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Akira Nagatani

Akira Nagatani

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
13968
World Ranking
10785
National Ranking
736

Overview

Akira Nagatani is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and focuses their research on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work primarily intersects subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics.

The scientist's research is concentrated on several key topics including:

  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Photoreceptor and optogenetics research
  • Plant Disease Resistance and Genetics
  • Plant and animal studies

Akira Nagatani has contributed to a number of publications with major findings presented in the following papers:

  • Direct photoresponsive inhibition of a p53-like transcription activation domain in PIF3 by Arabidopsis phytochrome B, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Effects of the blue light-cryptochrome system on the early process of cold acclimation of Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • Fluorescent protein-based imaging and tissue-specific RNA-seq analysis of Arabidopsis hydathodes, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • An optogenetic system to control membrane phospholipid asymmetry through flippase activation in budding yeast, 2020, Scientific Reports
  • Divergence in red light responses associated with thermal reversion of phytochrome B between high- and low-latitude species, 2021, New Phytologist

Common venues for Nagatani's research publications include:

  • Nature Communications
  • Environmental and Experimental Botany
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Scientific Reports
  • New Phytologist

The scientist has frequently collaborated with the following coauthors:

  • Chan Yul Yoo
  • Jiangman He
  • Qing Sang
  • Yongjian Qiu
  • Lingyun Long

Best Publications

  • Arabidopsis genomes uncoupled 5 (GUN5) mutant reveals the involvement of Mg-chelatase H subunit in plastid-to-nucleus signal transduction

    Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Judy A. Brusslan;Robert Larkin;Akira Nagatani

  • Action spectra for phytochrome A- and B-specific photoinduction of seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tomoko Shinomura;Akira Nagatani;Hiroko Hanzawa;Mamoru Kubota

  • Isolation and Initial Characterization of Arabidopsis Mutants That Are Deficient in Phytochrome A

    Akira Nagatani;Jason W. Reed;Joanne Chory

  • Light-dependent Translocation of a Phytochrome B-GFP Fusion Protein to the Nucleus in Transgenic Arabidopsis

    Rumi Yamaguchi;Masanobu Nakamura;Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Steve A. Kay

  • Photoreceptor ubiquitination by COP1 E3 ligase desensitizes phytochrome A signaling

    Hak Soo Seo;Etsuko Watanabe;Satoru Tokutomi;Akira Nagatani

  • The Phototropin Family of Photoreceptors

    W.R. Briggs;C.F. Beck;A.R. Cashmore;J.M. Christie

  • Dimers of the N-terminal domain of phytochrome B are functional in the nucleus

    Tomonao Matsushita;Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Akira Nagatani

  • Photochemical properties of the flavin mononucleotide-binding domains of the phototropins from Arabidopsis, rice, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.

    Masahiro Kasahara;Trevor E. Swartz;Margaret A. Olney;Akihiko Onodera

  • The Induction of Seed Germination in Arabidopsis thaliana Is Regulated Principally by Phytochrome B and Secondarily by Phytochrome A.

    Tomoko Shinomura;Akira Nagatani;Joanne Chory;Masaki Furuya

  • The steady-state level of Mg-protoporphyrin IX is not a determinant of plastid-to-nucleus signaling in Arabidopsis.

    Nobuyoshi Mochizuki;Ryouichi Tanaka;Ayumi Tanaka;Tatsuru Masuda

  • Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants

    Kentaro Tamura;Tomoo Shimada;Eiichiro Ono;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Root hydrotropism is controlled via a cortex-specific growth mechanism

    Daniela Dietrich;Lei Pang;Akie Kobayashi;John A. Fozard

  • Arabidopsis PHYTOCHROME INTERACTING FACTOR proteins promote phytochrome B polyubiquitination by COP1 E3 ligase in the nucleus.

    In-Cheol Jang;Rossana Henriques;Hak Soo Seo;Akira Nagatani

  • Light-regulated nuclear localization of phytochromes.

    Akira Nagatani

  • The cucumber long hypocotyl mutant lacks a light-stable PHYB-like phytochrome.

    Enrique Lopez-Juez;Akira Nagatani;Ken-Ichi Tomizawa;Maria Deak

  • Involvement of auxin and brassinosteroid in the regulation of petiole elongation under the shade.

    Toshiaki Kozuka;Junko Kobayashi;Gorou Horiguchi;Taku Demura

  • Phytochrome B Is Not Detectable in the hy3 Mutant of Arabidopsis, Which Is Deficient in Responding to End-of-Day Far-Red Light Treatments

    Akira Nagatani;Joanne Chory;Masaki Furuya

  • Phytochrome B inhibits binding of phytochrome-interacting factors to their target promoters.

    Eunae Park;Jeongmoo Park;Junghyun Kim;Akira Nagatani

  • Comparative genetic studies on the APRR5 and APRR7 genes belonging to the APRR1/TOC1 quintet implicated in circadian rhythm, control of flowering time, and early photomorphogenesis.

    Yoko Yamamoto;Eriko Sato;Tomo Shimizu;Norihito Nakamich

  • Type-B monogalactosyldiacylglycerol synthases are involved in phosphate starvation-induced lipid remodeling, and are crucial for low-phosphate adaptation.

    Koichi Kobayashi;Koichiro Awai;Masanobu Nakamura;Akira Nagatani

Frequent Co-Authors

Masaki Furuya
Masaki Furuya Hitachi (Japan)
Maarten Koornneef
Maarten Koornneef Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research
Peter H. Quail
Peter H. Quail University of California, Berkeley
Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University
Masamitsu Wada
Masamitsu Wada Kyushu University
Richard E. Kendrick
Richard E. Kendrick University of Tasmania
Joanne Chory
Joanne Chory Salk Institute for Biological Studies
John M. Christie
John M. Christie University of Glasgow
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Kyushu University

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