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Shigeru Iida is affiliated with the University of Shizuoka in Japan and conducts research primarily in the fields of Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans several subfields including Molecular Biology, Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging, Infectious Diseases, and Emergency Medical Services.

Their research focuses on topics such as Monoclonal and Polyclonal Antibodies Research, Protein purification and stability, Glycosylation and Glycoproteins Research, Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research, Viral Infections and Vectors, as well as Disaster Response and Management.

Among their recent publications are the following papers:

  • "R409K mutation prevents acid-induced aggregation of human IgG4" (2020), published in PLoS ONE
  • "A Surrogate Animal Model for Screening of Ebola and Marburg Glycoprotein-Targeting Drugs Using Pseudotyped Vesicular Stomatitis Viruses" (2020), published in Viruses
  • "Engineering a human IgG2 antibody stable at low pH" (2020), published in Protein Science

Iida frequently collaborates with several coauthors in their publications. These include:

  • Hiroshi Namisaki
  • Seiji Saito
  • Keiko Hiraishi
  • Nobuaki Takahashi
  • Tomoko Haba

Their work has appeared in journals such as PLoS ONE, Viruses, and Protein Science, reflecting a consistent engagement with peer-reviewed scientific venues. Research topics cover wide-ranging issues from antibody stability at different pH levels to the development of surrogate models for infectious disease research.

Best Publications

  • Reaction of sodium bisulfite with uracil, cytosine, and their derivatives

    Hikoya Hayatsu;Yusuke Wataya;Kazushige Kai;Shigeru Iida

  • Efficient gene targeting by homologous recombination in rice

    Rie Terada;Hiroko Urawa;Yoshishige Inagaki;Yoshishige Inagaki;Kazuo Tsugane

  • The Rc and Rd genes are involved in proanthocyanidin synthesis in rice pericarp.

    Tsutomu Furukawa;Masahiko Maekawa;Tomoyuki Oki;Ikuo Suda

  • TAWAWA1, a regulator of rice inflorescence architecture, functions through the suppression of meristem phase transition

    Akiko Yoshida;Masafumi Sasao;Naoko Yasuno;Kyoko Takagi

  • Isolation of cDNAs for R2R3-MYB, bHLH and WDR transcriptional regulators and identification of c and ca mutations conferring white flowers in the Japanese morning glory.

    Yasumasa Morita;Miho Saitoh;Miho Saitoh;Atsushi Hoshino;Eiji Nitasaka

  • CHAPTER 4 – Prokaryotic IS Elements

    Shigeru Iida;Jürg Meyer;Werner Arber

  • Colour-enhancing protein in blue petals

    Sachiko Fukada-Tanaka;Yoshishige Inagaki;Toshio Yamaguchi;Norio Saito

  • Genes encoding the vacuolar Na+/H+ exchanger and flower coloration.

    Toshio Yamaguchi;Sachiko Fukada-Tanaka;Yoshishige Inagaki;Norio Saito

  • Expression level of ABERRANT PANICLE ORGANIZATION1 determines rice inflorescence form through control of cell proliferation in the meristem.

    Kyoko Ikeda-Kawakatsu;Naoko Yasuno;Tetsuo Oikawa;Shigeru Iida;Shigeru Iida

  • Japanese morning glory dusky mutants displaying reddish-brown or purplish-gray flowers are deficient in a novel glycosylation enzyme for anthocyanin biosynthesis, UDP-glucose:anthocyanidin 3-O-glucoside-2''-O-glucosyltransferase, due to 4-bp insertions in the gene.

    Yasumasa Morita;Atsushi Hoshino;Yasumasa Kikuchi;Hiroaki Okuhara

  • Gene targeting by homologous recombination as a biotechnological tool for rice functional genomics.

    Rie Terada;Yasuyo Johzuka-Hisatomi;Miho Saitoh;Hisayo Asao

  • The 3'-terminal region of the hygromycin-B-resistance gene is important for its activity in Escherichia coli and Nicotiana tabacum.

    Roland Bilang;Shigeru Iida;Alex Peterhans;Ingo Potrykus

  • A bHLH regulatory gene in the common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea, controls anthocyanin biosynthesis in flowers, proanthocyanidin and phytomelanin pigmentation in seeds, and seed trichome formation.

    Kyeung-Il Park;Naoko Ishikawa;Yasumasa Morita;Jeong-Doo Choi

  • Transposon tagging in rice.

    Takeshi Izawa;Tohru Ohnishi;Toshitsugu Nakano;Nobuhiro Ishida

  • Homologous recombination-mediated gene targeting in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L

    Kimitsune Ishizaki;Yasuyo Johzuka-Hisatomi;Sakiko Ishida;Shigeru Iida

  • Genome sequence and analysis of the Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil.

    Atsushi Hoshino;Atsushi Hoshino;Vasanthan Jayakumar;Eiji Nitasaka;Atsushi Toyoda

  • Isolation of a Suppressor-mutator/Enhancer-like transposable element, Tpn1, from Japanese morning glory bearing variegated flowers.

    Yoshishige Inagaki;Yasuyo Hisatomi;Tetsuya Suzuki;Kichiji Kasahara

  • A bHLH transcription factor, DvIVS, is involved in regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis)

    Sho Ohno;Munetaka Hosokawa;Atsushi Hoshino;Yoshikuni Kitamura

  • Modification of Endogenous Natural Genes by Gene Targeting in Rice and Other Higher Plants

    Shigeru Iida;Rie Terada

  • Amplified restriction fragment length polymorphism-based mRNA fingerprinting using a single restriction enzyme that recognizes a 4-bp sequence

    Yoshiki Habu;Sachiko Fukada-Tanaka;Yasuyo Hisatomi;Yasuyo Hisatomi;Shigeru Iida

Frequent Co-Authors

Yoshikazu Tanaka
Yoshikazu Tanaka Tohoku University
Ichiro Kudo
Ichiro Kudo Showa University
Thomas A. Bickle
Thomas A. Bickle University of Basel
Masaru Ohme-Takagi
Masaru Ohme-Takagi National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology
Nobuharu Fujii
Nobuharu Fujii Tohoku University
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Ingo Potrykus
Ingo Potrykus ETH Zurich
Hideyuki Takahashi
Hideyuki Takahashi Chiba University
Junko Kyozuka
Junko Kyozuka Tohoku University
Werner Arber
Werner Arber University of Basel

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