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Masaaki Umeda is affiliated with the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology. Within these fields, their work concentrates on subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The main topics addressed in their publications cover a range of plant biology areas: plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, plant reproductive biology, plant tissue culture and regeneration, light effects on plants, polysaccharides and plant cell walls, as well as microtubule and mitosis dynamics.

Their recent papers include studies published between 2020 and 2021 in notable journals. These are:

  • "Regulation of the Plant Cell Cycle in Response to Hormones and the Environment" (2021) in Annual Review of Plant Biology
  • "CYTOKININ-RESPONSIVE GROWTH REGULATOR regulates cell expansion and cytokinin-mediated cell cycle progression" (2021) in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "The Arabidopsis NRT1/PTR FAMILY protein NPF7.3/NRT1.5 is an indole-3-butyric acid transporter involved in root gravitropism" (2020) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "CDKD-dependent activation of CDKA;1 controls microtubule dynamics and cytokinesis during meiosis" (2020) in The Journal of Cell Biology
  • "Plant stem cell research is uncovering the secrets of longevity and persistent growth" (2021) in The Plant Journal

Frequent collaborators in their research include Naoki Takahashi, Hirotomo Takatsuka, Shiori S. Aki, Ryuichi Nishihama, and Hitoshi Sakakibara.

The scientist regularly publishes in venues such as bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Plant Biotechnology, Plant and Cell Physiology, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, and Journal of Experimental Botany.

Best Publications

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • CDK-related protein kinases in plants.

    Jérôme Joubès;Christian Chevalier;Denes Dudits;Erwin Heberle-Bors

  • Programmed induction of endoreduplication by DNA double-strand breaks in Arabidopsis

    Sumiko Adachi;Kazunori Minamisawa;Yoko Okushima;Soichi Inagaki

  • Hormonal control of cell division and elongation along differentiation trajectories in roots

    Hirotomo Takatsuka;Masaaki Umeda

  • SUMO E3 Ligase HIGH PLOIDY2 Regulates Endocycle Onset and Meristem Maintenance in Arabidopsis

    Takashi Ishida;Sumire Fujiwara;Kenji Miura;Nicola Stacey

  • Targeted Degradation of the Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor ICK4/KRP6 by RING-Type E3 Ligases Is Essential for Mitotic Cell Cycle Progression during Arabidopsis Gametogenesis

    Jingjing Liu;Yiyue Zhang;Genji Qin;Tomohiko Tsuge

  • The Arabidopsis SIAMESE-RELATED Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitors SMR5 and SMR7 Regulate the DNA Damage Checkpoint in Response to Reactive Oxygen Species

    Dalong Yi;Claire Lessa Alvim Kamei;Toon Cools;Sandy Vanderauwera

  • Transcriptional repression by MYB3R proteins regulates plant organ growth

    Kosuke Kobayashi;Toshiya Suzuki;Eriko Iwata;Norihito Nakamichi

  • ATM‐mediated phosphorylation of SOG1 is essential for the DNA damage response in Arabidopsis

    Kaoru O Yoshiyama;Kaoru O Yoshiyama;Junya Kobayashi;Nobuo Ogita;Minako Ueda

  • Auxin modulates the transition from the mitotic cycle to the endocycle in Arabidopsis

    Takashi Ishida;Sumiko Adachi;Mika Yoshimura;Kohei Shimizu

  • Synthesis of Very-Long-Chain Fatty Acids in the Epidermis Controls Plant Organ Growth by Restricting Cell Proliferation

    Takashi Nobusawa;Yoko Okushima;Noriko Nagata;Mikiko Kojima

  • Identifying the target genes of SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1, a master transcription factor controlling DNA damage response in Arabidopsis

    Nobuo Ogita;Yoko Okushima;Mutsutomo Tokizawa;Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto

  • Condensin II Alleviates DNA Damage and Is Essential for Tolerance of Boron Overload Stress in Arabidopsis

    Takuya Sakamoto;Yayoi Tsujimoto Inui;Shimpei Uraguchi;Takeshi Yoshizumi

  • A distinct cyclin-dependent kinase-activating kinase of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Masaaki Umeda;Rishikesh P. Bhalerao;Jeff Schell;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Differential Transcript Levels of Genes Associated with Glycolysis and Alcohol Fermentation in Rice Plants (Oryza sativa L.) under Submergence Stress.

    Masaaki Umeda;Hirofumi Uchimiya

  • Expressed sequence tags from cultured cells of rice (Oryza sativa L.) under stressed conditions: analysis of transcripts of genes engaged in ATP-generating pathways

    Masaaki Umeda;Chikage Hara;Yuko Matsubayashi;Hai-Hang Li

  • Random sequencing of cDNA libraries reveals a variety of expressed genes in cultured cells of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

    Hirofumi Uchimiya;Shin-ichiro Kidou;Tetsuo Shimazaki;Satoshi Aotsuka

  • Control of Cell Division and Transcription by Cyclin-dependent Kinase-activating Kinases in Plants

    Masaaki Umeda;Akie Shimotohno;Masatoshi Yamaguchi

  • The VirD2 pilot protein of Agrobacterium-transferred DNA interacts with the TATA box-binding protein and a nuclear protein kinase in plants

    László Bakó;Masaaki Umeda;Antonio F. Tiburcio;Jeff Schell

  • Differential expression of genes for cyclin-dependent protein kinases in rice plants.

    Masaaki Umeda;Chikage Umeda-Hara;Masatoshi Yamaguchi;Junji Hashimoto

Frequent Co-Authors

Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University
Eiichi Ohtsubo
Eiichi Ohtsubo University of Tokyo
Naoki Takahashi
Naoki Takahashi Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Csaba Koncz
Csaba Koncz Max Planck Society
Ryuichi Nishihama
Ryuichi Nishihama Tokyo University of Science
Junko Kyozuka
Junko Kyozuka Tohoku University
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University

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