Research Summary
Research interests include biochemical and molecular bases of self/non-self recognition during plant reproduction. Current research focuses on the mechanism of self-non-self recognition between pollen and pistil in self-incompatible plants as well as the
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Recent Publications
Analyses of Cullin1 homologs reveal functional redundancy in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility and evolutionary relationships in eudicots
Sun, L., Cao, S., Zheng, N. & Kao, T. H., Feb 2023, In: Plant Cell. 35, 2, p. 673-699 27 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Sequence analysis of the Petunia inflata S-locus region containing 17 S-Locus F-Box genes and the S-RNase gene involved in self-incompatibility
Wu, L., Williams, J. S., Sun, L. & Kao, T. H., Dec 2020, In: Plant Journal. 104, 5, p. 1348-1368 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
CRISPR/Cas9-mediated knockout of PiSSK1 reveals essential role of S-locus F-box protein-containing SCF complexes in recognition of non-self S-RNases during cross-compatible pollination in self-incompatible Petunia inflata
Sun, L. & Kao, T. H., Jun 1 2018, In: Plant Reproduction. 31, 2, p. 129-143 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
S-locus F-Box proteins are solely responsible for S-RNase-based self-incompatibility of Petunia Pollen
Sun, L., Williams, J. S., Li, S., Wu, L., Khatri, W. A., Stone, P. G., Keebaugh, M. D. & Kaoa, T. H., Dec 2018, In: Plant Cell. 30, 12, p. 2959-2972 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Use of Domain-Swapping to Identify Candidate Amino Acids Involved in Differential Interactions between Two Allelic Variants of Type-1 S-Locus F-Box Protein and S3-RNase in Petunia inflata
Wu, L., Williams, J. S., Wang, N., Khatri, W. A., San Román, D. & Kao, T. H., Feb 1 2018, In: Plant and Cell Physiology. 59, 2, p. 234-247 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
All 17 S-locus F-box proteins of the S2- and S3-haplotypes of Petunia inflata are assembled into similar SCF complexes with a specific function in self-incompatibility
Li, S., Williams, J. S., Sun, P. & Kao, T. H., Sep 1 2016, In: Plant Journal. 87, 6, p. 606-616 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
AcsA-AcsB: The core of the cellulose synthase complex from Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769
McManus, J. B., Deng, Y., Nagachar, N., Kao, T. H. & Tien, M., Jan 1 2016, In: Enzyme and Microbial Technology. 82, p. 58-65 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Isolation and characterization of two cellulose morphology mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii ATCC23769 producing cellulose with lower crystallinity
Deng, Y., Nagachar, N., Fang, L., Luan, X., Catchmark, J. M., Tien, M. & Kao, T. H., Mar 19 2015, In: PloS one. 10, 3, e0119504.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Pollen S-locus F-box proteins of Petunia involved in S-RNase-based self-incompatibility are themselves subject to ubiquitin-mediated degradation
Sun, P., Li, S., Lu, D., Williams, J. S. & Kao, T. H., Jul 1 2015, In: Plant Journal. 83, 2, p. 213-223 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Insight into S-RNase-based self-incompatibility in Petunia: Recent findings and future directions
Williams, J. S., Wu, L., Li, S., Sun, P. & Kao, T. H., Feb 5 2015, In: Frontiers in Plant Science. 6, FEB, 41.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identification of the self-incompatibility locus F-box protein-containing complex in Petunia inflata
Li, S., Sun, P., Williams, J. S. & Kao, T. H., Mar 2014, In: Plant Reproduction. 27, 1, p. 31-45 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Four previously identified petunia inflata s-locus f-box genes are involved in pollen specificity in self-incompatibility
Williams, J. S., Natale, C. A., Wang, N., Li, S., Brubaker, T. R., Sun, P. & Kao, T. H., Mar 2014, In: Molecular plant. 7, 3, p. 567-569 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
Transcriptome analysis reveals the same 17 S-locus F-box genes in two haplotypes of the self-incompatibility locus of Petunia inflata
Williams, J. S., Der, J. P., dePamphilis, C. W. & Kao, T. H., Jul 2014, In: Plant Cell. 26, 7, p. 2873-2888 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identification and characterization of non-cellulose-producing mutants of Gluconacetobacter hansenii generated by Tn5 transposon mutagenesis
Deng, Y., Nagachar, N., Xiao, C., Tien, M. & Kao, T. H., Nov 2013, In: Journal of bacteriology. 195, 22, p. 5072-5083 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Identification and characterization of a cellulose binding heptapeptide revealed by phage display
Guo, J., Catchmark, J. M., Mohamed, M. N. A., Benesi, A. J., Tien, M., Kao, T. H., Watts, H. D. & Kubicki, J. D., Jun 10 2013, In: Biomacromolecules. 14, 6, p. 1795-1805 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review