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Li-Qing Chen

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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Sucrose efflux mediated by SWEET proteins as a key step for phloem transport

LQ Chen, XQ Qu, BH Hou, D Sosso, S Osorio… - Science, 2012 - science.org
Plants transport fixed carbon predominantly as sucrose, which is produced in mesophyll cells
and imported into phloem cells for translocation throughout the plant. It is not known how …

[HTML][HTML] Allele-defined genome of the autopolyploid sugarcane Saccharum spontaneum L.

…, F Chen, G Zheng, J Xu, Z Yang, F Deng, X Chen… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Modern sugarcanes are polyploid interspecific hybrids, combining high sugar content from
Saccharum officinarum with hardiness, disease resistance and ratooning of Saccharum …

Sugar transporters for intercellular exchange and nutrition of pathogens

LQ Chen, BH Hou, S Lalonde, H Takanaga… - Nature, 2010 - nature.com
Sugar efflux transporters are essential for the maintenance of animal blood glucose levels,
plant nectar production, and plant seed and pollen development. Despite broad biological …

[HTML][HTML] A protein kinase, interacting with two calcineurin B-like proteins, regulates K+ transporter AKT1 in Arabidopsis

J Xu, HD Li, LQ Chen, Y Wang, LL Liu, L He, WH Wu - Cell, 2006 - cell.com
Potassium is an essential mineral element for plant growth and development. Although it is
known that plants absorb and transport K + through membrane transporters, it remains …

Development of a definition of postacute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection

…, L Chang, AA Chang, P Chebrolu, Y Chen, LQ Chen… - Jama, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with persistent, relapsing, or new symptoms
or other health effects occurring after acute infection, termedpostacute sequelae of SARS-…

INK4 tumor suppressor proteins mediate resistance to CDK4/6 kinase inhibitors

Q Li, B Jiang, J Guo, H Shao, IS Del Priore, Q Chang… - Cancer discovery, 2022 - AACR
CDK4/6 kinase activation represents a common mechanism by which oncogenic signaling
induces proliferation and is potentially targetable by ATP competitive inhibitors. We identify a …

The Arabidopsis vacuolar sugar transporter SWEET2 limits carbon sequestration from roots and restricts Pythium infection

HY Chen, JH Huh, YC Yu, LH Ho, LQ Chen… - The Plant …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Plant roots secrete a significant portion of their assimilated carbon into the rhizosphere. The
putative sugar transporter SWEET 2 is highly expressed in Arabidopsis roots. Expression …

SWEETs, transporters for intracellular and intercellular sugar translocation

JS Eom, LQ Chen, D Sosso, BT Julius, IW Lin… - Current opinion in plant …, 2015 - Elsevier
… Both the sweet11;12 double mutant [7 •• ] and overexpressor lines for SWEET11 and
SWEET12 driven by the CaMV 35S promoter (Chen and Frommer, unpublished) show reduced …

Transport of sugars

LQ Chen, LS Cheung, L Feng, W Tanner… - Annual review of …, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Soluble sugars serve five main purposes in multicellular organisms: as sources of carbon
skeletons, osmolytes, signals, and transient energy storage and as transport molecules. Most …

Nectar secretion requires sucrose phosphate synthases and the sugar transporter SWEET9

IW Lin, D Sosso, LQ Chen, K Gase, SG Kim, D Kessler… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
Angiosperms developed floral nectaries that reward pollinating insects 1 . Although nectar
function and composition have been characterized, the mechanism of nectar secretion has …