Publications
2015
Original Papers
Mostofa MG, Saegusa D, Fujita M, Tran LS (2015). Hydrogen Sulfide Regulates Salt Tolerance in Rice by Maintaining Na+/K+ Balance, Mineral Homeostasis and Oxidative Metabolism Under Excessive Salt Stress. Front Plant Sci. 6, 1055.
Open Access
Mostofa MG, Fujita M, Tran LS (2015). Nitric oxide mediates hydrogen peroxide- and salicylic acid-induced salt tolerance in rice (Oryza sativa L.) seedlings. Plant Growth Regul. 77(3) 265-277.
Abstract
Mostofa MG, Rahman A, Ansary MU Md, Watanabe A, Fujita M, Tran LS (2015). Hydrogen sulfide modulates cadmium-induced physiological and biochemical responses to alleviate cadmium toxicity in rice. Sci Rep. 5, 14078.
Open Access
Mao H, Wang H, Liu S, Li Z, Yang X, Yan J, Li J, Tran LS, Qin F (2015). A transposable element in a NAC gene is associated with drought tolerance in maize seedlings. Nature Commun. 6, 8326.
Open Access
Ha CV, Watanabe Y, Tran UT, Le DT, Tanaka M, Nguyen KH, Seki M, Nguyen DV, Tran LS (2015). Comparative analysis of root transcriptomes from two contrasting drought-responsive Williams 82 and DT2008 soybean cultivars under normal and dehydration conditions. Front Plant Sci. 6, 551.
Open Access
Nguyen KH, Ha CV, Watanabe Y, Tran UT, Nasr EM, Nguyen DV, Tran LS (2015). Correlation between differential drought tolerability of two contrasting drought-responsive chickpea cultivars and differential expression of a subset of CaNAC genes under normal and dehydration conditions. Front Plant Sci. 6, 449.
Open Access
Mostofa MG, Hossain MA, Fujita M, Tran LS (2015). Physiological and biochemical mechanisms associated with trehalose-induced copper-stress tolerance in rice. Sci Rep. 5, 11433
Open Access
Du H, Liang Z, Zhao S, Nan MG, Tran LS, Lu K, Huang YB, Li JN (2015). The Evolutionary History of R2R3-MYB Proteins Across 50 Eukaryotes: New Insights Into Subfamily Classification and Expansion. Sci Rep. 5, 11037
Open Access
Thu NBA, Hoang TLX, Dung NHT, Thao NP, Tran LS (2015). Differential expression of two-component system-related drought-responsive genes in two contrasting drought-tolerant soybean cultivars DT51 and MTD720 under well-watered and drought conditions. Plant Mol Biol Rep. 33, 1599-1610.
Abstract
Narendra Babu A, Jogaiah S, Ito S, Kestur Nagaraj A, Tran LS (2015). Improvement of growth, fruit weight and early blight disease protection of tomato plants by rhizosphere bacteria is correlated with their beneficial traits and induced biosynthesis of antioxidant peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase. Plant Sci. 231:62-73.
Abstract
Ahmad P, Sarwat M, Bhat NA, Wani MR, Kazi AG, Tran LS (2015). Alleviation of cadmium toxicity in Brassica juncea L. (Czern. & Coss.) by calcium application involves various physiological and biochemical strategies. PloS One. 10, e0114571.
Open Access
Sulieman S, Ha CV, Nasr Esfahani M, Watanabe Y, Nishiyama R, Pham CT, Nguyen DV, Tran LS (2015). DT2008: A Promising New Genetic Resource for Improved Drought Tolerance in Soybean When Solely Dependent on Symbiotic N2 Fixation. Biomed Res Int. 2015:687213.
Open Access
Review Papers
Rouached H, Tran LS (2015). Regulation of Plant Mineral Nutrition: Transport, Sensing and Signaling. Int J Mol Sci 16(12)29717-29719.
Open Access
Sulieman S, Tran LS (2015). Phosphorus homeostasis in legume nodules as an adaptive strategy to phosphorus deficiency. Plant Science 239, 36-43.
Abstract
Li W, Tran LS (2015). Are karrikins involved in plant abiotic stress responses? Trends in Plant Science 20(9)535-538.
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Thao NP, Khan MIR, Nguyen BAT, Hoang XLT, Asgher M, Khan NA, Tran LS (2015). Role of ethylene and its cross talk with other signaling molecules in plant responses to heavy metal stress. Plant Physiol 169(1)73–84.
Open Access
Gururani MA, Venkatesh J, Tran LS (2015). Regulation of Photosynthesis during Abiotic Stress-Induced Photoinhibition. Mol Plant. 8, 1304-1320.
Abstract
Hossain MA, Bhattacharjee S, Armin SM, Qian P, Xin W, Li HY, Burritt DJ, Fujita M, Tran LS (2015). Hydrogen peroxide priming modulates abiotic oxidative stress tolerance: insights from ROS detoxification and scavenging. Front Plant Sci . 6, 420.
Open Access
Rouached H, Pal S, Rachmilevitch S, Libault M, Tran LS (2015). Plants coping abiotic and biotic stresses: a tale of diligent management. Biomed Res Int. 2015: 754754.
Open Access
Book Chapter・Book Edition
Sulieman S, Thao NP, Tran LS (2015). Does elevated CO2 provide real benefits for N2-fixing leguminous symbioses?, in "Legume Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Environment - Achievements and Challenges", eds. Sulieman S and Tran LS. Springer, New York, NY 10013, USA, pp. 89-112
Abstract
Mochida K, Ha CV, Sulieman S, Dong NV, Tran LS (2015). Databases of transcription factors in legumes, in "Biological Nitrogen Fixation", Ed.
de Bruijn FJ. Wiley-Blackwell, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774, USA, pp. 817-821.
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Legume Nitrogen Fixation in a Changing Environment (2015) Edited by Sulieman S, Tran LS, Springer, New York, NY 10013, USA.
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2014
Original Papers
Ha CV, Esfahani MN, Watanabe Y, Tran UT, Sulieman S, Mochida K, Nguyen DV, Tran LS (2014). Genome-wide identification and expression analysis of the CaNAC family members in chickpea during development, dehydration and ABA treatments. PloS One. 9,e114107.
Open Access
Guttikonda SK, Valliyodan B, Neelakandan AK, Tran LS, Kumar R, Quach TN, Voothuluru P, Gutierrez-Gonzalez JJ, Aldrich DL, Pallardy SG, Sharp RE, Ho TH, Nguyen HT (2014). Overexpression of AtDREB1D transcription factor improves drought tolerance in soybean. Mol Biol Rep. 41(12):7995-8008.
Abstract
Thu NB, Hoang XL, Doan H, Nguyen TH, Bui D, Thao NP, Tran LS (2014). Differential expression analysis of a subset of GmNAC genes in shoots of two contrasting drought-responsive soybean cultivars DT51 and MTD720 under normal and drought conditions. Mol Biol Rep. 41(9):5563-9.
Abstract
Esfahani MN, Sulieman S, Schulze J, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2014). Mechanisms of physiological adjustment of N2 fixation in chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) during early stages of water deficit: single or multi-factor controls. Plant J. 79, 964-980.
Abstract
Thu NBA, Nguyen QT, Hoang TLX, Thao NP, Tran LS (2014). Evaluation of drought tolerance of the Vietnamese soybean cultivars provides potential genetic resources for genetic engineering. BioMed Res Inter. 2014:809736.
Open Access
Ha CV, Leyva-Gonzalez MA, Osakabe Y, Tran TU, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Tanaka M, Seki M, Yamaguchi S, Dong NV, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Herrera-Esterella L, Tran LS (2014) Positive regulatory role of strigolactone in plant responses to drought and salt stress. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 111:851-6.
Open Access
Esfahani MN, Sulieman S, Schulze J, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2014) Approaches for enhancement of N2 fixation efficiency of chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) under limiting nitrogen conditions. Plant Biotech J. 12:387-97
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Quach TN, Tran LS, Valliyodan B, Nguyen HT, Kumar R, Neelakandan AK, Guttikonda SK, Sharp RE, Nguyen HT (2014) Functional Analysis of Water Stress-Responsive Soybean GmNAC003 and GmNAC004 Transcription Factors in Lateral Root Development in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE. 9:e84886
Open Access
Sulieman S, Schulze J, Tran LS (2014) N-feedback regulation is synchronized with nodule carbon alteration in Medicago truncatula under excessive nitrate or low phosphorus conditions. J Plant Physiol. 171:407–10
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Review Papers
Sulieman S, Tran LS (2014). Symbiotic nitrogen fixation in legume nodules: metabolism and regulatory mechanisms. Int J Mol Sci. 15(11):19389-93.
Abstract
Osakabe Y, Osakabe K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2014) Response of plants to water stress. Front Plant Sci. 5:86
Open Access
Osakabe Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2014) ABA control of plant macroelement membrane transport systems in response to water deficit and high salinity. New Phytol. 202:35-49
Open Access
Ha S, Tran LS (2014) Understanding plant responses to phosphorus starvation for improvement of plant tolerance to phosphorus deficiency by biotechnological approaches. Crit Rev Biotechnol. 34:16-30.
Abstract
Book Chapter・Book Edition
Hoang TLX, Thu NBA, Thao NP, Tran LS (2014) Transcription factors in abiotic stress responses -their potentials in crop improvement in "Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes", eds. Ahmad P, Wani MR, Azooz MM, Tran LS, Vol. 2, Springer Science, New York, NY 10013, USA. pp. 337-366.
Improvement of Crops in the Era of Climatic Changes, Edited by Ahmad P, Wani MR, Azooz MM, Tran LS, Springer. Vol. 1 & 2 (2014)
Vol.1.Link Vol. 2.Link
Phytohormones: A Window to Metabolism, Signaling and Biotechnological Applications, Edited by Tran LS, P Sikander, Springer. (2014)
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2013
Original Papers
Thao NP, Thu NBA, Hoang TLX, Tran LS (2013). Differential expression analysis of a subset of drought-responsive GmNAC genes in two soybean cultivars differing in drought tolerance. Int J Mol Sci. 14:23828-41.
Open Access
Liu S, Wang X, Wang H, Xin H, Yang X, Yan J, Li J, Tran LS Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Qin F (2013). Genome-wide analysis of ZmDREB genes and their association with natural variation in drought tolerance at seedling stage of Zea mays L. PloS Genetics. 9:e1003790.
Open Access
Ha CV, Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Sulieman S, Tran UT, Mochida K, Dong NV, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2013). The auxin response factor transcription factor family in soybean: genome-wide identification and expression analyses during development and water stress. DNA Res. 20:511-24.
Open Access
Sudisha J, Mostafa A, Tran LS, Ito S (2013). Characterization of rhizosphere fungi that mediate resistance in tomato against bacterial wilt disease. J Exp Bot. 64:3829-42.
Open Access
Le DT, Tarrago L, Watanabe Y, Kaya A, Lee BC, Tran UT, Nishiyama R, Fomenko DE, Gladyshev VN, Tran LS (2013). Diversity of plant methionine sulfoxide reductases b and evolution of a form specific for free methionine sulfoxide. PloS One. 8:e65637
Open Access
Sulieman S, Ha CV, Schulze J, Tran LS (2013). Growth and nodulation of symbiotic Medicago truncatula at different levels of phosphorus availability. J Exp Bot. 64:2701-12.
Open Access
Sulieman S, Schulze J, Tran LS (2013) Comparative Analysis of the Symbiotic Efficiency of Medicago truncatula and Medicago sativa under Phosphorus Deficiency. Int J Mol Sci. 2013 Mar 4;14(3):5198-213.
Open Access
Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Leyva-Gonzalez MA, Ha CV, Fujita Y, Tanaka M, Seki M, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Herrera-Estrella, Tran LS. (2013) Arabidopsis AHP2, AHP3, and AHP5 histidine phosphotransfer proteins function as redundant negative regulators of drought stress response, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci.USA. 110, 4840-4845.
Open Access
Ha CV, Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Tran UT, Nguyen DV, Tran LS (2013) Characterization of the Newly Developed Soybean Cultivar DT2008 in Relation to the Model Variety W82 Reveals a New Genetic Resource for Comparative and Functional Genomics for Improved Drought Tolerance. BioMed Res Int. 2013:759657.
Open Access
Mochida K, Yohida T, Sakurai T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2013) TreeTFDB: An Integrative Database of the Transcription Factors from Six Economically Important Tree Crops for Functional Predictions and Comparative and Functional Genomics. DNA Res 20:151-62.
Open Access
Review Papers
Osakabe Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2013) Sensing the environment: key roles of membrane-localized kinases in plant perception and response to abiotic stress. J Exp Bot 64:445-458.
Open Access
Jogaiah S, Govind SR, Tran LS (2013) Systems biology-based approaches toward understanding drought tolerance in food crops. Crit Rev Biotechnol. 33: 23-39.
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2012
Original Papers
Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Tanaka M, Seki M, Le HH, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2012) Differential Gene Expression in Soybean Leaf Tissues at Late Developmental Stages under Drought Stress Revealed by Genome-Wide Transcriptome Analysis. PLoS ONE 7(11): e49522.
Open Access
Nam YJ, Tran LS, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Nishiyama R, Shin R (2012) Regulatory Roles of Cytokinins and Cytokinin Signaling in Response to Potassium Deficiency in Arabidopsis. PLoS ONE 7(10): e47797.
Open Access
Le DT, Aldrich DL, Valliyodan B, Watanabe Y, Ha CV, Nishiyama R, Guttikonda SK, Quach T, Gutierrez-Gonzalez JJ, Tran LS, Nguyen HT (2012). Evaluation of candidate reference genes for normalization of quantitative RT-PCR in soybean tissues under various abiotic stress conditions. PLoS One 7:e46487.
Open Access
Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Vankova R, Tanaka M, Seki K, Ham HL, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2012). Identification and expression analysis of cytokinin metabolic genes in soybean under normal and drought conditions in relation to cytokinin levels. PLoS One 7:e42411.
Open Access
Choudhary PS, Oral HV, Bhardwaj R, Yu J-Q, Tran LS (2012). Interaction of brassinosteroids and polyamines enhances copper stress tolerance in Raphanus sativus L. J Exp Bot 63: 5659-75.
Open Access
Choudhary SP, Kanwar M, Bhardwaj R, Yu JQ, Tran LS (2012) Chromium Stress Mitigation by Polyamine-Brassinosteroid Application Involves Phytohormonal and Physiological Strategies in Raphanus sativus L. PLoS One 7(3):e33210.
Open Access
Kumar R, Tran LS, Neelakandan AK, Nguyen HT (2012) Higher plant cytochrome b5 polypeptides modulate fatty acid desaturation. PLoS One 7(2):e31370.
Open Access
Nishiyama R, Le DT, Watanabe Y, Matsui A, Tanaka M, Seki M, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2012) Transcriptome analyses of a salt-tolerant cytokinin-deficient mutant reveal differential regulation of salt stress response by cytokinin deficiency. PLoS One7(2):e32124.
Open Access
Review Papers
Sulieman S, Tran LS (2012). Asparagine: an amide of particular distinction in the regulation of symbiotic nitrogen fixation of legumes. Critical Rev Biotechnol. 33:309-27.
Abstract
Ma Y, Qin F, Tran LS (2012). Contributions of genomics to gene discovery in plant abiotic stress response. Mol Plant 5 (6): 1176-1178.
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Choudhary SP, Yu J-Q, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2012) Benefits of brassinosteroid crosstalk. Trends in Plant Sci. 17(10):594-605.
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Ha S, Vankova R, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2012) Cytokinins: metabolism and function in plant adaptation to environmental stresses. Trends Plant Sci. 17(3):172-9.
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Thao NP, Tran LS (2012) Potentials toward genetic engineering of drought-tolerant soybean. Crit Rev Biotechnol. 32(4):349-62.
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Book Chapter
Xin H, Qin F, Tran LS (2012) Transcription factors involved in environmental stress responses in plants, in “Environmental Adaptations and Stress Tolerance of Plants in the Era of Climate Change”, eds. Ahmad P and Prasad MNV. Springer Science, New York, NY 10013, USA, 279-295.
2011
Original Papers
Qin F, Kodaira KS, Maruyama K, Mizoi J, Tran LS, Fujita Y, Morimoto K, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K. (2011) SPINDLY, a negative regulator of GA signaling, is involved in the plant abiotic stress response. Plant Physiol.,157:1900-13.
Open Access
Kodaira KS, Qin F, Tran LS, Maruyama K, Fujita Y, Kidokoro S, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K (2011) Arabidopsis Cys2/His2-type zinc-finger proteins AZF1 and AZF2 negatively regulate ABA-repressive and auxin-inducible genes as transcriptional repressors under abiotic stress conditions. Plant Physiol 157:742-756
Open Access
Kimura K, Tran LS, Funane K (2011) Loss of poly-g-glutamic acid synthesis of Bacillus subtilis (natto) due to IS4Bsu1 translocation to swrA gene. Food Sci Technol Res., 17: 447-51.
Open Access
Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Fujita Y, Le DT, Kojima M, Werner T, Vankova R, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Kakimoto T, Sakakibara H, Schmülling T, Tran LS (2011) Analysis of cytokinin mutants and regulation of cytokinin metabolic genes reveals important regulatory roles of cytokinins in drought, salt and ABA responses, and ABA biosynthesis. Plant Cell., 23: 2169-2183.
Abstract
Mochida K, Yoshida T, Sakurai T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2011) In silico analysis of transcription factor repertoires and prediction of stress-responsive transcription factors from six major Gramineae plants. DNA Res, 18:321-332.
Open Access
Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Mochida K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2011) Genome-wide survey and expression analysis of the plant-specific NAC transcription factor family in soybean during development and dehydration stress. DNA Res, 18: 263-276.
Open Access
Le DT, Nishiyama R, Watanabe Y, Mochida K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2011) Genome-wide expression profiling of soybean two-component system genes in soybean root and shoot tissues under dehydration stress. DNA Res, 18, 17-29.
Open Access
Review Papers
Choudhary SP, Tran LS (2011) Phytosterols: Perspectives in human nutrition and clinical therapy. Current Medicinal Chemistry 18:4557-4567
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Hadiarto T, Tran LS (2011) Progress studies of drought-responsive genes in rice. Plant Cell Reports 30:297-310.
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