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Hirokazu Tsukaya

Hirokazu Tsukaya

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
74
Citations
18851
World Ranking
567
National Ranking
18

Overview

Hirokazu Tsukaya is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing on research primarily in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output reflects a specialization in Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with additional work in Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Ecology, and Mechanical Engineering.

Their research themes encompass a range of topics within plant biology, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance
  • Plant responses to water stress
  • Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • The leaf meristem enigma: The relationship between the plate meristem and the marginal meristem, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • An Agrobacterium-mediated stable transformation technique for the hornwort model Anthoceros agrestis, 2021, New Phytologist
  • Identification of the unique molecular framework of heterophylly in the amphibious plant Callitriche palustris L, 2021, The Plant Cell
  • Metabolic Control of Gametophore Shoot Formation through Arginine in the Moss Physcomitrium patens, 2020, Cell Reports
  • An auxin signaling network translates low-sugar-state input into compensated cell enlargement in the fugu5 cotyledon, 2021, PLoS Genetics

Tsukaya's frequent collaborators include Hiroyuki Koga, Kensuke Kawade, Gorou Horiguchi, Yuki Doll, and Akira Oikawa. The breadth of these collaborations spans multiple aspects of plant science research and molecular biology.

Their publications appear regularly in a number of scientific journals, with a higher concentration in venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • PLoS Genetics
  • Development

Best Publications

  • Cell cycling and cell enlargement in developing leaves of Arabidopsis.

    Petra M Donnelly;Dario Bonetta;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Ronald E Dengler

  • The transcription factor AtGRF5 and the transcription coactivator AN3 regulate cell proliferation in leaf primordia of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Gorou Horiguchi;Gyung-Tae Kim;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana, required for formation of a symmetric flat leaf lamina, encodes a member of a novel family of proteins characterized by cysteine repeats and a leucine zipper.

    Hidekazu Iwakawa;Yoshihisa Ueno;Endang Semiarti;Hitoshi Onouchi

  • The evolution and functional significance of leaf shape in the angiosperms

    Adrienne B. Nicotra;Andrea Leigh;C. Kevin Boyce;Cynthia S. Jones

  • The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana regulates formation of a symmetric lamina, establishment of venation and repression of meristem-related homeobox genes in leaves

    Endang Semiarti;Yoshihisa Ueno;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hidekazu Iwakawa

  • Biological functions of proline in morphogenesis and osmotolerance revealed in antisense transgenic Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tokihiko Nanjo;Masatomo Kobayashi;Yoshu Yoshiba;Yukika Sanada

  • MECHANISM OF LEAF-SHAPE DETERMINATION

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

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

    Tomohiko Tsuge;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Leaf shape: genetic controls and environmental factors.

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • Sugar-Dependent Expression of the CHS-A Gene for Chalcone Synthase from Petunia in Transgenic Arabidopsis.

    Hirokazu Tsukaya;Toshiyuki Ohshima;Satoshi Naito;Mitsuo Chino

  • Coordination of cell proliferation and cell expansion in the control of leaf size in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Gorou Horiguchi;Gorou Horiguchi;Ali Ferjani;Ushio Fujikura;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • 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

  • Organ shape and size: a lesson from studies of leaf morphogenesis.

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • 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

  • The more and smaller cells mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana identify novel roles for SQUAMOSA PROMOTER BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE genes in the control of heteroblasty.

    Takeshi Usami;Gorou Horiguchi;Satoshi Yano;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE 1 gene controls leaf pattern formation through the modulation of meristematic activity in Arabidopsis

    Chan Man Ha;Gyung-Tae Kim;Gyung-Tae Kim;Byung Chul Kim;Ji Hyung Jun

  • Analysis of Leaf Development in fugu Mutants of Arabidopsis Reveals Three Compensation Modes That Modulate Cell Expansion in Determinate Organs

    Ali Ferjani;Gorou Horiguchi;Satoshi Yano;Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • Controlling size in multicellular organs: focus on the leaf.

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

  • Overexpression of a novel small peptide ROTUNDIFOLIA4 decreases cell proliferation and alters leaf shape in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Noriyuki N. Narita;Sally Moore;Gorou Horiguchi;Minoru Kubo

  • Interpretation of mutants in leaf morphology: genetic evidence for a compensatory system in leaf morphogenesis that provides a new link between cell and organismal theories.

    Hirokazu Tsukaya

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University
Yasunori Machida
Yasunori Machida Nagoya University
Masayoshi Maeshima
Masayoshi Maeshima Nagoya University
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Taku Demura
Taku Demura Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Hiroo Fukuda
Hiroo Fukuda University of Tokyo
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Satoshi Naito
Satoshi Naito Hokkaido University
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University

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