Publications (Google Scholar)
Selected Publications
Nobori, T., Monell, A., Lee, T.A., Sakata, Y., Shirahama, S., Zhou, J., Nery, J.R., Mine, A. and Ecker, J.R., (2025) A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity. Nature [Link]
Highlighted in Zhou and Wang (2025), Molecular Cell [Link]
Highlighted in Zheng et al. (2025), Molecular Plant [Link]
Nobori, T.*, Oliva, M., Lister, R. and Ecker, J.R.*, (2023) Multiplexed single-cell 3D spatial gene expression analysis in plant tissue using PHYTOMap. Nature Plants *Co-corresponding authors [Link] [bioRxiv]
Highlighted in Kirschner and Somssich (2022), preLights [Link]
Research Briefing in Nature Plants [Link]
Media coverage: The Scientist, CBS8, GenomeWeb, Spectrum News
Lee, T.A.*, Nobori, T.*, Illouz-Eliaz, N.*, Xu, J., Jow, B., Nery, J.R. and Ecker, J.R., (2023) A Single-Nucleus Atlas of Seed-to-Seed Development in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv *Co-first authors [Link]
Nobori, T., Cao, Y., Entila, F., Dahms, E., Garrido-Oter, R. and Tsuda, K., (2022) Dissecting the co-transcriptome landscape of plants and microbiota. EMBO Reports [Link]
Nobori, T*., Wang, Y.*, Wu, J., Stolze, S.C., Tsuda, Y., Finkemeier, I., Nakagami, H. and Tsuda, K., (2020) Multidimensional gene regulatory landscape of a bacterial pathogen in plants. Nature Plants [Link]
Nobori, T., Velásquez, A.C., Wu, J., Kvitko, B.H., Kremer, J.M., Wang, Y., He, S.Y., and Tsuda, K., 2018. Transcriptome Landscape of a Bacterial Pathogen under Plant Immunity. PNAS, 201800529. [Link]
Highlighted in Cohen et al., (2018), Trends in Plant Science
Original Articles
Nobori, T., Monell, A., Lee, T.A., Sakata, Y., Shirahama, S., Zhou, J., Nery, J.R., Mine, A. and Ecker, J.R., (2025) A rare PRIMER cell state in plant immunity. Nature [Link]
Denyer, T., Wu, P. J., Colt, K., Abramson, B., Pang, Z., ... Nobori, T., ... & Timmermans, M. C. (2024). Streamlined spatial and environmental expression signatures characterize the minimalist duckweed Wolffia australiana. Genome Research, gr-279091 [link]
Cao, M., Platre, M.P., Tsai, HH., Zhang, L., Nobori, T., ..., Ecker, J.R., Geldner, N. and Busch, W. (2024) Spatial IMA1 regulation restricts root iron acquisition on MAMP perception. Nature [link]
Nobori, T.*, Oliva, M., Lister, R. and Ecker, J.R.*, (2023) Multiplexed single-cell 3D spatial gene expression analysis in plant tissue using PHYTOMap. Nature Plants *Co-corresponding authors [Link] [bioRxiv]
Highlighted in Kirschner and Somssich (2022) preLights [Link]
Research Briefing in Nature Plants [Link]
Media coverage: The Scientist, CBS8, GenomeWeb, Spectrum News
Lee, T.A.*, Nobori, T.*, Illouz-Eliaz, N.*, Xu, J., Jow, B., Nery, J.R. and Ecker, J.R., (2023) A Single-Nucleus Atlas of Seed-to-Seed Development in Arabidopsis. bioRxiv [Link] *Co-first authors
Illouz-Eliaz, N., Lande, K., Yu, J., Jow, B., Swift, J., Lee, T., Nobori, T., Gomez Castanon, R., Nery, J.R., and Ecker, J.R. (2023) Drought Recovery Induced Immunity Confers Pathogen Resistance. bioRxiv [Link]
Nobori, T., Cao, Y., Entila, F., Dahms, E., Garrido-Oter, R. and Tsuda, K., (2022) Dissecting the co-transcriptome landscape of plants and microbiota. EMBO Reports [Link]
Takemura, C., Senuma, W., … Nobori, T…. Hikichi, Y., (2021) PhcQ mainly contributes to the regulation of quorum sensing‐dependent genes, in which PhcR is partially involved, in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1 Molecular Plant Pathology
Nobori, T.*, Wang, Y.*, Wu, J., Stolze, S.C., Tsuda, Y., Finkemeier, I., Nakagami, H. and Tsuda, K., (2020) Multidimensional gene regulatory landscape of a bacterial pathogen in plants. Nature Plants
Wang, Y., Garrido-Oter, R., Wu, J., Winkelmüller, T.M., Agler, M., Colby, T., Nobori, T., Kemen, E. and Tsuda, K., (2019) Site-specific cleavage of bacterial MucD by secreted proteases mediates antibacterial resistance in Arabidopsis. Nature communications, 10(1):2853
Berens, M.L., Wolinska, K.W., Spaepen, S., Ziegler, J., Nobori, T., Nair, A., Krüler, V., Winkelmüller, T.M., Wang, Y., Mine, A. and Becker, D., Garrido-Oter, R., Schulze-Lefert, P., Tsuda, K., 2019, Balancing trade-offs between biotic and abiotic stress responses through leaf age-dependent variation in stress hormone cross-talk. PNAS, p.201817233.
Nobori, T. and Tsuda, K. 2018, In planta transcriptome analysis of Pseudomonas syringae.
Bio-protocol 8(17): e2987. DOI: 10.21769/BioProtoc.2987.
Nobori, T., Velásquez, A.C., Wu, J., Kvitko, B.H., Kremer, J.M., Wang, Y., He, S.Y., and Tsuda, K., 2018. Transcriptome Landscape of a Bacterial Pathogen under Plant Immunity. PNAS, 201800529.
Highlighted in Cohen et al., (2018) Trends in Plant Science
Mine, A., Berens, M.L., Nobori, T., Anver, S., Fukumoto, K., Winkelmüller, T.M., Takeda, A., Becker, D. and Tsuda, K., 2017. Pathogen exploitation of an abscisic acid-and jasmonate-inducible MAPK phosphatase and its interception by Arabidopsis immunity. PNAS, 114(28), pp.7456-7461.
Mine, A., Nobori, T., Salazar‐Rondon, M.C., Winkelmüller, T.M., Anver, S., Becker, D. and Tsuda, K., 2017. An incoherent feed‐forward loop mediates robustness and tunability in a plant immune network. EMBO reports, p.e201643051.
Nobori, T., Kobayashi, N.I., Tanoi, K. and Nakanishi, T.M., 2016. Alteration in caesium behavior in rice caused by the potassium, phosphorous, and nitrogen deficiency. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307(3), pp.1941-1943.
Kobayashi, N. I., Sugita, R., Nobori, T., Tanoi, K., & Nakanishi, T. M. (2016). Tracer experiment using 42K+ and 137Cs+ revealed the different transport rates of potassium and caesium within rice roots. Functional Plant Biology, 43(2), 151-160.
Tanoi, K., Uchida, K., Doi, C., Nihei, N., Hirose, A., Kobayashi, N.I., Sugita, R., Nobori, T., Nakanishi, T.M., Kanno, M. and Wakabayashi, I. (2016). Investigation of radiocesium distribution in organs of wild boar grown in Iitate, Fukushima after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307(1), 741-746.
Ii, I., Tanoi, K., Uno, Y., Nobori, T., Hirose, A., Kobayashi, N. I., Nihei, N., Ogawa, T., Tao, Y., Kanno, M., Nishiwaki, J., Mizoguchi, M. (2015). Radioactive Caesium Concentration of Lowland Rice Grown in the Decontaminated Paddy Fields in Iitate-Village in Fukushima. RADIOISOTOPES, 64, 200-310.
Nobori, T., Kobayashi, N. I., Tanoi, K., & Nakanishi, T. M. (2014). Effects of potassium in reducing the radiocesium translocation to grain in rice. Soil science and plant nutrition, 60(6), 772-781.
Reviews & Commentaries
Nobori, T.* and Ecker, J.R.* (2023) Yet uninfected? Resolving cell states of plants under pathogen attack. Cell Reports Methods
Nobori, T., (2022) From the archives: Calcium signaling and PIN polarity, functional divergence after genome duplication, and a 5’ inhibitor of gene expression The Plant Cell
Nobori, T., (2022) A qWRKY regulator of ROS: TaWRKY19 suppresses TaNOX10 and causes pathogen susceptibility in wheat The Plant Cell
Nobori, T., (2022) Closing the gap: A plasma membrane H+-ATPase regulates stomatal closure The Plant Cell
Nobori, T., (2021) Know your appetite: Phosphate-sensing proteins regulate AM symbiosis The Plant Cell
Cole, B., Bergmann, D., … Nobori, T., … Dickel, D., (2021) Plant single-cell solutions for energy and the environment Communications Biology
Nobori, T., (2021) Similar yet different fighting styles: Evolution of the gene expression landscape of plant immunity. The Plant Cell
Nobori, T., (2021) Single-cell genomics goes greener. The Plant Cell
Nobori, T. and Tsuda, K. (2019) The plant immune system in heterogeneous environments. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 50:58-66
Nobori, T., Mine, A., and Tsuda, K. 2018, Molecular networks in plant‐pathogen holobiont. FEBS Letters, doi:10.1002/1873-3468.13071
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