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Toru Fujiwara

Toru Fujiwara

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
77
Citations
23462
World Ranking
4736
National Ranking
311

Overview

Toru Fujiwara is affiliated with the University of Tokyo in Japan. Their research primarily spans the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences as well as Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these broader fields, their work is concentrated on subfields such as Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Ecology, Genetics, and Analytical Chemistry.

Their research topics include:

  • Plant Micronutrient Interactions and Effects
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis
  • Soybean genetics and cultivation
  • Genetic Mapping and Diversity in Plants and Animals

Recent papers from Toru Fujiwara encompass a range of subjects in plant biology and molecular processes. Some of the notable publications are:

  • "Novel lignin-based extracellular barrier in glandular trichome," 2024, published in Nature Plants
  • "IMA peptides regulate root nodulation and nitrogen homeostasis by providing iron according to internal nitrogen status," 2024, published in Nature Communications
  • "Retrograde sulfur flow from glucosinolates to cysteine in Arabidopsis thaliana," 2021, published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • "Transport-coupled ubiquitination of the borate transporter BOR1 for its boron-dependent degradation," 2020, published in The Plant Cell
  • "Callose Synthesis Suppresses Cell Death Induced by Low-Calcium Conditions in Leaves," 2020, published in PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Their frequent coauthors include:

  • Takehiro Kamiya
  • Yoshihiro Ohmori
  • Naoyuki Sotta
  • Hiroyoshi Iwata
  • Hideki Takanashi

Fujiwara has published extensively in several venues, with the most frequent being:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • The Plant Journal
  • PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Best Publications

  • An efflux transporter of silicon in rice

    Jian Feng Ma;Naoki Yamaji;Namiki Mitani;Kazunori Tamai

  • Integration of transcriptomics and metabolomics for understanding of global responses to nutritional stresses in Arabidopsis thaliana

    Masami Yokota Hirai;Mitsuru Yano;Dayan B. Goodenowe;Shigehiko Kanaya

  • The Arabidopsis Major Intrinsic Protein NIP5;1 Is Essential for Efficient Boron Uptake and Plant Development under Boron Limitation

    Junpei Takano;Motoko Wada;Uwe Ludewig;Gabriel Schaaf

  • Arabidopsis boron transporter for xylem loading

    Junpei Takano;Kyotaro Noguchi;Miho Yasumori;Masaharu Kobayashi

  • Low-affinity cation transporter (OsLCT1) regulates cadmium transport into rice grains

    Shimpei Uraguchi;Takehiro Kamiya;Takuya Sakamoto;Koji Kasai

  • Endocytosis and degradation of BOR1, a boron transporter of Arabidopsis thaliana, regulated by boron availability.

    Junpei Takano;Kyoko Miwa;Lixing Yuan;Nicolaus von Wirén

  • Selenate-resistant mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana identify Sultr1;2, a sulfate transporter required for efficient transport of sulfate into roots.

    Nakako Shibagaki;Alan Rose;Jeffrey P. McDermott;Toru Fujiwara

  • Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov.

    Iftikhar Ahmed;Iftikhar Ahmed;Akira Yokota;Atsushi Yamazoe;Toru Fujiwara

  • Physiological roles and transport mechanisms of boron: perspectives from plants

    Mayuki Tanaka;Toru Fujiwara

  • Cadmium transport and tolerance in rice: perspectives for reducing grain cadmium accumulation

    Shimpei Uraguchi;Toru Fujiwara

  • Effects of Sulfur Nutrition on Expression of the Soybean Seed Storage Protein Genes in Transgenic Petunia

    Toru Fujiwara;Masami Yokota Hirai;Mitsuo Chino;Yoshibumi Komeda

  • Polar localization and degradation of Arabidopsis boron transporters through distinct trafficking pathways

    Junpei Takano;Mayuki Tanaka;Atsushi Toyoda;Kyoko Miwa

  • Boron transport in plants: co-ordinated regulation of transporters

    Kyoko Miwa;Toru Fujiwara

  • Plants tolerant of high boron levels.

    Kyoko Miwa;Junpei Takano;Hiroyuki Omori;Motoaki Seki

  • NIP6;1 is a boric acid channel for preferential transport of boron to growing shoot tissues in Arabidopsis.

    Mayuki Tanaka;Ian S. Wallace;Junpei Takano;Daniel M. Roberts

  • Aluminum-induced 1→3-β-D-glucan inhibits cell-to-cell trafficking of molecules through plasmodesmata. A new mechanism of aluminum toxicity in plants

    Mayandi Sivaguru;Toru Fujiwara;Josef Šamaj;František Baluška

  • Pressure-induced superconductivity in ferromagnetic UIr without inversion symmetry

    T. Akazawa;H. Hidaka;T. Fujiwara;T. C. Kobayashi

  • Global expression profiling of sulfur-starved Arabidopsis by DNA macroarray reveals the role of O-acetyl-l-serine as a general regulator of gene expression in response to sulfur nutrition.

    Masami Yokota Hirai;Toru Fujiwara;Motoko Awazuhara;Tomoko Kimura

  • An Arabidopsis thaliana high-affinity molybdate transporter required for efficient uptake of molybdate from soil

    Hajime Tomatsu;Junpei Takano;Hideki Takahashi;Akiko Watanabe-Takahashi

  • High-Throughput Phenotyping of Sorghum Plant Height Using an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle and Its Application to Genomic Prediction Modeling.

    Kakeru Watanabe;Wei Guo;Keigo Arai;Hideki Takanashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Takehiro Kamiya
Takehiro Kamiya University of Tokyo
Mitsuo Chino
Mitsuo Chino Akita Prefectural University
Junpei Takano
Junpei Takano Osaka Metropolitan University
Satoshi Naito
Satoshi Naito Hokkaido University
Tadakatsu Yoneyama
Tadakatsu Yoneyama Tohoku University
Akira Yokota
Akira Yokota Tohoku University
Shuji Shigenobu
Shuji Shigenobu National Institute for Basic Biology
Moriya Ohkuma
Moriya Ohkuma National Presto Industries
Kazuki Saito
Kazuki Saito Chiba University

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