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Takanori Kobayashi is affiliated with Ishikawa Prefectural University in Japan. Their research primarily focuses on the Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a significant number of publications in the subfield of Plant Science. Additional areas of study include Ecology, Molecular Biology, Aquatic Science, and Oncology. Their work covers several key scientific topics:

  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
  • Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

The scientist's publications are found in several journals, with repeated contributions to select venues. These include:

  • Scientific Reports
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Soil Science & Plant Nutrition
  • Metabarcoding and Metagenomics
  • The Plant Journal

Some notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Kobayashi are:

  • "Development of a mugineic acid family phytosiderophore analog as an iron fertilizer," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Iron deficiency-inducible peptide-coding genes OsIMA1 and OsIMA2 positively regulate a major pathway of iron uptake and translocation in rice," 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany
  • "Author Correction: Targeted mutagenesis of the ryanodine receptor by Platinum TALENs causes slow swimming behaviour in Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis)," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "The bHLH protein OsIRO3 is critical for plant survival and iron (Fe) homeostasis in rice (Oryza sativa L.) under Fe-deficient conditions," 2020, Soil Science & Plant Nutrition
  • "Comparing PCR-generated artifacts of different polymerases for improved accuracy of DNA metabarcoding," 2022, Metabarcoding and Metagenomics

Their frequent collaborators include:

  • Naoko K. Nishizawa (11 publications)
  • Hiromi Nakanishi (4 publications)
  • Shugo Watabe (4 publications)
  • Shuichi Asakawa (4 publications)
  • Yukinori Kazeto (3 publications)

Best Publications

  • Iron Uptake, Translocation, and Regulation in Higher Plants

    Takanori Kobayashi;Naoko K. Nishizawa

  • Rice plants take up iron as an Fe3+-phytosiderophore and as Fe2+.

    Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Motofumi Suzuki;Takashi Tsukamoto;Kazumasa Suzuki

  • Rice OsYSL15 is an iron-regulated iron(III)-deoxymugineic acid transporter expressed in the roots and is essential for iron uptake in early growth of the seedlings

    Haruhiko Inoue;Takanori Kobayashi;Tomoko Nozoye;Michiko Takahashi

  • Phytosiderophore efflux transporters are crucial for iron acquisition in graminaceous plants

    Tomoko Nozoye;Seiji Nagasaka;Takanori Kobayashi;Michiko Takahashi

  • OsZIP4, a novel zinc-regulated zinc transporter in rice

    Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Motofumi Suzuki;Takanori Kobayashi;Michiko Takahashi

  • Iron transport and its regulation in plants

    Takanori Kobayashi;Tomoko Nozoye;Naoko K. Nishizawa;Naoko K. Nishizawa

  • The rice bHLH protein OsIRO2 is an essential regulator of the genes involved in Fe uptake under Fe‐deficient conditions

    Yuko Ogo;Reiko Nakanishi Itai;Hiromi Nakanishi;Takanori Kobayashi

  • Iron biofortification in rice by the introduction of multiple genes involved in iron nutrition

    Hiroshi Masuda;Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Yasuhiro Ishimaru;May Sann Aung;Takanori Kobayashi;Takanori Kobayashi

  • Overexpression of the Barley Nicotianamine Synthase Gene HvNAS1 Increases Iron and Zinc Concentrations in Rice Grains

    Hiroshi Masuda;Kanako Usuda;Takanori Kobayashi;Yasuhiro Ishimaru

  • A novel NAC transcription factor, IDEF2, that recognizes the iron deficiency-responsive element 2 regulates the genes involved in iron homeostasis in plants

    Yuko Ogo;Takanori Kobayashi;Reiko Nakanishi Itai;Hiromi Nakanishi

  • Iron-binding haemerythrin RING ubiquitin ligases regulate plant iron responses and accumulation

    Takanori Kobayashi;Seiji Nagasaka;Seiji Nagasaka;Takeshi Senoura;Reiko Nakanishi Itai

  • Isolation and characterization of IRO2, a novel iron-regulated bHLH transcription factor in graminaceous plants

    Yuko Ogo;Reiko Nakanishi Itai;Hiromi Nakanishi;Haruhiko Inoue

  • OsYSL18 is a rice iron(III)-deoxymugineic acid transporter specifically expressed in reproductive organs and phloem of lamina joints.

    Takahiro Aoyama;Takanori Kobayashi;Michiko Takahashi;Michiko Takahashi;Seiji Nagasaka

  • The transcription factor IDEF1 regulates the response to and tolerance of iron deficiency in plants

    Takanori Kobayashi;Yuko Ogo;Reiko Nakanishi Itai;Hiromi Nakanishi

  • Identification of novel cis-acting elements, IDE1 and IDE2, of the barley IDS2 gene promoter conferring iron-deficiency-inducible, root-specific expression in heterogeneous tobacco plants.

    Takanori Kobayashi;Yuko Nakayama;Yuko Nakayama;Reiko Nakanishi Itai;Hiromi Nakanishi

  • Expression of iron-acquisition-related genes in iron-deficient rice is co-ordinately induced by partially conserved iron-deficiency-responsive elements

    Takanori Kobayashi;Motofumi Suzuki;Haruhiko Inoue;Reiko Nakanishi Itai

  • The first symbiont-free genome sequence of marine red alga, Susabi-nori (Pyropia yezoensis).

    Yoji Nakamura;Naobumi Sasaki;Masahiro Kobayashi;Nobuhiko Ojima

  • Mutational reconstructed ferric chelate reductase confers enhanced tolerance in rice to iron deficiency in calcareous soil.

    Yasuhiro Ishimaru;Suyeon Kim;Takashi Tsukamoto;Hiroyuki Oki

  • OsIRO2 is responsible for iron utilization in rice and improves growth and yield in calcareous soil.

    Yuko Ogo;Reiko N. Itai;Takanori Kobayashi;May Sann Aung;May Sann Aung

  • Increase in Iron and Zinc Concentrations in Rice Grains Via the Introduction of Barley Genes Involved in Phytosiderophore Synthesis

    Hiroshi Masuda;Motofumi Suzuki;Kendi Claudio Morikawa;Takanori Kobayashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Naoko K. Nishizawa
Naoko K. Nishizawa Ishikawa Prefectural University
Hiromi Nakanishi
Hiromi Nakanishi University of Tokyo
Michiko Takahashi
Michiko Takahashi University of Tokyo
Yasuhiro Ishimaru
Yasuhiro Ishimaru Tohoku University
Mikio Nakazono
Mikio Nakazono Nagoya University
Gynheung An
Gynheung An Kyung Hee University
Nobuyuki Uozumi
Nobuyuki Uozumi Tohoku University
Jong-Seong Jeon
Jong-Seong Jeon Kyung Hee University
Janneke Balk
Janneke Balk John Innes Centre

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