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Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

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Biology and Biochemistry

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63
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10792
World Ranking
10463
National Ranking
711

Overview

Nobuhiro Tsutsumi is a researcher affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their work primarily focuses on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Within these main domains, their research spans subfields such as Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Genetics, Agronomy and Crop Science, and Global and Planetary Change.

The main topics of Tsutsumi's research include Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals, CRISPR and Genetic Engineering, Plant responses to water stress, Mitochondrial Function and Pathology, Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance, and Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies.

Tsutsumi has contributed to several scientific publications, with recent papers including:

  • Targeted base editing in the plastid genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (2021) published in Nature Plants
  • Key root traits of Poaceae for adaptation to soil water gradients (2020) published in New Phytologist
  • Targeted gene disruption of ATP synthases 6-1 and 6-2 in the mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis thaliana by mitoTALENs (2020) published in The Plant Journal
  • A Role for Auxin in Ethylene-Dependent Inducible Aerenchyma Formation in Rice Roots (2020) published in Plants
  • Targeted base editing in the mitochondrial genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (2022) published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Tsutsumi are:

  • Hideki Takanashi
  • Shin-ichi Arimura
  • Miki Okuno
  • Hiromi Kajiya-Kanegae
  • Hiroyoshi Iwata

The scientist has published extensively in several well-known venues, including:

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

Tsutsumi's research covers diverse aspects of plant biology, with particular emphasis on molecular genetics techniques such as targeted gene editing and the study of mitochondrial and plastid genomes in model organisms like Arabidopsis thaliana and rice. Their work incorporates advanced methodologies for genetic mapping and the analysis of plant adaptation to environmental stresses, contributing data relevant to understanding photosynthesis, stress responses, and genomic diversity in plants.

Best Publications

  • Frequent fusion and fission of plant mitochondria with unequal nucleoid distribution

    Shin-ichi Arimura;Junko Yamamoto;Gen Paul Aida;Mikio Nakazono

  • A membrane trafficking pathway regulated by the plant-specific RAB GTPase ARA6.

    Kazuo Ebine;Masaru Fujimoto;Yusuke Okatani;Tomoaki Nishiyama

  • Ethylene promotes submergence-induced expression of OsABA8ox1, a gene that encodes ABA 8'-hydroxylase in rice.

    Hiroaki Saika;Masanori Okamoto;Kentaro Miyoshi;Tetsuo Kushiro

  • High-Throughput Phenotyping of Sorghum Plant Height Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Its Application to Genomic Prediction Modeling.

    Kakeru Watanabe;Wei Guo;Keigo Arai;Hideki Takanashi

  • Identification of genes expressed in maize root cortical cells during lysigenous aerenchyma formation using laser microdissection and microarray analyses

    Imene Rajhi;Takaki Yamauchi;Hirokazu Takahashi;Shunsaku Nishiuchi

  • An NADPH Oxidase RBOH Functions in Rice Roots during Lysigenous Aerenchyma Formation under Oxygen-Deficient Conditions

    Takaki Yamauchi;Miki Yoshioka;Aya Fukazawa;Hitoshi Mori

  • Characterization of the gene family for alternative oxidase from Arabidopsis thaliana

    Daisuke Saisho;Eiji Nambara;Satoshi Naito;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

  • A dynamin-like protein (ADL2b), rather than FtsZ, is involved in Arabidopsis mitochondrial division.

    Shin-ichi Arimura;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

  • Conservation and Diversification of Meristem Maintenance Mechanism in Oryza sativa : Function of the FLORAL ORGAN NUMBER2 Gene

    Takuya Suzaki;Taiyo Toriba;Masaru Fujimoto;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

  • OsNAC6, a member of the NAC gene family, is induced by various stresses in rice.

    Takayuki Ohnishi;Seishi Sugahara;Toshiko Yamada;Kazuhiro Kikuchi

  • Dynamic and reversible changes in histone H3-Lys4 methylation and H3 acetylation occurring at submergence-inducible genes in rice

    Hiroyuki Tsuji;Hiroaki Saika;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi;Atsushi Hirai

  • Transcript levels of tandem-arranged alternative oxidase genes in rice are increased by low temperature.

    Yusuke Ito;Daisuke Saisho;Mikio Nakazono;Nobuhiro Tsutsumi

  • The rice mitochondrial iron transporter is essential for plant growth

    Khurram Bashir;Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Hugo Shimo;Seiji Nagasaka

  • Identification of the OsOPR7 gene encoding 12-oxophytodienoate reductase involved in the biosynthesis of jasmonic acid in rice.

    Tomoyuki Tani;Hiroyuki Sobajima;Kazunori Okada;Tetsuya Chujo

  • Expression of a Gene Encoding Mitochondrial Aldehyde Dehydrogenase in Rice Increases under Submerged Conditions

    Mikio Nakazono;Hiroyuki Tsuji;Yuhua Li;Yuhua Li;Daisuke Saisho

  • Rice Expression Atlas In Reproductive Development

    Masahiro Fujita;Youko Horiuchi;Yayoi Ueda;Yayoi Ueda;Yoko Mizuta;Yoko Mizuta

  • Curing cytoplasmic male sterility via TALEN-mediated mitochondrial genome editing.

    Tomohiko Kazama;Miki Okuno;Yuta Watari;Shungo Yanase

  • Arabidopsis dynamin-related proteins DRP2B and DRP1A participate together in clathrin-coated vesicle formation during endocytosis.

    Masaru Fujimoto;Shin Ichi Arimura;Takashi Ueda;Hideki Takanashi

  • A unified nomenclature for Arabidopsis dynamin-related large GTPases based on homology and possible functions

    Z. Hong;S.Y. Bednarek;E. Blumwald;I. Hwang

  • Separated transcriptomes of male gametophyte and tapetum in rice: validity of a laser microdissection (LM) microarray.

    Keita Suwabe;Go Suzuki;Hirokazu Takahashi;Katsuhiro Shiono

Frequent Co-Authors

Mikio Nakazono
Mikio Nakazono Nagoya University
Naoko K. Nishizawa
Naoko K. Nishizawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Wataru Sakamoto
Wataru Sakamoto Okayama University
Hiroyoshi Iwata
Hiroyoshi Iwata University of Tokyo
Maki Kawai-Yamada
Maki Kawai-Yamada Saitama University
Yoshiaki Nagamura
Yoshiaki Nagamura National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences
Nori Kurata
Nori Kurata National Institute of Genetics
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Hirofumi Uchimiya
Hirofumi Uchimiya Saitama University
Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University

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