主編《現(xiàn)代分子生物學(xué)》,出版發(fā)行超過30萬冊,已成為我國高等學(xué)校生物學(xué)專業(yè)本科生分子生物學(xué)主要教材。由于在乙烯信號通路上下游長期而系統(tǒng)性的研究,世界植物科學(xué)著名的綜述期刊“當(dāng)代植物學(xué)觀點”邀請他撰寫論文,闡述他們對棉纖維這個特殊細胞的認知。該研究于2011年獲國家自然科學(xué)二等獎。 已發(fā)表經(jīng)同行評審的科研論文98篇,其中被SCI收錄85篇(通訊作者或第一作者的SCI論文66篇),包括3篇植物科學(xué)國際最前沿刊物“植物細胞”,1篇美國科學(xué)院院報,1篇“分子與細胞蛋白質(zhì)組學(xué)”,2篇“當(dāng)代植物學(xué)觀點”應(yīng)邀綜述論文,總影響因子超過300,篇均影響因子相當(dāng)于世界植物科學(xué)排名10%的刊物。主要文獻 1. Gong W, Sun YP, Ma LG, Pan Y, Du YL, Wang DH, Yang JY, Hu LD, Liu XF, Dong CX, Ma L, Chen YH, Yang XY, Gao Y, Zhu DM, Tan XL, Mu JY, Zhang DB, Liu YL, Dinesh-Kumar SP, LI Y, Wang XP, Gu HY, Qu LJ, Bai SN, Lu YT, Li JY, Zhao JD, Zuo JR, Huang H, Deng XW, and Zhu YX. (2004) Genome-wide ORFeome cloning and analysis of Arabidopsis transcription factor genes. Plant Physiol. 135:773-782. 2. Cai H, Tian X, Zhuang YH and Zhu YX. (2004) Combined DNA vaccines formulated in DDA enhance protective immunity against tuberculosis. DNA and Cell Biology. 23: 450-456.
3. Feng JX, Ji SJ and Zhu YX. (2004) Analysis of five differentially expressed gene families in fast elongating cotton fiber. Acta Biochimica et Biophysica Sinica. 36: 51-56.
4. Li J, Wang DY, Li Q, Xu YJ, Cui KM and Zhu YX. (2004) PPF1 inhibits programmed cell death in apical meristems of both G2 pea and transgenic Arabidopsis plants possibly by delaying cytosolic Ca2+ elevation. Cell Calcium. 35: 71-77.
5. Ji SJ, Lu YC, Feng JX, Wei G, Li J, Shi YH, Fu Q, Liu D, Luo JC and Zhu YX. (2003) Isolation and Analyses of Genes Preferentially Expressed During Early Cotton Fiber Development by Subtractive PCR and cDNA Array. Nucleic Acids Res. 31: 2534-2543.
6. Wang DY, Xu YJ, Li Q, Hao XM, Su YH, Sun FZ, Zhu YX. (2003) Transgenic expression of a putative calcium transporter affects the time of Arabidopsis flowering. The Plant Journal,33: 285-292.
7. Ji SJ, Lu YC, Li J, Wei G, Liang XJ, Zhu YX. (2002) A b-tubulin-like cDNA expressed specically in elongating cotton fibers induces longitudinal growth of fission yeast. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. 296: 1245-1250. 8. Zhu YX, James M. Tepperman, Crag Fairchild and Peter H. Quail (2000) Phytochrome B binds with greater apparent affinity than phychrome A to the basic helix-loop-helix factor PIF 3 in a reaction requiring the PAS domin of PIF3. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 97: