Satoshi Tabata

Map of the Genome of a Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803, DNA Res., 1, 303-307. (2009)

A Physical, Makoto Hirosawa, Takakazu Kaneko, Satoshi Tabata

Figure 1: Home page of CyanoBase of a single organism. The sequence data we gained have been registered in public databases and published in journals. However, the information available through the...

Construction of a consensus linkage map for red clover (Trifolium pratenseL.) (2009)

Isobe, Sachiko, Kölliker, Roland, Hisano, Hiroshi, Sasamoto, Shigemi, Wada, Tshyuko, Klimenko, Irina, ...

Abstract Background Red clover ( Trifolium pratense L.) is a major forage legume that has a strong self-incompatibility system and exhibits high genetic diversity within populations. For several crop...

An analysis of synteny of Arachiswith Lotusand Medicagosheds new light on the structure, stability and evolution of legume genomes (2009)

Bertioli, David J, Moretzsohn, Marcio C, Madsen, Lene H, Sandal, Niels, Leal-Bertioli, Soraya CM, Guimarães, Patricia M, ...

Abstract Background Most agriculturally important legumes fall within two sub-clades of the Papilionoid legumes: the Phaseoloids and Galegoids, which diverged about 50 Mya. The Phaseoloids are mostly...

Nod Factor/Nitrate-Induced CLE Genes that Drive HAR1-Mediated Systemic Regulation of Nodulation (2009)

Okamoto, Satoru, Ohnishi, Erika, Sato, Shusei, Takahashi, Hirokazu, Nakazono, Mikio, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

Host legumes control root nodule numbers by sensing external and internal cues. A major external cue is soil nitrate, whereas a feedback regulatory system in which earlier formed nodules suppress...

A cytosolic invertase is required for normal growth and cell development in the model legume, Lotus japonicus (2009)

Welham, Tracey, Pike, Jodie, Horst, Irmtraud, Flemetakis, Emmanouil, Katinakis, Panagiotis, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

Neutral/alkaline invertases are a subgroup, confined to plants and cyanobacteria, of a diverse family of enzymes. A family of seven closely-related genes, LjINV1–LjINV7, is described here and their...

High-density Integrated Linkage Map Based on SSR Markers in Soybean (2009)

Hwang, Tae-Young, Sayama, Takashi, Takahashi, Masakazu, Takada, Yoshitake, Nakamoto, Yumi, Funatsuki, Hideyuki, ...

A well-saturated molecular linkage map is a prerequisite for modern plant breeding. Several genetic maps have been developed for soybean with various types of molecular markers. Simple sequence...

A snapshot of the emerging tomato genome sequence (2009)

Mueller, Lukas, Klein Lankhorst, René, Tanksley, Steven D., Giovannoni, James J., White, Ruth, Vrebalov, Julia, ...

The genome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is being sequenced by an international consortium of 10 countries (Korea, China, the United Kingdom, India, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Spain,...

The genome of the versatile nitrogen fixer Azorhizobium caulinodansORS571 (2008)

Lee, Kyung-Bum, De Backer, Philippe, Aono, Toshihiro, Liu, Chi-Te, Suzuki, Shino, Suzuki, Tadahiro, ...

Abstract Background Biological nitrogen fixation is a prokaryotic process that plays an essential role in the global nitrogen cycle. Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571 has the dual capacity to fix...

Complete Genomic Structure of the Bloom-forming Toxic (2008)

Midori Katoh, Naomi Nakazaki, Shinobu Nakayama, Manabu Yamada, Satoshi Tabata

The nucleotide sequence of the complete genome of a cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843, was determined. The genome of M. aeruginosa is a single, circular chromosome of 5 842 795 base...

Functional Differentiation of Lotus japonicus TT2s, R2R3-MYB Transcription Factors Comprising a Multigene Family (2008)

Yoshida, Kazuko, Iwasaka, Rieko, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Sakuta, Masaaki

Leguminous plants have many paralogous genes encoding enzymes involved in the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway. Duplicate genes are predicted to contribute to the production of various flavonoid...

Construction of Signature-tagged Mutant Library in Mesorhizobium loti as a Powerful Tool for Functional Genomics (2008)

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Kamimatsuse, Hiroko, Minamisawa, Kiwamu, Nishiyama, Eri, Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki, ...

Rhizobia are nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that establish endosymbiosis with some leguminous plants. The completion of several rhizobial genome sequences provides opportunities for genome-wide...

A High-density Linkage Map of Lotus japonicus Based on AFLP and SSR Markers (2008)

Wang, Xinwang, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Kawasaki, Shinji

A collection of 94 F6 individuals derived from crosses between Lotus japonicus, Gifu B-129 (G) and Miyakojima MG-20 (M) were used for mapping. By using the HEGS running system, 427 EcoRI/MseI primer...

Soybean Seed Extracts Preferentially Express Genomic Loci of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the Initial Interaction with Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr (2008)

Wei, Min, Yokoyama, Tadashi, Minamisawa, Kiwamu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Itakura, Manabu, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

Initial interaction between rhizobia and legumes actually starts via encounters of both partners in the rhizosphere. In this study, the global expression profiles of Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110...

Genome Structure of the Legume, Lotus japonicus (2008)

Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Nakao, Mitsuteru, ...

The legume Lotus japonicus has been widely used as a model system to investigate the genetic background of legume-specific phenomena such as symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Here, we report structural...

A Large Scale Analysis of Protein-Protein Interactions in the Nitrogen-fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti (2008)

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Shinpo, Sayaka, Kohara, Mitsuyo, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Sato, Shusei

Global viewing of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is a useful way to assign biological roles to large numbers of proteins predicted by complete genome sequence. Here, we systematically analyzed...

CyanoBase, a www database containing the complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of (2007)

Synechocystis Sp, Yasukazu Nakamura, Takakazu Kaneko, Makoto Hirosawa, Nobuyuki Miyajima, Satoshi Tabata

CyanoBase (http://www.kazusa.or.jp/cyano/ ) is a database containing genomic information on the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. It furnishes an annotation to each of the 3168 protein...

Annotation and Presentation Systems for Arabidopsis (2007)

Yasukazu Nakamura, Shusei Sato, Satoshi Tabata

To understand the entire genetic system in higher plants, we initiated large-scale sequencing of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. We are taking part in sequencing of the entire bottom arm and...

348 Genome Informatics 11: 348–349 (2000) Large-Scale Sequence Analyses in the Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Sequencing Project: Status 2000 (2007)

Yasukazu Nakamura, Satoshi Tabata

Arabidopsis thaliana is a small flowering plant that is widely used by plant science researchers as a model organism to study many aspects of plant biology. The genome size is ca. 130-megabase and...

Genome-wide Analyses of the Structural Gene Families Involved in the Legume-specific 5-Deoxyisoflavonoid Biosynthesis of Lotus japonicus (2007)

Shimada, Norimoto, Sato, Shusei, Akashi, Tomoyoshi, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Ayabe, Shin-ichi, ...

A model legume Lotus japonicus (Regel) K. Larsen is one of the subjects of genome sequencing and functional genomics programs. In the course of targeted approaches to the legume genomics, we analyzed...

AHK5 Histidine Kinase Regulates Root Elongation Through an ETR1-Dependent Abscisic Acid and Ethylene Signaling Pathway in Arabidopsis thaliana (2007)

Iwama, Ayako, Yamashino, Takafumi, Tanaka, Yasushi, Sakakibara, Hitoshi, Kakimoto, Tatsuo, Sato, Shusei, ...

The Arabidopsis thaliana genome encodes a small family of histidine (His) protein kinases, some of which have redundant functions as ethylene receptors, whereas others serve as cytokinin receptors....

Phytochelatin Synthases of the Model Legume Lotus japonicus. A Small Multigene Family with Differential Response to Cadmium and Alternatively Spliced Variants (2007)

Ramos, Javier, Clemente, María Rebeca, Naya, Loreto, Loscos, Jorge, Pérez Rontomé, Mari Carmen, Sato, Shusei, ...

The biosynthesis of phytochelatins (PCs) and homophytochelatins (hPCs) has been studied in nodulated plants of the model legume Lotus (Lotus japonicus). In the first 6-24 h of treatment with cadmium...

A Large Scale Analysis of Protein–Protein Interactions in the Nitrogen-fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti (2007)

Yoshikazu Shimoda, Sayaka Shinpo, Mitsuyo Kohara, Yasukazu Nakamura, Satoshi Tabata, Shusei Sato

Global viewing of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is a useful way to assign biological roles to large numbers of proteins predicted by complete genome sequence. Here, we systematically analyzed...

Genotype Matrix Mapping: Searching for Quantitative Trait Loci Interactions in Genetic Variation in Complex Traits (2007)

Sachiko Isobe, Akihiro Nakaya, Satoshi Tabata

In order to reveal quantitative trait loci (QTL) interactions and the relationship between various interactions in complex traits, we have developed a new QTL mapping approach, named genotype matrix...

Characterization of the Soybean Genome Using EST-derived Microsatellite Markers (2007)

Hisano, Hiroshi, Sato, Shusei, Isobe, Sachiko, Sasamoto, Shigemi, Wada, Tsuyuko, Matsuno, Ai, ...

We generated a high-density genetic linkage map of soybean using expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite markers. A total of 6920 primer pairs (10.9%) were designed to amplify simple...

Complete Genomic Structure of the Bloom-forming Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843 (2007)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakajima, Nobuyoshi, Okamoto, Shinobu, Suzuki, Iwane, Tanabe, Yuuhiko, Tamaoki, Masanori, ...

The nucleotide sequence of the complete genome of a cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843, was determined. The genome of M. aeruginosa is a single, circular chromosome of 5 842 795 base...

Genotype Matrix Mapping: Searching for Quantitative Trait Loci Interactions in Genetic Variation in Complex Traits (2007)

Isobe, Sachiko, Nakaya, Akihiro, Tabata, Satoshi

In order to reveal quantitative trait loci (QTL) interactions and the relationship between various interactions in complex traits, we have developed a new QTL mapping approach, named genotype matrix...

A Large-scale Protein protein Interaction Analysis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 (2007)

Sato, Shusei, Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Muraki, Akiko, Kohara, Mitsuyo, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi

Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) play crucial roles in protein function for a variety of biological processes. Data from large-scale PPI screening has contributed to understanding the function...

Genome-wide analysis of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins in a model legume plant, Lotus japonicus: comparison with Arabidopsis ABC protein family (2006)

Sugiyama, Akifumi, Shitan, Nobukazu, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Yazaki, Kazufumi

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins constitute a large family in plants with more than 120 members each in Arabidopsis and rice, and have various functions including the transport of auxin and...

Biosynthesis of Ascorbic Acid in Legume Root Nodules (2006)

Matamoros, Manuel Antonio, Loscos, Jorge, Coronado, María José, Ramos, Javier, Sato, Shusei, Sánchez-Testillano, Pilar, ...

10 pages, 6 figures.-- This work is part of the Ph.D. thesis of J.L. (supervised by M.A.M. and M.B.).

The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL) (2006)

Lukas A. Mueller, Steven D. Tanksley, Jim J. Giovannoni, Joyce Van Eck, Stephen Stack, Doil Choi, ...

The genome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is being sequenced by an international consortium of 10 countries (Korea, China, the United Kingdom, India, The Netherlands, France, Japan, Spain, Italy...

Genetics of Symbiosis in Lotus japonicus: Recombinant Inbred Lines, Comparative Genetic Maps, and Map Position of 35 Symbiotic Loci (2006)

Sandal, Niels, Petersen, Thomas Rorby, Murray, Jeremy, Umehara, Yosuke, Karas, Bogumil, Yano, Koji, ...

Development of molecular tools for the analysis of the plant genetic contribution to rhizobial and mycorrhizal symbiosis has provided major advances in our understanding of plant-microbe...

Gene Trapping in Arabidopsis Reveals Genes Involved in Vascular Development (2006)

Nagawa, Shingo, Sawa, Shinichirou, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Fukuda, Hiroo

The procambium is made up of stem cells that give rise to various vascular cells in plants. To understand the molecular nature of procambium cells, we tried to identify genes that characterize...

Identification of a Sed5-like SNARE Gene LjSYP32-1 that Contributes to Nodule Tissue Formation of Lotus japonicus (2006)

Mai, Ha Thu, Nomura, Mika, Takegawa, Kaoru, Asamizu, Erika, Sato, Syusei, Kato, Tomohiko, ...

We identified a Sed5-like clone LjSYP32-1 which contributes to nodule tissue formation and plant growth in Lotus japonicus. In the L. japonicus expressed sequence tag (EST) clone databases of Kazusa...

Identification of a Sed5-like SNARE Gene LjSYP32-1 that Contributes to Nodule Tissue Formation of Lotus japonicus (2006)

Mai, Ha Thu, Nomura, Mika, Takegawa, Kaoru, Asamizu, Erika, Sato, Syusei, Kato, Tomohiko, ...

We identified a Sed5-like clone LjSYP32-1which contributes to nodule tissue formation and plant growth in Lotus japonicus. In L. japonicus EST clone databases of Kazusa DNA Research Institute,...

Gene trapping in Arabidopsis reveals genes involved in vascular development (2006)

Nagawa, Shingo, Sawa, Shinichirou, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Fukuda, Hiroo

The procambium is made up of stem cells that give rise to various vascular cells in plants. To understand the molecular nature of procambium cells, we tried to identify genes that characterize...

Comprehensive Structural Analysis of the Genome of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) (2006)

Sato, Shusei, Isobe, Sachiko, Asamizu, Erika, Ohmido, Nobuko, Kataoka, Ryohei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, ...

With the aim of establishing the basic knowledge and resources needed for applied genetics, we investigated the genome structure of red clover Trifolium pratense L. by a combination of cytological,...

Genome-wide analysis of ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins in a model legume plant, Lotus japonicus: comparison with Arabidopsis ABC protein family (2006)

Sugiyama, Akifumi, Shitan, Nobukazu, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Yazaki, Kazufumi

ATP-binding cassette (ABC) proteins constitute a large family in plants with more than 120 members each in Arabidopsis and rice, and have various functions including the transport of auxin and...

Seven Lotus japonicus genes required for transcriptional reprogramming of the root during fungal and bacterial symbiosis (2005)

Kistner, Catherine, Winzer, Thilo, Pitzschke, Andrea, Mulder, Lonneke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

A combined genetic and transcriptome analysis was performed to study the molecular basis of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis. By testing the AM phenotype of nodulation-impaired mutants and...

Promoter trapping in Lotus japonicus reveals novel root and nodule GUS expression domains (2005)

Buzas, Diana Mihaela, Lohar, Dasharath, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Vickers, Claudia Estelle, ...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (beta-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at...

Promoter trapping in Lotus japonicus reveals novel root and nodule GUS expression domains (2005)

Buzas, Diana Mihaela, Lohar, Dasharath, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Vickers, Claudia Estelle, ...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (beta-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at...

The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL) (2005)

Lukas A. Mueller, Steven D. Tanksley, Jim J. Giovannoni, Joyce Van Eck, Stephen Stack, Doil Choi, ...

The genome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is being sequenced by an international consortium of 10 countries (Korea, China, the United Kingdom, India, The Netherlands, France, Japan, Spain, Italy...

A comprehensive analysis of six dihydroflavonol 4-reductases encoded by a gene cluster of the Lotus japonicus genome (2005)

Shimada, Norimoto, Sasaki, Ryohsuke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Aoki, Toshio, ...

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) is the first committed enzyme of the anthocyanin and condensed tannin pathways. Several DFR cDNAs have been cloned, and different specificities of DFR isozymes in...

Symbiotic Rhizobium and Nitric Oxide Induce Gene Expression of Non-symbiotic Hemoglobin in Lotus japonicus (2005)

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Nagata, Maki, Suzuki, Akihiro, Abe, Mikiko, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, ...

We characterized the expression profiles of LjHb1 and LjHb2, non-symbiotic hemoglobin (non-sym-Hb) genes of Lotus japonicus. Although LjHb1 and LjHb2 showed 77% homology in their cDNA...

Symbiotic Rhizobium and Nitric Oxide Induce Gene Expression of Nonsymbiotic Hemoglobin in Lotus japonicus (2005)

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Nagata, Maki, Suzuki, Akihiro, Abe, Mikiko, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, ...

We characterized the expression profiles of LjHb1 and LjHb2, nonsymbiotic hemoglobin (nonsym-Hb) genes of Lotus japonicus. Although LjHb1 and LjHb2 showed 77% homology in their cDNA sequences, LjHb2...

Promoter Trapping in Lotus japonicus Reveals Novel Root and Nodule GUS Expression Domains (2005)

Buzas, Diana Mihaela, Lohar, Dasharath, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Vickers, Claudia Estelle, ...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (β-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at...

Biochemical and Functional Characterization of BLUF-Type Flavin-Binding Proteins of Two Species of Cyanobacteria (2005)

Okajima, Koji, Yoshihara, Shizue, Fukushima, Yoshimasa, Geng, Xiaoxing, Katayama, Mitsunori, Higashi, Shoichi, ...

BLUF (a sensor of Blue-Light Using FAD) is a novel putative photoreceptor domain that is found in many bacteria and some eukaryotic algae. As found on genome analysis, certain cyanobacteria have BLUF...

A comprehensive analysis of six dihydroflavonol 4-reductases encoded by a gene cluster of the Lotus japonicus genome (2005)

Shimada, Norimoto, Sasaki, Ryohsuke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Aoki, Toshio, ...

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) is the first committed enzyme of the anthocyanin and condensed tannin pathways. Several DFR cDNAs have been cloned, and different specificities of DFR isozymes in...

Lotus burttii Takes a Position of the Third Corner in the Lotus Molecular Genetics Triangle (2005)

Kawaguchi, Masayoshi, Pedrosa-Harand, Andrea, Yano, Koji, Hayashi, Makoto, Murooka, Yoshikatsu, Saito, Katsuharu, ...

In order to consolidate molecular genetic system in Lotus japonicus and to further access the biological diversity in Lotea, we introduce here Lotus burttii B-303 derived from West Pakistan as the...

Comprehensive Structural Analysis of the Genome of Red Clover (Trifolium pratense L.) (2005)

Sato, Shusei, Isobe, Sachiko, Asamizu, Erika, Ohmido, Nobuko, Kataoka, Ryohei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, ...

With the aim of establishing the basic knowledge and resources needed for applied genetics, we investigated the genome structure of red clover Trifolium pratense L. by a combination of cytological,...

Promoter trapping in Lotus japonicus reveals novel root and nodule GUS expression domains (2005)

Buzas, Diana Mihaela, Lohar, Dasharath, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Vickers, Claudia Estelle, ...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (&bgr;-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at...

A comprehensive analysis of six dihydroflavonol 4-reductases encoded by a gene cluster of the Lotus japonicus genome (2005)

Shimada, Norimoto, Sasaki, Ryohsuke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Aoki, Toshio, ...

Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR) is the first committed enzyme of the anthocyanin and condensed tannin pathways. Several DFR cDNAs have been cloned, and different specificities of DFR isozymes in...

Symbiotic Rhizobium and Nitric Oxide Induce Gene Expression of Nonsymbiotic Hemoglobin in Lotus japonicus (2005)

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Nagata, Maki, Suzuki, Akihiro, Abe, Mikiko, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, ...

We characterized the expression profiles of LjHb1 and LjHb2, nonsymbiotic hemoglobin (nonsym-Hb) genes of Lotus japonicus. Although LjHb1 and LjHb2 showed 77% homology in their cDNA sequences, LjHb2...

Promoter Trapping in Lotus japonicus Reveals Novel Root and Nodule GUS Expression Domains (2005)

Buzas, Diana Mihaela, Lohar, Dasharath, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Vickers, Claudia Estelle, ...

Agrobacterium-based transformation was used to introduce a promoter-less glucuronidase uidA gene (β-glucuronidase; GUS) into Lotus japonicus. Transgenic plants were screened for GUS activation at...

Large-Scale Analysis of Gene Expression Profiles during Early Stages of Root Nodule Formation in a Model Legume, Lotus japonicus (2004)

Kouchi, Hiroshi, Shimomura, Kenshiro, Hata, Shingo, Hirota, Atsuko, Wu, Guo-Jiang, Kumagai, Hirotaka, ...

Gene expression profiles during early stages of formation of symbiotic nitrogen-fixing nodules in a model legume Lotus japonicus were analyzed by means of a cDNA array of 18,144 non-redundant...

Distinctive Features of Plant Organs Characterized by Global Analysis of Gene Expression in Arabidopsis (2004)

Obayashi, Takeshi, Okegawa, Takashi, Sasaki-Sekimoto, Yuko, Shimada, Hiroshi, Masuda, Tatsuru, Asamizu, Erika, ...

The distinctive features of plant organs are primarily determined by organ-specific gene expression. We analyzed the expression specificity of 8809 genes in 7 organs of Arabidopsis using a cDNA...

Structural Analysis of a Lotus japonicus Genome. V. Sequence Features and Mapping of Sixty-four TAC Clones Which Cover the 6.4 Mb Regions of the Genome (2003)

Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Tabata, Satoshi

We determined the nucleotide sequences of 64 TAC (transformation-competent artificial chromosome) clones selected from genomic libraries of Lotus japonicus accession Miyakojima MG-20 based on the...

Toxicity of Free Proline Revealed in an Arabidopsis T-DNA-Tagged Mutant Deficient in Proline Dehydrogenase (2003)

Nanjo, Tokihiko, Fujita, Miki, Seki, Motoaki, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Shinozaki, Kazuo

The toxicity of proline (Pro) to plant growth has raised questions despite its protective functions in response to environmental stresses. To evaluate Pro toxicity, we isolated an Arabidopsis...

Functional Analysis of Isoforms of NADPH:Protochlorophyllide Oxidoreductase (POR), PORB and PORC, in Arabidopsis thaliana (2003)

Masuda, Tatsuru, Fusada, Naoki, Oosawa, Naoki, Takamatsu, Ken’ichi, Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y., Ohto, Masaaki, ...

NADPH:protochlorophyllide oxidoreductase (POR) catalyzes the light-dependent reduction of protochlorophyllide. To elucidate the physiological function of three differentially regulated POR isoforms...

A Link between Circadian-Controlled bHLH Factors and the APRR1/TOC1 Quintet in Arabidopsis thaliana (2003)

Yamashino, Takafumi, Matsushika, Akinori, Fujimori, Toru, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

APRR1 (ARABIDPSIS PSUEDO-RESPONSE REGULATOR 1) (or TOC1, TIMING OF CAB EXPRESSION 1) is believed to be a crucial component of biological clocks of Arabidopsis thaliana. Nevertheless, its molecular...

A HEAT-Repeats Containing Protein, IaiH, Stabilizes the Iron-Sulfur Cluster Bound to the Cyanobacterial IscA Homologue, IscA2 (2003)

Morimoto, Kozo, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Nakai, Masato

IscA homologues are involved in iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis. In the non-nitrogen-fixing cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803, there are two IscA homologues, SLR1417 and SLR1565 (designated...

Structural Analysis of a Lotus japonicus Genome. III. Sequence Features and Mapping of Sixty-two TAC Clones Which Cover the 6.7 Mb Regions of the Genome (2003)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi

A total of sixty-two clones were selected from a TAC (transformation-competent artificial chromosome) genomic library of the Lotus japonicus accession MG-20 based on the sequence information of...

Structural Analysis of a Lotus japonicus Genome. IV. Sequence Features and Mapping of Seventy-three TAC Clones Which Cover the 7.5 Mb Regions of the Genome (2003)

Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

Using the sequence information of expressed sequences tags (ESTs), cDNAs and genes from Lotus japonicus and other legumes, 73 TAC (transformation-competent arti.cial chromosomes) clones were selected...

Complete Genome Structure of Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421, a Cyanobacterium that Lacks Thylakoids (2003)

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Mimuro, Mamoru, Miyashita, Hideaki, Tsuchiya, Tohru, ...

The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of a cyanobacterium Gloeobacter violaceus PCC 7421 was determined. The genome of G. violaceus was a single circular chromosome 4,659,019 bp long with an...

The Type-A Response Regulator, ARR15, Acts as a Negative Regulator in the Cytokinin-Mediated Signal Transduction in Arabidopsis thaliana (2003)

Kiba, Takatoshi, Yamada, Hisami, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Yamashino, Takafumi, ...

The Arabidopsis thaliana AHK4 histidine kinase (also known as CRE1 or WOL) acts as a cytokinin signal transducer, presumably, in concert with downstream components, such as histidine-containing...

Structural Analysis of Four Large Plasmids Harboring in a Unicellular Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 (2003)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sasamoto, Shigemi, Watanabe, Akiko, Kohara, Mitsuyo, Matsumoto, Midori, ...

The genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 consists of a single chromosome and several plasmids of different sizes, and the nucleotide sequences of the chromosome and...

Expression of Symbiotic and Nonsymbiotic Globin Genes Responding to Microsymbionts on Lotus japonicus (2002)

Uchiumi, Toshiki, Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Tsuruta, Tomoko, Mukoyoshi, Yumi, Suzuki, Akihiro, Senoo, Keishi, ...

Leguminous plants have both symbiotic and nonsymbiotic hemoglobin (sym- and nonsym-Hb) genes. Three symbiotic (LjLb1, 2, 3) and one nonsymbiotic (LjNSG1) Hb genes were isolated from a genomic library...

Complete Genome Structure of the Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 (2002)

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Katoh, Hiroshi, Sasamoto, Shigemi, ...

The entire genome of a thermophilic unicellular cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1, was sequenced. The genome consisted of a circular chromosome 2,593,857 bp long, and no plasmid was...

Structural Analysis of a Lotus japonicus Genome. II. Sequence Features and Mapping of Sixty-five TAC Clones Which Cover the 6.5-Mb Regions of the Genome (2002)

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi

Sixty-five TAC (transformation-competent artificial chromosomes) clones were selected from a genomic library of Lotus japonicus accession MG-20 based on the sequence information of expressed...

Phosphatidylglycerol is Essential for the Development of Thylakoid Membranes in Arabidopsis thaliana (2002)

Hagio, Miki, Sakurai, Isamu, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Wada, Hajime

Phosphatidylglycerol is a ubiquitous phospholipid in the biological membranes of many organisms. In plants, phosphatidylglycerol is mainly present in thylakoid membranes and has been suggested to...

Ordered Cosmid Library of the Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099 Genome for Systematic Gene Disruption and Complementation Analysis (2002)

Hattori, Yoshiyuki, Omori, Hirofumi, Hanyu, Masaki, Kaseda, Noriko, Mishima, Elina, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

For effective exploitation of the genome sequence information of Lotus microsymbiont, Mesorhizobium loti MAFF303099, to discover gene functions, we have constructed an ordered and mutually...

Bipolar Localization of Putative Photoreceptor Protein for Phototaxis in Thermophilic Cyanobacterium Synechococcus elongatus (2002)

Kondou, Youichi, Mogami, Norifumi, Hoshi, Fumiko, Kutsuna, Shinsuke, Nakazawa, Miki, Sakurai, Tetsuya, ...

We identified an open reading frame from a database of the entire genome of Synechococcus elongatus, the product of which was very similar to pixJ1, which was proposed as photoreceptor gene for...

Identifying and Characterizing Plastidic 2-Oxoglutarate/Malate and Dicarboxylate Transporters in Arabidopsis thaliana (2002)

Taniguchi, Mitsutaka, Taniguchi, Yojiro, Kawasaki, Michio, Takeda, Satomi, Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, ...

We characterized three Arabidopsis genes, AtpOMT1, AtpDCT1 and AtpDCT2, localized on chromosome 5 and homologous to spinach chloroplastic 2-oxoglutarate/malate transporter (OMT) gene. The...

Complete Genomic Sequence of Nitrogen-fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 (2002)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Minamisawa, Kiwamu, Uchiumi, Toshiki, Sasamoto, Shigemi, ...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of a symbiotic bacterium Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA110 was determined. The genome of B. japonicum was a single circular chromosome 9,105,828 bp in...

Characterization of Genes Encoding Multi-domain Proteins in the Genome of the Filamentous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 (2001)

Ohmori, Masayuki, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Sato, Naoki, Wolk, Peter, Kaneko, Takakazu, Ogawa, Teruo, ...

Computational analysis of gene structures in the genome of Anabaena sp. PCC 7120 revealed the presence of a large number of genes encoding proteins with multiple functional domains. This was most...

Construction of a Genetic Linkage Map of the Model Legume Lotus japonicus Using an Intraspecific F2 Population (2001)

Hayashi, Masaki, Miyahara, Akira, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Taketa, Michiko, ...

Among leguminous plants, the model legume Lotus japonicus (Regel) Larsen has many biological and genetic advantages. We have developed a genetic linkage map of L. japonicus based on amplified...

Structural Analysis of a Lotus japonicus Genome. I. Sequence Features and Mapping of Fifty-six TAC Clones Which Cover the 5.4 Mb Regions of the Genome (2001)

Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi

A total of 56T AC clones with an average insert size of 100 kb were isolated from a TAC library of the Lotus japonicus genome based on the expressed sequences tags (ESTs), cDNA and gene information,...

Monitoring of Methyl Jasmonate-responsive Genes in Arabidopsis by cDNA Macroarray: Self-activation of Jasmonic Acid Biosynthesis and Crosstalk with Other Phytohormone Signaling Pathways (2001)

Sasaki, Yuko, Asamizu, Erika, Shibata, Daisuke, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Awai, Koichiro, ...

Jasmonates mediate various physiological events in plant cells such as defense responses, flowering, and senescence through intracellular and intercellular signaling pathways, and the expression of a...

The AHK4 Gene Involved in the Cytokinin-Signaling Pathway as a Direct Receptor Molecule in Arabidopsis thaliana (2001)

Ueguchi, Chiharu, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi

We previously identified a set of structurally related genes, AHK2, 3 and 4, each encoding a sensor histidine kinase in Arabidopsis thaliana. To determine the relevant biological functions, we...

Complete Genomic Sequence of the Filamentous Nitrogen-fixing Cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120 (2001)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Wolk, C. Peter, Kuritz, Tanya, Sasamoto, Shigemi, Watanabe, Akiko, ...

The nucleotide sequence of the entire genome of a filamentous cyanobacterium, Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, was determined. The genome of Anabaena consisted of a single chromosome (6,413,771 bp) and...

Role of the Putative Membrane-Bound Endo-1,4-{beta}-Glucanase KORRIGAN in Cell Elongation and Cellulose Synthesis in Arabidopsis thaliana (2001)

Sato, Shigeru, Kato, Tomohiko, Kakegawa, Koichi, Ishii, Tadashi, Liu, Yao-Guang, Awano, Tatsuya, ...

A temperature-sensitive, elongation-deficient mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana was isolated. At the non-permissive temperature of 31°C, the mutation impaired tissue elongation; otherwise, tissue...

A Large Scale Analysis of cDNA in Arabidopsis thaliana: Generation of 12,028 Non-redundant Expressed Sequence Tags from Normalized and Size-selected cDNA Libraries (2000)

Asamizu, Erika, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi

For comprehensive analysis of genes expressed in the model dicotyledonous plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were accumulated. Normalized and size-selected cDNA libraries...

Analysis of Expressed Sequence Tags of Flower Buds in Lotus japonicus (2000)

Endo, Makoto, Kokubun, Takao, Takahata, Yoshihito, Higashitani, Atsushi, Tabata, Satoshi, Watanabe, Masao

In order to study gene expression in a reproductive organ, we constructed a cDNA library of mature flower buds in Lotus japonicus, and characterized expressed sequence tags (ESTs) of 842 clones...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 3. II. Sequence Features of the 4,251,695 bp Regions Covered by 90 P1, TAC and BAC Clones (2000)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Katoh, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Asamizu, Erika, Tabata, Satoshi

To deduce the entire sequence of the top arm of the Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 3, the sequence determination was performed on a total of 90 P1, TAC and BAC clones chosen according to our...

Generation of 10,154 Expressed Sequence Tags from a Leafy Gametophyte of a Marine Red Alga, Porphyra yezoensis (2000)

Nikaido, Itoshi, Asamizu, Erika, Nakajima, Maiko, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Saga, Naotsune, Tabata, Satoshi

A total of 10,154 5′-end expressed sequence tags (EST) were established from the normalized and size-selected cDNA libraries of a marine red alga, Porphyra yezoensis. Among the ESTs, 2140 were...

hosoba toge toge, a Syndrome Caused by a Large Chromosomal Deletion Associated with a T-DNA Insertion in Arabidopsis (2000)

Kaya, Hidetaka, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Kobayashi, Yasushi, Iwabuchi, Masaki, Araki, Takashi

We isolated a T-DNA-tagged mutant named hosoba toge toge (hot) in which a pleiotropic phenotype was observed in both the shoot and root throughout the life cycle. The phenotype and allelism indicated...

Complete Structure of the Chloroplast Genome of a Legume, Lotus japonicus (2000)

Kato, Tomohiko, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi

The nucleotide sequence of the entire chloroplast genome (150,519 bp) of a legume, Lotus japonicus, has been determined. The circular double-stranded DNA contains a pair of inverted repeats of 25,156...

Complete Genome Structure of the Nitrogen-fixing Symbiotic Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti (2000)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Sasamoto, Shigemi, ...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of a symbiotic bacterium Mesorhizobium loti strain MAFF303099 was determined. The genome of M. loti consisted of a single chromosome (7, 036, 071 bp)...

Generation of Expressed Sequence Tags from Low-CO2 and High-CO2 Adapted Cells of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (2000)

Asamizu, Erika, Miura, Kenji, Kucho, Kenichi, Inoue, Yoshihiro, Fukuzawa, Hideya, Ohyama, Kanji, ...

To characterize genes whose expression is induced in carbon-stress conditions, 12,969 and 13,450 5′-end expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were generated from cells grown in low-CO2 and high-CO2...

CyanoBase, the genome database for Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803: status for the year 2000 (2000)

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

CyanoBase provides an online resource for access to data on genomic information about the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. The database contains annotations for each protein-coding...

Generation of 7137 Non-redundant Expressed Sequence Tags from a Legume, Lotus japonicus (2000)

Asamizu, Erika, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi

For comprehensive analysis of genes expressed in a model legume, Lotus japonicus, a total of 22,983 5′ end expressed sequence tags (ESTs) were accumulated from normalized and size-selected cDNA...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 3. I. Sequence Features of the Regions of 4,504,864 bp Covered by Sixty P1 and TAC Clones (2000)

Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Katoh, Tomohiko, Asamizu, Erika, Tabata, Satoshi

Based on the physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 3 previously constructed with CIC YAC, TAC, P1 and BAC clones (Sato, S. et al., DNA Res., 5, 163–168, 1998), a total of 60 P1 and TAC...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. X. Sequence Features of the Regions of 3,076,755 bp Covered by Sixty P1 and TAC Clones (2000)

Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Katoh, Tomohiko, Asamizu, Erika, Kotani, Hirokazu, ...

In our ongoing project to deduce the nucleotide sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5, non-redundant P1 and TAC clones have been sequenced on the basis of the fine physical map, and as of...

A Large Scale Structural Analysis of cDNAs in a Unicellular Green Alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. I. Generation of 3433 Non-redundant Expressed Sequence Tags (1999)

Asamizu, Erika, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Fukuzawa, Hideya, Tabata, Satoshi

To understand genetic information carried in a unicellular green alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, normalized and size-selected cDNA libraries were constructed from cells at photoautotrophic growth,...

Complete Structure of the Chloroplast Genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (1999)

Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Tabata, Satoshi

The complete nucleotide sequence of the chloroplast genome of Arabidopsis thaliana has been determined. The genome as a circular DNA composed of 154,478 bp containing a pair of inverted repeats of...

A Sequence-ready Contig Map of the Top Arm of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 3 (1999)

Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Kotani, Hirokazu, Hayashi, Reiko, Liu, Yao-Guang, Shibata, Daisuke, ...

A fine physical map of the top arm of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 3 has been constructed by ordering P1, TAC and BAC clones using the sequences of a variety of DNA markers and end-sequences of...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5. IX. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,011,550 bp Covered by Seventeen P1 and TAC Clones (1999)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Katoh, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kotani, Hirokazu, ...

In this series of projects sequencing the entire genome of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5, nonredundant P1 and TAC clones have been sequenced according to the fine physical map, and as of May 7,...

A Physical Map of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 3 Represented by Two Contigs of CIC YAC, P1, TAC and BAC Clones (1998)

Sato, Shusei, Kotani, Hirokazu, Hayashi, Reiko, Liu, Yao-Guang, Shibata, Daisuke, Tabata, Satoshi

We have constructed a physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 3 by ordering the clones from CIC YAC, P1, TAC and BAC libraries using the sequences of a variety of genetic and EST markers and...

Structural Analysis ofArabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. VI. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,367,185 bp Covered by 19 Physically Assigned P1 and TAC Clones (1998)

Kotani, Hirokazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Asamizu, Erika, Kaneko, Takakazu, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

Nineteen Pl and TAC clones, which have been mapped on the fine physical map of the Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5, were sequenced according to the shotgun-based strategy, and their structural...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. VIII. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,081,958 bp Covered by Seventeen Physically assigned P1 and TAC Clones (1998)

Asamizu, Erika, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kotani, Hirokazu, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

A total of 17 Pl and TAC clones each representing an assigned region of chromosome 5 were isolated from P1 and TAC genomic libraries of Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia, and their nucleotide sequences...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. V. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,381,565 bp Covered by twenty one Physically assigned P1 and TAC Clones (1998)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Kotani, Hirokazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Asamizu, Erika, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

The nucleotide sequences of 21 Pl and TAC clones which have been precisely localized to the fine physical map of the Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5, were determined, and their sequence features...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. IV. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,456,315 bp Covered by Nineteen Physically Assigned P1 and TAC Clones (1998)

Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Kotani, Hirokazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Asamizu, Erika, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

Nineteen Pl and TAC clones, which have been precisely localized to the fine physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5, were newly sequenced, and their sequence features were analysed. The...

Complete Genome Structure of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC6803 (1997)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic organisms capable of oxygen-producing photosynthesis similar to that in eukaryotic algae and plants, and because of this, they have been used as model organisms for...

A Fine Physical Map of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5: Construction of a Sequence-ready Contig Map (1997)

Kotani, Hirokazu, Sato, Shusei, Fukami, Masanobu, Hosouchi, Tsutomu, Nakazaki, Naomi, Okumura, Satomi, ...

A fine physical map of Arabidopsis thaliana chromosome 5 was constructed by ordering the clones from YAC, P1, TAC and BAC libraries of the genome using the sequences of a variety of genetic and EST...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. III. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,191,918 bp Covered by Seventeen Physically Assigned P1 Clones (1997)

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Kotani, Hirokazu, Asamizu, Erika, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

A total of 17 Pl and TAC clones each containing a marker(s) specifically mapped on chromosome 5 were isolated from P1 and TAC libraries of the Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia genome, and their...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. I. Sequence Features of the 1.6 Mb Regions Covered by Twenty Physically Assigned P1 Clones (1997)

Sato, Shusei, Kotani, Hirokazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Fukami, Masanobu, ...

A total of 20 Pl clones with an average insert size of 80 kb and each containing a marker(s) specifically mapped on chromosome 5 were isolated from a P1 library of the Arabidopsis thaliana genome,...

Structural Analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana Chromosome 5. II. Sequence Features of the Regions of 1,044,062 bp Covered by Thirteen Physically assigned P1 Clones (1997)

Kotani, Hirokazu, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

A total of 13 Pl clones, each containing a marker(s) specifically mapped on chromosome 5, were isolated from a P1 library of the Arabidopsis thaliana Columbia genome, and their nucleotide sequences...

Compilation of All Genes Encoding Bacterial Two-component Signal Transducers in the Genome of the Cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC 6803 (1996)

Mizuno, Takeshi, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

Bacteria have devised sophisticated signaling systems for eliciting a variety of adaptive responses to their environment, which are generally referred to as the “two-component regulatory system.”...

Sequence Analysis of the Genome of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803. II. Sequence Determination of the Entire Genome and Assignment of Potential Protein-coding Regions (1996)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Kotani, Hirokazu, Tanaka, Ayako, Asamizu, Erika, Nakamura, Yasukazu, ...

The sequence determination of the entire genome of the Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803 was completed. The total length of the genome finally confirmed was 3,573,470 bp, including the previously...

Structural Analysis of a recA-like Gene in the Genome of Arabidopsis thaliana (1995)

Sato, Shusei, Hotta, Yasuo, Tabata, Satoshi

A recA-like gene was identified in the genome of Arabidopsis thaliana by means of PCR using primers designed on the basis of previously reported amino acid sequences of eukaryotic RecA-like proteins....

Sequence Analysis of the Genome of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. I. Sequence Features in the 1 Mb Region from Map Positions 64% to 92% of the Genome (1995)

Kaneko, Takakazu, Tanaka, Ayako, Sato, Shusei, Kotani, Hirokazu, Sazuka, Takashi, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, ...

The contiguous sequence of 1,003,450 bp spanning map positions 64% to 92% of the genome of Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803 has been deduced. Computer analysis of the sequence predicts that this...

Expression Profiles of a Human Gene Identified as a Structural Homologue of Meiosis-specific recA-like Genes (1995)

Sato, Shusei, Seki, Naohiko, Hotta, Yasuo, Tabata, Satoshi

Using the cDNAclone from mouse testis which carries the conserved sequences among meiosis-specific recA-like genes, a highly homologous cDNA clone was isolated from a cDNA library of human testis....

Prediction of the Coding Sequences of Unidentified Human Genes. III. The Coding Sequences of 40 New Genes (KIAA0081-KIAA0120) Deduced by Analysis of cDNA Clones from Human Cell Line KG-1 (1995)

Nagase, Takahiro, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, Tanaka, Ayako, Sazuka, Takashi, Seki, Naohiko, Sato, Shusei, ...

We isolated full-length cDNA clones from size-fractionated cDNA libraries of human immature myeloid cell line KG-1, and the coding sequences of 40 genes were newly predicted. A computer search of the...

Computer Survey for Likely Genes in the One Megabase Contiguous Genomic Sequence Data of Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 (1995)

Hirosawa, Makoto, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi, McIninch, James D., Hayes, William S., Borodovsky, Mark, ...

Using the computer program GeneMark, the open reading frames (ORFs) previously assigned within the one megabase sequence data of the genome of the cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803...

Assignment of 82 Known Genes and Gene Clusters on the Genome of the Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 (1995)

Kotani, Hirokazu, Tanaka, Ayako, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Sugiura, Masahiro, Tabata, Satoshi

We have previously constructed the physical map of a cyanobacterium, Synechoystis sp. strain PCC6803 on the basis of restriction and linking clone analysis. Since a total of 82 genes and gene...

Characterization of a Mouse recA-like Gene Specifically Expressed in Testis (1995)

Sato, Shusei, Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, Hotta, Yasuo, Tabata, Satoshi

Using the sequence information on a class of recA-like genes, which have been isolated from meiosisspecific cDNA libraries of Lilium and budding yeast and identified in various plant cells, a new...

Prediction of the Coding Sequences of Unidentified Human Genes. II. The Coding Sequences of 40 New Genes (KIAA0041-KIAA0080) Deduced by Analysis of cDNA Clones from Human Cell Line KG-1 (1994)

Nomura, Nobuo, Nagase, Takahiro, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, Sazuka, Takashi, Tanaka, Ayako, Sato, Shusei, ...

By applying the protocol previously established, we isolated and sequenced full-length cDNA clones longer than 2 kb from a cDNA library of human immature myeloid cell line KG-1, and the coding...

A Physical Map of the Genome of a Unicellular Cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. Strain PCC6803 (1994)

Kotani, Hirokazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Matsubayashi, Toru, Sato, Shusei, Sugiura, Masahiro, Tabata, Satoshi

An accurate physical map of the genome of a cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803, was constructed on the basis of restriction and linking clone analysis. The genome contained 6...

Characterization of cDNAs Induced in Meiotic Prophase in Lily Microsporocytes (1994)

Kobayashi, Toshiyuki, Kobayashi, Etsuko, Sato, Shusei, Hotta, Yasuo, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, Tanaka, Ayako, ...

To identify and analyze genes functioning during reproductive cell formation in higher plants, cDNAs harboring the messages induced in meiotic prophase were isolated and characterized. A cDNA library...

Prediction of the Coding Sequences of Unidentified Human Genes. I. The Coding Sequences of 40 New Genes (KIAA0001-KIAA0040) Deduced by Analysis of Randomly Sampled cDNA Clones from Human Immature Myeloid Cell Line KG-1 (1994)

Nomura, Nobuo, Miyajima, Nobuyuki, Sazuka, Takashi, Tanaka, Ayako, Kawarabayasi, Yutaka, Sato, Shusei, ...

We established a protocol for the prediction of the coding sequences of unidentified human genes based on the double selection and sequence analysis of cDNA clones with inserts carrying unreported...

The 245 base-pair oriC sequence of the E. coli chromosome directs bidirectional replication at an adjacent region (1983)

Tabata, Satoshi, Oka, Atsuhiro, Sugimoto, Kazunori, Takanami, Mituru, Yasuda, Soichi, Hirota, Yukinon

The replication origin of the E.coli K-12 chromosome has been isolated as autonomously replicating molecules (oriC plasmid), and the DNA region essential for replicating function (oriC) has been...

Nucleotide sequences of the 5S ribosomal RNA genes and their adjacent regions in Schizosaccharomyces pombe (1981)

Tabata, Satoshi

The organization of 5S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes in the genome of Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been investigated by restriction and hybridization analyses. The 5S rRNA genes were not linked to the...

Complementation of plant mutants with large genomic DNA fragments by a transformation-competent artificial chromosome vector accelerates positional cloning

Liu, Yao-Guang, Shirano, Yumiko, Fukaki, Hidehiro, Yanai, Yukihiro, Tasaka, Masao, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

To accelerate gene isolation from plants by positional cloning, vector systems suitable for both chromosome walking and genetic complementation are highly desirable. Therefore, we developed a...

Distinct constitutive and low-CO2-induced CO2 uptake systems in cyanobacteria: Genes involved and their phylogenetic relationship with homologous genes in other organisms

Shibata, Mari, Ohkawa, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Takakazu, Fukuzawa, Hideya, Tabata, Satoshi, Kaplan, Aaron, ...

Cyanobacteria possess a CO2-concentating mechanism that involves active CO2 uptake and HCO\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts}...

CyanoBase, the genome database for Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803: status for the year 2000

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

CyanoBase provides an online resource for access to data on genomic information about the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. The database contains annotations for each protein-coding...

Photochemical Properties of the Flavin Mononucleotide-Binding Domains of the Phototropins from Arabidopsis, Rice, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1

Kasahara, Masahiro, Swartz, Trevor E., Olney, Margaret A., Onodera, Akihiko, Mochizuki, Nobuyoshi, Fukuzawa, Hideya, ...

Phototropins (phot1 and phot2, formerly designated nph1 and npl1) are blue-light receptors that mediate phototropism, blue light-induced chloroplast relocation, and blue light-induced stomatal...

Leaf Senescence and Starvation-Induced Chlorosis Are Accelerated by the Disruption of an Arabidopsis Autophagy Gene1

Hanaoka, Hideki, Noda, Takeshi, Shirano, Yumiko, Kato, Tomohiko, Hayashi, Hiroaki, Shibata, Daisuke, ...

Autophagy is an intracellular process for vacuolar bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components. The molecular machinery responsible for yeast and mammalian autophagy has recently begun to be...

A Cluster of Genes Encodes the Two Types of Chalcone Isomerase Involved in the Biosynthesis of General Flavonoids and Legume-Specific 5-Deoxy(iso)flavonoids in Lotus japonicus1

Shimada, Norimoto, Aoki, Toshio, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Ayabe, Shin-ichi

Leguminous plants produce 5-deoxyflavonoids and 5-deoxyisoflavonoids that play essential roles in legume-microbe interactions. Together with chalcone polyketide reductase and cytochrome P450...

Expression Islands Clustered on the Symbiosis Island of the Mesorhizobium loti Genome

Uchiumi, Toshiki, Ohwada, Takuji, Itakura, Manabu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Nukui, Noriyuki, Dawadi, Pramod, ...

Rhizobia are symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that are associated with host legumes. The establishment of rhizobial symbiosis requires signal exchanges between partners in microaerobic...

In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family

Higuchi, Masayuki, Pischke, Melissa S., Mähönen, Ari Pekka, Miyawaki, Kaori, Hashimoto, Yukari, Seki, Motoaki, ...

Since their discovery as cell-division factors in plant tissue culture about five decades ago, cytokinins have been hypothesized to play a central role in the regulation of cell division and...

Biosynthesis of the Nitrile Glucosides Rhodiocyanoside A and D and the Cyanogenic Glucosides Lotaustralin and Linamarin in Lotus japonicus1

Forslund, Karin, Morant, Marc, Jørgensen, Bodil, Olsen, Carl Erik, Asamizu, Erika, Sato, Shusei, ...

Lotus japonicus was shown to contain the two nitrile glucosides rhodiocyanoside A and rhodiocyanoside D as well as the cyanogenic glucosides linamarin and lotaustralin. The content of cyanogenic and...

Histidine Kinase Homologs That Act as Cytokinin Receptors Possess Overlapping Functions in the Regulation of Shoot and Root Growth in Arabidopsis

Nishimura, Chika, Ohashi, Yoshi, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Ueguchi, Chiharu

Cytokinins are plant hormones that may play essential and crucial roles in various aspects of plant growth and development. Although the functional significance of exogenous cytokinins as to the...

Spermidine Synthase Genes Are Essential for Survival of Arabidopsis

Imai, Akihiro, Matsuyama, Takashi, Hanzawa, Yoshie, Akiyama, Takashi, Tamaoki, Masanori, Saji, Hikaru, ...

The cellular polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are ubiquitous in nature and have been implicated in a wide range of growth and developmental processes. There is little information,...

Expression Profiling-Based Identification of CO2-Responsive Genes Regulated by CCM1 Controlling a Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1

Miura, Kenji, Yamano, Takashi, Yoshioka, Satoshi, Kohinata, Tsutomu, Inoue, Yoshihiro, Taniguchi, Fumiya, ...

Photosynthetic acclimation to CO2-limiting stress is associated with control of genetic and physiological responses through a signal transduction pathway, followed by integrated monitoring of the...

Processing of ATG8s, Ubiquitin-Like Proteins, and Their Deconjugation by ATG4s Are Essential for Plant Autophagy

Yoshimoto, Kohki, Hanaoka, Hideki, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Noda, Takeshi, ...

Autophagy is an intracellular process for vacuolar degradation of cytoplasmic components. Thus far, plant autophagy has been studied primarily using morphological analyses. A recent genome-wide...

Clustered Genes Required for the Synthesis of Heterocyst Envelope Polysaccharide in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

Huang, Guocun, Fan, Qing, Lechno-Yossef, Sigal, Wojciuch, Elizabeth, Wolk, C. Peter, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

As demonstrated with alr2835 (hepA) and alr2834 (hepC) mutants, heterocysts of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, a filamentous cyanobacterium, must have an envelope polysaccharide layer (the Hep+...

A Vacuolar Processing Enzyme, δVPE, Is Involved in Seed Coat Formation at the Early Stage of Seed Development

Nakaune, Satoru, Yamada, Kenji, Kondo, Maki, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Nishimura, Mikio, ...

Vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE) is a Cys proteinase responsible for the maturation of vacuolar proteins. Arabidopsis thaliana δVPE, which was recently found in the database, was specifically and...

Characterization of the Lotus japonicus Symbiotic Mutant lot1 That Shows a Reduced Nodule Number and Distorted Trichomes1

Ooki, Yasuhiro, Banba, Mari, Yano, Koji, Maruya, Jumpei, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

We isolated a recessive symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus that defines a genetic locus, LOT1 (for low nodulation and trichome distortion). The nodule number per plant of the mutant was about...

Invasion of Lotus japonicus root hairless 1 by Mesorhizobium loti Involves the Nodulation Factor-Dependent Induction of Root Hairs1[w]

Karas, Bogumil, Murray, Jeremy, Gorzelak, Monika, Smith, Alexandra, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

In many legumes, including Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula, susceptible root hairs are the primary sites for the initial signal perception and physical contact between the host plant and the...

The Sulfate Transporter SST1 Is Crucial for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Lotus japonicus Root Nodules

Krusell, Lene, Krause, Katja, Ott, Thomas, Desbrosses, Guilhem, Krämer, Ute, Sato, Shusei, ...

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) by intracellular rhizobia within legume root nodules requires the exchange of nutrients between host plant cells and their resident bacteria. Little is known at the...

Roles of Arabidopsis AtREV1 and AtREV7 in Translesion Synthesis1

Takahashi, Shinya, Sakamoto, Ayako, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Tanaka, Atsushi

Plants have mechanisms for repairing and tolerating detrimental effects by various DNA damaging agents. A tolerance pathway that has been predicted to be present in higher plants is translesion...

A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis

Kanamori, Norihito, Madsen, Lene Heegaard, Radutoiu, Simona, Frantescu, Mirela, Quistgaard, Esben M. H., Miwa, Hiroki, ...

Nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning and traffic between cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments are fundamental processes in eukaryotic cells. Nuclear pore complexes mediate transport of proteins, RNAs and...

Seven Lotus japonicus Genes Required for Transcriptional Reprogramming of the Root during Fungal and Bacterial SymbiosisW⃞

Kistner, Catherine, Winzer, Thilo, Pitzschke, Andrea, Mulder, Lonneke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

A combined genetic and transcriptome analysis was performed to study the molecular basis of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis. By testing the AM phenotype of nodulation-impaired mutants and...

A genetic linkage map of the model legume Lotus japonicus and strategies for fast mapping of new loci.

Sandal, Niels, Krusell, Lene, Radutoiu, Simona, Olbryt, Magdalena, Pedrosa, Andrea, Stracke, Silke, ...

A genetic map for the model legume Lotus japonicus has been developed. The F(2) mapping population was established from an interspecific cross between L. japonicus and L. filicaulis. A high level of...

Control of petal shape and floral zygomorphy in Lotus japonicus

Feng, Xianzhong, Zhao, Zhong, Tian, Zhaoxia, Xu, Shilei, Luo, Yonghai, Cai, Zhigang, ...

Zygomorphic flowers, with bilateral (dorsoventral) symmetry, are considered to have evolved several times independently in flowering plants. In Antirrhinum majus, floral dorsoventral symmetry depends...

Complementation of plant mutants with large genomic DNA fragments by a transformation-competent artificial chromosome vector accelerates positional cloning

Liu, Yao-Guang, Shirano, Yumiko, Fukaki, Hidehiro, Yanai, Yukihiro, Tasaka, Masao, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

To accelerate gene isolation from plants by positional cloning, vector systems suitable for both chromosome walking and genetic complementation are highly desirable. Therefore, we developed a...

Distinct constitutive and low-CO2-induced CO2 uptake systems in cyanobacteria: Genes involved and their phylogenetic relationship with homologous genes in other organisms

Shibata, Mari, Ohkawa, Hiroshi, Kaneko, Takakazu, Fukuzawa, Hideya, Tabata, Satoshi, Kaplan, Aaron, ...

Cyanobacteria possess a CO2-concentating mechanism that involves active CO2 uptake and HCO\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts}...

CyanoBase, the genome database for Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803: status for the year 2000

Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi

CyanoBase provides an online resource for access to data on genomic information about the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803. The database contains annotations for each protein-coding...

Photochemical Properties of the Flavin Mononucleotide-Binding Domains of the Phototropins from Arabidopsis, Rice, and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1

Kasahara, Masahiro, Swartz, Trevor E., Olney, Margaret A., Onodera, Akihiko, Mochizuki, Nobuyoshi, Fukuzawa, Hideya, ...

Phototropins (phot1 and phot2, formerly designated nph1 and npl1) are blue-light receptors that mediate phototropism, blue light-induced chloroplast relocation, and blue light-induced stomatal...

Leaf Senescence and Starvation-Induced Chlorosis Are Accelerated by the Disruption of an Arabidopsis Autophagy Gene1

Hanaoka, Hideki, Noda, Takeshi, Shirano, Yumiko, Kato, Tomohiko, Hayashi, Hiroaki, Shibata, Daisuke, ...

Autophagy is an intracellular process for vacuolar bulk degradation of cytoplasmic components. The molecular machinery responsible for yeast and mammalian autophagy has recently begun to be...

A Cluster of Genes Encodes the Two Types of Chalcone Isomerase Involved in the Biosynthesis of General Flavonoids and Legume-Specific 5-Deoxy(iso)flavonoids in Lotus japonicus1

Shimada, Norimoto, Aoki, Toshio, Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Ayabe, Shin-ichi

Leguminous plants produce 5-deoxyflavonoids and 5-deoxyisoflavonoids that play essential roles in legume-microbe interactions. Together with chalcone polyketide reductase and cytochrome P450...

Expression Islands Clustered on the Symbiosis Island of the Mesorhizobium loti Genome

Uchiumi, Toshiki, Ohwada, Takuji, Itakura, Manabu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Nukui, Noriyuki, Dawadi, Pramod, ...

Rhizobia are symbiotic nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that are associated with host legumes. The establishment of rhizobial symbiosis requires signal exchanges between partners in microaerobic...

In planta functions of the Arabidopsis cytokinin receptor family

Higuchi, Masayuki, Pischke, Melissa S., Mähönen, Ari Pekka, Miyawaki, Kaori, Hashimoto, Yukari, Seki, Motoaki, ...

Since their discovery as cell-division factors in plant tissue culture about five decades ago, cytokinins have been hypothesized to play a central role in the regulation of cell division and...

Biosynthesis of the Nitrile Glucosides Rhodiocyanoside A and D and the Cyanogenic Glucosides Lotaustralin and Linamarin in Lotus japonicus1

Forslund, Karin, Morant, Marc, Jørgensen, Bodil, Olsen, Carl Erik, Asamizu, Erika, Sato, Shusei, ...

Lotus japonicus was shown to contain the two nitrile glucosides rhodiocyanoside A and rhodiocyanoside D as well as the cyanogenic glucosides linamarin and lotaustralin. The content of cyanogenic and...

Histidine Kinase Homologs That Act as Cytokinin Receptors Possess Overlapping Functions in the Regulation of Shoot and Root Growth in Arabidopsis

Nishimura, Chika, Ohashi, Yoshi, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Ueguchi, Chiharu

Cytokinins are plant hormones that may play essential and crucial roles in various aspects of plant growth and development. Although the functional significance of exogenous cytokinins as to the...

Spermidine Synthase Genes Are Essential for Survival of Arabidopsis

Imai, Akihiro, Matsuyama, Takashi, Hanzawa, Yoshie, Akiyama, Takashi, Tamaoki, Masanori, Saji, Hikaru, ...

The cellular polyamines putrescine, spermidine, and spermine are ubiquitous in nature and have been implicated in a wide range of growth and developmental processes. There is little information,...

Expression Profiling-Based Identification of CO2-Responsive Genes Regulated by CCM1 Controlling a Carbon-Concentrating Mechanism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii1

Miura, Kenji, Yamano, Takashi, Yoshioka, Satoshi, Kohinata, Tsutomu, Inoue, Yoshihiro, Taniguchi, Fumiya, ...

Photosynthetic acclimation to CO2-limiting stress is associated with control of genetic and physiological responses through a signal transduction pathway, followed by integrated monitoring of the...

Processing of ATG8s, Ubiquitin-Like Proteins, and Their Deconjugation by ATG4s Are Essential for Plant Autophagy

Yoshimoto, Kohki, Hanaoka, Hideki, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Noda, Takeshi, ...

Autophagy is an intracellular process for vacuolar degradation of cytoplasmic components. Thus far, plant autophagy has been studied primarily using morphological analyses. A recent genome-wide...

Clustered Genes Required for the Synthesis of Heterocyst Envelope Polysaccharide in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

Huang, Guocun, Fan, Qing, Lechno-Yossef, Sigal, Wojciuch, Elizabeth, Wolk, C. Peter, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

As demonstrated with alr2835 (hepA) and alr2834 (hepC) mutants, heterocysts of Anabaena sp. strain PCC 7120, a filamentous cyanobacterium, must have an envelope polysaccharide layer (the Hep+...

A Vacuolar Processing Enzyme, δVPE, Is Involved in Seed Coat Formation at the Early Stage of Seed Development

Nakaune, Satoru, Yamada, Kenji, Kondo, Maki, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Nishimura, Mikio, ...

Vacuolar processing enzyme (VPE) is a Cys proteinase responsible for the maturation of vacuolar proteins. Arabidopsis thaliana δVPE, which was recently found in the database, was specifically and...

Characterization of the Lotus japonicus Symbiotic Mutant lot1 That Shows a Reduced Nodule Number and Distorted Trichomes1

Ooki, Yasuhiro, Banba, Mari, Yano, Koji, Maruya, Jumpei, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

We isolated a recessive symbiotic mutant of Lotus japonicus that defines a genetic locus, LOT1 (for low nodulation and trichome distortion). The nodule number per plant of the mutant was about...

Invasion of Lotus japonicus root hairless 1 by Mesorhizobium loti Involves the Nodulation Factor-Dependent Induction of Root Hairs1[w]

Karas, Bogumil, Murray, Jeremy, Gorzelak, Monika, Smith, Alexandra, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

In many legumes, including Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula, susceptible root hairs are the primary sites for the initial signal perception and physical contact between the host plant and the...

The Sulfate Transporter SST1 Is Crucial for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation in Lotus japonicus Root Nodules

Krusell, Lene, Krause, Katja, Ott, Thomas, Desbrosses, Guilhem, Krämer, Ute, Sato, Shusei, ...

Symbiotic nitrogen fixation (SNF) by intracellular rhizobia within legume root nodules requires the exchange of nutrients between host plant cells and their resident bacteria. Little is known at the...

Roles of Arabidopsis AtREV1 and AtREV7 in Translesion Synthesis1

Takahashi, Shinya, Sakamoto, Ayako, Sato, Shusei, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Tanaka, Atsushi

Plants have mechanisms for repairing and tolerating detrimental effects by various DNA damaging agents. A tolerance pathway that has been predicted to be present in higher plants is translesion...

Seven Lotus japonicus Genes Required for Transcriptional Reprogramming of the Root during Fungal and Bacterial SymbiosisW⃞

Kistner, Catherine, Winzer, Thilo, Pitzschke, Andrea, Mulder, Lonneke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

A combined genetic and transcriptome analysis was performed to study the molecular basis of the arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) symbiosis. By testing the AM phenotype of nodulation-impaired mutants and...

A nucleoporin is required for induction of Ca2+ spiking in legume nodule development and essential for rhizobial and fungal symbiosis

Kanamori, Norihito, Madsen, Lene Heegaard, Radutoiu, Simona, Frantescu, Mirela, Quistgaard, Esben M. H., Miwa, Hiroki, ...

Nuclear-cytoplasmic partitioning and traffic between cytoplasmic and nuclear compartments are fundamental processes in eukaryotic cells. Nuclear pore complexes mediate transport of proteins, RNAs and...

Control of petal shape and floral zygomorphy in Lotus japonicus

Feng, Xianzhong, Zhao, Zhong, Tian, Zhaoxia, Xu, Shilei, Luo, Yonghai, Cai, Zhigang, ...

Zygomorphic flowers, with bilateral (dorsoventral) symmetry, are considered to have evolved several times independently in flowering plants. In Antirrhinum majus, floral dorsoventral symmetry depends...

A genetic linkage map of the model legume Lotus japonicus and strategies for fast mapping of new loci.

Sandal, Niels, Krusell, Lene, Radutoiu, Simona, Olbryt, Magdalena, Pedrosa, Andrea, Stracke, Silke, ...

A genetic map for the model legume Lotus japonicus has been developed. The F(2) mapping population was established from an interspecific cross between L. japonicus and L. filicaulis. A high level of...

Signal Transduction Genes Required for Heterocyst Maturation in Anabaena sp. Strain PCC 7120

Fan, Qing, Lechno-Yossef, Sigal, Ehira, Shigeki, Kaneko, Takakazu, Ohmori, Masayuki, Sato, Naoki, ...

How heterocyst differentiation is regulated, once particular cells start to differentiate, remains largely unknown. Using near-saturation transposon mutagenesis and testing of transposon-tagged loci,...

Legume genome evolution viewed through the Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus genomes

Cannon, Steven B., Sterck, Lieven, Rombauts, Stephane, Sato, Shusei, Cheung, Foo, Gouzy, Jérôme, ...

Genome sequencing of the model legumes, Medicago truncatula and Lotus japonicus, provides an opportunity for large-scale sequence-based comparison of two genomes in the same plant family. Here we...

Roles of Arabidopsis ATP/ADP isopentenyltransferases and tRNA isopentenyltransferases in cytokinin biosynthesis

Miyawaki, Kaori, Tarkowski, Petr, Matsumoto-Kitano, Miho, Kato, Tomohiko, Sato, Shusei, Tarkowska, Danuse, ...

Cytokinins, which are central regulators of cell division and differentiation in plants, are adenine derivatives carrying an isopentenyl side chain that may be hydroxylated. Plants have two classes...

Biosynthesis of Ascorbic Acid in Legume Root Nodules1

Matamoros, Manuel A., Loscos, Jorge, Coronado, Maria J., Ramos, Javier, Sato, Shusei, Testillano, Pilar S., ...

Ascorbic acid (vitamin C) is a major antioxidant and redox buffer, but is also involved in other critical processes of plants. Recently, the hypothesis has been proposed that legume nodules are...

Arabidopsis plasma membrane protein crucial for Ca2+ influx and touch sensing in roots

Nakagawa, Yuko, Katagiri, Takeshi, Shinozaki, Kazuo, Qi, Zhi, Tatsumi, Hitoshi, Furuichi, Takuya, ...

Plants can sense and respond to mechanical stimuli, like animals. An early mechanism of mechanosensing and response is speculated to be governed by as-yet-unidentified sensory complexes containing a...

NUCLEOPORIN85 Is Required for Calcium Spiking, Fungal and Bacterial Symbioses, and Seed Production in Lotus japonicus

Saito, Katsuharu, Yoshikawa, Makoto, Yano, Koji, Miwa, Hiroki, Uchida, Hisaki, Asamizu, Erika, ...

In Lotus japonicus, seven genetic loci have been identified thus far as components of a common symbiosis (Sym) pathway shared by rhizobia and arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi. We characterized the nup85...

A Novel Ankyrin-Repeat Membrane Protein, IGN1, Is Required for Persistence of Nitrogen-Fixing Symbiosis in Root Nodules of Lotus japonicus1[OA]

Kumagai, Hirotaka, Hakoyama, Tsuneo, Umehara, Yosuke, Sato, Shusei, Kaneko, Takakazu, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

Nitrogen-fixing symbiosis of legume plants with Rhizobium bacteria is established through complex interactions between two symbiotic partners. Similar to the mutual recognition and interactions at...

Phytochelatin Synthases of the Model Legume Lotus japonicus. A Small Multigene Family with Differential Response to Cadmium and Alternatively Spliced Variants1[OA]

Ramos, Javier, Clemente, Maria R., Naya, Loreto, Loscos, Jorge, Pérez-Rontomé, Carmen, Sato, Shusei, ...

The biosynthesis of phytochelatins and homophytochelatins has been studied in nodulated plants of the model legume Lotus (Lotus japonicus). In the first 6 to 24 h of treatment with cadmium (Cd),...

TILLING Mutants of Lotus japonicus Reveal That Nitrogen Assimilation and Fixation Can Occur in the Absence of Nodule-Enhanced Sucrose Synthase[C][W]

Horst, Irmtraud, Welham, Tracey, Kelly, Simon, Kaneko, Takakazu, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

In all plant species studied to date, sucrose synthase occurs as multiple isoforms. The specific functions of the different isoforms are for the most part not clear. Six isoforms of sucrose synthase...

The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL)

Mueller, Lukas A., Tanksley, Steven D., Giovannoni, Jim J., Van Eck, Joyce, Stack, Stephen, Choi, Doil, ...

The genome of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is being sequenced by an international consortium of 10 countries (Korea, China, the United Kingdom, India, The Netherlands, France, Japan, Spain, Italy...

Arabidopsis TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 Is Directly Regulated by R2R3 MYB Transcription Factors and Is Involved in Regulation of GLABRA2 Transcription in Epidermal Differentiation[W]

Ishida, Tetsuya, Hattori, Sayoko, Sano, Ryosuke, Inoue, Kayoko, Shirano, Yumiko, Hayashi, Hiroaki, ...

Arabidopsis thaliana TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA2 (TTG2) encodes a WRKY transcription factor and is expressed in young leaves, trichomes, seed coats, and root hairless cells. An examination of several...

Legume Anchor Markers Link Syntenic Regions Between Phaseolus vulgaris, Lotus japonicus, Medicago truncatula and Arachis

Hougaard, Birgit Kristine, Madsen, Lene Heegaard, Sandal, Niels, De Carvalho Moretzsohn, Marcio, Fredslund, Jakob, Schauser, Leif, ...

We have previously described a bioinformatics pipeline identifying comparative anchor-tagged sequence (CATS) loci, combined with design of intron-spanning primers. The derived anchor markers defining...

Genetic control of floral zygomorphy in pea (Pisum sativum L.)

Wang, Zheng, Luo, Yonghai, Li, Xin, Wang, Liping, Xu, Shilei, Yang, Jun, ...

Floral zygomorphy (flowers with bilateral symmetry) has multiple origins and typically manifests two kinds of asymmetries, dorsoventral (DV) and organ internal (IN) asymmetries in floral and organ...

Soybean Seed Extracts Preferentially Express Genomic Loci of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the Initial Interaction with Soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr

Wei, Min, Yokoyama, Tadashi, Minamisawa, Kiwamu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Itakura, Manabu, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

Initial interaction between rhizobia and legumes actually starts via encounters of both partners in the rhizosphere. In this study, the global expression profiles of Bradyrhizobium japonicum USDA 110...

Genome Structure of the Legume, Lotus japonicus

Sato, Shusei, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Kaneko, Takakazu, Asamizu, Erika, Kato, Tomohiko, Nakao, Mitsuteru, ...

The legume Lotus japonicus has been widely used as a model system to investigate the genetic background of legume-specific phenomena such as symbiotic nitrogen fixation. Here, we report structural...

A High-density Linkage Map of Lotus japonicus Based on AFLP and SSR Markers

Wang, Xinwang, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Kawasaki, Shinji

A collection of 94 F6 individuals derived from crosses between Lotus japonicus, Gifu B-129 (G) and Miyakojima MG-20 (M) were used for mapping. By using the HEGS running system, 427 EcoRI/MseI primer...

Construction of Signature-tagged Mutant Library in Mesorhizobium loti as a Powerful Tool for Functional Genomics

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Mitsui, Hisayuki, Kamimatsuse, Hiroko, Minamisawa, Kiwamu, Nishiyama, Eri, Ohtsubo, Yoshiyuki, ...

Rhizobia are nitrogen-fixing soil bacteria that establish endosymbiosis with some leguminous plants. The completion of several rhizobial genome sequences provides opportunities for genome-wide...

A Large Scale Analysis of Protein–Protein Interactions in the Nitrogen-fixing Bacterium Mesorhizobium loti

Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Shinpo, Sayaka, Kohara, Mitsuyo, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Sato, Shusei

Global viewing of protein–protein interactions (PPIs) is a useful way to assign biological roles to large numbers of proteins predicted by complete genome sequence. Here, we systematically analyzed...

Comparative Genomics and Reverse Genetics Analysis Reveal Indispensable Functions of the Serine Acetyltransferase Gene Family in Arabidopsis[W][OA]

Watanabe, Mutsumi, Mochida, Keiichi, Kato, Tomohiko, Tabata, Satoshi, Yoshimoto, Naoko, Noji, Masaaki, ...

Ser acetyltransferase (SERAT), which catalyzes O-acetyl-Ser (OAS) formation, plays a key role in sulfur assimilation and Cys synthesis. Despite several studies on SERATs from various plant species,...

The Temperature-Sensitive brush Mutant of the Legume Lotus japonicus Reveals a Link between Root Development and Nodule Infection by Rhizobia[C][W][OA]

Maekawa-Yoshikawa, Makoto, Müller, Judith, Takeda, Naoya, Maekawa, Takaki, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, ...

The brush mutant of Lotus japonicus exhibits a temperature-dependent impairment in nodule, root, and shoot development. At 26°C, brush formed fewer nodules, most of which were not colonized by...

CYCLOPS, a mediator of symbiotic intracellular accommodation

Yano, Koji, Yoshida, Satoko, Müller, Judith, Singh, Sylvia, Banba, Mari, Vickers, Kate, ...

The initiation of intracellular infection of legume roots by symbiotic rhizobia bacteria and arbuscular mycorrhiza (AM) fungi is preceded by the induction of calcium signatures in and around the...

A Positive Regulatory Role for LjERF1 in the Nodulation Process Is Revealed by Systematic Analysis of Nodule-Associated Transcription Factors of Lotus japonicus1[W]

Asamizu, Erika, Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Kouchi, Hiroshi, Tabata, Satoshi, Sato, Shusei

We have used reverse genetics to identify genes involved in legume-rhizobium symbiosis in Lotus japonicus. We obtained the sequences of 20 putative transcription factors from previously reported...

Dissection of Symbiosis and Organ Development by Integrated Transcriptome Analysis of Lotus japonicus Mutant and Wild-Type Plants

Høgslund, Niels, Radutoiu, Simona, Krusell, Lene, Voroshilova, Vera, Hannah, Matthew A., Goffard, Nicolas, ...

Genetic analyses of plant symbiotic mutants has led to the identification of key genes involved in Rhizobium-legume communication as well as in development and function of nitrogen fixing root...

High-density Integrated Linkage Map Based on SSR Markers in Soybean

Hwang, Tae-Young, Sayama, Takashi, Takahashi, Masakazu, Takada, Yoshitake, Nakamoto, Yumi, Funatsuki, Hideyuki, ...

A well-saturated molecular linkage map is a prerequisite for modern plant breeding. Several genetic maps have been developed for soybean with various types of molecular markers. Simple sequence...

A cytosolic invertase is required for normal growth and cell development in the model legume, Lotus japonicus

Welham, Tracey, Pike, Jodie, Horst, Irmtraud, Flemetakis, Emmanouil, Katinakis, Panagiotis, Kaneko, Takakazu, ...

Neutral/alkaline invertases are a subgroup, confined to plants and cyanobacteria, of a diverse family of enzymes. A family of seven closely-related genes, LjINV1–LjINV7, is described here and their...

ChlH, the H subunit of the Mg-chelatase, is an anti-sigma factor for SigE in Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

Osanai, Takashi, Imashimizu, Masahiko, Seki, Asako, Sato, Shusei, Tabata, Satoshi, Imamura, Sousuke, ...

Although regulation of sigma factors has been intensively investigated, anti-sigma factors have not been identified in oxygenic photosynthetic organisms. A previous study suggested that the sigma...

Map-Based Cloning of the Gene Associated With the Soybean Maturity Locus E3

Watanabe, Satoshi, Hideshima, Rumiko, Xia, Zhengjun, Tsubokura, Yasutaka, Sato, Shusei, Nakamoto, Yumi, ...

Photosensitivity plays an essential role in the response of plants to their changing environments throughout their life cycle. In soybean [Glycine max (L.) Merrill], several associations between...

Genome-wide Analyses of the Structural Gene Families Involved in the Legume-specific 5-Deoxyisoflavonoid Biosynthesis of Lotus japonicus

Shimada, Norimoto, Sato, Shusei, Akashi, Tomoyoshi, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi, Ayabe, Shin-ichi, ...

A model legume Lotus japonicus (Regel) K. Larsen is one of the subjects of genome sequencing and functional genomics programs. In the course of targeted approaches to the legume genomics, we analyzed...

Genotype Matrix Mapping: Searching for Quantitative Trait Loci Interactions in Genetic Variation in Complex Traits

Isobe, Sachiko, Nakaya, Akihiro, Tabata, Satoshi

In order to reveal quantitative trait loci (QTL) interactions and the relationship between various interactions in complex traits, we have developed a new QTL mapping approach, named genotype matrix...

A Large-scale Protein–protein Interaction Analysis in Synechocystis sp. PCC6803

Sato, Shusei, Shimoda, Yoshikazu, Muraki, Akiko, Kohara, Mitsuyo, Nakamura, Yasukazu, Tabata, Satoshi

Protein–protein interactions (PPIs) play crucial roles in protein function for a variety of biological processes. Data from large-scale PPI screening has contributed to understanding the function...

Characterization of the Soybean Genome Using EST-derived Microsatellite Markers

Hisano, Hiroshi, Sato, Shusei, Isobe, Sachiko, Sasamoto, Shigemi, Wada, Tsuyuko, Matsuno, Ai, ...

We generated a high-density genetic linkage map of soybean using expressed sequence tag (EST)-derived microsatellite markers. A total of 6920 primer pairs (10.9%) were designed to amplify simple...

Complete Genomic Structure of the Bloom-forming Toxic Cyanobacterium Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843

Kaneko, Takakazu, Nakajima, Nobuyoshi, Okamoto, Shinobu, Suzuki, Iwane, Tanabe, Yuuhiko, Tamaoki, Masanori, ...

The nucleotide sequence of the complete genome of a cyanobacterium, Microcystis aeruginosa NIES-843, was determined. The genome of M. aeruginosa is a single, circular chromosome of 5 842 795 base...