Yoko Nishizawa

The complete sequence of the rice (Oryza sativa) chloroplast genome: Intermolecular recombination between distinct tRNA genes accounts for a major plastid DNA inversion during the evolution of the cereals

Junzou Hiratsuka, Hiroaki Shimada, Robert F. Whittier et al. · Molecular and General Genetics MGG · 1989 · 1.2K citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Plant Biology +17

Plant cells recognize chitin fragments for defense signaling through a plasma membrane receptor

Hanae Kaku, Yoko Nishizawa, Naoko Ishii-Minami et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 1.1K citations · Full text

Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +17

Two LysM receptor molecules, CEBiP and OsCERK1, cooperatively regulate chitin elicitor signaling in rice

Takeo Shimizu, Takuto Nakano, Daisuke Takamizawa et al. · The Plant Journal · 2010 · 711 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +17

Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by <i>Magnaporthe oryzae</i> Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease 

Thomas A. Mentlak, Anja Kombrink, Tomonori Shinya et al. · The Plant Cell · 2012 · 539 citations · Full text

Agriculture, Plant Biology, Plant Pathology +17

WRKY76 is a rice transcriptional repressor playing opposite roles in blast disease resistance and cold stress tolerance

Naoki Yokotani, Yuko Sato, Shigeru Tanabe et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2013 · 370 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Plant Biology, Plant Sciences +17