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Keiko U. Torii

Howard Hughes Medical Institute · US
Area of research
Plant Science · Molecular Biology
Research interest
Research interests include Plant Molecular Biology Research, Plant Reproductive Biology, Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, and Plant nutrient uptake and metabolism.
h-index
60
citations
13,516
works
168
NIH funding
primary concept
email

Recent publications

Mutual inhibition between EPFL2 and auxin extends the intervals of periodic leaf morphogenesis
Nature Communications 2025cited by 15position: middledoi
Chemical genetics reveals cross-regulation of plant developmental signaling by the immune peptide-receptor pathway
Science Advances 2025cited by 10position: lastdoi
Plant regeneration: Breaking the silence of totipotency by reprogramming a stomatal precursor cell
Current Biology 2025cited by 1position: firstdoi
Water wisteria genome reveals environmental adaptation and heterophylly regulation in amphibious plants
Plant Cell & Environment 2024cited by 12position: middledoi
Chemical inhibition of stomatal differentiation by perturbation of the master-regulatory bHLH heterodimer via an ACT-Like domain
Nature Communications 2024cited by 6position: lastdoi
Rewiring of hormones and light response pathways underlies the inhibition of stomatal development in an amphibious plant Rorippa aquatica underwater
Current Biology 2023cited by 27position: lastdoi
Cell Cycle Dynamics during Stomatal Development: Window of MUTE Action and Ramification of Its Loss-of-Function on an Uncommitted Precursor
Plant and Cell Physiology 2023cited by 23position: lastdoi
Signaling in plant development and immunity through the lens of the stomata
Current Biology 2023cited by 17position: lastdoi
Stomatal cell fate commitment via transcriptional and epigenetic control: Timing is crucial
Plant Cell & Environment 2023cited by 13position: lastdoi
Targeted single-cell gene induction by optimizing the dually regulated CRE/loxP system by a newly defined heat-shock promoter and the steroid hormone in Arabidopsis thaliana
Frontiers in Plant Science 2023cited by 10position: middledoi
Plant Stem Cells: The Source of Plant Vitality and Persistent Growth
Plant and Cell Physiology 2023cited by 7position: middledoi
Identification of a pluripotency-inducing small compound, PLU, that induces callus formation via Heat Shock Protein 90-mediated activation of auxin signaling
Frontiers in Plant Science 2023cited by 4position: middledoi
A Small Compound, HYGIC, Promotes Hypocotyl Growth Through Ectopic Ethylene Response
Plant and Cell Physiology 2023cited by 3position: middledoi
Deceleration of the cell cycle underpins a switch from proliferative to terminal divisions in plant stomatal lineage
Developmental Cell 2022cited by 59position: lastdoi
Dynamic chromatin accessibility deploys heterotypic cis/trans-acting factors driving stomatal cell-fate commitment
Nature Plants 2022cited by 37position: lastdoi
Direct attenuation of Arabidopsis ERECTA signalling by a pair of U-box E3 ligases
Nature Plants 2022cited by 34position: lastdoi
EPFL peptide signalling ensures robust self‐pollination success under cool temperature stress by aligning the length of the stamen and pistil
Plant Cell & Environment 2022cited by 24position: middledoi
Plant signaling: Peptide–receptor pair re-opens stomata after pathogen infection
Current Biology 2022cited by 9position: firstdoi
Chemical synthesis of the EPF-family of plant cysteine-rich proteins and late-stage dye attachment by chemoselective amide-forming ligations
RSC Chemical Biology 2022cited by 2position: middledoi
Stomatal development in the context of epidermal tissues
Annals of Botany 2021cited by 86position: firstdoi
Cell biology of the leaf epidermis: Fate specification, morphogenesis, and coordination
The Plant Cell 2021cited by 83position: lastdoi
Plant stem cell research is uncovering the secrets of longevity and persistent growth
The Plant Journal 2021cited by 34position: middledoi
Chemical control of stomatal function and development
Current Opinion in Plant Biology 2021cited by 30position: lastdoi
The boundary-expressed <i>EPIDERMAL PATTERNING FACTOR-LIKE2</i> gene encoding a signaling peptide promotes cotyledon growth during <i>Arabidopsis thaliana</i> embryogenesis
Plant Biotechnology 2021cited by 13position: middledoi
Shouting out loud: signaling modules in the regulation of stomatal development
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY 2020cited by 83position: lastdoi
A super-sensitive auxin-inducible degron system with an engineered auxin-TIR1 pair
Nucleic Acids Research 2020cited by 75position: middledoi
A Peptide Pair Coordinates Regular Ovule Initiation Patterns with Seed Number and Fruit Size
Current Biology 2020cited by 71position: middledoi
SCREAMing Twist on the Role of ICE1 in Freezing Tolerance
The Plant Cell 2020cited by 35position: lastdoi
The manifold actions of signaling peptides on subcellular dynamics of a receptor specify stomatal cell fate
eLife 2020cited by 28position: lastdoi
Effective range of non-cell autonomous activator and inhibitor peptides specifying plant stomatal patterning
Development 2020cited by 23position: lastdoi

Grants

Conference: 25th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research to be held July 28-August 1, 2014 at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada
NSF1419009$46,9502014–2015PIRePORTER
Function of Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors in Specifying Stomatal Cell Fate
NSF0855659$437,9262009–2012PIRePORTER
Ligand Functions and Ligand-Receptor Interactions Controlling Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation
NSF0744892$429,4922008–2011PIRePORTER
Stomatal Patterning and Differentiation by Synergistic Interactions of Leucine-rich Repeat Receptor Kinases
NSF0520548$416,8752005–2008PIRePORTER
Regulation of Cell Proliferation during Plant Organ Morphogenesis
NSF0091306$377,0002001–2005PIRePORTER

Frequent collaborators

Naoyuki Uchida · University of California, Davis24 papers (2012–2025) · 10 papers (2017–2025) · 8 papers (2017–2025)Soon‐Ki Han · Ajou University8 papers (2015–2024) · 7 papers (2018–2024)Seisuke Kimura · University of California, Davis7 papers (2018–2025)Toshiaki Tameshige · Kihara Institute for Biological Research7 papers (2015–2025)Jin‐Suk Lee · Concordia University7 papers (2012–2016) · 6 papers (2012–2021)Xingyun Qi · Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey6 papers (2017–2020) · 5 papers (2018–2024)Eundeok Kim · The University of Texas at Austin5 papers (2018–2023) · 5 papers (2018–2020) · 4 papers (2012–2017)Julián Ávila-Pacheco · Broad Institute4 papers (2015–2018) · 4 papers (2017–2025)Arvid Herrmann · University of Tübingen4 papers (2020–2025)Aarthi Putarjunan · University of Washington4 papers (2015–2020) · 4 papers (2022–2025) · 4 papers (2018–2020)