• Changxuan Xia, Yanshan Gong, Kang Chong, Yunyuan Xu*. Phosphatase OsPP2C27 directly dephosphorylates OsMAPK3 and OsbHLH002 to negatively regulate cold tolerance in rice. Plant Cell and Environment. 2021, 44(2):491-505.

• Qiang Ge, Yongyan Tang, Wei Luo, Jingyu Zhang, Kang Chong,Yunyuan Xu*. A cyclophilin OsCYP20–2 interacts with OsSYF2 to regulate grain length by pre-mRNA splicing. Rice. 2020, 13(1):64-74.

• Yongyan Tang, Chunchun Gao, Ying Gao, Ying Yang, Boyang Shi, Jiali Yu, Cong Lyu, Baofa Sun, Hailin Wang, Yunyuan Xu, Yungui Yang*, Kang Chong*. OsNSUN2-mediated 5-methylcytidine mRNA modification enhances rice adaptation to high-temperature. Developmental Cell. 2020, 53(3):272-286.

• Qiang Ge*, Yuanyuan Zhang*, Yunyuan Xu, Mingyi Bai, Wei Luo, Bo Wang, Yuda Niu, Yuan Zhao, Shanshan Li, Yuxiang Weng, Zhiyong Wang, Qian Qian, Kang Chong*. Cyclophilin OsCYP20-2 with a novel variant integrates defense and cell elongation for chilling response in rice. New Phytologist. 2020, 225:2453–2467.

• Jingyu Zhang*, Xinmin Li*, Hongxuan Lin, Kang Chong*. Crop improvement through temperature resilience. Annual Review of Plant Biology. 2019, 70:753-780.

• Dajian Zhang, Xiaoyu Guo, Yunyuan Xu, Hao Li, Liang Ma, Xuefeng Yao, Yuxiang Weng, Yan Guo, Chunming Liu, Kang Chong*. OsCIPK7 point‐mutation leads to conformation and kinase‐activity change for sensing cold response. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2019, 61(12):1194-1200.

• Shujuan Xu, Jun Xiao, Fang Yin, Xiaoyu Guo, Lijing Xing, Yunyuan Xu, Kang Chong*. The protein modifications of O-GlcNAcylation and phosphorylation mediate vernalization response for flowering in winter wheat. Plant Physiology. 2019, 180(3):1436-1449.

• Xiaoyu Guo, Dongfeng Liu, Kang Chong*. Cold signaling in plants: Insights into mechanisms and regulation. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology. 2018, 60(9):745–756.

• Shujuan Xu, Kang Chong*. Remembering winter through vernalisation. Nature Plants. 2018, 4:997–1009.

• Zeyong Zhang, Huanhuan Liu, Ce Sun, Qibin Ma, Huaiyu Bu, Kang Chong, Yunyuan Xu*. A C2H2 zinc-finger protein OsZFP213 interacts with OsMAPK3 to enhance salt tolerance in rice. Journal of Plant Physiology. 2018, 229:100–110.

• Lijing Xing, Yan Liu, Shujuan Xu, Jun Xiao, Bo Wang, Hanwen Deng, Zhuang Lu, Yunyuan Xu, Kang Chong*. Arabidopsis O-GlcNAc transferase SEC activates histone methyltransferase ATX1 to regulate flowering. The EMBO Journal. 2018, 37(19): e98115.

• Qing Huan, Zhiwei Mao, Kang Chong*, Jingyu Zhang*. Global analysis of H3K4me3/H3K27me3 in Brachypodium distachyon reveals VRN3 as critical epigenetic regulation point in vernalization and provides insights into epigenetic memory. New Phytologist. 2018, 219(4):1373-1387.

• Yongyan Tang, Huanhuan Liu, Siyi Guo, Bo Wang, Zhitao Li, Kang Chong*, Yunyuan Xu*. OsmiR396d miRNA affects gibberellin and brassinosteroid signaling to regulate plant architecture. Plant Physiology. 2018, 176(1):946-959.

• Liping Chen,Yuan Zhao,Shujuan Xu, Zeyong Zhang,Yunyuan Xu,Jingyu Zhang,Kang Chong*. OsMADS57 together with OsTB1 coordinates transcription of its target OsWRKY94 and D14 to switch its organogenesis to defense for cold adaptation in rice. New Phytologist. 2018, 218(1):219-231.

• Zeyong Zhang, Junhua Li, Fei Li, Huanhuan Liu, Wensi Yang, Kang Chong*, Yunyuan Xu*. OsMAPK3 phosphorylates OsbHLH002/OsICE1 and inhibits its ubiquitination to activate OsTPP1 and enhances rice chilling tolerance. Developmental Cell. 2017, 43(6):731–743.

• Xiaoyu Guo, Shujuan Xu and Kang Chong*. Cold signal shuttles from membrane to nucleus. Molecular Cell. 2017, 66(1):7-8.

• Jingyu Zhang, Wei Luo, Yuan Zhao, Yunyuan Xu, Shuhui Song and Kang Chong*. Comparative metabolomic analysis reveals a reactive oxygen species-dominated dynamic model underlying chilling environment adaptation and tolerance in rice. New Phytologist. 2016, 211(4):1295-1310.

• Jun Xiao, Chunhua Li, Shujuan Xu, Lijing Xing, Yunyuan Xu and Kang Chong*. JACALIN-LECTIN LIKE1 regulates the nuclear accumulation of GLYCINE-RICH RNA-BINDING PROTEIN7, influencing the RNA processing of FLOWERING LOCUS C antisense transcripts and flowering time in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 2015, 169(3): 2102–2117.

• Lei Wang and Kang Chong*. The essential role of cytokinin signaling in root apical meristem formation during somatic embryogenesis. Frontiers in Plant Science. 2015, 6 (792) :1196-1200.

• Yan Liu, Shaojun Dai*, Lijing Xing*, Yunyuan Xu and Kang Chong. O-linked b-N-acetylglucosamine modification and its biological functions. Science Bulletin. 2015, 60(12):1055–1061.