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Zhang J, Subramanian S, Zhang Y, Yu O (2007) Flavone synthases from Medicago truncatula are flavanone-2-hydroxylases and are important for nodulation. Plant Physiology 144: 741-751

 

Graham TL, Graham MY, Subramanian S, Yu O (2007) RNAi silencing of genes for elicitation or biosynthesis of 5-deoxyisoflavonoids suppresses race-specific resistance and HR cell death in Phytophthora sojae infected tissues. Plant Physiology 144: 724-740.

  Subramanian S, Stacey G, Yu O (2007) Distinct, critical roles of flavonoids during determinate and indeterminate legume nodulation. Trends in Plant Science 12: 282-285.
 

Subramanian S., Stacey G., Yu O (2006) Endogenous isoflavones are essential for soybean-Bradyrhizobium japonicum interactions. Plant Journal 48: 261-273.

 

Zhang Y, Liu ZH, Jia L, Peng ZL, Jaworski J, Wang XM, Jez J., Chen F, Yu O (2006) Metabolic engineering of de novo biosynthesis of resveratrol in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and mammalian cells. Journal of American Chemistry Society. 128: 13030-13031. Featured in Chemical and Engineering News, 84 (Oct. 2, 2006): page 43.

  Ralston L, Yu O. (2006) Metabolons involving plant cytochrome P450s. Phytochemistry Review. 5: 459-472.
 

Yu O. (2006) Metabolic engineering of the plant phenylpropanoid pathway. Encyclopedia of Plant and Crop Science, Dekker Publishing. DOI: 10.1081/E-EPCS-120010589.

  Yu O, Matsuno M, Subramanian S. (2006) Flavonoids in flowers: Genetics and Biochemistry. In Floriculture, ornamental and plant biotechnology: Advances and topical issues (1st Edition), Jaime A Teixeira da Silva (ed.), pp. 283-293.
  Ralston L, Subramanian S, Matsuno M, Yu O. (2005) Partial reconstruction of flavonoid and isoflavonoid biosynthesis in yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) using soybean type I and type II chalcone isomerases. Plant Physiology 137: 1375-1388.
  Subramainan S, Graham ML, Yu O, Graham T. (2005) Silencing of soybean isoflavone synthase through an RNAi approach leads to silencing in non-transformed tissue and to enhanced susceptibility to Phytophthora sojae. Plant Physiology 137: 1345-1353.
  Yu O, McGonigle B. (2005) Metabolic engineering of isoflavone biosynthesis. Invited review. Advances in Agronomy 86: 147-190.
  Subramanian S, Xu L, Lu G, Odell J, Yu O. (2004) The promoters of the isoflavone synthase genes respond differentially to nodulation and defense signals in transgenic soybean roots. Plant Molecular Biology 54:226-239.
  Bennett JO, Yu O, Heartherly LG, Krishnan HB. (2004). Accumulation of genistein and daidzein, soybean isoflavones implicated in promoting human health, is significantly elevated by irrigation. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry 52: 7574-7579.
  Yu O, Shi J, Hession A, Maxwell C, McGonigle B, Odell J. (2003) Metabolic engineering to increase isoflavone biosynthesis in soybean seed. Phytochemistry 63: 753-763.
  Yu O, Jung W, Shi J, Crose R, Fader G, McGonigle B, Odell J. (2000) Production of the isoflavones genistein and daidzein in non-legume dicot and monocot tissues. Isoflavone accumulation is related to activity of the phenylpropanoid pathway. Plant Physiology 124: 781-793.
  Jung W, Yu O, Lau CSM, O’keefe DP, Odell J, Fader G, McGonigle B. (2000) Identification and expression of isoflavone synthase, the key enzyme for biosynthesis of isoflavones in legumes. Nature Biotechnology 18: 208-212.

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