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Tetsuya Higashiyama

Tetsuya Higashiyama

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
73
Citations
17576
World Ranking
5991
National Ranking
381

Overview

Tetsuya Higashiyama is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan, focusing on research within the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work spans multiple subfields, including Molecular Biology, Plant Science, Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Oceanography, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, Plant tissue culture and regeneration, Plant and animal studies, and Chromosomal and Genetic Variations.

Recent publications by Tetsuya Higashiyama include the following papers:

  • Targeted reprogramming of H3K27me3 resets epigenetic memory in plant paternal chromatin (2020) published in Nature Cell Biology
  • Cell-cell adhesion in plant grafting is facilitated by β-1,4-glucanases (2020) published in Science
  • Suppression of MYC transcription activators by the immune cofactor NPR1 fine-tunes plant immune responses (2021) published in Cell Reports
  • ClearSeeAlpha: Advanced Optical Clearing for Whole-Plant Imaging (2021) published in Plant and Cell Physiology
  • A Peptide Pair Coordinates Regular Ovule Initiation Patterns with Seed Number and Fruit Size (2020) published in Current Biology

Their research has appeared frequently in several publication venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 24 publications
  • Plant and Cell Physiology with 8 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 4 publications
  • Current Biology with 3 publications
  • The Plant Journal with 3 publications

Tetsuya Higashiyama has collaborated often with several coauthors throughout their career, such as:

  • Takamasa Suzuki (22 joint publications)
  • Daisuke Kurihara (15 joint publications)
  • Shiori Nagahara (12 joint publications)
  • Michitaka Notaguchi (10 joint publications)
  • Yoshikatsu Sato (10 joint publications)

Best Publications

  • Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellular red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D

    Motomichi Matsuzaki;Osami Misumi;Tadasu Shin-I;Shinichiro Maruyama

  • Defensin-like polypeptide LUREs are pollen tube attractants secreted from synergid cells

    Satohiro Okuda;Hiroki Tsutsui;Keiko Shiina;Stefanie Sprunck

  • ClearSee: a rapid optical clearing reagent for whole-plant fluorescence imaging.

    Daisuke Kurihara;Yoko Mizuta;Yoshikatsu Sato;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • GENERATIVE CELL SPECIFIC 1 is essential for angiosperm fertilization

    Toshiyuki Mori;Haruko Kuroiwa;Tetsuya Higashiyama;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Pollen Tube Attraction by the Synergid Cell

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Shizu Yabe;Narie Sasaki;Yoshiki Nishimura

  • DNA Staining for Fluorescence and Laser Confocal Microscopy

    Takeshi Suzuki;Keiko Fujikura;Tetsuya Higashiyama;Kuniaki Takata

  • Rare allele of a previously unidentified histone H4 acetyltransferase enhances grain weight, yield, and plant biomass in rice

    Xian Jun Song;Takeshi Kuroha;Madoka Ayano;Tomoyuki Furuta

  • Ca2+-Activated Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Arabidopsis RbohH and RbohJ Is Essential for Proper Pollen Tube Tip Growth

    Hidetaka Kaya;Ryo Nakajima;Megumi Iwano;Masahiro M. Kanaoka

  • A Species-Specific Cluster of Defensin-Like Genes Encodes Diffusible Pollen Tube Attractants in Arabidopsis

    Hidenori Takeuchi;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • Transcriptional repressor PRR5 directly regulates clock-output pathways.

    Norihito Nakamichi;Takatoshi Kiba;Mari Kamioka;Takamasa Suzuki

  • Tip-localized receptors control pollen tube growth and LURE sensing in Arabidopsis

    Hidenori Takeuchi;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • Distinct Dynamics of HISTONE3 Variants between the Two Fertilization Products in Plants

    Mathieu Ingouff;Yuki Hamamura;Mathieu Gourgues;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • Guidance in Vitro of the Pollen Tube to the Naked Embryo Sac of Torenia fournieri

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Haruko Kuroiwa;Shigeyuki Kawano;Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa

  • Direct Repression of Evening Genes by CIRCADIAN CLOCK-ASSOCIATED1 in the Arabidopsis Circadian Clock

    Mari Kamioka;Saori Takao;Takamasa Suzuki;Kyomi Taki

  • DNA Methylation Dynamics during Sexual Reproduction in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Pauline E. Jullien;Daichi Susaki;Ramesh Yelagandula;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • A Plant-Specific Dynamin-Related Protein Forms a Ring at the Chloroplast Division Site

    Shin-ya Miyagishima;Keiji Nishida;Toshiyuki Mori;Motomichi Matsuzaki

  • The mechanism and key molecules involved in pollen tube guidance.

    Tetsuya Higashiyama;Hidenori Takeuchi

  • Live-Cell Imaging Reveals the Dynamics of Two Sperm Cells during Double Fertilization in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Yuki Hamamura;Chieko Saito;Chie Awai;Daisuke Kurihara

  • pKAMA-ITACHI Vectors for Highly Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Gene Knockout in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Hiroki Tsutsui;Tetsuya Higashiyama

  • Double fertilization – caught in the act

    Frédéric Berger;Yuki Hamamura;Mathieu Ingouff;Tetsuya Higashiyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa
Tsuneyoshi Kuroiwa Japan Women's University
Sachihiro Matsunaga
Sachihiro Matsunaga Tokyo University of Science
Haruko Kuroiwa
Haruko Kuroiwa Japan Women's University
Frédéric Berger
Frédéric Berger Austrian Academy of Sciences
Shigeyuki Kawano
Shigeyuki Kawano University of Tokyo
Shigehiro Yamaguchi
Shigehiro Yamaguchi Nagoya University
Hitoshi Mori
Hitoshi Mori Nagoya University
Keiko U. Torii
Keiko U. Torii The University of Texas at Austin
Hisayoshi Nozaki
Hisayoshi Nozaki University of Tokyo

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