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Hirofumi Uchimiya

Hirofumi Uchimiya

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D-Index
73
Citations
16293
World Ranking
2068
National Ranking
81

Overview

Hirofumi Uchimiya is affiliated with Saitama University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on areas within Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Subfields of study include Molecular Biology and Plant Science.

The scientist's work involves topics such as Plant Gene Expression Analysis, Plant Molecular Biology Research, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

Among the recent papers authored, one notable publication is "NAC domain transcription factors VNI2 and ATAF2 form protein complexes and regulate leaf senescence," published in 2023 in the journal Plant Direct.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Hirofumi Uchimiya include:

  • Isura Sumeda Priyadarshana Nagahage
  • Kohei Matsuda
  • Kyoko Miyashita
  • Sumire Fujiwara
  • Chanaka Mannapperuma

Publications have appeared predominantly in the journal Plant Direct.

Best Publications

  • CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells

    Juntaro Negi;Osamu Matsuda;Takashi Nagasawa;Yasuhiro Oba

  • Ara6, a plant-unique novel type Rab GTPase, functions in the endocytic pathway of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Takashi Ueda;Masatoshi Yamaguchi;Hirofumi Uchimiya;Akihiko Nakano

  • Transgenic Rice Plants After Direct Gene Transfer into Protoplasts

    Kinya Toriyama;Youichi Arimoto;Hirofumi Uchimiya;Kokichi Hinata

  • Two independent and polarized processes of cell elongation regulate leaf blade expansion in Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh.

    Tomohiko Tsuge;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Metabolic engineering with Dof1 transcription factor in plants: Improved nitrogen assimilation and growth under low-nitrogen conditions

    Shuichi Yanagisawa;Ai Akiyama;Hiroaki Kisaka;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Evaluation of parameters in the isolation of viable protoplasts from cultured tobacco cells.

    Hirofumi Uchimiya;Toshio Murashige

  • The ANGUSTIFOLIA gene of Arabidopsis, a plant CtBP gene, regulates leaf-cell expansion, the arrangement of cortical microtubules in leaf cells and expression of a gene involved in cell-wall formation

    Gyung Tae Kim;Keiko Shoda;Tomohiko Tsuge;Tomohiko Tsuge;Kiu Hyung Cho

  • The ROTUNDIFOLIA3 gene of Arabidopsis thalianaencodes a new member of the cytochrome P-450 family that is required for the regulated polar elongation of leaf cells

    Gyung-Tae Kim;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Dissection of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 Suppressing Bax–, Hydrogen Peroxide–, and Salicylic Acid–Induced Cell Death

    Maki Kawai-Yamada;Yuri Ohori;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Mammalian Bax-induced plant cell death can be down-regulated by overexpression of Arabidopsis Bax Inhibitor-1 (AtBI-1)

    Maki Kawai-Yamada;Lihua Jin;Keiko Yoshinaga;Aiko Hirata

  • Somatic hybrid plants obtained by protoplast fusion between Citrus sinensis and Poncirus trifoliata.

    T Ohgawara;S Kobayashi;E Ohgawara;H Uchimiya

  • Expression of a foreign gene in callus derived from DNA-treated protoplasts of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Hirofumi Uchimiya;Takaomi Fushimi;Hiroyuki Hashimoto;Hiroshi Harada

  • Nitrate Addition Alleviates Ammonium Toxicity Without Lessening Ammonium Accumulation, Organic Acid Depletion and Inorganic Cation Depletion in Arabidopsis thaliana Shoots

    Takushi Hachiya;Chihiro K. Watanabe;Masaru Fujimoto;Toshiki Ishikawa

  • Expression of a Maize Ubiquitin Gene Promoter-bar Chimeric Gene in Transgenic Rice Plants

    Seiichi Toki;Susumu Takamatsu;Chyuhei Nojiri;Shinya Ooba

  • Overexpression of Bax inhibitor suppresses the fungal elicitor-induced cell death in rice (Oryza sativa L) cells.

    H. Matsumura;S. Nirasawa;A. Kiba;N. Urasaki

  • Evolutionally conserved plant homologue of the Bax Inhibitor-1 (BI-1) gene capable of suppressing Bax-induced cell death in yeast1

    Maki Kawai;Maki Kawai;Ling Pan;John C. Reed;Hirofumi Uchimiya;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • The role of NAD biosynthesis in plant development and stress responses.

    Shin-nosuke Hashida;Hideyuki Takahashi;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Cellular dissection of the degradation pattern of cortical cell death during aerenchyma formation of rice roots

    M. Kawai;P. K. Samarajeewa;R. A. Barrero;M. Nishiguchi

  • p-Chlorophenoxyisobutyric Acid Impairs Auxin Response in Arabidopsis Root

    Yutaka Oono;Chiharu Ooura;Abidur Rahman;Evalour T. Aspuria

  • Changes in the shapes of leaves and flowers upon overexpression of cytochrome P450 in Arabidopsis

    Gyung-Tae Kim;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Yoko Saito;Hirofumi Uchimiya

Frequent Co-Authors

Maki Kawai-Yamada
Maki Kawai-Yamada Saitama University
Masaaki Umeda
Masaaki Umeda Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Maki Kawai
Maki Kawai University of Tokyo
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Hirokazu Tsukaya
Hirokazu Tsukaya University of Tokyo
Aiko Hirata
Aiko Hirata University of Tokyo
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi
Nobuhiro Tsutsumi University of Tokyo
Shuichi Yanagisawa
Shuichi Yanagisawa University of Tokyo
Masahiro Sugiura
Masahiro Sugiura Nagoya University

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