Kyung-Nam Kim

Assistant Professor

Dept. of Molecular Biology

Sejong University

98 Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu

Seoul 143-747, Korea

TEL: 82-2-3408-3647

FAX: 82-2-3408-3661

Cellular Phone: 82-011-9953-1774

E-mail: knkim@sejong.ac.kr

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Education and Career:

3/2001 - present Assitant Professor in Dept. of Molecular Biology, Sejong Univ. Seoul, Korea

7/1998 - 2/2001 Post-Doctoral Scholar in Dr. Sheng Luan's Lab, Dept. of Plant and Microbial Biology

UC Berkeley, CA

8/1997 - 6/1998 Post-Doctoral Scholar in Dr. Mark J. Guiltinan's Lab, Penn State Univ.

8/1992 - 7/1997 Ph.D in Intercollege Graduate Program in Plant Physiology at Penn State Univ.

3/1988 - 2/1990 MS in Dept. of Genetic Engineering at Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea

3/1984 - 2/1988 BS in Dept. of Genetic Engineering at Korea Univ., Seoul, Korea

Publication:

1. Identification of Mutator insertional mutants of starch-branching enzyme1 (sbe1) in Zea mays L.

Susan L. Blauth, Kyung-Nam Kim, Jeffery Klucinec, Jack C. Shannon, Donald Thompson, and

Mark Guiltinan (2002, 2). Plant Molecular Biology 48, 287-297

2. Interaction specificity of Arabidopsis calcineurin B-like calcium sensors and their target kinases.

Kyung-Nam Kim, Yong Hwa Cheong, Rajeev Gupta, and Sheng Luan (2000, 12).

Plant Physiology, 124, 1844-1853

3. Novel protein kinases associated with calcineurin b-like calcium sensors in Arabidopsis.

Jinrui Shi*, Kyung-Nam Kim*, Olga Ritz*, Veronica Albrecht, Rajeev Gupta, Klaus Harter ,

Sheng Luan , and Jorg Kudla (1999, 12).

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Plant Cell 11, 2393-2405

4. Identification of cis-acting elements important for expression of the starch branching enzyme I gene

in maize endosperm. Kyung-Nam Kim and Mark J. Guiltinan (1999, 9).

Plant Physiology, 121, 225-236

5. Molecular cloning and characterization of the maize gene encoding starch branching enzyme IIb.

Kyung-Nam Kim, Dane K. Fisher, Ming Gao, and Mark J. Guiltinan (1998, 12).

Plant Molecular Biology 38, 945-956

6. Genomic organization and promoter activity of the maize starch branching enzyme I gene.

Kyung-Nam Kim, Dane K. Fisher, Ming Gao, and Mark J. Guiltinan (1998, 8).

Gene 216, 233-243

7. Separation of cis elements responsive to ethylene, fruit development, and ripening in the 5'-flanking

region of the ripening-regulated E8 gene.

Jill Deikman, Ruiling Xu, Michelle L. Kneissl, Joseph A. Ciardi, Kyung-Nam Kim, and Dan Pelah (1998,8). Plant Molecular Biology 37, 1001-1011

8. Independent genetic control of maize starch branching enzyme IIa and IIb.

Ming Gao, Dane K. Fisher, Kyung-Nam Kim, Jack C. Shannon, and Mark J. Guiltinan. (1997.5).

Plant Physiology 114, 69-78.

9. Evolutionary conservation and expression patterns of maize starch branching enzyme I and IIb genes

suggests isoform specialization.

Ming Gao, Dane K. Fisher, Kyung-Nam Kim, Jack C. Shannon, and Mark J. Guiltinan. (1996.3).

Plant Molecular Biology 30, 1223-1232.

10. Allelic analysis of the maize amylose-extender locus suggests that independent genes encode

starch branching enzymes IIa and IIb.

Dane K. Fisher, Ming Gao, Kyung-Nam Kim, Charles D. Boyer, and Mark J. Guiltinan (1996.2).

Plant Physiology 110, 611-619.

11. Two closely related cDNAs encoding starch branching enzyme from Arabidopsis thaliana.

Dane K. Fisher, Ming Gao, Kyung-Nam Kim, Charles D. Boyer, and Mark J. Guiltinan (1996.1).

Plant Molecular Biology 30, 97-108.

12. Regulation of gene transcription by ethylene during tomato fruit ripening.

Jill Deikman, Simon Coupe, Ruiling Xu, and Kyung-Nam Kim (1995, 8).

Plant Physiology 108 (2 Suppl.), 28

13. A cDNA encoding starch branching enzyme I from maize endosperm.

Dane K. Fisher, Kyung-Nam Kim, Ming Gao, Charles D. Boyer, and Mark J. Guiltinan (1995.7).

Plant Physiology 108, 1313-1314.

14. Purification and characterization of extracellular inulinase from Bacillus sp.

Kyung-Nam Kim and Yong-Jin Choi (1990,11).

Kor. J. Appl. Microbiol. Biotech. 18, 490-495.

15. Biodegradation of aromatic compounds by strains of Pseudomonas.

Jeong, Yun-Chang, Kyung-Nam Kim, Yong-Jin Choi, Han-Chul Yang, Jun-Sang Song,

and Yun-Su Seo (1989,3).

Kor. J. Appl. Microbiol. Bioeng. 17, 100-108.