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Kan Wang is a researcher affiliated with Iowa State University in the United States, with a primary focus on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their body of work encompasses 103 publications in these main fields, with significant contributions also in agricultural and biological sciences, accounting for 48 publications.

The scientist's subfields of study include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Biotechnology
  • Genetics
  • Insect Science

Their main research topics cover a range of areas involving plant biology and genetic engineering, including:

  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • CRISPR and Genetic Engineering
  • Transgenic Plants and Applications
  • Chromosomal and Genetic Variations
  • Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies
  • Insect Resistance and Genetics
  • Insect symbiosis and bacterial influences

Kan Wang has co-authored works with several frequent collaborators, including:

  • Keunsub Lee
  • Min-Jeong Kang
  • Mercy K. Azanu
  • Jacob D. Zobrist
  • Minjeong Kang

Among the venues where Kan Wang has published most frequently are:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Cold Spring Harbor Protocols
  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Frontiers in Microbiology
  • Methods in molecular biology

Kan Wang's recent papers include the following:

  • "Comparison of CRISPR-Cas9/Cas12a Ribonucleoprotein Complexes for Genome Editing Efficiency in the Rice Phytoene Desaturase (OsPDS) Gene" (2020) published in Rice
  • "Strategies for genotype-flexible plant transformation" (2022) published in Current Opinion in Biotechnology
  • "An Improved Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation and Genome-Editing Method for Maize Inbred B104 Using a Ternary Vector System and Immature Embryos" (2022) published in Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "Structural mapping of Nav1.7 antagonists" (2023) published in Nature Communications
  • "A CRISPR/Cas9-based genome-editing system for yam (Dioscorea spp.)" (2020) published in Plant Biotechnology Journal

Kan Wang has also contributed to book publications, including a work titled "Protoplast Technology" published by Springer Science+Business Media in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Mesoporous silica nanoparticles deliver DNA and chemicals into plants

    François Torney;Brian G. Trewyn;Victor S.-Y. Lin;Kan Wang

  • Advancing Crop Transformation in the Era of Genome Editing

    Fredy Altpeter;Nathan M. Springer;Laura E. Bartley;Ann E. Blechl

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens-Mediated Transformation of Maize Embryos Using a Standard Binary Vector System

    Bronwyn R. Frame;Huixia Shou;Rachel K. Chikwamba;Zhanyuan Zhang

  • A mini binary vector series for plant transformation.

    Chengbin Xiang;Peng Han;Isabelle Lutziger;Kan Wang

  • Improved cotyledonary node method using an alternative explant derived from mature seed for efficient Agrobacterium-mediated soybean transformation.

    Margie M. Paz;Juan Carlos Martinez;Andrea B. Kalvig;Tina M. Fonger

  • Maize (Zea mays L.).

    Bronwyn R. Frame;Tina Paque;Kan Wang

  • Right 25 by terminus sequence of the nopaline t-DNA is essential for and determines direction of DNA transfer from Agrobacterium to the plant genome

    Kan Wang;Luis Herrera-Estrella;Marc Van Montagu;Patricia Zambryski

  • An Agrobacterium-delivered CRISPR/Cas9 system for high-frequency targeted mutagenesis in maize.

    Si Nian Char;Anjanasree K. Neelakandan;Hartinio Nahampun;Bronwyn Frame

  • Generation of transgenic maize with enhanced provitamin A content

    Maneesha Aluru;Yang Xu;Rong Guo;Zhenguo Wang

  • Expression of the Nicotiana protein kinase (NPK1) enhanced drought tolerance in transgenic maize

    Huixia Shou;Patricia Bordallo;Kan Wang

  • Assessment of transgenic maize events produced by particle bombardment or Agrobacterium-mediated transformation

    Huixia Shou;Bronwyn R. Frame;Steven A. Whitham;Kan Wang

  • Assessment of conditions affecting Agrobacterium -mediated soybean transformation using the cotyledonary node explant

    Margie M. Paz;Huixia Shou;Huixia Shou;Zibiao Guo;Zhanyuan Zhang;Zhanyuan Zhang

  • Recent progress in the understanding of tissue culture-induced genome level changes in plants and potential applications

    Anjanasree K. Neelakandan;Kan Wang

  • The Regulatory Status of Genome-edited Crops

    Jeffrey D. Wolt;Kan Wang;Bing Yang

  • Production of Fertile Transgenic Maize Plants by Silicon Carbide Whisker-Mediated Transformation

    Bronwyn R. Frame;Paul R. Drayton;Susan V. Bagnall;Carol J. Lewnau

  • Genetic engineering approaches to improve bioethanol production from maize

    François Torney;Lorena Moeller;Andréa Scarpa;Kan Wang

  • Production of transgenic maize from bombarded type II callus: effect of gold particle size and callus morphology on transformation efficiency.

    Bronwyn R. Frame;Hongyi Zhang;Suzy M. Cocciolone;Lyudmila V. Sidorenko

  • Compound Leaf Development and Evolution in the Legumes

    Connie E.M. Champagne;Thomas E. Goliber;Martin F. Wojciechowski;Raymond W. Mei

  • Activities and specificities of CRISPR/Cas9 and Cas12a nucleases for targeted mutagenesis in maize.

    Keunsub Lee;Yingxiao Zhang;Benjamin P. Kleinstiver;Jimmy A. Guo

  • Application of CRISPR-Cas12a temperature sensitivity for improved genome editing in rice, maize, and Arabidopsis

    Aimee A. Malzahn;Aimee A. Malzahn;Xu Tang;Keunsub Lee;Qiurong Ren

Frequent Co-Authors

Bing Yang
Bing Yang University of Missouri
Alfredo Herrera-Estrella
Alfredo Herrera-Estrella Instituto Politécnico Nacional
Stanton B. Gelvin
Stanton B. Gelvin Purdue University West Lafayette
Brian G. Trewyn
Brian G. Trewyn Colorado School of Mines
M. Van Montagu
M. Van Montagu Ghent University
Jim M. Dunwell
Jim M. Dunwell University of Reading
Martin H. Spalding
Martin H. Spalding Iowa State University
Hugh S. Mason
Hugh S. Mason Arizona State University
Yiping Qi
Yiping Qi East Carolina University
Jeffrey W. Cary
Jeffrey W. Cary United States Department of Agriculture

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