Yu Fang

Prof. Dr. Yu Fang

School of Biological Engineering, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China

Research Focus & Metrics

Academic Career Length

13Years (2014-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

Representative Publications

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1 June 2014 in Current Opinion in Plant Biology
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VLVincenzo De Luca
Vincenzo De Luca
VSVonny Salim
Vonny Salim
ATAntje Thamm
Antje Thamm
SMSayaka Atsumi Masada
Sayaka Atsumi Masada
YFYu Fang
Yu Fang


1 December 2020 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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HMHuihan Ma
Huihan Ma
YZYu Zhao
Yu Zhao
ZLZijie Lu
Zijie Lu
RXRonglian Xing
Ronglian Xing
XYXuemei Yao
Xuemei Yao
YFYu Fang
Yu Fang

2 July 2018 in BMC Genomics
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YPYa-Jie Pan
Ya-Jie Pan
YLYingchao Lin
Yingchao Lin
BYBo-Fan Yu
Bo-Fan Yu
YZYuan-Gang Zu
Yuan-Gang Zu
YFYu Fang
Yu Fang
Zhonghua TangZhonghua Tang
Zhonghua Tang
The medicinal plant, Catharanthus roseus (C. roseus), accumulates a wide range of terpenoid indole alkaloids (TIAs). Ethylene (ET) and methyl-jasmonate (MeJA) were previously reported as effective elicitors for the production of various valuable secondary metabolites of C. roseus, while a few ET or MeJA induced transcriptomic research is yet reported on this species. In this study, the de-novo transcriptome assembly of C. roseus is performed by using the next-generation sequencing technology. The result shows that phenolic biosynthesis genes respond specifically to ET in leaves, monoterpenoid biosynthesis genes respond specifically to MeJA in roots. By screening the database, 23 ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter partial sequences are identified in C. roseus. On this basis, more than 80 key genes that encode key enzymes (namely TIA pathway, transcriptional factor (TF) and candidate ABC transporter) of alkaloid synthesis in TIA biosynthetic pathways are chosen to explore the integrative responses to ET and MeJA at the transcriptional level. Our data indicated that TIA accumulation is strictly regulated by the TF ethylene responsive factor (ERF) and bHLH iridoid synthesis 1 (BIS1). The heatmap, combined with principal component analysis (PCA) of C. roseus, shows that ERF co-expression with ABC2 and ABC8 specific expression in roots affect the root-specific accumulation of vinblastine in C. roseus. On the contrast, BIS1 activities follow a similar pattern of ABC3 and CrTPT2 specific expression in leaves, which affects the leaf-specific accumulation of vindoline in C. roseus. Results presented above illustrate that ethylene has a stronger effect than MeJA on TIA induction at both transcriptional and metabolite level. Furthermore, meta-analysis reveals that ERF and BIS1 form a positive feedback loop connecting two ABC transporters respectively and are actively involved in TIAs responding to ET and MeJA in C. roseus.


1 October 2019 in International Journal of Biological Macromolecules
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ZJZhaoxia Jin
Zhaoxia Jin
YCYunhan Cong
Yunhan Cong
SZSuliang Zhu
Suliang Zhu
RXRonglian Xing
Ronglian Xing
DZDawei Zhang
Dawei Zhang
YFYu Fang
Yu Fang