Associate Professors
Xinhua Zhang
Associate professor/PI
Post：
PI of Plant Biotechnology Research Lab
Tel：
Add：
No.723, Xingke Road, Tianhe District, Guangzhou
Education：
Ph.D
Email：
xhzhang@scib.ac.cn
Zip Code：
510650
Academic Education & Work Career：
Dr. Zhang received her B.S. from Northwest Normal University in 2002, and her Ph.D from South China Botanical Garden, the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2007. She worked as associate researcher at SCBG.
Research Interest：
Plant secondary metabolite biosynthesis and regulation
Publication：
1.Zhang Xinhua*, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Niu Meiyun, Zhang Ting, Liu Huanfang, Zheng Feng, Yuan Yunfei, Li Yuan, Fang Lin, Zeng Songjun, Ma Guohua. Functional characterization of an Indian sandalwood (Santalum album L.) dual-localized bifunctional nerolidol/linalool synthase gene involved in stress response. Phytochemistry, 2021, 183: 112610.
2.Zhang Xinhua*, Niu Meiyun, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Zhang Yueya, Yuan Yunfei, Jia Yongxia, Xiao Yangyang, Li Yuan, Fang Lin, Zeng Songjun, Ma Guohua. Identification and functional characterization of three new terpene synthase genes involved in chemical defense and abiotic stresses in Santalum album. BMC Plant Biology, 2019, 19: 115.
3.Zhang Yueya, Yan Haifeng, Niu Meiyun, Cheng Qinwei, Zhang Xinhua*, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A.*, Ma Guohua*. Multiple strategies for increasing yields of essential oil and obtaining sandalwood terpenoids by biotechnological methods in sandalwood. Trees-Structure and Function, 2018, 32 (1): 17-28.
4.Zhang Xinhua, Ivanova Aneta, Vandepoele Klaas, Radomiljac Jordan, Van de Velde Jan, Berkowitz Oliver, Willems Patrick, Xu Yue, Ng Sophia, Van Aken Olivier, Duncan Owen, Zhang Botao, Storme Veronique, Chan Kaixun, Vaneechoutte Dries, Pogson Barry James, Van Breusegem Frank, Whelan James, De Clercq Inge*. The transcription factor MYB29 is a regulator of ALTERNATIVE OXIDASE 1a in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology, 2017, 173: 1824-1843.
5.Zhang Xinhua*, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Niu Meiyun, Li Minzhi, He Chunmei, Zhao Jinhui, Zeng Songjun, Duan Jun, Ma Guohua. Physiological and transcriptomic analyses reveal a response mechanism of cold stress in Santalum album L. leaves. Scientific Reports, 2017, 7: 42165.
6.Yan Haifeng, Zhang Yueya, Xiong Yuping, Chen Qingwei, Liang Hanzhi, Niu Meiyun, Guo Beiyi, Li Mingzhi, Zhang Xinhua*, Li Yuan, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A.*, Ma Guohua*. Selection and validation of novel RT-qPCR reference genes under hormonal stimuli and in different tissues of Santalum album. Scientific Reports, 2018, 8: 17511.
7.Zhang Xinhua*, Zhao Jietang, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A.*, Ma Guohua*. 2016. In vitro plant regeneration from nodal segments of the spontaneous F1 hybrid Santalum yasi × S. album and its parents S. album and S. yasi. Trees-Structure and Function, 2016, 30 (6): 1983-1994.
8.Teixeira da Silva Jaime A.*, Kher Mafatlal M.*, Soner Deepak*, Page Tony*, Zhang Xinhua*, Nataraj M., Ma Guohua*. Sandalwood: basic biology, tissue culture and genetic transformation. Planta, 2016, 243 (4): 847-887.
9.Zhang Xinhua*, Berkowitz Oliver, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Zhang Muhan, Ma Guohua, Whelan James, Duan Jun. RNA-seq analysis identifies key genes associated with haustorial development in the root hemiparasite Santalum album. Frontiers in Plant Science, 2015, 6: 661.
10.Xiong Yuping#, Liang Hanzhi#, Yan Haifeng, Guo Beiyi, Niu Meiyun, Chen Shuangyan, Jian Shuguang, Ren Hai, Zhang Xinhua, Li Yuan, Zeng Songjun, Wu Kunlin, Zheng Feng, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Ma Guohua*. NaCl-induced stress: physiological responses of six halophyte species in in vitro and in vivo culture. Plant Cell Tissue and Organ Culture, 2019, 139:531–546.
11.Xiong Yuping, Chen Shuangyan, Guo Beiyi, Niu Meiyun, Zhang Xinhua, Li Yuan, Wu Kunlin, Zheng Feng, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Zeng Songjun, Ma Guohua*. An efficient micropropagation protocol for Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng from shoot segments of 2-year-old trees. Trees, 2019, 34:307–313.
12.Xiong Yuping#, Yan Haifeng#, Liang Hanzhi, Zhang Yueya, Guo Beiyi, Niu Meiyun, Jian Shuguang, Ren Hai, Zhang Xinhua, Li Yuan, Zeng Songjun, Wu Kunlin, Zheng Feng, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Ma Guohua*. RNA-Seq analysis of Clerodendrum inerme (L.) roots in response to salt stress. BMC Genomics, 2019, 20:724.
13.Zhang YueYa, Yan Haifeng, Li Yuan, Xiong Yuping, Niu Meiyun, Zhang Xinhua, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Ma Guohua* Molecular cloning and functional identification of 1-deoxy-D-xylulose 1,5-phosphate reductoisomerase from Santalum album. Genes 2021,12: 626.
14.Niu Meiyun, Xiong Yuping, Yan Haifeng, Zhang Xinhua, Li Yuan, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Ma Guohua * Cloning and expression analysis of mevalonate kinase and phosphomevalonate kinase genes associated with the MVA pathway in Santalum album. Scientific Reports 2021, 11:16913.
15.Niu Meiyun, Yan Haifeng, Xiong Yuping, Zhang YueYa, Zhang Xinhua, Li Yuan, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Ma Guohua* Cloning, characterization, and functional analysis of acetyl-CoA C-acetyltransferase and 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-CoA synthase genes in Santalum album. Scientific Reports 2021, 11:1082.
16.Cheng Qingwei, Xiong Yuping, Niu Meiyun, Zhang YueYa, Yan Haifeng, Liang Hanzhi, Guo Beiyi, Zhang Xinhua, Teixeira da Silva Jaime A., Xiong Youhua, Ma Guohua*. Santalum album callus co-cultured with fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides accumulates santalenes and bisabolene. Tree 2019, 33:305-312.