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Masayuki Sugawara

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary MedicineORCID 0000-0002-3058-4348Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Microbiology· 1 Plant Biology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Organism:Arabidopsis· 1 Assay:imaging· 1

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Kiwamu MinamisawaiD· 2 shared Eriko Betsuyaku· 1 shared Jens StougaardiD· 1 shared Kasper R. AnderseniD· 1 shared Manabu ItakuraiD· 1 shared Masaru BambaiD· 1 shared Masayoshi KawaguchiiD· 1 shared Momoi Kondo· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Cyclophilin A-mediated cis/trans isomerization modulates RIN4 to control intracellular rhizobial infection in legumes

Takashi Goto, Kasper R. Andersen, Masaru Bamba, Shusei Sato, Masayuki Sugawara, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Masayoshi Kawaguchi, Jens Stougaard, Yasuyuki Kawaharada

This study shows Cyclophilin A modulates RIN4 conformation to control legume infection by rhizobia, revealing a host-symbiont interaction mechanism.

New Phytologist · Apr 4, 2026Peer-reviewedPlant Biology

Unipolar polysaccharide-mediated attachment of the N2O-reducing bacterium Bradyrhizobium ottawaense SG09 to plant roots.

Yudai Takeguchi, Ryota Shibuya, Momoi Kondo, Eriko Betsuyaku, Manabu Itakura, Kiwamu Minamisawa, Masayuki Sugawara, Shigeyuki Betsuyaku

This study identifies a unipolar polysaccharide gene cluster in Bradyrhizobium ottawaense SG09 that mediates attachment to plant roots via single cellular poles.

bioRxiv · Jun 5, 2025 · PreprintMicrobiology