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Suguru Takatsuto is affiliated with Joetsu University of Education in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. The main areas of study include Plant Science and Molecular Biology, with a specific emphasis on Plant Molecular Biology Research, Light effects on plants, and Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms.

The scientist has contributed to research published in the journal Plant and Cell Physiology. One notable paper titled "Light Activates Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis to Promote Hook Opening and Petiole Development in Arabidopsis thaliana" was published in 2020, and has been cited 14 times.

Frequent collaborators in their research include Hidefumi Hamasaki, Madoka Ayano, Ayako Nakamura, Shozo Fujioka, and Tadao Asami. These coauthors have been involved in various projects alongside Takatsuto, contributing to the advancement of their field.

  • Light Activates Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis to Promote Hook Opening and Petiole Development in Arabidopsis thaliana (2020), Plant and Cell Physiology

  • Hidefumi Hamasaki
  • Madoka Ayano
  • Ayako Nakamura
  • Shozo Fujioka
  • Tadao Asami

  • Plant and Cell Physiology

  • Agricultural and Biological Sciences
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

  • Plant Science
  • Molecular Biology

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Light effects on plants
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms

Best Publications

  • Loss of function of a rice brassinosteroid insensitive1 homolog prevents internode elongation and bending of the lamina joint.

    Chizuko Yamamuro;Yoshihisa Ihara;Xiong Wu;Takahiro Noguchi

  • Erect leaves caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increase biomass production and grain yield in rice.

    Tomoaki Sakamoto;Yoichi Morinaka;Toshiyuki Ohnishi;Hidehiko Sunohara

  • A novel cytochrome P450 is implicated in brassinosteroid biosynthesis via the characterization of a rice dwarf mutant, dwarf11, with reduced seed length.

    Sumiyo Tanabe;Motoyuki Ashikari;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

  • Brassinosteroid functions in a broad range of disease resistance in tobacco and rice.

    Hideo Nakashita;Michiko Yasuda;Takako Nitta;Tadao Asami

  • A Rice Brassinosteroid-Deficient Mutant, ebisu dwarf (d2), Is Caused by a Loss of Function of a New Member of Cytochrome P450

    Zhi Hong;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Kazuto Umemura;Sakurako Uozu

  • The AtGenExpress hormone and chemical treatment data set: experimental design, data evaluation, model data analysis and data access.

    Hideki Goda;Eriko Sasaki;Kenji Akiyama;Akiko Maruyama-Nakashita

  • THE DWF4 GENE OF ARABIDOPSIS ENCODES A CYTOCHROME P450 THAT MEDIATES MULTIPLE 22ALPHA -HYDROXYLATION STEPS IN BRASSINOSTEROID BIOSYNTHESIS

    Sunghwa Choe;Brian P. Dilkes;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

  • Brassinosteroid-Insensitive Dwarf Mutants of Arabidopsis Accumulate Brassinosteroids

    Takahiro Noguchi;Shozo Fujioka;Sunghwa Choe;Suguru Takatsuto

  • Characterization of Brassinazole, a Triazole-Type Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Inhibitor

    Tadao Asami;Yong Ki Min;Noriko Nagata;Kazutoshi Yamagishi

  • Loss-of-function of a rice brassinosteroid biosynthetic enzyme, C-6 oxidase, prevents the organized arrangement and polar elongation of cells in the leaves and stem.

    Zhi Hong;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Sae Shimizu-Sato;Yoshiaki Inukai

  • BAS1: A gene regulating brassinosteroid levels and light responsiveness in Arabidopsis.

    Michael M. Neff;Serena M. Nguyen;Elizabeth J. Malancharuvil;Shozo Fujioka

  • Brassinosteroids regulate grain filling in rice.

    Chuan-yin Wu;Anthony Trieu;Parthiban Radhakrishnan;Shing F. Kwok

  • The tomato DWARF enzyme catalyses C-6 oxidation in brassinosteroid biosynthesis

    Gerard J. Bishop;Takahito Nomura;Takao Yokota;Kate Harrison

  • Overexpression of DWARF4 in the brassinosteroid biosynthetic pathway results in increased vegetative growth and seed yield in Arabidopsis.

    Sunghwa Choe;Shozo Fujioka;Takahiro Noguchi;Suguru Takatsuto

  • The Rice brassinosteroid-deficient dwarf2 Mutant, Defective in the Rice Homolog of Arabidopsis DIMINUTO/DWARF1, Is Rescued by the Endogenously Accumulated Alternative Bioactive Brassinosteroid, Dolichosterone

    Zhi Hong;Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

  • The Arabidopsis deetiolated2 mutant is blocked early in brassinosteroid biosynthesis.

    Shozo Fujioka;Jianming Li;Yong Hwa Choi;Hideharu Seto

  • The Arabidopsis DIMINUTO/DWARF1 Gene Encodes a Protein Involved in Steroid Synthesis

    Ulrich Klahre;Takahiro Noguchi;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

  • Organ-Specific Expression of Brassinosteroid-Biosynthetic Genes and Distribution of Endogenous Brassinosteroids in Arabidopsis

    Yukihisa Shimada;Hideki Goda;Ayako Nakamura;Suguru Takatsuto

  • The Arabidopsis dwarf1 Mutant Is Defective in the Conversion of 24-Methylenecholesterol to Campesterol in Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis

    Sunghwa Choe;Brian P. Dilkes;Brian D. Gregory;Amanda S. Ross

  • The Arabidopsis dwf7/ste1 mutant is defective in the Δ7 sterol C-5 desaturation step leading to brassinosteroid biosynthesis

    Sunghwa Choe;Takahiro Noguchi;Shozo Fujioka;Suguru Takatsuto

Frequent Co-Authors

Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Takao Yokota
Takao Yokota Teikyo University
Takahito Nomura
Takahito Nomura Utsunomiya University
Kenneth A. Feldmann
Kenneth A. Feldmann University of Arizona
Yukihisa Shimada
Yukihisa Shimada Yokohama City University
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Hidemi Kitano
Hidemi Kitano Nagoya University
Motoyuki Ashikari
Motoyuki Ashikari Nagoya University
Hiroyuki Koshino
Hiroyuki Koshino Tokyo University of Agriculture

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