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Dae-Jin Yun

Dae-Jin Yun

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Molecular Biology
Korea
2026

D-Index & Metrics

Molecular Biology

D-Index
88
Citations
24635
World Ranking
788
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Molecular Biology in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Dae-Jin Yun is affiliated with Konkuk University in South Korea. Their research contributions are primarily situated within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main focus of their work spans several interconnected subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Biophysics, Epidemiology, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist's research explores diverse topics related to plant biology and stress physiology. Major thematic areas include:

  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

Dae-Jin Yun has collaborated extensively with several coauthors, indicating joint research efforts over multiple projects. Frequent collaborators include Akhtar Ali, Woe-Yeon Kim, Sang Yeol Lee, Junghoon Park, and José M. Pardo.

Their scientific output is published in a variety of venues, with multiple publications concentrated in the following journals:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Signaling & Behavior
  • Journal of Plant Biology
  • Plant Cell Reports
  • Molecular Plant

Among recent notable publications by Dae-Jin Yun are:

  • Desensitization of ABA-Signaling: The Swing From Activation to Degradation, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Redox-dependent structural switch and CBF activation confer freezing tolerance in plants, 2021, Nature Plants
  • Revisiting plant salt tolerance: novel components of the SOS pathway, 2023, Trends in Plant Science
  • HKT sodium and potassium transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana and related halophyte species, 2020, Physiologia Plantarum
  • Histone Deacetylase HDA9 With ABI4 Contributes to Abscisic Acid Homeostasis in Drought Stress Response, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science

The research focuses on molecular mechanisms underpinning plant responses to environmental stressors, including salt tolerance, drought response, and freezing tolerance. This body of work contributes to understanding the regulation of plant hormone signaling and ion transport pathways relevant to crop resilience.

Best Publications

  • SIZ1-Mediated Sumoylation of ICE1 Controls CBF3/DREB1A Expression and Freezing Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Kenji Miura;Jing Bo Jin;Jiyoung Lee;Chan Yul Yoo

  • Two Enzymes in One: Two Yeast Peroxiredoxins Display Oxidative Stress-Dependent Switching from a Peroxidase to a Molecular Chaperone Function

    Ho Hee Jang;Kyun Oh Lee;Yong Hun Chi;Bae Gyo Jung

  • The Arabidopsis SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 controls phosphate deficiency responses

    Kenji Miura;Ana Rus;Altanbadralt Sharkhuu;Shuji Yokoi

  • NDP kinase 2 interacts with two oxidative stress-activated MAPKs to regulate cellular redox state and enhances multiple stress tolerance in transgenic plants.

    Haejeong Moon;Boyoung Lee;Giltsu Choi;Dongjin Shin

  • A novel cold‐inducible zinc finger protein from soybean, SCOF‐1, enhances cold tolerance in transgenic plants

    Jong Cheol Kim;Sang Hyoung Lee;Yong Hwa Cheong;Cheol-Min Yoo

  • Activation of the plasma membrane Na/H antiporter Salt-Overly-Sensitive 1 (SOS1) by phosphorylation of an auto-inhibitory C-terminal domain

    Francisco J. Quintero;Juliana Martínez-Atienza;Irene Villalta;Xingyu Jiang

  • Metabolic engineering of medicinal plants: transgenic Atropa belladonna with an improved alkaloid composition

    Dae-Jin Yun;Takashi Hashimoto;Yasuyuki Yamada

  • Calcium and Calmodulin-Mediated Regulation of Gene Expression in Plants

    Min Chul Kim;Woo Sik Chung;Dae-Jin Yun;Moo Je Cho

  • A New Insight of Salt Stress Signaling in Plant

    Hee Jin Park;Woe-Yeon Kim;Dae-Jin Yun

  • The genome of the extremophile crucifer Thellungiella parvula.

    Maheshi Dassanayake;Dongha Oh;Jeffrey S. Haas;Álvaro Gonzalez Hernández

  • A Vacuolar β-Glucosidase Homolog That Possesses Glucose-Conjugated Abscisic Acid Hydrolyzing Activity Plays an Important Role in Osmotic Stress Responses in Arabidopsis

    Zheng-Yi Xu;Kwang Hee Lee;Ting Dong;Jae Cheol Jeong

  • Direct Interaction of a Divergent CaM Isoform and the Transcription Factor, MYB2, Enhances Salt Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Jae Hyuk Yoo;Chan Young Park;Jong Cheol Kim;Won Do Heo

  • Involvement of Arabidopsis HOS15 in histone deacetylation and cold tolerance

    Jianhua Zhu;Jae Cheol Jeong;Yanmei Zhu;Irina Sokolchik

  • Salicylic acid-mediated innate immunity in Arabidopsis is regulated by SIZ1 SUMO E3 ligase.

    Jiyoung Lee;Jaesung Nam;Hyeong Cheol Park;Hyeong Cheol Park;Gunnam Na

  • Release of SOS2 kinase from sequestration with GIGANTEA determines salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Woe-Yeon Kim;Zahir Ali;Hee Jin Park;Su Jung Park

  • Stress signaling through Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein phosphatase calcineurin mediates salt adaptation in plants

    José M. Pardo;Muppala P. Reddy;Shuli Yang;Albino Maggio

  • Loss of Halophytism by Interference with SOS1 Expression

    Dong Ha Oh;Eduardo Leidi;Quan Zhang;Sung Min Hwang

  • Production of tropane alkaloids in genetically engineered root cultures

    Takashi Hashimoto;Dae-Jin Yun;Yasuyuki Yamada

  • The SUMO E3 ligase, AtSIZ1, regulates flowering by controlling a salicylic acid-mediated floral promotion pathway and through affects on FLC chromatin structure.

    Jing Bo Jin;Yin Hua Jin;Jiyoung Lee;Kenji Miura

  • Osmotin Is a Homolog of Mammalian Adiponectin and Controls Apoptosis in Yeast through a Homolog of Mammalian Adiponectin Receptor

    Meena L. Narasimhan;María A. Coca;Jingbo Jin;Toshimasa Yamauchi

  • Corrigendum: Release of SOS2 kinase from sequestration with GIGANTEA determines salt tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Woe-Yeon Kim;Zahir Ali;Hee Jin Park;Su Jung Park

Frequent Co-Authors

Sang Yeol Lee
Sang Yeol Lee Gyeongsang National University
Ray A. Bressan
Ray A. Bressan Purdue University West Lafayette
Hans J. Bohnert
Hans J. Bohnert University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Woo Sik Chung
Woo Sik Chung Gyeongsang National University
Moo Je Cho
Moo Je Cho Gyeongsang National University
Woe-Yeon Kim
Woe-Yeon Kim Gyeongsang National University
José M. Pardo
José M. Pardo Spanish National Research Council
Min Chul Kim
Min Chul Kim Gyeongsang National University
Sang-Soo Kwak
Sang-Soo Kwak Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology
Paul M. Hasegawa
Paul M. Hasegawa Purdue University West Lafayette

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