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Kosuke Kuwabara

University of TsukubaORCID 0000-0003-3945-4280Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 4 Approach:experimental assay· 4 Organism:plant (other)· 4 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 2 Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 1 Research Focus:differential expression· 1

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Tohru AriizumiiD· 4 shared Kenta ShirasawaiD· 3 shared Kentaro EzuraiD· 2 shared Rika Nakajima· 2 shared Atsushi ToyodaiD· 1 shared Hitomi Takei· 1 shared Issei Harada· 1 shared Kinya ToriyamaiD· 1 shared

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2025-2025 · peak 4/yr

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Plant BiologyPlant and Cell PhysiologyPeer-reviewedNov 25, 2025

Relationship Between Open Reading Frame 320, a Gene Causing Male Sterility in Tomatoes, and Cytoplasmic Male Sterility in Potatoes

Rika Nakajima, Rena Sanetomo, Kenta Shirasawa…·Kosuke Kuwabara

This study identifies orf320 as a candidate gene for cytoplasmic male sterility in potato T/β-type cytoplasm by comparing mitochondrial genomes and showing its functional role in tomato male sterility.

DOI 10.1093/pcp/pcaf157

plant (other)experimental assay

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Plant BiologyPlant Biotechnology JournalPeer-reviewedOct 23, 2025

Artificial mutations in the nuclear gene encoding mitochondrial RNA polymerase restore pollen fertility in cytoplasmic male sterile tomato

Kosuke Kuwabara, Rika Nakajima, Van Bosstraeten Alexis Gaetan…·Kenta Shirasawa

4 citations

plant (other)whole-genome sequencing

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Plant BiologyInternational Journal of Molecular SciencesPeer-reviewedAug 28, 2025

Characterization and transcriptome analysis reveal abnormal pollen germination in cytoplasmic male sterile tomato

Kosuke Kuwabara, Tohru Ariizumi

The paper characterizes CMS pollen phenotypes and identifies PMEI gene upregulation as a mechanism for abnormal pollen germination in cytoplasmic male sterile tomato.

2 citations

plant (other)bulk RNA-seq

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Plant BiologyJournal of Experimental BotanyPeer-reviewedJul 7, 2025

Multiple fertility restorer loci for cytoplasmic male sterility caused by orf137 in tomato

Yurie Iki, Issei Harada, Kentaro Ezura…·Tohru Ariizumi

This study identifies multiple fertility restorer loci in wild tomato relatives that restore fertility in cytoplasmic male sterile lines.

2 citations

plant (other)whole-genome sequencing

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