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Seiji Takayama

Seiji Takayama

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Genetics

D-Index
56
Citations
11895
World Ranking
3498
National Ranking
157

Overview

Seiji Takayama is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan and focuses primarily on research in Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Immunology, and Cell Biology.

Their research addresses key topics in Plant Reproductive Biology, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant and animal studies, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Melanoma and MAPK Pathways, RNA regulation and disease, and interferon and immune responses.

Seiji Takayama has contributed to several notable publications, including:

  • Mechanism of self/nonself-discrimination in Brassica self-incompatibility, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Two aquaporins, SIP1;1 and PIP1;2, mediate water transport for pollen hydration in the Arabidopsis pistil, 2021, Plant Biotechnology
  • Parallel evolution of dominant pistil-side self-incompatibility suppressors in Arabidopsis, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Dioctatin Activates ClpP to Degrade Mitochondrial Components and Inhibits Aflatoxin Production, 2020, Cell chemical biology
  • SHI family transcription factors regulate an interspecific barrier, 2023, Nature Plants

Frequent coauthors in Seiji Takayama's work include:

  • Kohji Murase
  • Sota Fujii
  • Masao Watanabe
  • Go Suzuki
  • Yoshitaka Moriwaki

Common venues where Takayama's research has appeared include:

  • Nature Communications
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nature Plants
  • Genes & Genetic Systems
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Best Publications

  • SELF-INCOMPATIBILITY IN PLANTS

    Seiji Takayama;Akira Isogai

  • The pollen determinant of self-incompatibility in Brassica campestris

    Seiji Takayama;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Hiroko Shimosato

  • Direct ligand–receptor complex interaction controls Brassica self-incompatibility

    Seiji Takayama;Hiroko Shimosato;Hiroshi Shiba;Miyuki Funato

  • Comparative analysis of the self-incompatibility (S-) locus region of Prunus mume: identification of a pollen-expressed F-box gene with allelic diversity.

    Tetsuyuki Entani;Megumi Iwano;Hiroshi Shiba;Fang-Sik Che

  • Genomic Organization of the S Locus: Identification and Characterization of Genes in SLG/SRK Region of S9 Haplotype of Brassica campestris (syn. rapa)

    Go Suzuki;Naoko Kai;Tamaki Hirose;Kiichi Fukui

  • Collaborative Non-Self Recognition System in S-RNase–Based Self-Incompatibility

    Ken Ichi Kubo;Tetsuyuki Entani;Akie Takara;Ning Wang

  • Ca2+-Activated Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Arabidopsis RbohH and RbohJ Is Essential for Proper Pollen Tube Tip Growth

    Hidetaka Kaya;Ryo Nakajima;Megumi Iwano;Masahiro M. Kanaoka

  • A membrane-anchored protein kinase involved in Brassica self-incompatibility signaling.

    Kohji Murase;Kohji Murase;Hiroshi Shiba;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Megumi Iwano;Fang-Sik Che;Fang-Sik Che

  • Design of Peptide Inhibitors for the Importin α/β Nuclear Import Pathway by Activity-Based Profiling

    Shunichi Kosugi;Shunichi Kosugi;Masako Hasebe;Tetsuyuki Entani;Seiji Takayama

  • Analysis of flagellin perception mediated by flg22 receptor OsFLS2 in rice.

    Ryota Takai;Akira Isogai;Seiji Takayama;Fang-Sik Che

  • The transcription factor OsNAC4 is a key positive regulator of plant hypersensitive cell death

    Takashi Kaneda;Yuri Taga;Ryota Takai;Megumi Iwano

  • Non-self- and self-recognition models in plant self-incompatibility

    Sota Fujii;Ken-Ichi Kubo;Seiji Takayama

  • Two distinct forms of M-locus protein kinase localize to the plasma membrane and interact directly with S-locus receptor kinase to transduce self-incompatibility signaling in Brassica rapa

    Mitsuru Kakita;Kohji Murase;Megumi Iwano;Tomohito Matsumoto

  • Dual Targeting of Spinach Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase II to Mitochondria and Chloroplasts by Alternative Use of Two In-frame Initiation Codons

    Naohide Watanabe;Fang-Sik Che;Megumi Iwano;Seiji Takayama

  • Self/non-self discrimination in angiosperm self-incompatibility.

    Megumi Iwano;Seiji Takayama

  • Fine-tuning of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration is essential for pollen tube growth.

    Megumi Iwano;Tetsuyuki Entani;Hiroshi Shiba;Mituru Kakita

  • A pollen coat protein, SP11/SCR, determines the pollen S-specificity in the self-incompatibility of Brassica species.

    Hiroshi Shiba;Seiji Takayama;Megumi Iwano;Hiroko Shimosato

  • Ca2+ Dynamics in a Pollen Grain and Papilla Cell during Pollination of Arabidopsis

    Megumi Iwano;Hiroshi Shiba;Teruhiko Miwa;Fang-Sik Che

  • Sequences of S -glycoproteins, products of the Brassica campestris self-incompatibility locus

    Seiji Takayama;Akira Isogai;Chise Tsukamoto;Yukari Ueda

  • Flagellin from an incompatible strain of Pseudomonas avenae induces a resistance response in cultured rice cells.

    Fang Sik Che;Yoshihiro Nakajima;Noriko Tanaka;Megumi Iwano

Frequent Co-Authors

Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University
Megumi Iwano
Megumi Iwano Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Akinori Suzuki
Akinori Suzuki University of Tokyo
Kentaro Shimizu
Kentaro Shimizu University of Zurich
Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Jiro Nakayama
Jiro Nakayama Kyushu University
Takeharu Nagai
Takeharu Nagai Osaka University
Kiichi Fukui
Kiichi Fukui Osaka University

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