Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Seoul National University
Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Seoul National University
Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Seoul National University

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(2024) Insights into plant regeneration: cellular pathways and DNA methylation dynamics, Plant Cell Reports
(2023) H2A.X promotes endosperm-specific DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana, BMC Plant Biology
(2023) Distinct regulatory pathways contribute to dynamic CHH methylation patterns in transposable elements throughout Arabidopsis embryogenesis, Frontiers in Plant Science
(2023) Contribution of RdDM to the ecotype-specific differential methylation on conserved as well as highly variable regions between Arabidopsis ecotypes, BMC Genomics
(2021) An Optimized Method for the Construction of a DNA Methylome from Small Quantities of Tissue or Purified DNA from Arabidopsis Embryo, Mol. Cells
(2021) The DME demethylase regulates sporophyte gene expression, cell proliferation, differentiation, and meristem resurrection, PNAS
(2021) CYTOKININ-RESPONSIVE GROWTH REGULATOR regulates cell expansion and cytokinin-mediated cell cycle progression, Plant Physiology
(2020) DEMETER-mediated DNA Demethylation in Gamete Companion Cells and the Endosperm, and its Possible Role in Embryo Development in Arabidopsis, Journal of Plant Biology
(2020) Gametophytic Abortion in Heterozygotes but Not in Homozygotes: Implied Chromosome Rearrangement during T-DNA ertion at the ASF1 Locus in Arabidopsis, Mol. Cells
(2020) Identification of Elements Responsible for Maternally-Silenced Imprinted Gene Expression of Upward Curly Leaf1, an F-box Protein Gene that Regulates Curly Leaf in Arabidopsis, Journal of Plant Biology

Welcome to the
"Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics"

Successful genome transfer to the next generation is a fundamental issue to all living things and thus, “Reproduction” field is the great beauty of biology to understand living things, environment and their interactions. Our laboratory is interested in understanding reproduction process, especially from flowering until seed formation. During this time, plant-specific gametogenesis and embryogenesis occur before and after fertilization, respectively. Unlike animals, plants do not set aside the gamete cells. One of the 2n sporophytic cells undergoes meiosis and becomes the megaspore (female) and microspore (male). These cells do not fuse directly to be a fertilized zygote which is also different from animals. Rather, they undergo three (female) and two (male) round of mitosis to produce gamete cells. This process is called “gametogenesis”. Double fertilization occurs only in flowering plants which is the most evolutionary advanced living things among plants. Fertilization of an egg cell (n) with a sperm cell (n) gives rise to the 2n embryo. Fertilization of an central cell (2n) with a sperm cell (n) gives rise to the 3n endosperm which is a nourishing tissue to the developing embryo. We are trying to understand these processes by genetic and epigenetic approaches.