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Takeshi Kurokura

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Nashima K, Uemachi T, Shirasawa K, Shimizu A, Takeuchi T, Obata T, et al.
Hortic Res . 2025 Mar; 12(3):uhae332. PMID: 40046327
Most species have inflorescences composed of two types of flowers: decorative flowers with showy sepals and plain nondecorative flowers. In wild plants of , the decorative flowers are located at...
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Shirasawa K, Esumi T, Itai A, Hatakeyama K, Takashina T, Yakuwa T, et al.
DNA Res . 2024 Aug; 31(5). PMID: 39115130
In the long history of human relations with flowering cherry trees in Japan, 'Somei-Yoshino' occupies an exceptional position among a variety of flowering trees: it is a self-incompatible interspecific hybrid...
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Umemura H, Nakajima M, Ishii H, Kurokura T, Asami T, Shimada Y, et al.
Biosci Biotechnol Biochem . 2023 Mar; 87(6):592-604. PMID: 36914217
Evaluation of individual roles of plant hormones in fruit development is difficult because various plant hormones function simultaneously. In this study, to analyze the effect of plant hormones on fruit...
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Ishii H, Ishikawa A, Yumoto E, Kurokura T, Asahina M, Shimada Y, et al.
Plant Cell Rep . 2023 Jan; 42(3):587-598. PMID: 36629883
In woodland strawberry, a brassinosteroid biosynthesis inhibitor propiconazole induced typical brassinosteroid-deficient phenotypes and decreased female fertility due to attenuated female gametophyte development. Brassinosteroids (BRs) play roles in various aspects of...
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Yong L, Tsuboyama S, Kitamura R, Kurokura T, Suzuki T, Kodama Y
Physiol Plant . 2021 Jun; 173(3):775-787. PMID: 34102708
Changes in the subcellular localisation of chloroplasts help optimise photosynthetic activity under different environmental conditions. In many plants, this movement is mediated by the blue-light photoreceptor phototropin. A model organism...
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Kitamura R, Kozaki T, Ishii K, Iigo M, Kurokura T, Yamane K, et al.
Microbes Environ . 2021 Apr; 36(2). PMID: 33907062
Malodorous emissions are a crucial and inevitable issue during the decomposition of biological waste and contain a high concentration of ammonia. Biofiltration technology is a feasible, low-cost, energy-saving method that...
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Nashima K, Shirasawa K, Ghelfi A, Hirakawa H, Isobe S, Suyama T, et al.
DNA Res . 2020 Nov; 28(1). PMID: 33175097
Owing to its high ornamental value, the double flower phenotype of hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) is one of its most important traits. In this study, genome sequence information was obtained to...
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Tanaka Y, Suzuki T, Nakamura L, Nakamura M, Ebihara S, Kurokura T, et al.
Int J Biol Macromol . 2018 Nov; 123:108-116. PMID: 30399383
Brown-rot fungi are the wood-decay basidiomycetes and have ability to break down plant cell wall carbohydrates. It has been suggested that degradation of pectin is important for the initial stages...
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Kurokura T, Samad S, Koskela E, Mouhu K, Hytonen T
J Exp Bot . 2017 Oct; 68(17):4839-4850. PMID: 29048562
According to the external coincidence model, photoperiodic flowering occurs when CONSTANS (CO) mRNA expression coincides with light in the afternoon of long days (LDs), leading to the activation of FLOWERING...
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Koskela E, Kurokura T, Toivainen T, Sonsteby A, Heide O, Sargent D, et al.
New Phytol . 2017 Aug; 216(3):841-853. PMID: 28815698
Vernalisation requirement is an agriculturally important trait that postpones the development of cold-sensitive floral organs until the spring. The family Rosaceae includes many agriculturally important fruit and berry crops that...