Xingbo Cai

This paper identifies a fungal natural product, MDD, as a novel cellulose biosynthesis inhibitor that targets CESA1 and disrupts cellulose synthase complexes, enabling the development of multi-drug resistant crop varieties.

This study shows that apyrase in Arabidopsis regulates phosphate uptake by metabolizing extracellular nucleotides, affecting root system architecture and auxin signaling under phosphate limitation.

This study identifies PP2A subunits that dephosphorylate PIF3, modulating photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis by affecting hypocotyl length and gene expression under red light.