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Maki Kondo is affiliated with the National Institute for Basic Biology in Japan. Their research predominantly spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Medicine, with notable contributions to subfields such as Insect Science, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, and Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

Their scholarly work addresses key topics including insect symbiosis and bacterial influences, insect-plant interactions and control, plant and animal studies, entomopathogenic microorganisms in pest control, plant responses to water stress, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, and autophagy in disease and therapy.

Frequent collaborators in Kondo's publications include Shunta Yorimoto, Mitsuru Hattori, Shuji Shigenobu, Shoji Mano, and Kenji Yamada.

Publications by Maki Kondo appear in several specialized journals, reflecting diverse interests and interdisciplinary approaches. Frequent publication venues consist of bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Nature Communications, iScience, Cancer Science, and Microbiology Spectrum.

  • Pexophagy suppresses ROS-induced damage in leaf cells under high-intensity light (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Complex host/symbiont integration of a multi-partner symbiotic system in the eusocial aphid Ceratovacuna japonica (2022, iScience)
  • First-in-human study of ONO-4578, an antagonist of prostaglandin E2 receptor 4, alone and with nivolumab in solid tumors (2022, Cancer Science)
  • Diaphorin, a Polyketide Produced by a Bacterial Symbiont of the Asian Citrus Psyllid, Inhibits the Growth and Cell Division of Bacillus subtilis but Promotes the Growth and Metabolic Activity of Escherichia coli (2022, Microbiology Spectrum)
  • Fusing the 3'UTR of seed storage protein genes leads to massive recombinant protein accumulation in seeds (2023, Scientific Reports)

Best Publications

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

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

  • 2,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYBUTYRIC ACID-RESISTANT MUTANTS OF ARABIDOPSIS HAVE DEFECTS IN GLYOXYSOMAL FATTY ACID BETA -OXIDATION

    Makoto Hayashi;Kanako Toriyama;Maki Kondo;Mikio Nishimura

  • Gibberellin Modulates Anther Development in Rice via the Transcriptional Regulation of GAMYB

    Koichiro Aya;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Maki Kondo;Kazuki Hamada

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

    Noriyuki Hatsugai;Shinji Iwasaki;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • Galactolipid synthesis in chloroplast inner envelope is essential for proper thylakoid biogenesis, photosynthesis, and embryogenesis

    Koichi Kobayashi;Maki Kondo;Hiroaki Fukuda;Mikio 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

  • 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

  • Distribution and Characterization of Peroxisomes in Arabidopsis by Visualization with GFP: Dynamic Morphology and Actin-Dependent Movement

    Shoji Mano;Chihiro Nakamori;Makoto Hayashi;Akira Kato

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

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

  • A Vacuolar Processing Enzyme, ΔVPE, Is Involved in Seed Coat Formation at the Early Stage of Seed Development

    Satoru Nakaune;Kenji Yamada;Kenji Yamada;Maki Kondo;Tomohiko Kato

  • Ped3p is a peroxisomal ATP-binding cassette transporter that might supply substrates for fatty acid β-oxidation

    Makoto Hayashi;Kazumasa Nito;Rie Takei-Hoshi;Mina Yagi

  • Vacuolar processing enzymes are essential for proper processing of seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Tomoo Shimada;Kenji Yamada;Miyuki Kataoka;Satoru Nakaune

  • Myosin XI-i Links the Nuclear Membrane to the Cytoskeleton to Control Nuclear Movement and Shape in Arabidopsis

    Kentaro Tamura;Kosei Iwabuchi;Yoichiro Fukao;Maki Kondo

  • An Arabidopsis dynamin‐related protein, DRP3A, controls both peroxisomal and mitochondrial division

    Shoji Mano;Shoji Mano;Chihiro Nakamori;Maki Kondo;Makoto Hayashi

  • A novel ER-derived compartment, the ER body, selectively accumulates a β-glucosidase with an ER-retention signal in Arabidopsis

    Ryo Matsushima;Maki Kondo;Mikio Nishimura;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • Highly Oxidized Peroxisomes Are Selectively Degraded via Autophagy in Arabidopsis

    Michitaro Shibata;Michitaro Shibata;Kazusato Oikawa;Kohki Yoshimoto;Kohki Yoshimoto;Maki Kondo

  • NAC family proteins NARS1/NAC2 and NARS2/NAM in the outer integument regulate embryogenesis in Arabidopsis.

    Tadashi Kunieda;Nobutaka Mitsuda;Masaru Ohme-Takagi;Seiji Takeda

  • A Novel Acyl-CoA Oxidase That Can Oxidize Short-chain Acyl-CoA in Plant Peroxisomes

    Hiroshi Hayashi;Hiroshi Hayashi;Luigi De Bellis;Adriana Ciurli;Maki Kondo

  • AtVPS29, a Putative Component of a Retromer Complex, is Required for the Efficient Sorting of Seed Storage Proteins

    Tomoo Shimada;Yasuko Koumoto;Lixin Li;Misako Yamazaki

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura Kyoto University
Tomoo Shimada
Tomoo Shimada Kyoto University
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hideyuki Takahashi
Hideyuki Takahashi Chiba University
Wataru Sakamoto
Wataru Sakamoto Okayama University
Hiroyuki Ohta
Hiroyuki Ohta Tokyo Institute of Technology
Hitoshi Mori
Hitoshi Mori Nagoya University

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