1. Sun G.#, Xia M.#, Li J.#, Ma W.#, Li Q., Xie J., Bai S., Fang S., Sun T., Feng X., Guo G., Niu Y., Hou J., Ye W., Ma J., Guo S., Wang H., Long Y., Zhang X., Zhang J., Zhou H., Li B., Liu J., Zou C., Wang H., Huang J., Galbraith D.W.*, Song C.P.* The maize single-nucleus transcriptome comprehensively describes signaling networks governing movement and development of grass stomata. 2022. Plant Cell 34, 1890-1911.
2. Cao Y.#, Sun G.#, Zhai X.#, Xu P.#, Ma L.#, Deng M., Zhao Z., Yang H., Dong Y. Shang Z., Lv Y., Yan L., Liu H., Cao X., Wang Z., Li B., Zhao X., Yu H., Wang F., Ma W., Huang J.*, Fan G.* Genomic insights into the fast growth of paulownias and the formation of Paulownia witches' broom. 2021. Molecular Plant. 14(10):1668-1682
3. Zhou Y.#, Bai S.#, Li H#, Sun G.#, Zhang D.#, Ma F., Zhao X., Nie F., Li J., Chen L., Lv L., Zhu L., Fan R., Ge Y., Shaheen A., Guo G., Zhang Z., Ma J, Liang H., Qiu X., Hu J., Sun T., Hou J., Xu H., Xue S., Jiang W., Huang J., Li S., Zou C.*, Song C.-P.* Introgressing the Aegilops tauschii genome into wheat as a basis for cereal improvement. 2021. Nature Plants. 7:774-786.
4. Sun G.#, Bai G.#, Guan Y., Wang S., Wang Q., Liu Y., Liu H., Goffinet B., Zhou Y., Paoletti M., Hu X., Haas F.B., Fernandez-Pozo N., Czyrt A., Sun H.*, Rensing S.A.*, Huang J.* Are fungi-derived genomic regions related to antagonism towards fungi in mosses? 2020. New Phytologist. 228(4): 1169-1175.
5. 851 Qin Y.#, Bai S.#, Li W.#, Sun T., Galbraith D. W., Yang Z., Zhou Y., Sun G.*, Wang B.* Transcriptome Analysis Reveals Key Genes Involved in the Regulation of Nicotine Biosynthesis at Early Time Points after Topping in Tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L.). 2020. BMC Plant Biology. 20:30
6. Qiu D.#*, Bai S.#, Ma J.#, Zhang L., Shao F., Zhang K., Yang Y., Sun T., Huang J., Zhou Y., Galbraith D.W., Wang Z., Sun G*. The genome of Populus alba x Populus tremula var. glandulosa clone 84K. 2019. DNA Research. 26(5):423-431
7. Sun G.#, Xu Y.#, Liu H.#, Sun T., Zhang J., Hetternhausen C., Shen G., Qi J. Qin Y., Li J., Wang L., Chang W., Guo Z., Baldwin I. T., Wu J.* Large-scale gene losses underlie the genome evolution of parasitic plant Cuscuta australis. 2018. Nature Communications. 9: 2683
8. Sun T.#, Renner S.S., Xu Y., Qin Y., Wu J.*, Sun G.* Two hAT transposon genes were transferred from Brassicaceae to broomrapes and are actively expressed in some recipients. 2016. Sci Rep. 6:30192.
9. Sun T.#, Xu Y.#, Zhang D., Zhuang H., Wu J., Sun G.*. An acyltransferase gene that putatively functions in anthocyanin modification was horizontally transferred from Fabaceae into the genus Cuscuta [J]. 2016. Plant Diversity. 38: 149-155.
10. Qi J.#, Sun G.#, Wang L.#, Zhao C.#, Hettenhausen C., Schuman M., Baldwin I., Li J., Song J., Liu Z., Xu G., Lu X., Wu J.* Oral secretions from Mythimna separata insects specifically induce defense responses in maize as revealed by high-dimensional biological data. 2016. Plant, Cell & Environment. 39: 1749–1766
11. Hettenhausen C.#, Sun G.#, He Y., Zhuang H., Sun T., Qi J., and Wu J.* Genome-wide identification of calcium-dependent protein kinases in soybean and analyses of their transcriptional responses to insect herbivory and drought stress. 2016. Scientific Reports. 6:18973.
12. Zhang D.#, Qi J., Yue J., Huang J., Sun T., Li S., Wen J., Hettenhausen C., Wu J., Wang L., Zhuang H., Wu J.*, Sun G.* Root parasitic plant Orobanche aegyptiaca and shoot parasitic plant Cuscuta australis obtained Brassicaceae-specific strictosidine synthase-like genes by horizontal gene transfer. 2014. BMC Plant Biol. 14:19.
13. Zhang N.#, Han Z.#, Sun G.#, Hoffman A., Wilson I.W., Yang Y., Gao Q., Wu J., Xie D., Dai J., Qiu D.* Molecular cloning and characterization of a cytochrome P450 taxoid 9á-hydroxylase in Ginkgo biloba cells. 2014. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 443(3):938-43.
14. Yang Y.#, Zhao H.#, Barrero R.A.#, Zhang B.#, Sun G.#, Wilson I.W., Xie F., Walker K.D., Parks J.W., Bruce R., Guo G., Chen L., Zhang Y., Huang X., Tang Q., Liu H., Bellgard M.I., Hoffman A., Lai J., Qiu D.* Genome sequencing and analysis of the paclitaxel-producing endophytic fungus Penicillium aurantiogriseum NRRL 62431. 2014. BMC Genomics. 15:69.
15. Yue J.#, Sun G.#, Hu X., Huang J.* The scale and evolutionary significance of horizontal gene transfer in the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis. 2013. BMC Genomics, 14:729.
16. Sun G.#, Yang Y.#, Xie F., Wen J., Wu J., Wilson I.W., Tang Q., Liu H., Qiu D.* Deep Sequencing Reveals Transcriptome Re-Programming of Taxus × media Cells to the Elicitation with Methyl Jasmonate. 2013. PLoS ONE 8(4): e62865.
17. Sun G#., Jr. Stewart C.N., Xiao P., Zhang B.* MicroRNA Expression Analysis in the Cellulosic Biofuel Crop Switchgrass (Panicum virgatum) under Abiotic Stress. 2012. PLoS ONE. 7: e32017.
18. Sun G#*. 2012. MicroRNAs and their diverse functions in plants. Plant Molecular Biology. 80:17-36.
19. Sun G.#, Fu X., Zhang B.* Transcriptome-wide identification and stress properties of 14-3-3 gene family in cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.). 2011. Functional & Integrative Genomics. 11:627-636.
20. Sun G.#, Yang Z.#, Kosch T., Summers K., Huang J.* Evidence for acquisition of virulence effectors in pathogenic chytrids. 2011. BMC Evolutionary Biology. 11: 195.
21. Sun G.#, Huang J.* Horizontally acquired DAP pathway as a self-regulation unit. 2010. Journal of Evolutionary Biology. 24: 587-95.
22. Sun G.#, Yang Z., Ishwar A., Huang J.* Algal genes in the closest relatives of animals. 2010. Molecular Biology and Evolution. 27: 2879-2889.
23. Sun G., Shen W., Wen J.* Triosephosphate Isomerase Genes in Two Trophic Modes of Euglenoids (Euglenophyceae) and Their Phylogenetic Analysis. 2008. Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology. 55:170-177.