PATENT/PUBLICATIONS

PATENT

Kang, HG and Kim SI (2023) MODULATING STRESS RESPONSES BY A NOVEL CHROMATIN-ASSOCIATED GUIDE RNA DERIVED FROM TRANSFER RNA – Published

PUBLICATIONS

Kim SI, Bordiya Y, Lyu H, Pujara DS, Mayorga J, Zogli JK, Chung H, Kim J, Louis J, Yu Q, and Kang HG (2024) A nuclear tRNA-derived fragment triggers immunity in Arabidopsis. Nature Communications, under revision

Nam JC, Bhatt PS, Bonnard A, Pujara DS and Kang HG (2024) Arabidopsis MORC1 and MED9 interact to regulate defense gene expression and plant fitness. Plant Pathology Journal, in press

Nam JC, Bhatt PS, Kim SI, and Kang HG (2023) Co-immunoprecipitation for assessing protein-protein interactions in Agrobacterium-mediated transient expression system in Nicotiana benthamiana, Methods in Molecular Biology, 2690:101-110.

Mannan M, Kang HG, Kim N (2023) In-vitro Detection of tRNA Fragments Using an Inkjet-Printed Graphene Electrochemical Aptasensor. IMECE, Accepted

Rahman M, Haque A, Pujara DS, Mayorga J, Kang HG, Valles D (2023) Automation of luminescence quantitation for high-throughput plant phenotyping using classical image processing and deep learning technique. Principles of Data Science, Accepted

Pujara DS, Kim SI, Nam JC, Mayorga J, Elmore I, Kumar M, Koiwa H, and Kang HG (2021) Imaging-based resistance assay using enhanced luminescence-tagged Pseudomonas syringae revealed a complex epigenetic network in plant defense signaling pathways. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction, 34, 990-1000

Kim SI, Bordiya Y, Nam JC, Mayorga J, and Kang HG (2021) High-throughput targeted transcriptional profiling of defense genes using RNA-mediated oligonucleotide Annealing, Selection, and Ligation with next-generation sequencing in Arabidopsis. Methods in Molecular Biology 2328, 227-252.

Makhijaa G, Pujarab DS, Song I, You BH, Kang HG (2020) Constructing an automation table for an image-based Arabidopsis resistance assay. Engineering 6, 495–499.

Koch A, Kang HG, Steinbrenner J, Dempsey DA, Klessig DF, Kogel KH. (2017) MORC Proteins: Novel Players in Plant and Animal Health. Front Plant Sci. 8, 1720.

Bordiya Y and Kang HG. (2017) Genome-wide analysis of chromatin accessibility in Arabidopsis infected with Pseudomonas syringae. Methods in Molecular Biology 1578, 263-272.

Bordiya Y, Zheng Y, Nam JC, Choi HW, Lee BK, Kim J, Klessig DF, Fei Z, and Kang HG. (2016) Pathogen Infection and MORC proteins Affect Chromatin Accessibility of Transposable Elements and Expression of Their Proximal Genes in Arabidopsis. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 29, 674-687.

DeFalco TA, Marshall CB, Munro K, Kang HG, Moeder W, Ikura M, Snedden WA, Yoshioka K. (2016) Multiple calmodulin-binding sites positively and negatively regulate Arabidopsis CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE-GATED CHANNEL. Plant Cell 28, 1738-1751.

Manosalva P, Manohar M, Kogel KH, Kang HG, Klessig DF. (2015) The GHKL ATPase MORC1 Modulates Species-Specific Plant Immunity in Solanaceae. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions  28:927-42.

Langen G, Einem S, Koch A, Imani J, Pai S, Manohar M, Ehlers K, Choi H, Mang H, Bordiya Y, Kang HG, Klessig DF, Kogel KH (2014) The CRT1 subfamily of MORC ATPases Modulates Disease Resistance in Barley to Biotrophic and Necrotrophic Pathogens. Plant Physiology, 164, 866-878.

Kang HG*, Choi HW, von Einem S, Manosalva P, Ehlers K, Liu PP, Buxa SV, Moreau M, Mang HG, Kachroo P, Kogel KH, Klessig DF*. (2012) CRT1 is a nuclear-translocated MORC endonuclease that participates in multiple levels of plant immunity. 3: 1297, Nature Communications (*co-correspondence)

Mang HG, Qian W, Zhu Y, Qian J, Kang HG, Klessig DF, Hua J. (2012) Abscisic Acid Deficiency Antagonizes High-Temperature Inhibition of Disease Resistance through Enhancing Nuclear Accumulation of Resistance Proteins SNC1 and RPS4 in Arabidopsis. 24: 1271-84, Plant Cell

Prior to joining Texas State University 

Hyoung Yool Lee, Christopher Bowen, George Popescu, Hong-Gu Kang, Shisong Ma, Naohiro Kato, Savithramma Dinesh-Kumar, Michael Snyder and Sorina C. Popescu (2011) BTI1 and BTI2 Reticulon-Like Proteins Regulate Intracellular Trafficking and Activity of the FLS2 Immune Receptor. Plant Cell, 23, 3374-3391.

Hong-Gu Kang, Chang-Sik Oh, Masanao Sato, Fumiaki Katagiri, Jane Glazebrook, Hideki Takahashi, Gregory Martin and Daniel F. Klessig (2010). Endosome-associated CRT1 functions early signaling in R (resistance) gene-mediated defense signaling. Plant Cell, 22, 918-936.

Bong Soo Park, Hee Jeong Eo, In-Cheol Jang, Hong-Gu Kang, Jong Tae Song and Hak Soo Seo (2010) Ubiquitination of LHY by SINAT5 regulates flowering time and is inhibited by DET1. Biochemical & Biophysical Research Communications, 398, 242-246.

Joyce Baxter, Wolfgang Moeder, William Urquhart, Dea Shahinas, Kimberley Chin, Dinesh Christendat, Hong-Gu Kang, Magdalena Angelova, Naohiro Kato, and Keiko Yoshioka (2008). Identification of a functionally essential amino acid for Arabidopsis cyclic nucleotide gated ion channels using the chimeric ATCNGC11/12 gene. Plant Journal, 56, 457-469.

Ken-Taro Sekine, Sayaka Kawakami, Shu Hase, Mayumi Kubota, Yuki Ichinose, Jyoti Shah, Hong-Gu Kang, Daniel F. Klessig, and Hideki Takahashi (2008). High level expression of a virus resistance gene, RCY1, confers extreme resistance to Cucumber mosaic virus in Arabidopsis thaliana.  Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions, 21, 1398-1407.

Hong-Gu Kang and Daniel F. Klessig(2008). The involvement of the Arabidopsis CRT1 ATPase family in disease resistance protein-mediated signaling. Plant Signaling & Behavior 3, 689-690.

Hong-Gu Kang, Joseph Kuhl, Pradeep Kachroo, and Daniel F. Klessig(2008) CRT1, an Arabidopsis ATPase that interacts with diverse resistance proteins and modulates disease resistance to Turnip crinkle virus. Cell Host & Microbe 3, 48-57.

Keiko Yoshioka, Wolfgang Möder, Hong-Gu Kang, Pradeep Kachroo, Khaled Masmoud, Gerald Berkowitz and Daniel F. Klessig (2006) The Chimeric Arabidopsis Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Ion Channel AtCNGC11/12 activates multiple pathogen resistance responses. Plant Cell 18, 747-763.

Frank Menke^*, Hong-Gu Kang^*, Zhixiang Chen, Jeong Mee Park, Dhirendra Kumar, Daniel F. Klessig (2005) Tobacco transcription factor NtWRKY1 is phosphorylated by MAP kinase SIPK and mediates HR-like cell death in tobacco. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 18, 1027-1034. (^*equal contribution)

Hong-Gu Kang and Daniel F. Klessig (2005) Salicylic acid inducible Arabidopsis CK2-like activity phosphorylates TGA2. Plant Molecular Biology 57, 541-557.

A.C. Chandra-Shekara, DuRoy Navarre, Aardra Kachroo, Hong-Gu Kang, Daniel Klessig, Pradeep Kachroo (2004) Signaling requirements and role of salicylic acid in HRT– and rrt-mediated resistance to turnip crinkle virus in Arabidopsis. Plant Journal 40, 647-659.

Hong-Gu Kang^*, Rhonda Foley^*, Luis Onate, Chentao Lin and Karam B. Singh (2003) Target genes for OBP3, a Dof transcription factor, include novel basic helix-loop-helix domain proteins inducible by salicylic acid. Plant Journal 35, 362-372. (^*equal contribution)

Hong-Gu Kang and Karam B. Singh (2000) Characterization of salicylic acid responsive Arabidopsis Dof domain proteins: overexpression of OBP3 leads to growth defects. Plant Journal 21, 329-340.

Hong-Gu Kang, Yiwen Fang, and Karam B. Singh (1999) A glucocorticoid-inducible transcription system causes severe growth defects in Arabidopsis and induces defense-related genes. Plant Journal 20, 127-133.

Hong-Gu Kang, Jee Won Park, Chung Ho Kim, Jae Yun Lim, and Yang Do Choi (1995) Translational enhancement by the leader of tobacco mosaic virus and soybean glycinin gene in transgenic tobacco plants. Agricultural Chemistry & Biotechnology 38, 224-231.

Min Hyung Kang, Hong-Gu Kang, Min Gyu Lee, Sung Soon Park, Hee Jin Lee, Youngam Chae, and Yang Do Choi (1993) Molecular cloning of cytochrome P-450 oxidase gene in peppermint (Menta Piperita ). Molecules & Cells 3, 283-288.

Chung Ho Kim, Hong-Gu Kang, and Yang Do Choi (1993) Interaction of nuclear factor with the 5′ upstream region of soybean Glycinin Gene. Molecules & Cells 3, 165-170.

Jee Won Park, Chung Ho Kim, Hong-Gu Kang, and Yang Do Choi (1992) Promoter sequence of soybean Glycinin gene regulates seed-specific expression in transgenic tobacco. Molecules & Cells 2, 297-302.