Tao Yao

The paper transfers a catabolic pathway for salicyl alcohol in Pseudomonas soil isolates, showing it enables rapid catabolism but does not confer a fitness advantage in rhizosphere competition.

The paper develops a split ribozyme-based biosensor for in vivo visualization of gene expression in plants, demonstrating its use in transient expression and endogenous gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana.

The paper analyzes DNA-binding specificities of SPL transcription factors in Arabidopsis, maize, and wheat, revealing conserved target genes and species-specific motifs linked to dimerization.

The paper develops dDAP-seq to study bZIP heterodimer DNA binding in Arabidopsis, revealing expanded binding preferences and evolutionary origins of cis-elements.