1. Gao R#, Lou Q, Hao L, Qi G, Tian Y, Pu X, He C, Wang Y, Xu W, Xu Z*, and Song JY*. Comparative genomics reveal the convergent evolution of CYP82D and CYP706X members related to flavone biosynthesis in Lamiaceae and Asteraceae. Plant J. 2022, 109(5):1305-1318. (IF=7.091)
2. Xu Z#, Li Z#, Ren F#, Gao R#, Wang Z, Zhang J, Zhao T, Ma X, Pu X, Xin T, Rombauts S, Sun W, Van de Peer Y*, Chen S*, and Song JY*. The genome of Corydalis reveals the evolution of benzylisoquinoline alkaloid biosynthesis in Ranunculales. Plant J. 2022, 111(1):217-230. (IF=7.091)
3. Pu X#, Li Z, Tian Y, Gao R, Hao L, Hu Y, He C, Sun W, Xu M, Peters RJ, Van de Peer Y, Xu Z*, and Song JY*. The honeysuckle genome provides insight into the molecular mechanism of carotenoid metabolism underlying dynamic flower coloration. New Phytol. 2020, 227(3):930-943. (IF=10.152)
4. Xu Z#, Gao R#, Pu X, Xu R, Wang J, Zheng S, Zeng Y, Chen J, He C, and Song JY*. Comparative genome analysis of Scutellaria baicalensis and Scutellaria barbata reveals the evolution of active flavonoid biosynthesis. Genomics Proteomics & Bioinformatics. 2020, 18(3):230-240. (IF=7.691)
5. Xu Z#, Pu X#, Gao R, Demurtas OC, Fleck SJ, Richter M, He C, Ji A, Sun W, Kong J, Hu K, Ren F, Song J, Wang Z, Gao T, Xiong C, Yu H, Xin T, Albert VA, Giuliano G*, Chen S*, and Song JY*. Tandem gene duplications drive divergent evolution of caffeine and crocin biosynthetic pathways in plants. BMC Biol. 2020, 18(1):63. (IF=7.431)
6. Pu X#, He C, Yang Y, Wang W, Hu K, Xu Z*, Song JY*. In Vivo production of five crocins in the engineered Escherichia coli. ACS Synth Biol. 2020, 9(5):1160-1168. (IF=5.110)
7. Xu Z#, Xin T, Bartels D, Li Y, Gu W, Yao H, Liu S, Yu H, Pu X, Zhou J, Xu J, Xi C, Lei H, Song JY*, and Chen S*. Genome analysis of the ancient tracheophyte Selaginella tamariscina reveals evolutionary features relevant to the acquisition of desiccation tolerance. Mol Plant. 2018, 11(7):983-994. (IF=10.812, ESI)
8. T#, Xu Z, Jia J, Leon C, Hu S, Lin Y, Ragupathy S, Song JY*, and Newmaster SG*. Biomonitoring for traditional herbal medicinal products using DNA metabarcoding and single molecule, real-time sequencing. Acta Pharm Sin B. 2018, 8(3):488-497. (IF=5.808)
9. Xu Z#, Peters RJ#, Weirather J, Luo H, Liao B, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Ji A, Zhang B, Hu S, Au KF, Song JY*, and Chen S*. Full-length transcriptome sequences and splice variants obtained by a combination of sequencing platforms applied to different root tissues of Salvia miltiorrhiza and tanshinone biosynthesis. Plant J. 2015, 82(6):951-961. (IF=5.468, ESI)
10. Li Q#, Li Y, Song JY*, Xu H, Xu J, Zhu Y, Li X, Gao H, Dong L, Qian J, Sun C, Chen S*. High-accuracy de novo assembly and SNP detection of chloroplast genomes using a SMRT circular consensus sequencing strategy. New Phytol. 2014, 204(4):1041-9. (IF=7.672)