Xiaojing Xu
Professor, Supervisor for doctor candidates, Ph. D (China Agricultural University), Visiting Scholar (Purdue University, USDA-ARS-ALARC).
Postal address: College of Life and Environmental Sciences, Minzu University of China, 27 Zhongguancun South Avenue, Haidian district, Beijing 100081, P. R. China
E-mail: xuxiaojing@muc.edu.cn
Teaching
Molecular Biology, Advanced Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology Experiment, Gene Engineering.
Research Interests
Metabolism and molecular regulation of plant cuticular lipids.
Metabolism and molecular regulation of cuticle of postharvest fruits.
Plant physiology and ecology of adaptability to environmental stresses.
Fundings
Studies on drought adaptability of the desert relict plant Tetraena mongolica based on cuticle lipid metabolism. 2020.1-2023.12, The National Natural Science Funding of China, No. 31971409.
Molecular mechanism of WBC family in cuticular lipids metabolism and drought response from Thellungiella salsuginea. 2015.1-2018.12, The National Natural Science Funding of China, No. 31470392.
Wax metabolism based physio-ecological and molecular mechanism of droght tolerance in Thellungiella salsuginea. 2012.1-2014.12, The National Natural Science Funding of China, No. 31100287.
Representative papers
Zhang P, Zou Y, Song B, Zhou M, He J, Chen Y, Zhou Y, Xu X*. Cuticular lipids and associated gene expression analysis under NaCl stress in Thellungiella salsuginea. Physiol Plant, 2022, 174(1), 1-15.
Zhou M, Chen N, Zou Y, Zhang P, He J, Xu X*. Comparative analysis of periderm suberin in stems and roots of Tetraena mongolica Maxim and Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Engl. Trees, 2022, 36, 325–339.
Xu X*, Chen N, Feng J, Zhou M, He J, Zou Y, Shi S, Zhou Y, Jenks MA*. Comparative analyses of leaf cuticular lipids of two succulent xerophytes of the Ordos Plateau (Gobi Desert), Tetraena mongolica maxim and Zygophyllum xanthoxylum (Bunge) Engl. Environ Exp Bot, 2020, 177, 104129.
Chen N, Feng J, Song B, Tang S, He J, Zhou Y, Shi S, Xu X*. De novo transcriptome sequencing and identification of genes related to salt and PEG stress in Tetraena mongolica Maxim., Trees-Struct Funct, 2019, 33(6), 1639-1656.
Xu X*, Xue K, Tang S, He J, Song B, Zhou M, Zou Y, Zhou Y, Jenks MA*. The relationship between cuticular lipids and associated gene expression in above ground organs of Thellungiella salsugineum (Pall.) Al-Shehbaz & Warwick. Plant Sci, 2019, 287.
He J, Tang S, Yang D, Chen Y, Ling L, Zou Y, Zhou M, Xu X*. Chemical and Transcriptomic Analysis of Cuticle Lipids under Cold Stress in Thellungiella salsuginea. Int J Mol Sci, 2019, 20, 4519.
Tang S, Chen N, Song B, He J, Zhou Y, Jenks MA, Xu X*. Compositional and transcriptomic analysis associated with cuticle lipid production on rosette and inflorescence stem leaves in the extremophyte Thellungiella salsuginea. Physiol Plant, 2019 Mar, 165(3):584-603.
Chen N, Song B, Tang S, He J, Zhou Y, Feng J, Shi S, Xu X*. Overexpression of the ABC transporter gene TsABCG11 increases cuticle lipids and abiotic stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Biotechnol Rep, 2018, 12(5):303-313.
Xu X, Xiao L, Feng J*, Chen N, Chen Y, Song B, Xue K, Shi S, Zhou Y, Jenks MA*. Cuticle lipids on heteromorphic leaves of Populus euphratica Oliv. growing in riparian habitats differing in available soil moisture. Physiol Plant, 2016, 158(3): 318-330.
Xu X, Feng J, Lü S, Lohrey GT, An H, Zhou Y, Jenks MA*. Leaf cuticular lipids on the Shandong and Yukon ecotypes of saltwater cress, Eutrema salsugineum, and their response to water deficiency and impact on cuticle permeability. Physiol Plant, 2014, 151(4): 446-458.
Xu X*, Zhou Y, Ren D, Bu H, Feng J, Wang G*. Cloning and functional characterization of a Mn-Containing superoxide dismutase from Eutrema halophilum. Biol Plantarum, 2014, 58 (1): 105-113.
Xu Xiaojing*, Zhou Yijun, Wei Shanjun, Ren Dongtao, Yang Min, Bu Huahu, Kang Mingming, Wang Junli, Feng Jinchao. Molecular Cloning and Expression of a Cu/Zn-Containing Superoxide Dismutase from Thellungiella halophila. Mol Cells, 2009, 27: 423-428.
