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Ikuo Nishida

Researcher at University of Tokyo

Publications -  53
Citations -  5835

Ikuo Nishida is an academic researcher from University of Tokyo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Arabidopsis & Arabidopsis thaliana. The author has an hindex of 30, co-authored 52 publications receiving 5394 citations. Previous affiliations of Ikuo Nishida include National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan & Graduate University for Advanced Studies.

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CHILLING SENSITIVITY IN PLANTS AND CYANOBACTERIA: The Crucial Contribution of Membrane Lipids

TL;DR: This review covers recent studies on genetic manipulation of acyl-lipid desaturases and glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase in transgenic tobacco and cyanobacteria with special emphasis on the crucial importance of the unsaturation of membrane lipids in protecting the photosynthetic machinery from photoinhibition under cold conditions.
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Genetically engineered alteration in the chilling sensitivity of plants

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that Samsum (tobacco) can be manipulated by transformation with complementary DNAs for glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferases from squash and Arabidopsis to alter the chilling sensitivity of higher plants.
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Disruption of the novel plant protein NEF1 affects lipid accumulation in the plastids of the tapetum and exine formation of pollen, resulting in male sterility in Arabidopsis thaliana.

TL;DR: Motif analysis revealed that NEF1 contains prokaryotic membrane lipoprotein lipid attachment sites that are involved in maintaining cell envelope integrity, and it is predicted that the Nef1 encodes a membrane protein that maintains the envelope integrity in the plastids.