Xuemin Wang
Professor of Biochemistry
 

Signal transduction and lipid messengers in plant growth, development, and stress responses: Regulation and cellular function of phospholipases; Membrane metabolite profiling and molecular manipulation.

B.S. 1982 Huazhong Agri. University
M.S. 1984 The Ohio State University
Ph.D. 1987 University of Kentucky

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Research in my laboratory concerns signal transduction processes that regulate plant growth, development, and stress responses. The current focus is on the role of phospholipases and lipid-derived messengers in signaling cascades. Specifically, we are interested in: i) identifying and characterizing enzymes that generate lipid messengers, ii) defining downstream targets of lipid signaling pathways, iii) elucidating the relationship and networks of different signaling processes in hormonal and stress responses, and iv) determining the physiological functions of lipid-mediated signaling. In addition, we are applying knowledge gained from the above studies to manipulating crop plants for improving stress tolerance and productivity. Integrated approaches of molecular biology, biochemistry, cell biology, stress physiology, functional genomics, and metabolomics are employed in our research. 

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