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Makoto Kusaba

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1 Field transcriptome revealed critical developmental and physiological transitions involved in the expression of growth potential in japonica rice. BMC Plant Biol 2011 1.44
2 Coevolution of the S-locus genes SRK, SLG and SP11/SCR in Brassica oleracea and B. rapa. Genetics 2002 1.42
3 S locus F-box brothers: multiple and pollen-specific F-box genes with S haplotype-specific polymorphisms in apple and Japanese pear. Genetics 2007 1.24
4 Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll b and light-harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in rice. Plant J 2008 1.22
5 Mendel's green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll-degrading pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.20
6 superwoman1-cleistogamy, a hopeful allele for gene containment in GM rice. Plant Biotechnol J 2007 1.18
7 Defect in non-yellow coloring 3, an alpha/beta hydrolase-fold family protein, causes a stay-green phenotype during leaf senescence in rice. Plant J 2009 1.15
8 Participation of chlorophyll b reductase in the initial step of the degradation of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes in Arabidopsis. J Biol Chem 2009 1.14
9 Transmissible and nontransmissible mutations induced by irradiating Arabidopsis thaliana pollen with gamma-rays and carbon ions. Genetics 2004 1.11
10 Molecular characterization of mutations induced by gamma irradiation in rice. Genes Genet Syst 2009 1.04
11 PLASTOCHRON3/GOLIATH encodes a glutamate carboxypeptidase required for proper development in rice. Plant J 2009 1.02
12 NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan. Nucleic Acids Res 2009 0.99
13 Comparison of the genome structure of the self-incompatibility (S) locus in interspecific pairs of S haplotypes. Genetics 2006 0.95
14 NYC4, the rice ortholog of Arabidopsis THF1, is involved in the degradation of chlorophyll - protein complexes during leaf senescence. Plant J 2013 0.92
15 Knockout of glutelin genes which form a tandem array with a high level of homology in rice by gamma irradiation. Genes Genet Syst 2007 0.78