Kimitsune Ishizaki

This study investigates the functional diversification of ERF transcription factors across land plants using liverwort and Arabidopsis, revealing conserved and lineage-specific roles in development and stress responses.

This study identifies MpGC1L, a paralog of MpGCAM1, as a positive regulator of regeneration in Marchantia polymorpha, showing distinct roles in cell-cycle re-entry during thallus regeneration.

This study identifies ROP GTPase's role in establishing cellular asymmetry during plant development from a single spore.

This study identifies GEMMIFER (MpGMFR) as a key regulator of asexual reproduction in Marchantia polymorpha by showing its necessity and sufficiency for initiating gemma formation.

This study shows that RLF, a heme-binding protein, is essential for organ development in Marchantia polymorpha and is evolutionarily conserved with a role in Arabidopsis thaliana.

This study investigates the roles of ROP GTPase regulators in organogenesis of Marchantia polymorpha, showing that both GAPs and GEFs are essential for controlling the active/inactive cycle of MpROP.