Kazuhito Akama

Biochemical Mechanism on GABA Accumulation During Fruit Development in Tomato

Takashi Akihiro, Satoshi Koike, Ryoji Tani et al. · Plant and Cell Physiology · 2008 · 207 citations · Full text

Efficient transformation of Arabidopsis thaliana: comparison of the efficiencies with various organs, plant ecotypes and Agrobacterium strains

Kazuhito Akama, Hideaki Shiraishi, Shozo Ohta et al. · Plant Cell Reports · 1992 · 173 citations

Biology, Biosynthesis, Efficient Transformation +11

Rice (Oryza sativa) contains a novel isoform of glutamate decarboxylase that lacks an authentic calmodulin-binding domain at the C-terminus

Kazuhito Akama, Takashi Akihiro, Masato Kitagawa et al. · Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Gene Structure and Expression · 2001 · 69 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biochemistry +6

An In Vivo Targeted Deletion of the Calmodulin-Binding Domain from Rice Glutamate Decarboxylase 3 (OsGAD3) Increases γ-Aminobutyric Acid Content in Grains

Kazuhito Akama, Nadia Akter, Hinako Endo et al. · Rice · 2020 · 62 citations · Full text

Genetic manipulation of the γ‐aminobutyric acid (<scp>GABA</scp>) shunt in rice: overexpression of truncated glutamate decarboxylase (<i><scp>GAD</scp>2</i>) and knockdown of γ‐aminobutyric acid transaminase (<i><scp>GABA</scp>‐<scp>T</scp></i>) lead to sustained and high levels of <scp>GABA</scp> accumulation in rice kernels

Yasuka Shimajiri, Takayuki Oonishi, Kae Ozaki et al. · Plant Biotechnology Journal · 2013 · 58 citations · Full text