Chen, Z-H, Schilde C and Schaap, P. (2010). Functional dissection of adenylate cyclase B, a deeply conserved inducer of spore encapsulation. Submitted.

Chen, Z-H, Jenkins GI, Nimmo HG. (2008) Identification of an F box protein that negatively regulates Pi starvation responses. Plant Cell Physiol. 49, 1902-1906

Chen, Z-H, Jenkins GI, Nimmo HG. (2008) pH and carbon supply control the expression of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase kinase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Environ. 31, 1844-1850

Chen, Z-H,   Nimmo GA, Jenkins GI, Nimmo HG. (2007)  BHLH32 modulates several biochemical and morphological processes that respond to Pi starvation in Arabidopsis. Biochem J  405:191-198.

Malone S,  Chen Z-H, Bahrami AR, Walker RP, Gray JE, Leegood RC.(2007)   Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in Arabidopsis: changes in gene expression, protein and activity during vegetative and reproductive development. Plant Cell Physiol 48:441-450.

Chen, Z-H, Walker, R.P., Tecsi, L.I., Lea, P.J. and Leegood, R.C.(2004) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is present in the phloem of cucumber and is induced both by ammonium and acidification. Planta  219, 48-58.

Walker, R.P., Chen, Z-H. (2002) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase: Structure, function and regulation. Adv Bot Res 38, 93-189.

Walker, R.P., Chen, Z-H., Acheson, R.M. and Leegood, R.C.(2002) Effect of phosphorylation on phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase from the C4 plant Guinea grass. Plant Physiol 128, 165-172. Joint first author

Chen, Z-H., Walker, R.P., Acheson, R.M. and Leegood, R.C.(2002) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase assayed at physiological concentrations of metal ions has a high affinity for CO2. Plant Physiol 128, 160-164.

Bahrami, A.H., Chen, Z-H., Walker, R.P., Gray, J. and Leegood, R.C.(2001) Cloning and characterisation of  expression of  phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase in tomato. Plant Mol Biol 47,499-506. Joint first author

Lea, P.J., Chen, Z-H., Leegood, R.C. and Walker, R.P. (2001) Does phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase have a role in both amino acid and carbohydrate metabolism?  Amino Acids 20, 225-241.

Famiani, F., Walker, R.P., Tecsi, L.I., Chen, Z.-H., Proietti, P. and Leegood, R.C. (2000) An immunohistochemical study of the compartmentation of metabolism during the development of grape (Vitis vinifera L.) berries. J Exp Bot 51, 675-683.

Walker, R.P., Chen, Z-H., Famiani F. and Leegood, R.C. (2000)  Using immunochemistry to study plant metabolism: the example of its use in the localization of amino acids in plant tissues, and of phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase and its possible role in pH regulation. J Exp Bot 52,565-576.  Joint first author

Chen, Z-H., Walker, R.P., Acheson, R.M., Tecsi, L.I., Wingler, A., Lea, P.J. and Leegood, R.C.(2000) Are isocitrate lyase and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase involved in gluconeogenesis during senences of barley leaves and cucumber cotyledons. Plant Cell Physiol 41,960-967.

Wingler, A., Walker, R.P., Chen, Z.-H. and Leegood, R.C. (1999) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase is involved in the decarboxylation of aspartate in the bundle sheath of maize. Plant Physiol 120, 539-546.

Walker, R.P., Chen, Z.-H., Tecsi, L.I., Famiani F., Lea, P.J. and Leegood, R.C. (1999) Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase plays a role in interactions of carbon and nitrogen metabolism during grape seed development. Planta 210, 9-18. Joint first author