(34) A. Yusuf, K. Wakaya, T. Sakamoto, T. Uemura, K. Okamura, A. Ramadan, A. Nozawa, T. Suzuki, Y. Inui, S. Matsunaga, T. Sawasaki, G. Arimura, Histone Modification-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation of Defence Genes in Early Response of Arabidopsis to Spodoptera litura Attack, Plant, Cell & Environment, 48:3257-3268. 2025

(33) S. Kikuchi, T. Sakamoto, S. Matsunaga, M. Sugiyama, A. Iwamoto, Plant chromosome polytenization contributes to suppression of the root growth in high-polyploids, Journal of Experimental Botany, 75:5703–5716. 2024

(32) T. Sakamoto, S. Ikematsu, H. Nakayama, T. Mandáková, G. Gohari, T. Sakamoto, G. Li, H. Hou, S. Matsunaga, M. A. Lysak, S. Kimura, A chromosome-level genome assembly for the amphibious plant Rorippa aquatica reveals its allotetraploid origin and mechanisms of heterophylly upon submergence, Communications Biology, 7:431. 2024

(31) N. Ito, T. Sakamoto*, Y. Oko, H. Sato, S. Hanamata, Y. Sakamoto and S. Matsunaga*, Nuclear pore complex proteins are involved in centromere distribution, iScience, 27: 108855. 2024 *Corresponding authors.

(30) N. Wang, Z. Wang, S. Tzourtzou, X. Wang, X. Bi, J. Leimeister, L. Xu, T. Sakamoto, S. Matsunaga, A. Schaller, and C. Liu, The plant nuclear lamina disassembles to regulate genome folding in stress conditions, Nature Plants, 9: 1081–1093. 2023

(29) N. Sotta, T. Sakamoto, T. Kamiya, R. Tabata, K. Yamaguchi, S. Shigenobu, M. Yamada, M. Hasebe, S. Sawa, and T. Fujiwara, NAC103 mutation alleviates DNA damage in an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant sensitive to excess boron, Frontiers in Plant Science, 14:1099816. 2023

(28) S. Kikuchi, T. Sakamoto, S. Matsunaga, and A. Iwamoto, Novel whole-mount FISH analysis for intact root of Arabidopsis thaliana with spatial reference to 3D visualization, Journal of Plant Research, 136: 423–428. 2023

(27) H. Temman†, T. Sakamoto†, M. Ueda, K. Sugimoto, M. Migihashi, K. Yamamoto. Y. Inui, H. Sato, M.K. Shibiuta, N. Nishino, T. Nakamura, H. Shimada, Y.Y. Taniguchi, S. Takeda, M. Aida, T. Suzuki, M. Seki, and S. Matsunaga, Histone deacetylation regulates de novo shoot regeneration, PNAS Nexus, 2: pgad002. 2023 †Equal contribution

(26) S. Kato, O. Misumi, S. Maruyama, H. Norikazu, Y.T. Inui, M. Takusagawa, S. Suzuki, K. Kuwata, S. Noda, N. Ito. Y. Okabe, T. Sakamoto, F. Yagisawa, T.M. Matsunaga, Y. Matsubayashi, H. Yamaguchi, H. Yamaguchi, M. Kawachi, H. Kuroiwa, T. Kuroiwa, and S. Matsunaga, Genomic analysis of an ultrasmall freshwater green alga, Medakamo hakoo, Communications Biology, 6: 89. 2023

(25) T. Sakamoto†*, Y. Sakamoto†, S. Grob, D. Slane, T. Yamashita, N. Ito, Y. Oko, T. Sugiyama, T. Higaki, S. Hasezawa, M. Tanaka, A. Matsui, M. Seki, T. Suzuki, U. Grossniklaus, and S. Matsunaga*, Two-step regulation of centromere distribution by condensin II and the nuclear envelope proteins, Nature Plants, 8: 940-953. 2022 †Equal contribution, *Corresponding authors.

(24) H. Onosato, G. Fujimoto, T. Higami, T. Sakamoto, A. Yamada, T. Suzuki, R. Ozawa, S. Matsunaga, M. Seki, M. Ueda, K. Sako, I, Galis, and G. Arimura, Sustained defense response via volatile signaling and its epigenetic transcriptional regulation, Plant Physiology, 189: 922-933. 2022

(23) M. Shibuta, T. Sakamoto, T. Yamaoka, M. Yoshikawa, S. Kasamatsu, N. Yagi, S. Fujimoto, T. Suzuki, S. Uchino, Y. Sato. H. Kimura, and S. Matsunaga, A live imaging system to analyze spatiotemporal dynamics of RNA polymerase II modification in Arabidopsis thaliana, Communications Biology, 4: 580. 2021

(22) S. Hirai, H. Miwa, T. Tanaka, K. Toriumi, Y. Kuni, M. Hino, R. Izumi, A. Nagaoka, H. Yabe, T. Sakamoto, T. Nakamachi, S. Shioda, T. Dan, T. Miyata, Y. Nishito, H. Shimbo, K. Suzuki, M. Miyashita, M. Itokawa, M. Arai, and H. Okado, Brain Angiopathy and Impaired Glucose Logistics in Mice with Psychosis-related Higher Brain dysfunction, Science Advances, 7: 46. 2021

(21) S. Ohgo, T. Sakamoto, W. Nakajima, S. Matsunaga, and N. Wada, Visualization of extracellular vesicles in the regenerating caudal fin blastema of zebrafish using in vivo electroporation, Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 533: 1371-1377. 2020

(20) H. Ishihara, K. Sugimoto, P.T. Tarr, H. Temman, S. Kadokura, Y. Inui, T. Sakamoto, T. Sasaki, M. Aida, T. Suzuki, S. Inagaki, K. Morohashi, M. Seki, T. Kakutani, E.M. Meyerowitz, and S. Matsunaga, Primed histone demethylation regulates shoot regenerative competency, Nature Communications, 10: 1786. 2019

(19) M. Díaz, P. Pecinkova, A. Nowicka, C. Baroux, T. Sakamoto, P.Y. Gandha, H. Jeřábková, S. Matsunaga, U. Grossniklaus, and A. Pecinka, SMC5/6 Complex Subunit NSE4A is Involved in DNA Damage Repair and Seed Development in Arabidopsis, The Plant Cell, 31:1579-1597. 2019

(18) N. Sotta†, T. Sakamoto†, S. Matsunaga, and T. Fujiwara, Abnormal leaf development of rpt5a mutant under zinc deficiency reveals important role of DNA damage alleviation for normal leaf development, Scientific Reports, 9:9369. 2019 †Equal contribution

(17) T. Sakamoto, N. Sotta, T. Suzuki, T. Fujiwara, and S. Matsunaga, The 26S proteasome is required for the maintenance of root apical meristem by modulating auxin and cytokinin responses under high-boron stress, Frontiers in Plant Science, 10:590. 2019

(16) T. Sakamoto, T. Sugiyama, T. Yamashita, and S. Matsunaga, Plant condensin II is required for the correct spatial relationship between centromeres and rDNA arrays, Nucleus, 10:116-125. 2019

(15) K. Kurita, Y. Sakamoto, S. Naruse, TM. Matusnaga, H. Arata, T. Higashiyama, Y, Habu, Y. Utsumi, M. Tanaka, S. Takahashi, JM. Kim, M. Seki, T. Sakamoto, and S. Matsunaga, Intracellular localization of histone deacetylase HDA6 in plants, Journal of Plant Research, 132: 629-640. 2019

(14) S. Kato, E. Okamura, TM Matsunaga, M. Nakayama, Y. Kawanishi, T. Ichinose, AH. Iwane, T. Sakamoto, Y. Imoto, M. Ohnuma, Y. Nomura, H. Nakagami, H. Kuroiwa, T. Kuroiwa, and S. Matsunaga, Cyanidioschyzon merolae aurora kinase phosphorylates evolutionarily conserved sites on its target to regulate mitochondrial division, Communications Biology, 2: 477. 2019

(13) J. Hasegawa†, T. Sakamoto†, S. Fujimoto, T. Yamashita, T. Suzuki, and S. Matsunaga, Auxin decreases chromatin accessibility through the TIR1/AFBs auxin signaling pathway, Scientific Reports, 8: 7773. 2018 †Equal contribution

(12) T. Sakamoto, Y. Tsujimoto-Inui, N. Sotta, T. Hirakawa, T.M. Matsunaga, Y. Fukao, S. Matsunaga, and T. Fujiwara, Poteasomal degradation of BRAHMA promotes Boron tolerance in Arabidopsis, Nature Communications, 9: 5285. 2018

(11) K. Kurita†, T. Sakamoto†, N. Yagi, Y. Sakamoto, A. Ito, N. Nishino, K. Sako, M. Yoshida, H. Kimura, M. Seki, and S. Matsunaga, Live imaging of H3K9 acetylation in plant cells, Scientific Reports, 7: 45894. 2017 †Equal contribution

(10) J.M. Kim, T. To, A. Matsui, K. Tanoi, N. Kobayashi, F. Matsuda, Y. Habu, D. Ogawa, T. Sakamoto, S. Matsunaga, K. Bashir, S. Rasheed, M. Ando, H. Takeda, K. Kawaura, M. Kusano, A. Fukushima, T. Endo, T. Kuromori, J. Ishida, T. Morosawa, M. Tanaka, C. Torii, Y. Takebayashi, H. Sakakibara, Y Ogihara, K. Saito, K. Shinozaki, A. Devoto, and M. Seki, Acetate-mediated novel survival strategy against drought in plants, Nature Plants, 3: 17119. 2017

(9) E. Okamura, T. Sakamoto, T. Sasaki, and S. Matsunaga, A plant ancestral polo-like kinase sheds light on the mystery of the evolutionary disappearance of polo-like kinases in the plant kingdom, Cytologia, 82: 261-266. 2017

(8) N. Sotta, L. Shantikumar, T. Sakamoto, S. Matsunaga and T. Fujiwara, TPR5 is involved in cell cycle progression and is essential for the maintenance of meristem cell organisation in Arabidopsis thaliana, Journal of Experimental Botany, 67: 2401-2411. 2016

(7) R. Yokoyama, T. Hirakawa, S. Hayashi, T. Sakamoto and S. Matsunaga, Dynamics of plant DNA replication based on PCNA visualization, Scientific Reports, 6: 29657. 2016

(6) M. Takagi†, T. Sakamoto†, R. Suzuki, K. Nemoto, T. Obayashi, T. Hirakawa, T. M. Matsunaga, Y. Nariai, T. Urano, T. Sawasaki, and S. Matsunaga, Plant Aurora kinases interact with and phosphorylate transcription factors in plants, Journal of Plant Research, 129: 1165-1178. 2016 †Equal contribution

(5) Y. Ohmori,Y. Inui, M. Kajikawa, A. Nakata, N. Sotta, K. Kasai, S. Uraguchi, N. Tanaka, S. Nishida, T. Hasegawa, T. Sakamoto, Y. Kawara, K. Aizawa, H. Fujita, K. Li, K. Sawaki, K. Oda, R. Futagoishi, T. Tsusaka, S. Takahashi, J. Takano, S. Wakuta, A. Yoshinari, M. Uehara, S. Takada, H. Nagano, K. Miwa, I. Aibara, T. Ojima, K. Ebana, S. Ishikawa, K. Sueyoshi, H. Hasegawa, T. Mimura, M. Mimura, NI. Kobayashi, J. Furukawa, D. Kobayashi, T. Okouchi, K. Tanoi and T. Fujiwara, Difference in cesium accumulation in rice grown in the paddy field in the Fukushima-city in the years of 2011 and 2012, Journal of Plant Research, 127: 57-66. 2014

(4) T. Sakamoto, T. Kamiya, K. Sako, J. Yamaguchi, M. Yamagami and T. Fujiwara, Arabidopsis thaliana 26S proteasome subunits RPT2a and RPT5a are crucial for Zinc deficiency-tolerance. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 75: 561-567. 2011

(3) T. Sakamoto, S. Uraguchi, Y. Tusujimoto Inui, T. Yoshizumi, S. Matsunaga, M, Umeda, K. Fukui and T. Fujiwara, Condensin II Alleviates DNA Damage and Is Essential for Tolerance of Boron Overload Stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. The Plant Cell, 23: 3533-3546. 2011

(2) S. Uraguchi, T. Kamiya, T. Sakamoto, K. Kasai, Y. Sato, Y. Nagamura, A. Yoshida, J. Kyozuka, S. Ishikawa and T. Fujiwara, OsLCT1 regulates cadmium transport into rice grains, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 108: 20959-20964. 2011

(1) S. Uraguchi, M. Kiyono, T. Sakamoto, I. Watanabe and K. Kuno, Contributions of apoplasmic cadmium accumulation, antioxidative enzymes and induction of phytochelatins in cadmium tolerance of the cadmium-accumulating cultivar of black oat (Avena strigosa Schreb.), Planta, 230: 267-279. 2009