Noriko Nagata

Visualization of Plastids in Pollen Grains: Involvement of FtsZ1 in Pollen Plastid Division (2009)

Tang, Lay Yin, Nagata, Noriko, Matsushima, Ryo, Chen, Yuling, Yoshioka, Yasushi, Sakamoto, Wataru

Visualizing organelles in living cells is a powerful method to analyze their intrinsic mechanisms. Easy observation of chlorophyll facilitates the study of the underlying mechanisms in chloroplasts,...

Complete blockage of the mevalonate pathway results in male gametophyte lethality (2009)

Suzuki, Masashi, Nakagawa, Shoko, Kamide, Yukiko, Kobayashi, Keiko, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Hashinokuchi, Hiromi, ...

Plants have two isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways: the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the plastidic 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. Since the discovery of the MEP pathway,...

Intelligent Feedback 1 IN THE PAST FEW DECADES, COMPUTER-ASSISTED LANGUAGE Instruction (CALI), (2008)

Noriko Nagata

or Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), has been of interest because of its potential for providing individualized instruction. Interactivity between the computer and the learner is one of the...

LOVASTATIN INSENSITIVE 1, a Novel Pentatricopeptide Repeat Protein, is a Potential Regulatory Factor of Isoprenoid Biosynthesis in Arabidopsis (2007)

Kobayashi, Keiko, Suzuki, Masashi, Tang, Jianwei, Nagata, Noriko, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Seki, Hikaru, ...

Higher plants have two metabolic pathways for isoprenoid biosynthesis: the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the plastidal non-mevalonate (MEP) pathway. Despite the compartmentalization of these...

Characteristics of teacher preparation programs and the issue perceptions of teacher educators in deaf education (2005)

Nagata, Noriko

This is a descriptive survey study that describes the overall nature of teacher preparation programs in the U.S. for prospective teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (TEDHH programs)....

Characteristics of teacher preparation programs and the issue perceptions of teacher educators in deaf education [electronic resource] / (2005)

Nagata, Noriko.

Abstract: This is a descriptive survey study that describes the overall nature of teacher preparation programs in the U.S. for prospective teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (TEDHH...

A Xylanase, AtXyn1, is Predominantly Expressed in Vascular Bundles, and Four Putative Xylanase Genes were Identified in the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome (2002)

Suzuki, Masashi, Kato, Atsushi, Nagata, Noriko, Komeda, Yoshibumi

The cDNA clone RXF12, which encodes a xylanase (EC 3.2.1.8), was isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana. The C-terminal half of the amino acid sequence of the deduced protein, named AtXyn1, showed...

Brassinazole, an Inhibitor of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis, Inhibits Development of Secondary Xylem in Cress Plants (Lepidium sativum) (2001)

Nagata, Noriko, Asami, Tadao, Yoshida, Shigeo

Brassinazole (Brz) is a specific brassinosteroid biosynthesis inhibitor. Cress plants (Lepidium sativum) grown in medium containing Brz exhibited a slight predominance of phloem differentiation at...

Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression is Affected in ali, a Novel Tobacco Albino Mutant (2001)

Bae, Chang-Hyu, Abe, Tomoko, Matsuyama, Tomoki, Fukunishi, Nobuhisa, Nagata, Noriko, Nakano, Takeshi, ...

An albino mutant designated ali was isolated from an M2population derived from a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. ‘BY-4’) plant which had been irradiated with a14N-ion beam at an early...

Different Expression Patterns of the Promoters of the NgrolB and NgrolC Genes during the Development of Tobacco Genetic Tumors (1996)

Nagata, Noriko, Kosono, Saori, Sekine, Masami, Shinmyo, Atsuhiko, Syono, Kunihiko

Hybrids (F1) between Nicotiana glauca and N. langsdorffii are prone to develop tumorous tissues on normaltype F1 tissues, namely, genetic tumors. To investigate the patterns of expression of Ngrol...

The Regulatory Functions of the rolB and rolC Genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes are Conserved in the Homologous Genes (Ngrol) of Nicotiana glauca in Tobacco Genetic Tumors (1995)

Nagata, Noriko, Kosono, Saori, Sekine, Masami, Shinmyo, Atsuhiko, Syono, Kunihiko

To compare patterns of expression between the Ngrol genes of N. glauca and the Rirol genes of Agrobacterium rhizogenes, we performed fluorometric and histochemical analysis of transgenic genetic...

An essential role of a TatC homologue of a ΔpH- dependent protein transporter in thylakoid membrane formation during chloroplast development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Motohashi, Reiko, Nagata, Noriko, Ito, Takuya, Takahashi, Seiji, Hobo, Tokunori, Yoshida, Shigeo, ...

At least three transport systems function in targeting nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins to the chloroplast thylakoid membrane. One of these systems requires a thylakoid pH gradient and is named...

Characterization of Brassinazole, a Triazole-Type Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Inhibitor1

Asami, Tadao, Min, Yong Ki, Nagata, Noriko, Yamagishi, Kazutoshi, Takatsuto, Suguru, Fujioka, Shozo, ...

Screening for brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis inhibitors was performed to find chemicals that induce dwarfism in Arabidopsis, mutants that resembled BR biosynthesis mutants that can be rescued by...

A Chloroplast Protein Homologous to the Eubacterial Topological Specificity Factor MinE Plays a Role in Chloroplast Division1

Itoh, Ryuuichi, Fujiwara, Makoto, Nagata, Noriko, Yoshida, Shigeo

We report the identification of a nucleus-encoded minE gene, designated AtMinE1, of Arabidopsis. The encoded AtMinE1 protein possesses both N- and C-terminal extensions, relative to the eubacterial...

TANMEI/EMB2757 Encodes a WD Repeat Protein Required for Embryo Development in Arabidopsis1

Yamagishi, Kazutoshi, Nagata, Noriko, Yee, Kelly Matsudaira, Braybrook, Siobhan A., Pelletier, Julie, Fujioka, Shozo, ...

We identified the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) tanmei/emb2757 (tan) mutation that causes defects in both embryo and seedling development. tan mutant embryos share many characteristics with the...

An essential role of a TatC homologue of a ΔpH- dependent protein transporter in thylakoid membrane formation during chloroplast development in Arabidopsis thaliana

Motohashi, Reiko, Nagata, Noriko, Ito, Takuya, Takahashi, Seiji, Hobo, Tokunori, Yoshida, Shigeo, ...

At least three transport systems function in targeting nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins to the chloroplast thylakoid membrane. One of these systems requires a thylakoid pH gradient and is named...

Characterization of Brassinazole, a Triazole-Type Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis Inhibitor1

Asami, Tadao, Min, Yong Ki, Nagata, Noriko, Yamagishi, Kazutoshi, Takatsuto, Suguru, Fujioka, Shozo, ...

Screening for brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis inhibitors was performed to find chemicals that induce dwarfism in Arabidopsis, mutants that resembled BR biosynthesis mutants that can be rescued by...

A Chloroplast Protein Homologous to the Eubacterial Topological Specificity Factor MinE Plays a Role in Chloroplast Division1

Itoh, Ryuuichi, Fujiwara, Makoto, Nagata, Noriko, Yoshida, Shigeo

We report the identification of a nucleus-encoded minE gene, designated AtMinE1, of Arabidopsis. The encoded AtMinE1 protein possesses both N- and C-terminal extensions, relative to the eubacterial...

TANMEI/EMB2757 Encodes a WD Repeat Protein Required for Embryo Development in Arabidopsis1

Yamagishi, Kazutoshi, Nagata, Noriko, Yee, Kelly Matsudaira, Braybrook, Siobhan A., Pelletier, Julie, Fujioka, Shozo, ...

We identified the Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) tanmei/emb2757 (tan) mutation that causes defects in both embryo and seedling development. tan mutant embryos share many characteristics with the...

Characteristics of teacher preparation programs and the issue perceptions of teacher educators in deaf education

Nagata, Noriko

This is a descriptive survey study that describes the overall nature of teacher preparation programs in the U.S. for prospective teachers of students who are deaf or hard of hearing (TEDHH programs)....

INCREASED LEVEL OF POLYPLOIDY1, a Conserved Repressor of CYCLINA2 Transcription, Controls Endoreduplication in Arabidopsis[W][OA]

Yoshizumi, Takeshi, Tsumoto, Yuko, Takiguchi, Tomoko, Nagata, Noriko, Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y., Kawashima, Mika, ...

Endoreduplication is a type of cell cycle in which DNA replication continues without cell division. We have isolated several dominant mutants from Arabidopsis thaliana activation tagging lines by...

The Arabidopsis D-Type Cyclin CYCD4 Controls Cell Division in the Stomatal Lineage of the Hypocotyl Epidermis[W]

Kono, Atsushi, Umeda-Hara, Chikage, Adachi, Sumiko, Nagata, Noriko, Konomi, Mami, Nakagawa, Tsuyoshi, ...

Cyclin D (CYCD) plays an important role in cell cycle progression and reentry in response to external signals. Here, we demonstrate that Arabidopsis thaliana CYCD4 is associated with specific cell...

Arabidopsis MALE STERILITY1 Encodes a PHD-Type Transcription Factor and Regulates Pollen and Tapetum Development[W]

Ito, Takuya, Nagata, Noriko, Yoshiba, Yoshu, Ohme-Takagi, Masaru, Ma, Hong, Shinozaki, Kazuo

The Arabidopsis thaliana MALE STERILITY1 (MS1) gene encodes a nuclear protein with Leu zipper–like and PHD-finger motifs and is important for postmeiotic pollen development. Here, we examined MS1...

Complete blockage of the mevalonate pathway results in male gametophyte lethality

Suzuki, Masashi, Nakagawa, Shoko, Kamide, Yukiko, Kobayashi, Keiko, Ohyama, Kiyoshi, Hashinokuchi, Hiromi, ...

Plants have two isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways: the cytosolic mevalonate (MVA) pathway and the plastidic 2-C-methyl-D-erythritol 4-phosphate (MEP) pathway. Since the discovery of the MEP pathway,...

A Heterocomplex of Iron Superoxide Dismutases Defends Chloroplast Nucleoids against Oxidative Stress and Is Essential for Chloroplast Development in Arabidopsis[W]

Myouga, Fumiyoshi, Hosoda, Chieko, Umezawa, Taishi, Iizumi, Haruko, Kuromori, Takashi, Motohashi, Reiko, ...

There are three iron superoxide dismutases in Arabidopsis thaliana: FE SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE1 (FSD1), FSD2, and FSD3. Their biological roles in chloroplast development are unknown. Here, we show that...