Norio Murata

Research.com Recognitions

• 2026 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2025 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2023 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award
• 2022 - Research.com Biology and Biochemistry in Japan Leader Award

Overview

Best Publications

• Photoinhibition of photosystem II under environmental stress.

  Norio Murata;Shunichi Takahashi;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev

  1780
  Citations

• How do environmental stresses accelerate photoinhibition

  Shunichi Takahashi;Norio Murata

  1440
  Citations

• Enhancement of tolerance of abiotic stress by metabolic engineering of betaines and other compatible solutes.

  Tony H.H Chen;Norio Murata

  1266
  Citations

• The role of glycine betaine in the protection of plants from stress: clues from transgenic plants

  A. Sakamoto;N. Murata

  1068
  Citations

• Membrane fluidity and its roles in the perception of environmental signals.

  Dmitry A. Los;Norio Murata

  1066
  Citations

• Ionic and osmotic effects of NacL-induced inactivation of photosystems I and II in Synechococcus sp.

  Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Atsushi Sakamoto;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Masami Inaba

  870
  Citations

• Glycinebetaine protects plants against abiotic stress: mechanisms and biotechnological applications.

  Tony H. H. Chen;Norio Murata

  868
  Citations

• CHILLING SENSITIVITY IN PLANTS AND CYANOBACTERIA: The Crucial Contribution of Membrane Lipids

  I. Nishida;N. Murata

  833
  Citations

• A new paradigm for the action of reactive oxygen species in the photoinhibition of photosystem II

  Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Norio Murata

  831
  Citations

• Glycinebetaine: an effective protectant against abiotic stress in plants

  Tony H.H. Chen;Norio Murata

  793
  Citations

• Structure and expression of fatty acid desaturases

  Dmitry A. Los;Norio Murata

  719
  Citations

• Control of excitation transfer in photosynthesis I. Light-induced change of chlorophyll a fluoresence in Porphyridium cruentum

  Norio Murata

  687
  Citations

• Genetically engineered alteration in the chilling sensitivity of plants

  N. Murata;O. Ishizaki-Nishizawa;S. Higashi;H. Hayashi

  680
  Citations

• Membrane Fluidity and Temperature Perception.

  N. Murata;D. A. Los

  632
  Citations

• Oxidative stress inhibits the repair of photodamage to the photosynthetic machinery.

  Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Yoshitaka Nishiyama;Hiroshi Yamamoto;Suleyman I. Allakhverdiev;Masami Inaba

  627
  Citations

• Transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana with the codA gene for choline oxidase; accumulation of glycinebetaine and enhanced tolerance to salt and cold stress.

  Hidenori Hayashi;Alia;Laszlo Mustardy;Laszlo Mustardy;Patchraporn Deshnium

  592
  Citations

• Inactivation of Photosynthetic Oxygen Evolution and Concomitant Release of Three Polypeptides in the Photosystem II Particles of Spinach Chloroplasts

  Tomohiko Kuwabara;Norio Murata

  581
  Citations

• Enhancement of chilling tolerance of a cyanobacterium by genetic manipulation of fatty acid desaturation

  Hajime Wada;Zoltan Combos;Norio Murata

  568
  Citations

• The unusually strong stabilizing effects of glycine betaine on the structure and function of the oxygen-evolving Photosystem II complex.

  George C. Papageorgiou;Norio Murata

  566
  Citations

• Genetic engineering of glycinebetaine synthesis in plants: current status and implications for enhancement of stress tolerance

  Atsushi Sakamoto;Norio Murata

  562
  Citations