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Molecular Biology
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2026

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Molecular Biology

D-Index
78
Citations
25379
World Ranking
1068
National Ranking
3

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

Hong Gil Nam is affiliated with the Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology in South Korea. Their research primarily spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences.

Their work is notably concentrated in several subfields, including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Endocrine and Autonomic Systems, Aging, and Physiology. This broad range of expertise aligns with their focus on various main research topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Circadian rhythm and melatonin, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Light effects on plants, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms, as well as Rice Cultivation and Yield Improvement.

Frequent publication venues for their work include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Nature Communications
  • The Plant Journal
  • Molecular Plant

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Hong Gil Nam are:

  • Natural variations at the Stay-Green gene promoter control lifespan and yield in rice cultivars, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Concurrent activation of OsAMT1;2 and OsGOGAT1 in rice leads to enhanced nitrogen use efficiency under nitrogen limitation, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • Verticillium dahliae secretory effector PevD1 induces leaf senescence by promoting ORE1-mediated ethylene biosynthesis, 2021, Molecular Plant
  • OsASN1 Overexpression in Rice Increases Grain Protein Content and Yield under Nitrogen-Limiting Conditions, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Spatial localization of charged molecules by salt ions in oil-confined water microdroplets, 2020, Science Advances

Hong Gil Nam has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Sichul Lee, Joonheum Park, Daehee Hwang, Gynheung An, and Pyung Ok Lim. This network of researchers has contributed to advancing studies primarily in plant biology and molecular sciences.

Best Publications

  • Comparative transcriptome analysis reveals significant differences in gene expression and signalling pathways between developmental and dark/starvation-induced senescence in Arabidopsis.

    Vicky Buchanan-Wollaston;Tania Page;Elizabeth Harrison;Emily Breeze

  • Trifurcate feed-forward regulation of age-dependent cell death involving miR164 in Arabidopsis.

    Jin Hee Kim;Hye Ryun Woo;Jeongsik Kim;Pyung Ok Lim

  • Biofuel production: Challenges and opportunities

    M.V. Rodionova;R.S. Poudyal;I. Tiwari;R.A. Voloshin

  • Control of circadian rhythms and photoperiodic flowering by the Arabidopsis GIGANTEA gene.

    Deok Hoon Park;David E. Somers;Yang Suk Kim;Yoon Hi Choy

  • ZEITLUPE is a circadian photoreceptor stabilized by GIGANTEA in blue light

    Woe-Yeon Kim;Woe-Yeon Kim;Sumire Fujiwara;Sung-Suk Suh;Jeongsik Kim

  • ORE9, an F-Box Protein That Regulates Leaf Senescence in Arabidopsis

    Hye Ryun Woo;Kyung Min Chung;Joon-Hyun Park;Sung Aeong Oh

  • Spontaneous generation of hydrogen peroxide from aqueous microdroplets.

    Jae Kyoo Lee;Katherine L. Walker;Hyun Soo Han;Jooyoun Kang

  • Leaf Senescence: Systems and Dynamics Aspects

    Hye Ryun Woo;Hyo Jung Kim;Pyung Ok Lim;Hong Gil Nam

  • Cytokinin-mediated control of leaf longevity by AHK3 through phosphorylation of ARR2 in Arabidopsis

    Hyo Jung Kim;Hojin Ryu;Sung Hyun Hong;Hye Ryun Woo

  • Identification of three genetic loci controlling leaf senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Sung Aeong Oh;Joon‐Hyun Park;Gyu In Lee;Kyung Hee Paek

  • Molecular genetics of leaf senescence in Arabidopsis

    Pyung Ok Lim;Hye Ryun Woo;Hong Gil Nam

  • Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Linkage Map of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    H. G. Nam;J. Giraudat;B. Den Boer;F. Moonan

  • OASIS: online application for the survival analysis of lifespan assays performed in aging research.

    Jae Seong Yang;Hyun Jun Nam;Mihwa Seo;Seong Kyu Han

  • Plant leaf senescence and death - regulation by multiple layers of control and implications for aging in general.

    Hye Ryun Woo;Hyo Jung Kim;Hong Gil Nam;Pyung Ok Lim

  • Gene regulatory cascade of senescence-associated NAC transcription factors activated by ETHYLENE-INSENSITIVE2-mediated leaf senescence signalling in Arabidopsis

    Hyo Jung Kim;Sung Hyun Hong;You Wang Kim;Il Hwan Lee

  • The molecular genetic analysis of leaf senescence.

    Hong Gil Nam

  • A SENESCENCE-ASSOCIATED GENE OF ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA IS DISTINCTIVELY REGULATED DURING NATURAL AND ARTIFICIALLY INDUCED LEAF SENESCENCE

    Sung Aeong Oh;Sang Yeb Lee;Il Kyung Chung;Choon-Hwan Lee

  • OsMADS51 is a short-day flowering promoter that functions upstream of Ehd1, OsMADS14, and Hd3a.

    Song Lim Kim;Shinyoung Lee;Hyo Jung Kim;Hong Gil Nam

  • Auxin response factor 2 (ARF2) plays a major role in regulating auxin-mediated leaf longevity

    Pyung Ok Lim;In Chul Lee;Junyoung Kim;Hyo Jung Kim

  • Identification of a Receptor-Like Protein Kinase Gene Rapidly Induced by Abscisic Acid, Dehydration, High Salt, and Cold Treatments in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Suk Whan Hong;Ji Hyung Jon;June Myoung Kwak;Hong Gil Nam

Frequent Co-Authors

Pyung Ok Lim
Pyung Ok Lim Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Richard N. Zare
Richard N. Zare Stanford University
June M. Kwak
June M. Kwak Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology
Daehee Hwang
Daehee Hwang Seoul National University
David E. Somers
David E. Somers The Ohio State University
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev
Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev Russian Academy of Sciences
Masaki Furuya
Masaki Furuya Hitachi (Japan)
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Rainer Hedrich
Rainer Hedrich University of Würzburg
Howard M. Goodman
Howard M. Goodman Harvard University

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