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Highly Cited Researchers of Gifu University

2025.12.2 Nishigaki S

Meskauskeine GSR, Pijacka W, Poszak P, Sjögren LLE, Clarke AK, Straus M, Apel K, (2011) ‘happy on norflurazon’ (hon) mutations implicate perturbance of plastid homeostasis with activating stress acclimatization and changing nuclear gene expression in norflurazon-treated seedlings. Plant J 65: 690-702.

Okada S

Lee G, Sanderson BJ, Ellis TJ, Oakley CG, (2024) A large-effect fitness trade-off across environments is explained by a single mutation affecting cold acclimation. PNAS 121: e2317461121.

2025.11.18 Nishibu M

Bao et al., (2024) Cloning of the Arabidopsis SMAP2 promoter and analysis of its expression activity. Sci Rep 14: Article 11451.

2025.11.11  Sugekawa K

Yin et al., (2023) Binding by the Polycomb complex component MBI1 and H2A monoubiquitination shape local and long-range interactions in the Arabidopsis genome. Plant Cell 35: 2484-2503.

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2024..23 Miyake C

Ding ZJ et al., (2024) The LRR receptor-like kinase ALR1 is a plant aluminum ion sensor. Cell Res 34: 281-294.

Nishibu M

Ren L et al., (2023) Sep2, a light-harvesting comp0lex-like protein, is involved in light stress response by binding to free chlorophylls. Environ Exp Bot 213: 105429.

2024.7.2 Hirano T

Neugart S et al., (2024) A synchronized, large-scale field experiment using Arabifopsis thaliana reveals the significance of the UV-B photoreceptor UVR8 under natural conditions. Plant Cell Environ (in press) https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.15008

2024.6.25 Sugekawa K

Singh P, Stevenson SR, Dickinson PJ, Reyna-Llorens I, Tripathi A, Reeves G, Schreier TB, Hibbert JM (2023) C4 gene induction during de-etiolation evolved through changes in cis to allow integration with ancetral C3 ngene regulatory networks. Science Advances 9:eade9756 .

Shimizu Y

Ormancey M et al., (2023) Complementary peptides represent a credible alternative to agrochemicals by activating translation of targeted proteins. Nature Communications 14: Article 254

2024.1.25 Nishibu M

Kumar J et al., (2023) Efficient protein tagging and cis-regulatory element engineering via precise and directional oligonucleotide-based targeted insertion in plants. Plant Cell 35: 2722-2735.

2024.1.18 Yabu H

Khait I et al., (2023) Sounds emitted by plants under stress are airborne and informative. Cell 186: 1328-1336.

Okiyama H

Robuschi L et al., (2023) Arabidopsis thaliana phosphoinositide-specific phophholipase C 2 is required for Botrytis cinerea prolifiration. Plant Sci 340: 111971.

Ono M

Wu et al., (2018) Functional conservation and divergence of soybean GmSTOP1 members in proton and aluminum tolerance. Front Plant Sci 9: 570.

2024.1.11 Toyama S

Nagai et al (2020) Antagonistic regulation of the gibberellic acid response during stem growth in rice. Nature 584: 109-114.

2023.12.14 Xiao Y

Ge J et al (2023) Boron alleviates the aluminum toxicity in tartary buckwheat by regulating antioxidant defense system and maintaining osmotic balance. J Soil Sci Plant Nutr doi: 10.1007/s42729-023-01515-w.

Hirano T

Xu et al (2022) Comparative genomics of orobanchaceous species with different parasitic lifestyles reveals the origin and stepwise evolution of plant parasitism. Mol Plant 15: 1384-1399.

Miyake C

Ramesh SA et al (2022) Pitrotoxin delineates different transport configurations for malate and gamma-aminobutyric acid through TaALMT1. Biology (Basel) 11: 1162.

2023.12.7 特別セミナー

Dr. Gábor Galiba (Centre for Agricultural Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences)

  “I. Involvement of the different Rht dwarfing alleles in the light spectrum-regulated cold acclimation of wheat. II. Indoor plant production.”

2023.11.16

Raziq A et al (2022) Exogenous spermidine modulates polyamine metabolism and improves stress responsive mechanisms to protect tomato seedlings against salt stress. Plant Physiol Biochem 187: 1-10

Mitai K

Schröder P, Hsu BY, Gutsche N, Winkler JB, Hedtke B, Grimm B, Schwechheimer C (2023) B-GATA factors are required to repress high-light stress responses in Machantia polymorpha and Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Environ  46: 2376-2390.

2023.2.9 Sugekawa K

Jamsheer MK, Jindal S, Sharma M, Awasthi P, Sreejath S, Sharma M, Mannully CT, Laxmi A (2022) A negative feedback loop of TOR signaling balances grwth and stress-response trade-offs in plants. Cell Rep 39:

110631.

Kumazawa Y

He C, Liew LC, Yin L, Lewsey MG, Whelan J, Berkowitz O (2022) The retrograde signaling regulator ANAC017 recruits the MKK9-MPK3/6, ethylene, and auxin signaling pathways to balance mitochondrial dysfunction with growth. Plant Cell 34: 3460-3481.

2022.12.22 Shmizu Y

Kalachova T, Skrabalkova E, Pateyron S, Soubigou-Taconnat L, Djafi N, Collin S, Sekeres J, Burketova L, Potocky M, Pejchar P, Ruelland E (2022) Diacyaglycerol kinase 5 participates in flagellin-induced signaling in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol 190: 1978-1996.

2022.12.15 Mitai K

Novák J et al. (2021) Limited light intensity and low temperature: Can plants survive freezing in light conditions that more accurately replicate the cold season in temperate regions? Environ Exp Bot 190: 104581.

Miyachi T

Wu TY, Goh HZ, Azodi CB, Krishnamoorthi S, Liu MJ, Urano D (2022) Evolutionarily conserved hierarchical gene regulatory networks for plant salt stress response. Nat Plants 7: 787-799.

2022.12.8 Hayami N

Liu B, Zhao F, Zhou H, Xia Y, Wang X (2022) Photoprotection conferring plant tolerance to freezing stress through rescuing photosystem in evergreen Rhododendron. Plant Cell Environ 45: 2093-2108.

Islam Md. A U

Jiang F,  Lyi SM, Li L, Wang T, Liu J (2022) Involvement of cytokinins in STOP1-mediated resistance to proton toxicity. Stress Biol 2: Article 17.

2022.12.1 Ezeh OS

Li Z, Sheerin DJ, von Roepenack-Lahaye E, Stahi M, Hiltbrunner A (2022) The phytochrome interacting proteins ERF55 and ERF58 repress light-induced seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Nat Commun 13: Article 1656.

2022.11.10 Xiao YF

Ahn G, Jung IJ, Cha JY, Jeong SY, Shin GI, Ji MG, Kim MG, Lee SY, Kim WY (2022) Phytochrome B positively regulates red light-mediated ER stress response in Arabidopsis. Frontiers Plant Sci 13: Article 846294.

Debbarma A

Kayani SI, Shen Q, Rahman Su, Fu X, Li Y, Wang C, Hassani D, Tang K (2021) Transcriptional regulation of flavonoid biosynthesis in Artemisia annua by AAaYABBY5. Hort Res 8: Article #257.

Sakashita S

Urra M, Buezo J, Royo B, Cornejo A, López-Gómez P, Cerdán D, Esteban R, Martínez-Merino V, Gogorcena Y, Tavladoraki P, Moran JF (2022) The importance of the urea cycle and its rlationships to polyamine metabolism during ammonium stress in Medicago truncatula. J Exp Bot

2022.7.29 Mitai K

Zeng X, Jiang Jm Wang F, Liu W, Zhang S, Du J, Yang C (2021) Rice OsClo5, a caleosin protein, negatively regulates cold tolerance through the jasmonate signalling pathway. Plant Biol 24: 52-61.

Watanabe H

Ginanjar EF, Teh O, Fujita T (2022) Characterisation of rapid alkalinisation factors in Physcomitrium patens reveals functional conservation in tip growth. New Phytologist 233: 2442-2457.

2022.5.27 Sakashita S

Liu S et al, (2022) The interaction between CitMYB52 and CitbHLH2 negatively regulates citrate accumulation by activating CitALMT in citrus fruit. Front Plant Sci 13: Article 848869.

Xiao Y

Zheng P et al, (2022) MYB43 as a novel substrate for CRL4PRL1 E3 ligases negatively regulates cadmium tolerance through transcriptional inhibition of HMAs in Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 234: 884-901.

2022.5.13 Kouame PK

Roy S et al, (2022) Application of synthetic peptide CEP1 increases nutrient uptake rates along plant roots. Frontiers Plant Sci 12: 793145.

Ezeh OS

Wang F et al., (2022) SIFHY3 and SIFHY5 act compliantly to enhance cold tolerance through the integration of myo-inositol and light signaling in tomato. New Phytologist 233: 2127-2143.

2022.5.6 Miyachi T

Yang Y, Lee JH, Poindexter MR, Shao Y, Liu W, Lenaghan SC, Ahkami AH, Blumwald E, Stewart Jr CN (2021) Rational design and testing of abiotic stress-inducible synthetic promoters from poplar cis-regulatory elements. Plant Biotechnol J 19: 1354-1369.

Miyake C

Ribeiro AP et al. (2021) Enhanced aluminum tolerance in sugarcane: evaluation of SbMATE overexpression and genome-wide identification of ALMTs in Saccharum spp. BMC Plant Biol 21: 300.

2022.4.22 Mizuno K

Quan X et al. (2021) Genome-wide association study uncover the genetic architecture of salt tolerance-related traits in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Front Genet 12: 663941.

Hirano T

Yamada S, Ozaki H, Noguchi K (2020) The mitochondrial respiratory chain maintains the photosynthetic electron flow in Arabidopsis thaliana leaves under high-light stress. Plant Cell Physol 61: 283-295.

2022.1.20 Matsui D

Zheng X et al. (2019) Actin filaments are dispensable for bulk autophagy in plants. Autophagy 15: 2126-2141.

Mitai K

Espinoza-Corral r, Schwenkeert S, Lundquist PK. (2021) Molecular changes of Arabidopsis thaliana plastoglobules facilitate thylakoid membrane remodeling under high light stress. Plant J 106: 1571-1587.

2021.12.23 Sugimoto S

Riegler S et al. (2021) Light regulates alternative splicing outcomes via the TOR kinase pathway. Cell Rep 36: 109676.

2021.12.16 Miyachi T

Kakei Y, Masuda H, Nishizawa NK, Hattori H, Aung MS (2021) Elucidation of novel cis-regulatory elements and promoter structures involved in  iron excess response mechanisms in rice using a bioinformatics approach. Front Plant Sci 12: 660303.

Ito S

Ravelo-Ortega G et al. (2021) The growth of Arabidopsis primary root is repressed by several and diverse amino acids through auxin-dependent and independent mechanisms and MPK6 kinase activity. Plant Sci 302: 110717.

2021.11.25 Yamada Y

Lee S, Wang W, Huq E (2021) Spatial regulation of thermomorphogenesis by HY5 and PIF4 in Arabidopsis Nat Commun 12: 3656.

Watanabe H

Spinedi N et al., (2021) ROS-scavenging enzymes as an antioxidant response to high concentration of anthracene in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha L. Plants (MDPI) 10: 1478.

2021.11.18 Tai S

Zhang F et al. (2021) Reciprocal adaptation of rice and Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae: cross-species 2D GWAS reveals the underlying genetics. Plant Cell 33: 2538-2561.

2021.11.11 Ezeh Okechukwu S

Yang K et al., (2021) The C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor MdZAT10 negatively regulates drought tolerance in apple. Plant Physiol Biochem 167: 390-399.

Kouame Koffi P

Adams E, Miyazaki T, Watanabe S, Ohkama-Ohtsu N, Seo M, Shin R (2020) Gluthatione and its biosynthetic intermediates alleviate Cesium Stress in Arabidopsis. Front Plants Sci 10: 1711.

2021.10.11 Mitai K

Burko Y, Seluzicki A, Zander M, Pedmale UV, Ecker JR, Chory J (2020) Chimeric activators and repressors define HY5 activity and reveal a light-regulated feedback mechanism. Plant Cell 32: 967-983.（２回目、２回目はなしです。不許可！）

2021.10.5 Ezeh Okechukwu S

Bittner A, van Buer J, Baier M (2020) Cold priming uncouples light- and cold-regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol 20: 281. （２回目）

2021.9.27 Sugimoto S

IkedaH, Suzuki T, Oka Y, Gustafsson ALS, Brochmann C, Mochizuki N, Nagatani A (2021) Divergence in red light responses associated with thermal reversion of phytochrome B between high- and low-latitude species.  New Phytol 231: 75-84.

Yamada Y

Bittner A, van Buer J, Baier M (2020) Cold priming uncouples light- and cold-regulation of gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. BMC Plant Biol 20: 281.

2020.121.22 Ito S

Niu F, Jiang Q, Sun X, Hu Z, Wang L, Zhang H (2020) Metabolic profiling of DREB-overexpressing transgenic wheat seeds by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry. Crop J 8: 1025-1036.

2020.12.15 Miyachi T

Zhang S, Wang Li, Sun X, Li Y, Yao J, van Nocker S, Wang X (2019) Genome-wide analysis of the YABBY gene family in grapevine and functional characterization of VvYABBY4. Frontiers Plant Sci. 10:1207.

Matsui T

Duan Z, Tanaka M, Kanazawa T, Haraguchi T, Takyu A, Era A, Ueda T, Ito K, Tominaga M (2020) Characterization of ancestral myosin XI from Marchantia polymorpha by heterologous expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J 104: 460-473.

2020.12.8 Sugimoto S

Sun T, Zhou F, Huang XO, Chen WC, Kong MJ, Zhou CF, Zhuang Z, Li L, Lu S (2019) ORANGE represses chloroplast biogenesis in etiolated Arabidopsis cotyledons via interaction with TCP14. Plant Cell 31: 2996-3014.

Mitai K

Antosz W, Doferges J, Begcy K, Bruckmann A, Poirier Y, Dresselhaus T, Grasser KD/ (2020) Critical role of thrascript cleavage in Arabidosis RNA polymerase II transcriptional elongation. Plant Cell 32: 1449-1463.

2020.12.1 Tsuda H

Song Q, Joshi M, DiPiazza J, Joshi V (2020) Functional relevance of citrulline in the vegetative tissues of watermelon during abiotic stresses. Frontiers Plant Sci 11: 512.

Kodama W

Huang J, Zhao X, Chory J (2019) The Arabidopsis transcriptome responds specifically and dynamically to high light stress. Cell Rep 29: 4186-4199.

2020.11.24  Uno S

VanBuren R, Pardo J,Wai CM, Evans S, Bartles D (2019) Massive tandem proliferation of ELIP2 supports convergent evolution of desiccation tolerance across land plants. Plant Physiol 179: 1040-1049.

2020.11.10 Mitsushima H

Norizuki T, Kanazawa T, Minamino N, Tsukaya H, Ueda T (2019) Marchantia polymorpha, a new model plant for autophagy studies. Frontiers Plant Sci 10: 935.

Agrahari RK

Trujillo-Hernandez JA, Bariat L, Enders TA, Strader LC, Reichheld J-P, Belin C (2020) A gluthathione-dependent control of the indole butyric acid pathway supports Arabidopsis root system adaptation to phosphate deprivation. J Exp Bot 16: 4843-4857.

2020.10.20 Hasegawa M

Qiu T et al, (2020) The SAUR41 subfamily of SMALL AUXIN UP RNA genes is abscisic acid inducible to modulate cell expansion and salt tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana seedlings. Ann Bot 125: 805-819.

2020.9.29 Maruyama H

Shinozawa A,,,Taji T, Sakata Y (2019) SnRK2 protein kinases represent an ancient system in plants for adaptation to a terrestrial environment. Commun Biol 2: 30.

2020.9.15 Tai S

Temme AA, Kerr KL, Masalia RR, Burke JM, Donovan L (2020) Key traits and genes associated with salinity tolerance independent from vigor in cultivated sunflower. Plant Physiol (in press)

2020.9.8 Kawaguchi H

Guo J, Zhang Y, Gao H, Li S, Wang Z-Y, Huang C-F (2020) Mutation of HPR1 encoding a component of the THO/TREX complex reduces STOP1 accumulation and aluminium resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. New Phytologist 228: 179-193.

2020.9.1 Yamada Y

Burko Y, Seluzicki A, Zander M, Pedmale UV, Ecker JR, Chory J (2020) Chimeric activators and repressors define HY5 activity and reveal a light-regulated feedback mechanism. Plant Cell 32: 967-983.

2020.8.4 Kodama W

Galvao VC, Fiorucci A-S, Trevisan M, Franco-Zorilla JM, Goyal A, Schmid-Siegert E, Solano R, Fankhauser C (2019) PIF transcription factors link a neighbor threat cue to accelerated reproduction in Arabidopsis. Nat Commu 10: 4005.

2020.7.28 Tsuda H

Zhang QY et al (2020) BTB-TAZ domain protein MdBT2 modulates malate accumulation and vacuolar acidification in response to nitrate. Plant Physiol 183: 750-764.

2020.7.21 Uno S

Fichman Y, Miller G, MIttler R (2019) Whole-plant live imaging of reactive oxygen species. Mol Plant 12: 1203-1210.

2020.7.14 Hayami N

Nagano AJ, Kawagoe T, Sugisaka J, Honjo MN, Iwayama K, Kudoh H (2019) Annual transcriptome dynamics in natural environments reveals plant seasonal adaptation. Nat Plants 5: 74-83.

2020.7.7 Hasegawa M

Godon C, Mercier C, Wang X, David P, Richaud P, Nussaume L, Liu D, Desnos T (2019) Under phosphate starvation conditions, Fe and Al trigger accumulation of the transctiption factor STOP1 in the nucleus of Arabidopsis root cells. Plant J 99: 937-949.

Mitsushima H

Westermann J, Streubel S, Franck CM, Lentz R, Dolan L, Boisson-Dernier A (2019) An evolutionarily conserved receptor-like kinases signaling module controls cell wall integrity during tip growth. Curr Biol  29: 3899-3908.

2020.2.4 Agrahari RK

Lee E, Vanneste S, Pérez-Sancho J, Benitez-Fuente F, Strelau M, Macho AP, Botella MA, Friml J, Rosado A (2019) Ionic stress enhances ER-PM connectivity via phosphoinositide-associated SYT1 contact site expansion in Arabidopsis. PNAS 116: 1420-1429.

Maruyama H

Han X, Chang X, Zhang Z, Chen H, He H, Zhong B, Deng XW (2019) Origin and evolution of core components responsible for monitoring light environment changes during plant terrestrialization. Mol Plant 12: 847-862.

Nakano Y

Azodi CB, Pardo J, VanBuren R, de los Campos G, Shiu S-H (2020) Transcriptome-based prediction of complex traits in maize. Plant Cell 32: 139-151.

2020.1.28 Hiratsuka T

Yamauchi S, Mano S, Oikawa K, Hikino K, Teshima KM, Kimori Y, Nishimura M, Shinazaki K, Takemiya A (2019) Autophagy controls reactive oxygen species homeostasis in guard cells that is essential for stomatal opening. PNAS 116: 19187-19192.

2020.1.21 Osawa T

Konishi M, Yanagisawa S (2019) The role of protein-protein interactions mediated by the PB1 domain of NLP transcription factors in nitrate-inducible gene expression. BMC Plant Biol 19:90.

Tanabe R

Yoshida T, Obata T, Feil R, Fujita Y, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Fernie AR (2019) The role of abscisic acid signaliing in maintaining the metabolic balance required for Arabidopsis growth under nonstress conditions. Plant Cell 31: 84-105.

Kawaguchi H

Feng W,,, Dinneny JR (2018) The FERONIA receptor kinase maintains cell-wall integrity during salt stress through Ca2+ signaling. Curr Biol 28: 666-675.

2020.1.14 Tai S

Justamante MS, Ibanez S, Peidro A, Perez-Perez JM (2019) A genome-wide association study identifies new loci involved in wound-induced lateral root formation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci 10: 311.

Ito K

Norizuki T, Kanazawa T, Minamino N, Tsukaya H, Ueda T (2019)Marchantia polymorpha, a new model plant for autophagy studies. Front Plant Sci 10: 935.

Yamada Y

Dong J, Sun N, Yang J, Deng Z, Lan J, Qin G, He H, Deng XW, Irish VF, Chen H, Wei N (2019) The transcription factors TCP4 and PIF3 antagonistically regulate organ-specific light induction of SAUR genes to modulate cotyledon opening during de-etiolation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 31: 1155-1170.