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Yasunari Fujita

Yasunari Fujita

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
46
Citations
23154
World Ranking
18810
National Ranking
1349

Overview

Yasunari Fujita is affiliated with the University of Tsukuba in Japan and primarily conducts research in the field of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, with a focus on Plant Science, Food Science, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Genetics.

The scientist's research covers a range of topics related to plant biology and biochemistry. Key areas of work include:

  • Seed and Plant Biochemistry
  • Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
  • Plant Molecular Biology Research
  • Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
  • Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
  • Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
  • Plant responses to water stress

Fujita has contributed to several recent papers spanning genetics, plant molecular biology, and stress physiology. Notable publications include:

  • "CRISPR/Cas9-targeted mutagenesis of OsERA1 confers enhanced responses to abscisic acid and drought stress and increased primary root growth under nonstressed conditions in rice," 2020, PLoS ONE
  • "The genotype-dependent phenotypic landscape of quinoa in salt tolerance and key growth traits," 2020, DNA Research
  • "Phosphate starvation response precedes abscisic acid response under progressive mild drought in plants," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "Virus-Mediated Transient Expression Techniques Enable Functional Genomics Studies and Modulations of Betalain Biosynthesis and Plant Height in Quinoa," 2021, Frontiers in Plant Science
  • "STOP1-regulated SMALL AUXIN UP RNA55 (SAUR55) is involved in proton/malate co-secretion for Al tolerance in Arabidopsis," 2023, Plant Direct

The scientist often collaborates with a consistent group of researchers. Frequent co-authors include Yukari Nagatoshi, Y. Yasui, Yasufumi Kobayashi, T. Ogata, and Miki Fujita.

Publications by Fujita appear frequently in specific scientific journals and publication venues such as:

  • Frontiers in Plant Science
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • PLoS ONE
  • Nature Communications
  • DNA Research

Best Publications

  • Crosstalk between abiotic and biotic stress responses: a current view from the points of convergence in the stress signaling networks

    Miki Fujita;Yasunari Fujita;Yoshiteru Noutoshi;Fuminori Takahashi

  • Isolation and Functional Analysis of Arabidopsis Stress-Inducible NAC Transcription Factors That Bind to a Drought-Responsive cis-Element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 Promoter

    Lam Son Phan Tran;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoh Sakuma;Sean D. Simpson

  • AREB1, AREB2, and ABF3 are master transcription factors that cooperatively regulate ABRE‐dependent ABA signaling involved in drought stress tolerance and require ABA for full activation

    Takuya Yoshida;Yasunari Fujita;Hiroko Sayama;Satoshi Kidokoro

  • ABA-mediated transcriptional regulation in response to osmotic stress in plants

    Yasunari Fujita;Miki Fujita;Kazuo Shinozaki;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • AREB1 Is a Transcription Activator of Novel ABRE-Dependent ABA Signaling That Enhances Drought Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis

    Yasunari Fujita;Miki Fujita;Rie Satoh;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • A dehydration‐induced NAC protein, RD26, is involved in a novel ABA‐dependent stress‐signaling pathway

    Miki Fujita;Yasunari Fujita;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Motoaki Seki

  • Three Arabidopsis SnRK2 protein kinases, SRK2D/SnRK2.2, SRK2E/SnRK2.6/OST1 and SRK2I/SnRK2.3, involved in ABA signaling are essential for the control of seed development and dormancy

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yasunari Fujita;Norihito Kanamori;Takeshi Katagiri

  • Engineering drought tolerance in plants: discovering and tailoring genes to unlock the future.

    Taishi Umezawa;Miki Fujita;Yasunari Fujita;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • Analysis of Cytokinin Mutants and Regulation of Cytokinin Metabolic Genes Reveals Important Regulatory Roles of Cytokinins in Drought, Salt and Abscisic Acid Responses, and Abscisic Acid Biosynthesis

    Rie Nishiyama;Yasuko Watanabe;Yasunari Fujita;Dung Tien Le

  • Three SnRK2 protein kinases are the main positive regulators of abscisic acid signaling in response to water stress in Arabidopsis.

    Yasunari Fujita;Kazuo Nakashima;Takuya Yoshida;Takeshi Katagiri

  • Pivotal role of the AREB/ABF-SnRK2 pathway in ABRE-mediated transcription in response to osmotic stress in plants.

    Yasunari Fujita;Takuya Yoshida;Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki

  • Four Arabidopsis AREB/ABF transcription factors function predominantly in gene expression downstream of SnRK2 kinases in abscisic acid signalling in response to osmotic stress.

    Takuya Yoshida;Yasunari Fujita;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Junro Mogami

  • Structural basis of abscisic acid signalling

    Ken-ichi Miyazono;Takuya Miyakawa;Yoriko Sawano;Keiko Kubota

  • Arabidopsis DREB2A-Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress–Responsive Gene Expression

    Feng Qin;Yoh Sakuma;Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • The abiotic stress-responsive NAC-type transcription factor OsNAC5 regulates stress-inducible genes and stress tolerance in rice.

    Hironori Takasaki;Kyonoshin Maruyama;Satoshi Kidokoro;Yusuke Ito

  • Transcriptional regulation of ABI3- and ABA-responsive genes including RD29B and RD29A in seeds, germinating embryos, and seedlings of Arabidopsis

    Kazuo Nakashima;Yasunari Fujita;Koji Katsura;Kyonoshin Maruyama

  • Co‐expression of the stress‐inducible zinc finger homeodomain ZFHD1 and NAC transcription factors enhances expression of the ERD1 gene in Arabidopsis

    Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kazuo Nakashima;Yoh Sakuma;Yuriko Osakabe

  • An ABRE promoter sequence is involved in osmotic stress-responsive expression of the DREB2A gene, which encodes a transcription factor regulating drought-inducible genes in Arabidopsis

    June Sik Kim;Junya Mizoi;Takuya Yoshida;Yasunari Fujita

  • Soybean DREB1/CBF-type transcription factors function in heat and drought as well as cold stress-responsive gene expression.

    Satoshi Kidokoro;Keitaro Watanabe;Teppei Ohori;Takashi Moriwaki

  • Arabidopsis DREB2A Interacting Proteins Function as RING E3 Ligases and Negatively Regulate Plant Drought Stress Responsive Gene Expression

    Feng Qin;Yoh Sakuma;Lam-Son Phan Tran;Kyonoshin Maruyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki
Kazuko Yamaguchi-Shinozaki University of Tokyo
Kyonoshin Maruyama
Kyonoshin Maruyama Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
Miki Fujita
Miki Fujita University of British Columbia
Kazuo Nakashima
Kazuo Nakashima Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
Satoshi Kidokoro
Satoshi Kidokoro University of Tokyo
Takuya Yoshida
Takuya Yoshida National Institute for Basic Biology
Junya Mizoi
Junya Mizoi University of Tokyo
Lam-Son Phan Tran
Lam-Son Phan Tran Texas Tech University

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