Oliver Yu

Metabolic engineering to increase isoflavone biosynthesis in soybean seed.

The promoters of two isoflavone synthase genes respond differentially to nodulation and defense signals in transgenic soybean roots.

Accumulation of genistein and daidzein, soybean isoflavones implicated in promoting human health, is significantly elevated by irrigation.

RNA interference of soybean isoflavone synthase genes leads to silencing in tissues distal to the transformation site and to enhanced susceptibility to Phytophthora sojae.

Partial reconstruction of flavonoid and isoflavonoid biosynthesis in yeast using soybean type I and type II chalcone isomerases.

Using unnatural protein fusions to engineer resveratrol biosynthesis in yeast and Mammalian cells.

Endogenous isoflavones are essential for the establishment of symbiosis between soybean and Bradyrhizobium japonicum.

RNAi silencing of genes for elicitation or biosynthesis of 5-deoxyisoflavonoids suppresses race-specific resistance and hypersensitive cell death in Phytophthora sojae infected tissues.

Flavone synthases from Medicago truncatula are flavanone-2-hydroxylases and are important for nodulation.

Distinct, crucial roles of flavonoids during legume nodulation.

Potential for metabolic engineering of resveratrol biosynthesis.

Contributions of conserved serine and tyrosine residues to catalysis, ligand binding, and cofactor processing in the active site of tyrosine ammonia lyase.

Transcriptional analysis of highly syntenic regions between Medicago truncatula and Glycine max using tiling microarrays.

Novel and nodulation-regulated microRNAs in soybean roots.

Nature's assembly line: biosynthesis of simple phenylpropanoids and polyketides.

Flavones and flavonols play distinct critical roles during nodulation of Medicago truncatula by Sinorhizobium meliloti.

Genetic control of soybean seed isoflavone content: importance of statistical model and epistasis in complex traits.

Distinct changes in soybean xylem sap proteome in response to pathogenic and symbiotic microbe interactions.

Regulation of growth response to water stress in the soybean primary root. I. Proteomic analysis reveals region-specific regulation of phenylpropanoid metabolism and control of free iron in the elongation zone.

Differential expression of isoflavone biosynthetic genes in soybean during water deficits.

Misexpression of miR482, miR1512, and miR1515 increases soybean nodulation.

Intricate environment-modulated genetic networks control isoflavone accumulation in soybean seeds.

Metabolic engineering of resveratrol and other longevity boosting compounds.

Metabolic profiling of strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa Duch.) during fruit development and maturation.

Whole genome co-expression analysis of soybean cytochrome P450 genes identifies nodulation-specific P450 monooxygenases.

Controlled silencing of 4-coumarate:CoA ligase alters lignocellulose composition without affecting stem growth.

Berry skin development in Norton grape: distinct patterns of transcriptional regulation and flavonoid biosynthesis.

Deep sequencing of the Camellia sinensis transcriptome revealed candidate genes for major metabolic pathways of tea-specific compounds.

Stepwise increase of resveratrol biosynthesis in yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae by metabolic engineering.

Metabolic engineering of flavonoids in plants and microorganisms.

Major locus and other novel additive and epistatic loci involved in modulation of isoflavone concentration in soybean seeds.

Synthetic scaffolds increased resveratrol biosynthesis in engineered yeast cells.

Structural and kinetic analysis of the unnatural fusion protein 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase::stilbene synthase.