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Mami Yamazaki

Mami Yamazaki

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
66
Citations
16416
World Ranking
8627
National Ranking
582

Overview

Mami Yamazaki is affiliated with Chiba University in Japan. Their research integrates molecular biology, plant science, pharmacology, materials chemistry, and surgery, focused predominantly on medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their recent publications highlight expertise in genome assembly, specialized metabolite biosynthesis, and plant biochemistry. Notable papers include:

  • Chromosome-level genome assembly of Ophiorrhiza pumila reveals the evolution of camptothecin biosynthesis, 2021, Nature Communications
  • Multiomics-based characterization of specialized metabolites biosynthesis in Cornus Officinalis, 2020, DNA Research
  • Chromosome-scale genome assembly of Glycyrrhiza uralensis revealed metabolic gene cluster centred specialized metabolites biosynthesis, 2022, DNA Research
  • Gene-Metabolite Network Analysis Revealed Tissue-Specific Accumulation of Therapeutic Metabolites in Mallotus japonicus, 2021, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • High-throughput RNA sequencing analysis of Mallotus japonicus revealed novel polerovirus and amalgavirus, 2023, Acta Virologica

Frequent co-authors in Yamazaki's publications include Kazuki Saito, Amit Rai, Megha Rai, Yuta Koseki, and Ryo Nakabayashi.

Their work is often published in venues such as The Cambridge Structural Database, Journal of Natural Medicines, DNA Research, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and Acta Virologica.

Yamazaki's main fields of study are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields of study reflect a concentration on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Pharmacology, Materials Chemistry, and Surgery.

Main topics addressed in their research comprise:

  • Crystallization and Solubility Studies
  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Plant biochemistry and biosynthesis
  • Microbial Natural Products and Biosynthesis
  • Bladder and Urothelial Cancer Treatments
  • Pharmacological Effects of Natural Compounds
  • Plant Virus Research Studies

Best Publications

  • Enhancement of oxidative and drought tolerance in Arabidopsis by overaccumulation of antioxidant flavonoids

    Ryo Nakabayashi;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Kaoru Urano;Makoto Suzuki

  • Functional genomics by integrated analysis of metabolome and transcriptome of Arabidopsis plants over-expressing an MYB transcription factor.

    Takayuki Tohge;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Masami Yokota Hirai;Mitsuru Yano

  • The flavonoid biosynthetic pathway in Arabidopsis: Structural and genetic diversity

    Kazuki Saito;Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Ryo Nakabayashi;Yasuhiro Higashi

  • KNApSAcK family databases: integrated metabolite-plant species databases for multifaceted plant research.

    Farit Mochamad Afendi;Taketo Okada;Mami Yamazaki;Aki Hirai-Morita

  • Recent advances in the biosynthesis and accumulation of anthocyanins.

    Karin Springob;Jun-ichiro Nakajima;Mami Yamazaki;Kazuki Saito

  • Ghrelin-producing cells exist as two types of cells, closed- and opened-type cells, in the rat gastrointestinal tract.

    Ichiro Sakata;Kazuaki Nakamura;Mami Yamazaki;Maki Matsubara

  • Regulation of sulfur assimilation in higher plants: A sulfate transporter induced in sulfate-starved roots plays a central role in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Hideki Takahashi;Mami Yamazaki;Noriko Sasakura;Akiko Watanabe

  • Direct evidence for anthocyanidin synthase as a 2-oxoglutarate-dependent oxygenase: molecular cloning and functional expression of cDNA from a red forma of Perilla frutescens.

    Kazuki Saito;Mii Kobayashi;Zhizhong Gong;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Convergent evolution in the BAHD family of acyl transferases: identification and characterization of anthocyanin acyl transferases from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Jie Luo;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Yasutaka Nishiyama;Christine Fuell;Goro Taguchi

  • Mechanistic Studies on Three 2-Oxoglutarate-dependent Oxygenases of Flavonoid Biosynthesis: ANTHOCYANIDIN SYNTHASE, FLAVONOL SYNTHASE, AND FLAVANONE 3β-HYDROXYLASE *

    Jonathan J. Turnbull;Jun-ichiro Nakajima;Richard W.D. Welford;Mami Yamazaki

  • Two glycosyltransferases involved in anthocyanin modification delineated by transcriptome independent component analysis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Keiko Yonekura-Sakakibara;Atsushi Fukushima;Ryo Nakabayashi;Kousuke Hanada

  • LC/PDA/ESI-MS Profiling and Radical Scavenging Activity of Anthocyanins in Various Berries

    Jun-ichiro Nakajima;Ippei Tanaka;Shujiro Seo;Mami Yamazaki

  • A cheminformatics approach to characterize metabolomes in stable-isotope-labeled organisms

    Hiroshi Tsugawa;Ryo Nakabayashi;Tetsuya Mori;Yutaka Yamada

  • Reaction Mechanism from Leucoanthocyanidin to Anthocyanidin 3-Glucoside, a Key Reaction for Coloring in Anthocyanin Biosynthesis

    Jun-ichiro Nakajima;Yoshikazu Tanaka;Mami Yamazaki;Kazuki Saito

  • Integrated omics analysis of specialized metabolism in medicinal plants

    Amit Rai;Kazuki Saito;Mami Yamazaki

  • Novel detoxification of the trichothecene mycotoxin deoxynivalenol by a soil bacterium isolated by enrichment culture.

    J Shima;S Takase;Y Takahashi;Y Iwai

  • Cloning and molecular analysis of structural genes involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis and expressed in a forma-specific manner in Perilla frutescens

    Zhizhong Gong;Mami Yamazaki;Mitsuyo Sugiyama;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • Camptothecin biosynthetic genes in hairy roots of Ophiorrhiza pumila: cloning, characterization and differential expression in tissues and by stress compounds.

    Yasuyo Yamazaki;Hiroshi Sudo;Mami Yamazaki;Norio Aimi

  • Molecular Cloning and Biochemical Characterization of a Novel Anthocyanin 5-O-Glucosyltransferase by mRNA Differential Display for Plant Forms Regarding Anthocyanin

    Mami Yamazaki;Zhizhong Gong;Masako Fukuchi-Mizutani;Yuko Fukui

  • Feasible production of camptothecin by hairy root culture of Ophiorrhiza pumila

    K. Saito;H. Sudo;M. Yamazaki;M. Koseki-Nakamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University
Zhizhong Gong
Zhizhong Gong China Agricultural University
Masanobu Uchiyama
Masanobu Uchiyama University of Tokyo
Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka Tohoku University
Takayuki Tohge
Takayuki Tohge Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Fumio Matsuda
Fumio Matsuda Osaka University
Shigehiko Kanaya
Shigehiko Kanaya Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Joost J. B. Keurentjes
Joost J. B. Keurentjes Wageningen University & Research

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