Publication

Original Article

2026

• "Using ngTALEN to improve genome editing efficiency on targets containing 5-methylcytosines"
  Zhicai Wang, Yoshiko Tamura, Masaru Hashimoto, Issei Nakazato, Asuka Yamaguchi-Nishimura, Shin-ichi Arimura
  The Plant Journal (2026).

  • DOI: 10.1111/tpj.70826

2025

• "Mitochondrial gene editing and allotopic expression unveil the role of orf125 in the induction of male fertility in some Solanum spp. hybrids and in the evolution of the common potato. "
  Rachele Tamburino, Nunzio D'Agostino, Gaetano Aufiero, Alessandro Nicolia, Angelo Facchiano, Deborah Giordano, Lorenza Sannino, Rosa Paparo, Shin-Ichi Arimura, Nunzia Scotti, Teodoro Cardi
  Plant Biotechnology Journal (2025).

  • URL
  • DOI: 10.1111/pbi.70012
• "Mitochondrial DNA and the largest nuclear-mitochondrial DNA in Arabidopsis can be separated by their methylation levels"
  Yuyang Zhong, Miki Okuno, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Shin-Ichi Arimura
  Plant Physiology Feb 20:kiaf069. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf069. Online ahead of print., https://academic.oup.com/plphys/advance-article/doi/10.1093/plphys/kiaf069/8026086 (2025).

  • DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiaf069/8026086

2024

• "The mitochondrial orf117Sha gene desynchronizes pollen development and causes pollen abortion in the Arabidopsis Sha CMS"
  Dehaene Noémie, Boussardon Clément, Andrey Philippe, Charif Delphine, Brandt Dennis, Gilouppe Taillefer Clémence, Nietzel Thomas, Ricou Anthony, Simon Matthieu, Tran Joseph, Vezon Daniel, Camilleri Christine, Arimura Shin-ichi, Schwarzländer Markus, Budar Françoise
  Journal of Experimental Botany (2024).

  • DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erae214
• "Mitochondrial genome editing of WA352 via mitoTALENs restore fertility in cytoplasmic male sterile rice"
  Jiawei Zhou, Liyun Nie, Shuo Zhang, Hailiang Mao, Shin-ichi Arimura, Shuangxia Jin, Zhiqiang Wu
  Plant Biotechnology Journal (2024).

  • URL
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/pbi.14315
• "Editing of ORF138 restores fertility of Ogura cytoplasmic male sterile broccoli via mitoTALENs"
  Fengyuan Xu, Tongbing Su, Xiaochen Zhang, Lei Qiu, Xiaodong Yang, Nobuya Koizuka, Shin-ichi Arimura, Zhongyuan Hu, Mingfang Zhang, Jinghua Yang
  Plant Biotechnology Journal (2024).

  • DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad678
• "Mitochondrial DNA editing in potato through mitoTALEN and mitoTALECD: molecular characterization and stability of editing events"
  Alessandro Nicolia, Nunzia Scotti, Nunzio D’Agostino, Giovanna Festa, Lorenza Sannino, Gaetano Aufiero, Shin-ichi Arimura & Teodoro Cardi
  Plant Methods (2024).

  • DOI: 10.1186/s13007-023-01124-9

2023

• "Targeted A-to-G base editing in the organellar genomes of Arabidopsis with monomeric programmable deaminases"
  Chang Zhou, Miki Okuno, Issei Nakazato, Nobuhiro Tsutsumi, Shin-ichi Arimura
  Plant Physiology (2023).

  • URL
  • DOI: 10.1093/plphys/kiad678