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Yasunori Machida

Yasunori Machida

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Molecular Biology

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71
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World Ranking
1389
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Overview

Yasunori Machida is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan and focuses on research in the fields of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, as well as Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Their work predominantly falls under the subfields of Plant Science, Molecular Biology, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, and Cell Biology.

The scientist's research concentrates on topics related to plant molecular biology, including plant reproductive biology, gene expression analysis, and the dynamics of microtubules and mitosis. Other areas of study include photosynthetic processes, plant stress responses, and RNA research and splicing.

Yasunori Machida has published papers in various scientific journals. Selected recent works include:

  • "Actin Filament Disruption Alters Phragmoplast Microtubule Dynamics during the Initial Phase of Plant Cytokinesis" (2020) - Plant and Cell Physiology
  • "Roles of ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2) and Nucleolar Proteins in the Adaxial-Abaxial Polarity Specification at the Perinucleolar Region in Arabidopsis" (2020) - International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • "Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 (AS2): roles in plant morphogenesis, cell division, and pathogenesis" (2021) - Journal of Plant Research
  • "Identification of two tobacco genes encoding MYB3R proteins with repressor function and showing cell cycle-regulated transcript accumulation" (2021) - Plant Biotechnology
  • "Arabidopsis ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 and Nucleolar Factors Are Coordinately Involved in the Perinucleolar Patterning of AS2 Bodies and Leaf Development" (2023) - Plants

The research has been published across a range of journals, reflecting a broad disciplinary spread. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Journal of Plant Research
  • Plant Biotechnology
  • Plants

Collaboration is a notable aspect of Yasunori Machida's work. Frequent co-authors associated with their research are:

  • Michiko Sasabe
  • Hidekazu Iwakawa
  • Chiyoko Machida
  • Shoko Kojima
  • Hiro Takahashi

Best Publications

  • Mitogen-activated protein kinase cascades in plants: a new nomenclature

    Kazuya Ichimura;Kazuo Shinozaki;Guillaume Tena

  • The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana, required for formation of a symmetric flat leaf lamina, encodes a member of a novel family of proteins characterized by cysteine repeats and a leucine zipper.

    Hidekazu Iwakawa;Yoshihisa Ueno;Endang Semiarti;Hitoshi Onouchi

  • The ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 gene of Arabidopsis thaliana regulates formation of a symmetric lamina, establishment of venation and repression of meristem-related homeobox genes in leaves

    Endang Semiarti;Yoshihisa Ueno;Hirokazu Tsukaya;Hidekazu Iwakawa

  • A new method for rapid visualization of defects in leaf cuticle reveals five intrinsic patterns of surface defects in Arabidopsis

    Toshihiro Tanaka;Hirokazu Tanaka;Chiyoko Machida;Masaru Watanabe

  • βC1, the pathogenicity factor of TYLCCNV, interacts with AS1 to alter leaf development and suppress selective jasmonic acid responses

    Jun-Yi Yang;Mayumi Iwasaki;Chiyoko Machida;Yasunori Machida

  • A subtilisin-like serine protease is required for epidermal surface formation in Arabidopsis embryos and juvenile plants.

    Hirokazu Tanaka;Hitoshi Onouchi;Hitoshi Onouchi;Maki Kondo;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura;Ikuko Hara-Nishimura

  • G2/M-Phase–Specific Transcription during the Plant Cell Cycle Is Mediated by c-Myb–Like Transcription Factors

    Masaki Ito;Satoshi Araki;Sachihiro Matsunaga;Takashi Itoh

  • Regulatory interaction of PRL1 WD protein with Arabidopsis SNF1-like protein kinases

    Rishikesh P. Bhalerao;Klaus Salchert;László Bakó;László Ökrész

  • Expression of the ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 gene in the adaxial domain of Arabidopsis leaves represses cell proliferation in this domain and is critical for the development of properly expanded leaves

    Hidekazu Iwakawa;Hidekazu Iwakawa;Mayumi Iwasaki;Shoko Kojima;Yoshihisa Ueno

  • The BLADE-ON-PETIOLE 1 gene controls leaf pattern formation through the modulation of meristematic activity in Arabidopsis

    Chan Man Ha;Gyung-Tae Kim;Gyung-Tae Kim;Byung Chul Kim;Ji Hyung Jun

  • Expansion of the Cell Plate in Plant Cytokinesis Requires a Kinesin-like Protein/MAPKKK Complex

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Takashi Soyano;Masaki Ishikawa;Satoshi Araki

  • Control of expression of Agrobacterium vir genes by synergistic actions of phenolic signal molecules and monosaccharides.

    Nobuyoshi Shimoda;Akiko Toyoda-Yamamoto;Jun Nagamine;Shoji Usami

  • Phosphorylation of NtMAP65-1 by a MAP kinase down-regulates its activity of microtubule bundling and stimulates progression of cytokinesis of tobacco cells.

    Michiko Sasabe;Takashi Soyano;Yuji Takahashi;Seiji Sonobe

  • The NPK1 mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase is a regulator of cell-plate formation in plant cytokinesis

    Ryuichi Nishihama;Masaki Ishikawa;Satoshi Araki;Takashi Soyano

  • Arabidopsis AUXIN RESPONSE FACTOR6 and 8 Regulate Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis and Floral Organ Development via Repression of Class 1 KNOX Genes

    Ryo Tabata;Masaya Ikezaki;Takahiro Fujibe;Takahiro Fujibe;Mitsuhiro Aida

  • IAA-Ala Resistant3, an Evolutionarily Conserved Target of miR167, Mediates Arabidopsis Root Architecture Changes during High Osmotic Stress

    Natsuko Kinoshita;Natsuko Kinoshita;Huan Wang;Hiroyuki Kasahara;Jun Liu

  • NQK1/NtMEK1 is a MAPKK that acts in the NPK1 MAPKKK-mediated MAPK cascade and is required for plant cytokinesis

    Takashi Soyano;Ryuichi Nishihama;Kayoko Morikiyo;Masaki Ishikawa

  • ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2-LIKE19/LATERAL ORGAN BOUNDARIES DOMAIN30 and ASL20/LBD18 Regulate Tracheary Element Differentiation in Arabidopsis

    Takashi Soyano;Siripong Thitamadee;Yasunori Machida;Nam-Hai Chua

  • Cutting activates a 46-kilodalton protein kinase in plants.

    Shoji Usami;Hiroharu Banno;Yukihiro Ito;Ryuichi Nishihama

  • HINKEL kinesin, ANP MAPKKKs and MKK6/ANQ MAPKK, which phosphorylates and activates MPK4 MAPK, constitute a pathway that is required for cytokinesis in Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Yuji Takahashi;Takashi Soyano;Ken Kosetsu;Michiko Sasabe

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryuichi Nishihama
Ryuichi Nishihama Tokyo University of Science
Hirokazu Tsukaya
Hirokazu Tsukaya University of Tokyo
Eiichi Ohtsubo
Eiichi Ohtsubo University of Tokyo
Toshiya Muranaka
Toshiya Muranaka Osaka University
Kenzo Nakamura
Kenzo Nakamura Nagoya University
Kenji Irie
Kenji Irie University of Tsukuba
Tetsuya Higashiyama
Tetsuya Higashiyama University of Tokyo
Kiyotaka Okada
Kiyotaka Okada National Institute for Basic Biology
Ken Matsuoka
Ken Matsuoka Kyushu University
Mitsuyasu Hasebe
Mitsuyasu Hasebe The Graduate University for Advanced Studies, SOKENDAI

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