Teh-hui Kao

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Titles and Affiliations
Distinguished Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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