Publications 

• Jun Sung Seo, Sung Hwan Kim, Jae Sung Shim, Taeyoung Um, Nuri Oh, Taehyeon Park, Youn Shic Kim, Se-Jun Oh, and Ju-Kon Kim (2024) The rice NUCLEAR FACTOR-YA5 and MICRORNA169a module promotes nitrogen utilization during nitrogen deficiency. Plant Physiology, 194(1): 491-510

• Su Jeong Choi, Zion Lee, Eui Jeong, Sohyun Kim, Jun Sung Seo, Taeyoung Um, Jae Sung Shim (2023) Signaling pathways underlying nitrogen transport and metabolism in plants. BMB reports, 20: 5783

• Jae Sung Shim, Hye In Jeong, Seung Woon Bang, Se Eun Jung, Goeun Kim, Youn Shic Kim, Mark Christian Felipe R Redillas, Se-Jun Oh, Jun Sung Seo*, Ju-Kon Kim* (2023) DROUGHT-INDUCED BRANCHED-CHAIN AMINO ACID AMINOTRANSFERASE enhances drought tolerance in rice. Plant Physiology, 191(2): 1435-1447 

• Nuri Oh, Jun Sung Seo, Pil Joong Chung, Jimin Lee, Jang-Kyun Seo, Jin-Ho Kang, Hye Sun Cho, Choonkyun Jung (2022) Identification and characterization of drought-induced long noncoding RNAs (DRILs) in rice. Applied Biological Chemistry, 65:79 

• Se Eun Jung, Tae Hwan Kim, Jae Sung Shim, Seung Woon Bang, Ho Bin Yoon, Shin Hee Oh, Youn Shic Kim, Se-Jun Oh, Jun Sung Seo, Ju-Kon Kim (2022) Rice NAC17 transcription factor enhances drought tolerance by modulating lignin accumulation. Plant Science, 323:111404

• Seung Woon Bang, Seowon Choi, Xuanjun Jin, Se Eun Jung, Joon Weon Choi, Jun Sung Seo*, Ju-Kon Kim* (2022) Transcriptional activation of rice CINNAMOYL-CoA REDUCTASE 10 by OsNAC5, contributes to drought tolerance by modulating lignin accumulation in roots. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 20(4):736-747

• Taeyoung Um, Joohee Choi, Taehyeon Park, Pil Joong Chung, Se Eun Jung, Jae Sung Shim, Youn Shic Kim, Ik-Young Choi, Soo Chul Park, Se-Jun Oh, Jun Sung Seo, Ju-Kon Kim (2022) Rice microRNA171f/SCL6 module enhances drought tolerance by regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis genes. Plant Direct, 6(1):e374

• Pil Joong Chung, Gajendra P. Singh, Chung-Hao Huang, Sayuj Koyyappurath, Jun Sung Seo, Hui-Zhu Mao, Piyarut Diloknawarit, Rajeev J. Ram, Rajani Sarojam and Nam-Hai Chua (2021) Rapid Detection and Quantification of Plant Innate Immunity Response Using Raman Spectroscopy. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12:74686

• Se Eun Jung, Seung Woon Bang, Sung Hwan Kim, Jun Sung Seo, Ho-Bin Yoon, Youn Shic Kim, Ju-Kon Kim (2021) Overexpression of OsERF83, a Vascular Tissue-Specific Transcription Factor Gene, Confers Drought Tolerance in Rice. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22(14):7656 (IF: 5.6)

• Taeyoung Um, Taehyeon Park, Jae Sung Shim, Youn Shic Kim, Gang-Seob Lee, Ik-Young Choi, Ju-Kon Kim, Jun Sung Seo*, Soo Chul Park* (2021) Application of upstream open reading frames (uORFs) editing for the development of stress-tolerant crops. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22(7):3743

• Jae Sung Shim, Su-Hyun Park, Dong-Keun Lee, Youn Shic Kim, Soo Chul Park, Mark Christian Felipe R. Redillas, Jun Sung Seo*, Ju-Kon Kim* (2021) The rice GLYCINE-RICH PROTEIN 3 confers drought tolerance by regulating mRNA stability of ROS scavenging-related genes. Rice, 14(1):31 

• Seung Woon Bang, Ho Suk Lee, Su-Hyun Park, Dong-Keun Lee, Jun Sung Seo, Youn Shic Kim, Soo-Chul Park, Ju-Kon Kim (2021) OsCRP1, a Ribonucleoprotein Gene, Regulates Chloroplast mRNA Stability That Confers Drought and Cold Tolerance. Int. J. Mol. Sci., 22(4):1673

• Jun Sung Seo and Ju-Kon Kim (2020) Nitrogen molecular sensors and their use for screening mutants involved in nitrogen use efficiency. Plant Science, 298: 110587 

• Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew, Volodymyr B. Koman, Kevin S. Silmore, Jun Sung Seo, Pavlo Gordiichuk, Seon-Yeong Kwak, Minkyung Park, Mervin Chun-Yi Ang, Duc Thinh Khong, Michael A. Lee, Mary B. Chan-Park, Nam-Hai Chua, Michael S. Strano (2020) Real-time detection of wound-induced H2O2 signalling waves in plants with optical nanosensors. Nature Plants, 6(4): 404–415 

• Tao Yao, Bong Soo Park, Hui‐Zhu Mao, Jun Sung Seo, Naohiko Ohama, Ying Li, Niu Yu, Nur Fatimah Binte Mustafa, Chung‐Hao Huang, Nam‐Hai Chua (2019) Regulation of flowering time by SPL10/MED25 module in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist, 224(1): 493-504 

• Su‐Hyun Park, Jin Seo Jeong, Jun Sung Seo, Bong Soo Park, and Nam‐Hai Chua (2019) Arabidopsis Ubiquitin-specific Proteases UBP12 and UBP13 shape ORE1 Levels during Leaf Senescence induced by Nitrogen Deficiency. New Phytologist, 223(3): 1447-1460 

• Jun Sung Seo, Pingzhi Zhao, Choonkyun Jung, Nam-Hai Chua (2019) PLANT U-BOX PROTEIN 10 negatively regulates abscisic acid response in Arabidopsis. Applied Biological Chemistry, 62(1): 39

• Jae Sung Shim, Ju-Seok Seo, Jun Sung Seo, Yonghwan Kim, Yeonjong Koo, Yang Do Choi, Choonkyun Jung (2019) Heterologous expression of bacterial trehalose biosynthetic genes enhances trehalose accumulation in potato plants without adverse growth effects, Plant Biotechnology Report, 13(4): 409-418

• Jun Sung Seo and Nam-Hai Chua (2019) Trimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (TriFC) Assay for Visualization of RNA-Protein Interaction in planta. Method in Molecular Biology, 1933:297-303

• Jun Sung Seo and Nam-Hai Chua (2019) Analysis of interaction between long noncoding RNAs and protein by RNA-Immunoprecipitation in Arabidopsis. Method in Molecular Biology, 1933:289-295

• Jun Sung Seo and Nam-Hai Chua (2019) Identification of Long Noncoding RNA-Protein Interactions Through in vitro RNA Pull-Down Assay with Plant Nuclear Extracts. Method in Molecular Biology, 1933:279-288

• Seon-Yeong Kwak, Tedrick Thomas Salim Lew, Connor J. Sweeney, Volodymyr B. Koman, Min Hao Wong, Karen Bohmert-Tatarev, Kristi D. Snell, Jun Sung Seo, Nam-Hai Chua, and Michael S. Strano (2019) Chloroplast-selective gene delivery and expression in planta using chitosan-complexed single-walled carbon nanotube carriers. Nature Nanotechnology, 14(5): 447-455 (IF: 38.3)

• Jun Sung Seo, Piyarut Diloknawarit, Bong Soo Park, and Nam-Hai Chua (2019) Elf18-induced long noncoding RNA 1 evicts fibrillarin from mediator subunit to enhance PR1 expression. New Phytologist, 221(4): 2067-2079 (IF: 9.4)

• Bong Soo Park, Tao Yao, Jun Sung Seo, Eriko Chi Cheng Wong, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Chung-Hao Huang and Nam-Hai Chua (2018) Arabidopsis NLA regulates ORE1 homeostasis during senescence induced by nitrogen deficiency, Nature Plants, 4(11): 898-903 (IF: 18.0)

• Jun Sung Seo and Nam-Hai Chua (2017) Trimolecular Fluorescence Complementation (TriFC) Assay for Direct Visualization of RNA-Protein Interaction. Bio-protocol 7(20): e2579

• Jin Seo Jeong, Choonkyun Jung, Jun Sung Seo, Ju-Kon Kim, and Nam-Hai Chua (2017) UBP12/13 Positively Regulate MYC2 Levels in Jasmonate Responses. Plant Cell 29(6): 1406-1424

• Jun Sung Seo#, Hai-Xi Sun#, Bong Soo Park, Chung-Hao Huang, Shyi-Dong Yeh, Choonkyun Jung, and Nam-Hai Chua (2017) ELF18-INDUCED LONG NONCODING RNA associates with Mediator to enhance expression of innate immune response genes in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 29(5): 1024-1038 

• Kyong-Hee Nam, Do Young Kim, In-Soon Pack, Jung-Ho Park, Jun Sung Seo, Yang Do Choi, Jong-Joo Cheong, Chung Ho Kim, and Chang-Gi Kim (2016) Comparative analysis of chemical compositions between non-transgenic soybean seeds and those from plants over-expressing AtJMT, the gene for jasmonic acid carboxyl methyltransferase. Food Chemistry 196:236-241

• Choonkyun Jung#, Pingzhi Zhao#, Jun Sung Seo#, Nobutaka Mitsuda, Shulin Deng and Nam-Hai Chua (2015) PLANT U-BOX PROTEIN10 Regulates MYC2 Stability in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 27(7): 2016-2031 

• Bong Soo Park, Jun Sung Seo, and Nam-Hai Chua (2014) NITROGEN LIMITATION ADAPTATION recruits PHOSPHATE2 to target the phosphate transporter PT2 for degradation during the regulation of Arabidopsis phosphate homeostasis. Plant Cell 26(1): 454-464 

• Yeon Jong Koo, Eun Sil Yoon, Jun Sung Seo, Ju-Kon Kim, and Yang Do Choi (2013) Characterization of a methyl jasmonate specific esterase in Arabidopsis. Applied Biological Chemistry 56(1): 27-33

• Choonkyun Jung, Yeon-Ki Kim, Nam Iee Oh, Jae Sung Shim, Jun Sung Seo, Yang Do Choi, Baek Hie Nahm, and Jong-Joo Cheong (2012) Quadruple 9-mer-Based Protein Binding Microarray Analysis Confirms AACnG as the Consensus Nucleotide Sequence Sufficient for the Specific Binding of AtMYB44. Mol. Cells 34(6): 531-537 

• Jun Sung Seo, Hwang Bae Sohn, Kaeyoung Noh, Choonkyun Jung, Ju Hee An, Christopher M. Donovan, David A. Somers, Dae In Kim, Soon-Chun Jeong, Chang-Gi Kim, Hwan Mook Kim, Suk-Ha Lee, Yang Do Choi, Tae Wha Moon, Chung Ho Kim, Jong-Joo Cheong (2012) Expression of the Arabidopsis AtMYB44 gene confers drought/salt-stress tolerance in transgenic soybean. Mol. Breeding 29(3): 601-608 

• Choonkyun Jung, Jae Sung Shim, Jun Sung Seo, Han Yong Lee, Chung Ho Kim, Yang Do Choi and Jong-Joo Cheong (2010) Non-specific phytohormonal induction of AtMYB44 and suppression of jasmonate-responsive gene activation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol. Cells 29(1): 71-76 

• Choonkyun Jung, Jun Sung Seo, Sang Won Han, Yeon Jong Koo, Chung Ho Kim, Sang Ik Song, Baek Hie Nahm, Yang Do Choi, and Jong-Joo Cheong (2008) Overexpression of AtMYB44 enhances stomatal closure to confer abiotic stress tolerance in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 146(2): 623-635 

• US Patent Number : US20250092410A1 (Mar 20, 2025)

Inventors: Ju-Kon Kim, Jun Sung Seo, Se-Jun Oh

Title of Invention : NF-YA5/miR169a module controlling nitrogen utilization efficiency of plant and uses thereof

• US Patent Number : US20240124886A1 (Apr 18, 2024)

Inventors: Ju-Kon Kim, Jun Sung Seo, Se-Jun Oh, Hobin Yoon

Title of Invention : OsBCAT2 gene controlling drought tolerance of plant and uses thereof

• US Patent Number : US11674148B2 (Jun 13, 2023)

Inventors: Ju-Kon Kim, Jun Sung Seo, Jae Sung Shim, Sung Hwan Kim

Title of Invention : OsNF-YA5 gene from Oryza sativa for increasing nitrogen availability of plant and uses thereof

• Korea Patent Number : 10-1325046-0000 (Oct 29, 2013)

Inventors : Yang Do Choi, Jun Sung Seo, Jong Seob Lee

Title of Invention : Jasmonates inducible cis-acting promoter element and uses thereof

• Korea Patent Number : 10-0792169-0000 (Dec 31, 2007)

Inventors : Jong-Joo Cheong, Yang Do Choi, Choonkyun Jung, Yeon Jong Koo, Jun Sung Seo

Title of Invention : Plants enhanced by the development of wide-leafed, late-flowering and environmental stress-resistant by transforming the    transcription factor gene AtMYB44