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Naoto Shibuya

Naoto Shibuya

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
20267
World Ranking
5906
National Ranking
378

Overview

Naoto Shibuya is a researcher affiliated with Meiji University in Japan. Their academic work primarily resides within the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Agronomy and Crop Science, Molecular Biology, Food Science, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research covers several main topics, including:

  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Agronomic Practices and Intercropping Systems
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
  • Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions

Naoto Shibuya has published work in several academic venues, frequently contributing to:

  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Plant Cell Reports
  • Methods in Molecular Biology

Their recent papers demonstrate a focus on plant immunity, symbiosis, and cellular processes with notable publications such as:

  • Stomatal immunity against fungal invasion comprises not only chitin-induced stomatal closure but also chitosan-induced guard cell death, 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • OsCERK2/OsRLK10, a homolog of OsCERK1, has a potential role for chitin-triggered immunity and arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in rice, 2022, Plant Biotechnology
  • OsSYMRK Plays an Essential Role in AM Symbiosis in Rice (Oryza sativa), 2023, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Simultaneous visualization of callose deposition and plasma membrane for live-cell imaging in plants, 2020, Plant Cell Reports
  • Cytoplasmic interaction of LysM receptors contributes to the formation of symbiotic receptor complex, 2020, Plant Biotechnology

Throughout these publications, Naoto Shibuya has collaborated with several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Hanae Kaku
  • Kana Miyata
  • Tomonori Shinya
  • Shingo Maruyama
  • Wenxiu Ye

Best Publications

  • CERK1, a LysM receptor kinase, is essential for chitin elicitor signaling in Arabidopsis

    Ayako Miya;Premkumar Albert;Premkumar Albert;Tomonori Shinya;Yoshitake Desaki

  • Plant cells recognize chitin fragments for defense signaling through a plasma membrane receptor

    Hanae Kaku;Yoko Nishizawa;Naoko Ishii-Minami;Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama

  • The elderberry (Sambucus nigra L.) bark lectin recognizes the Neu5Ac(alpha 2-6)Gal/GalNAc sequence.

    N. Shibuya;I. J. Goldstein;Willem Broekaert;M. Nsimba-Lubaki

  • Conserved Fungal LysM Effector Ecp6 Prevents Chitin-Triggered Immunity in Plants

    Ronnie de Jonge;H. Peter van Esse;Anja Kombrink;Tomonori Shinya

  • Two LysM receptor molecules, CEBiP and OsCERK1, cooperatively regulate chitin elicitor signaling in rice

    Takeo Shimizu;Takuto Nakano;Daisuke Takamizawa;Yoshitake Desaki

  • Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by Magnaporthe oryzae Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease

    Thomas A. Mentlak;Anja Kombrink;Tomonori Shinya;Lauren S. Ryder

  • Characterization of the carbohydrate binding specificity of the leukoagglutinating lectin from Maackia amurensis. Comparison with other sialic acid-specific lectins.

    R N Knibbs;I J Goldstein;R M Ratcliffe;N Shibuya

  • Binding properties of a mannose-specific lectin from the snowdrop (Galanthus nivalis) bulb.

    N. Shibuya;I. J. Goldstein;E. J. M. Van Damme;W. J. Peumans

  • Chitin-induced activation of immune signaling by the rice receptor CEBiP relies on a unique sandwich-type dimerization.

    Masahiro Hayafune;Rita Berisio;Roberta Marchetti;Alba Silipo

  • Induction of Phytoalexin Formation in Suspension-cultured Rice Cells by N-Acetylchitooligosaccharides

    Akira Yamada;Naoto Shibuya;Osamu Kodama;Tadami Akatsuka

  • Identification of a Biosynthetic Gene Cluster in Rice for Momilactones

    Kazuhiro Shimura;Atsushi Okada;Kazunori Okada;Yusuke Jikumaru

  • The Bifunctional Plant Receptor, OsCERK1, Regulates Both Chitin-Triggered Immunity and Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Symbiosis in Rice

    Kana Miyata;Toshinori Kozaki;Yusuke Kouzai;Kenjirou Ozawa

  • A rice fungal MAMP-responsive MAPK cascade regulates metabolic flow to antimicrobial metabolite synthesis

    Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi;Kazunori Okada;Leona Kurimoto;Shinya Murakami

  • The Arabidopsis CERK1‐associated kinase PBL27 connects chitin perception to MAPK activation

    Kenta Yamada;Koji Yamaguchi;Tomomi Shirakawa;Hirofumi Nakagami

  • Selective regulation of the chitin-induced defense response by the Arabidopsis receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase PBL27.

    Tomonori Shinya;Tomonori Shinya;Koji Yamaguchi;Yoshitake Desaki;Kenta Yamada

  • Glyco-conjugates as elicitors or suppressors of plant innate immunity.

    Alba Silipo;Gitte Erbs;Gitte Erbs;Tomonori Shinya;J. M. Maxwell Dow

  • The Hop/Sti1-Hsp90 Chaperone Complex Facilitates the Maturation and Transport of a PAMP Receptor in Rice Innate Immunity

    Letian Chen;Satoshi Hamada;Masayuki Fujiwara;Tingheng Zhu

  • Identification of a high-affinity binding protein for N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor in the plasma membrane of suspension-cultured rice cells by affinity labeling.

    Yuki Ito;Hanae Kaku;Naoto Shibuya

  • Perception of the chitin oligosaccharides contributes to disease resistance to blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae in rice.

    Kyutaro Kishimoto;Yusuke Kouzai;Hanae Kaku;Naoto Shibuya

  • Differences in the recognition of glucan elicitor signals between rice and soybean: beta-glucan fragments from the rice blast disease fungus Pyricularia oryzae that elicit phytoalexin biosynthesis in suspension-cultured rice cells.

    Takeshi Yamaguchi;Akira Yamada;Namgi Hong;Tomoya Ogawa

Frequent Co-Authors

Eiichi Minami
Eiichi Minami University of Tsukuba
Hisakazu Yamane
Hisakazu Yamane Teikyo University
Hideaki Nojiri
Hideaki Nojiri University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu Tokyo University of Science
Yoko Nishizawa
Yoko Nishizawa National Agriculture and Food Research Organization
Kazunori Okada
Kazunori Okada University of Tokyo
Toshio Omori
Toshio Omori Shibaura Institute of Technology
Makoto Nishiyama
Makoto Nishiyama University of Tokyo
Tomonobu Toyomasu
Tomonobu Toyomasu Yamagata University
Irwin J. Goldstein
Irwin J. Goldstein University of Michigan–Ann Arbor

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