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Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
93
Citations
24608
World Ranking
2149
National Ranking
125

Overview

Ikuko Hara-Nishimura is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their scholarly work encompasses key areas such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their research primarily focuses on topics including Plant Molecular Biology Research, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant Reproductive Biology, Nuclear Structure and Function, Cellular transport and secretion, Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.

Recent publications by Ikuko Hara-Nishimura include:

  • Higher Stomatal Density Improves Photosynthetic Induction and Biomass Production in Arabidopsis Under Fluctuating Light, 2020, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Subnuclear gene positioning through lamina association affects copper tolerance, 2020, Nature Communications
  • The nuclear envelope protein KAKU4 determines the migration order of the vegetative nucleus and sperm cells in pollen tubes, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Pexophagy suppresses ROS-induced damage in leaf cells under high-intensity light, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Endoplasmic reticulum-derived bodies enable a single-cell chemical defense in Brassicaceae plants, 2020, Communications Biology

Frequent coauthors in their research include Tomoo Shimada, Haruko Ueda, Kentaro Tamura, Takashi Shimada, and K. Moriya.

Key publication venues where Ikuko Hara-Nishimura has regularly published are:

  • Plant Signaling & Behavior
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Communications

Best Publications

  • A plant vacuolar protease, VPE, mediates, virus-induced hypersensitive cell death

    Noriyuki Hatsugai;Miwa Kuroyanagi;Kenji Yamada;Kenji Yamada;Tetsuo Meshi

  • Morphological classification of plant cell deaths.

    W G van Doorn;E P Beers;J L Dangl;V E Franklin-Tong

  • Stomagen positively regulates stomatal density in Arabidopsis

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Tomoo Shimada;Yu Imai;Katsuya Okawa

  • A rapid and non‐destructive screenable marker, FAST, for identifying transformed seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takashi L. Shimada;Tomoo Shimada;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • Transport of Storage Proteins to Protein Storage Vacuoles Is Mediated by Large Precursor-Accumulating Vesicles

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Tomoo Shimada;Kyoko Hatano;Kyoko Hatano;Yuka Takeuchi

  • Myosin-dependent endoplasmic reticulum motility and F-actin organization in plant cells

    Haruko Ueda;Etsuo Yokota;Natsumaro Kutsuna;Tomoo Shimada

  • A novel membrane fusion-mediated plant immunity against bacterial pathogens

    Noriyuki Hatsugai;Shinji Iwasaki;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • A unique vacuolar processing enzyme responsible for conversion of several proprotein precursors into the mature forms.

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Kaori Inoue;Mikio Nishimura

  • Vacuolar processing enzyme: an executor of plant cell death.

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Noriyuki Hatsugai;Satoru Nakaune;Miwa Kuroyanagi

  • Identification and Characterization of Nuclear Pore Complex Components in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Kentaro Tamura;Yoichiro Fukao;Masaaki Iwamoto;Tokuko Haraguchi;Tokuko Haraguchi

  • Enhancement of leaf photosynthetic capacity through increased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.

    Yu Tanaka;Shigeo S. Sugano;Tomoo Shimada;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • A subtilisin-like serine protease is required for epidermal surface formation in Arabidopsis embryos and juvenile plants.

    Hirokazu Tanaka;Hitoshi Onouchi;Hitoshi Onouchi;Maki Kondo;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Makoto Shirakawa;Junpei Takagi;Yoriko Matsuda

  • The role of vacuole in plant cell death

    I. Hara-Nishimura;Noriyuki Hatsugai

  • Vacuolar sorting receptor for seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tomoo Shimada;Kentaro Fuji;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • Vacuolar processing enzyme is up-regulated in the lytic vacuoles of vegetative tissues during senescence and under various stressed conditions

    Tetsu Kinoshita;Kenji Yamada;Kenji Yamada;Nagako Hiraiwa;Maki Kondo

  • Biosynthetic processing of cathepsins and lysosomal degradation are abolished in asparaginyl endopeptidase-deficient mice.

    Kanae Shirahama-Noda;Akitsugu Yamamoto;Kazushi Sugihara;Noriyoshi Hashimoto

  • Vacuolar Processing Enzyme Is Essential for Mycotoxin-induced Cell Death in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Miwa Kuroyanagi;Miwa Kuroyanagi;Kenji Yamada;Noriyuki Hatsugai;Maki Kondo

  • An asparaginyl endopeptidase mediates in vivo protein backbone cyclization

    Ivana Saska;Amanda D. Gillon;Noriyuki Hatsugai;Ralf G. Dietzgen

  • Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants

    Kentaro Tamura;Tomoo Shimada;Eiichiro Ono;Yoshikazu Tanaka

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Tomoo Shimada
Tomoo Shimada Kyoto University
Maki Kondo
Maki Kondo National Institute for Basic Biology
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Hideyuki Takahashi
Hideyuki Takahashi Chiba University
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Masahide Asano
Masahide Asano Kyoto University
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Teruo Shimmen
Teruo Shimmen University of Hyogo
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology

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