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Biology and Biochemistry
Korea
2023

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
89
Citations
26338
World Ranking
2587
National Ranking
1353

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Korea Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Korea Leader Award

Overview

Youngsook Lee is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their scientific work is primarily focused on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with significant contributions to agricultural and biological sciences.

The researcher's main fields of study include:

  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences

Within these domains, Youngsook Lee explores several subfields such as molecular biology, plant science, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, biochemistry, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Key subfields of study are:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
  • Biochemistry
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Their research topics cover a range of biological and biochemical processes, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Algal biology and biofuel production
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Lipid metabolism and biosynthesis
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms

Youngsook Lee has published several recent papers, contributing to various journals. Selected papers include:

  • "Structural and functional diversity calls for a new classification of ABC transporters," 2020, FEBS Letters
  • "2021 update on ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters: how they meet the needs of plants," 2021, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Arabidopsis seedling establishment under waterlogging requires ABCG5-mediated formation of a dense cuticle layer," 2020, New Phytologist
  • "The Chlamydomonas bZIP transcription factor BLZ8 confers oxidative stress tolerance by inducing the carbon-concentrating mechanism," 2021, The Plant Cell
  • "The disassembly of lipid droplets in Chlamydomonas," 2021, New Phytologist

Frequent publication venues for Youngsook Lee include:

  • New Phytologist
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Human Reproduction
  • Circulation
  • FEBS Letters

The researcher collaborates regularly with several coauthors, notably:

  • Yasuyo Yamaoka
  • Enrico Martinoia
  • Bae Young Choi
  • Jae-Ung Hwang
  • Donghwan Shim

Best Publications

  • Human Embryonic Stem Cells Develop Into Multiple Types of Cardiac Myocytes. Action Potential Characterization

    Jia-Qiang He;Yue Ma;Youngsook Lee;James A. Thomson

  • Plant ABC proteins - a unified nomenclature and updated inventory

    Paul J. Verrier;David Bird;Bo Burla;Elie Dassa

  • PDR-type ABC transporter mediates cellular uptake of the phytohormone abscisic acid

    Joohyun Kang;Jae-Ung Hwang;Miyoung Lee;Yu-Young Kim

  • The ABC transporter AtPDR8 is a cadmium extrusion pump conferring heavy metal resistance.

    Do-Young Kim;Lucien Bovet;Masayoshi Maeshima;Enrico Martinoia;Enrico Martinoia

  • The phytochelatin transporters AtABCC1 and AtABCC2 mediate tolerance to cadmium and mercury

    Jiyoung Park;Won Yong Song;Donghwi Ko;Yujin Eom

  • Arsenic tolerance in Arabidopsis is mediated by two ABCC-type phytochelatin transporters

    Won-Yong Song;Jiyoung Park;David G. Mendoza-Cózatl;Marianne Suter-Grotemeyer

  • Plant ABC transporters

    Joohyun Kang;Jiyoung Park;Hyunju Choi;Bo Burla

  • Engineering tolerance and accumulation of lead and cadmium in transgenic plants

    Won-Yong Song;Eun Ju Sohn;Enrico Martinoia;Yong Jik Lee

  • Oligogalacturonic Acid and Chitosan Reduce Stomatal Aperture by Inducing the Evolution of Reactive Oxygen Species from Guard Cells of Tomato and Commelina communis

    Sumin Lee;Hyunjung Choi;SuJeoung Suh;In-Suk Doo

  • A rice ABC transporter, OsABCC1, reduces arsenic accumulation in the grain.

    Won Yong Song;Tomohiro Yamaki;Naoki Yamaji;Donghwi Ko

  • Jumonji Modulates Polycomb Activity and Self-Renewal versus Differentiation of Stem Cells

    Xiaohua Shen;Woojin Kim;Yuko Fujiwara;Matthew D. Simon

  • Disruption of OsYSL15 Leads to Iron Inefficiency in Rice Plants

    Sichul Lee;Jeff C. Chiecko;Sun A. Kim;Elsbeth L. Walker

  • The Cardiac Tissue-Restricted Homeobox Protein Csx/Nkx2.5 Physically Associates with the Zinc Finger Protein GATA4 and Cooperatively Activates Atrial Natriuretic Factor Gene Expression

    Youngsook Lee;Tetsuo Shioi;Hideko Kasahara;Shawn M. Jobe

  • AtABCG29 Is a Monolignol Transporter Involved in Lignin Biosynthesis

    Santiago Alejandro;Yuree Lee;Takayuki Tohge;Damien Sudre

  • AtPDR12 contributes to lead resistance in Arabidopsis.

    Miyoung Lee;Kiyoul Lee;Joohyun Lee;Eun Woon Noh

  • AtATM3 Is Involved in Heavy Metal Resistance in Arabidopsis

    Do-Young Kim;Lucien Bovet;Sergei Kushnir;Eun Woon Noh

  • Identification of Rice Varieties with High Tolerance or Sensitivity to Lead and Characterization of the Mechanism of Tolerance

    Young-Yell Yang;Ji-Young Jung;Won-Yong Song;Hak-Soo Suh

  • Plant ABC Transporters Enable Many Unique Aspects of a Terrestrial Plant's Lifestyle

    Jae-Ung Hwang;Won-Yong Song;Daewoong Hong;Donghwi Ko

  • Glycogen Synthase Kinase 3β Regulates GATA4 in Cardiac Myocytes

    Carmine Morisco;Koichi Seta;Stefan E. Hardt;Youngsook Lee

  • Phosphatidic acid activates a wound‐activated MAPK in Glycine max

    Sumin Lee;Heribert Hirt;Youngsook Lee

Frequent Co-Authors

Enrico Martinoia
Enrico Martinoia University of Zurich
Inhwan Hwang
Inhwan Hwang Pohang University of Science and Technology
Ikuo Nishida
Ikuo Nishida Saitama University
Masayoshi Maeshima
Masayoshi Maeshima Nagoya University
Timothy J. Kamp
Timothy J. Kamp University of Wisconsin–Madison
Julian I. Schroeder
Julian I. Schroeder University of California, San Diego
Markus Geisler
Markus Geisler University of Fribourg
Emery H. Bresnick
Emery H. Bresnick University of Wisconsin–Madison
Byung-Ho Kang
Byung-Ho Kang Chinese University of Hong Kong
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University

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