Yasumasa Morita

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 bHLH transcription factor, DvIVS, is involved in regulation of anthocyanin synthesis in dahlia (Dahlia variabilis)

Sho Ohno, Munetaka Hosokawa, Atsushi Hoshino et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2011 · 137 citations · Full text

Dahlia Variabilis, Botany, Genetics +17

A <i>bHLH</i> regulatory gene in the common morning glory, <i>Ipomoea purpurea</i>, controls anthocyanin biosynthesis in flowers, proanthocyanidin and phytomelanin pigmentation in seeds, and seed trichome formation

Kyeung‐Il Park, Naoko Ishikawa, Yasumasa Morita et al. · The Plant Journal · 2007 · 128 citations · Full text