Publications

  • Yan, Y., and Ham, B.K. (2022). The Mobile Small RNAs: Important Messengers for Long-Distance Communication in Plants. Front Plant Sci 13, 928729
  • Chen, J., and Ham, B.K. (2022). Systemic Signaling: A Role in Propelling Crop Yield. Plants 11(11).
  • Yan, Y., Ham, B.K., Chong, Y.H., Yeh, S.D., and Lucas, W.J. (2019). A Plant SMALL RNA-BINDING PROTEIN 1 Family Mediates Cell-to-Cell Trafficking of RNAi Signals. Mol Plant. 13, 321-335
  • Zhang, Z., Zheng, Y., Ham, B. K., Zhang, S., Fei, Z., and Lucas, W.J. (2018) Plant lncRNAs are enriched in and move systemically through the phloem in response to phosphate deficiency, J. Integr. Plant Biol. 64, 492-508 
  •  Ham, B. K., Chen, J., Yan, Y., and Lucas, W. J. (2017) Insights into plant phosphate sensing and signaling. Opin. Biotechnol. 49, 1-9
  •  Ham, B. K. and Lucas, W. J. (2017) Phloem-mobile RNAs as Systemic Signaling Agents. Rev. Plant Biol.68, 173-195
  •  Hu, C.*, Ham, B. K.*, El-Shabrawi, H. W., Alexander, D., Zhang, D., Ryal, J., and Lucas, W. J. (2016) Proteomics and metabolomics analyses reveal the cucurbit sieve tube system as a complex metabolic space. Plant J. 87, 442-454
  •  Zhang, Z., Ham, B. K., and Lucas, W. J. (2016) Systemic silencing: Mobile sRNA stabilizes genomes. Nature Plants 2, 16020
  •  Zhang, Z., Zheng, Y., Ham, B. K., Chen, J., Yoshida, A., Kochian, L.V., Fei, Z., and Lucas, W. J. (2016) Vascular-mediated signaling involved in early phosphate stress response in plants. Nature Plants 2, 16033
  •  Speigelman, Z., Ham, B. K., Zhang, Z., Toal, T. W., Brady, S. M., Zheng, Y., Fei, Z., Lucas, W. J. and Wolf, S. (2015) A tomato phloem-mobile protein regulates the shoot-to0-root ratio by mediating the auxin response in distant organs. Plant J. 83, 853-863
  •  Ham, B.K., Li, G., Jia, W., Fei, Z., Leary, J.A., and Lucas W.J. (2014) Systemic delivery of siRNA in pumpkin by a plant PHLOEM SMALL RNA-BINDING PROTEIN 1-ribonucleoprotein complex. Plant J.80, 683-694
  •  Ham, B.K., and Lucas, W.J. (2014). The Angiosperm phloem sieve tube system: A role in mediating traits important to modern agriculture. Exp. Bot. 65, 1799-1816
  •  Yoo, S.C., Chen, C., Rojas, M., Daimon, Y., Ham, B.K., Araki, T., and Lucas, W.J. (2013). Phloem long-distance delivery of FLOWERING LOCUS T (FT) to the apex. Plant J. 75, 456-468
  •  Guo, S., Zhang, J., Sun, H., Salse, J., Lucas, W. J., Zheng, Y., Mao, L., Ren, Y., Wang, Z., Min, J., Zhang, H., Murat, F., Ham, B. K., Zhang, Z., Gao, S., Huang, M., Xu, Y., Zhong, S., Zhao, H., He, H., Zhang, Y., Zhang, Z., Huang, S., Tan, T., Pang, E., Lin, K., Hu, Q., Kuang, H., Liu, J., Kou, Q., Hou, W., Zou, X., Jiang, J., Gong, G., Klee, K., Schoof, H., Huang, Y., Ni, P., Wang, B., Wang, J., Wu, K., Xia, Y., Zhao, X., Zheng, Z., Xing, M., Liang, X., Huang, B., Lv, T., Wang, J., Yi, H., Li, R., Wu, M., Levi, A., Zhang, X., Giovannoni, J. J., Wang, J., Li, Y., Fei, Z., and Xu, Y. (2013) Genome sequencing of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus): insights into evolution, domestication and crop improvement. Nature Genetics 45, 51-58
  •  Ham, B. K.*, Li, G.*, Kang, B. H., Zeng, F., Lucas, W. J. (2012) Over-expression of Arabidopsis Plasmodesmata Germin-like Proteins (PDGLPs) disrupts root growth and development. Plant Cell 24, 3630-3648
  •  Li, P.*, Ham, B. K.*, Lucas, W. J. (2011) CmRBP50 phosphorylation is essential for assembly of a stable phloem-mobile high-affinity Ribonucleoprotein complex. Biol. Chem. 286, 23142-23149
  •  Huh, S. U., Kim, M. J., Ham, B. K., Paek, K. H. (2011) A zinc finger protein Tsip1 controls Cucumber mosaic virus infection by interacting with the replication complex on vacuolar membranes of the tobacco plant. New Phytol. 191, 746-62
  •  Ruiz-Medrano, R., Xoconostle-Cázares, B., Ham, B. K., Li, G., Lucas, W. J. (2011) Vascular expression in Arabidopsis is predicted by the frequency of CT/GA-rich repeats in gene promoters. Plant J. 67, 130-144
  •  Ma, Y., Miura, E., Ham, B. K., Cheng, H. W., Lee, Y. J., Lucas, W. J. (2010). Pumpkin eIF5A isoforms interact with components of the translational machinery in the cucurbit sieve tube system. Plant J. 64, 536-550
  •  Lucas, W. J., Ham, B. K., Kim, J. Y. (2009) Plasmodesmata - bridging the gap between neighboring plant cells. Trend Cell Biol. 10, 495-503
  •  Kim, Y. J., Park, C. J., Ham, B. K., Paek K. H. (2009) Involvement of the Fas-associated Factor1 Ortholog, CaFAF1, in Regulating Programmed Cell Death in Plants. Plant Biol. 52, 125-134
  •  Ham, B. K., Brandom, J. L., Xoconostle-Cázares, B., Ringgold, V., Lough, T. J., Lucas, W. J. (2009) A polypyrimidine tract binding protein, pumpkin RBP50, forms the basis of a phloem-mobile ribonucleoprotein complex. Plant Cell 21, 197-215
  •  Kim M. J., Huh S. H., Ham, B. K., Paek, K. H. (2008) A novel methyltransferase methylates Cucumber mosaic virus 1a protein and promotes systemic spread. Virol. 82, 4823-4833
  •  Taoka, K.*, Ham, B. K.*, Xoconostle-Cázares, B., Rojas, M. R., Lucas, W. J. (2007) Reciprocal phosphorylation and glycosylation recognition motifs control NCAPP1 interaction with pumpkin phloem proteins and their cell-to-cell movement. Plant Cell 19, 1866-1884
  •  Ham, B. K., Park, J. M., Lee, S. B., Kim, M. J., Lee, I. J., Kim, K. J., Paek, K. H. (2006) Tsip1, a DnaJ-type Zn finger protein, modulates the transcription regulation of Tsi1 as an activator. Plant Cell 18, 2005-2020
  •  Kim, Y. S., Ham, B. K., Paek, K. H., Park, C. M., Chua, N. H. (2006) An Arabidopsis Homologue of Human Seven-in-Absentia-interacting Protein Is Involved in Pathogen Resistance. Cells 30, 389-394
  •  Lee, S. B., Ham, B. K., Park, J. M., Kim, Y. J., Paek, K. H. (2006) BnNHL18A shows a localization change by stress-inducing chemical treatments. Biophys. Res. Commun. 339, 399-406
  •  Kim, K. J., Park, C. J., Ham, B. K., Choi, S. B., Lee, B. J., Paek, K. H. (2006) Induction of a cytosolic pyruvate kinase 1 gene during the resistance response to Tobacco mosaic virus in Capsicum annuum. Plant Cell Rep. 25, 359-364
  •  Kim, M. J.*, Ham, B. K.*, Paek, K. H. (2006) Novel protein kinase interacts with the Cucumber mosaic virus 1a methyltransferase domain. Biophys. Res. Commun. 340, 228-235
  •  Kim, M. J., Ham, B. K., Kim, H. R., Lee, I. J., Kim, Y. J., Ryu, K. H., Park, Y. I., Paek, K. H. (2005) In vitro and in planta interaction evidence between Nicotiana tabacum thaumatin-like protein 1 (TLP1) and cucumber mosaic virus proteins. Plant Mol. Biol. 59, 981-994
  •  Kim, K. J., Park, C. J., An, J. M., Ham, B. K., Lee, B. J., Paek, K. H. (2005) CaAlaAT1 catalyzes the ananine:2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase reaction during the resistance response against Tobacco mosaic virus in hot pepper. Planta 221, 857-867
  •  Park, J. M., Park, C. J., Lee, S. B., Ham, B. K., Shin, R., and Paek, K. H (2001) Overexpression of the tobacco Tsi1 gene encoding an EREBP/AP2-type transcription factor enhances resistance against pathogen attack and osmotic stress in tobacco. Plant Cell 13, 1035-1046
  •  Ham, B. K., Lee, T. H., You, J. S., Nam, Y. W., Kim, J. K., and Paek, K. H. (1999) Isolation of a putative tobacco host factor interacting with cucumber mosaic virus-encoded 2b protein by yeast two-hybrid screening. Cells 9, 548-555

 

* Equal contribution to this work.