1) Plant hormone signal transduction and signaling networks

2) mRNA translational control

3) Flower and fruit development of fruit crop in South China

1. Wengyang Li (#), Mengdi Ma(#), Ying Feng, Hongjiang Li, Yichuan Wang, Yutong Ma, Mingzhe Li, Fengying An, Hongwei Guo(*), EIN2-directed translational regulation of ethylene signaling in Arabidopsis. Cell, 2015, 163: 670-683. (# co-first author, *corresponding author)

2. Wengyang Li(#), Mengdi Ma(#), Hongwei Guo(*), Advances in the action of plant hormone ethylene. Scientia Sinica Vitae, 2013, 10: 854-863. (# co-first author, *corresponding author)

3. Wen Song, Li Liu, Jizong Wang, Zhen Wu, Heqiao Zhang, Jiao Tang, Guangzhong Lin, Yichuan Wang, Xing Wen, Wenyang Li, Zhifu Han, Hongwei Guo(*), and Jijie Chai(*), Signature motif-guided identification of receptors for peptide hormones essential for root meristem growth, Cell Research, 2016, 26: 674-685. (*corresponding author)

4. Mingzhe Li, Fengying An, Wengyang Li, Mengdi Ma, Ying Feng, Xing Zhang, and Hongwei Guo(*), DELLA proteins interact with FLC to repress flowering transition. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology, 2016, 58: 642-655. (*corresponding author)

5. Jinying Peng , Zhonghai Li , Xing Wen, Wenyang Li, Hui Shi, Longshu Yang, Huaiqiu Zhu, Hongwei Guo(*), Salt-induced stabilization of EIN3/EIL1 confers salinity tolerance by deterring ROS accumulation in Arabidopsis, PLoS Genetics, 2014, 10: e1004664. (*corresponding author)

6. Xinyan Zhang, Yutao Chen, Xin Lin, Xinyu Hong, Ying Zhu, Wenyang Li, Wenrong He, Fengying An, Hongwei Guo(*), Adenine phosphoribosyl transferase 1 is a key enzyme catalyzing cytokinin conversion from nucleobases to nucleotides in Arabidopsis, Molecular Plant, 2013, 6: 1661-1672. (*corresponding author)

7. Wenrong He, Javier Brumos, Hongjiang Li, Yusi Ji, Meng Ke, Xinqi Gong, Qinglong Zeng, Wenyang Li, Xinyan Zhang, Fengying An, Xing Wen, Pengpeng Li, Jinfang Chu, Xiaohong Sun, Cunyu Yan, Nieng Yan, De-Yu Xie, Natasha Raikhel, Zhenbiao Yang, Anna N. Stepanova, Jose M. Alonso, and Hongwei Guo(*), A small-molecule screen identifies L-kynurenine as a competitive inhibitor of TAA1/TAR activity in ethylene-directed auxin biosynthesis and root growth in Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell, 2011, 23: 3944-3960. (*corresponding author)

8. Fengying An, Qiong Zhao, Yusi Ji, Wenyang Li, Zhiqiang Jiang, Xiangchun Yu, Chen Zhang, Ying Han, Wenrong He, Yidong Liu, Shuqun Zhang, Joseph R. Ecker and Hongwei Guo(*), Ethylene-induced stabilization of ETHYLENE INSENSITIVE3 and EIN3-LIKE1 is mediated by proteasomal degradation of EIN3 binding F-box 1 and 2 that requires EIN2 in Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell, 2010, 22: 2384-2401. (*corresponding author)

Book Chapter

Chi-Kang Wen(#)(*), Wenyang Li(#), and Hongwei Guo(*), Regulatory Components of Ethylene Signal Transduction. In: Wen CK. (eds) Ethylene in Plants. (Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands), 2015. (# co-first author, *corresponding author)