1. Wang G, Xu J, Tang Y, Zhou L, Wang F, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) Molecular characterization of a genomic interval with highly uneven recombination distribution on maize chromosome 10L. Genetica 139: 1109-1118
2. Wang G, Sun X, Wang G, Wang F, Gao Q, Sun X, Tang Y, Chang C, Lai J, Zhu L, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) Opaque7 encodes an Acyl Activating Enzyme-lie protein that affects storage protein synthesis in maize endosperm. Genetics 189(4): 1281-1295
3. Zhou L, Zhang J, Yan J and Song R* (2011) Two transposable element insertions are causative mutations for the major domestication gene teosinte branched 1 in modern maize. Cell Research 21: 1267-1270.
4. Wang G, Wang G, Zhang X, Wang F and Song R* (2011) Isolation of high quality RNA from cereal seeds containing high level of starch. Phytochem Anal. (DOI 10.1002/pca.1337)
5. Zhu C, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) The endoglucanase from Bacillus subtilis BEC-1 bears halo tolerant, acidophilic and dithiothreitol stimulated enzyme activity. World J Microbiol Biotechnol (DOI 10.1007/s11274- 011- 0767-6)
6. Yuan H, Meng X, Gao Q, Qu W, Xu T, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) The characterization of two peroxiredoxin genes in Dunaliella viridis privides insights into antioxidative response to salt stress. Plant Cell Rep 30 (8): 1503-1512.
7. Song T, Gao Q, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) The cloning and characterization of two ammonium transporters in the salt-resistant green alga Dunaliella viridis. Mol Bio Rep 38 (7): 4797-4804.
8. Meng X, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) Molecular cloning and characterization of a vacuolar H+-pyrophosphatase from Dunaliella viridis. Mol Bio Rep 38(5): 3375-3382.
9. Zhang N, Wang F, Meng X, Luo S, Li Q, Dong H, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) Molecular cloning and characterization of a trehalose-6-phosphate synthase/phosphatase from Dunaliella viridis. Mol Bio Rep 38(4): 2241-2248.
10. Zhu C, Zhang J, Tang Y, Xu Z and Song R* (2011) Diversity of methanogenic archaea in a biogas reactor fed with swine faces as the mono-substrate by mcrA analysis. Microbiol Res 166: 27-35.
11. Li M, Li P, Song R and Xu Z (2010)An induced hypersensitive-like response limits expression of foreign peptides via a recombinant TMV-based vector in a susceptible tobacco. PLoS One 5(11): e15087.
12. Wang F, Li Z, Fan J, Li P, Hu W, Wang G, Xu Z and Song R* (2010) An Ac transposon system based on maize chromosome 4S for isolating long-distance-transposed Ac tags in the maize genome. Genetica 138: 1261-1270.
13. Zhou L, Huang B, Meng X, Wang G, Wang F, Xu Z and Song R* (2010) The amplification and evolution of orthologous 22-kD α-prolamin tandemly arrayed genes in coix, sorghum and maize genomes. Plant Mol Bio 74(6): 631-643.
14. Meng X, Huang B, Zhou L, He Y, Chen Q, Yuan Y, Xu Z and Song R* (2010) Construction of a Coix BAC library and isolation of the 22 kDa α-coixin gene cluster. Genome 53: 667-674.
15. Sun X, Meng X, Xu Z, Song R* (2010) Expression of the 26S proteasome subunit RPN10 is upregulated by salt stress in Dunaliella viridis. J Plant Physiol 167: 1003-1008.
16. Wang GF, Wang H, Zhu J, Zhang J, Zhang X, Wang F, Tang Y, Mei B, Xu Z and Song R* (2010) An expression analysis of 57 transcription factors derived from ESTs of developing seeds in Maize (Zea mays). Plant Cell Rep 29: 545-559.
17. Yan Q, Zhao M, Miao H, Ruan W and Song R (2010) Couple of the hydrogen and polyhyroxyalkanoates (PHA) production through anaerobic digestion from Taihu blue algae. Bioresource Technology 101: 4508-4512.
18. Han Y, Wang G, Liu Z, Liu J, Yue W, Song R, Zhang X and Jin W (2010) Divergence in centromere structure distinguishes related genomes in Coix lacryma-jobi and its wild relative. Chromosoma 119: 89-98.
19. He Y, Meng X, Fan Q, Sun X, Xu Z and Song R* (2009) Cloning and characterization of two novel chloroplastic glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenases from Dunaliella viridis. Plant Mol Bio 71: 193-205.
20. Feng L, Zhu J, Wang G, Tang Y, Chen H, Jin W, Wang F, Mei B, Xu Z and Song R* (2009) Expressional profiling study revealed unique expressional patterns and dramatic expressional divergence of maize α-zein super gene family. Plant Mol Bio 69:649-659.
21. Lu F, Ammiraju JS, Sanyal A, Zhang S, Song R, Chen J, Li G, Sui Y, Song X, Cheng Z, de Oliveira AC, Bennetzen JL, Jackson SA, Wing RA, Chen M. (2009) Comparative sequence analysis of MONOCULM1-orthologous regions in 14 Oryza genomes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 106(6): 2071-6. (Co-first Author)
22. Guan Z, Meng X, Sun Z, Xu Z and Song R* (2008) Characterization of duplicated Dunaliella viridis SPT1 genes provides insights into early gene divergence after duplication. Gene 423(1):36-42.
23. Fang Q, Liu J, Xu Z and Song R* (2008) Cloning and characterization of a flowering time gene from Thellungiella halophila. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin. 40(8):747-53.
24. Guan Y, Chen Q, Pan J, Li Z, He H, Wu A, Song R and Cai R (2008) Construction of a BAC library from cucumber (Cucumis sativus L.) and identification of linkage group specific clones. Progress in Natural Science 18(2): 143-147.
25. Li Q, Jiang L, Li M, Li P, Zhang Q, Song R and Xu Z (2007) Morphology and stability changes of recombinant TMV particles caused by a cysteine residue in the foreign peptide fused to the coat protein. J Virol Methods 140(1-2):212-217.
26. Sun X, Tang Y, Meng X, Zhang W, Li S, Deng Z, Xu Z and Song R* (2006) Sequencing and analysis of a genomic fragment provides an insight into the Dunaliella viridis genomic sequence. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin. 38(11): 812-820.
27. Fang Q, Xu Z and Song R* (2006) Cloning, characterization and genetic engineering of FLC homologue in Thellungiella halophila. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 347: 707-714.
28. Lu Q, Xu Z and Song R* (2006) OsFY, a Homolog of AtFY, Encodes a Protein that can Interact with OsFCA-g in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Acta Biochim Biophys Sin. 38(7): 492–499.
29. Li Q, Li M, Jiang L, Zhang Q, Song R and Xu Z (2006) TMV recominants encoding fused foreign transmembrane domains to the CP subunit caused local necrotic response to susceptible tobacco. Virology 384: 253-259.
30. Li Q, Gao X, Sun Y, Zhang Q, Song R and Xu Z (2006) Isolation and characterization of a sodium-dependent phosphate transporter gene in Dunaliella viridis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 340(1): 95-104.
31. International Rice Genome Sequencing Project (2005) The map-based sequence of the rice genome. Nature 436: 793-800.
32. Song R, Segal G and Messing J (2004) Expression of sorghum 10-member kafirin gene cluster in maize endosperm. Nucleic Acid Research 32(22): e189
33. Segal G, Song R and Messing J (2003) A new opaque variant of maize by a single dominant RNA-interference-inducing transgene. Genetics 165: 387-397.
34. Song R and Messing J (2003) Gene expression of a gene family in maize based on noncollinear haplotypes. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 100: 9055-9060.
35. Wu, L., Fan, J., Jiang, L., Wang, H., Song, R., Zhang, Q., Zhu, H., Li, N., Liu, Z. and Xu, Z. (2003) A specific cis-hairpin ribozyme facilitates infection of a TMV-based DNA vector in tobacco protoplasts. J Virol Methods 111:101-9.
36. The Rice Chromosome 10 Sequencing Consortium (2003) In-depth view of structure, activity, and evolution of rice chromosome 10. Science 300: 1566-1569.
37. Song R and Messing J (2002) Contiguous genomic DNA sequence comprising the 19-kDa-zein gene family from Zea mays. Plant Physiology 130: 1626-1635.
38. Song R, Llaca V and Messing J (2002) Mosaic organization of orthologous sequences in grass genomes. Genome Research 12: 1549-1555.
39. Park W, Li J, Song R, Messing J and Chen X (2002) CARPEL FACTORY, a Dicer homolog, and HEN1, a novel protein, act in microRNA metabolism. Current Biology 12: 1484-1495.
40. Song R, Llaca V, Linton E and Messing J (2001) Sequence, regulation and evolution of the maize 22 kDa a zein gene family. Genome Research 11: 1817-1825.
41. Song, R., Li, J., Jin , H., Zhang, Q. and Xu, Z. (1997) Influence of substrate and ribozyme sequences on the functions of ribozyme. Acta Biochim Biophys Sin. 29: 61-68.