Xiang-Mei Ruan

Cotton BCP genes encoding putative blue copper-binding proteins are functionally expressed in fiber development and involved in response to high-salinity and heavy metal stresses.

Xue-Bao Li, Zhi–Hao Liu, Wenliang Xu, 2011, Physiologia plantarum.

Cotton plasma membrane intrinsic protein 2s (PIP2s) selectively interact to regulate their water channel activities and are required for fibre development.

Xue-Bao Li, Deng-Di Li, Jie Zhang, 2013, The New phytologist.

Expressions of three cotton genes encoding the PIP proteins are regulated in root development and in response to stresses

Xue-Bao Li, Bing-Ying Li, Deng-Di Li, 2009, Plant Cell Reports.