Hiroaki Sakai

RAP-DB curates gene annotations and integrates omics data for rice, supporting functional genomics and molecular breeding through expert curation and community resources.

The paper uses multi-omics profiling and an indoor unmanned phenotyping system to identify constitutive ABF1 expression as a mechanism for drought adaptation in wild rice.

This study identifies diurnal regulation of the SOS pathway and sodium excretion mechanisms in Vigna marina, revealing a QTL region with structural rearrangements and cis-regulatory motifs linked to salt tolerance.

This study presents long-read genome assemblies of 12 Vigna species, revealing new WOX transcription factors and transcriptional changes linked to stress tolerance.

The paper identifies MYB26 as a genetic factor for twisting legume pods through fine-mapping of shattering-related traits in azuki and yard-long beans.

This study uses SMRT sequencing to assemble the azuki bean genome, achieving better contiguity and gene annotation compared to second-generation sequencing methods.