2026
Zhong Y*, Kuijl-van den Berg F & Chung KP*
Plastid genes in motion: Mechanisms and physiological implications of endosymbiotic gene transfer
Journal of Experimental Botany erag086
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erag086
Gonzalez-Duran E, Liang Z, Forner J, Kleinschmidt D, Wang W, Jiang L, Chung KP* & Bock R*
High-frequency biparental inheritance of plant mitochondria upon chilling stress and loss of a genome-degrading nuclease
Nature Plants | Volume 12, Issue 3, March 2026, 571–582
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-026-02242-7Highlighted in:
Nature Plants
2025 & before
Chung KP
Cytoplasmic inheritance: The transmission of plastid and mitochondrial genomes across cells and generations
Plant Physiology | Volume 198, Issue 1, May 2025, kiaf168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiaf168Schatz D, Le Blevenec A, Moratti FG, Chung KP, Mercier P, Iqbal RK, Vallet E, Dietrich A, Bock R, Weber-Lotfi F & Gualberto JM
R-loop control and mitochondrial genome stability require the 5'-3' exonuclease/flap endonuclease OEX1
The Plant Cell | Volume 37, Issue 5, May 2025, koaf104
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/plcell/koaf104Chung KP*, Gonzalez-Duran E*, Ruf S*, Endries P & Bock R
Control of plastid inheritance by environmental and genetic factors
Nature Plants |Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2023, 68–80
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41477-022-01323-7Highlighted in:
Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology
Trends in Genetics
Nature PlantsChung KP, Loiacono FV, Neupert J, Wu M & Bock R
An RNA thermometer in the chloroplast genome of Chlamydomonas facilitates temperature-controlled gene expression
Nucleic Acids Research |Volume 51, Issue 20, November 2023, 11386–11400
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkad816Highlighted in:
Trends in Plant Science