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Mamoru Sugita

Mamoru Sugita

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D-Index
53
Citations
12149
World Ranking
3721
National Ranking
166

Overview

Mamoru Sugita is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has made contributions primarily in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with a particular focus on Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their research specialization lies in Molecular Biology and Plant Science.

The scientist's work concentrates on several main topics, including:

  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Light effects on plants
  • Mitochondrial Function and Pathology
  • Marine and coastal plant biology
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

Mamoru Sugita has published research in various venues, with repeated publications appearing in:

  • Genes to Cells
  • Plants
  • PLoS ONE
  • Plant Molecular Biology
  • Plant and Cell Physiology

Recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist include:

  • "An Overview of Pentatricopeptide Repeat (PPR) Proteins in the Moss Physcomitrium patens and Their Role in Organellar Gene Expression," 2022, Plants
  • "The L motifs of two moss pentatricopeptide repeat proteins are involved in RNA editing but predominantly not in RNA recognition," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "Moss PPR-SMR protein PpPPR_64 influences the expression of a psaA-psaB-rps14 gene cluster and processing of the 23S-4.5S rRNA precursor in chloroplasts," 2020, Plant Molecular Biology
  • "Two Novel PLS-Class Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins Are Involved in the Group II Intron Splicing of Mitochondrial Transcripts in the Moss Physcomitrella patens," 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • "Red light-regulated interaction of Per-Arnt-Sim histidine kinases with partner histidine-containing phosphotransfer proteins in Physcomitrium patens," 2021, Genes to Cells

Frequent collaborators in the scientist's work include:

  • Mizuho Ichinose
  • Chieko Sugita
  • Setsuyuki Aoki
  • Takuya Matsuda
  • Shu Anami

Best Publications

  • The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome: its gene organization and expression.

    K. Shinozaki;M. Ohme;M. Tanaka;T. Wakasugi

  • The Selaginella genome identifies genetic changes associated with the evolution of vascular plants.

    Jo Ann Banks;Tomoaki Nishiyama;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;John L. Bowman;John L. Bowman

  • On the expansion of the pentatricopeptide repeat gene family in plants

    Nicholas O'Toole;Mitsuru Hattori;Charles Andres;Charles Andres;Kei Iida

  • Complete nucleotide sequence of the chloroplast genome from the green alga Chlorella vulgaris: The existence of genes possibly involved in chloroplast division

    Tatsuya Wakasugi;Toshiyuki Nagai;Meenu Kapoor;Mamoru Sugita

  • Regulation of gene expression in chloroplasts of higher plants

    Mamoru Sugita;Masahiro Sugiura

  • EVOLUTION AND MECHANISM OF TRANSLATION IN CHLOROPLASTS

    Masahiro Sugiura;Tetsuro Hirose;Mamoru Sugita

  • Pentatricopeptide Repeat Proteins with the DYW Motif Have Distinct Molecular Functions in RNA Editing and RNA Cleavage in Arabidopsis Chloroplasts

    Kenji Okuda;Anne Laure Chateigner-Boutin;Takahiro Nakamura;Takahiro Nakamura;Etienne Delannoy

  • A KaiC-associating SasA–RpaA two-component regulatory system as a major circadian timing mediator in cyanobacteria

    Naoki Takai;Masato Nakajima;Tokitaka Oyama;Ryotaku Kito

  • Complete chloroplast DNA sequence of the moss Physcomitrella patens: evidence for the loss and relocation of rpoA from the chloroplast to the nucleus

    Chika Sugiura;Yuki Kobayashi;Setsuyuki Aoki;Chieko Sugita

  • A Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein Is a Site Recognition Factor in Chloroplast RNA Editing

    Kenji Okuda;Takahiro Nakamura;Mamoru Sugita;Toshiyuki Shimizu

  • Cyanobacterial daily life with Kai-based circadian and diurnal genome-wide transcriptional control in Synechococcus elongatus

    Hiroshi Ito;Michinori Mutsuda;Yoriko Murayama;Jun Tomita

  • RNA Editing and Its Molecular Mechanism in Plant Organelles

    Mizuho Ichinose;Mamoru Sugita

  • Genomic organization, sequence analysis and expression of all five genes encoding the small subunit of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from tomato.

    Mamoru Sugita;Thianda Manzara;Eran Pichersky;Anthony Cashmore

  • Tobacco chloroplast tRNALys(UUU) gene contains a 2.5-kilobase-pair intron: An open reading frame and a conserved boundary sequence in the intron

    Mamoru Sugita;Kazuo Shinozaki;Masahiro Sugiura

  • Suppression mechanism of mitochondrial ORF79 accumulation by Rf1 protein in BT‐type cytoplasmic male sterile rice

    Tomohiko Kazama;Takahiro Nakamura;Takahiro Nakamura;Masao Watanabe;Masao Watanabe;Mamoru Sugita

  • The complete nucleotide sequence of the tobacco chloroplast genome

    K. Shinozaki;M. Ohme;M. Tanaka;T. Wakasugi

  • Decrease in Activity of Glutathione Reductase Enhances Paraquat Sensitivity in Transgenic Nicotiana tabacum.

    Mitsuko Aono;Hikaru Saji;Kousaku Fujiyama;Mamoru Sugita

  • Chloroplast Phylogeny Indicates That Bryophytes Are Monophyletic

    Tomoaki Nishiyama;Paul G. Wolf;Masanori Kugita;Robert B. Sinclair

  • Developmental, organ-specific, and light-dependent expression of the tomato ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase small subunit gene family

    Mamoru Sugita;Wilhelm Gruissem

  • Updated Gene Map of Tobacco Chloroplast DNA

    T. Wakasugi;M. Sugita;T. Tsudzuki;M. Sugiura

Frequent Co-Authors

Masahiro Sugiura
Masahiro Sugiura Nagoya University
Tetsuro Hirose
Tetsuro Hirose Osaka University
Ian Small
Ian Small University of Western Australia
Takakazu Kaneko
Takakazu Kaneko Kyoto Sangyo University
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Toshiharu Shikanai
Toshiharu Shikanai Kyoto University
Ying Li
Ying Li Nanjing Agricultural University
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Yuqing Li
Yuqing Li University of Florida

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