Dr. Yangrae Cho
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Dr. Yangrae Cho

Adjunct Professor, Chief Technical Officer
Chonnam National University, South Korea

Highest Degree
Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from Indiana University, Bloomington, USA

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Area of Interest:

Plant and Soil Sciences
100%
Molecular Microbiology
62%
Plant Bacteriology
90%
Plant Pathology
75%
Biotechnology
55%

Research Publications in Numbers

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Selected Publications

  1. Ka, S., S. Lee, J. Hong, Y. Cho and J. Sung et al., 2017. HLAscan: Genotyping of the HLA region using next-generation sequencing data. BMC Bioinform., Vol. 18. 10.1186/s12859-017-1671-3.
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  2. Cho, Y., C.H. Lee, E.G. Jeong, M.H. Kim and J.H. Hong et al., 2017. Prevalence of rare genetic variations and their implications in NGS-data interpretation. Scient. Rep., Vol. 7. 10.1038/s41598-017-09247-5.
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  3. Cho, Y., M. Jang, A. Srivastava, J.H. Jang and N.K. Soung et al., 2015. A pectate lyase-coding gene abundantly expressed during early stages of infection is required for full virulence in Alternaria brassicicola. PLoS ONE, Vol. 10. 10.1371/journal.pone.0127140.
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  4. Cho, Y., 2015. How the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicicola kills plant cells remains an enigma. Eukaryotic Cell, 14: 335-344.
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  5. Lee, H. and Y. Cho, 2014. Protecting diversity. Int. Innov., 135: 54-56.
  6. Cho, Y., R.A. Ohm, R. Devappa, H.B. Lee, I.V. Grigoriev, B.Y. Kim and J.S. Ahn, 2014. Transcriptional responses of the Bdtf1-deletion mutant to the phytoalexin brassinin in the necrotrophic fungus Alternaria brassicicola. Molecules, 19: 10717-10732.
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  7. Srivastava, A., I.K. Cho and Y. Cho, 2013. The Bdtf1 gene in Alternaria brassicicola is important in detoxifying brassinin and maintaining virulence on Brassica species. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 26: 1429-1440.
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  8. Cho, Y., R.A. Ohm, I.V. Grigoriev and A. Srivastava, 2013. Fungal-specific transcription factor AbPf2 activates pathogenicity in Alternaria brassicicola. Plant J., 75: 498-514.
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  9. Srivastava, A., R.A. Ohm, L. Oxiles, F. Brooks, C.B. Lawrence, I.V. Grigoriev and Y. Cho, 2012. A zinc-finger-family transcription factor, AbVf19, is required for the induction of a gene subset important for virulence in Alternaria brassicicola. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 25: 443-452.
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  10. Cho, Y., A. Srivastava, R.A. Ohm, C.B. Lawrence, K.H. Wang, I.V. Grigoriev and S.P. Marahatta, 2012. Transcription factor Amr1 induces melanin biosynthesis and suppresses virulence in Alternaria brassicicola. PLoS Pathog., Vol. 8. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002974.
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  11. Cho, Y., A. Srivastava and C. Nguyen, 2012. Improved Transformation Method for Alternaria brassicicola and its Applications. In: Laboratory Protocols in Fungal Biology, Gupta, V.K., M.G. Tuohy, A. Manimaran, K.M. Turner and A. O'Donovan (Eds.). Springer, New York, USA., pp: 395-401.
  12. Kim, K.H., S.D. Willger, S.W. Park, S. Puttikamonkul and N. Grahl et al., 2009. TmpL, a transmembrane protein required for intracellular redox homeostasis and virulence in a plant and an animal fungal pathogen. PLoS Pathog., Vol. 5. 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000653.
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  13. Cho, Y., K.H. Kim, M. La Rota, D. Scott and G. Santopietro et al., 2009. Identification of novel virulence factors associated with signal transduction pathways in Alternaria brassicicola. Mol. Microbiol., 72: 1316-1333.
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  14. Sanchez-Puerta, M.V., Y. Cho, J.P. Mower, A.J. Alverson and J.D. Palmer, 2008. Frequent, phylogenetically local horizontal transfer of the cox1 group I intron in flowering plant mitochondria. Mol. Biol. Evol., 25: 1762-1777.
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  15. Lawrence, C.B., T.K. Mitchell, K.D. Craven, Y.R. Cho, R.A. Cramer and K.H. Kim, 2008. At death's door: Alternaria pathogenicity mechanisms. Plant Pathol. J., 24: 101-111.
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  16. Craven, K.D., H. Velez, Y. Cho, C.B. Lawrence and T.K. Mitchell, 2008. Anastomosis is required for virulence of the fungal necrotroph Alternaria brassicicola. Eukaryotic Cell, 7: 675-683.
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  17. Cho, Y., S. Hou and S. Zhong, 2008. Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the fungal banana pathogen Mycosphaerella fijiensis. Open Mycol. J., 2: 61-73.
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  18. Kim, K.H., Y. Cho, M. La Rota, R.A. Cramer and C.B. Lawrence, 2007. Functional analysis of the Alternaria brassicicola non-ribosomal peptide synthetase gene AbNPS2 reveals a role in conidial cell wall construction. Mol. Plant Pathol., 8: 23-39.
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  19. Cho, Y., R.A. Cramer, K.H. Kim, J. Davis and T.K. Mitchell et al., 2007. The Fus3/Kss1 MAP kinase homolog Amk1 regulates the expression of genes encoding hydrolytic enzymes in Alternaria brassicicola. Fungal Genet. Biol., 44: 543-553.
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  20. Cramer, R.A., C.M.L.A. Rota, Y. Cho, M. Thon and K.D. Craven et al., 2006. Bioinformatic analysis of expressed sequence tags derived from a compatible Alternaria brassicicola-Brassica oleracea interaction. Mol. Plant Pathol., 7: 113-124.
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  21. Cho, Y., J.W. Davis, K.H. Kim, J. Wang, Q.H. Sun, C.B. Cramer Jr. and C.B. Lawrence, 2006. A high throughput targeted gene disruption method for Alternaria brassicicola functional genomics using Linear Minimal Element (LME) constructs. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact., 19: 7-15.
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  22. Cho, Y., J.P. Mower, Y.L. Qiu and J.D. Palmer, 2004. Mitochondrial substitution rates are extraordinarily elevated and variable in a genus of flowering plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 101: 17741-17746.
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  23. Cho, Y., J. Fernandes, S.H. Kim and V. Walbot, 2002. Gene-expression profile comparisons distinguish seven organs of maize. Genome Biol., Vol. 3. 10.1186/gb-2002-3-9-research0045.
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  24. Cho, Y. and V. Walbot, 2001. Computational methods for gene annotation: The Arabidopsis genome. Curr. Opin. Biotechnol., 12: 126-130.
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  25. Palmer, J.D., K.L. Adams, Y. Cho, C.L. Parkinson, Y.L. Qiu and K. Song, 2000. Dynamic evolution of plant mitochondrial genomes: Mobile genes and introns and highly variable mutation rates. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 97: 6960-6966.
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  26. Cho, Y. and J.D. Palmer, 1999. Multiple acquisitions via horizontal transfer of a group I intron in the mitochondrial cox1 gene during evolution of the Araceae family. Mol. Biol. Evol., 16: 1155-1165.
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  27. Qiu, Y.L., Y. Cho, J.C. Cox and J.D. Palmer, 1998. The gain of three mitochondrial introns identifies liverworts as the earliest land plants. Nature, 394: 671-674.
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  28. Cho, Y., Y.L. Qiu, P. Kuhlman and J.D. Palmer, 1998. Explosive invasion of plant mitochondria by a group I intron. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA., 95: 14244-14249.
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  29. Cho, Y., K.L. Adams, Y.L. Qiu, P. Kuhlman, J.C. Vaughn and J.D. Palmer, 1998. A Highly Invasive Group I Intron in the Mitochondrial cox1 Gene. In: Plant Mitochondria: From Gene to Function, Glaser, E., P. Gardestrom, K. Glimelius and I.M. Moller (Eds.). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp: 19-23.
  30. Adams, K.L., K. Song, Y.L. Qiu, A. Shirk, Y. Cho, C.L. Parkinson and J.D. Palmer, 1998. Evolution of Flowering Plant Mitochondrial Genomes: Gene Content, Gene Transfer to the Nucleus and Highly Accelerated Mutation Rates. In: Plant Mitochondria: From Gene to Function, Glaser, E., P. Gardestrom, K. Glimelius and I.M. Moller (Eds.). Backhuys Publishers, Leiden, pp: 13-18.