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▪ Wang K, Kenny S, Chagan Z, Li L, Das C, Liu X (2026) CAND1 and CAND2 drive CUL4 substrate receptor exchange with largely comparable biochemical efficiency, unlike their relative effects on CUL1. Structure S0969-2126(26)00056-0

▪ Lai DN, Yang X, Xie C, Li T, Yan A, Liu X, Zhou Y (2026) Dynamic auxin maxima regulate male-to-hermaphrodite conversion and de novo meristem formation in the fern Ceratopteris gametophytes. PLoS Biol 24(1):e3003592

▪ Wang K, Li L, Kenny S, Gan D, Reitsma JM, Zhou Y, Das C, Liu X (2025) Molecular mechanisms of CAND2 in regulating SCF ubiquitin ligases. Nat Commun 16 (1), 1998

▪ Wang K, Diaz S, Li L, Lohman JR, Liu X (2024) CAND1 inhibits Cullin-2-RING ubiquitin ligases for enhanced substrate specificity. Nat Struct Mol Biol 31(2):323-335

▪ Li L, Garsamo M, Yuan J, Wang X, Lam SH, Varala K, Boavida LC, Zhou Y, Liu X (2022) CAND1 is required for pollen viability in Arabidopsis thaliana — a test of the adaptive exchange hypothesis. Front Plant Sci 13: 866086

▪ Wang K, Reichermeier KM, Liu X (2021) Quantitative analyses for effects of neddylation on CRL2^VHL substrate ubiquitination and degradation. Protein Sci 30: 2338–2345

▪ Diaz S, Li L, Wang K, Liu X (2021) Expression and purification of functional recombinant CUL2•RBX1 from E. coli. Sci Rep 11 (1): 11224

▪ Han H, Yan A, Li L, Zhu Y, Liu X, Zhou Y (2020) A signal cascade originated from epidermis defines apical-basal patterning of Arabidopsis shoot apical meristems. Nat Commun 11 (1): 1214

▪ Wang K, Deshaies RJ, Liu X (2020) Assembly and regulation of CRL ubiquitin ligases. Adv Exp Med Biol (Springer). 1217: 33-46

▪ Liu X, Reitsma JM, Mamrosh JL, Zhang Y, Straube R, Deshaies RJ (2018) Cand1-mediated adaptive exchange mechanism enables variation in F-box protein expression. Mol Cell 69: 773-786

▪ Reitsma JM, Liu X, Reichermeier KM, Moradian A, Sweredoski MJ, Hess S, Deshaies RJ (2017) Composition and Regulation of the Cellular Repertoire of SCF Ubiquitin Ligases. Cell 171: 1326-1339

▪ Zhou Y, Liu X, Engstrom EM, Nimchuk ZL, Pruneda-Paz JL, Tarr PT, Yan A, Kay SA, Meyerowitz EM (2015) Control of plant stem cell function by conserved interacting transcriptional regulators. Nature 517: 377-380

▪ Pierce NW, Lee JE, Liu X, Sweredoski MJ, Graham RLJ, Larimore EA, Rome M, Zheng N, Clurman BE, Hess S, Shan SO, Deshaies RJ (2013) Cand1 promotes assembly of new SCF complexes through dynamic exchange of F-box proteins. Cell 153: 206-15

▪ Liu X, Wu J, Clark G, Lim M, Arnold D, Gardner G, Roux SJ (2012) Role for apyrases in polar auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 160:1985-95

▪ Liu X, Hegeman AD, Gardner G, Cohen JD (2012) Protocol: High-throughput and quantitative assays of auxin and auxin precursors from minute tissue samples. Plant Methods 8:31

▪ Liu X, Barkawi LS, Gardner G, Cohen JD (2012) Transport of indole-3-butyric acid and indole-3-acetic acid in Arabidopsis thaliana hypocotyls using stable isotope labeling. Plant Physiol 158:1988-2000

▪ Liu X, Cohen JD, Gardner G (2011) Low fluence red light increases the transport and biosynthesis of auxin. Plant Physiol 157:891-904