Keita Tamura

This study uses CRISPR-Cas9 to edit the F3H gene in Perilla, resulting in green plants with increased luteolin accumulation and reduced anthocyanin production.

The paper develops Triterpene RDF, a manually curated database of plant enzymes and transcription factors involved in triterpene biosynthesis, to improve functional annotation of genomes and transcriptomes.

The paper reports the long-read genome assembly of the Japanese strain of Copidosoma floridanum, identifying genomic differences between Japanese and US strains that may underlie caste determination.