| Completion of the seven-step pathway from tabersonine to the anticancer drug precursor vindoline and its assembly in yeast Y Qu, MLAE Easson, J Froese, R Simionescu, T Hudlicky, V De Luca Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 112 (19), 6224-6229, 2015 | 227 | 2015 |
| Solution of the multistep pathway for assembly of corynanthean, strychnos, iboga, and aspidosperma monoterpenoid indole alkaloids from 19E-geissoschizine Y Qu, MEAM Easson, R Simionescu, J Hajicek, AMK Thamm, V Salim, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (12), 3180-3185, 2018 | 127 | 2018 |
| Completion of the canonical pathway for assembly of anticancer drugs vincristine/vinblastine in Catharanthus roseus Y Qu, O Safonova, V De Luca The Plant Journal 97 (2), 257-266, 2019 | 104 | 2019 |
| A lettuce (Lactuca sativa) homolog of human Nogo-B receptor interacts with cis-prenyltransferase and is necessary for natural rubber biosynthesis Y Qu, R Chakrabarty, HT Tran, EJG Kwon, M Kwon, TD Nguyen, DK Ro Journal of Biological Chemistry 290 (4), 1898-1914, 2015 | 85 | 2015 |
| Discovery and metabolic engineering of iridoid/secoiridoid and monoterpenoid indole alkaloid biosynthesis AMK Thamm, Y Qu, V De Luca Phytochemistry Reviews 15, 339-361, 2016 | 58 | 2016 |
| Geissoschizine synthase controls flux in the formation of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in a Catharanthus roseus mutant Y Qu, AMK Thamm, M Czerwinski, S Masada, KH Kim, G Jones, P Liang, ... Planta 247, 625-634, 2018 | 47 | 2018 |
| The ATP binding cassette transporter, VmTPT2/VmABCG1, is involved in export of the monoterpenoid indole alkaloid, vincamine in Vinca minor leaves Z Demessie, KN Woolfson, F Yu, Y Qu, V De Luca Phytochemistry 140, 118-124, 2017 | 34 | 2017 |
| The biochemistry of phytocannabinoids and metabolic engineering of their production in heterologous systems K Blatt-Janmaat, Y Qu International Journal of Molecular Sciences 22 (5), 2454, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
| Monoterpene Indole Alkaloids from the Fruit of Tabernaemontana litoralis and Differential Alkaloid Composition in Various Fruit Components Y Qu, R Simonescu, V De Luca Journal of natural products 79 (12), 3143-3147, 2016 | 29 | 2016 |
| The assembly of (+)‐vincadifformine‐ and (−)‐tabersonine‐derived monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in Catharanthus roseus involves separate branch pathways D Williams, Y Qu, R Simionescu, V De Luca The Plant Journal 99 (4), 626-636, 2019 | 27 | 2019 |
| Silencing the lettuce homologs of small rubber particle protein does not influence natural rubber biosynthesis in lettuce (Lactuca sativa) R Chakrabarty, Y Qu, DK Ro Phytochemistry 113, 121-129, 2015 | 25 | 2015 |
| A tabersonine 3-reductase Catharanthus roseus mutant accumulates vindoline pathway intermediates A Edge, Y Qu, MLAE Easson, AMK Thamm, KH Kim, V De Luca Planta 247, 155-169, 2018 | 20 | 2018 |
| Inter-organ transport of secologanin allows assembly of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids in a Catharanthus roseus mutant T Kidd, MLAE Easson, Y Qu, V De Luca Phytochemistry 159, 119-126, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| A Catharanthus roseus Fe(II)/α-ketoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase catalyzes a redox-neutral reaction responsible for vindolinine biosynthesis JGM Eng, M Shahsavarani, DP Smith, J Hájíček, V De Luca, Y Qu Nature Communications 13 (1), 3335, 2022 | 13 | 2022 |
| Improved protein glycosylation enabled heterologous biosynthesis of monoterpenoid indole alkaloids and their unnatural derivatives in yeast M Shahsavarani, JC Utomo, R Kumar, M Paz-Galeano, JJO Garza-García, ... Metabolic engineering communications 16, e00215, 2023 | 8 | 2023 |
| The promoter sequences of lettuce cis-prenyltransferase and its binding protein specify gene expression in laticifers EK Barnes, M Kwon, CL Hodgins, Y Qu, SW Kim, EC Yeung, DK Ro Planta 253, 1-12, 2021 | 6 | 2021 |
| Biosynthesis of kratom opioids K Kim, M Shahsavarani, JJO Garza‐García, JE Carlisle, J Guo, V De Luca, ... New Phytologist 240 (2), 757-769, 2023 | 4 | 2023 |
| Impact of in vitro phytohormone treatments on the metabolome of the leafy liverwort Radula complanata (L.) Dumort K Blatt-Janmaat, S Neumann, F Schmidt, J Ziegler, Y Qu, K Peters Metabolomics 19 (3), 17, 2023 | 3 | 2023 |
| Impact of in vitro hormone treatments on the bibenzyl production of Radula complanata K Blatt-Janmaat, S Neumann, F Schmidt, J Ziegler, K Peters, Y Qu Botany 101 (7), 232-242, 2022 | 3 | 2022 |
| Studying Iridoid Transport in Catharanthus roseus by Grafting M Farzana, M Shahsavarani, V De Luca, Y Qu Catharanthus roseus: Methods and Protocols, 69-77, 2022 | 1 | 2022 |
Dae-Kyun RoProfessor, Biological Sciences, University of CalgaryVerified email at ucalgary.ca
