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Takatoshi Kiba

Takatoshi Kiba

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
48
Citations
11119
World Ranking
18263
National Ranking
1313

Overview

Takatoshi Kiba is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research primarily focuses on plant science, covering various subfields including molecular biology, ecology, evolution, behavior, systematics, genetics, and food science.

The scientist's work encompasses several core topics including plant molecular biology research, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, legume nitrogen fixing symbiosis, plant reproductive biology, mycorrhizal fungi and plant interactions, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, and plant-microbe interactions and immunity.

Takatoshi Kiba has published in multiple venues, with notable frequent appearances in:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Plant Cell & Environment
  • eLife

Among their recent papers are:

  • Excessive ammonium assimilation by plastidic glutamine synthetase causes ammonium toxicity in Arabidopsis thaliana, 2021, Nature Communications
  • A genome resource for green millet Setaria viridis enables discovery of agronomically valuable loci, 2020, Nature Biotechnology
  • Nitrogen and Phosphorus interactions in plants: from agronomic to physiological and molecular insights, 2020, Current Opinion in Plant Biology
  • Low nitrogen conditions accelerate flowering by modulating the phosphorylation state of FLOWERING BHLH 4 in Arabidopsis, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Harnessing symbiotic plant-fungus interactions to unleash hidden forces from extreme plant ecosystems, 2020, Journal of Experimental Botany

Takatoshi Kiba collaborates frequently with several co-authors, who have contributed alongside them in multiple publications. These include:

  • Hitoshi Sakakibara
  • Mikiko Kojima
  • Yumiko Takebayashi
  • Sandra S. Scholz
  • Anne Krapp

Best Publications

  • PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATORS 9, 7, and 5 Are Transcriptional Repressors in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

    Norihito Nakamichi;Takatoshi Kiba;Rossana Henriques;Takeshi Mizuno

  • 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

  • Hormonal control of nitrogen acquisition: roles of auxin, abscisic acid, and cytokinin

    Takatoshi Kiba;Toru Kudo;Mikiko Kojima;Hitoshi Sakakibara

  • Plant Nitrogen Acquisition Under Low Availability: Regulation of Uptake and Root Architecture

    Takatoshi Kiba;Anne Krapp

  • The Arabidopsis Nitrate Transporter NRT2.4 Plays a Double Role in Roots and Shoots of Nitrogen-Starved Plants

    Takatoshi Kiba;Ana-Belen Feria-Bourrellier;Florence Lafouge;Lina Lezhneva

  • The Arabidopsis nitrate transporter NRT2.5 plays a role in nitrate acquisition and remobilization in nitrogen‐starved plants

    Lina Lezhneva;Lina Lezhneva;Takatoshi Kiba;Ana-Belen Feria-Bourrellier;Ana-Belen Feria-Bourrellier;Florence Lafouge;Florence Lafouge

  • Metabolism and Long‐distance Translocation of Cytokinins

    Toru Kudo;Takatoshi Kiba;Hitoshi Sakakibara

  • Compilation and Characterization of Arabiopsis thaliana Response Regulators Implicated in His-Asp Phosphorelay Signal Transduction

    Aya Imamura;Naoto Hanaki;Ayako Nakamura;Tomomi Suzuki

  • F-Box Proteins FKF1 and LKP2 Act in Concert with ZEITLUPE to Control Arabidopsis Clock Progression

    Antoine Baudry;Shogo Ito;Young Hun Song;Alexander A. Strait

  • Transcriptional repressor PRR5 directly regulates clock-output pathways.

    Norihito Nakamichi;Takatoshi Kiba;Mari Kamioka;Takamasa Suzuki

  • A NIGT1-centred transcriptional cascade regulates nitrate signalling and incorporates phosphorus starvation signals in Arabidopsis

    Yoshie Maeda;Mineko Konishi;Takatoshi Kiba;Yasuhito Sakuraba

  • Targeted degradation of PSEUDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR5 by an SCFZTL complex regulates clock function and photomorphogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Takatoshi Kiba;Rossana Henriques;Hitoshi Sakakibara;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Expression of Arabidopsis response regulator homologs is induced by cytokinins and nitrate

    Mitsutaka Taniguchi;Takatoshi Kiba;Hitoshi Sakakibara;Chiharu Ueguchi

  • Genes encoding pseudo-response regulators: insight into His-to-Asp phosphorelay and circadian rhythm in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Seiya Makino;Takatoshi Kiba;Aya Imamura;Naoto Hanaki

  • Arabidopsis lonely guy (LOG) multiple mutants reveal a central role of the LOG-dependent pathway in cytokinin activation

    Hiroki Tokunaga;Mikiko Kojima;Takeshi Kuroha;Takashi Ishida

  • Side-Chain Modification of Cytokinins Controls Shoot Growth in Arabidopsis

    Takatoshi Kiba;Kentaro Takei;Mikiko Kojima;Hitoshi Sakakibara

  • Systemic transport of trans-zeatin and its precursor have differing roles in Arabidopsis shoots.

    Asami Osugi;Mikiko Kojima;Yumiko Takebayashi;Nanae Ueda

  • Combinatorial Microarray Analysis Revealing Arabidopsis Genes Implicated in Cytokinin Responses through the His→Asp Phosphorelay Circuitry

    Takatoshi Kiba;Takahito Naitou;Nobuya Koizumi;Takafumi Yamashino

  • The Type-A Response Regulator, ARR15, Acts as a Negative Regulator in the Cytokinin-Mediated Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takatoshi Kiba;Hisami Yamada;Shusei Sato;Tomohiko Kato

  • Repression of Nitrogen Starvation Responses by Members of the Arabidopsis GARP-Type Transcription Factor NIGT1/HRS1 Subfamily

    Takatoshi Kiba;Jun Inaba;Toru Kudo;Nanae Ueda

Frequent Co-Authors

Hitoshi Sakakibara
Hitoshi Sakakibara Nagoya University
Takeshi Mizuno
Takeshi Mizuno Nagoya University
Takafumi Yamashino
Takafumi Yamashino Nagoya University
Tatsuo Sugiyama
Tatsuo Sugiyama Nagoya University
Nam-Hai Chua
Nam-Hai Chua National University of Singapore
Shuichi Yanagisawa
Shuichi Yanagisawa University of Tokyo
Anne Krapp
Anne Krapp University of Paris-Saclay
Takato Imaizumi
Takato Imaizumi University of Washington
Françoise Daniel-Vedele
Françoise Daniel-Vedele INRAE : Institut national de recherche pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Shinjiro Yamaguchi
Shinjiro Yamaguchi Kyoto University

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