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71
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17836
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6655
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439

Fumio Takaiwa 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 Fumio Takaiwa sits on this spectrum.

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47 publications 1,028+

This scientist: 270 publications — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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

Fumio Takaiwa 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 Fumio Takaiwa sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 71 D-Index — 67th percentile

67% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Overview

Fumio Takaiwa is affiliated with the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization in Japan and has contributed to research primarily in the fields of biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional work spanning medicine. Their work addresses areas such as immunology and allergy, biotechnology, molecular biology, genetics, and insect science.

The scientist's research topics focus on transgenic plants and their applications, allergic rhinitis and sensitization, food allergy and anaphylaxis research, animal genetics and reproduction, plant tissue culture and regeneration, protein hydrolysis and bioactive peptides, and insect utilization and effects.

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Takaiwa include Yuhya Wakasa, Kenjirou Ozawa, Saburô Saitô, Hidenori Takagi, and Makoto Takano.

Takaiwa has published in several scientific journals, notably:

  • Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
  • Molecular Immunology
  • Plant Science
  • International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
  • ImmunoTargets and Therapy

Selected recent publications by Takaiwa include:

  • Improvement of production yield and extraction efficacy of recombinant protein by high endosperm-specific expression along with simultaneous suppression of major seed storage proteins, 2020, Plant Science
  • Next-Generation Allergen-Specific Immunotherapy for Japanese Cedar Pollinosis Using Molecular Approaches, 2021, ImmunoTargets and Therapy

Other notable papers associated or closely related to Takaiwa's research involve studies on hypotensive activity in transgenic rice, immunological and symptomatic effects of transgenic rice containing linked T-cell epitopes from Japanese cedar pollen allergens, and safety and efficacy of rice seed-based oral allergy vaccines for Japanese cedar pollinosis in Japanese monkeys.

Best Publications

  • Iron fortification of rice seed by the soybean ferritin gene.

    Fumiyuki Goto;Toshihiro Yoshihara;Naoki Shigemoto;Seiichi Toki

  • A rice-based edible vaccine expressing multiple T cell epitopes induces oral tolerance for inhibition of Th2-mediated IgE responses

    Hidenori Takagi;Takachika Hiroi;Lijun Yang;Yoshifumi Tada

  • Quantitative nature of the Prolamin‐box, ACGT and AACA motifs in a rice glutelin gene promoter: minimal cis‐element requirements for endosperm‐specific gene expression

    Chuan-Yin Wu;Haruhiko Washida;Yasuyuki Onodera;Kyuya Harada

  • Synergism between RPBF Dof and RISBZ1 bZIP Activators in the Regulation of Rice Seed Expression Genes

    Masayuki P. Yamamoto;Yasuyuki Onodera;Satoru M. Touno;Fumio Takaiwa

  • Antisense inhibition of isoamylase alters the structure of amylopectin and the physicochemical properties of starch in rice endosperm.

    Naoko Fujita;Akiko Kubo;Dong-Soon Suh;Kit-Sum Wong

  • Iron accumulation does not parallel the high expression level of ferritin in transgenic rice seeds.

    Le Qing Qu;Toshihiro Yoshihara;Akio Ooyama;Fumiyuki Goto

  • A Rice Functional Transcriptional Activator, RISBZ1, Responsible for Endosperm-specific Expression of Storage Protein Genes through GCN4 Motif

    Yasuyuki Onodera;Akihiro Suzuki;Chuan-Yin Wu;Haruhiko Washida

  • Identification of cis-regulatory elements required for endosperm expression of the rice storage protein glutelin gene GluB-1

    Haruhiko Washida;Chuan-Yin Wu;Akihiro Suzuki;Utako Yamanouchi

  • Accumulation of Soybean Glycinin and Its Assembly with the Glutelins in Rice

    Tomoyuki Katsube;Nobuyuki Kurisaka;Masahiro Ogawa;Nobuyuki Maruyama

  • Characterization of a new rice glutelin gene GluD-1 expressed in the starchy endosperm

    Taiji Kawakatsu;Masayuki P. Yamamoto;Sakiko Hirose;Masahiro Yano

  • Rice SPK, a Calmodulin-Like Domain Protein Kinase, Is Required for Storage Product Accumulation during Seed Development: Phosphorylation of Sucrose Synthase Is a Possible Factor

    Takayuki Asano;Noriko Kunieda;Yuhi Omura;Hirokazu Ibe

  • Nucleotide sequence of the 17S-25S spacer region from rice rDNA.

    Fumio Takaiwa;Kiyoharu Oono;Masahiro Sugiura

  • Sequence of three members and expression of a new major subfamily of glutelin genes from rice

    Fumio Takaiwa;Kiyoharu Oono;David Wing;Akira Kato

  • Compensation and interaction between RISBZ1 and RPBF during grain filling in rice

    Taiji Kawakatsu;Masayuki P. Yamamoto;Satoru M. Touno;Hiroshi Yasuda

  • A rice glutelin gene family ― a major type of glutelin mRNAs can be divided into two classes

    Fumio Takaiwa;Shoshi Kikuchi;Kiyoharu Oono

  • Reducing rice seed storage protein accumulation leads to changes in nutrient quality and storage organelle formation.

    Taiji Kawakatsu;Sakiko Hirose;Hiroshi Yasuda;Fumio Takaiwa

  • Expression of ER quality control-related genes in response to changes in BiP1 levels in developing rice endosperm.

    Yuhya Wakasa;Hiroshi Yasuda;Youko Oono;Taiji Kawakatsu

  • The complete nucleotide sequence of a rice 25S.rRNA gene.

    F Takaiwa;K Oono;Y Iida;M Sugiura

  • Cereal seed storage protein synthesis: fundamental processes for recombinant protein production in cereal grains.

    Taiji Kawakatsu;Fumio Takaiwa

  • Reducing Rice Seed Storage Protein Accumulation Leads to Changes in Nutrient Quality and Storage

    Taiji Kawakatsu;Sakiko Hirose;Fumio Takaiwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hidenori Takagi
Hidenori Takagi Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
Shigeru Utsumi
Shigeru Utsumi Kyoto University
Akio Mori
Akio Mori University of Tokyo
Hiroshi Kiyono
Hiroshi Kiyono University of Tokyo
Yoshikazu Yuki
Yoshikazu Yuki University of Tokyo
Takayuki Sumida
Takayuki Sumida University of Tsukuba
Shoshi Kikuchi
Shoshi Kikuchi National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Tsukasa Matsuda
Tsukasa Matsuda Nagoya University
Seiichi Toki
Seiichi Toki National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Robert J Henry
Robert J Henry University of Queensland

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