Xin Li

This study identifies the enzymatic steps for benzyl alcohol production in the salicylic acid biosynthesis pathway in plants, revealing key reductases and their functional differences across species.

This paper identifies a fungal effector, UmPce3, that targets the chloroplast DEAD-box RNA helicase RH3 to manipulate chloroplast function, enhancing fungal pathogenesis while balancing plant stress responses.

The paper challenges the 'one nucleus, one whole genome' rule by showing that Neurospora crassa distributes haploid chromosomes unevenly across multiple nuclei.

The paper discovers that haploid chromosomes in two pathogenic fungi are segregated into separate nuclei, challenging the traditional view of nuclear chromosome content.

The paper investigates how upstream ribosome impediments affect internal Shine-Dalgarno sequence-mediated translation initiation in E. coli by analyzing RFP expression levels.