Publications

 2025

• Dong-Hyun Kim, Dong-Chan Kim, Donggun Seo, Ki-Tae Kim, Sang-Han Lee, Seung-Beom Hong. 2025. Genome diversity, population structure and MALDI-TOF MS profiling of Aspergillus oryzae/flavus strains from fermentation and wild environments. BMC Genomics 26(429).

• Yoeguang Hue, Jea Hyeoung Kim, Yebin Nam, Byungheon Choi, Tae San Kim, Se-Jin Lee, Ki-Tae Kim. 2025. Changes in the occurrence patterns of rice fungal diseases due to climate change. Res. Plant Dis. 31(1):17-29.

 2024

• You-Jin Lim, Yoon-Ju Yoon, Hyunjun Lee, Gobong Choi, Seongbeom Kim, Jaeho Ko, Jea Hyeoung Kim, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2024. Nuclear localization sequence of MoHTR1, a Magnaporthe oryzae effector, for transcriptional reprogramming of immunity genes in rice. Nat. Commun. 15, 9764.

• Saet-Byul Kim, Ki-Tae Kim, Solhee In, Namrata Jaiswal, Gir-Won Lee, Seungmee Jung et al. 2024. Use of the Puccinia sorghi haustorial transcriptome to identify and characterize AvrRp1-D recognized by the maize Rp1-D resistance protein. PLoS Pathogens 20(11):e1012662.

• Jea Hyeoung Kim, Eun-Kyung Bae, Yoeguang Hue, Byungheon Choi, Min-Jeong Kang, Eung-Jun Park, Ki-Tae Kim. 2024. Comparative genomics reveals species-specific genes and symbiotic adaptations in Tricholoma matsutake. J. Fungi 10(11):746.

• Jiyun Yang, Bing Li, Yu-Ting Pan, Ping Wang, Mei-Ling Sun, Ki-Tae Kim, Hui Sun, Jian-Ren Ye, Zhen Jiao, Yong-Hwan Lee, Lin Huang. 2024. Phospho-code of a conserved transcriptional factor underpins fungal virulence. BMC biol. 22(1):179.

• Yoeguang Hue, Jea Hyeoung Kim, Gang Lee, Byungheon Choi, Hyun Sim, Jongbum Jeon, Mun-Il Ahn, Yong Kyu Han, Ki-Tae Kim. 2024. Artificial Intelligence Plant Doctor: plant disease diagnosis using GPT4-vision. Res. Plant Dis. 30(1):99-102.

• Youngmin Kim, Miju Jo, Sunmin An, Yerim Lee, Eu Ddeum Choi, Min-Hye Jeong, Ki-Tae Kim, Sook-Young Park. 2024. MoNOT3/5 subunit has important roles in infection-related development and stress responses in Magnaporthe oryzae. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 25(6): 3290.

• Ningxiao Li, Ki-Tae Kim, Carl Schlagnhaufer, Seogchan Kang. 2024. Multifaceted effects of volatile organic compounds released by Fusarium oxysporum on Trichoderma biocontrol agents. Biol. Control 191(2024):105473.

 2023

• Ronny Vӧlz, Ki-Tae Kim, Mazen Alazem, William Harris, Sungkee Hwang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2023. Lyso-phosphatidylethanolamine triggers immunity against necrotrophs by promoting JA-signaling and ROS-homeostasis. Plant Molecular Biology 113:237-247.

• Ki-Tae Kim, Jea Hyeoung Kim, Yoeguang Hue, Haejun Jeong, Hyeon Jung Hwang, Li Ra Yoo, Wonsu Cheon, Jaeduk Goh. 2023. Genome sequence of freshwater sediment isolated fungus Westerdykella aurantiaca strain NNIBRFG27121. Microbiology Resource Announcements e00613-23.

• Katanyutita Damchuay, Siwaporn Hemsart, Apinya Longya, Kantinan Leetanasaksakul, Ki‐Tae Kim, Hyunjung Chung, You‐Jin Lim, Yoon‐Ju Yoon, Yong‐Hwan Lee, Theerayut Toojinda, Chatchawan Jantasuriyarat. 2023. Genetic diversity of an effector gene, AvrPi9, of rice blast pathogen in Thailand and characterization of its promoter. Plant Pathology 

• Eun-Kyung Bae, Min-Jeong Kang, Seung-Jae Lee, Eung-Jun Park, Ki-Tae Kim. 2023. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the Asian aspen Populus davidiana Dode. Scientific Data 10(1):431.

• Min-Jeong Kang, Eun-Kyung Bae, Eung-Jun Park, Kang-Hyeon Ka, Mi-Ra Son, Ki-Tae Kim†, Jei-Wan Lee†. 2023. Draft Genome Sequence for the Symbiotic Pine Mushroom Tricholoma matsutake. Microbiology Resource Announcements e01271-22.

 2022

• Bae Young Choi, Suhyeon Lee, Jaewook Kim, Hyeonseon Park, Joon-Hyeok Kim, Minji Kim, Soo-Je Park, Ki-Tae Kim, Hojin Ryu, Donghwan Shim. 2022. Comparison of endophytic and epiphytic microbial communities in surviving and dead Korean fir (Abies koreana) using metagenomic sequencing. Forests 13(11): 1932.

• Sungmin Song, Hyunjung Chung, Kwang-Hyung Kim, Ki-Tae Kim. 2022. Analysis of rice blast outbreaks in Korea through text mining. Res. Plant Dis. 38(3): 113-121.

• Hyeunjeong Song, Ki-Tae Kim, Sook-Young Park, Gir-Won Lee, Jaeyoung Choi, Jongbum Jeon, Kyeongchae Cheong, Gobong Choi, Jae-Seoun Hur, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2022. A comparative genomic analysis of lichen-forming fungi reveals new insights into fungal lifestyles. Scientific Reports 12(1): 1-14.

• Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Jaeyoung Choi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Jaeho Ko, Gobong Choi, Hyunjun Lee, Gir-Won Lee, Sook-Young Park, Seongbeom Kim, Sun Tae Kim, Cheol Woo Min, Seogchan Kang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2022. Alternative splicing diversifies the transcriptome and proteome of the rice blast fungus during host infection. RNA Biology 19(1): 373-385.

• Seogchan Kang, Ki-Tae Kim, Jaeyoung Choi, Hyun Kim, Kyeongchae Cheong, Ananda Y Bandara, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2021. Genomics and informatics, conjoined tools vital for understanding and protecting plant health. Phytopathology 112(5).

• Eun-Kyung Bae, Chanhoon An, Min-Jeong Kang, Sang-A Lee, Seung Jae Lee, Ki-Tae Kim†, Eung-Jun Park†. 2022. Chromosome-level genome assembly of the fully mycoheterotrophic orchid Gastrodia elata. G3  12(3): jkab433.

 2021

• Teng Fu, Joon-Hee Han, Jong-Hwan Shin, Hyeunjeong Song, Jaeho Ko, Yong-Hwan Lee, Ki-Tae Kim†, Kyoung Su Kim†. 2021. Homeobox transcription factors are required for fungal development and the suppression of host defense mechanisms in the Colletotrichum scovillei-pepper pathosystem. mBio 12: e01620-21.

• Da-Young Lee, Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Jaeho Ko, Stephen O. Opiyo, James C. Correll, Shimin Zuo, Sheshu Madhav, Guo-Liang Wang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2021. Comparative genome analyses of four rice-infecting Rhizoctonia solani isolates reveal extensive enrichment of homogalacturonan modification genes. BMC Genomics 22: 242.

2020 and past

• Seongbeom Kim, Chi-Yeol Kim, Sook-Young Park, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Hyunjung Chung, Gobong Choi, Seomun Kwon, Jaeyoung Choi, Junhyun Jeon, Jong-Seong Jeon, Chang Hyun Khang, Seogchan Kang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2020. Two nuclear effectors of the rice blast fungus modulate host immunity via transcriptional reprogramming. Nature Communications 11: 1-11.

• Seungill Kim, Kyeongchae Cheong, Jieun Park, Myung-Shin Kim, Jihyun Kim, Min-Ki Seo, Geun Young Chae, Min Jeong Jang, Hyunggon Mang, Sun-Ho Kwon, Yong-Min Kim, Namjin Koo, Cheol Woo Min, Kwang-Soo Kim, Nuri Oh, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Hyunbin Kim, Yoon-Young Lee, Kee Hoon Sohn, Honour C McCann, Sang-Kyu Ye, Sun Tae Kim, Kyung-Soon Park, Yong-Hwan Lee, Doil Choi. 2020. TGFam-Finder: a novel solution for target-gene family annotation in plants. New Phytologist 227: 1568-1581.

• Ki-Tae Kim*, Jongbum Jeon*, Gir-Won Lee*, Sook-Young Park, Seongbeom Kim, Seomun Kwon, Aram Huh, Hyunjung Chung, Da-Young Lee, Chi-Yeol Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2020. Transcriptome profiling of the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae and its host Oryza sativa during infection. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 33: 141-144.

• Ki-Tae Kim, Jaeho Ko, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Hyunbin Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Kyeongchae Cheong, Seogchan Kang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2019. Evolution of the genes encoding effector candidates within multiple pathotypes of Magnaporthe oryzae. Frontiers in Microbiology 10: 2575.

• Hyunjung Chung, Seongbeom Kim, Ki-Tae Kim, Bae-Geun Hwang, Hye-Jeong Kim, Sang-Joon Lee, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2019. A novel approach to investigate hypoxic microenvironment during rice colonization by Magnaporthe oryzae. Environmental microbiology 21: 1151-1169.

• Ki-Tae Kim*, Lin Huang*, Ji-Yun Yang, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Jongbum Jeon, Kyeongchae Cheong, Jaeho Ko, Haibin Xu, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2019. A high-quality draft genome sequence of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides sensu stricto SMCG1#C, a causal agent of anthracnose on Cunninghamia lanceolata in China. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 32: 139-141.

• You-Jin Lim, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2018. SUMOylation is required for fungal development and pathogenicity in the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae. Molecular Plant Pathology 19: 2134-2148.

• Myung-Shin Kim, Seungill Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Hyun-Ah Lee, Hye-Young Lee, Jieun Park, Eunyoung Seo, Saet-Byul Kim, Seon-In Yeom, Yong-Hwan Lee, Doil Choi. 2018. Global gene ex-pression profiling for fruit organs and pathogen infections in the pepper, Capsicum annuum L. Scientific Data 5: 180103.

• Seungill Kim, Jieun Park, Seon-In Yeom, Yong-Min Kim, Eunyoung Seo, Ki-Tae Kim, Myung-Shin Kim, Je Min Lee, Kyeongchae Cheong, Ho-Sub Shin, Saet-Byul Kim, Koeun Han, Jundae Lee, Minkyu Park, Hyun-Ah Lee, Hye-Young Lee, Youngsill Lee, Soohyun Oh, Joo Hyun Lee, Eunhye Choi, Eunbi Choi, So Eui Lee, Jongbum Jeon, Hyunbin Kim, Gobong Choi, Hyeunjeong Song, JunKi Lee, Sang-Choon Lee, Jin-Kyung Kwon, Hea-Young Lee, Namjin Koo, Yunji Hong, Ryan W Kim, Won-Hee Kang, Jin Hoe Huh, Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Tae-Jin Yang, Yong-Hwan Lee, Jeffrey L Bennetzen, Doil Choi. 2017. New reference genome sequences of hot pepper reveal the massive evolution of plant disease-resistance genes by retroduplication. Genome Biology 1: 1-11.

• Jaeyoung Choi, Gir-Won Lee, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Nicolas Detry, Hsiao-Che Kuo, Hui Sun, Fred O Asiegbu, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2017. Comparative analysis of genome sequences of the conifer tree pathogen, Heterobasidion annosum s.s. Genomics Data 14: 106-113.

• Jean-Felix Dallery, Nicolas Lapalu, Antonios Zampounis, Sandrine Pigne, Isabelle Luyten, Joelle Amselem, Alexander HJ Wittenberg, Shiguo Zhou, Marisa V de Queiroz, Guillaume P Robin, Annie Auger, Matthieu Hainaut, Bernard Henrissat, Ki-Tae Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Olivier Lespinet, David C Schwartz, Michael R Thon, Richard J O'Connell. 2017. Gapless genome assembly of Colletotrichum higginsianum reveals chromosome structure and association of transposable elements with secondary metabolite gene clusters. BMC Genomics 1: 1-22.

• Jung A Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Sook-Young Park, Ki-Tae Kim, Gobong Choi, Hyun-jung Lee, Yangsun Kim, Hee-sun Yang, Joo-Hong Yeo, Yong-Hwan Lee, Soonok Kim. 2017. Genome sequence of an endophytic fungus, Fusarium solani JS-169, which has antifungal activity. Genome Announcements 5: e01071-17.

• Jung A Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Sook-Young Park, Ki-Tae Kim, Gobong Choi, Hoa Thi Nguyen, Sun Jeong Jeon, Hyang Burm Lee, Chang-Hwan Bae, Hee-sun Yang, Joo-Hong Yeo, Jin-Cheol Kim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Soonok Kim. 2017. Draft genome sequence of Aspergillus persii NIBRFGC000004109, which has antibacterial activity against plant-pathogenic bacteria. Genome Announcements 5: e00932-17.

• Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Hyeunjeong Song, Gir-Won Lee, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyunbin Kim, Gobong Choi, Yong-Hwan Lee, Jane E Stewart, Ned B Klopfenstein, Mee-Sook Kim. 2017. Draft genome sequence of the fungus associated with oak wilt mortality in South Korea, Raffaelea quercus-mongolicae KACC44405. Genome Announcements 5: e00797-17.

• Jung A Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Ki-Tae Kim, Gobong Choi, Sook-Young Park, Hyun-Jung Lee, Sang-Hee Shim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Soonok Kim. 2007. Draft genome sequence of an endophytic fungus, Gaeumannomyces sp. strain JS-464, isolated from a reed plant, Phragmites communis. Genome Announcements 5: e00734-17.

• Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Jaeyoung Choi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Hyeunjeong Song, Gobong Choi, Seogchan Kang, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2016. Kingdom-wide analysis of fungal small secreted proteins (SSPs) reveals their potential role in host association. Frontiers in Plant Science 7: 186.

• Seungill Kim, Myung-Shin Kim, Yong-Min Kim, Seon-In Yeom, Kyeongchae Cheong, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Sunggil Kim, Do-Sun Kim, Seong-Han Sohn, Yong-Hwan Lee, Doil Choi. 2015. Integrative structural annotation of de novo RNA-Seq provides an accurate reference gene set of the enormous genome of the onion (Allium cepa L.). DNA Research 22: 19-27.

• Jaeyoung Choi, Ki-Tae Kim, Aram Huh, Seomun Kwon, Changyoung Hong, Fred O Asiegbu, Junhyun Jeon, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2015. dbHiMo: a web-based epigenomics platform for histone-modifying enzymes. Database 2015: bav052.

• Jaeyoung Choi, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Jiayao Wu, Hyeunjeong Song, Fred O Asiegbu, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2014. funRNA: a fungi-centered genomics platform for genes encoding key components of RNAi. BMC Genomics 15: S14.

• Jaeyoung Choi, Nicolas Detry, Ki-Tae Kim, Fred O Asiegbu, Jari PT Valkonen, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2014. fPoxDB: fungal peroxidase database for comparative genomics. BMC Microbiology 14: 117.

• Seungill Kim, Minkyu Park, Seon-In Yeom, Yong-Min Kim, Je Min Lee, Hyun-Ah Lee, Eunyoung Seo, Jaeyoung Choi, Kyeongchae Cheong, Ki-Tae Kim, Kyongyong Jung, Gir-Won Lee, Sang-Keun Oh, Chungyun Bae, Saet-Byul Kim, Hye-Young Lee, Shin-Young Kim, Myung-Shin Kim, Byoung-Cheorl Kang, Yeong Deuk Jo, Hee-Bum Yang, Hee-Jin Jeong, Won-Hee Kang, Jin-Kyung Kwon, Chanseok Shin, Jae Yun Lim, June Hyun Park, Jin Hoe Huh, June-Sik Kim, Byung-Dong Kim, Oded Cohen, Ilan Paran, Mi Chung Suh, Saet Buyl Lee, Yeon-Ki Kim, Younhee Shin, Seung-Jae Noh, Junhyung Park, Young Sam Seo, Suk-Yoon Kwon, Hyun A Kim, Jeong Mee Park, Hyun-Jin Kim, Sang-Bong Choi, Paul W Bosland, Gregory Reeves, Sung-Hwan Jo, Bong-Woo Lee, Hyung-Taeg Cho, Hee-Seung Choi, Min-Soo Lee, Yeisoo Yu, Yang Do Choi, Beom-Seok Park, Allen Van Deynze, Hamid Ashrafi, Theresa Hill, Woo Taek Kim, Hyun-Sook Pai, Hee Kyung Ahn, Inhwa Yeam, James J Giovannoni, Jocelyn KC Rose, Iben Sorensen, Sang-Jik Lee, Ryan W Kim, Ik-Young Choi, Beom-Soon Choi, Jong-Sung Lim, Yong-Hwan Lee, Doil Choi. 2014. Genome sequence of the hot pepper provides insights into the evolution of pungency in Capsicum species. Nature Genetics 46: 270-278.

• Jaeyoung Choi, Ki-Tae Kim, Jongbum Jeon, Yong-Hwan Lee. 2013. Fungal plant cell wall-degrading enzyme database: a platform for comparative and evolutionary genomics in fungi and Oomycetes. BMC Genomics 14: S7.

역서: 

• 식물병리학 및 식물병원체 (제4판). 2023. 라이프사이언스.

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