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D-Index
127
Citations
45529
World Ranking
294
National Ranking
1

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2024 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Genetics in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Genetics and Molecular Biology in Korea Leader Award
  • 2012 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Gynheung An is affiliated with Kyung Hee University in South Korea and is active in research primarily within the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans a variety of topics related to plant biology and molecular mechanisms in crop species.

The scientist's areas of study include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

They have published extensively in subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Genetics, with contributions also in Nutrition and Dietetics and Cell Biology.

Key publication venues for Gynheung An's work include:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Nature Communications
  • Journal of Plant Biology

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts are:

  • Jinmi Yoon
  • Lae-Hyeon Cho
  • Win Tun
  • Jong-Seong Jeon
  • Ki-Hong Jung

Some of the more notable recent papers authored by or involving Gynheung An include:

  • Sucrose signaling in higher plants (2020), published in Plant Science
  • The negative regulator SMAX1 controls mycorrhizal symbiosis and strigolactone biosynthesis in rice (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Natural variations at the Stay-Green gene promoter control lifespan and yield in rice cultivars (2020), published in Nature Communications
  • Multilayered Regulation of Membrane-Bound ONAC054 Is Essential for Abscisic Acid-Induced Leaf Senescence in Rice (2020), published in The Plant Cell
  • OsASN1 Overexpression in Rice Increases Grain Protein Content and Yield under Nitrogen-Limiting Conditions (2020), published in Plant and Cell Physiology

Gynheung An has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) since 2012.

Best Publications

  • T-DNA insertional mutagenesis for functional genomics in rice.

    Jong-Seong Jeon;Sichul Lee;Ki-Hong Jung;Sung-Hoon Jun

  • Accumulation of Phosphorylated Repressor for Gibberellin Signaling in an F-box Mutant

    Akie Sasaki;Hironori Itoh;Kenji Gomi;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka

  • Expression of proteinase inhibitors I and II in transgenic tobacco plants: effects on natural defense against Manduca sexta larvae.

    Russell Johnson;Javier Narvaez;Gynheung An;Clarence Ryan

  • OsSPL13 controls grain size in cultivated rice

    Lizhen Si;Jiaying Chen;Xuehui Huang;Hao Gong

  • High Efficiency Transformation of Cultured Tobacco Cells

    Gynheung An

  • New cloning vehicles for transformation of higher plants.

    G. An;B.D. Watson;B.D. Watson;S. Stachel;S. Stachel;M.P. Gordon

  • A Tn3 lacZ transposon for the random generation of beta-galactosidase gene fusions: application to the analysis of gene expression in Agrobacterium.

    S E Stachel;G An;C Flores;E W Nester

  • Over-expression of OsIRT1 leads to increased iron and zinc accumulations in rice.

    Sichul Lee;Gynheung An

  • T-DNA Insertional Mutagenesis for Activation Tagging in Rice

    Dong-Hoon Jeong;Suyoung An;Hong-Gyu Kang;Sunok Moon

  • BINARY TI VECTORS FOR PLANT TRANSFORMATION AND PROMOTER ANALYSIS

    Gynheung An

  • A rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1, reduces arsenic accumulation in the grain.

    Won Yong Song;Tomohiro Yamaki;Naoki Yamaji;Donghwi Ko

  • Characterization of a Rice Chlorophyll-Deficient Mutant Using the T-DNA Gene-Trap System

    Ki Hong Jung;Junghe Hur;Choong Hwan Ryu;Youngju Choi

  • Rice OsHKT2;1 transporter mediates large Na+ influx component into K+-starved roots for growth

    Tomoaki Horie;Alex Costa;Tae Houn Kim;Min Jung Han

  • Development of plant promoter expression vectors and their use for analysis of differential activity of nopaline synthase promoter in transformed tobacco cells.

    Gynheung An

  • Rice Undeveloped Tapetum1 is a major regulator of early tapetum development

    Ki-Hong Jung;Min-Jung Han;Yang-Seok Lee;Yong-Woo Kim

  • The control of flowering time by environmental factors.

    Lae-Hyeon Cho;Jinmi Yoon;Gynheung An

  • Iron fortification of rice seeds through activation of the nicotianamine synthase gene

    Sichul Lee;Un Sil Jeon;Seung Jin Lee;Yoon-Keun Kim

  • Functional Diversification of the Two C-Class MADS Box Genes OSMADS3 and OSMADS58 in Oryza sativa

    Takahiro Yamaguchi;Dong Yeon Lee;Akio Miyao;Hikohiko Hirochika

  • Transformation of Tobacco, Tomato, Potato, and Arabidopsis thaliana Using a Binary Ti Vector System.

    Gynheung An;Brian D. Watson;Chin C. Chiang

  • Generation of a flanking sequence‐tag database for activation‐tagging lines in japonica rice

    Dong-Hoon Jeong;Suyoung An;Sunhee Park;Hong-Gyu Kang

Frequent Co-Authors

Ki-Hong Jung
Ki-Hong Jung Kyung Hee University
Jong-Seong Jeon
Jong-Seong Jeon Kyung Hee University
Sichul Lee
Sichul Lee National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology
Naoko K. Nishizawa
Naoko K. Nishizawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Seonghoe Jang
Seonghoe Jang Ajou University
Nam-Chon Paek
Nam-Chon Paek Seoul National University
Yasuhiro Ishimaru
Yasuhiro Ishimaru Tohoku University
Dabing Zhang
Dabing Zhang Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Hiromi Nakanishi
Hiromi Nakanishi University of Tokyo
Woo Taek Kim
Woo Taek Kim Yonsei University

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