Atsushi Sakamoto

Best Publications

• The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants

  A. Sakamoto;N. Murata

  1068
  Citations

• Ionic and osmotic effects of NacL-induced inactivation of photosystems I and II in Synechococcus sp.

  Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Atsushi Sakamoto;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Masami Inaba

  870
  Citations

• Genetic engineering of glycinebetaine synthesis in plants: current status and implications for enhancement of stress tolerance

  Atsushi Sakamoto;Norio Murata

  562
  Citations

• Metabolic engineering of rice leading to biosynthesis of glycinebetaine and tolerance to salt and cold

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  396
  Citations

• Genetic engineering of glycinebetaine synthesis in tomato protects seeds, plants, and flowers from chilling damage

  Eung-Jun Park;Zoran Jeknić;Atsushi Sakamoto;Jeanine DeNoma

  324
  Citations

• Transgenics of an elite indica rice variety Pusa Basmati 1 harbouring the codA gene are highly tolerant to salt stress.

  A Mohanty;H Kathuria;A Ferjani;A Sakamoto

  305
  Citations

• Unveiling a New Aspect of Simple Arylboronic Esters: Long-Lived Room-Temperature Phosphorescence from Heavy-Atom-Free Molecules.

  Yoshiaki Shoji;Yasuhiro Ikabata;Qi Wang;Daisuke Nemoto

  289
  Citations

• The purine metabolite allantoin enhances abiotic stress tolerance through synergistic activation of abscisic acid metabolism.

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  257
  Citations

• Enhancement of the tolerance of Arabidopsis to high temperatures by genetic engineering of the synthesis of glycinebetaine

  Alia;Hidenori Hayashi;Hidenori Hayashi;Atsushi Sakamoto;Norio Murata

  251
  Citations

• Inactivation of photosystems I and II in response to osmotic stress in Synechococcus. Contribution of water channels

  Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Atsushi Sakamoto;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Norio Murata

  223
  Citations

• The use of bacterial choline oxidase, a glycinebetaine-synthesizing enzyme, to create stress-resistant transgenic plants

  Atsushi Sakamoto;Norio Murata

  200
  Citations

• Transformation of Arabidopsis with the codA gene for choline oxidase enhances freezing tolerance of plants

  Atsushi Sakamoto;Roberto Valverde;Alia;Tony H. H. Chen

  185
  Citations

• Paraquat tolerance of transgenic Nicotiana tabacum with enhanced activities of glutathione reductase and superoxide dismutase.

  Mitsuko Aono;Hikaru Saji;Atsushi Sakamoto;Kunisuke Tanaka

  183
  Citations

• Allantoin, a stress-related purine metabolite, can activate jasmonate signaling in a MYC2-regulated and abscisic acid-dependent manner

  Hiroshi Takagi;Yasuhiro Ishiga;Shunsuke Watanabe;Tomokazu Konishi

  170
  Citations

• Enhanced tolerance to light stress of transgenic Arabidopsis plants that express the codA gene for a bacterial choline oxidase

  Alia;Yasuo Kondo;Atsushi Sakamoto;Hideko Nonaka

  156
  Citations

• Functional expression in Escherichia coli of low-affinity and high-affinity Na(+)(Li(+))/H(+) antiporters of Synechocystis.

  Masami Inaba;Atsushi Sakamoto;Norio Murata

  114
  Citations

• Enhanced germination under high-salt conditions of seeds of transgenic Arabidopsis with a bacterial gene ( codA ) for choline oxidase

  Hidenori Hayashi;Hidenori Hayashi;Alia;Atsushi Sakamoto;Hideko Nonaka

  111
  Citations

• Transformation of Japanese persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) with a bacterial gene for choline oxidase

  Mei Gao;Atsushi Sakamoto;Keisuke Miura;Norio Murata

  96
  Citations

• Conversion of the Nitrate Nitrogen and Nitrogen Dioxide to Nitrous Oxides in Plants

  M. Hakata;M. Takahashi;W. Zumft;A. Sakamoto

  96
  Citations

• RNA interference‐mediated suppression of xanthine dehydrogenase reveals the role of purine metabolism in drought tolerance in Arabidopsis

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  95
  Citations