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M. Morita

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h-index: 40
Works: 90
Citations: 6,907

Most-cited papers

A Genetic Framework for the Control of Cell Division and Differentiation in the Root Meristem
R. D. Ioio, Kinu Nakamura, Laila Moubayidin, Serena Perilli +5 more
2008Science923 citations
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Directional gravity sensing in gravitropism.
M. Morita
2010Annual Review of Plant Biology352 citations
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Role of PIN-mediated auxin efflux in apical hook development of Arabidopsis thaliana
P. Zadnikova, J. Petrášek, Peter Marhavý, V. Raz +9 more
2010Development340 citations Open access
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Light-mediated polarization of the PIN3 auxin transporter for the phototropic response in Arabidopsis
Zhaojun Ding, C. Galvan-Ampudia, Emilie Demarsy, Łukasz Łangowski +7 more
2011Nature Cell Biology338 citations
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Gravity-induced PIN transcytosis for polarization of auxin fluxes in gravity-sensing root cells
Jürgen Kleine-Vehn, Zhaojun Ding, Angharad R. Jones, M. Tasaka +2 more
2010Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America337 citations Open access
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Translational induction of heat shock transcription factor sigma32: evidence for a built-in RNA thermosensor.
M. Morita, Yoshiyuki Tanaka, Takashi S. Kodama, Yoshimasa Kyogoku +2 more
1999Genes & Development319 citations Open access
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Gravity sensing and signaling.
M. Morita, M. Tasaka
2004Current opinion in plant biology261 citations
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SGR2, a Phospholipase-Like Protein, and ZIG/SGR4, a SNARE, Are Involved in the Shoot Gravitropism of Arabidopsis Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.010215.
Takehide Kato, M. Morita, H. Fukaki, Yoshiro Yamauchi +3 more
2002The Plant Cell Online234 citations Open access
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The VTI Family of SNARE Proteins Is Necessary for Plant Viability and Mediates Different Protein Transport Pathways Online version contains Web-only data. Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.016121.
M. Surpin, Haiyan Zheng, M. Morita, C. Saito +8 more
2003The Plant Cell Online229 citations Open access
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A SNARE Complex Unique to Seed Plants Is Required for Protein Storage Vacuole Biogenesis and Seed Development of Arabidopsis thaliana[W][OA]
Kazuo Ebine, Yusuke Okatani, T. Uemura, Tatsuaki Goh +7 more
2008The Plant Cell Online216 citations Open access
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A SNARE complex containing SGR3/AtVAM3 and ZIG/VTI11 in gravity-sensing cells is important for Arabidopsis shoot gravitropism
Daisuke Yano, Masa H. Sato, C. Saito, Masa H. Sato +2 more
2003Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America206 citations Open access
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Phage DNA packaging
H. Fujisawa, M. Morita
1997Genes to Cells189 citations
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Involvement of the Vacuoles of the Endodermis in the Early Process of Shoot Gravitropism in Arabidopsis Article, publication date, and citation information can be found at www.plantcell.org/cgi/doi/10.1105/tpc.010216.
M. Morita, Takehide Kato, Kiyoshi Nagafusa, C. Saito +3 more
2002The Plant Cell Online184 citations Open access
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Heat-Induced Synthesis of ς32 inEscherichia coli: Structural and Functional Dissection ofrpoH mRNA Secondary Structure
M. Morita, M. Kanemori, H. Yanagi, T. Yura
1999Journal of Bacteriology156 citations Open access
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The Arabidopsis LAZY1 Family Plays a Key Role in Gravity Signaling within Statocytes and in Branch Angle Control of Roots and Shoots[OPEN]
Masatoshi Taniguchi, Masahiko Furutani, Takeshi Nishimura, Moritaka Nakamura +7 more
2017The Plant Cell150 citations Open access
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Auxin transport and activity regulate stomatal patterning and development
Jie Le, Xu-Guang Liu, Ke-Zhen Yang, Xiao-Lan Chen +10 more
2014Nature Communications141 citations Open access
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Dynamic aspects of ion accumulation by vesicle traffic under salt stress in Arabidopsis.
Kohei Hamaji, M. Nagira, K. Yoshida, M. Ohnishi +12 more
2009Plant and Cell Physiology134 citations Open access
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Amyloplasts and Vacuolar Membrane Dynamics in the Living Graviperceptive Cell of the Arabidopsis Inflorescence Stemw⃞
C. Saito, M. Morita, Takehide Kato, M. Tasaka
2005The Plant Cell Online133 citations Open access
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Mechanism of higher plant gravity sensing.
Yasuko Hashiguchi, M. Tasaka, M. Morita
2013American-Eurasian journal of botany112 citations
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Polar recruitment of RLD by LAZY1-like protein during gravity signaling in root branch angle control
Masahiko Furutani, Y. Hirano, Takeshi Nishimura, Moritaka Nakamura +9 more
2020Nature Communications109 citations Open access
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A C2H2-type zinc finger protein, SGR5, is involved in early events of gravitropism in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems.
M. Morita, K. Sakaguchi, Shin-Ichiro Kiyose, Kensuke Taira +3 more
2006The Plant Journal100 citations
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An Arabidopsis E3 Ligase, SHOOT GRAVITROPISM9, Modulates the Interaction between Statoliths and F-Actin in Gravity Sensing[W][OA]
Moritaka Nakamura, M. Toyota, M. Tasaka, M. Morita
2011The Plant Cell98 citations Open access
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DNA packaging ATPase of bacteriophage T3.
M. Morita, Masao Tasaka, Hisao Fujisawa
1993Virology97 citations
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Transcriptional regulation of PIN genes by FOUR LIPS and MYB88 during Arabidopsis root gravitropism
Hongzhe Wang, Ke-Zhen Yang, Jun-Jie Zou, Ling Zhu +9 more
2015Nature Communications94 citations Open access
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Input and signal conversion of gravity in plant gravitropism.
Moritaka Nakamura, Takeshi Nishimura, M. Morita
2019Journal of Experimental Botany91 citations Open access
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Shoot circumnutation and winding movements require gravisensing cells.
D. Kitazawa, Y. Hatakeda, Motoshi Kamada, N. Fujii +8 more
2005Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America83 citations Open access
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Regulation of organ straightening and plant posture by an actin–myosin XI cytoskeleton
Keishi Okamoto, Haruko Ueda, Tomoo Shimada, Kentaro Tamura +4 more
2015Nature Plants76 citations Open access
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Cell polarity linked to gravity sensing is generated by LZY translocation from statoliths to the plasma membrane
Takeshi Nishimura, Shogo Mori, Hiromasa Shikata, Moritaka Nakamura +7 more
2023Science70 citations Open access
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Vacuolar/pre-vacuolar compartment Qa-SNAREs VAM3/SYP22 and PEP12/SYP21 have interchangeable functions in Arabidopsis.
T. Uemura, M. Morita, Kazuo Ebine, Yusuke Okatani +4 more
2010The Plant Journal70 citations Open access
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Polar vacuolar distribution is essential for accurate asymmetric division of Arabidopsis zygotes
Yusuke Kimata, Takehide Kato, T. Higaki, Daisuke Kurihara +8 more
2019Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America69 citations Open access
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ZIP genes encode proteins involved in membrane trafficking of the TGN-PVC/vacuoles.
Mitsuru Niihama, Noriko Takemoto, Yasuko Hashiguchi, M. Tasaka +1 more
2009Plant and Cell Physiology64 citations
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Mitochondrial Pyruvate Dehydrogenase Contributes to Auxin-Regulated Organ Development1[OPEN]
Iwai Ohbayashi, Shao-Bai Huang, H. Fukaki, Xiao-Ming Song +5 more
2019Plant Physiology63 citations Open access
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Structural and functional domains of the large subunit of the bacteriophage T3 DNA packaging enzyme: importance of the C-terminal region in prohead binding.
M. Morita, Masao Tasaka, Hisao Fujisawa
1995Journal of Molecular Biology59 citations
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Amyloplast displacement is necessary for gravisensing in Arabidopsis shoots as revealed by a centrifuge microscope.
M. Toyota, Norifumi Ikeda, Satoe Sawai-Toyota, Takehide Kato +3 more
2013The Plant Journal54 citations Open access
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Dynamic interplay between antagonistic pathways controlling the σ32 level in Escherichia coli
M. Morita, M. Kanemori, H. Yanagi, T. Yura
200053 citations Open access
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Arabidopsis thaliana: A Model for the Study of Root and Shoot Gravitropism
P. Masson, M. Tasaka, M. Morita, C. Guan +2 more
2002The Arabidopsis Book50 citations Open access
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Bridging the gap between amyloplasts and directional auxin transport in plant gravitropism.
Moritaka Nakamura, Takeshi Nishimura, M. Morita
2019Current opinion in plant biology49 citations Open access
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Conversion of functional specificity in Qb-SNARE VTI1 homologues of Arabidopsis.
Mitsuru Niihama, T. Uemura, C. Saito, A. Nakano +3 more
2005Current Biology48 citations Open access
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Gravity sensing and responses in the coordination of the shoot gravitropic setpoint angle
N. Kawamoto, M. Morita
2022New Phytologist46 citations Open access
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Defects in dynamics and functions of actin filament in Arabidopsis caused by the dominant-negative actin fiz1-induced fragmentation of actin filament.
Takehide Kato, M. Morita, M. Tasaka
2010Plant and Cell Physiology42 citations
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The occurrence of 'bulbs', a complex configuration of the vacuolar membrane, is affected by mutations of vacuolar SNARE and phospholipase in Arabidopsis.
C. Saito, T. Uemura, Chie Awai, M. Tominaga +7 more
2011The Plant Journal36 citations Open access
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Loss-of-Function Mutations of Retromer Large Subunit Genes Suppress the Phenotype of an Arabidopsis zig Mutant That Lacks Qb-SNARE VTI11[C][W]
Yasuko Hashiguchi, Mitsuru Niihama, Tetsuya Takahashi, C. Saito +3 more
2010The Plant Cell35 citations Open access
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endodermal-amyloplast less 1 is a novel allele of SHORT-ROOT
M. Morita, C. Saito, A. Nakano, M. Tasaka
200734 citations
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Identification of gravitropic response indicator genes in Arabidopsis inflorescence stems
Masatoshi Taniguchi, Moritaka Nakamura, M. Tasaka, M. Morita
2014Plant Signalling & Behavior33 citations Open access
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Connected function of PRAF/RLD and GNOM in membrane trafficking controls intrinsic cell polarity in plants
Lu Wang, Dongmeng Li, Ke-Zhen Yang, Xiaoyu Guo +6 more
2022Nature Communications32 citations Open access
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Role of Endodermal Cell Vacuoles in Shoot Gravitropism
Takehide Kato, M. Morita, M. Tasaka
2002Journal of Plant Growth Regulation31 citations
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The plant endomembrane system--a complex network supporting plant development and physiology.
M. Morita, Tomoo Shimada
2014Plant and Cell Physiology29 citations Open access
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An ABC transporter B family protein, ABCB19, is required for cytoplasmic streaming and gravitropism of the inflorescence stems
Keishi Okamoto, Haruko Ueda, Tomoo Shimada, Kentaro Tamura +4 more
2015Plant Signalling & Behavior24 citations Open access
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Analysis of functional domains of the packaging proteins of bacteriophage T3 by site-directed mutagenesis.
M. Morita, Masao Tasaka, Hisao Fujisawa
1994Journal of Molecular Biology24 citations
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Analysis of the fine structure of the prohead binding domain of the packaging protein of bacteriophage T3 using a hexapeptide, an analog of a prohead binding site.
M. Morita, Masao Tasaka, Hisao Fujisawa
1995Virology21 citations Open access
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