Suyu Jiang

Associate professor

jiangsuyu@cemps.ac.cn

My study is aimed at understanding how legume plants regulate gene-expression nitrogen-fixation during nodulation. Recently we have discovered a role for the NIN-like protein transcription factor MtNLP2 in controlling leghemoglobin expression in nodules.

Jiang S.Y., Jardinaud M-F, Gao J.P., Pecrix Y., Wen J.Q., Mysore K., Xu P., Sanchez-Canizares C., Ruan Y.T., Li Q.J., Zhu M.J., Li F.Y., Wang E.T., Poole P.S., Gamas P., and Murray, J.D.* (2021) NIN-Like Protein Transcription factors regulate leghemoglobin genes in legume nodules, Science, 374, 6567, doi: 10.1126/science.abg5945