Professor
Cho, Hyung-Taeg
Research
Cell Biology
Plant Sciences
1. Mechanisms of plant cell differentiation with the root hair as a model
● Evolution of cell-fate determiners
● Signaling from cell wall to nucleus
2. Molecular action mechanism of auxin, the plant morphogen
● Polarity determination of auxin transporters
● Diversification of auxin signaling
Education/Career
Education
- - 1990.3 - 1994.8 Ph.D. : Biology, Seoul National University
- - 1986.3 - 1998.2 Master: Botany, Seoul National University
- - 1982.3 - 1986.2 Bachelor: Botany, Seoul National University
Career
- - 2012.9-present Professor, Seoul National University
- - 2008.9-2012.8 Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University
- - 2003.7-2008.8 Assistant & Associate Professor, Biology, Chungnam National University
- - 1998.10-2003.6 Post Doctorate, Biology, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
- - 1995.4-1998.9 Post Doctorate, Plant Research lab, Michigan State University, U.S.A.
Publications
- Cho H-T, Lee M-S, Choi H-S, Maeng K-H, Lee K, Lee H-Y, Ganguly A, Park H, Ho C-H (2024) A dose-dependent bimodal switch by homologous Aux/IAA transcriptional repressors. Molecular Plant 17(9), 1407-1422.
- Maeng K-H, Lee H, Cho H-T (2023) FAB1C, a phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate 5-kinase, interacts with PIN-FORMEDs and modulates their lytic trafficking in Arabidopsis. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 120 (46) e2310126120.
- Lee H, Ganguly A, Song B, Cho H-T (2021) Calcium-dependent protein kinase 29 modulates PIN-FORMED polarity and Arabidopsis development via its own phosphorylation code. Plant Cell 33, 3513-3531.
- Mangano S*, Denita-Juarez SP*, Choi HS*, Marzol E*, Hwang Y, Ranocha P, Velasquez SM, Barberini ML, Borassi C, Aptekmann AA, Muschieti JP, Nadra AD, Durand C, Cho H-T**, Estevez JM** (* co-first; ** co-corresponding) (2017). Molecular link between auxin and ROS-mediated polar growth. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 114, 5289-5294.
- Hwang Y, Choi H-S, Cho H-M, Cho H-T (2017) Tracheophytes Contain Conserved Orthologs of a Basic Helix-loop-helix Transcription Factor to Modulate ROOT HAIR SPECIFIC Genes. Plant Cell 29, 39-53.
- Ganguly A, Park M, Kesawat MS, Cho H-T (2014) Functional Analysis of the Hydrophilic Loop in Intracellular Trafficking of Arabidopsis PIN-FORMED Proteins. Plant Cell 26, 1570-1585.