Atsushi Sakamoto

Atsushi Sakamoto publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atsushi Sakamoto sits on this spectrum.

Atsushi Sakamoto D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Plant Science and Agronomy scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Atsushi Sakamoto sits on this spectrum.

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

  Unknown

  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.

  Unknown

  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

  Unknown

  95
  Citations