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Herrmann, A., Seuru, K.M., Endo, H., Nakagawa, A., Kusano, S., Bai, P., Ziadi, A., Sato, A., Liu J., Shan L., Kimura, S., Itami K., Uchida N., Hagihara, S., *Torii, K. U. (2025) Chemical genetics reveals cross-regulation of plant developmental signaling by the immune peptide-receptor pathway. Science Advances 11: ads3718
Chen, L., Maes, M., Cochran, A.M., Avila, J.R., Derbyshire, P., Sklenar, J., Haas, K.M., Villen, J. Menke, F.L.H., *Torii, K. U. (2025) Preventing inappropriate signals pre- and post-ligand perception by a toggle-switch machanism of ERECTA. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 122: e2420196122
Nakagawa, A., Sepuru, K. M., Yip, S. J., Seo, H., Coffin, C. M., Segawa, Y., Iwasaki, R., Kato, H., Kurihara, D., Kim, S., Aihara, Y., Kinoshita, T., Itami, K., Han, S.-K., *Murakami, K. and *Torii, K. U. (2024) Chemical inhibition of stomatal differentiation by perturbation of the master-regulatory bHLH heterodimers via an ACT-Like domain. Nature Communications 15: 8996
Zuch, D.T., Herrmann, A., Kim, E.D., and *Torii, K.U. (2023). Cell cycle dynamics during stomatal development: Window of MUTE action and ramification of its loss-of-function on an uncommitted precursor. Plant Cell Physiol 64: 325-335
Chen, L. and *Torii, K. U. (2023) Signaling in plant development and immunity through the lens of the stomata. Current Biology 33: R733-R742
Ikematsu, S., Umase, T., Shinozaki, M., Nakayama, S., Noguchi, F., Sakamoto, T., Hou, H., Gohari, G., *Kimura, S., and *Torii, K.U. (2023). Rewiring of hormone and light response pathways underlies the inhibition of stomatal development in an amphibious plant Rorippa aquatica underwater. Current Biology 33: 543-556
Chen, L., Cochran, A.M., Waite, J.M., Shirasu, K., Bemis, S.M., and *Torii, K.U. (2023) Direct attenuation of Arabidopsis ERECTA signalling by a pair of U-box E3 ligases. Nature Plants 9: 112-127
Kim, E.D., Dorrity, M.W., Fitzgerald, B.A., Seo, H., Sepuru, K.M., Queitsch, C., Mitsuda, N., Han, S.K., and *Torii, K.U. (2022) Dynamic chromatin accessibility deploys heterotypic cis/trans-acting factors driving stomatal cell-fate commitment. Nature Plants 8: 1453-1466
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