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Tomonobu Kusano

Tomonobu Kusano

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D-Index
62
Citations
10445
World Ranking
3005
National Ranking
133

Overview

Tomonobu Kusano is affiliated with Tohoku University in Japan. Their research spans several areas within biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus also on agricultural and biological sciences. Kusano's work notably intersects with molecular biology and plant science subfields.

The main topics covered by Kusano's research include:

  • Polyamine Metabolism and Applications
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant tissue culture and regeneration
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research

Kusano has published recent papers related to gene expression and stress responses in plants. These include:

  • Expression profile of seven polyamine oxidase genes in rice (Oryza sativa) in response to abiotic stresses, phytohormones and polyamines, published in 2021 in Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants
  • Effect of thermospermine on expression profiling of different gene using massive analysis of cDNA ends (MACE) and vascular maintenance in Arabidopsis, also published in 2021 in Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants

These papers reflect Kusano's research interest in understanding the molecular mechanisms of stress tolerance and gene regulation in plants. Their frequent coauthors include:

  • G. H. M. Sagor
  • Thomas Berberich
  • Masataka Inoue
  • Stefan Simm
  • Dong Wook Kim

Physiology and Molecular Biology of Plants has been a key publication venue for Kusano's work, with multiple papers published there. This aligns with their primary research topics and fields of study, emphasizing molecular and physiological aspects of plant biology.

Best Publications

  • Polyamines: essential factors for growth and survival.

    T. Kusano;T. Berberich;C. Tateda;Y. Takahashi

  • A Protective Role for the Polyamine Spermine Against Drought Stress in Arabidopsis

    Koji Yamaguchi;Yoshihiro Takahashi;Thomas Berberich;Akihiko Imai

  • Advances in polyamine research in 2007

    Tomonobu Kusano;Koji Yamaguchi;Thomas Berberich;Yoshihiro Takahashi

  • Rapid systemic accumulation of transcripts encoding a tobacco WRKY transcription factor upon wounding.

    K. Hara;M. Yagi;T. Kusano;H. Sano

  • Detoxification of cadmium in tobacco plants: formation and active excretion of crystals containing cadmium and calcium through trichomes

    Y E Choi;E Harada;M Wada;H Tsuboi

  • The polyamine spermine protects against high salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Koji Yamaguchi;Yoshihiro Takahashi;Thomas Berberich;Akihiko Imai

  • Two maize genes encoding omega-3 fatty acid desaturase and their differential expression to temperature

    Thomas Berberich;Mariko Harada;Kazuyuki Sugawara;Hiroaki Kodama

  • Association between up-regulation of stress-responsive genes and hypomethylation of genomic DNA in tobacco plants

    Y. Wada;K. Miyamoto;T. Kusano;T. Kusano;H. Sano

  • Antagonistic interactions between the SA and JA signaling pathways in Arabidopsis modulate expression of defense genes and gene-for-gene resistance to cucumber mosaic virus.

    Hideki Takahashi;Yoshinori Kanayama;Ming Shu Zheng;Tomonobu Kusano

  • Molecular genetics of Thiobacillus ferrooxidans

    Douglas E. Rawlings;Tomonobu Kusano

  • Secreted proteins of tobacco cultured BY2 cells: identification of a new member of pathogenesis-related proteins.

    Y. Okushima;N. Koizumi;T. Kusano;H. Sano

  • Spermine signalling in tobacco: activation of mitogen‐activated protein kinases by spermine is mediated through mitochondrial dysfunction

    Yoshihiro Takahashi;Thomas Berberich;Thomas Berberich;Atsushi Miyazaki;Shigemi Seo

  • 7-Methylxanthine methyltransferase of coffee plants. Gene isolation and enzymatic properties.

    Mikihiro Ogawa;Yuka Herai;Nozomu Koizumi;Tomonobu Kusano

  • A subset of hypersensitive response marker genes, including HSR203J, is the downstream target of a spermine signal transduction pathway in tobacco

    Yoshihiro Takahashi;Yukiko Uehara;Thomas Berberich;Thomas Berberich;Akiko Ito

  • The polyamine spermine protects Arabidopsis from heat stress-induced damage by increasing expression of heat shock-related genes

    G. H. M. Sagor;Thomas Berberich;Yoshihiro Takahashi;Masaru Niitsu

  • A maize DNA-binding factor with a bZIP motif is induced by low temperature

    Tomonobu Kusano;Thomas Berberich;Mariko Harada;Nobuhiro Suzuki

  • Identification of early-responsive genes associated with the hypersensitive response to tobacco mosaic virus and characterization of a WRKY-type transcription factor in tobacco plants.

    H. Yoda;M. Ogawa;Y. Yamaguchi;N. Koizumi

  • Spermine signaling plays a significant role in the defense response of Arabidopsis thaliana to cucumber mosaic virus

    Yoshiko Mitsuya;Yoshihiro Takahashi;Thomas Berberich;Atsushi Miyazaki

  • Rice gibberellin-insensitive gene homolog, OsGAI, encodes a nuclear-localized protein capable of gene activation at transcriptional level.

    M. Ogawa;T. Kusano;M. Katsumi;H. Sano

  • Three Arabidopsis genes encoding proteins with differential activities for cysteine synthase and β-cyanoalanine synthase.

    Yube Yamaguchi;Tatsuo Nakamura;Tomonobu Kusano;Hiroshi Sano

Frequent Co-Authors

Thomas Berberich
Thomas Berberich Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Hiroshi Sano
Hiroshi Sano Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Nozomu Koizumi
Nozomu Koizumi Osaka Metropolitan University
Nobuhiro Suzuki
Nobuhiro Suzuki Okayama University
Hideki Takahashi
Hideki Takahashi Tohoku University
Jyoti Shah
Jyoti Shah Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Ryohei Terauchi
Ryohei Terauchi Kyoto University
Yoshinori Kanayama
Yoshinori Kanayama Tohoku University
Hiromasa Saitoh
Hiromasa Saitoh Rice University
Anthony J. Michael
Anthony J. Michael The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

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