Seiichi Toki

12.3k total citations · 4 hit papers
133 papers, 9.1k citations indexed

About

Seiichi Toki is a scholar working on Molecular Biology, Plant Science and Biotechnology. According to data from OpenAlex, Seiichi Toki has authored 133 papers receiving a total of 9.1k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 123 papers in Molecular Biology, 96 papers in Plant Science and 28 papers in Biotechnology. Recurrent topics in Seiichi Toki's work include CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (73 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (60 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (33 papers). Seiichi Toki is often cited by papers focused on CRISPR and Genetic Engineering (73 papers), Plant tissue culture and regeneration (60 papers) and Plant Virus Research Studies (33 papers). Seiichi Toki collaborates with scholars based in Japan, United States and Switzerland. Seiichi Toki's co-authors include M. Endo, Masafumi Mikami, Kazuko Ono, Keishi Osakabe, Haruko Onodera, Hiroaki Saika, Ayako Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Naho Hara, Hiroshi Tanaka and Hidetaka Kaya and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Nucleic Acids Research and Journal of Biological Chemistry.

In The Last Decade

Seiichi Toki

132 papers receiving 8.8k citations

Hit Papers

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Early infection of scutellum tissue with Agrobacterium allows high‐speed transformation of rice

2006 637 citations Seiichi Toki, Naho Hara et al. The Plant Journal profile →
Expression of Xa1 , a bacterial blight-resistance gene in rice, is induced by bacterial inoculation

1998 512 citations Seiichi Toki et al. profile →
Iron fortification of rice seed by the soybean ferritin gene

1999 505 citations Seiichi Toki, Fumio Takaiwa et al. profile →
Rice WRKY45 Plays a Crucial Role in Benzothiadiazole-Inducible Blast Resistance

2007 501 citations Seiichi Toki et al. profile →

Peers

Seiichi Toki

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Yongjun Lin China

Alan Lloyd United States

Keishi Osakabe Japan

Ju‐Kon Kim South Korea

Yang Do Choi South Korea

Ki‐Hong Jung South Korea

Harold N. Trick United States

Emmanuel Guiderdoni France

Cristóbal Uauy United Kingdom

Jin‐Gui Chen United States

Yongjun Lin China

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388 ×0.4

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585 ×0.9

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735 ×1.3

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Countries citing papers authored by Seiichi Toki

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Fields of papers citing papers by Seiichi Toki

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Seiichi Toki

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Seiichi Toki. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Seiichi Toki based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Seiichi Toki. Seiichi Toki is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

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Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Ayako, Keiko Iida, Akiko Mori, & Seiichi Toki. (2025). Prime editing using paired pegRNAs targeting NG- or NGG-PAM in rice. Frontiers in Genome Editing. 7. 1550308–1550308.

Ishibashi, Kazuhiro, M. Endo, Naho Hara, et al.. (2024). Systemic delivery of engineered compact AsCas12f by a positive-strand RNA virus vector enables highly efficient targeted mutagenesis in plants. Frontiers in Plant Science. 15. 1454554–1454554. 4 indexed citations

Kujirai, Tomoya, Junko Katô, Tsukasa Kusakizako, et al.. (2024). Structural insights into how Cas9 targets nucleosomes. Nature Communications. 15(1). 10744–10744. 3 indexed citations

Kobayashi, Natsuko I., Hiroki Takagi, Xiaoyu Yang, et al.. (2023). Mutations in RZF1, a zinc-finger protein, reduce magnesium uptake in roots and translocation to shoots in rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 192(1). 342–355. 3 indexed citations

Nakajima, Ikuko, Hiroyuki Kawahigashi, Chikako Nishitani, et al.. (2023). Targeted deletion of grape retrotransposon associated with fruit skin color via CRISPR/Cas9 in Vitis labrascana ‘Shine Muscat’. PLoS ONE. 18(6). e0286698–e0286698. 5 indexed citations

Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Ayako & Seiichi Toki. (2023). Precise genetic engineering with piggyBac transposon in plants. Plant Biotechnology. 40(4). 255–262. 2 indexed citations

Nureki, Osamu, et al.. (2023). Genome editing in rice mediated by miniature size Cas nuclease SpCas12f. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 5. 1138843–1138843. 15 indexed citations

Kishi‐Kaboshi, Mitsuko, Ayako Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Ichiro Mitsuhara, Seiichi Toki, & Katsutomo Sasaki. (2023). Excision of DNA fragments with the piggyBac system in Chrysanthemum morifolium. Plant Biotechnology. 40(2). 157–165. 1 indexed citations

Endo, M., Satoshi Iwakami, & Seiichi Toki. (2020). Precision genome editing in plants via gene targeting and subsequent break‐induced single‐strand annealing. Plant Biotechnology Journal. 19(3). 563–574. 22 indexed citations

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Iwakami, Satoshi, Takuya Yamaguchi, Masumi Ishizaka, et al.. (2018). CYP81A P450s are involved in concomitant cross‐resistance to acetolactate synthase and acetyl‐CoA carboxylase herbicides in Echinochloa phyllopogon. New Phytologist. 221(4). 2112–2122. 117 indexed citations

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Mikami, Masafumi, Seiichi Toki, & M. Endo. (2015). Parameters affecting frequency of CRISPR/Cas9 mediated targeted mutagenesis in rice. Plant Cell Reports. 34(10). 1807–1815. 76 indexed citations

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Endo, M., Masafumi Mikami, & Seiichi Toki. (2015). Biallelic Gene Targeting in Rice. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 170(2). 667–677. 144 indexed citations

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Nishizawa‐Yokoi, Ayako, M. Endo, Namie Ohtsuki, Hiroaki Saika, & Seiichi Toki. (2014). Precision genome editing in plants via gene targeting and piggy B ac ‐mediated marker excision. The Plant Journal. 81(1). 160–168. 50 indexed citations

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Endo, M., Masafumi Mikami, & Seiichi Toki. (2014). Multigene Knockout Utilizing Off-Target Mutations of the CRISPR/Cas9 System in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 56(1). 41–47. 160 indexed citations

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Endo, M., Tsutomu Shimizu, Tamaki Fujimori, Shuichi Yanagisawa, & Seiichi Toki. (2013). Herbicide-Resistant Mutations in Acetolactate Synthase Can Reduce Feedback Inhibition and Lead to Accumulation of Branched-Chain Amino Acids. Food and Nutrition Sciences. 4(5). 522–528. 19 indexed citations

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Shigyo, Mikao, et al.. (2013). A Nitrate-Inducible GARP Family Gene Encodes an Auto-Repressible Transcriptional Repressor in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 54(4). 506–517. 61 indexed citations

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Abe, K., Keishi Osakabe, M. Endo, et al.. (2012). Overexpression of OsRecQl4 and/or OsExo1 Enhances DSB-Induced Homologous Recombination in Rice. Plant and Cell Physiology. 53(12). 2142–2152. 26 indexed citations

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Abe, K., Keishi Osakabe, Shigeki Nakayama, et al.. (2005). Arabidopsis RAD51C Gene Is Important for Homologous Recombination in Meiosis and Mitosis. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY. 139(2). 896–908. 83 indexed citations

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Sentoku, Naoki, Mitsutaka Taniguchi, T. Sugiyama, et al.. (2000). Analysis of the transgenic tobacco plants expressing Panicum miliaceum aspartate aminotransferase genes. Plant Cell Reports. 19(6). 598–603. 22 indexed citations

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Kikuchi, Hidehiko, Sakiko Hirose, Seiichi Toki, Kazuhito Akama, & Fumio Takaiwa. (1999). Molecular characterization of a gene for alanine aminotransferase from rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Molecular Biology. 39(1). 149–159. 39 indexed citations

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