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Mitsunori Seo

Mitsunori Seo

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
58
Citations
18056
World Ranking
12949
National Ranking
897

Overview

Mitsunori Seo is a researcher affiliated with RIKEN in Japan specializing in Agricultural and Biological Sciences with a focus on Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Insect Science, and Physiology. Their work spans multiple subfields with a strong emphasis on plant molecular biology and stress physiology.

The scientist's publication record includes contributions to a range of research topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Seed Germination and Physiology, Plant Parasitism and Resistance, Plant and animal studies, and Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity.

Frequent coauthors in their research include Yuri Kanno, Shunsuke Watanabe, Hiromi Suzuki, Takafumi Shimizu, and Maho Tanaka.

Publication venues where Mitsunori Seo has frequently published are:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant and Cell Physiology

Selected recent papers authored or coauthored by Mitsunori Seo include:

  • The sugar transporter SWEET10 acts downstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T during floral transition of Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, BMC Plant Biology
  • Comparative functional analyses of DWARF14 and KARRIKIN INSENSITIVE 2 in drought adaptation of Arabidopsis thaliana, 2020, The Plant Journal
  • The Dual Function of OsSWEET3a as a Gibberellin and Glucose Transporter Is Important for Young Shoot Development in Rice, 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • The Arabidopsis NRT1/PTR FAMILY protein NPF7.3/NRT1.5 is an indole-3-butyric acid transporter involved in root gravitropism, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Autophagy Increases Zinc Bioavailability to Avoid Light-Mediated Reactive Oxygen Species Production under Zinc Deficiency, 2020, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • Complex regulation of ABA biosynthesis in plants.

    Mitsunori Seo;Tomokazu Koshiba

  • A Unique Short-Chain Dehydrogenase/Reductase in Arabidopsis Glucose Signaling and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis and Functions

    Wan-Hsing Cheng;Wan-Hsing Cheng;Akira Endo;Li Zhou;Jessica Penney

  • A unified nomenclature of NITRATE TRANSPORTER 1/PEPTIDE TRANSPORTER family members in plants

    Sophie Léran;Kranthi Varala;Jean Christophe Boyer;Maurizio Chiurazzi

  • Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

    Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi

  • Abscisic acid and the control of seed dormancy and germination

    Eiji Nambara;Masanori Okamoto;Kiyoshi Tatematsu;Ryoichi Yano

  • The Arabidopsis aldehyde oxidase 3 (AAO3) gene product catalyzes the final step in abscisic acid biosynthesis in leaves.

    Mitsunori Seo;Anton J. M. Peeters;Hanae Koiwai;Takayuki Oritani

  • Functional analysis of Arabidopsis NCED6 and NCED9 genes indicates that ABA synthesized in the endosperm is involved in the induction of seed dormancy

    Valérie Lefebvre;Helen North;Anne Frey;Bruno Sotta

  • Regulation of hormone metabolism in Arabidopsis seeds: phytochrome regulation of abscisic acid metabolism and abscisic acid regulation of gibberellin metabolism

    Mitsunori Seo;Atsushi Hanada;Ayuko Kuwahara;Akira Endo

  • ABA Transport and Plant Water Stress Responses

    Takashi Kuromori;Mitsunori Seo;Kazuo Shinozaki

  • Identification of an abscisic acid transporter by functional screening using the receptor complex as a sensor

    Yuri Kanno;Atsushi Hanada;Yasutaka Chiba;Takanari Ichikawa

  • Interaction of light and hormone signals in germinating seeds.

    Mitsunori Seo;Eiji Nambara;Giltsu Choi;Shinjiro Yamaguchi

  • Drought Induction of Arabidopsis 9-cis-Epoxycarotenoid Dioxygenase Occurs in Vascular Parenchyma Cells

    Akira Endo;Yoshiaki Sawada;Hirokazu Takahashi;Masanori Okamoto

  • Staying Alive: Molecular Aspects of Seed Longevity

    Naoto Sano;Loïc Rajjou;Helen M. North;Isabelle Debeaujon

  • A Vacuolar β-Glucosidase Homolog That Possesses Glucose-Conjugated Abscisic Acid Hydrolyzing Activity Plays an Important Role in Osmotic Stress Responses in Arabidopsis

    Zheng-Yi Xu;Kwang Hee Lee;Ting Dong;Jae Cheol Jeong

  • Epoxycarotenoid cleavage by NCED5 fine-tunes ABA accumulation and affects seed dormancy and drought tolerance with other NCED family members

    Anne Frey;Delphine Effroy;Valérie Lefebvre;Mitsunori Seo

  • Tissue-Specific Localization of an Abscisic Acid Biosynthetic Enzyme, AAO3, in Arabidopsis

    Hanae Koiwai;Kentaro Nakaminami;Mitsunori Seo;Wataru Mitsuhashi

  • Gibberellin Acts Positively Then Negatively to Control Onset of Flower Formation in Arabidopsis

    Nobutoshi Yamaguchi;Cara M. Winter;Miin-Feng Wu;Yuri Kanno

  • Comprehensive Hormone Profiling in Developing Arabidopsis Seeds: Examination of the Site of ABA Biosynthesis, ABA Transport and Hormone Interactions

    Yuri Kanno;Yusuke Jikumaru;Atsushi Hanada;Eiji Nambara

  • Jasmonate signaling involves the abscisic acid receptor PYL4 to regulate metabolic reprogramming in Arabidopsis and tobacco

    Petri Lackman;Miguel González-Guzmán;Sofie Tilleman;Sofie Tilleman;Inês Carqueijeiro;Inês Carqueijeiro;Inês Carqueijeiro

  • Abscisic aldehyde oxidase in leaves of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Mitsunori Seo;Hanae Koiwai;Shuichi Akaba;Teruya Komano

Frequent Co-Authors

Yuji Kamiya
Yuji Kamiya RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Yuri Kanno
Yuri Kanno RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Tomokazu Koshiba
Tomokazu Koshiba Tokyo Metropolitan University
Eiji Nambara
Eiji Nambara University of Toronto
Annie Marion-Poll
Annie Marion-Poll University of Paris-Saclay
Shinjiro Yamaguchi
Shinjiro Yamaguchi Kyoto University
Helen M. North
Helen M. North University of Paris-Saclay
Yusuke Jikumaru
Yusuke Jikumaru Teikyo University

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