Makoto Kusaba

Best Publications

• Rice NON-YELLOW COLORING1 Is Involved in Light-Harvesting Complex II and Grana Degradation during Leaf Senescence

  Makoto Kusaba;Hisashi Ito;Ryouhei Morita;Shuichi Iida

  692
  Citations

• Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll b and light-harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in rice

  Yutaka Sato;Ryouhei Morita;Susumu Katsuma;Minoru Nishimura

  448
  Citations

• Self-incompatibility in the genus Arabidopsis: characterization of the S locus in the outcrossing A. lyrata and its autogamous relative A. thaliana.

  Makoto Kusaba;Kathleen Dwyer;Jennifer Hendershot;Julia Vrebalov

  413
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• Low glutelin content1: A Dominant Mutation That Suppresses the Glutelin Multigene Family via RNA Silencing in Rice

  Makoto Kusaba;Kenzo Miyahara;Shuichi Iida;Hiroyuki Fukuoka

  360
  Citations

• Participation of Chlorophyll b Reductase in the Initial Step of the Degradation of Light-harvesting Chlorophyll a/b-Protein Complexes in Arabidopsis

  Yukiko Horie;Hisashi Ito;Makoto Kusaba;Ryouichi Tanaka

  298
  Citations

• Strigolactone regulates leaf senescence in concert with ethylene in Arabidopsis

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  284
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• Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway.

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  283
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• Defect in non‐yellow coloring 3, an α/β hydrolase‐fold family protein, causes a stay‐green phenotype during leaf senescence in rice

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  275
  Citations

• S Locus F-Box Brothers: Multiple and Pollen-Specific F-Box Genes With S Haplotype-Specific Polymorphisms in Apple and Japanese Pear

  Hidenori Sassa;Hiroyuki Kakui;Mayu Miyamoto;Yusuke Suzuki

  236
  Citations

• Striking sequence similarity in inter- and intra-specific comparisons of class I SLG alleles from Brassica oleracea and Brassica campestris: Implications for the evolution and recognition mechanism

  Makoto Kusaba;Takeshi Nishio;Yoko Satta;Kokichi Hinata

  228
  Citations

• Stay-green plants: what do they tell us about the molecular mechanism of leaf senescence

  Makoto Kusaba;Ayumi Tanaka;Ryouichi Tanaka

  197
  Citations

• Transmissible and Nontransmissible Mutations Induced by Irradiating Arabidopsis thaliana Pollen With γ-Rays and Carbon Ions

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  196
  Citations

• Coevolution of the S-locus genes SRK, SLG and SP11/SCR in Brassica oleracea and B. rapa

  Keiichi Sato;Takeshi Nishio;Ryo Kimura;Makoto Kusaba

  183
  Citations

• Field transcriptome revealed critical developmental and physiological transitions involved in the expression of growth potential in japonica rice

  Yutaka Sato;Baltazar Antonio;Nobukazu Namiki;Ritsuko Motoyama

  175
  Citations

• RNA interference in crop plants

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  158
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• Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S-ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus

  John F. Golz;Hae-Young Oh;Vanessa Su;Makoto Kusaba

  154
  Citations

• PLASTOCHRON3/GOLIATH encodes a glutamate carboxypeptidase required for proper development in rice.

  Taiji Kawakatsu;Graziana Taramino;Jun-Ichi Itoh;Justin Allen

  129
  Citations

• Registration of S alleles in Brassica campestris L by the restriction fragment sizes of SLGs

  T. Nishio;M. Kusaba;M. Watanabe;K. Hinata

  118
  Citations

• superwoman1‐cleistogamy, a hopeful allele for gene containment in GM rice

  Hitoshi Yoshida;Jun-Ichi Itoh;Shinnosuke Ohmori;Kazumaru Miyoshi

  117
  Citations

• NYC4, the rice ortholog of Arabidopsis THF1, is involved in the degradation of chlorophyll - protein complexes during leaf senescence.

  Hiroshi Yamatani;Yutaka Sato;Yu Masuda;Yusuke Kato

  115
  Citations