Eiji Nitasaka

Isolation of cDNAs for R2R3-MYB, bHLH and WDR Transcriptional Regulators and Identification of c and ca Mutations Conferring White Flowers in the Japanese Morning Glory

Yasumasa Morita, Miho Saitoh, Atsushi Hoshino et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 2006 · 202 citations

Botany, Wdr Transcriptional Regulators, Genetics +16

Genome sequence and analysis of the Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil

Atsushi Hoshino, Vasanthan Jayakumar, Eiji Nitasaka et al. · Nature Communications · 2016 · 178 citations · Full text

Japanese morning glory <i>dusky</i> mutants displaying reddish‐brown or purplish‐gray flowers are deficient in a novel glycosylation enzyme for anthocyanin biosynthesis, UDP‐glucose:anthocyanidin 3‐<i>O</i>‐glucoside‐2′′‐<i>O</i>‐glucosyltransferase, due to 4‐bp insertions in the gene

Yasumasa Morita, Atsushi Hoshino, Yasumasa Kikuchi et al. · The Plant Journal · 2005 · 160 citations · Full text

A chalcone isomerase‐like protein enhances flavonoid production and flower pigmentation

Yasumasa Morita, Kyoko Takagi, Masako Fukuchi‐Mizutani et al. · The Plant Journal · 2014 · 124 citations

Insertion of an <i>En/Spm</i>‐related transposable element into a floral homeotic gene <i>DUPLICATED</i> causes a double flower phenotype in the Japanese morning glory

Eiji Nitasaka · The Plant Journal · 2003 · 69 citations