Yinong Yang
Professor, Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology
- 405C Huck Life Sciences
University Park, PA - yuy3@psu.edu
- 814-867-0324
Research Summary
Signal perception and transduction in rice-pathogen interactions. Molecular and genomic strategies for increasing disease resistance and drought tolerance in cereal crops.
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Most Recent Papers
The rice blast resistance gene Ptr encodes an atypical protein required for broad-spectrum disease resistance
Haijun Zhao, Xueyan Wang, Yulin Jia, Bastian Minkenberg, Matthew Wheatley, Jiangbo Fan, Melissa H. Jia, Adam Famoso, Jeremy D. Edwards, Yeshi Wamishe, Barbara Valent, Guo Liang Wang, Yinong Yang, 2018, Nature Communications
Discovery of rice essential genes by characterizing a CRISPR-edited mutation of closely related rice MAP kinase genes
Bastian Minkenberg, Kabin Xie, Yinong Yang, 2017, Plant Journal on p. 636-648
Polycistronic tRNA and CRISPR guide-RNA enables highly efficient multiplexed genome engineering in human cells
Fengping Dong, Kabin Xie, Yueying Chen, Yinong Yang, Yingwei Mao, 2017, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications on p. 889-895
Suppression of OsVPE3 Enhances Salt Tolerance by Attenuating Vacuole Rupture during Programmed Cell Death and Affects Stomata Development in Rice
Wenyun Lu, Minjuan Deng, Fu Guo, Mingqiang Wang, Zhanghui Zeng, Ning Han, Yinong Yang, Muyuan Zhu, Hongwu Bian, 2016, Rice
Ethylene biosynthesis and signaling is required for rice immune response and basal resistance against Magnaporthe oryzae infection
Emily E. Helliwell, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2016, Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions on p. 831-843
The miR393a/target module regulates seed germination and seedling establishment under submergence in rice (Oryza sativa L.)
Fu Guo, Ning Han, Yakun Xie, Ke Fang, Yinong Yang, Muyuan Zhu, Junhui Wang, Hongwu Bian, 2016, Plant Cell and Environment on p. 2288-2302
Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous tRNA-processing system
Kabin Xie, Bastian Minkenberg, Yinong Yang, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3570-3575
Direct phosphorylation and activation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase by a calcium-dependent protein kinase in rice
Kabin Xie, Jianping Chen, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2014, Plant Cell on p. 3077-3089
A transient gene expression system using barley protoplasts to evaluate microRNAs for post-transcriptional regulation of their target genes
Yu Bai, Ning Han, Jinxia Wu, Yinong Yang, Junhui Wang, Muyuan Zhu, Hongwu Bian, 2014, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture on p. 211-219
Transgenic rice with inducible ethylene production exhibits broad-spectrum disease resistance to the fungal pathogens Magnaporthe oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani
Emily E. Helliwell, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2013, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 33-42
High-Impact Papers
Plant hormone jasmonate prioritizes defense over growth by interfering with gibberellin signaling cascade
Dong Lei Yang, Jian Yao, Chuan Sheng Mei, Xiao Hong Tong, Long Jun Zeng, Qun Li, Lang Tao Xiao, Tai Ping Sun, Jigang Li, Xing Wang Deng, Chin Mei Lee, Michael F. Thomashow, Yinong Yang, Zuhua He, Sheng Yang He, 2012, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
RNA-Guided genome editing in plants using a CRISPR-Cas system
Kabin Xie, Yinong Yang, 2013, Molecular plant on p. 1975-1983
Boosting CRISPR/Cas9 multiplex editing capability with the endogenous tRNA-processing system
Kabin Xie, Bastian Minkenberg, Yinong Yang, 2015, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America on p. 3570-3575
Abscisic acid-induced resistance against the brown spot pathogen Cochliobolus miyabeanus in rice involves MAP kinase-mediated repression of ethylene signaling
David de Vleesschauwer, Yinong Yang, Casiana Vera Cruz, Monica Höfte, 2010, Plant Physiology on p. 2036-2052
Distinctive expression patterns and roles of the miRNA393/TIR1 homolog module in regulating flag leaf inclination and primary and crown root growth in rice (Oryza sativa)
Hongwu Bian, Yakun Xie, Fu Guo, Ning Han, Shengyun Ma, Zhanghui Zeng, Junhui Wang, Yinong Yang, Muyuan Zhu, 2012, New Phytologist on p. 149-161
Transgenic rice with inducible ethylene production exhibits broad-spectrum disease resistance to the fungal pathogens Magnaporthe oryzae and Rhizoctonia solani
Emily E. Helliwell, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2013, Plant Biotechnology Journal on p. 33-42
Direct phosphorylation and activation of a mitogen-activated protein kinase by a calcium-dependent protein kinase in rice
Kabin Xie, Jianping Chen, Qin Wang, Yinong Yang, 2014, Plant Cell on p. 3077-3089
Direct induced resistance in oryza sativa to spodoptera frugiperda
M. J. Stout, M. R. Riggio, Y. Yang, 2009, Environmental Entomology on p. 1174-1181
Discovery of rice essential genes by characterizing a CRISPR-edited mutation of closely related rice MAP kinase genes
Bastian Minkenberg, Kabin Xie, Yinong Yang, 2017, Plant Journal on p. 636-648
A transient gene expression system using barley protoplasts to evaluate microRNAs for post-transcriptional regulation of their target genes
Yu Bai, Ning Han, Jinxia Wu, Yinong Yang, Junhui Wang, Muyuan Zhu, Hongwu Bian, 2014, Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture on p. 211-219
News Articles Featuring Yinong Yang
Sep 07, 2018
A fast-moving future for gene-edited foods
Unlike older genetic-modification methods, the new techniques are precise, fast and inexpensive, and companies hope they will avoid the negative reputation and regulatory hurdles that hobbled the first generation of genetically modified foods.
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Aug 28, 2018
Can CRISPR help us stop wasting so much food?
CRISPR. It’s not what’s for dinner. Not yet, at least. But the hot genetic editing technology could be instrumental in reducing the multi-billion global problem of food spoilage and waste.
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Aug 28, 2018
PROCESSED FOOD: Genetically modified or gene-edited: Is there a difference?
In a gleaming laboratory hidden from the highway by a Hampton Inn and a Denny’s restaurant in Roseville, Minnesota, a researcher with the biotech firm Calyxt works the controls of a boxy robot.
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Aug 27, 2018
White Button Mushrooms as a Prebiotic May Help Improve Glucose Regulation
Eating white button mushrooms can create subtle shifts in the microbial community in the gut, which could improve the regulation of glucose in the liver, according to a team of researchers at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
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