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Overview

Tae-Jin Yang is affiliated with Seoul National University in South Korea. Their research focuses broadly on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with substantial contributions to agricultural and biological sciences. A significant portion of their work is anchored in molecular biology and plant science, reflecting subfields such as ecology, evolution, behavior and systematics, cell biology, and genetics.

Their research topics cover diverse areas including ginseng biological effects and applications, genomics and phylogenetic studies, plant disease resistance and genetics, plant molecular biology research, chromosomal and genetic variations, plant tissue culture and regeneration, and plant pathogens and fungal diseases.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tae-Jin Yang include Jee Young Park, Hyun-Seung Park, Hyeonah Shim, Nomar Espinosa Waminal, and Hyun Hee Kim. The scientist has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being Scientific Reports, PLoS ONE, Mitochondrial DNA Part B, Horticulture Research, and the International Journal of Molecular Sciences.

Their recent papers include the following:

  • Mitochondrial plastid DNA can cause DNA barcoding paradox in plants, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Whole-genome, transcriptome, and methylome analyses provide insights into the evolution of platycoside biosynthesis in Platycodon grandiflorus, a medicinal plant, 2020, Horticulture Research
  • Inheritance of chloroplast and mitochondrial genomes in cucumber revealed by four reciprocal F1 hybrid combinations, 2021, Scientific Reports
  • Genes and Regulatory Mechanisms for Ginsenoside Biosynthesis, 2023, Journal of Plant Biology
  • Comparative analysis and phylogenetic investigation of Hong Kong Ilex chloroplast genomes, 2021, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • The Brassica oleracea genome reveals the asymmetrical evolution of polyploid genomes

    Shengyi Liu;Yumei Liu;Xinhua Yang;Chaobo Tong

  • Uncovering the novel characteristics of Asian honey bee, Apis cerana, by whole genome sequencing

    Doori Park;Je Won Jung;Beom-Soon Choi;Murukarthick Jayakodi

  • New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication

    Seungill Kim;Jieun Park;Seon-In Yeom;Yong-Min Kim

  • In-depth view of structure, activity, and evolution of rice chromosome 10

    Y. Yu;T. Rambo;J. Currie;C. Saski

  • Sequence-Level Analysis of the Diploidization Process in the Triplicated FLOWERING LOCUS C Region of Brassica rapa

    Tae-Jin Yang;Jung Sun Kim;Soo-Jin Kwon;Ki-Byung Lim

  • Genome-wide comparative analysis of the Brassica rapa gene space reveals genome shrinkage and differential loss of duplicated genes after whole genome triplication

    Jeong-Hwan Mun;Soo Jin Kwon;Tae Jin Yang;Young-Joo Seol

  • Complete chloroplast and ribosomal sequences for 30 accessions elucidate evolution of Oryza AA genome species

    Kyunghee Kim;Sang Choon Lee;Junki Lee;Yeisoo Yu

  • A Sequence-Tagged Linkage Map of Brassica rapa

    Jung Sun Kim;Tae Young Chung;Graham J. King;Mina Jin

  • The Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequences of Five Epimedium Species: Lights into Phylogenetic and Taxonomic Analyses.

    Yanjun Zhang;Liuwen Du;Ao Liu;Jianjun Chen

  • Comprehensive Survey of Genetic Diversity in Chloroplast Genomes and 45S nrDNAs within Panax ginseng Species

    Kyunghee Kim;Sang-Choon Lee;Junki Lee;Hyun Oh Lee

  • Genome and evolution of the shade-requiring medicinal herb Panax ginseng.

    Nam Hoon Kim;Murukarthick Jayakodi;Sang Choon Lee;Beom Soon Choi

  • Characterization of the centromere and peri-centromere retrotransposons in Brassica rapa and their distribution in related Brassica species.

    Ki-Byung Lim;Tae-Jin Yang;Yoon-Jung Hwang;Yoon-Jung Hwang;Jung Sun Kim

  • Exceptional reduction of the plastid genome of saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea): Loss of the ndh gene suite and inverted repeat

    Michael J. Sanderson;Dario Copetti;Dario Copetti;Alberto Búrquez;Enriquena Bustamante

  • Quality Assessment of Ginseng by 1H NMR Metabolite Fingerprinting and Profiling Analysis

    Eun-Jeong Lee;Rustem Shaykhutdinov;Aalim M. Weljie;Hans J. Vogel

  • Characterization of rDNAs and tandem repeats in the heterochromatin of Brassica rapa.

    Lim Kb;de Jong H;Yang Tj;Park Jy

  • Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of Tartary Buckwheat (Fagopyrum tataricum) and Comparative Analysis with Common Buckwheat (F. esculentum).

    Kwang-Soo Cho;Bong-Kyoung Yun;Young-Ho Yoon;Su-Young Hong

  • Comprehensive comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes from seven Panax species and development of an authentication system based on species-unique single nucleotide polymorphism markers.

    Van Binh Nguyen;Vo Ngoc Linh Giang;Nomar Espinosa Waminal;Hyun-Seung Park

  • FISH mapping and molecular organization of the major repetitive sequences of tomato

    Song Bin Chang;Song Bin Chang;Tae Jin Yang;Erwin Datema;Joke Van Vugt

  • Characterization of dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) genes and their association with cold and freezing stress in Brassica rapa.

    Nasar Uddin Ahmed;Jong-In Park;Hee-Jeong Jung;Tae-Jin Yang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Yeisoo Yu
Yeisoo Yu University of Arizona
Yong Pyo Lim
Yong Pyo Lim Chungnam National University
Doil Choi
Doil Choi Seoul National University
Ian Bancroft
Ian Bancroft University of York
Dong-Yup Lee
Dong-Yup Lee Sungkyunkwan University
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Jinling Meng
Jinling Meng Huazhong Agricultural University
Yong-Hwan Lee
Yong-Hwan Lee Seoul National University
Isobel A. P. Parkin
Isobel A. P. Parkin Agriculture and Agriculture-Food Canada

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