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Yasukazu Nakamura is affiliated with the National Institute of Genetics in Japan. Their research contributions mainly focus on the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a substantial emphasis on Molecular Biology and Plant Science.

The scientist's work spans multiple subfields including Genetics, Ecology, and Cell Biology. Research topics covered include Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies, Chromosomal and Genetic Variations, Plant Molecular Biology Research, Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology, Identification and Quantification in Food, Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases, as well as Gene Expression and Cancer Classification.

Yasukazu Nakamura has published frequently in several scientific venues. The main venues for their published work include:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Nucleic Acids Research
  • DNA Research
  • Current Biology
  • Plant and Cell Physiology

The scientist has worked collaboratively with a number of frequent coauthors, among them:

  • Yasuhiro Tanizawa
  • Mika Sakamoto
  • Takako Mochizuki
  • Takatomo Fujisawa
  • Masanori Arita

Notable recent publications include:

  • Chromatin Organization in Early Land Plants Reveals an Ancestral Association between H3K27me3, Transposons, and Constitutive Heterochromatin, 2020, Current Biology
  • Identification of the sex-determining factor in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha reveals unique evolution of sex chromosomes in a haploid system, 2021, Current Biology
  • MarpolBase Expression: A Web-Based, Comprehensive Platform for Visualization and Analysis of Transcriptomes in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, 2022, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Genome Sequence and Analysis of Nicotiana benthamiana, the Model Plant for Interactions between Organisms, 2023, Plant and Cell Physiology
  • DNA Data Bank of Japan (DDBJ) update report 2022, 2022, Nucleic Acids Research

Best Publications

  • Sequence analysis of the genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. II. Sequence determination of the entire genome and assignment of potential protein-coding regions.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Shusei Sato;Hirokazu Kotani;Ayako Tanaka

  • The tomato genome sequence provides insights into fleshy fruit evolution

    Shusei Sato;Satoshi Tabata;Hideki Hirakawa;Erika Asamizu

  • Codon usage tabulated from international DNA sequence databases: status for the year 2000

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takashi Gojobori;Toshimichi Ikemura

  • Plant recognition of symbiotic bacteria requires two LysM receptor-like kinases

    Simona Radutoiu;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Esben Bjørn Madsen;Hubert H. Felle

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

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

  • Complete genomic sequence of nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Yasukazu Nakamura;Shusei Sato;Kiwamu Minamisawa

  • Complete genome structure of the nitrogen-fixing symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Yasukazu Nakamura;Shusei Sato;Erika Asamizu

  • The international nucleotide sequence database collaboration.

    Guy Cochrane;Ilene Karsch-Mizrachi;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • DFAST: a flexible prokaryotic genome annotation pipeline for faster genome publication

    Yasuhiro Tanizawa;Takatomo Fujisawa;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • Complete genomic sequence of the filamentous nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120

    Takakazu Kaneko;Yasukazu Nakamura;C. Peter Wolk;Tanya Kuritz

  • Genome Structure of the Legume, Lotus japonicus

    Shusei Sato;Yasukazu Nakamura;Takakazu Kaneko;Erika Asamizu

  • Gene organization deduced from the complete sequence of liverwort Marchantia polymorpha mitochondrial DNA. A primitive form of plant mitochondrial genome

    Kenji Oda;Katsuyuki Yamato;Eiji Ohta;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation

    Koichi Hori;Fumito Maruyama;Takatomo Fujisawa;Tomoaki Togashi

  • Complete Structure of the Chloroplast Genome of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Shusei Sato;Yasukazu Nakamura;Takakazu Kaneko;Erika Asamizu

  • A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis.

    Norihito Kanamori;Lene Heegaard Madsen;Simona Radutoiu;Mirela Frantescu

  • Complete genome structure of the thermophilic cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1.

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takakazu Kaneko;Shusei Sato;Masahiko Ikeuchi

  • Monitoring of methyl jasmonate-responsive genes in Arabidopsis by cDNA macroarray: self-activation of jasmonic acid biosynthesis and crosstalk with other phytohormone signaling pathways.

    Yuko Sasaki;Erika Asamizu;Daisuke Shibata;Yasukazu Nakamura

  • Codon usage tabulated from the international DNA sequence databases

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takashi Gojobori;Toshimichi Ikemura

  • Complete genome structure of Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, a cyanobacterium that lacks thylakoids.

    Yasukazu Nakamura;Takakazu Kaneko;Shusei Sato;Mamoru Mimuro

  • Complete genomic structure of the bloom-forming toxic cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843.

    Takakazu Kaneko;Nobuyoshi Nakajima;Shinobu Okamoto;Iwane Suzuki

Frequent Co-Authors

Satoshi Tabata
Satoshi Tabata Tokyo University of Science
Shusei Sato
Shusei Sato Tohoku University
Takakazu Kaneko
Takakazu Kaneko Kyoto Sangyo University
Erika Asamizu
Erika Asamizu University of Tsukuba
Toshihisa Takagi
Toshihisa Takagi University of Tokyo
Daisuke Shibata
Daisuke Shibata Kyoto University
Tomohiko Kato
Tomohiko Kato Kazusa DNA Research Institute
Katsuyuki T. Yamato
Katsuyuki T. Yamato Kindai University
Asao Fujiyama
Asao Fujiyama National Institute of Genetics
Atsushi Toyoda
Atsushi Toyoda National Institute of Genetics

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