Publications (selected):

  • Shen, H., Ling, Z., Castillon, A., Majee, M., Downie, B. and Huq, E. (2008) Light-induced phosphorylation and degradation of the negative regulator PIF1 depends upon its direct physical interactions with photoactivated phytochromes. Plant Cell 20:1586-1602.

  • Moon, J., Ling, Z., Shen, H. and Huq, E. (2008) PIF1 directly and indirectly regulates chlorophyll biosynthesis to optimize the greening process in Arabidopsis. PNAS 105:9433-9438.
  • Shen H, Luong P, Huq E. (2007) The F-box protein MAX2 functions as a positive regulator of photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology 145, 1471-1483.
  • Castillon A, Shen H, Huq E. (2007) Phytochrome Interacting Factors: central players in phytochrome-mediated light signaling networks. Trends Plant Sci. 12, 514-521.
  • Moon, J, Zhao, Y, Dai, X, Zhang, W, Gray, WM, Huq, E, Estelle M. (2007) A new CUL1 mutant has altered responses to hormones and light in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 143, 684-696.
  • Huq E. (2006) Degradation of negative regulators: a common theme in hormone and light signaling networks? Trends Plant Sci. 11(1):4-7.
  • Shen H, Moon J, Huq E. (2005) PIF1 is regulated by light-mediated degradation through the ubiquitin-26S proteasome pathway to optimize photomorphogenesis of seedlings in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 44, 1023-35.
  • Huq, E., and Quail, P.H. (2005) Phytochrome signaling: in handbook of photosensory receptors, (eds W. R. Briggs and J.L. Spudich), pp.151-170. Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, Germany.
  • Huq, E., Al-Sady, B., Hudson, M.E., Kim, C., Apel, K. and Quail, P.H. (2004). PHYTOCHROME-INTERACTING FACTOR 1 is a critical bHLH regulator of chlorophyll biosynthesis. Science 305,1937-1941.
  • Khanna, R., Huq, E., Kikis, E.A., Al-Sady, B., Lanzatella, C. L. and Quail, P.H. (2004) A novel molecular recognition motif necessary for targeting photoactivated phytochrome signaling to specific basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors. Plant cell 16,3033-3044.
  • Huq, E., Al-Sady, B., and Quail, P.H. (2003) Nuclear translocation of the photoreceptor phytochromeB is necessary for its biological function in seedling photomorphogenesis. Plant J.35, 660-664.
  • Bailey, P.C., Martin, C., Toledo-Ortiz, G., Quail, P.H., Huq, E., Heim, M.A., Jakoby, M., Werber, M. and Weisshaar, B. (2003) Update on the basic/helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 15, 2497-2501.
  • Toledo-Ortiz, G., Huq, E. and Quail, P.H. (2003) The Araidopsis basic/helix-loop-helix transcription factor family. Plant Cell 15, 1749-1770.
  • Huq, E. and Quail, P.H. (2002) PIF4, a phytochrome-interacting bHLH factor, functions as a negative regulator of phytochrome B signaling in Arabidopsis. EMBO J. 21, 2441-2450.
  • Sato, S., Huq, E., Tepperman, J.M., and. Quail, P.H. (2002) A light-switchable gene promoter system. Nature Biotech. 20, 1041-1044.
  • Huq, E., Tepperman, J.M. and Quail, P.H. (2000) GIGANTEA is a nuclear protein involved in phytochrome signaling in Arabidopsis. PNAS 97, 9789-9794 (addition, 97, 11673-11673).
  • Huq, E., Kang, Y., Halliday, K. J., Qin, M-M. and Quail, P.H. (2000) SRL1: A new locus specific to the phyB signaling pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 23, 461-470.
  • Martinez-Garcia, J., Huq, E. and Quail, P.H. (2000) Direct targeting of light signals to a promoter-element-bound transcription factor. Science 288, 859-863.

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