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Su-May Yu is a researcher affiliated with Academia Sinica in Taiwan focusing primarily on agricultural and biological sciences with a notable emphasis on plant science. Their work spans multiple subfields including molecular biology, biotechnology, and genetics, reflecting a broad engagement with plant-related biological research and applied biotechnological approaches.

Their research addresses key topics such as plant stress responses and tolerance, particularly in relation to water stress, as well as rice cultivation and yield improvement. They also explore areas connected to biofuel production and bioconversion, enzyme production and characterization, microbial metabolic engineering and bioproduction, and plant virus research studies.

Su-May Yu has published extensively in various scientific venues, with the following being the most frequent outlets:

  • Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Rice
  • Scientific Reports

Significant recent publications include:

  • Rice Big Grain 1 promotes cell division to enhance organ development, stress tolerance and grain yield, 2020, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Improvements of the productivity and saccharification efficiency of the cellulolytic β-glucosidase D2-BGL in Pichia pastoris via directed evolution, 2021, Biotechnology for Biofuels
  • A single promoter-TALE system for tissue-specific and tuneable expression of multiple genes in rice, 2022, Plant Biotechnology Journal
  • Proof of concept and early development stage of market-oriented high iron and zinc rice expressing dicot ferritin and rice nicotianamine synthase genes, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • A newly evolved rice-specific gene JAUP1 regulates jasmonate biosynthesis and signalling to promote root development and multi-stress tolerance, 2024, Plant Biotechnology Journal

Collaborations have played a notable role in their research, with frequent co-authors including:

  • Tuan-Hua David Ho
  • Shuen-Fang Lo
  • Yue-Ie Hsing
  • Yi-Shih Chen
  • Steven Kelly

Best Publications

  • A novel class of gibberellin 2-oxidases control semidwarfism, tillering, and root development in rice.

    Shuen-Fang Lo;Show-Ya Yang;Ku-Ting Chen;Yue-Ie Hsing

  • Agrobacterium-mediated production of transgenic rice plants expressing a chimeric α-amylase promoter/β-glucuronidase gene

    Ming-Tsair Chan;Hsin-Hsiung Chang;Shin-Lon Ho;Wu-Fu Tong

  • Source-Sink Communication: Regulated by Hormone, Nutrient, and Stress Cross-Signaling.

    Su-May Yu;Su-May Yu;Shuen-Fang Lo;Tuan-Hua David Ho

  • An efficient protocol for sugarcane (Saccharum spp. L.) transformation mediated by Agrobacterium tumefaciens

    Ariel D. Arencibia;Elva R. Carmona;Pilar Tellez;Ming-Tsair Chan

  • A Novel MYBS3-Dependent Pathway Confers Cold Tolerance in Rice

    Chin Fen Su;Yi Chieh Wang;Tsai Hung Hsieh;Chung An Lu

  • Three Novel MYB Proteins with One DNA Binding Repeat Mediate Sugar and Hormone Regulation of α-Amylase Gene Expression

    Chung An Lu;Tuan Hua David Ho;Shin Lon Ho;Su May Yu

  • Cellular and Genetic Responses of Plants to Sugar Starvation

    Su-May Yu

  • Coordinated Responses to Oxygen and Sugar Deficiency Allow Rice Seedlings to Tolerate Flooding

    Kuo Wei Lee;Peng Wen Chen;Chung An Lu;Shu Chen

  • The SnRK1A Protein Kinase Plays a Key Role in Sugar Signaling during Germination and Seedling Growth of Rice

    Chung An Lu;Chih Cheng Lin;Kuo Wei Lee;Jyh Long Chen

  • A rice gene activation/knockout mutant resource for high throughput functional genomics.

    Yue-Ie Hsing;Chyr-Guan Chern;Ming-Jen Fan;Po-Chang Lu

  • Sugar Response Sequence in the Promoter of a Rice α-Amylase Gene Serves as a Transcriptional Enhancer

    Chung An Lu;Eng Kiat Lim;Su May Yu

  • Sugar Coordinately and Differentially Regulates Growth- and Stress-Related Gene Expression via a Complex Signal Transduction Network and Multiple Control Mechanisms

    Shin-Lon Ho;Yu-Chan Chao;Wu-Fu Tong;Su-May Yu

  • Expression of alpha-amylases, carbohydrate metabolism, and autophagy in cultured rice cells is coordinately regulated by sugar nutrient.

    Min-Huei Chen;Li-Fei Liu;Yung-Reui Chen;Hsin-Kan Wu

  • Mutant resources in rice for functional genomics of the grasses

    Arjun Krishnan;Emmanuel Guiderdoni;Gynheung An;Yue-ie C. Hsing

  • Cloning and functional characterization of a constitutively expressed nitrate transporter gene, OsNRT1, from rice.

    Chung-Ming Lin;Serry Koh;Gary Stacey;Su-May Yu

  • Metabolic derepression of alpha-amylase gene expression in suspension-cultured cells of rice.

    Su-May Yu;Yen-Hong Kuo;G. Sheu;Yi-Jun Sheu

  • Sugars act as signal molecules and osmotica to regulate the expression of alpha-amylase genes and metabolic activities in germinating cereal grains

    Su-May Yu;Yi-Ching Lee;Yi-Ching Lee;Su-Chiung Fang;Ming-Tsair Chan

  • Interaction between Rice MYBGA and the Gibberellin Response Element Controls Tissue-Specific Sugar Sensitivity of α-Amylase Genes

    Peng-Wen Chen;Chih-Ming Chiang;Tung-Hi Tseng;Su-May Yu;Su-May Yu

  • Carbohydrate Starvation Stimulates Differential Expression of Rice α-Amylase Genes That Is Modulated through Complicated Transcriptional and Posttranscriptional Processes

    Jun-Jei Sheu;Jun-Jei Sheu;Tien-Shin Yu;Tien-Shin Yu;Wu-Fu Tong;Su-May Yu

  • ALFIN-LIKE 6 is involved in root hair elongation during phosphate deficiency in Arabidopsis.

    Nulu Naga Prafulla Chandrika;Kalaipandian Sundaravelpandian;Kalaipandian Sundaravelpandian;Su-May Yu;Su-May Yu;Su-May Yu;Wolfgang Schmidt

Frequent Co-Authors

Tuan-Hua David Ho
Tuan-Hua David Ho Academia Sinica
Ming-Tsair Chan
Ming-Tsair Chan Academia Sinica
Andrew H.-J. Wang
Andrew H.-J. Wang Academia Sinica
Jei-Fu Shaw
Jei-Fu Shaw I-Shou University
Emmanuel Guiderdoni
Emmanuel Guiderdoni Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement
Hei Leung
Hei Leung International Rice Research Institute
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Hirohiko Hirochika
Hirohiko Hirochika Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Ray Wu
Ray Wu Cornell University
Qifa Zhang
Qifa Zhang Huazhong Agricultural University

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