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Shinichiro Sawa

Shinichiro Sawa

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
62
Citations
19036
World Ranking
10586
National Ranking
718

Overview

Shinichiro Sawa is a researcher affiliated with Kumamoto University in Japan, with a focus on plant molecular biology and related fields. Their work spans multiple aspects of plant science, agriculture, and molecular biology, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to understanding plant development and interactions.

Their research covers a number of specialized topics, including:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Nematode management and characterization studies
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Reproductive Biology
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Parasitism and Resistance

Main fields of study for Shinichiro Sawa include Agricultural and Biological Sciences and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their subfields extend into Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Biomedical Engineering, and Immunology.

Their publication record includes both collaborative and individual contributions to several prominent scientific journals. Frequent publication venues are:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • New Phytologist
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Scientific Reports

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Shinichiro Sawa include:

  • "Induction of Multichotomous Branching by CLAVATA Peptide in Marchantia polymorpha" (2020, Current Biology)
  • "The root-knot nematode effector MiEFF18 interacts with the plant core spliceosomal protein SmD1 required for giant cell formation" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "The sequenced genomes of nonflowering land plants reveal the innovative evolutionary history of peptide signaling" (2021, The Plant Cell)
  • "Root-knot nematodes induce gall formation by recruiting developmental pathways of post-embryonic organogenesis and regeneration to promote transient pluripotency" (2020, New Phytologist)
  • "CLE42 delays leaf senescence by antagonizing ethylene pathway in Arabidopsis" (2022, New Phytologist)

Shinichiro Sawa has collaborated frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Takashi Ishida
  • Allen Yi-Lun Tsai
  • Chihiro Furumizu
  • Satoru Nakagami
  • Hayato Ishikawa

Best Publications

  • Pathogenic conversion of Foxp3+ T cells into TH17 cells in autoimmune arthritis.

    Noriko Komatsu;Kazuo Okamoto;Shinichiro Sawa;Tomoki Nakashima

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Dodeca-CLE Peptides as Suppressors of Plant Stem Cell Differentiation

    Yasuko Ito;Ikuko Nakanomyo;Hiroyasu Motose;Kuninori Iwamoto

  • Comprehensive comparison of auxin-regulated and brassinosteroid-regulated genes in Arabidopsis.

    Hideki Goda;Shinichiro Sawa;Tadao Asami;Shozo Fujioka

  • Non-cell-autonomous control of vascular stem cell fate by a CLE peptide/receptor system

    Yuki Hirakawa;Hidefumi Shinohara;Yuki Kondo;Asuka Inoue

  • A Plant Peptide Encoded by CLV3 Identified by in Situ MALDI-TOF MS Analysis

    Tatsuhiko Kondo;Shinichiro Sawa;Atsuko Kinoshita;Satoko Mizuno

  • FILAMENTOUS FLOWER, a meristem and organ identity gene of Arabidopsis, encodes a protein with a zinc finger and HMG-related domains

    Shinichiro Sawa;Keiro Watanabe;Koji Goto;Eiko Kanaya

  • Osteoimmunology: The Conceptual Framework Unifying the Immune and Skeletal Systems

    Kazuo Okamoto;Tomoki Nakashima;Masahiro Shinohara;Takako Negishi-Koga

  • RPK2 is an essential receptor-like kinase that transmits the CLV3 signal in Arabidopsis

    Atsuko Kinoshita;Shigeyuki Betsuyaku;Yuriko Osakabe;Shinji Mizuno

  • CLE-CLAVATA1 peptide-receptor signaling module regulates the expansion of plant root systems in a nitrogen-dependent manner

    Takao Araya;Mayu Miyamoto;Juliarni Wibowo;Akinori Suzuki

  • Brassinolide Induces IAA5, IAA19, and DR5, a Synthetic Auxin Response Element in Arabidopsis, Implying a Cross Talk Point of Brassinosteroid and Auxin Signaling

    Ayako Nakamura;Kanako Higuchi;Hideki Goda;Makoto T. Fujiwara

  • The HAT2 gene, a member of the HD‐Zip gene family, isolated as an auxin inducible gene by DNA microarray screening, affects auxin response in Arabidopsis

    Shinichiro Sawa;Maki Ohgishi;Hideki Goda;Kanako Higuchi

  • A Novel Rice PR10 Protein, RSOsPR10, Specifically Induced in Roots by Biotic and Abiotic Stresses, Possibly via the Jasmonic Acid Signaling Pathway

    Makoto Hashimoto;Larisa Kisseleva;Shinichiro Sawa;Toshiko Furukawa

  • FILAMENTOUS FLOWER Controls the Formation and Development of Arabidopsis Inflorescences and Floral Meristems

    Shinichiro Sawa;Toshiro Ito;Yoshiro Shimura;Kiyotaka Okada

  • RANKL expressed on synovial fibroblasts is primarily responsible for bone erosions during joint inflammation.

    Lynett Danks;Noriko Komatsu;Matteo M Guerrini;Shinichiro Sawa

  • VAN3 ARF–GAP-mediated vesicle transport is involved in leaf vascular network formation

    Koji Koizumi;Satoshi Naramoto;Shinichiro Sawa;Natsuko Yahara

  • Gain-of-Function Phenotypes of Chemically Synthetic CLAVATA3/ESR-Related (CLE) Peptides in Arabidopsis thaliana and Oryza sativa

    Atsuko Kinoshita;Yasukazu Nakamura;Erika Sasaki;Junko Kyozuka

  • Overexpression of chlorophyllide a oxygenase (CAO) enlarges the antenna size of photosystem II in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Ryouichi Tanaka;Yoshihiro Koshino;Shinichiro Sawa;Sumie Ishiguro

  • Interaction of auxin and ERECTA in elaborating arabidopsis inflorescence architecture revealed by the activation tagging of a new member of the YUCCA family putative flavin monooxygenases

    Claire Woodward;Shannon M. Bemis;Emi J. Hill;Shinichiro Sawa

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase regulated by the CLAVATA receptors contributes to shoot apical meristem homeostasis

    Shigeyuki Betsuyaku;Fuminori Takahashi;Atsuko Kinoshita;Hiroki Miwa

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroo Fukuda
Hiroo Fukuda University of Tokyo
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Kimitsune Ishizaki
Kimitsune Ishizaki Kobe University
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI
Tomokazu Koshiba
Tomokazu Koshiba Tokyo Metropolitan University
Taku Demura
Taku Demura Nara Institute of Science and Technology
John L. Bowman
John L. Bowman Monash University
Kiyotaka Okada
Kiyotaka Okada National Institute for Basic Biology

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