Korban, S.S. 2006. Somatic embryogenesis in rose: gene expression and genetic transformation. In: A. Mujib and J. Samaj (eds.) Somatic Embryogenesis in Plants. Vol. 2, pp. 247-257. Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
Gasic, K. and S.S. Korban. 2006. Heavy metal stress. In: K.V. Madhava Rao, A.S. Raghavendra, K. Janardhan Reddy (eds.), Physiology and Molecular Biology of Stress Tolerance in Plants. pp. 219-254, Springer, Heidelberg, Germany.
Korban, S.S., K. Gasic, and X. Li. 2006. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of rose (Rosa hybrida L.). Chapter 32, pp. 351-358. In: K. Wang (ed.), Agrobacterium Protocols, Vol. II. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.
Gasic, K. and S.S. Korban. 2006. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Brassica juncea (Indian mustard). Chapter 23, pp. 281-289. In: K. Wang (ed.), Agrobacterium Protocols, Vol. I. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.
Ko, T-S., S.S. Korban, and D.A. Somers. 2006. Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soybean using immature cotyledons. Chapter 33, pp. 397-405. In: K. Wang (ed.), Agrobacterium Protocols, Vol. I. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ.
Lim, H-S., T-S. Ko, H.A. Hobbs, K.N. Lambert, S.S. Korban, G.L. Hartman, and L.L. Domier. 2005. Soybean mosaic virus helper component-protease enhances somatic embryo production and stabilizes transgene expression in soybean. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry 43:1014-1021. PDF
Schaefer, S., K. Gasic, B. Cammue, W. Broekaert , E.J.M. Van Damme, W.J. Peumans, and S.S. Korban. 2005. Enhanced resistance to early blight in transgenic tomato lines expressing heterologous plant defense genes. Planta 222: 858-866.
Tatum, T., S. Stepanovic, D.P. Biradar, A.L. Rayburn, and S.S. Korban. 2005. Variation in nuclear DNA content in Malus species and cultivated apples. Genome 48: 924-930. PDF
Gasic, K. and S.S. Korban. 2005. Nonspecific binding of monoclonal anti-flag M2 antibody in Indian mustard (Brassica juncea). Plant Mol. Biol. Reptr. 23: 9-16.
Sul, I-W. and S.S. Korban. 2005. Direct shoot organogenesis from needles of three genotypes of Sequoia sempervirens Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. 80: 353-358. PDF
Gasic, K., A. Hernandez, and S.S. Korban. 2004. RNA extraction from different apple tissues rich in polyphenols and polysaccharides for cDNA library construction. Plant Mol. Biol. Reptr. 22: 437a-437g. PDF
Sul, I-W. and S.S. Korban. 2004. Effects of salt formulations, carbon sources, cytokinins, and auxin on shoot organogenesis from cotyledons of Pinus pinea L. Plant Growth Regul. 43: 197-205. PDF
Ko, T-S. and S.S. Korban. 2004. Enhancing the frequency of somatic embryogenesis following Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of immature zygotic cotyledons of soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill.]. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol. - Plant. 40: 552-558. PDF
Ko, T-S., R.L. Nelson, and S.S. Korban. 2004. Screening multiple soybean genotypes (MG 00 to MG VIII) for somatic embryogenesis following Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of immature cotyledons. Crop Sci. 44:1825-1831. PDF
Carr, J. and S.S. Korban. 2004. Evaluating genetic relationships in Impatiens walleriana using AFLP profiling. Plant Breed. 123: 577-581. PDF
Xu, M.L., X. Li, and S.S. Korban. 2004. DNA methylation alterations and exchanges during in vitro cellular differentiation in rose (Rosa hybrida L.). Theor. Appl. Genet. 109: 899-910. PDF
Huaracha, E.M., M.L. Xu, K. Gasic, E. Pauwels, A. Van den Putte, J.W. Keulemans, and S.S. Korban. 2004. Phenotypic reaction and genetic analysis using AFLP-derived SCARs for resistance to apple scab. J. Phytopathol. 152: 260-266. PDF
Hofmann, N.E., R.L. Nelson, and S.S. Korban. 2004. Influence of media components on initiation of somatic embryogenesis in three genotypes of soybean. Plant Cell Tiss. Org. Cult. 77: 157-163. PDF
Xu, M.L. and S.S. Korban. 2004. Somatic variation plays a key role in the evolution of the Vf gene family residing in the Vf locus that confers resistance to apple scab disease. Mol. Phylogenet. Evol. 32: 57-65. PDF
Ko, T-S., S. Lee, S.K. Farrand, and S.S. Korban. 2004. A partially disarmed vir helper plasmid, pKYRT1, in conjunction with 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid promotes emergence of regenerable transgenic somatic embryos from immature cotyledons of soybean. Planta 218: 536-541.
Hofmann, N.E., R. Raja, R.L. Nelson, and S.S. Korban. 2004. Mutagenesis of embryogenic cultures of soybean and detecting polymorphisms using RAPD markers. Biol. Plant. 48:173-177. PDF
Han, Y., M. Xu , X. Liu, C. Yan, S.S. Korban, X. Chen, M. Gu. 2004. Genes coding for starch branching enzymes are major contributors to viscosity characteristics in waxy rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Sci. 166: 357-364. PDF
Liu, X., M. Gu, Y. Han, Q. Ji, J. Lu, S. Gu, R. Zhang, X. Li, J. Chen, S.S. Korban, and M. Xu. 2004. Developing gene-tagged molecular markers for functional analysis of starch-synthesizing genes in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Euphytica 135: 345-353. PDF
Huaracha, E., M. Xu, and S.S. Korban. 2004. Narrowing down the region of the Vf locus for scab resistance in apple using AFLP-derived SCARs. Theor. Appl. Genet. 108: 274-279. PDF
Ko, T-S., S. Lee, S.C. Schaefer, and S.S. Korban. 2003. Characterization of a tissue-specific and developmentally-regulated beta-1,3-glucanase gene family in Prunus persica. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 41: 955-963. PDF
Li, X., K. Gasic, B. Cammue, W. Broekaert, and S.S. Korban. 2003. Transgenic rose harboring an antimicrobial protein gene, Ace-AMP1, demonstrate enhanced resistance to powdery mildew (Sphaerotheca pannosa). Planta 218: 226-232.
Lee, S., D. Petros, J.S. Moon, T-S. Ko, P.B. Goldsbrough, and S.S. Korban. 2003. Higher levels of ectopic expression of Arabidopsis phytochelatin synthase do not lead to increased cadmium tolerance and accumulation. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 41: 903-910. PDF
Ko, T-S., S. Lee, S. Krasnyanski, and S.S. Korban. 2003. Two critical factors are required for efficient transformation of multiple soybean cultivars: Agrobacterium strain and orientation of immature cotyledonary explant. Theor. Appl. Genet. 107: 439-447.
Carr, J., M. Xu, J.W. Dudley, and S.S. Korban. 2003. AFLP analysis of genetic variability in New Guinea impatiens. Theor. Appl. Genet. 106: 1509-1516.
Korban, S.S., J.G. Goffreda, and J. Janick. 2003. 'Co-op 43' (Juliet) apple. HortScience 38:144-145. PDF
Lee, S., J.S. Moon, T-S. Ko, D. Petros, P.B. Goldsbrough, and S.S. Korban. 2003. Overexpression of Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase (AtPCS1M) paradoxically leads to hypersensitivity to cadmium stress. Plant Physiol. 131:656-663. PDF
Xu, M. and S.S. Korban. 2002. A cluster of four receptor-like genes reside in the Vf locus that confers resistance to apple scab disease. Genetics 162:1995-2006. PDF
Li, X., M. Xu, and S.S. Korban. 2002. DNA methylation profiles differ between field- and in vitro-grown leaves of apple. J. Plant Physiol. 159:1229-1234. PDF
Xu, M. and S.S. Korban. 2002. AFLP-derived SCARs facilitate construction of a sequence-ready BAC contig of a 1.1 Mb segment that spans the Vf locus in the apple genome. Plant Mol. Biol. 50:803-818. PDF
Lee, S., J.S. Moon, L.L. Domier, and S.S. Korban. 2002. Molecular characterization of phytochelatin synthase expression in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 40:727-733. PDF
Korban, S.S., S.F. Krasnyanski, and D.E. Buetow. 2002. Foods as production and delivery vehicles for human vaccines. J. Amer. Coll. Nutr. 21(3S):212S- 217S. PDF
Korban, S.S. 2002. Targeting and expression of antigenic proteins in transgenic plants for production of edible oral vaccines. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.- Plant 38:231-236. PDF
Zemanek, A.B., T-S. Ko, J. Thimmapuram, F.A. Hammerschlag, and S.S. Korban. 2002. Changes in mRNA levels of ß-1,3-glucanase in peach in response to treatment with pathogen culture filtrates, wounding, and other elicitors. J. Plant Physiol. 159:877-889. PDF
Lee, S. and S.S. Korban. 2002. Transcriptional regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana phytochelatin synthase (AtPCS1) during early stages of plant development. Planta 215: 689-693.
Li, X., S.F. Krasnyanski, and S.S. Korban. 2002. Optimization of the uidA gene transfer into somatic embryos of rose via Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant Physiol. Biochem. 40: 453-459. PDF
Li, X., S.F. Krasnyanski, and S.S. Korban. 2002. Somatic embryogenesis, secondary somatic embryogenesis, and shoot organogenesis in Rosa. J. Plant Physiol. 159:313-319. PDF
Xu, M., J. Song, Z. Cheng, J. Jiang, and S.S. Korban. 2001. A bacterial artificial chromosome (BAC) library of Malus floribunda 821 and contig construction for positional cloning of the apple scab resistance gene Vf. Genome 44:1104-1113. PDF
Thimmapuram, J., T-S. Ko, and S.S. Korban. 2001. Characterization and expression of ß-1,3-glucanase genes in peach. Mol. Genet. Genomics 265: 469-479. PDF
Krasnyanski, S.F., J. Sandhu, L.L. Domier, D.E. Buetow, and S.S. Korban. 2001. Effect of an enhanced CaMV35S promoter and a fruit-specific promoter on uidA gene expression in transgenic tomato plants. In Vitro Cell. Dev. Biol.- Plant 37: 427-433. PDF
Xu, M.L., E. Huaracha, and S.S. Korban. 2001. Development of sequence-characterized amplified regions (SCARs) from AFLP markers tightly linked to the Vf gene in apple. Genome 44: 63-70. PDF
Sandhu, J.S., S.F. Krasnyanski, L.L. Domier, S.S. Korban, M.D. Osadjan, and D.E. Buetow. 2000. Oral immunization of mice with transgenic tomato fruit expressing respiratory syncytial virus-F protein induces a systemic immune response. Transgenic Res. 9:127-135. PDF
Xu, M.L., X. Li, and S.S. Korban. 2000. AFLP-based detection of DNA methylation. Plant Mol. Biol. Reptr. 18: 361-368. PDF
Xu, M.L. and S.S. Korban. 2000. Saturation mapping of the scab resistance gene Vf using AFLP markers. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101: 844-851. PDF
Buetow, D.E. and S.S. Korban. 2000. Transgenic plants producing viral and bacterial antigens. AgBiotechnet. CAB Intl., Oxon, UK, www.AgBiotechnet.com, Vol. 2, April, ABN 045.
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