Thomas W. Okita

Research.com Recognitions

• 2019 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Best Publications

• Nucleic acid (cDNA) and amino acid sequences of alpha-type gliadins from wheat (Triticum aestivum)

  Donald D. Kasarda;Thomas W. Okita;John E. Bernardin;Preston A. Baecker

  339
  Citations

• Mutation of the Plastidial α-Glucan Phosphorylase Gene in Rice Affects the Synthesis and Structure of Starch in the Endosperm

  Hikaru Satoh;Kensuke Shibahara;Takashi Tokunaga;Aiko Nishi

  307
  Citations

• A single mutation that increases maize seed weight

  M J Giroux;J Shaw;G Barry;B G Cobb

  291
  Citations

• Immunochemical studies on the role of the Golgi complex in protein-body formation in rice seeds.

  H. B. Krishnan;V. R. Franceschi;T. W. Okita

  281
  Citations

• Engineering starch for increased quantity and quality

  Casey J Slattery;I.Halil Kavakli;Thomas W Okita

  270
  Citations

• Evolution and heterogeneity of the alpha-/beta-type and gamma-type gliadin DNA sequences.

  T W Okita;V Cheesbrough;C D Reeves

  266
  Citations

• The production of recombinant proteins in transgenic barley grains.

  Henriette Horvath;Jintai Huang;Oi Wong;Elizabeth Kohl

  259
  Citations

• The Subunit Structure of Potato Tuber ADPglucose Pyrophosphorylase.

  Thomas W. Okita;Paul A. Nakata;Joseph M. Anderson;Joseph Sowokinos

  259
  Citations

• The Rice Mutant esp2 Greatly Accumulates the Glutelin Precursor and Deletes the Protein Disulfide Isomerase

  Yoko Takemoto;Sean J. Coughlan;Thomas W. Okita;Hikaru Satoh

  243
  Citations

• Identification of the ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase isoforms essential for starch synthesis in the leaf and seed endosperm of rice (Oryza sativa L.)

  Sang-Kyu Lee;Seon-Kap Hwang;Muho Han;Joon-Seob Eom

  240
  Citations

• Rice prolamine protein body biogenesis: a BiP-mediated process

  Xingxiang Li;Yujia Wu;Dian-Zhong Zhang;Jeffrey W. Gillikin

  238
  Citations

• COMPARTMENTATION OF PROTEINS IN THE ENDOMEMBRANE SYSTEM OF PLANT CELLS

  Thomas W. Okita;John C. Rogers

  229
  Citations

• Structure and expression of the rice glutelin multigene family.

  T. W. Okita;Young Soo Hwang;J. Hnilo;Woo Taek Kim

  212
  Citations

• Messenger RNA targeting of rice seed storage proteins to specific ER subdomains

  Sang-Bong Choi;Changlin Wang;Douglas G. Muench;Kenjirou Ozawa

  209
  Citations

• Adenosine 5'-diphosphate-glucose pyrophosphorylase from potato tuber. Significance of the N terminus of the small subunit for catalytic properties and heat stability.

  Miguel A. Ballicora;Mary J. Laughlin;Yingbin Fu;Thomas W. Okita

  202
  Citations

• Expression of the potato tuber ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase in Escherichia coli.

  A A Iglesias;G F Barry;C Meyer;L Bloksberg

  191
  Citations

• Segregation of storage protein mRNAs on the rough endoplasmic reticulum membranes of rice endosperm cells

  Xingxiang Li;Vincent R. Franceschi;Thomas W. Okita

  189
  Citations

• Subcellular Localization of the Starch Degradative and Biosynthetic Enzymes of Spinach Leaves

  Thomas W. Okita;Elaine Greenberg;David N. Kuhn;Jack Preiss

  184
  Citations

• Is there an alternative pathway for starch synthesis

  Thomas W. Okita

  172
  Citations

• Modification of Carbon Partitioning, Photosynthetic Capacity, and O2 Sensitivity in Arabidopsis Plants with Low ADP-Glucose Pyrophosphorylase Activity

  Jindong Sun;Thomas W. Okita;Gerald E. Edwards

  153
  Citations