelari, D., Lee, D.-u. Fu, X.-D. and Dong, X., Timing of plant immune responses by a central circadian regulator, Nature, vol. 470 (2011), pp. 110 – 114 PMID: 21293378 DOI: 10.1038/nature09766 pdf
    • Caldelari, D., Wang, G., Farmer , E., and Dong, X., Arabidopsis lox3 lox4 Double Mutants are Male Sterile and Defective in Global Proliferative Arrest, Plant Mol Biol, Vol 75 (2010) pp. 25 – 33 PMID: 21052784 DOI: 10.1007/s11103-010-9701-9 pdf
    • Wang, S., Durrant, W. E., Song, J., Spivey, N. W., and Dong X., The Arabidopsis BRCA2 and RAD51 proteins are specifically involved in defense gene transcription during plant immune responses., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA(2010), PMID: 21149701 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1005978107 pdf
    • Saijo, Y., Tintor, N., Lu, X., Rauf, P., Pajerowska-Mukhtar, K., Haweker, H., Dong, X., Robatzek, S., Schulze-Lefert, P., Receptor quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum for plant innate immunity., The EMBO Journal, vol. 28 no. 21 (November, 2009), pp. 3439 – 3449 PMID: 19763087 DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2009.263 pdf
    • Pajerowska-Mukhtar, K., Dong, X., A kiss of death-proteasome-mediated membrane fusion and programmed cell death in plant defense against bacterial infection., Genes & Development, vol. 23 no. 21 (November, 2009), pp. 2449 – 2454 PMID: 19884251 DOI: 10.1101/gad.1861609 pdf
    • Dong, X., Kahmann, R., Battle for survival: Plants and their allies and enemies., Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 12 no. 4 (August, 2009), pp. 387 – 389 (Editorial Article) PMID: 19647476 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2009.07.001 pdf
    • Spoel, S. H., Mou, Z., Tada, Y., Spivey, N.W., Genschik, P., Dong, X., Proteasome-mediated turnover of the transcription coactivator NPR1 plays dual roles in regulating plant immunity., Cell, vol. 137 (May, 2009), pp. 860 – 872 PMID: 19490895 DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2009.03.038 pdf
    • Spoel, S. H., and Dong, X., Making sense of hormone crosstalk during plant immune responses, Cell Host & Microbe, vol. 3 (2008), pp. 348 – 351 PMID: 18541211 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2008.05.009 pdf
    • Tada, Y., Spoel, S. H., Pajerowska-Mukhtar, K., Mou, Z., Song, J., Dong, X., Plant immunity requires conformational changes of NPR1 via S-nitrosylation and thioredoxins, Science (2008) PMID: 18635760 DOI: 10.1126/science.1156970 pdf
    • Spoel, S. H., Johnson, J.S., Dong, X., Regulation of tradeoffs between plant defenses against pathogens with different lifestyles., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., vol. 104 no. 47 (November, 2007), pp. 18842 – 18847 PMID: 17998535 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0708139104 pdf
    • Zhang, X., Dai, Y., Xiong, Y., Defraia, C., Li, J., Dong, X., Mou, Z., Overexpression of Arabidopsis MAP kinase kinase 7 leads to activation of plant basal and systemic acquired resistance., Plant J (October, 2007) PMID: 17908155 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03294.x pdf
    • Wang, D., Pajerowska-Mukhtar, K., Culler, A.H., Dong, X., Salicylic acid inhibits pathogen growth in plants through repression of the auxin signaling pathway., Current Biology vol. 17 no. 20 (October, 2007), pp. 1784 – 1790 PMID: 17919906 DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2007.09.025 pdf
    • Xue, C., Tada, Y., Dong, X., Heitman, J., The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus can complete its sexual cycle during a pathogenic association with plants., Cell Host & Microbe, vol. 1 no. 4 (June, 2007), pp. 263 – 273 PMID: 18005707 DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2007.05.005 pdf
    • Kesarwani, M., Yoo, J., Dong, X., Genetic interactions of TGA transcription factors in the regulation of pathogenesis-related genes and disease resistance in Arabidopsis., Plant Physiology, vol. 144 no. 1 (May, 2007), pp. 336 – 346 PMID: 17369431 DOI: 10.1104/pp.106.095299 pdf
    • Durrant, W. E., Wang, S., Dong, X., Arabidopsis SNI1 and RAD51D regulate both gene transcription and DNA recombination during the defense response., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., vol. 104 no. 10 (March, 2007), pp. 4223 – 4227 PMID: 17360504 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0609357104 pdf
    • Mosher, R. A., Durrant, W. E., Wang, D., Song, J., Dong, X., A comprehensive structure-function analysis of Arabidopsis SNI1 defines essential regions and transcriptional repressor activity., Plant Cell, vol. 18 no. 7 (July, 2006), pp. 1750 – 1765 PMID: 16766691 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.105.039677 pdf
    • Heidel, A.J., and Dong, X., Fitness benefits of systemic acquired resistance during Hyaloperonospora parasitica infection in Arabidopsis thaliana, Genetics, vol. 173 (2006), pp. 1621 – 1628 PMID: 16648642 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.059022pdf
    • Wang, D., Amornsiripanitch, N., Dong, X., A genomic approach to identify regulatory nodes in the transcriptional network of systemic acquired resistance in plants, PloS Pathogens, vol. 2 (2006), pp. 1042 – 1050 PMID: 17096590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.0020123 pdf
    • Wang, D., Weaver, N.D., Kesarwani, M., Dong, X., Induction of protein secretory pathway is required for systemic acquired resistance, Science, vol. 308 (2005), pp. 1036 – 1040 PMID: 15890886 DOI: 10.1126/science.1108791 pdf
    • Dong, X., ACD6, An ankryn-repeat protein that both regulates and is regulated by the plant hormone salicylic acid helps plants defend against pathogens, Science’s STKE (February, 2004) PMID: 14507999 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.015412 pdf
    • Durrant, W. E., and Dong, X., Systemic acquired resistance, Annual Review of Phytopathology, vol. 42 (2004), pp. 185 – 209 PMID: 15283665 DOI: 10.1146/annurev.phyto.42.040803.140421 pdf
    • Dong, X., NPR1. All things considered, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 7 (2004), pp. 547 – 552 PMID: 15337097 DOI: 10.1016/j.pbi.2004.07.005 pdf
    • Dong, X., Pathogen-induced systemic DNA rearrangement in plants, Trends in Plant Science, vol. 9 (2004), pp. 60 – 61 PMID: 15106587 DOI: 10.1016/j.tplants.2003.12.002 pdf
    • Heidel, A. Clarke J. D., Antonovics, J., and Dong, X., Fitness costs of mutants affecting the systemicacquired resistance pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana, Genetics, vol. 168 (2004), pp. 2197 – 2206 PMID: 15611186 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.032193 pdf
    • Spoel, S. H., Koornneef, A., Claessens, S. M. C., Korzelius J. P., Van Pelt, J. A., Mueller, M. J., Buchala, A. J., Metraux J.-P., Brown, R., Kazan, K., Van Loon, L.C., Dong, X., and Pieterse, C. M. J., NPR1 modulates cross talk between salicylate- and jasmonate-dependent plant defense pathways through a novel function in the cytosol., Plant Cell, vol. 15 (2003), pp. 760 PMID: 12615947 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.009159 pdf
    • Mou, Z., Fan, W., and Dong, X., Inducers of plant systemic acquired resistance regulate NPR1 function through redox changes., Cell, vol. 113 (2003), pp. 935 PMID: 12837250 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(03)00429-x pdf
    • Zhang, Y., Dong X., and Li, X., A gain-of-function mutation in a plant disease resistance gene leads to constitutive activation of downstream signal transduction pathways in the snc1 mutant, Plant Cell, vol. 15 (2003), pp. 2636 PMID: 14576290 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.015842 pdf
    • Fan, W. and Dong, X., In Vivo Interaction between NPR1 and Transcription Factor TGA2 Leads to Salicylic Acid-Mediated Gene Activiation in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell, vol. 14 (2002), pp. 1377 PMID: 12084833 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.001628 pdf
    • Li X., Clarke J. D., Zhang, Y., and Dong, X., Activation of an EDS1-mediated R-gene pathway in the snc1 mutant leads to constitutive, NPR1-independent pathogen resistance., Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, vol. 14 (2001), pp. 1131 PMID: 11605952 DOI: 10.1094/MPMI.2001.14.10.1131 pdf
    • Dong, X., Genetic dissection of systemic acquired resistance, Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 4 (2001), pp. 309 – 314 PMID: 11418340 DOI: 10.1016/s1369-5266(00)00178-3 pdf
    • Jirage, D., Zhou, N., Cooper, B., Clarke, J.D., Dong, X., and Glazebrook, J., Constitutive salicylic acid-dependent signaling in cpr1 and cpr6 mutants requires PAD4., Plant J., vol. 26 (2001), pp. 395 – 408 PMID: 11439127 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.2641040.x pdf
    • Chern, M.-S., Fitzgerald, H.A,. Yadav, R.C., Canlas, P.E., Dong, X., and Ronald, P.C., Evidence for a disease-resistance pathway in rice similar to the NPR1-mediated signaling pathway in Arabidopsis, Plant J., vol. 27 (2001), pp. 101 – 113 PMID: 11489188 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01070.x pdf
    • Clarke, J.D., Aarts, N., Feys, B.J., Dong, X., and Parker J.E., Constitutive disease resistance requires ESD1 in the Arabidopsis mutants cpr1 and is partially EDS1-dependent in cpr5, Plant J., vol. 26 (2001), pp. 409 – 420 PMID: 11439128 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.2641041.x pdf
    • Li, X., Song, Y., Century, K., Straight, S., Ronald, P., Dong, X., Lassner, M., and Zhang, Y., A fast neutron deletion mutagenesis-based reverse genetics system for plants, Plant J., vol. 27 (2001), pp. 235 -242 PMID: 11532169 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313x.2001.01084.x pdf
    • Kinkema, M., Fan, W., and Dong, X., Nuclear localization of NPR1 is required for activation of PR gene expression, Plant Cell, vol. 12 (2000), pp. 2339 – 2350 PMID: 11148282 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.12.2339 pdf
    • Clarke, J.D., Volko, S.M., Ledford, H., Ausubel, F.M., and Dong, X., Roles of salicylic acid, jasmonic acid, and ethylene in cpr-induced resistance in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell, vol. 12 (2000), pp. 2175 – 2190 PMID: 11090217 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.12.11.2175 pdf
    • Zhang, Y., Fan, W., Kinkema, M., Li, X., and Dong, X, Interaction of NPR1 with basic leucine zipper protein transcription factors that bind sequences required for salicylic acid induction of the PR-1 gene., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 96 (1999), pp. 6523 PMID: 10339621 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.96.11.6523 pdf
    • Li, X., Zhang, Y., Clarke, J.D., Li, Y., and Dong, X., Identification and cloning of a negative regulator of systemic acquired resistance, SNI1, through a screen for suppressors of npr1-1, Cell, vol. 98 (1999), pp. 329 PMID: 10458608 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81962-5 pdf
    • Cao, H., Li, X., and Dong, X., Generation of broad-spectrum disease resistance by overexpression of an essential regulatory gene in systemic acquired resistance., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 95 (1998), pp. 6531 – 6536 PMID: 9601001 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.95.11.6531 pdf
    • Clarke, J. D., Liu, Y., Klessig, D. F., and Dong, X., Uncoupling PR-gene expression from NPR1 and bacterial resistance: Characterization of the dominant Arabidopsis cpr6 mutant., Plant Cell, vol. 10 (1998), pp. 557 – 567 PMID: 9548982 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.10.4.557 pdf
    • Dong, X., SA, JA, ethylene, and disease resistance in plants., Current Opinion in Plant Biology, vol. 1 (1998), pp. 316 – 323 PMID: 10066607 DOI: 10.1016/1369-5266(88)80053-0 pdf
    • Cao, H., Glazebrook, J., Clarke, J. D., Volko, S., and Dong, X., The Arabidopsis NPR1 gene that controls systemic acquired resistance encodes a novel protein containing ankyrin repeats., Cell, vol. 88 (1997), pp. 57 – 63 PMID: 9019406 DOI: 10.1016/s0092-8674(00)81858-9 pdf
    • Bowling, S. A., Clarke, J. D., Liu, Y., Klessig, D. F., and Dong, X., The cpr5mutant of Arabidopsis expresses both NPR1-dependent and NPR1-independent resistance., Plant Cell, vol. 9 (1997), pp. 1573 – 1584 PMID: 9338960 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.9.9.1573 pdf
    • Dong, X., Finding the missing pieces in the puzzle of plant disease resistance., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, vol. 92 (1995), pp. 7137 – 7139 PMID: 11607565 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.92.16.7137 pdf
    • Cao, H., Bowling, S. A., Gordon, A. S., and Dong, X., Characterization of an Arabidopsis mutant that is nonresponsive to inducers of systemic acquired resistance., Plant Cell, vol. 6 (1994), pp. 1583 – 1592 PMID: 12244227 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.6.11.1583 pdf
    • Bowling, S. A., Guo, A., Cao, H., Gordon, A. S., Klessig, D. F., and Dong, X., A mutation in Arabidopsis that leads to constitutive expression of systemic acquired resistance., Plant Cell, vol. 6 (1994), pp. 1845 – 1857 PMID: 7866028 DOI: 10.1105/tpc.6.12.1845 pdf