夏桂先研究员
夏桂先
汉族 出生于湖北，籍贯 湖北省浠水县。
博士、研究员、博士生导师。
主要履历及经历
1976年 毕业于湖北大学（原武汉师范学院）生物系。
1989－1990年 瑞士日内瓦大学分子生物学系， 获硕士学位。
1991－1993年 瑞士日内瓦大学分子生物学系， 获博士学位。
1997年至今 中国科学院微生物研究所
主要研究工作
1． 植物细胞周期调控的功能基因组学研究
2． 植物细胞骨架基因的分离鉴定及功能
3． 植物耐盐相关基因的克隆及应用
目前主持工作
现主持和参加多项植物分子生物学领域的研究项目，其中包括国家“863”计划
项目和“973计划”项目及科技部“重大基础研究前期研究专项”等。
主要论文
Liu N, Zhong NQ, Wang GL, Li LJ, Liu LX, He YK, Xia GX* (2007) Cloning and functional characterization of PpDBF1 gene encoding a DRE-binding transcription factor from Physcomitrella patens. Planta (in press)
Gao P, Zhao PM, Wang J, Wang HY, Wu XM, Xia GX* (2007) Identification of genes preferentially expressed in cotton fibers: A possible role of calcium signaling in cotton fiber elongation. Plant Science (on line)
Liu N, Chen AP, Wang F, Zhong NQ, Wang HY, Xia GX* (2007) Functional screening of salt stress-related genes from Thellungiella halophila using fission yeast system. Physiologia Plantarum 129: 671-678
Yu Y, Wang HY, Liu LN, Chen ZL, Xia GX*.(2007). Functional identification of cytokinesis-related genes from tobacco BY-2 cells. Plant Cell Reports(on line)
Chen AP, Wang GL, Qu ZL, Lu CX, Liu N, Wang F, Xia GX* (2007) Ectopic expression of ThCYP1, a stress-responsive cyclophilin gene from Thellungiella halophila, confers salt tolerance in fission yeast and tobacco cells. Plant Cell Reports 26:237-245
Chen AP, Zhong NQ, Qu ZL, Wang F, Liu N, Xia GX* (2007) Specific expression of the salt-responsive glycine-rich protein (AtGRP9) in vascular tissues of Arabidopsis root and its interaction with AtCAD5, a key enzyme involved in lignin biosynthesis.
Journal of Plant Research 120:337-343
Chen ZL, Yu Y, Liu LN, Xia GX* (2007). Isolation, characterization and functional analysis of a cdc48 homologue from tobacco BY-2 cells. Progress in Natural Science 17：156-162
Qu ZL, Zhong NQ, Wang HY, Jian GL, Xia GX* (2006). Ectopic expression of the cotton nonsymbiotic hemoglobin gene GhHb1 triggers defense responses and increases disease tolerance in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiology 47(8):1058-68.
Zhu SW, Gao P, Sun JS, Wang HH, Luo XM, Jiao MY, Wang ZY, Xia GX* (2006). Genetic transformation of green-colored cotton. In Vitro Cellular and Development Biology - Plant 425: 439-444
Qu ZL, Wang HY，Xia GX* (2005） GhHb1: a nonsymbiotic hemoglobin gene of cotton responsive to infection by Verticillium dahliae. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Gene Structure and Expression 17: 103-113.
Wang HY, Yu Y., Chen ZL. Xia GX* （2005） Functional characterization of Gossypium hirsutum Profilin 1 gene (GhPFN1) in tobacco suspension cells. Planta 222: 594-603.
Li YL, Sun J, Xia GX* (2005) Cloning and characterization of an LRR receptor-like protein kinase gene associated with cotton fiber development. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 273: 217 - 224.
Li YL, Sun J, Li CH, Zhu YQ, Xia GX* (2003). Preferential expression of a -tubulin gene (GhTub1) in developing cotton fibers. Science in China (Series C) 46: 235-242.
Tang YX, Chen AP, Liu SG, Xia GX* (2003) Identification and functional characterization of a salt tolerance-related gene (AtGRP9 ) of Arabidopsis. Progress in Natural Science 1: 50－54.
Li LH, Wang HY, Li Y, Xia GX* (2002) Expression of a cotton profilin gene GhPFN1 is associated with fiber cell elongation. Progress in Natural science 12: 794－797.
Wang D, Li LH, Chen ZL, Xia GX* (2002) Characterization and pilot functional study of a root-specific MYB transcription factor of Arabidopsis. Chinese Science Bulletin 47: 297-301.
Dong CH, Xia GX(co-first author) Hong Y, Ramachandran S, Kost B, Chua NH (2001). ADF proteins are involved in the control of flowering and regulate F-actin organization, cell expansion and organ growth in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 13: 1333-1346.
