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Toshinori Kinoshita

Toshinori Kinoshita

D-Index & Metrics

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
63
Citations
16045
World Ranking
10115
National Ranking
675

Overview

Toshinori Kinoshita is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and has a substantial publication record in the fields of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their research spans several subfields including Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology, and Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience.

The scientist's main research topics include:

  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Light effects on plants
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Reproductive Biology

Several recent papers reflect the focus and scope of their work. These include:

  • TMK-based cell-surface auxin signalling activates cell-wall acidification, 2021, Nature
  • Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H+ fluxes in root growth, 2021, Nature
  • Plasma membrane H+-ATPase overexpression increases rice yield via simultaneous enhancement of nutrient uptake and photosynthesis, 2021, Nature Communications
  • ABP1-TMK auxin perception for global phosphorylation and auxin canalization, 2022, Nature
  • Training instance segmentation neural network with synthetic datasets for crop seed phenotyping, 2020, Communications Biology

Kinoshita has frequently published in the following venues:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Faculty Opinions - Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature
  • Nature Communications

The scientist collaborates regularly with several co-authors, including:

  • Koji Takahashi
  • Wenxiu Ye
  • Yusuke Aihara
  • Yuki Hayashi
  • Eigo Ando

Best Publications

  • Insights into Land Plant Evolution Garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha Genome

    John L Bowman;Takayuki Kohchi;Katsuyuki T Yamato;Jerry Jenkins

  • Light Regulation of Stomatal Movement

    Ken Ichiro Shimazaki;Michio Doi;Sarah M. Assmann;Toshinori Kinoshita

  • phot1 and phot2 mediate blue light regulation of stomatal opening

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Michio Doi;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Noriyuki Suetsugu;Takatoshi Kagawa;Takatoshi Kagawa

  • Binding of brassinosteroids to the extracellular domain of plant receptor kinase BRI1

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Ana Caño-Delgado;Hideharu Seto;Sayoko Hiranuma

  • Blue light activates the plasma membrane H(+)-ATPase by phosphorylation of the C-terminus in stomatal guard cells.

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Ken‐ichiro Shimazaki

  • Phototropins Promote Plant Growth in Response to Blue Light in Low Light Environments

    Atsushi Takemiya;Shin Ichiro Inoue;Michio Doi;Toshinori Kinoshita

  • Blue light-induced autophosphorylation of phototropin is a primary step for signaling.

    Shin Ichiro Inoue;Toshinori Kinoshita;Toshinori Kinoshita;Masaki Matsumoto;Keiichi I. Nakayama

  • Cytosolic Concentration of Ca2+ Regulates the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase in Guard Cells of Fava Bean

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Mitsuo Nishimura;Ken Ichiro Shimazaki

  • Auxin Activates the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase by Phosphorylation during Hypocotyl Elongation in Arabidopsis

    Koji Takahashi;Ken-ichiro Hayashi;Toshinori Kinoshita

  • Probing strigolactone receptors in Striga hermonthica with fluorescence

    Yuichiro Tsuchiya;Yuichiro Tsuchiya;Masahiko Yoshimura;Yoshikatsu Sato;Keiko Kuwata

  • Blue Light Regulation of Stomatal Opening and the Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase

    Shin-ichiro Inoue;Toshinori Kinoshita

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

    Mari Kamioka;Saori Takao;Takamasa Suzuki;Kyomi Taki

  • Overexpression of plasma membrane H + -ATPase in guard cells promotes light-induced stomatal opening and enhances plant growth

    Yin Wang;Ko Noguchi;Natsuko Ono;Shin-ichiro Inoue

  • Cell surface and intracellular auxin signalling for H+ fluxes in root growth

    Lanxin Li;Inge Verstraeten;Mark Roosjen;Koji Takahashi

  • FLOWERING LOCUS T Regulates Stomatal Opening

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Toshinori Kinoshita;Natsuko Ono;Yuki Hayashi;Sayuri Morimoto

  • Modulation of an RNA-binding protein by abscisic-acid-activated protein kinase

    Jiaxu Li;Toshinori Kinoshita;Sona Pandey;Carl K.Y. Ng

  • An ABA-increased interaction of the PYL6 ABA receptor with MYC2 Transcription Factor: A putative link of ABA and JA signaling

    Fernando Aleman;Junshi Yazaki;Melissa Lee;Yohei Takahashi;Yohei Takahashi

  • Biochemical Characterization of Plasma Membrane H+-ATPase Activation in Guard Cell Protoplasts of Arabidopsis thaliana in Response to Blue Light

    Kumi Ueno;Toshinori Kinoshita;Shin-ichiro Inoue;Takashi Emi

  • Blue-light- and phosphorylation-dependent binding of a 14-3-3 protein to phototropins in stomatal guard cells of broad bean.

    Toshinori Kinoshita;Takashi Emi;Misumi Tominaga;Koji Sakamoto

  • TMK-based cell-surface auxin signalling activates cell-wall acidification.

    Wenwei Lin;Xiang Zhou;Xiang Zhou;Wenxin Tang;Koji Takahashi

Frequent Co-Authors

Ken-ichiro Shimazaki
Ken-ichiro Shimazaki Kyushu University
Kenichiro Itami
Kenichiro Itami Nagoya University
Junichiro Yamaguchi
Junichiro Yamaguchi Waseda University
Yoshiyuki Murata
Yoshiyuki Murata Okayama University
Keiko U. Torii
Keiko U. Torii The University of Texas at Austin
Takashi Ooi
Takashi Ooi Nagoya University
Ken-ichiro Hayashi
Ken-ichiro Hayashi Okayama University of Science
Tadao Asami
Tadao Asami University of Tokyo
Tetsuji Kakutani
Tetsuji Kakutani University of Tokyo
Takayuki Kohchi
Takayuki Kohchi Kyoto University

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