簡介
頭銜
華中農業大學生命科學技術學院，院長 。
華中農業大學生命科學技術學院教授，博士生導師。
主要研究方向
主要以擬南芥（ Arabidopsis thaliana）和水稻（ Oryza sativa）等為系統，採用遺傳學、蛋白質組學、生物化學、細胞生物學和基因組學的方法，主要研究：油菜素甾醇（brassinosteroid）的信號轉導途徑及其與脫落酸等信號途徑的互作網路；植物激素和環境因子調控植物生長發育的機制；主要作物株高株型等產量性狀的分子調控機制及轉基因改良等。
代表性論文及專著：
1. Zhengying Cai, Jingjing Liu, Haijiao Wang, Cangjin Yang, Yuxiao Chen, Yongchi Li, Shanjin Pan, Rui Dong, Guiliang Tang, Juan de Dios Barajas-Lopez, Hiroaki Fujii, Xuelu Wang* (2014)GSK3-like kinases positively modulate abscisic acid signaling through phosphorylating subgroup III SnRK2s in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, In press
2. Yinwei Cheng, Wenjiao Zhu, Yuxiao Chen, Shinsaku Ito, Tadao Asami, and Xuelu Wang* (2014) Brassinosteroids determine root epidermal cell fate via GSK3-like kinases that phosphorylate multiple components of the WER-GL3/EGL3-TTG1 transcriptional complex. eLife;10.7554/eLife.02525
3. Yuan Wang, Shiyong Sun, Wenjiao Zhu, Kunpeng Jia, Hongquan Yang and Xuelu Wang*. (2013) Strigolactone /MAX2-induced degradation of brassinsteroid transcriptional effector BES1 regulates shoot branching. Dev. Cell, 27:681-688.
4. Haijiao Wang, Cangjin Yang, Chi Zhang, Niyang Wang, Dihong Lu, Jie Wang, Shanshan Zhang, Zhi-xin Wang, Hong Ma, and Xuelu Wang*. (2011). Dual role of BKI1 and 14-3-3 s in brassinosteroid signaling to link receptor with transcription factors. Dev. Cell, 21: 825-834.
5. Qianqian Ye, Wenjiao Zhu, Lei Li, Shanshan Zhang, Yanhai Yin, Hong Ma, and Xuelu Wang* (2010). Brassinosteriods control male fertility by regulating the expression of key genes involved in Arabidopsisanther and pollen development. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA.107, 6100-6105.
6. Shanshan Zhang, Zhenying Cai, and Xuelu Wang* (2009). The primary signaling outputs of brassinosteroids are regulated by abscisic acid signaling. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 106, 4543-4548.
7． Xuelu Wang, Hongzhi Kong, and Hong Ma (2009). F-box proteins regulate ethylene signaling and more. Genes & Dev. , 23, 391–396.
8. Niko Geldner, Derek L. Hyman, Xuelu Wang, Karin Schumacher and Joanne Chory(2007).Endosomal signaling of plant steroid receptor kinase BRI1. Genes & Dev., 21,1598-1602.
9. Xuelu Wang and Joanne Chory (2006).Brassinosteroids regulate dissociation of BKI1, a negative regulator of BRI1 signaling, from the plasma membrane. Science, 313, 1118-1122.
10. Xuelu Wang, Xiaoqing Li, Jill Meisenhelder, Tony Hunter, Shigeo Yoshida, Tadao Asami, and Joanne Chory (2005). Autoregulation and homodimerization are involved in the activation of the plant steroid receptor BRI1. Dev. Cell, 8, 855-865.
11. Xuelu Wang, David K Stumpf, and Brian A Larkins. (2001). Aspartate Kinase 2. A Candidate Gene of a Quantitative Trait Locus Influencing Free Amino Acid Content in Maize Endosperm. Plant Physiol.125, 1778-1787.
12. Xuelu Wang and Brian A Larkins (2001). Genetic Analysis of Amino Acid Accumulation in opaque-2 Maize Endosperm. Plant Physiol. 125, 1766-1777.
13. Xuelu Wang, Youngmin Woo, Cheolsoo Kim, and Brian A Larkins (2001). Quantitative content inatrait locus mapping of loci influencing elongation factor 1 maize endosperm. Plant Physiol. 125, 1271-1282.
