2026

Arabidopsis bZIP68 Modulates Flowering Time Potentially with Chromatin and Stress-Responsive Regulators

Chaelin Park, Kyoung Rok Geem, Bae Young Choi, Jaewook Kim (Co-first author)

Biology 15(17): 1525 (2026) 

DOI: 10.3390/biology15171525 

2025

Stress-inducible FBS1 family regulates cell division and salt stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana
Kyoung Rok Geem, Wonsil Bae, Hojin Ryu
Journal of Plant Biotechnology 52(3): 249–255 (2025)
DOI: 10.5010/JPB.2025.52.028.249

Alternate wetting and drying and nitrogen fertilizations under different soil conditions alter carbohydrate and nitrogen metabolisms in rice
Kyoung Rok Geem, Gahyun Kim, Jwakyung Sung
Applied Biological Chemistry 68: 28 (2025)
DOI: 10.1186/s13765-025-01002-z

Improving Nutrient Use Efficiency of Rice Under Alternative Wetting and Drying Irrigation Combined with Slow-Release Nitrogen Fertilization
Boyun Lee, Minji Kim, Kyoung Rok Geem, Jwakyung Sung  (Co-corresponding author )
Plants 14(10): 1530 (2025)
DOI: 10.3390/plants14101530

Role of Carrot (Daucus carota L.) Storage Roots in Drought Stress Adaptation: Hormonal Regulation and Metabolite Accumulation
Kyoung Rok Geem, Ye-Jin Lee, Jeongmin Lee, Dain Hong, Ga-Eun Kim, Jwakyung Sung
Metabolites 15(1): 56 (2025)
DOI: 10.3390/metabo15010056

2024

Identification of a key signaling network regulating perennating bud dormancy in Panax ginseng
Jeoungeui Hong, Soeun Han, Kyoung Rok Geem, Wonsil Bae, Jiyong Kim, Moo-Geun Jee, Jung-Woo Lee, Jang-Uk Kim, Gisuk Lee, Youngsung Joo, Donghwan Shim, Hojin Ryu
Journal of Ginseng Research 48(5): 511–519 (2024)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2024.04.004

In planta production of human-derived RANKL
Jae-Ho Lee, Kyoung Rok Geem, Zhihao Chen, Jujin Jeong, Sang-Wook Park, Dong Wook Lee  (Co-first author)
Plant Biotechnology Reports 18(4): 579–585 (2024)
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-024-00917-1

Cytokinin signaling promotes root secondary growth and bud formation in Panax ginseng
Kyoung Rok Geem, Yookyung Lim, Jeongeui Hong, Wonsil Bae, Jinsu Lee, Soeun Han, Jinsu Gil, Hyunwoo Cho, Hojin Ryu
Journal of Ginseng Research 48(2): 220–228 (2024)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2023.11.002

2023

Differential contributions of two domains of NAI2 to the formation of the endoplasmic reticulum body
Yun Ju Choi, Kyoung Rok Geem, Jitae Kim, Dong Wook Lee  (Co-first author)
Frontiers in Plant Science 14: 1184678 (2023)
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2023.1184678

Nitrate enhances the secondary growth of storage roots in Panax ginseng
Kyoung Rok Geem, Jaewook Kim, Wonsil Bae, Moo-Geun Jee, Jin Yu, Inbae Jang, Dongyun Lee, Chang Pyo Hong, Donghwan Shim, Hojin Ryu
Journal of Ginseng Research 47(3): 469–478 (2023)
DOI: 10.1016/j.jgr.2022.05.009

2022

In planta production and characterization of full-length human adipose triglyceride lipase
Kseniia Zaikova, Jinseung Jeong, Kyoung Rok Geem, Kang-Mo Ku, Jeong-Sun Kim, Dong Wook Lee  (Co-first author)
Plant Biotechnology Reports 16(6): 793–797 (2022)
DOI: 10.1007/s11816-022-00799-1

In planta Production and Validation of Neuraminidase Derived from Genotype 4 Reassortant Eurasian Avian-like H1N1 Virus as a Vaccine Candidate
Da Been Kim, Sun Min Lee, Kyoung Rok Geem, Jitae Kim, Eui Ho Kim, Dong Wook Lee  (Co-first author)
Plants 11(21): 2984 (2022)
DOI: 10.3390/plants11212984

SCF^FBS1 Regulates Root Quiescent Center Cell Division via Protein Degradation of APC/C^CCS52A2
Kyoung Rok Geem, Hyemin Kim, Hojin Ryu
Molecules and Cells 45(10): 695–701 (2022)
DOI: 10.14348/molcells.2022.0074

Prolonged Exposure to High Temperature Inhibits Shoot Primary and Root Secondary Growth in Panax ginseng
Jeongeui Hong, Kyoung Rok Geem, Jaewook Kim, Ick-Hyun Jo, Tae-Jin Yang, Donghwan Shim, Hojin Ryu
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23(19): 11647 (2022)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms231911647

2021

Gibberellin Signaling Promotes the Secondary Growth of Storage Roots in Panax ginseng
Chang Pyo Hong, Jinsoo Kim, Jinsu Lee, Seung-Il Yoo, Wonsil Bae, Kyoung Rok Geem, Jin Yu, Inbae Jang, Ick Hyun Jo, Hyunwoo Cho, Donghwan Shim, Hojin Ryu
International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22(16): 8694 (2021)
DOI: 10.3390/ijms22168694

Production of Gloeophyllum trabeum Endoglucanase Cel12A in Nicotiana benthamiana for Cellulose Degradation
Kyoung Rok Geem, Younho Song, Inhwan Hwang, Hyeun-Jong Bae, Dong Wook Lee
Frontiers in Plant Science 12: 696199 (2021)
DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2021.696199

2019

Jasmonic acid-inducible TSA1 facilitates ER body formation
Kyoung Rok Geem, Dae Heon Kim, Dong Wook Lee, Yun Kwon, Junho Lee, Jeong Hee Kim, Inhwan Hwang
The Plant Journal 97(2): 267–280 (2019)
DOI: 10.1111/tpj.14112

2018

AtCAP2 is crucial for lytic vacuole biogenesis during germination by positively regulating vacuolar protein trafficking
Yun Kwon, Jinbo Shen, Myoung Hui Lee, Kyoung Rok Geem, Liwen Jiang, Inhwan Hwang
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 115(7): E1675–E1683 (2018)
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1717204115

2015

Sequence Motifs in Transit Peptides Act as Independent Functional Units and Can Be Transferred to New Sequence Contexts
Dong Wook Lee, Seungjin Woo, Kyoung Rok Geem, Inhwan Hwang
Plant Physiology 169(1): 471–484 (2015)
DOI: 10.1104/pp.15.00842

Cytosolic targeting factor AKR2A captures chloroplast outer membrane-localized client proteins at the ribosome during translation
Dae Heon Kim, Jae-Eun Lee, Zheng-Yi Xu, Kyoung Rok Geem, Yun Kwon, Joon Won Park, Inhwan Hwang
Nature Communications 6: 6843 (2015)
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7843

Patents

2024

Methods for producing cellulase comprising Cel12A protein
Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO), 2024