Ko Shimamoto

25.0k citations

174 papers · 18.9k indexed · 6 hit papers · h-index 75

Impact in

Plant Science top 0.01%
- Plant Molecular Biology Research
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Stress Responses and Tolerance
- Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism
Molecular Biology top 0.2%
- Plant Reproductive Biology
- Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms
- Plant tissue culture and regeneration

Papers in

Plant Science 149
- Plant Molecular Biology Research 49
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity 44
- Plant Virus Research Studies 23
- Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis 19
Biotechnology 30
- Transgenic Plants and Applications 28

Co-authors: Junko Kyozuka Shuji Yokoi Shojiro Tamaki Tsutomu Kawasaki Takeshi Izawa Hann Ling Wong Daisuke Miki Rie Terada
Journals: Plant and Cell Physiology (24 papers)The Plant Journal (17 papers)The Plant Cell (14 papers)PLANT PHYSIOLOGY (13 papers)Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (11 papers)
Partner nations: Japan United States China

In The Last Decade

Ko Shimamoto

174 papers receiving 18.4k citations

Hit Papers

6 papers align trajectories log scale

Control of flowering and storage organ formation in potato by FLOWERING LOCUS T 2011 · 511 citations

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if any of the following hold:

it has ≥500 total citations;
it reaches ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (the threshold is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it);
it reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

2011 Nature
2011 Nature
2007 The Plant Cell
2007 Science
2003 Nature
2000 The Plant Journal

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1	The Small GTPase OsRac1 Forms Two Distinct Immune Receptor Complexes Containing the PRR OsCERK1 and the NLR Pit Plant and Cell Physiology ·Akira Akamatsu, Masayuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Hamada, Jane Shuttleworth Wiegand, Shamyo Brotee, Zheng Ai-fon, Sarah Charroux, Thu Thi Dang, Takako Kaneko‐Kawano, Hugo Hernandez Herrera, Ko Shimamoto, Yoji Kawano	2021	6
2	DNA methylation is reconfigured at the onset of reproduction in rice shoot apical meristem Nature Communications ·Asuka Higo, R. Monshouwer, Fumihito Miura, H Saki, R., Shojiro Tamaki, Tasuku Ito, Yoshiaki Tarutani, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Masayuki Fujiwara, Tetsuya Kurata, Yoichiro Fukao, Satoru Moritoh, Rie Terada, Toshinori Kinoshita, Takashi Ito, Tetsuji Kakutani, Ko Shimamoto, Hiroyuki Tsuji	2020	45
3	Plasma Membrane Microdomains Are Essential for Rac1-RbohB/H-Mediated Immunity in Rice The Plant Cell ·Minoru Nagano, Toshiki Ishikawa, Masayuki Fujiwara, Yoichiro Fukao, Yoji Kawano, Maki Kawai‐Yamada, Ko Shimamoto	2016	114
4	The NB ‐ LRR proteins RGA 4 and RGA 5 interact functionally and physically to confer disease resistance The EMBO Journal ·Stella Césari, Hiroyuki Kanzaki, Tadashi Fujiwara, Maud Bernoux, Véronique Chalvon, Yoji Kawano, Ko Shimamoto, Peter N. Dodds, Nishanth Chalasani, Thomas Kroj	2014	274
5	Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a rice Rac/Rop GTPase, OsRac1 Acta Crystallographica Section F Structural Biology Communications ·Sarah Charroux, Izuru Ohki, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Diana Bigby, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Ko Shimamoto, Chojiro Kojima	2013	2
6	Functional Analysis of OsKANADI1, A Florigen Hd3a Interacting Protein in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología ·Yekti Asih Purwestri, Hernán A. Castañeda, Hiroyuki Tsuji, Ko Shimamoto	2012	1
7	Reactive oxygen species production and activation mechanism of the rice NADPH oxidase OsRbohB The Journal of Biochemistry ·Shinya Takahashi, Sachie Kimura, Hidetaka Kaya, Atsushi Iizuka, Hann Ling Wong, Ko Shimamoto, Kazuyuki Kuchitsu	2012	32
8	The Hop/Sti1-Hsp90 Chaperone Complex Facilitates the Maturation and Transport of a PAMP Receptor in Rice Innate Immunity Cell Host & Microbe ·Letian Chen, Satoshi Hamada, Masayuki Fujiwara, DR Vanita Arora, Nguyễn Phương Thảo, Hann Ling Wong, Priti Krishna, Takashi Ueda, Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto	2010	147
9	Variations in Hd1 proteins, Hd3a promoters, and Ehd1 expression levels contribute to diversity of flowering time in cultivated rice Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ·Yasuyuki Takahashi, Kosuke M. Teshima, Shuji Yokoi, Hideki Innan, Ko Shimamoto	2009	229
10	Proteome Analysis of Detergent-Resistant Membranes (DRMs) Associated with OsRac1-Mediated Innate Immunity in Rice Plant and Cell Physiology ·Masayuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Hamada, M. G. Saunders, Yoichiro Fukao, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto	2009	68
11	De novo DNA methylation induced by siRNA targeted to endogenous transcribed sequences is gene‐specific and OsMet1‐independent in rice The Plant Journal ·Daisuke Miki, Ko Shimamoto	2008	26
12	Hd3a Protein Is a Mobile Flowering Signal in Rice Science ·Shojiro Tamaki, S. Matsuo, Hann Ling Wong, Shuji Yokoi, Ko Shimamoto Hit paper breakdown →	2007	953
13	Regulation of Rice NADPH Oxidase by Binding of Rac GTPase to Its N-Terminal Extension The Plant Cell ·Hann Ling Wong, Reinhard Pinontoan, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Takashi Yaeno, Kana Hasegawa, Chojiro Kojima, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Koh Iba, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto	2007	367
14	Simple RNAi Vectors for Stable and Transient Suppression of Gene Function in Rice Plant and Cell Physiology ·Daisuke Miki, Ko Shimamoto	2004	421
15	Direct Interaction of OsRac with NADPH Oxidase Regulates ROS Production in Defense Signaling of Rice Reinhard Pinontoan, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto	2003	1
16	A SINGLE Ca^ -DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE PROMOTES BOTH COLD-AND SALT/DROUGHT-TOLERANCE IN RICE PLANTS Plant and Cell Physiology ·Yusuke Saijo, Natsuko Kinoshita, Shingo Hata, Junko Kyozuka, Ko Shimamoto, Katsura Izui	2000	1
17	A type I element composed of the hexamer (ACGTCA) and octamer (CGCGGATC) motifs plays a role(s) in meristematic expression of a wheat histone H3 gene in transgenic rice plants Plant Molecular Biology ·Rie Terada, Takuya Nakayama, Masaki Iwabuchi, Ko Shimamoto	1995	26
18	The promoter of the barley aleurone‐specific gene encoding a putative 7 kDa lipid transfer protein confers aleurone cell‐specific expression in transgenic rice The Plant Journal ·Roger Kalla, Ko Shimamoto, Robert Potter, Peter Stein Nielsen, Casper Linnestad, Odd‐Arne Olsen	1994	112
19	Effect of the promoter and the first intron of maize Adh1 on foreign gene expression in rice. Maydica ·Junko Kyozuka, Takeshi Izawa, G. G. Loannides, Ko Shimamoto	1990	28
20	Isolation and characterization of aminopterin-resistant cell lines in maize Planta ·Ko Shimamoto, Oliver E. Nelson	1981	20

About Ko Shimamoto

Ko Shimamoto is a scholar working on Plant Science, Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology, having authored 174 papers that have together received 18.9k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Plant tissue culture and regeneration (50 papers), Plant Molecular Biology Research (49 papers), Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity (44 papers), Plant Reproductive Biology (31 papers), Transgenic Plants and Applications (28 papers), Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms (26 papers), Plant Virus Research Studies (23 papers) and Legume Nitrogen Fixing Symbiosis (19 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Plant Science (16.8k citations), Molecular Biology (11.1k citations), Biotechnology (1.4k citations), Genetics (2.7k citations) and Horticulture (63 citations). Ko Shimamoto has collaborated with scholars based in Japan, United States and China. Frequent co-authors include Junko Kyozuka, Shuji Yokoi, Shojiro Tamaki, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Takeshi Izawa, Hann Ling Wong, Daisuke Miki, Rie Terada, Hiroyuki Tsuji and Reina Komiya. Their work appears in journals such as Plant and Cell Physiology, The Plant Journal, The Plant Cell, PLANT PHYSIOLOGY and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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