Publications

*co-first authors; #corresponding authors

Preprints

Rong Hu, Jun Wu,  Siying Li, Peiyu Yang, Changying Niu, Shuai Zhan, Yazhou Chen^#. Coordinated horizontal transfer of multiple genes assembles a carotenoid biosynthesis pathway in aphids. bioRxiv 2025. [bioRxiv]

Jiuyuan Bai*, Yazhou Chen*, Jiayu Zhang, Jiang Li, Hongpei Ren, Yiran Tao, Shan Pan, Miaomiao Lei, Mengyue Dong，Jia Yi, Sha Liu, Fang Chen, Chunhai Fan^#, Yun Zhao#. RNA-triggered fluorescence controlled by RNA switches for real-time RNA expression tracking in living plants. bioRxiv 2025. [bioRxiv] [Movie 1] [Movie 2]

Jun Wu*, Zhimou Lin*, Guomeng Li, Wenyuan Yu, Yangzhi Zhang, Yishuo Kou, Pengshuai Peng, Tingfen He, Yu Wang, Shuai Zhan, Jean-Christophe Simon, Saskia A. Hogenhout, Yazhou Chen#. Plant-induced transcriptional plasticity diverges between generalist and specialist herbivores. bioRXiv 2024. [bioRxiv]

Qun Liu, Anna C. M. Neefjes, Roksolana Kobylinska, Sam T. Mugford, Mar Marzo, James Canham, Mariana Schuster, Renier A. L. van der Hoorn, Yazhou Chen, Saskia A. Hogenhout#. Aphid effectors suppress plant immunity via recruiting defence proteins to processing bodies. bioRXiv 2024. [bioRxiv]

Featured Publications

Jun Wu*, Guomeng Li*, Zhimou Lin, Yangzhi Zhang, Wenyuan Yu, Rong Hu, Shuai Zhan#, Yazhou Chen#. A chromosome-level genome assembly of the cabbage aphid Brevicoryne brassicae. Scientific Data. 2025. [bioRxiv] [PDF]

Yazhou Chen*, Archana Singh*, Gemy G. Kaithakottill, Thomas C. Mathers, Matteo Gravino, Sam T. Mugford, Cock van Oosterhout, David Swarbreck and Saskia A. Hogenhout#. An aphid RNA transcript migrates systemically within plants and is a virulence factor. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2020,117 (23) 12763-12771.[bioRxiv] [PDF]

Thomas C. Mathers*, Yazhou Chen*, Gemy Kaithakottil, Fabrice Legeai, Sam T. Mugford, Patrice Baa-Puyoulet, Anthony Bretaudeau, Bernardo Clavijo, Stefano Colella, Olivier Collin, Tamas Dalmay, Thomas Derrien, Honglin Feng, Toni Gabaldón, Anna Jordan, Irene Julca, Graeme J. Kettles, Krissana Kowitwanich, Dominique Lavenier, Paolo Lenzi, Sara Lopez-Gomollon, Damian Loska, Daniel Mapleson, Florian Maumus, Simon Moxon, Daniel R. G. Price, Akiko Sugio, Manuella van Munster, Marilyne Uzest, Darren Waite, Georg Jander, Denis Tagu, Alex C. C. Wilson, Cock van Oosterhout, David Swarbreck# and Saskia A. Hogenhout#. Rapid transcriptional plasticity of duplicated gene clusters enables a clonally reproducing aphid to colonise diverse plant species. Genome Biology, 2017. 18: 27. [bioRxiv] [PDF] [Video]

Other Publications

Yazhou Chen, Muwang Li, Iftakher Islam, Lang You, Yueqiang Wang, Zhiqian Li, Lin Ling, Baosheng Zeng, Jun Xu, Yongping Huang, Anjiang Tan#. 2014. Allelic-specific expression in relation to Bombyx mori resistance to Bt toxin. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 54:53-60. [PDF]

Yazhou Chen, Minghui Fei, Yang Wang, Sixue Chen, Xiufeng Yan#. 2013. Proteomic investigation of systemic glucosinolate changes in Arabidopsis rosette leaves to exogenous methyl jasmonate. Plant Biosystems DOI:10.1080/ 11263504.2013.819044. [PDF]

Jing Guo*, Yazhou Chen*, Lu Shi, Mengsha Li, Xiufeng Yan#. 2013. Does MYC2 really play a negative role in jasmonic acid-induced indolic glucosinolate biosynthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana? Russian Journal of Plant Physiology 60: 100-107.[PDF]

Yazhou Chen, Qiuying Pang, Yan He, Ning Zhu, Isabel Branstrom, Xiufeng Yan, Sixue Chen#. 2012. Proteomics and metabolomics of Arabidopsis responses to perturbation of glucosinolate biosynthesis. Molecular Plant 5(5): 1138-1150.[PDF]

Yazhou Chen, Xiufeng Yan, Sixue Chen#. 2011. Bioinformatic analysis of molecular network related to glucosinolate biosynthesis. Computational Biology and Chemistry 35: 10-18. [PDF]

Yazhou Chen*, Qiuying Pang*, Shaojun Dai, Yang Wang, Sixue Chen, Xiufeng Yan#. Proteomic Identification of differentially expressed proteins in Arabidopsis in response to methyl jasmonate. Journal of Plant Physiology 2011, 168 (10): 995-1008. [PDF]

陈亚州, 陈思学, 阎秀峰#. 2008. 环境对植物芥子油苷代谢的影响. 生态学报, 6: 2828-2834.[PDF]

陈亚州, 阎秀峰#. 芥子油苷在植物-生物环境关系中的作用. 生态学报, 2007, 6: 2594-2593.[PDF]