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Seiichiro Hasezawa

Seiichiro Hasezawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
54
Citations
10057
World Ranking
15668
National Ranking
1113

Overview

Seiichiro Hasezawa is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research spans the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. The scientist's work particularly focuses on Molecular Biology, Plant Science, and Cell Biology. Additional interests include Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The main topics covered in Hasezawa's research include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Microtubule and mitosis dynamics
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Gene Expression Analysis
  • Nuclear Structure and Function
  • Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

Hasezawa has contributed to several peer-reviewed articles published in notable journals. Recent papers by the scientist include:

  • "Two-step regulation of centromere distribution by condensin II and the nuclear envelope proteins," 2022, Nature Plants
  • "Actin Filament Disruption Alters Phragmoplast Microtubule Dynamics during the Initial Phase of Plant Cytokinesis," 2020, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • "Elevated CO2 promotes satellite stomata production in young cotyledons of Arabidopsis thaliana," 2020, Genes to Cells
  • "Tracking metabolites at single-cell resolution reveals metabolic dynamics during plant mitosis," 2022, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • "Arabidopsis thaliana Subclass I ACTIN DEPOLYMERIZING FACTORs Regulate Nuclear Organization and Gene Expression," 2023, Plant and Cell Physiology

Frequent publication venues include:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Nature Plants
  • Genes to Cells
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Plant Biotechnology

Hasezawa's collaborative network features several frequent co-authors, including:

  • Takumi Higaki
  • Tomoko Matsumoto
  • Hirotomo Takatsuka
  • Natsumaro Kutsuna
  • Yoshiyuki Ogata

Best Publications

  • Tobacco BY-2 Cell Line as the “HeLa” Cell in the Cell Biology of Higher Plants

    Toshiyuki Nagata;Yasuyuki Nemoto;Seiichiro Hasezawa

  • Ethylene Inhibits Abscisic Acid-Induced Stomatal Closure in Arabidopsis

    Yoko Tanaka;Toshio Sano;Masanori Tamaoki;Nobuyoshi Nakajima

  • Microtubule-dependent microtubule nucleation based on recruitment of gamma-tubulin in higher plants

    Takashi Murata;Takashi Murata;Seiji Sonobe;Tobias I. Baskin;Susumu Hyodo

  • Myosin-dependent endoplasmic reticulum motility and F-actin organization in plant cells

    Haruko Ueda;Etsuo Yokota;Natsumaro Kutsuna;Tomoo Shimada

  • Quantification and cluster analysis of actin cytoskeletal structures in plant cells: role of actin bundling in stomatal movement during diurnal cycles in Arabidopsis guard cells

    Takumi Higaki;Natsumaro Kutsuna;Toshio Sano;Noriaki Kondo

  • Cytokinin and auxin inhibit abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure by enhancing ethylene production in Arabidopsis

    Yoko Tanaka;Toshio Sano;Masanori Tamaoki;Nobuyoshi Nakajima

  • Regulation of Secondary Cell Wall Development by Cortical Microtubules during Tracheary Element Differentiation in Arabidopsis Cell Suspensions

    Yoshihisa Oda;Tetsuro Mimura;Seiichiro Hasezawa

  • Appearance of actin microfilament ‘twin peaks’ in mitosis and their function in cell plate formation, as visualized in tobacco BY‐2 cells expressing GFP–fimbrin

    Toshio Sano;Takumi Higaki;Yoshihisa Oda;Tomomi Hayashi

  • Dynamic aspects of ion accumulation by vesicle traffic under salt stress in Arabidopsis.

    Kohei Hamaji;Megumi Nagira;Megumi Nagira;Katsuhisa Yoshida;Miwa Ohnishi

  • Fate of nascent microtubules organized at the M/G1 interface, as visualized by synchronized tobacco BY-2 cells stably expressing GFP-tubulin: time-sequence observations of the reorganization of cortical microtubules in living plant cells.

    Fumi Kumagai;Arata Yoneda;Taichiro Tomida;Toshio Sano

  • Cytoskeleton dynamics control the first asymmetric cell division in Arabidopsis zygote

    Yusuke Kimata;Takumi Higaki;Tomokazu Kawashima;Daisuke Kurihara

  • Dynamic organization of vacuolar and microtubule structures during cell cycle progression in synchronized tobacco BY-2 cells.

    Natsumaro Kutsuna;Seiichiro Hasezawa

  • An atypical tubulin kinase mediates stress-induced microtubule depolymerization in Arabidopsis.

    Satoshi Fujita;Jaromir Pytela;Takashi Hotta;Takehide Kato

  • Mechanism of microtubule array expansion in the cytokinetic phragmoplast

    Takashi Murata;Takashi Murata;Toshio Sano;Michiko Sasabe;Michiko Sasabe;Shigenori Nonaka;Shigenori Nonaka

  • Cell cycle synchronization of tobacco BY-2 cells.

    Fumi Kumagai-Sano;Tomomi Hayashi;Toshio Sano;Seiichiro Hasezawa

  • Differential expression control and polarized distribution of plasma membrane-resident SYP1 SNAREs in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Kazuhiko Enami;Mie Ichikawa;Tomohiro Uemura;Natsumaro Kutsuna

  • Actin microfilaments regulate vacuolar structures and dynamics: dual observation of actin microfilaments and vacuolar membrane in living tobacco BY-2 Cells.

    Takumi Higaki;Natsumaro Kutsuna;Emiko Okubo;Toshio Sano

  • Characterization of plant Aurora kinases during mitosis.

    Akira Kawabe;Sachihiro Matsunaga;Katsuyuki Nakagawa;Daisuke Kurihara

  • Actin microfilament dynamics and actin side-binding proteins in plants.

    Takumi Higaki;Toshio Sano;Seiichiro Hasezawa

  • A Munc13-like protein in Arabidopsis mediates H + -ATPase translocation that is essential for stomatal responses

    Mimi Hashimoto-Sugimoto;Takumi Higaki;Takashi Yaeno;Ayako Nagami

Frequent Co-Authors

Noriaki Kondo
Noriaki Kondo University of Tokyo
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu
Kazuyuki Kuchitsu Tokyo University of Science
Yasuhiro Kadota
Yasuhiro Kadota RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Sachihiro Matsunaga
Sachihiro Matsunaga Tokyo University of Science
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Tetsuya Higashiyama
Tetsuya Higashiyama University of Tokyo
Koh Iba
Koh Iba Kyushu University
Kiichi Fukui
Kiichi Fukui Osaka University

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