1. Light control of Arabidopsis development entails co-ordinated regulation of genome expression and cellular pathways. Ligeng Ma, Jin-Ming Li, Li-Jia Qu, Janet Hager, Zhang-Liang Chen, Hong-Yu Zhao, Xing Wang Deng. Plant Cell, 2001, 13:2589-2607.
2. Direct Interaction of Arabidopsis Cryptochromes with COP1 in Light Control Development. Haiyang Wang, Ligeng Ma, Jin-Ming Li, Hong-Yu Zhao, Xing Wang Deng. Science, 2001, 294: 154-158.
3. Genomic evidence for COP1 as a repressor of light-regulated gene expression and development in Arabidopsis. Ligeng Ma, Ying Gao, Lijia Qu, Zhangliang Chen, Jinming Li, Hongyu Zhao, and Xing Wang Deng. Plant Cell, 2002, 14: 2383-2398.
4. Two interacting bZIP proteins are direct targets of COP1-mediated control of light-dependent gene expression in Arabidopsis. Magnus Holm, Ligeng Ma, Li-Jia Qu, and Xing-Wang Deng. Genes & Development, 2002, 12: 1247-1259.
5. Phosphate starvation triggers a global alteration of cellular metabolism and genome expression in Arabidopsis. Ping Wu, Ligeng Ma, Xingliang Hou, Feiyan Liu, and Xing Wang Deng. Plant Physiology, 2003, 132: 1260-1271.
6. Analysis of far-red light regulated genome expression profiles of phytochrome A pathway mutants in Arabidopsis,
Haiyang Wang *, Ligeng Ma *, Jassica Haboshi, Jinming Li, Hongyu Zhao, Xing Wang Deng. Plant J., 2002, 32: 723-733, * equal contribution.
7. Analysis of the mutational effects of the COP/DET/FUS loci on genome expression profiles reveals their overlapping yet not identical roles in regulating Arabidopsis seedling development. Ligeng Ma, Hongyu Zhao, and Xing Wang Deng. Development, 2003, 130: 969-981.
8. The COP9 signalosome physically interacts with SCFCOI1 and modulates jasmonate responses. Suhua Feng *, Ligeng Ma *, Xiping Wang, Daoxin Xie, S. P. Dinesh-Kumar, Ning Wei, and Xing Wang Deng. Plant Cell, 2003, 15: 1083-1094, * equal contribution.
9. A genome wide analysis of blue light regulation of Arabidopsis transcription factor gene expression during seedling development. Yuling Jiao *, Hongjuan Yang *, Ligeng Ma, Ning Sun, Haiyuan Yu, Tie Liu, Ying Gao, Hongya Gu, Zhangliang Chen, Masamitsu Wada, Mark Gerstein, Hongyu Zhao, Li-Jia Qu, and Xing Wang Deng. Plant Physiology, 2003, 133: 1480-1493, * equal contribution.
10. An Arabidopsis Promoter Microarray and Its Initial Usage in the Identification of HY5 Binding Targets in vitro. Ying Gao, Jinming Li, Sujun Hua, Hongyu Zhao, Zhangliang Chen, Lijia Qu, and Xing Wang Deng. Plant Mol Biol. 2004 Mar;54(5):683-99.
11. Organ-Specific Expression of Arabidopsis Genome during Development. Ligeng Ma, Ning Sun, Xigang Liu, Yuling Jiao, Hongyu Zhao and Xing Wang Deng* Plant Physiol. Ma et al. 138: 80
12. Tiling microarray analysis of rice chromosome 10 to identify the transcriptome and relate its expression to chromosomal architecture. Lei Li*, Xiangfeng Wang*, Mian Xia, Viktor Stolc, Ning Su, Zhiyu Peng, Songgang Li, JunWang, Xiping Wang and Xing Wang Deng. Genome Biol. 2005 Jun ;6(6):R52. Epub 2005 May 27. * equal contribution
13. A microarray analysis of the rice transcriptome and its comparison to Arabidopsis. Ligeng Ma*, Chen Chen*, Xigang Liu, Yuling Jiao, Ning Su, Lin Li, Xiangfeng Wang, Mengliang Cao, Ning Sun, Xiuqing Zhang, Jingyue Bao, Jian Li, Soren Pedersen, Lars Bolund, Hongyu Zhao, Longping Yuan, Gane Ka-Shu Wong, Jun Wang, Xing Wang Deng, and Jian Wang. Genome Research. 2005 September; 15(9):1274-1283. * equal contribution.