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Publications

Sunghwa Choe Lab

African Journal Biotechnology

Kim, H.B., Jun, S.-S., Choe, Sunghwa, Cho, J.Y., Choi, S.-B., and Kim, S.-C. Identification of differentially regulated genes from male and female flowers of kiwifruit. African Journal Biotechnology 9(), 6684-6694 (2010).

Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm.

Kim, B.K., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Tsujimoto, M., and Choe, Sunghwa. Castasterone is a likely end product of brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathway in rice.. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Comm. 374(2008)(), 614-619 (2008).

BMB Rep

Kim, H.B., Oh, C.J., Park, Y.C., Lee, Y., Choe, Sunghwa., An, C.S. and Choi, S.B.. Comprehensive analysis of AHL homologous genes encoding AT-hook motif nuclear localized protein in rice. BMB Rep 44(), 680-685 (2011).

BMC Plant Biology

Cheon, J.N., Park, S.-Y., Schulz, B., Choe, Sunghwa. Arabidopsis brassinosteroid mutants exhibit different rates of cell division and shoot induction. BMC Plant Biology 10(), 270 (2010).

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Yuhee Chung and Sunghwa Choe. The Regulation of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences 32(6), 396-410 (2013).

J Plant Biol.

Maharjan, P.M. and Choe, Sunghwa. High temperature stimulates DWARF4 (DWF4) expression to increase hypocotyl elongation in Arabidopsis. J Plant Biol. 54(), 425-429 (2011).

Maharjan, P.M., Schulz, B., and Choe, Sunghwa. BIN2/DWF12 antagonistically transduces brassinosteroid and auxin signals in the roots of Arabidopsis. J Plant Biol. 54(), 126-134. (2011).

Choe, Sunghwa. Signal-transduction pathways toward the regulation of brassinosteroid biosynthesis. J Plant Biol. 50(3), 1-5. (2007).

Park, W., Kim, H.B., Kim, W.T., Park, P.B., An, G., and Choe, Sunghwa. Rice bending lamina 2 (bla2) mutants are defective in a Cytochrome P450 (CYP734A6) gene predicted to mediate brassinosteroid catabolism. J Plant Biol. 49(6), 469-476. (2006).

J Plant Biotech.

Cho, W.S., Chung, Y.H., Kim, B.K., Suh, S.J., Koh, W.S., and Choe, Sunghwa. Cellulosic ethanol as renewable alternative fuel. J Plant Biotech. 34(2), 111-118 (2007).

Journal of Plant Biology

Jeong, Y. J., Park, S., Suh, S. J., Kwon, S. I., Cha, R., Kim, Y. E., & Choe, Sunghwa. Overexpression of the 3’ half of the PHYB partially suppresses dwarfism in the brassinosteroid-insensitive bri1-5 mutant. Journal of Plant Biology 59(1), 83-91 (2016).

Jeong, Y. J., Corvalán, C., Kwon, S. I., & Choe, Sunghwa. Analysis of anti-BZR1 antibody reveals the roles BES1 in maintaining the BZR1 levels in Arabidopsis. Journal of Plant Biology 58(2), 87-95 (2015).

Kim, B., Kwon, M., Jeon, J., Schulz, B., Corvalán, C., Jeong, Y. J. & Choe, Sunghwa. The Arabidopsis gulliver2/phyB Mutant Exhibits Reduced Sensitivity to Brassinazole. Journal of Plant Biology 57(), 20-27 (2014).

Kwon, M., Fujioka, S., Jeon, J.H., Kim, H.B., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S. and Choe, Sunghwa. A double mutant for the CYP85A1 and CYP85A2 genes of Arabidopsis exhibits a brassinosteroid dwarf phenotype. Journal of Plant Biology 48(2), 237-244 (2006).

Lee, H.K., Kwon, M., Jeon, J.H., Fujioka, S., Kim, H.B., Park, S.Y., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., An, C.S., and Choe, Sunghwa. Arabidopsis short root and dwarfism mutant is impaired in both cell division and elongation. Journal of Plant Biology 49(1), 61-69 (2006).

Kwon, M. & Choe, Sunghwa. Brassinosteroid biosynthesis and dwarf mutant. Journal of Plant Biology 48(), 1-15 (2005).

Hong, J-P., Kim, S. M., Ryu, M. Y., Choe, Sunghwa, Park, P. B., An, G., and Kim. W. T.. Structure and Expression of OsMRE11 in Rice. Journal of Plant Biology 48(2), 229-236 (2005).

Journal of Plant Biotechnology

Lee, M. O., Song, K. H., Lee, H. K., Jung, J. Y., Choe, V. N., & Choe, Sunghwa. Metabolic engineering of the brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathways. Journal of Plant Biotechnology 29(2), (2002).

Molecules and cells

Chung, Y., Kwon, S. I., & Sunghwa Choe. Antagonistic Regulation of Arabidopsis Growth by Brassinosteroids and Abiotic Stresses. Molecules and Cells 37(11), 795-803 (2014).

Kim, B., Kim, G., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., and Choe, Sunghwa. Overexpression of 3b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases/C-4 decarboxylases causes growth defects possibly due to abnormal auxin transport in Arabidopsis. Molecules and cells 34(1), 77-84 (2012).

Nature biotechnology

Woo, J. W., Kim, J., Kwon, S. I., Corvalán, C., Cho, S. W., Kim, H., ..., Choe, Sunghwa & Kim, Jin-soo. DNA-free genome editing in plants with preassembled CRISPR-Cas9 ribonucleoproteins. Nature biotechnology 33(11), 1162–1164, doi:10.1038/ (2015).

Physiologia Plantarum

Choe, Sunghwa. Brassinosteroid biosynthesis and inactivation. Physiologia Plantarum 126(4), 539-548 (2006).

Phytochemistry in the genomics and post-genomics eras

Feldmann, K. A., Choe, Sunghwa, Kim, H. B. & Park, J-H.. Functional genomics of cytochromes P450 in plants. Phytochemistry in the genomics and post-genomics eras 36(), 125-143 (2002).

Plant Cell

Choi, K., Kim, S., Kim, S.Y., Kim, M., Hyun, Y.B., Lee, H., Choe, Sunghwa, Kim, S.-G., Michaels, S., and Lee. I.. SUPPRESSOR OF FRIGIDA3 encodes a nuclear ACTIN-RELATED PROTEIN 6 required for floral repression in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 17(10), 2647-2660 (2005).

Plant Cell Rep.

Kim B, Fujioka S, Kwon M, Jeon J, Choe S.. Arabidopsis Brassinosteroid-overproducing gulliver3-D/dwarf4-D mutants exhibit altered responses to Jasmonic acid and pathogen.. Plant Cell Rep. 32(7), 1139-49 (2013).

Plant Cell Reports.

Chung, H.Y., Fujioka, S., Choe, Sunghwa, Lee, S., Lee, Y.H., Baek, N.I., and Chung, I.S.. Simultaneous suppression of three genes related to brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis altered campesterol and BR contents, and led to a dwarf phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Reports. 29(), 397–402 (2010).

Plant Cell.

Ryu, H., Kim, K., Cho, H., Park, J., Choe, Sunghwa, and Hwang, I.. Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of BZR1 mediated by phosphorylation is essential in Arabidopsis brassinosteroid signaling. Plant Cell. 19(9), 2749-2762 (2007).

Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action

Choe, Sunghwa. Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis and Metabolism. Plant Hormones: Biosynthesis, Signal Transduction, Action (), 156-178 (2005).

Plant J.

Chung, Y., Maharjan, P.M., Lee, O., Fujioka, S., Jang, S., Kim, B., Takatsuto, S., Tsujimoto, M., Kim, H., Cho, S., Park, T., Hwang, I., and Choe, Sunghwa. Auxin stimulates DWARF4 expression and brassinosteroid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 66(), 564-578 (2011).

Plant Journal

Maharjan, P. M., Dilkes, B. P., Fujioka, S., Pěnčík, A., Ljung, K., Burow, M., ... & Choe, Sunghwa. Arabidopsis gulliver1/superroot2-7 identifies a metabolic basis for auxin and brassinosteroid synergy. Plant Journal 80(5), 797–808 (2014).

Kim, B., Jeong, Y. J., Corvalán, C., Fujioka, S., Cho, S., Park, T., & Choe, Sunghwa. Darkness and gulliver2/phyB mutation decrease the abundance of phosphorylated BZR1 to activate brassinosteroid signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 77(5), 737-747 (2014).

Plant Mol Biol.

Koh, S., Lee, S.C, Kim, M.-K., Koh, J.H., Lee, S., An, G., Choe, Sunghwa, and Kim, S.-R.. T-DNA tagged knockout mutation of rice OsGSK1, an orthologue of Arabidopsis BIN2, with enhanced tolerance to various abiotic stresses. Plant Mol Biol. 65(4), 453-466 (2007).

Plant Molecular Biology

Chung Y, Choe V, Fujioka S, Takatsuto S, Han M, Jeon JS, Park YI, Lee KO, Choe S.. Constitutive activation of brassinosteroid signaling in the Arabidopsis elongated-D/bak1 mutant. Plant Molecular Biology 80(), 489-501 (2012).

Plant Physiol

Kim, H.B., Lee, H., Oh, C.J., Lee, H.Y., Eum, H.L., Kim, H.S., Hong, Y.P., Lee, Y., Choe, Sunghwa, An, C.S., and Choi, S.B.. Postembryonic seedling lethality in the sterol-deficient Arabidopsis cyp51A2 mutant is partially mediated by the composite action of ethylene and reactive oxygen species. Plant Physiol 152(), 192-205 (2009).

Plant Physiology

Kim, H.B., Kwon, M., Ryu, H., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., An, C.S., Lee, I., Hwang, I. and Choe, Sunghwa. The regulation of DWARF4 expression is likely a critical mechanism in maintaining the homeostasis of bioactive brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiology 140(2), 548-557 (2006).

Kim, H. B., Schaller, H., Goh, C-H., Kwon, M., Choe, S. H., An, C. S., Durst, F., Feldmann, K. and Feyereisen, R.. Arabidopsis cyp51 mutant shows post-embryonic seedling lethality which is associated with lack of membrane integrity. Plant Physiology 138(4), 2033-2047 (2005).

An, S., ..., Choe, Sunghwa et al.. Generation and analysis of end sequence database for T-DNA tagging lines in rice. Plant Physiology 133(4), 2040-2047 (2003).

Choe, Sunghwa et al.. Arabidopsis brassinosteroid-insensitive dwarf12 mutants are semidominant and defective in a glycogen synthase kinase 3β-like kinase. Plant Physiology 130(3), 1506-1515 (2002).

PLoS One

Cheon J, Fujioka S, Dilkes BP, Choe S.. Brassinosteroids Regulate Plant Growth through Distinct Signaling Pathways in Selaginella and Arabidopsis. PLoS One 8(12), doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0081 (2013).

Hartwig, T., Corvalan, C., Best, N.B., Budka, J.S., Choe, Sunghwa*., Schulz, B*. (co-corresponding). Propiconazole is a specific and accessible brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis inhibitor for Arabidopsis and maize. PLoS One (), (2012).

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

Hartwig, T., Chuck., G., Fujioka., S., Weizbauer R., Choe, Sunghwa., Johal, G., and Schulz B.. Brassinosteroid control of sex determination in maize. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. (), (2011).