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Publications

Laboratory of Plant Embryogenesis and Epigenetics

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Yeonhee Choi, Yang Do Choi, Jong Seob Lee (2008). Antimicrobial activity of c-thionin-like soybean SE60 in E. coli and tobacco plants. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 375(), 230-234.

Hyonhwa Ohr, Anhthu Q. Bui, Brandon H. Le, Robert L. Fischer, Yeonhee Choi (2007). Identification of putative Arabidopsis DEMETER target genes by Gene Chip Analysis. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 364(), 856-860.

BMC Genomics

Jaehoon Lee, Sang-Yoon Shin, Sang-Kyu Lee, Kyunghyuk Park, Haechan Gill, Youbong Hyun, Choongwon Jeong, Jong-Seong Jeon, Chanseok Shin & Yeonhee Choi (2023). Contribution of RdDM to the ecotype-specific differential methylation on conserved as well as highly variable regions between Arabidopsis ecotypes. BMC Genomics, (), .

BMC Plant Biology

Jennifer M. Frost, Jaehoon Lee, Ping-Hung Hsieh, Samuel J. H. Lin, Yunsook Min, Matthew Bauer, Anne M. Runkel, Hyung-Taeg Cho, Tzung-Fu Hsieh, Robert L. Fischer & Yeonhee Choi (2023). H2A.X promotes endosperm-specific DNA methylation in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biology, 23(1), .

Cell

Gehring, M, Huh, J. H., Hsieh, T., Penterman, J., Choi, Y., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B. and Fischer, R. L. (2006). DEMETER DNA Glycosylase Establishes MEDEA Polycomb Gene Self-Imprinting by Allele-Specific Demethylation. Cell, 124(), 495-506.

Choi, Y., Gehring, M., Johnson, L., Hannon, M., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., Jacobsen, S. E. and Fischer, R. L. (2002). DEMETER, a DNA glycosylase domain protein, is required for endosperm gene imprinting and seed viability in Arabidopsis. Cell, 110(), 33-42.

Development

Youbong Hyun, Hyein Yun, Kyunghyuk Park, Hyonhwa Ohr, Okchan Lee, Dong-Hwan Kim, Sibum Sung and Yeonhee Choi (2013). The catalytic subunit of Arabidopsis DNA polymerase a ensures stable maintenance of histone modification. Development, (), .

Sebastien Andreuzza, Jing Li1, Anne-Elisabeth Guitton, Jean-Emmanuel Faure2, Sandrine Casanova, Jin-Sup Park, Yeonhee Choi, Zhong Chen and Frédéric Berger (2010). DNA LIGASE I exerts a maternal effect on seed development in Arabidopsis thaliana.. Development, 137(), 73-81.

Developmental Cell

Xiao, W., Gehring, M., Choi, Y., Margossian, L., Pu, H., Harada, J. J., Goldberg, R. B., Pennell, R. I. and Fischer, R. L. (2003). Imprinting of the MEA polycomb gene is controlled by antagonism between MET1 methyltransferase and DME glycosylase. Developmental Cell, 5(), 891-901.

EMBO J

Jong-Hyun Ko , Irina Mitina, Yosuke Tamada, Youbong Hyun,Yeonhee Choi, Richard M Amasino, Bosl Noh and Yoo-Sun Noh (2010). Growth habit determination by the balance of histone methylation activities in Arabidopsis.. EMBO J, 29(), 3208-3215.

Frontiers in Plant Science

Jaehoon Lee, Seunga Lee, Kyunghyuk Park, Sang-Yoon Shin, Jennifer M. Frost, Ping-Hung Hsieh, Chanseok Shin, Robert L. Fischer, Tzung-Fu Hsieh, and Yeonhee Choi (2023). Distinct regulatory pathways contribute to dynamic CHH methylation patterns in transposable elements throughout Arabidopsis embryogenesis. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14(), .

Journal of Plant Biology

Kyunghyuk Park, Seunga Lee, Hyunjin Yoo, Yeonhee Choi (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, 63(), 321-329.

Jooyeon Hong, Jaehoon Lee, Cheol Woong Jeong, Janie Sue Brooks, Yeonhee Choi, Jong Seob Lee (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, 63(5), 337-346.

Korean Biochem. J.

Choi, Y., Moon, Y. and Lee, J.S. (1990). Primary structure of two proteinase inhibitor II genes closely linked in the potato genome. Korean Biochem. J., 23(), 214-220.

Korean J. Bot.

Choi, Y., Choi, J.N., Ueom, T.S., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1992). Molecular cloning of cDNA for garlic mosaic virus. Korean J. Bot., 35(), 253-257.

Mol. Cells

Hyunjin Yoo, Kyunghyuk Park, Jaehoon Lee, Seunga Lee, Yeonhee Choi (2021). An Optimized Method for the Construction of a DNA Methylome from Small Quantities of Tissue or Purified DNA from Arabidopsis Embryo. Mol. Cells, 44(8), 602-612.

Yunsook Min, Jennifer M. Frost, Yeonhee Choi (2020). Gametophytic Abortion in Heterozygotes but Not in Homozygotes: Implied Chromosome Rearrangement during T-DNA ertion at the ASF1 Locus in Arabidopsis. Mol. Cells, 43(5), 448-458.

Choi, Y., Kim, J.W. and Lee, J.S. (1992). Characterization of a potato proteinase inhibitor II gene that is expressed constitutively in transgenic tobacco plants. Mol. Cells, 2(), 191-198.

Lee, J.S., Im, W.J., Lee, H.S., Choi, Y., Lee, K.-W., Choi, Y.D. and Kim, H.-J. (1992). Molecular characterization of a gene encoding chlorophyll a/b binding protein from potato. Mol. Cells, 2(), 227-233.

Lee, J.S., Moon, Y. and Choi, Y. (1991). Expression of tomato proteinase inhibitor I confers tobacco plants resistance against insects. Mol. Cells, 1(), 137-143.

Mol. Gen. Genet.

Choi, Y., Ahn, J.H., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1995). Tissue-specific and developmental regulation of a gene encoding a low molecular weight sulfur-rich protein in soybean seeds. Mol. Gen. Genet., 246(), 266-268.

Molecules and Cells

Kyunghyuk Park, Jennifer M. Frost, Adam James Adair, Dong Min Kim, Hyein Yun, Janie S. Brooks, Robert L. Fischer, and Yeonhee Choi1, (2016). Optimized Methods for the Isolation of Arabidopsis Female Central Cells and Their Nuclei. Molecules and Cells, 39(10)(), 768~775.

Minhee Kim, Hyonhwa Ohr, Jee Woong Lee, Youbong Hyun, Robert L. Fischer, and Yeonhee Choi (2008). Temporal and Spatial Downregulation of Arabidopsis MET1 Activity Results in Global DNA Hypomethylation and Developmental Defects. Molecules and Cells, 26(), 611-615.

Plant Cell

Gehring, M., Choi, Y. and Fischer, R. L. (2004). Imprinting and Seed Development. Plant Cell, 16(), S203-S213.

Yadegari, R., Kinoshita, T., Lotan, O., Cohen, G., Katz, A., Choi, Y., Katz, A., Nakashima, K., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R.B., Fischer, R.L. and Ohad, N (2000). Mutations in the FIE and MEA genes that encode interacting polycomb proteins cause parent-of-origin effects on seed development by distinct mechanisms. plant cell, 12(), 2367-2382.

Ahn, J.H., Choi, Y., Kwon, Y.M., Kim, S.-G., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1996). A novel extensin gene encoding a hydroxyproline-rich glycoprotein requires sucrose for its wound-inducible expression in transgenic plants. Plant Cell, 8(), 1477-1490.

Plant Cell Reports

Seunga Lee, Young Seo Park, Ji Hoon Rhee, Hyojeong Chu, Jennifer M. Frost & Yeonhee Choi (2024). Insights into plant regeneration: cellular pathways and DNA methylation dynamics. Plant Cell Reports, 43(5), 1-15.

Plant Mol. Biol

Song, S.-K., Choi, Y., Moon, Y.H., Kim, S.-G., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (2000). Systemic induction of a Phytolacca insularis antiviral protein gene by mechanical wounding, jasmonic acid, and abscisic acid. Plant Mol. Biol, 43(), 439-450.

Plant Physiology

Joonghyuk Park, Seungchul Lee, Geuntae Park, Hyunwoo Cho, Daeseok Choi, Masaaki Umeda, Yeonhee Choi, Daehee Hwang, Ildoo Hwang (2021). CYTOKININ-RESPONSIVE GROWTH REGULATOR regulates cell expansion and cytokinin-mediated cell cycle progression. Plant Physiology, 186(3), 1734–1746.

Ahn, J.H., Choi, Y., Kwon, Y.M., Kim, S.-G., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1998). Expression of a soybean hydoxyproline-rich glycoprotein gene is correlated with maturation of roots. Plant Physiology, 116(), 671-679.

Choi, Y., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1993). Nucleotide sequence of a cDNA encoding a low molecular weight sulfur-rich protein in soybean seeds. Plant Physiology, 101(), 699-700.

Planta

Youbong Hyun, Jungeun Kim, Seung Woo Cho, Yeonhee Choi, Jin-Soo Kim, George Coupland (2015). Site-directed mutagenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana using dividing tissue-targeted RGEN of the CRISPR/Cas system to generate heritable null alleles. Planta, 241(1), 271–284.

Hyein Yun • Youbong Hyun • Min-Jeong Kang •Yoo-Sun Noh • Bosl Noh • Yeonhee Choi (2011). Identification of regulators required for the reactivation of FLOWERING LOCUS C during Arabidopsis reproduction. Planta, (), .

Yeonhee Choi, Cheol Woong Jeong, Hyonhwa Ohr, Sang-Kee Song , Yang Do Choi and Jong Seob Lee (2009). Developmental and environmental regulation of soybean SE60gene expression during embryogenesis and germination. Planta, 230(), 959-971.

PLOS

Cheol Woong Jeong, Guen Tae Park, Hyein Yun, Tzung-Fu Hsieh, Yang Do Choi, Yeonhee Choi, Jong Seob Lee (2015). Control of Paternally Expressed Imprinted UPWARD CURLY LEAF1, a Gene Encoding an F-Box Protein That Regulates CURLY LEAF Polycomb Protein, in the Arabidopsis Endosperm. PLOS, (), .

PLOS ONE

Jun Sung Seo, Yeon Jong Koo, Choonkyun Jung, Song Yion Yeu, Jong Tae Song, Ju-Kon Kim, Yeonhee Choi, Jong Seob Lee, Yang Do Choi (2013). Identification of a Novel Jasmonate-Responsive Element in the AtJMT Promoter and Its Binding Protein for AtJMT Repression. PLOS ONE, (), .

PNAS

Seohyun Kim, Jin-Sup Park, Jaehoon Lee, Kiseok Keith Lee, Ok-Sun Park, Hee-Seung Choi, Pil Joon Seo, Hyung-Taeg Cho, Jennifer M. Frost, Robert L. Fischer, Yeonhee Choi (2021). The DME demethylase regulates sporophyte gene expression, cell proliferation, differentiation, and meristem resurrection. PNAS, 118(29), e2026806118.

Jennifer M. Frost, M. Yvonne Kim, Guen Tae Park, Ping-Hung Hsieh, Miyuki Nakamura, Samuel J. H. Lin, Hyunjin Yoo, Jaemyung Choi, Yoko Ikeda, Tetsu Kinoshita, Yeonhee Choi, Daniel Zilberman, and Robert L. Fischer (2018). FACT complex is required for DNA demethylation at heterochromatin during reproduction in Arabidopsis. PNAS, 115(20), E4720-E4729.

Jin-Sup Park, Jennifer M. Frost, Kyunghyuk Park, Hyonhwa Ohr, Guen Tae Park, Seohyun Kim, Hyunjoo Eom, Ilha Lee, Janie S. Brooks, Robert L. Fischer, and Yeonhee Choi (2017). Control of DEMETER DNA demethylase gene transcription in male and female gamete companion cells in Arabidopsis thaliana. PNAS, 114 (8)(), 2078-2083.

Kyunghyuk Park, M. Yvonne Kim, Martin Vickers, Jin-Sup Park, Youbong Hyun, Takashi Okamoto, Daniel Zilberman, Robert L. Fischer, Xiaoqi Feng, Yeonhee Choi, and Stefan Scholten (2016). DNA demethylation is initiated in the central cells of Arabidopsis and rice. PNAS, 113 (52)(), 15138-15143.

Guen Tae Park, Jennifer M. Frost, Jin-Sup Park, Tae Ho Kim, Jong Seob Lee, Sung Aeong Oh, David Twell, Janie Sue Brooks, Robert L. Fischer, and Yeonhee Choi (2014). Nucleoporin MOS7/Nup88 is required for mitosis in gametogenesis and seed development in Arabidopsis. PNAS, 111 (51)(), 18393-18398.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.

Cheol Woong Jeong, Hyungmin Roh, Tuong Vi Dang, Yang Do Choi, Robert L. Fischer, Jong Seob Leea, and Yeonhee Choi (2011). An E3 ligase complex regulates SET-domain polycomb group protein activity in Arabidopsis thaliana.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 108(19), 8036-41.

Vera K. Schoft, Nina Chumak, Yeonhee Choi, Mike Hannon, Marcelina Garcia-Aguilar, Adriana Machlicova, Lucyna Slusarz, Magdalena Mosiolek, Jin-Sup Park, Guen Tae Park, Robert L. Fischerc, and Hisashi Tamaru (2011). Function of the DEMETER DNA glycosylase in the Arabidopsis thaliana male gametophyte.. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A., 108(19), 8042-7.

Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet.

Ahn, J.H., Choi, J.N., Choi, Y., Choi, Y.D. and Lee, J.S. (1993). Molecular characterization of cDNA clones for garlic mosaic virus genome. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 8(), 203-204.

Choi, Y., Um, T.S., Choi, Y.D., La, Y.-J and Lee, J.S. (1991). Mechanism of pathogenesis by plant potyvirus. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 6(), 227-228.

Lee, J.S., Lee, H.S., Im, W.J. and Choi, Y. (1991). Light-regulated expression of cab genes in potato. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 6(), 215-218.

Choi, Y., Kim, J.W., Moon, Y. and Lee, J.S. (1990). Regulation mechanism of potato proteinase inhibitor II gene expresson. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 5(), 377-382.

Moon, Y., Choi, Y., Kim, J.W. and Lee. J.S. (1989). Regulation of proteinase inhibitor II gene expression in potato. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 4(), 301-306.

Lee, J.S., Choi, Y., Sohn, H. and Moon, Y. (1988). Studies on the structure and expression of potato proteinase inhibitor II genes.. Proc. Mol. Biol. & Genet., 3(), 131-136.

Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA

Choi, Y., Harada, J.J., Goldberg, R. B. and Fischer, R. L. (2004). invariant aspartic acid in the DNA glycosylase domain of DEMETER is necessary for transcriptional activation of the imprinted MEDEA gene. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 101(), 7481-7486.

Science

Kinoshita, T., Miura, A., Choi, Y., Kinoshita, Y., Cao, X., Jacobsen, S. E., Fischer, R. L. and Kakutani, T. (2004). One-way control of FWA imprinting in Arabidopsis endosperm by DNA methylation. Science, 303(), 521-523.

Scientific Reports

Yunsook Min, Jennifer M. Frost & Yeonhee Choi (2019). Nuclear Chaperone ASF1 is Required for Gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 13959.

The Plant Journal

Thiruvenkadam Shanmugam, Nazia Abbasi, Hyung-Sae Kim, Ho Bang Kim, Nam-il Park, Guen Tae Park, Sung Aeong Oh, Soon Ki Park, Douglas G. Muench, Yeonhee Choi, Youn-Il Park and Sang-Bong Cho (2017). An Arabidopsis divergent pumilio protein, APUM24, is essential for embryogenesis and required for faithful pre-rRNA processing. The Plant Journal, 92(6), 1092–1105.

Jae Sung Shim, Choonkyun Jung, Sangjoon Lee, Kyunghun Min, Yin-Won Lee, Yeonhee Choi, Jong Seob Lee, Jong Tae Song, Ju-Kon Kim and Yang Do Choi (2013). AtMYB44 regulates WRKY70 expression and modulates antagonistic interaction between salicylic acid and jasmonic acid signaling. The Plant Journal, (), .

Jean Choi, Youbong Hyun, Min-Jeong Kang, Hye In Yun, Jae-Young Yun, Clare Lister, Caroline Dean, Richard M. Amasino, Bosl Noh, Yoo-Sun Noh and Yeonhee Choi (2009). Resetting and regulation of FLOWERING LOCUS C expression during Arabidopsis reproductive development. The Plant Journal, 57(5), 918-931.