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Chikara Masuta

Chikara Masuta

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
43
Citations
7294
World Ranking
3214
National Ranking
119

Best Publications

  • The Soybean Stem Growth Habit Gene Dt1 Is an Ortholog of Arabidopsis TERMINAL FLOWER1

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  • On the role of RNA silencing in the pathogenicity and evolution of viroids and viral satellites

    M. B. Wang;X. Y. Bian;L. M. Wu;L. X. Liu

  • A viral satellite RNA induces yellow symptoms on tobacco by targeting a gene involved in chlorophyll biosynthesis using the RNA silencing machinery.

    Hanako Shimura;Vitantonio Pantaleo;Takeaki Ishihara;Nobutoshi Myojo

  • Characterization of Silencing Suppressor 2b of Cucumber Mosaic Virus Based on Examination of its Small RNA-Binding Abilities

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  • RNA silencing and plant viral diseases.

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  • Tobacco calmodulin-like protein provides secondary defense by binding to and directing degradation of virus RNA silencing suppressors

    Kenji S. Nakahara;Chikara Masuta;Syouta Yamada;Hanako Shimura

  • Functional analysis of deletion mutants of cucumber mosaic virus RNA3 using an in vitro transcription system

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  • Patterning of virus-infected Glycine max seed coat is associated with suppression of endogenous silencing of chalcone synthase genes.

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  • Functional analysis of soybean genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis by virus-induced gene silencing.

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  • The star-type color pattern in Petunia hybrida 'red Star' flowers is induced by sequence-specific degradation of chalcone synthase RNA.

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  • Virus‐mediated efficient induction of epigenetic modifications of endogenous genes with phenotypic changes in plants

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  • Virus-induced necrosis is a consequence of direct protein–protein interaction between a viral RNA silencing suppressor and a host catalase

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  • Developmental Regulation of Intercellular Protein Trafficking through Plasmodesmata in Tobacco Leaf Epidermis

    Asuka Itaya;Young-Min Woo;Chikara Masuta;Yiming Bao

  • Resistant and susceptible responses in tomato to cyst nematode are differentially regulated by salicylic acid.

    Taketo Uehara;Shunpei Sugiyama;Hideyuki Matsuura;Tsutomu Arie

  • Point mutations in the coat protein of cucumber mosaic virus affect symptom expression and virion accumulation in tobacco.

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  • Aquaporin-mediated long-distance polyphosphate translocation directed towards the host in arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis: application of virus-induced gene silencing

    Yusuke Kikuchi;Nowaki Hijikata;Ryo Ohtomo;Yoshihiro Handa

  • A single amino Acid change in viral genome-associated protein of potato virus y correlates with resistance breaking in 'virgin a mutant' tobacco.

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  • Development of clover yellow vein virus as an efficient, stable gene-expression system for legume species.

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  • Interaction between viral RNA silencing suppressors and host factors in plant immunity.

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  • Rapid induction of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing using a novel Cucumber mosaic virus vector

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Frequent Co-Authors

Hideyuki Matsuura
Hideyuki Matsuura Hokkaido University
Tatsuhiro Ezawa
Tatsuhiro Ezawa Hokkaido University
Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi Tohoku University
Tsutomu Arie
Tsutomu Arie Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Peter M. Waterhouse
Peter M. Waterhouse Queensland University of Technology
Roger P. Hellens
Roger P. Hellens Queensland University of Technology
Masao Ishimoto
Masao Ishimoto National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Yuki Ichinose
Yuki Ichinose Okayama University
Elizabeth S. Dennis
Elizabeth S. Dennis Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Hiroyuki Sawada
Hiroyuki Sawada National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

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