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Rika Nakajima

University of Tsukuba

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Assay:whole-genome sequencing· 1

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Kenta ShirasawaiD· 2 shared Kosuke KuwabaraiD· 2 shared Tohru AriizumiiD· 2 shared Kentaro EzuraiD· 1 shared Kinya ToriyamaiD· 1 shared Rena SanetomoiD· 1 shared Van Bosstraeten Alexis Gaetan· 1 shared

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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

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