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Yeisoo Yu is affiliated with the University of Arizona in the United States and conducts research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Medicine. Their work spans several subfields, particularly focusing on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine.

Yu's research addresses a range of topics including Silymarin and Mushroom Poisoning, Plant Toxicity and Pharmacological Properties, Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis, Phytochemistry and biological activity of medicinal plants, Botanical Research and Chemistry, Plant Gene Expression Analysis, and Nephrotoxicity and Medicinal Plants.

Recent publications include:

  • Genome-enabled discovery of anthraquinone biosynthesis in Senna tora, 2020, Nature Communications
  • QTL Mapping and molecular markers of Powdery Mildew Resistance in Pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata), 2020, Horticultural Science and Technology
  • A Genomic Evaluation of Six Selected Inbred Lines of the Naturalized Plants of Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum L. Gaertn.) in Korea, 2023, Plants
  • Chromosome-level genome assembly of milk thistle (Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.), 2024, Scientific Data
  • Complete Chloroplast Genome of a Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum) Acc. '912036', 2020, Plant Breeding and Biotechnology

Frequent coauthors of Yu include Chang-Muk Lee, Jeehyoung Shim, Joong Hyoun Chin, Sang-Ho Kang, and Ramesh Prasad Pandey, reflecting ongoing collaborative efforts in their research areas.

Yu's work has been published multiple times in several journals, with notable frequencies in Nature Communications and Plant Breeding and Biotechnology. Other publication venues include bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plants, and Horticultural Science and Technology.

Best Publications

  • The map-based sequence of the rice genome

    Takashi Matsumoto;Jianzhong Wu;Hiroyuki Kanamori;Yuichi Katayose

  • Genome sequence of the palaeopolyploid soybean

    Jeremy Schmutz;Steven B. Cannon;Jessica Schlueter;Jessica Schlueter;Jianxin Ma

  • The B73 Maize Genome: Complexity, Diversity, and Dynamics

    Patrick S. Schnable;Doreen Ware;Robert S. Fulton;Joshua C. Stein

  • A draft sequence of the rice genome (Oryza sativa L. ssp indica)

    Stephen A. Goff;Darrell Ricke;Tien-Hung Lan;Gernot Presting

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Human gut microbiota in obesity and after gastric bypass

    Husen Zhang;John K. DiBaise;Andrea Zuccolo;Dave Kudrna

  • A reference genome for common bean and genome-wide analysis of dual domestications

    Jeremy Schmutz;Phillip E McClean;Sujan Mamidi;G Albert Wu

  • Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species

    Seungill Kim;Minkyu Park;Seon In Yeom;Yong Min Kim

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

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

  • An integrated physical and genetic map of the rice genome

    Mingsheng Chen;Gernot Presting;W. Brad Barbazuk;Jose Luis Goicoechea

  • Genomes of 13 domesticated and wild rice relatives highlight genetic conservation, turnover and innovation across the genus Oryza

    Joshua C. Stein;Yeisoo Yu;Dario Copetti;Dario Copetti;Derrick J. Zwickl

  • The genome sequence of African rice (Oryza glaberrima) and evidence for independent domestication

    Muhua Wang;Yeisoo Yu;Georg Haberer;Pradeep R eddy Marri

  • Sequence composition and genome organization of maize.

    Joachim Messing;Arvind K. Bharti;Wojciech M. Karlowski;Heidrun Gundlach

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

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

  • Hamiltonella defensa, genome evolution of protective bacterial endosymbiont from pathogenic ancestors

    Patrick H. Degnan;Yeisoo Yu;Nicholas Sisneros;Rod A. Wing

  • Rice Transposable Elements: A Survey of 73,000 Sequence-Tagged-Connectors

    Long Mao;Todd C. Wood;Yeisoo Yu;Muhammad A. Budiman

  • Draft genome of the peanut A-genome progenitor (Arachis duranensis) provides insights into geocarpy, oil biosynthesis, and allergens

    X Chen;H Li;M K Pandey;Q Yang

  • A bacterial artificial chromosome library for barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) and the identification of clones containing putative resistance genes

    Y. Yu;J. P. Tomkins;R. Waugh;D. A. Frisch

  • Curated genome annotation of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica and comparative genome analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takeshi Itoh;Takeshi Itoh;Tsuyoshi Tanaka;Roberto A. Barrero;Chisato Yamasaki

  • The Oryza bacterial artificial chromosome library resource: Construction and analysis of 12 deep-coverage large-insert BAC libraries that represent the 10 genome types of the genus Oryza

    Jetty S.S. Ammiraju;Meizhong Luo;José L. Goicoechea;Wenming Wang

Frequent Co-Authors

Rod A. Wing
Rod A. Wing University of Arizona
Scott A. Jackson
Scott A. Jackson University of Georgia
Doreen Ware
Doreen Ware Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Carol Soderlund
Carol Soderlund University of Arizona
Tae-Jin Yang
Tae-Jin Yang Seoul National University
David A Kudrna
David A Kudrna University of Arizona
Andrew H. Paterson
Andrew H. Paterson University of Georgia
Jeremy Schmutz
Jeremy Schmutz Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
W. Richard McCombie
W. Richard McCombie Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Lincoln Stein
Lincoln Stein Ontario Institute for Cancer Research

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