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9933
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Eiichi Minami publication distribution in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Biology and Biochemistry in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eiichi Minami sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 124 publications — 14th percentile

14% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 1,028 publications or more.

Eiichi Minami D-index placement in Biology and Biochemistry in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Biology and Biochemistry scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Eiichi Minami sits on this spectrum.

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40 D-Index 167+

This scientist: 54 D-Index — 22nd percentile

22% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 167 D-Index or more.

Overview

Eiichi Minami is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and conducts research primarily in the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a specific focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, and Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics. Their work encompasses key topics such as Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant and animal studies, and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis.

They have published research in notable journals including Plant and Cell Physiology and Plant Signaling & Behavior.

  • Structural Alteration of Rice Pectin Affects Cell Wall Mechanical Strength and Pathogenicity of the Rice Blast Fungus Under Weak Light Conditions (2021, Plant and Cell Physiology)
  • Localized expression of the Dwarf14-like2a gene in rice roots on infection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungus and hydrolysis of rac-GR24 by the encoded protein (2021, Plant Signaling & Behavior)

Their research includes investigations into the mechanical properties of plant cell walls and molecular responses of rice roots during fungal infections. This work contributes to understanding plant-pathogen interactions and cellular mechanisms in agronomic crops.

Frequent coauthors in their research include:

  • Takashi Ohara
  • Haruki Takeuchi
  • Junya Sato
  • Atsuko Nakamura
  • Hiroaki Ichikawa

Best Publications

  • Plant cells recognize chitin fragments for defense signaling through a plasma membrane receptor

    Hanae Kaku;Yoko Nishizawa;Naoko Ishii-Minami;Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama

  • Two LysM receptor molecules, CEBiP and OsCERK1, cooperatively regulate chitin elicitor signaling in rice

    Takeo Shimizu;Takuto Nakano;Daisuke Takamizawa;Yoshitake Desaki

  • WRKY76 is a rice transcriptional repressor playing opposite roles in blast disease resistance and cold stress tolerance

    Naoki Yokotani;Yuko Sato;Shigeru Tanabe;Tetsuya Chujo

  • Identification of rice Allene Oxide Cyclase mutants and the function of jasmonate for defence against Magnaporthe oryzae

    Michael Riemann;Ken Haga;Takafumi Shimizu;Kazunori Okada

  • Surface α-1,3-glucan facilitates fungal stealth infection by interfering with innate immunity in plants.

    Takashi Fujikawa;Ayumu Sakaguchi;Yoko Nishizawa;Yusuke Kouzai

  • Perception of the chitin oligosaccharides contributes to disease resistance to blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in rice.

    Kyutaro Kishimoto;Yusuke Kouzai;Hanae Kaku;Naoto Shibuya

  • Involvement of the elicitor-induced gene OsWRKY53 in the expression of defense-related genes in rice.

    Tetsuya Chujo;Ryota Takai;Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama;Sugihiro Ando

  • Bacterial Lipopolysaccharides Induce Defense Responses Associated with Programmed Cell Death in Rice Cells

    Yoshitake Desaki;Ayako Miya;Balakrishnan Venkatesh;Shinji Tsuyumu

  • Expression of the early nodulin, ENOD40, in soybean roots in response to various lipo‐chitin signal molecules

    Eiichi Minami;Hiroshi Kouchi;Jonathan R. Cohn;Tomoya Ogawa

  • Elicitor-induced activation of phospholipases plays an important role for the induction of defense responses in suspension-cultured rice cells.

    Takeshi Yamaguchi;Eiichi Minami;Jun Ueki;Naoto Shibuya

  • OsWRKY28, a PAMP-responsive transrepressor, negatively regulates innate immune responses in rice against rice blast fungus.

    Tetsuya Chujo;Tetsuya Chujo;Koji Miyamoto;Takeo Shimogawa;Takafumi Shimizu;Takafumi Shimizu

  • EL5, a rice N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor-responsive RING-H2 finger protein, is a ubiquitin ligase which functions in vitro in co-operation with an elicitor-responsive ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, OsUBC5b.

    Ryota Takai;Noriyuki Matsuda;Akihiko Nakano;Koji Hasegawa

  • Overexpression of Phosphomimic Mutated OsWRKY53 Leads to Enhanced Blast Resistance in Rice

    Tetsuya Chujo;Koji Miyamoto;Satoshi Ogawa;Yuka Masuda

  • Dissection of the Phosphorylation of Rice DELLA Protein, SLENDER RICE1

    Hironori Itoh;Akie Sasaki;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Kanako Ishiyama

  • Salicylic acid-dependent immunity contributes to resistance against Rhizoctonia solani, a necrotrophic fungal agent of sheath blight, in rice and Brachypodium distachyon

    Yusuke Kouzai;Mamiko Kimura;Megumi Watanabe;Kazuki Kusunoki

  • Targeted Gene Disruption of OsCERK1 Reveals Its Indispensable Role in Chitin Perception and Involvement in the Peptidoglycan Response and Immunity in Rice

    Yusuke Kouzai;Susumu Mochizuki;Keisuke Nakajima;Yoshitake Desaki

  • Regulation of the chitinase gene expression in suspension-cultured rice cells by N-acetylchitooligosaccharides: differences in the signal transduction pathways leading to the activation of elicitor-responsive genes.

    Yoko Nishizawa;Akira Kawakami;Tadaaki Hibi;Dao-Yao He

  • CEBiP is the major chitin oligomer-binding protein in rice and plays a main role in the perception of chitin oligomers.

    Yusuke Kouzai;Keisuke Nakajima;Masahiro Hayafune;Kenjirou Ozawa

  • Two novel genes rapidly and transiently activated in suspension-cultured rice cells by treatment with N-acetylchitoheptaose, a biotic elicitor for phytoalexin production.

    Eiichi Minami;Kazuyuki Kuchitsu;Dao-Yao He;Hiroshi Kouchi

  • Stemar-13-ene synthase, a diterpene cyclase involved in the biosynthesis of the phytoalexin oryzalexin S in rice

    Tadahiro Nemoto;Eun-Min Cho;Atsushi Okada;Kazunori Okada

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoto Shibuya
Naoto Shibuya Meiji University
Yoko Nishizawa
Yoko Nishizawa National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Hisakazu Yamane
Hisakazu Yamane Teikyo University
Kazunori Okada
Kazunori Okada University of Tokyo
Hideaki Nojiri
Hideaki Nojiri University of Tokyo
Yusuke Jikumaru
Yusuke Jikumaru Teikyo University
Makoto Nishiyama
Makoto Nishiyama University of Tokyo
Hideyuki Shigemori
Hideyuki Shigemori University of Tsukuba
Toshio Omori
Toshio Omori Shibaura Institute of Technology
Morifumi Hasegawa
Morifumi Hasegawa Ibaraki University

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