1. Xin Yin#, Danni Yang#, Youjie Zhao#, Xingyu Yang#, Zhili Zhou#, Xudong Sun, Xiangxiang Kong, Xiong Li, Guangyan Wang, Yuanwen Duan, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*, Differences in pseudogene evolution contributed to the contrasting flavors of turnip and Chiifu, two Brassica rapa subspecies. Plant Communications, 2023, 4: 100427.
2. Xin Yin#, Danni Yang#, Yongming Liu#, Shihai Yang, Rui Zhang, Xiaoling Sun, Hongxu Liu, Yuanwen Duan, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*, Sophora moorcroftiana genome analysis suggests association between sucrose metabolism and drought adaptation. Plant Physiology, 2023, 191: 844-848.
3. Danni Yang#, Ruize Ni#, Shihai Yang, Yanan Pu, Min Qian, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Functional characterization of the Stipa purpurea P5CS gene under drought stress conditions. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2021, 22: 9599.
4. Gbadamassi G.O. Dossa#, Yunqiang Yang#, Weiming Hu#, Ekananda Paudel, Douglas Schaefer, Yong-Ping Yang, Kunfang Cao, Jianchu Xu, Kathryn E. Bushley*, Rhett D. Harrison*. Fungal succession in decomposing woody debris across a tropical forest disturbance gradient. Soil Biology and Biochemistry, 2021, 155: 108142.
5. Yunqiang Yang#, Zhili Zhou#, Yan Li, Yanqiu Lv, Danni Yang, Shihai Yang, Jianshuang Wu, Xiong Li, Zhijia Gu, Xudong Sun*, Yongping Yang*. Uncovering the role of a positive selection site of wax ester synthase/diacylglycerol acyltransferase in two closely related Stipa species in wax ester synthesis under drought stress. Journal of Experimental Botany, 2020, 71: 4159-4170.
6. Xin Yin#, Yunqiang Yang#, Yanqiu Lv, Yan Li, Danni Yang, Yanling Yue, Yongping Yang*. BrrICE1.1 is associated with putrescine synthesis through regulation of the arginine decarboxylase gene in freezing tolerance of turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa). BMC Plant Biology, 2020, 20: 504-520.
7. Yang Yunqiang#, Pu Yanan#,Yin Xin#, Du Jiancan, Zhou Zhili, Yang Danni, Sun Xudong, Sun Hang, Yang Yongping*. A splice variant of BrrWSD1 in turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) and its possible role in wax ester synthesis under drought stress. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, 2019, 67: 11077-11088.
8. Ya Yang#, Yue Hu, Yanling Yue, Yanan Pu, Xin Yin, Yuanwen Duan, Aixia Huang, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Expression profiles of glucosinolate biosynthetic genes in turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa ) at different developmental stages and effect of transformed flavin-containing monooxygenase genes on hairy root glucosinolate content. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture, 2019, 100: 1064-1071.
9. QianChen, ShihaiYang, XiangxiangKong, ChuntaoWang, NanXiang, Yunqiang Yang*, YongpingYang. Molecular cloning of a plasma membrane aquaporin in Stipa purpurea, and exploration of its role in drought stress tolerance. Gene, 2018, 665: 41-48.
10. Qiuli Wang, Yanan Pu, Danni Yang, Xin Yin, Zhaorong He, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Molecular cloning and characterization of the glutathione reductase gene from Stipa purpurea. Biochemical and biophysical research communications, 2018, 495: 1851-1857. (并列通讯)
11. QianChen, ShihaiYang, XiangxiangKong, ChuntaoWang, NanXiang, Yunqiang Yang*, YongpingYang*. Molecular cloning of a plasma membrane aquaporin in Stipa purpurea, and exploration of its role in drought stress tolerance. Gene, 2018, 665: 41-48.
12. Yunqiang Yang, Qiuli Wang, Qian Chen, Xin Yin, Min Qian, Xudong Sun*, Yongping Yang*. Genome-wide survey indicates diverse physiological roles of the barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) calcium-dependent protein kinase genes. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 5306.
13. Xudong Sun, Chongde Wang, Nan Xiang, Xiong Li, Shihai Yang, JianCan Du, Yongping Yang, Yunqiang Yang*. Activation of secondary cell wall biosynthesis by miR319-targeted TCP4 transcription factor. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 2017, 15: 1284-1294.
14. Qiuli Wang, Xin Yin, Qian Chen, Nan Xiang, Xudong Sun, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Genome-wide survey indicates diverse physiological roles of the turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa) calcium-dependent protein kinase genes. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 15803. (并列通讯)
15. Xin Yin, Qiuli Wang, Qian Chen, Nan Xiang, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Genome-wide identification and functional analysis of the calcineurin B-like protein and calcineurin B-like protein-interacting protein kinase gene families in turnip (Brassica rapa var. rapa). Frontiers in Plant Science, 2017, 8: 1191. (并列通讯)
16. Xiong Li, Xudong Sun, Shihai Yang, Min Qian, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Molecular cloning and functional analysis of a novel phytoglobin gene from the alpine plant Stipa purpurea. Plant Ecology and Diversity, 2017, 10: 1-11.
17. Yunqiang Yang#, Chao Dong#, Xiong Li, Jiancan Du, Min Qian, Xudong Sun, Yongping Yang*. A novel Ap2/ERF transcription factor from Stipa purpurea leads to enhanced drought tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Reports, 2016, 35: 2227-2239.
18. Xin Yin, Yunqiang Yang*, Yong ping Yang*. Development and characterization of 29 polymorphic EST-SSR markers for Stipa purpurea (Poaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 2016, 4: 1600027. (并列通讯)
19. Yunqiang Yang#, Xiong Li#, Xiangxiang Kong, Lan Ma, Xiangyang Hu, Yongping Yang*. Transcriptome analysis reveals diversified adaptation of Stipa purpurea along a drought gradient on the Tibetan Plateau. Functional & Integrative Genomics, 2015, 15: 295-307.
20. Yunqiang,Yang#, Chao Dong#, Shihai Yang, Xiong Li, Xudong Sun, Yongping Yang*. Physiological and proteomic adaptation of the alpine grass Stipa purpurea to a drought gradient. PLos One, 2015, 10: e0117475.
21. Yunqiang Yang#, Xiong Li, Shihai Yang, Yanli Zhou, Chao Dong, Jian Ren, Xudong Sun, Yongping Yang*. Comparative physiological and proteomic analysis reveals the leaf response to cadmium-induced stress in poplar (Populus yunnanensis ). PLos One, 2015, 10: e0137396
22. Xudong Sun, Nan Xiang, Chongde Wang, Shihai Yang, Xiong Li, Yunqiang Yang*, Yongping Yang*. Isolation and functional analysis of SpWOX13 from Stipa purpurea. Plant Molecular Biology Reporter, 2015, 33: 1441-1450. (并列通讯)
23. Shihai Yang, Xiong Li, Yushou Ma, Xudong Sun, Yunqiang Yang*, Yong ping Yang*. Proteome response of wild wheat relative Kengyilia thoroldiana to drought stress. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 2015, 92: 237-249. (并列通讯)
24. Yunqiang Yang, Xudong Sun, Shihai Yang, Xiong Li, Yongping Yang*. Molecular cloning and characterization of a novel SK3-type dehydrin gene from Stipa purpurea. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 2014, 448: 145-150.
25. Yunqiang Yang#, Jinhui Chen#, Qi Liu, Ben Cecile, Todd Christopher D, Jisen Shi, Yongping Yang*, Xiangyang Hu*. Comparative proteomic analysis of the thermotolerant plant Portulaca oleracea acclimation to combined high temperature and humidity stress. Journal of Proteome Research, 2012, 11: 3605-3623.
26. XiongLi#, Yunqiang Yang#, Xudong Sun, Huaming Lin, Jinhui Chen, Jian Ren, Xiangyang Hu, Yongping Yang*. Comparative physiological and proteomic analyses of poplar (Populus yunnanensis) plantlets exposed to high temperature and drought. PLos One, 2014, 9: e107605.