Education

Ph.D in Plant Physiology, Department of Horticulture, Purdue University, USA, 1990

Current position

Professor in School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University, China

Publications (since 2011)

1. Dong, J., Pineros, M. A., Li, X., Yang, H., Liu, Y., Murphy, A. S., Kochian, L. V. and Liu, D. (2017). An Arabidopsis ABC Transporter Mediates Phosphate Deficiency-Induced Remodeling of Root Architecture by Modulating Iron Homeostasis in Roots. Mol Plant 10(2): 244-259.
2. Song, L., Yu, H., Dong, J., Che, X., Jiao, Y. and Liu, D. (2016). The Molecular Mechanism of Ethylene-Mediated Root Hair Development Induced by Phosphate Starvation. PLoS Genet 12(7): e1006194.
3. Yuan, J., Zhang, Y., Dong, J., Sun, Y., Lim, B. L., Liu, D. and Lu, Z. J. (2016). Systematic characterization of novel lncRNAs responding to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Genomics 17: 655.
4. Tao, S., Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Xu, L., Fang, X., Lu, Z. J. and Liu, D. (2016). The THO/TREX Complex Active in miRNA Biogenesis Negatively Regulates Root-Associated Acid Phosphatase Activity Induced by Phosphate Starvation. Plant Physiol 171(4): 2841-2853.
5. Sun, L., Song, L., Zhang, Y., Zheng, Z. and Liu, D. (2016). Arabidopsis PHL2 and PHR1 Act Redundantly as the Key Components of the Central Regulatory System Controlling Transcriptional Responses to Phosphate Starvation. Plant Physiol 170(1): 499-514.
6. Song, L. and Liu, D. (2015). Ethylene and plant responses to phosphate deficiency. Front Plant Sci 6: 796.
7. Zhang, Y., Wang, X., Lu, S. and Liu, D. (2014). A major root-associated acid phosphatase in Arabidopsis, AtPAP10, is regulated by both local and systemic signals under phosphate starvation. J Exp Bot 65(22): 6577-6588.
8. Kang, J., Yu, H., Tian, C., Zhou, W., Li, C., Jiao, Y. and Liu, D. (2014). Suppression of Photosynthetic Gene Expression in Roots Is Required for Sustained Root Growth under Phosphate Deficiency. Plant Physiol 165(3): 1156-1170.
9. Wang, L., Lu, S., Zhang, Y., Li, Z., Du, X. and Liu, D. (2014). Comparative genetic analysis of Arabidopsis purple acid phosphatases AtPAP10, AtPAP12, and AtPAP26 provides new insights into their roles in plant adaptation to phosphate deprivation. J Integr Plant Biol 56(3): 299-314.
10. Ma, X., Song, L., Yang, Y. and Liu, D. (2013). A gain-of-function mutation in the ROC1 gene alters plant architecture in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 197(3): 751-762.
11. Yu, H., Luo, N., Sun, L. and Liu, D. (2012). HPS4/SABRE regulates plant responses to phosphate starvation through antagonistic interaction with ethylene signalling. J Exp Bot 63(12): 4527-4538.
12. Wang, L., Dong, J., Gao, Z. and Liu, D. (2012). The Arabidopsis gene hypersensitive to phosphate starvation 3 encodes ethylene overproduction 1. Plant Cell Physiol 53(6): 1093-1105.
13. Wang, L. and Liu, D. (2012). Arabidopsis purple acid phosphatase 10 is a component of plant adaptive mechanism to phosphate limitation. Plant Signal Behav 7(3): 306-310.
14. Wang, L., Li, Z., Qian, W., Guo, W., Gao, X., Huang, L., Wang, H., Zhu, H., Wu, J. W., Wang, D. and Liu, D. (2011). The Arabidopsis purple acid phosphatase AtPAP10 is predominantly associated with the root surface and plays an important role in plant tolerance to phosphate limitation. Plant Physiol 157(3): 1283-1299.
15. Lei, M. and Liu, D. (2011). Sucrose regulates plant responses to deficiencies in multiple nutrients. Plant Signal Behav 6(8): 1247-1249.
16. Lei, M., Liu, Y., Zhang, B., Zhao, Y., Wang, X., Zhou, Y., Raghothama, K. G. and Liu, D. (2011). Genetic and genomic evidence that sucrose is a global regulator of plant responses to phosphate starvation in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 156(3): 1116-1130.
17. Lei, M., Zhu, C., Liu, Y., Karthikeyan, A. S., Bressan, R. A., Raghothama, K. G. and Liu, D. (2011). Ethylene signalling is involved in regulation of phosphate starvation-induced gene expression and production of acid phosphatases and anthocyanin in Arabidopsis. New Phytol 189(4): 1084-1095.