Two publications, in Plant Phys. & Nucleic Acids Res.

(in Nucleic Acids Res. (2022) and in Plant Physiology (2022))

In the footsteps of the pioneers! We used plant models (rice) to study both G-quadruplex-DNA (G4-DNA) and C-quadruplex-DNA, also known as i-motifs (iMs) with Wenli Zhang et al. (Nanjing Agricultural University, China). To this end, we developed two genome-wide mapping techniques referred to as BG4-IP-seq and iM-IP-seq, respectively, and provided unbiased demonstrations of the regulatory roles of G4 and iMs and of the intimate relationship between G4/iM genetics and epigenetics. Happy to publish these results in one of the most prestigious journals of the nucleic acids field, Nucleic Acids Res. (IF = 16.9) and one of the oldest and most well-respected journals in the field of plant biology, Plant Physiology (IF = 8.9). Genome-wide characterization of i-motifs and their potential roles in the stability and evolution of transposable elements in rice Xing Ma, Yilong Feng, Ying Yang, Xin Li, Yining Shi, Shentong Tao, Xuejiao Cheng, Jian Huang, Xiu-e Wang, Caiyan Chen, David Monchaud, Wenli Zhang Nucleic Acids Res. (2022) Epigenomic features of DNA G-quadruplexes and their roles in regulating rice gene transcription Get access Arrow Yilong Feng, Shentong Tao, Pengyue Zhang, Francesco Rota Sperti, Guanqing Liu, Xuejiao Cheng, Tao Zhang, Hengxiu Yu, Xiu-e Wang, Caiyan Chen, David Monchaud, Wenli Zhang Plant Physiology (2022)