Yugo Kitazawa

Recognition of floral homeotic <scp>MADS</scp> domain transcription factors by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen, induces phyllody

Kensaku Maejima, Ryo Iwai, Misako Himeno et al. · The Plant Journal · 2014 · 126 citations · Full text

Genetics, Plant Floral Organs, Plant Pathology +16

Phytoplasma-conserved phyllogen proteins induce phyllody across the Plantae by degrading floral MADS domain proteins

Yugo Kitazawa, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Misako Himeno et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2017 · 60 citations · Full text

Biology, Plant Molecular Biology, Biosynthesis +15

A phytoplasma effector acts as a ubiquitin-like mediator between floral MADS-box proteins and proteasome shuttle proteins

Yugo Kitazawa, Nozomu Iwabuchi, Kensaku Maejima et al. · The Plant Cell · 2022 · 49 citations · Full text

Rapid and reliable detection of phytoplasma by loop-mediated isothermal amplification targeting a housekeeping gene

Kyoko Sugawara, Misako Himeno, Takuya Keima et al. · Journal of General Plant Pathology · 2012 · 44 citations

Engineering, Molecular Biological Method, Natural Sciences +11

Functional variation in phyllogen, a phyllody‐inducing phytoplasma effector family, attributable to a single amino acid polymorphism

Nozomu Iwabuchi, Yugo Kitazawa, Kensaku Maejima et al. · Molecular Plant Pathology · 2020 · 44 citations · Full text

Genetics, Molecular Genetics, Structural Phyllogen Information +16