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Genome editing in plants: New advances and applications in plant biology and agriculture by Okita, Thomas W., Delseny, Michel

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Improving starch yield in cereals by over-expression of ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase: Expectations and unanticipated outcomes by Tuncel, Aytug, Okita, Thomas W.

“…•Plant growth and development is dependent on efficient source–sink relationships.•Manipulation of starch metabolism has the potential to increase plant…”
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Rice Endosperm Starch Phosphorylase (Pho1) Assembles with Disproportionating Enzyme (Dpe1) to Form a Protein Complex That Enhances Synthesis of Malto-oligosaccharides by Hwang, Seon-Kap, Koper, Kaan, Satoh, Hikaru, Okita, Thomas W.

“…Starch synthesis in cereal grain endosperm is dependent on the concerted actions of many enzymes. The starch plastidial phosphorylase (Pho1) plays an important…”
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mRNA Localization in Plant Cells by Tian, Li, Chou, Hong-Li, Fukuda, Masako, Kumamaru, Toshihiro, Okita, Thomas W

“…Localization of mRNAs at the subcellular level is an essential mechanism for specific protein targeting and local control of protein synthesis in both…”
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RNA-Binding Proteins: The Key Modulator in Stress Granule Formation and Abiotic Stress Response by Yan, Yanyan, Gan, Jianghuang, Tao, Yilin, Okita, Thomas W., Tian, Li

“…To cope with abiotic environmental stress, plants rapidly change their gene expression transcriptionally and post-transcriptionally, the latter by…”
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A co-fractionation mass spectrometry-based prediction of protein complex assemblies in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone by Lee, Youngwoo, Okita, Thomas W, Szymanski, Daniel B

“…Multiprotein complexes execute and coordinate diverse cellular processes such as organelle biogenesis, vesicle trafficking, cell signaling, and metabolism…”
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Targeted Endoplasmic Reticulum Localization of Storage Protein mRNAs Requires the RNA-Binding Protein RBP-L by Tian, Li, Chou, Hong-Li, Zhang, Laining, Okita, Thomas W

“…The transport and targeting of glutelin and prolamine mRNAs to distinct subdomains of the cortical endoplasmic reticulum is a model for mRNA localization in…”
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Erratum to: A co-fractionation mass spectrometry-based prediction of protein complex assemblies in the developing rice aleurone-subaleurone by Lee, Youngwoo, Okita, Thomas W, Szymanski, Daniel B

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Plastidic phosphoglucomutase and ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase mutants impair starch synthesis in rice pollen grains and cause male sterility by Lee, Sang-Kyu, Eom, Joon-Seob, Hwang, Seon-Kap, Shin, Dongjin, An, Gynheung, Okita, Thomas W., Jeon, Jong-Seong

“…To elucidate the starch synthesis pathway and the role of this reserve in rice pollen, we characterized mutations in the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, OspPGM,…”
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RNA-Binding Protein RBP-P Is Required for Glutelin and Prolamine mRNA Localization in Rice Endosperm Cells by Tian, Li, Chou, Hong-Li, Zhang, Laining, Hwang, Seon-Kap, Starkenburg, Shawn R., Doroshenk, Kelly A., Kumamaru, Toshihiro, Okita, Thomas W.

“…In developing rice (Oryza sativa) endosperm, mRNAs of the major storage proteins, glutelin and prolamine, are transported and anchored to distinct subdomains…”
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The plastid phosphorylase as a multiple-role player in plant metabolism by Hwang, Seon-Kap, Koper, Kaan, Okita, Thomas W.

“…•Starch phosphorylases have diverse roles and fates in different subcellular compartments.•Not all L80 peptides are potential targets of proteasomal…”
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mRNA-based protein targeting to the endoplasmic reticulum and chloroplasts in plant cells by Tian, Li, Okita, Thomas W

“…•Specific mRNAs are localized to distinct ER subdomains in rice endosperm.•mRNA localization involves actin-mediated transport of a large RNP complex.•mRNA…”
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CaIAA2‐CaARF9 module mediates the trade‐off between pepper growth and immunity by Cai, Weiwei, Tao, Yilin, Cheng, Xingge, Wan, Meiyun, Gan, Jianghuang, Yang, Sheng, Okita, Thomas W., He, Shuilin, Tian, Li

“…Summary To challenge the invasion of various pathogens, plants re‐direct their resources from plant growth to an innate immune defence system. However, the…”
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Multifunctional RNA Binding Protein OsTudor-SN in Storage Protein mRNA Transport and Localization by Chou, Hong-Li, Tian, Li, Kumamaru, Toshihiro, Hamada, Shigeki, Okita, Thomas W.

“…The multifunctional RNA-binding protein Tudor-SN plays multiple roles in transcriptional and posttranscriptional processes due to its modular domain structure,…”
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RNA-seq analysis reveals transcriptome reprogramming and alternative splicing during early response to salt stress in tomato root by Gan, Jianghuang, Qiu, Yongqi, Tao, Yilin, Zhang, Laining, Okita, Thomas W, Yan, Yanyan, Tian, Li

“…Salt stress is one of the dominant abiotic stress conditions that cause severe damage to plant growth and, in turn, limiting crop productivity. It is therefore…”
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mRNA Localization to the Endoplasmic Reticulum in Plant Endosperm Cells by Zhang, Laining, Si, Qidong, Yang, Kejie, Zhang, Wenwei, Okita, Thomas W, Tian, Li

“…Subcellular mRNA localization is an evolutionarily conserved mechanism to spatially and temporally drive local translation and, in turn, protein targeting…”
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Analysis of the Rice ADP-Glucose Transporter (OsBT1) Indicates the Presence of Regulatory Processes in the Amyloplast Stroma That Control ADP-Glucose Flux into Starch by Cakir, Bilal, Shiraishi, Shota, Tuncel, Aytug, Matsusaka, Hiroaki, Satoh, Ryosuke, Singh, Salvinder, Crofts, Naoko, Hosaka, Yuko, Fujita, Naoko, Hwang, Seon-Kap, Satoh, Hikaru, Okita, Thomas W.

“…Previous studies showed that efforts to further elevate starch synthesis in rice (Oryza sativa) seeds overproducing ADP-glucose (ADPglc) were prevented by…”
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Exploring the structural assembly of rice ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits using MD simulation by Maharana, Jitendra, Hwang, Seon-Kap, Singha, Dhanawantari L., Panda, Debashis, Singh, Salvinder, Okita, Thomas W., Modi, Mahendra Kumar

“…ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase plays a pivotal role as an allosteric enzyme, essential for starch biosynthesis in plants. The higher plant AGPase comparises of…”
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Zipcode RNA-Binding Proteins and Membrane Trafficking Proteins Cooperate to Transport Glutelin mRNAs in Rice Endosperm by Tian, Li, Doroshenk, Kelly A, Zhang, Laining, Fukuda, Masako, Washida, Haruhiko, Kumamaru, Toshihiro, Okita, Thomas

“…In rice ( ) endosperm cells, mRNAs encoding glutelin and prolamine are translated on distinct cortical-endoplasmic reticulum (ER) subdomains (the cisternal-ER…”
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The Role of RNA-Binding Protein OsTudor-SN in Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Seed Storage Proteins and Endosperm Development by Chou, Hong-Li, Tian, Li, Fukuda, Masako, Kumamaru, Toshihiro, Okita, Thomas W

“…Abstract Tudor-SN is involved in a myriad of transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes due to its modular structure consisting of 4 tandem SN domains…”
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