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Tomoo Shimada

Tomoo Shimada

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Biology and Biochemistry

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59
Citations
10016
World Ranking
12786
National Ranking
883

Overview

Tomoo Shimada is affiliated with Kyoto University in Japan and has contributed extensively to the fields of biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, agricultural and biological sciences. Their research primarily focuses on plant science and molecular biology, with additional work in cell biology, global and planetary change, and epidemiology.

The scientist's research topics cover a broad range of studies within plant molecular biology research, photosynthetic processes and mechanisms, plant reproductive biology, cellular transport and secretion, endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease, plant nutrient uptake and metabolism, and plant stress responses and tolerance.

Tomoo Shimada has published several papers in notable venues, including:

  • Higher Stomatal Density Improves Photosynthetic Induction and Biomass Production in Arabidopsis Under Fluctuating Light (2020, Frontiers in Plant Science)
  • Plant ESCRT protein ALIX coordinates with retromer complex in regulating receptor-mediated sorting of soluble vacuolar proteins (2022, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • Stomatal regulators are co-opted for seta development in the astomatous liverwort Marchantia polymorpha (2023, Nature Plants)
  • Arabidopsis ECHIDNA protein is involved in seed coloration, protein trafficking to vacuoles, and vacuolar biogenesis (2020, Journal of Experimental Botany)
  • Apple latent spherical virus (ALSV)-induced gene silencing in a medicinal plant, Lithospermum erythrorhizon (2020, Scientific Reports)

The scientist frequently publishes in several scientific venues, including:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Journal of Experimental Botany
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Nature Plants

Among frequent co-authors, Tomoo Shimada has collaborated multiple times with:

  • Kentaro Tamura
  • Ikuko Hara-Nishimura
  • Tomonao Matsushita
  • Y. Oka
  • K. Moriya

Best Publications

  • Stomagen positively regulates stomatal density in Arabidopsis

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Tomoo Shimada;Yu Imai;Katsuya Okawa

  • A rapid and non‐destructive screenable marker, FAST, for identifying transformed seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takashi L. Shimada;Tomoo Shimada;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • Transport of Storage Proteins to Protein Storage Vacuoles Is Mediated by Large Precursor-Accumulating Vesicles

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Tomoo Shimada;Kyoko Hatano;Kyoko Hatano;Yuka Takeuchi

  • Myosin-dependent endoplasmic reticulum motility and F-actin organization in plant cells

    Haruko Ueda;Etsuo Yokota;Natsumaro Kutsuna;Tomoo Shimada

  • Enhancement of leaf photosynthetic capacity through increased stomatal density in Arabidopsis.

    Yu Tanaka;Shigeo S. Sugano;Tomoo Shimada;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • CRISPR/Cas9-mediated targeted mutagenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L.

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Makoto Shirakawa;Junpei Takagi;Yoriko Matsuda

  • Vacuolar sorting receptor for seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Tomoo Shimada;Kentaro Fuji;Kentaro Tamura;Maki Kondo

  • A novel role for oleosins in freezing tolerance of oilseeds in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Takashi L. Shimada;Tomoo Shimada;Hideyuki Takahashi;Yoichiro Fukao;Yoichiro Fukao

  • Why green fluorescent fusion proteins have not been observed in the vacuoles of higher plants

    Kentaro Tamura;Tomoo Shimada;Eiichiro Ono;Yoshikazu Tanaka

  • A proteinase-storing body that prepares for cell death or stresses in the epidermal cells of arabidopsis

    Yasuko Hayashi;Kenji Yamada;Tomoo Shimada;Ryo Matsushima

  • Vacuolar processing enzymes are essential for proper processing of seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Tomoo Shimada;Kenji Yamada;Miyuki Kataoka;Satoru Nakaune

  • Efficient CRISPR/Cas9-based genome editing and its application to conditional genetic analysis in Marchantia polymorpha

    Shigeo S. Sugano;Ryuichi Nishihama;Makoto Shirakawa;Junpei Takagi

  • AtVPS29, a Putative Component of a Retromer Complex, is Required for the Efficient Sorting of Seed Storage Proteins

    Tomoo Shimada;Yasuko Koumoto;Lixin Li;Misako Yamazaki

  • Characterization of Organelles in the Vacuolar-Sorting Pathway by Visualization with GFP in Tobacco BY-2 Cells

    Naoto Mitsuhashi;Tomoo Shimada;Shoji Mano;Mikio Nishimura

  • A Pumpkin 72-kDa Membrane Protein of Precursor-Accumulating Vesicles Has Characteristics of a Vacuolar Sorting Receptor

    Tomoo Shimada;Miwa Kuroyanagi;Mikio Nishimura;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • KATAMARI1/MURUS3 Is a novel golgi membrane protein that is required for endomembrane organization in Arabidopsis.

    Kentaro Tamura;Tomoo Shimada;Maki Kondo;Mikio Nishimura

  • An endoplasmic reticulum-derived structure that is induced under stress conditions in Arabidopsis.

    Ryo Matsushima;Yasuko Hayashi;Maki Kondo;Tomoo Shimada

  • Vacuolar Processing Enzyme Responsible for Maturation of Seed Proteins

    Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Tomoo Shimada;Tomoo Shimada;Nagako Hiraiwa;Nagako Hiraiwa;Mikio Nishimura;Mikio Nishimura

  • Identification and Dynamics of Arabidopsis Adaptor Protein-2 Complex and Its Involvement in Floral Organ Development

    Shohei Yamaoka;Yuki Shimono;Makoto Shirakawa;Yoichiro Fukao

  • Arabidopsis Vacuolar Sorting Mutants (green fluorescent seed) Can Be Identified Efficiently by Secretion of Vacuole-Targeted Green Fluorescent Protein in Their Seeds

    Kentaro Fuji;Tomoo Shimada;Hideyuki Takahashi;Kentaro Tamura

Frequent Co-Authors

Ikuko Hara-Nishimura
Ikuko Hara-Nishimura Kyoto University
Mikio Nishimura
Mikio Nishimura National Institute for Basic Biology
Maki Kondo
Maki Kondo National Institute for Basic Biology
Yoichiro Fukao
Yoichiro Fukao Ritsumeikan University
Hideyuki Takahashi
Hideyuki Takahashi Chiba University
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University
Teruo Shimmen
Teruo Shimmen University of Hyogo
Junpei Takano
Junpei Takano Osaka Metropolitan University
Takashi Ueda
Takashi Ueda National Institute for Basic Biology
Miyo Terao Morita
Miyo Terao Morita National Institute for Basic Biology

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