Hashimoto, Kohsuke, Igarashi, Hisako, Mano, Shoji, Takenaka, Chikako, Shiina, Takashi, Yamaguchi, Masatoshi, ...
Myosin XI, a class of myosins expressed in plants is believed to be responsible for cytoplasmic streaming and the translocation of organelles and vesicles. To gain further insight into the...
Co-Regulation of Brassinosteroid Biosynthesis-Related Genes During Xylem Cell Differentiation (2007)
Yamamoto, Ryo, Fujioka, Shozo, Iwamoto, Kuninori, Demura, Taku, Takatsuto, Suguru, Yoshida, Shigeo, ...
To understand the regulatory mechanisms of brassinosteroid (BR) biosynthesis in specific plant developmental processes, we first investigated the accumulation profiles of BRs and sterols in xylem...
Zhou, Gong-Ke, Kubo, Minoru, Zhong, Ruiqin, Demura, Taku, Ye, Zheng-Hua
The class III homeodomain leucine-zipper (HD-ZIP III) genes are thought to be targets of microRNAs (miRNAs) 165 and 166, but it is not known whether all the developmental processes affected by...
A flexible representation of omic knowledge for thorough analysis of microarray data (2006)
Hasegawa, Yoshikazu, Seki, Motoaki, Mochizuki, Yoshiki, Heida, Naohiko, Hirosawa, Katsura, Okamoto, Naoki, ...
Abstract Background In order to understand microarray data reasonably in the context of other existing biological knowledge, it is necessary to conduct a thorough examination of the data utilizing...
Sato, Yasushi, Demura, Taku, Yamawaki, Ken, Inoue, Yukina, Sato, Seiichi, Sugiyama, Munetaka, ...
In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of vessel lignification, we isolated ZPO-C, a novel peroxidase gene of Zinnia elegans that is expressed specifically in differentiating tracheary...
Sato, Yasushi, Demura, Taku, Yamawaki, Ken, Inoue, Yukina, Sato, Seiichi, Sugiyama, Munetaka, ...
In an attempt to elucidate the regulatory mechanism of vessel lignification, we isolated ZPO-C, a novel peroxidase gene of Zinnia elegans that is expressed specifically in differentiating tracheary...
Muto, Hideki, Nagao, Issei, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo, Kinjo, Masataka, Yamamoto, Kotaro T.
Since auxin may elicit numerous developmental responses by the use of a combination of auxin response factors (ARFs) and their Aux/IAA repressors, it is important to determine interaction between the...
Muto, Hideki, Nagao, Issei, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo, Kinjo, Masataka, Yamamoto, Kotaro T.
Since auxin may elicit numerous developmental responses by the use of a combination of auxin response factors (ARFs) and their Aux/IAA repressors, it is important to determine the interaction between...
Transcription switches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation (2005)
Kubo, Minoru, Udagawa, Makiko, Nishikubo, Nobuyuki, Horiguchi, Gorou, Yamaguchi, Masatoshi, Ito, Jun, ...
Land plants evolved xylem vessels to conduct water and nutrients, and to support the plant. Microarray analysis with a newly established Arabidopsis in vitro xylem vessel element formation system and...
Suzuki, Takamasa, Nakajima, Sakiko, Inagaki, Soichi, Hirano-Nakakita, Makiko, Matsuoka, Ken, Demura, Taku, ...
The TONSOKU(TSK)/MGOUN3/BRUSHY1 of Arabidopsis thaliana is a nuclear leucine-glycine-aspargine (LGN) domain protein implicated to be involved in the genome maintenance, and mutants with defects in...
Class III Homeodomain Leucine-Zipper Proteins Regulate Xylem Cell Differentiation (2005)
Ohashi-Ito, Kyoko, Kubo, Minoru, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Although it has been suggested that class III homeodomain leucine-zipper proteins (HD-Zip III) are involved in vascular development, details of the function of individual HD-Zip III proteins in...
Henmi, Kenji, Demura, Taku, Tsuboi, Seiji, Fukuda, Hiroo, Iwabuchi, Masaki, Ogawa, Ken'ichi
Exogenously applied GSH and GSSG can control the in vitro differentiation of mesophyll cells to tracheary elements (TEs) in Zinnia elegans and de novo GSH synthesis is essential for the early...
Suzuki, Takamasa, Nakajima, Sakiko, Inagaki, Soichi, Hirano-Nakakita, Makiko, Matsuoka, Ken, Demura, Taku, ...
TONSOKU(TSK)/MGOUN3/BRUSHY1 of Arabidopsis thaliana encodes a nuclear leucine–glycine–aspargine (LGN) domain protein implicated to be involved in genome maintenance, and mutants with defects in...
Henmi, Kenji, Demura, Taku, Tsuboi, Seiji, Fukuda, Hiroo, Iwabuchi, Masaki, Ogawa, Kenichi
Exogenously applied GSH and GSSG can control the in vitro differentiation of mesophyll cells to tracheary elements (TEs) in Zinnia elegans, and de novo GSH synthesis is essential for the early...
Class III Homeodomain Leucine-Zipper Proteins Regulate Xylem Cell Differentiation (2005)
Ohashi-Ito, Kyoko, Kubo, Minoru, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Although it has been suggested that class III homeodomain leucine-zipper proteins (HD-Zip III) are involved in vascular development, details of the function of individual HD-Zip III proteins in...
Suzuki, Takamasa, Nakajima, Sakiko, Inagaki, Soichi, Hirano-Nakakita, Makiko, Matsuoka, Ken, Demura, Taku, ...
The TONSOKU(TSK)/MGOUN3/BRUSHY1 of Arabidopsis thaliana is a nuclear leucine-glycine-aspargine (LGN) domain protein implicated to be involved in the genome maintenance, and mutants with defects in...
Class III Homeodomain Leucine-Zipper Proteins Regulate Xylem Cell Differentiation (2005)
Ohashi-Ito, Kyoko, Kubo, Minoru, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Although it has been suggested that class III homeodomain leucine-zipper proteins (HD-Zip III) are involved in vascular development, details of the function of individual HD-Zip III proteins in...
Henmi, Kenji, Demura, Taku, Tsuboi, Seiji, Fukuda, Hiroo, Iwabuchi, Masaki, Ogawa, Ken'ichi
Exogenously applied GSH and GSSG can control the in vitro differentiation of mesophyll cells to tracheary elements (TEs) in Zinnia elegans and de novo GSH synthesis is essential for the early...
Pyo, Hyunjin, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
The vascular system is a complex tissue composed of several vascular cell types. However, little is known about the differentiation process of each vascular cell in situ. In this study, we found that...
Matsuoka, Ken, Demura, Taku, Galis, Ivan, Horiguchi, Tatsuya, Sasaki, Mami, Tashiro, Gen, ...
To understand how plant cell changes gene expression during cell division and after termination of cell division, we analyzed the change of gene expression during the growth of tobacco BY-2 cell...
Ohashi-Ito, Kyoko, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
We isolated three novel homeobox genes (ZeHB-10, -11 and -12) from Zinnia elegans to elucidate the molecular mechanism underlying vascular system formation. ZeHB-10, -11 and -12 encode for HD-Zip...
Nishitani, Chikako, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Interruption of the vascular bundles of Zinnia internodes induced transdifferentiation of cells into tracheary elements (TEs) or sieve elements (SEs) within 4 d of wounding. The early stage of the...
Endo, Satoshi, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
In maturation process of tracheary element (TE) differentiation, many hydrolases are activated to execute programmed cell death of TEs. Such hydrolases are released from maturing TEs into...
Primary Phloem-Specific Expression of a Zinnia elegans Homeobox Gene (2001)
Nishitani, Chikako, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Some plant homeobox genes are expressed specifically in vascular cells and are assumed to function in the differentiation of specific types of vascular cells. However, homeobox genes exhibiting...
Henmi, Kenji, Tsuboi, Seiji, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo, Iwabuchi, Masaki, Ogawa, Kenichi
We investigated the relationship between the cellular redox state of GSH or GSSG and tracheary element (TE) differentiation using a Zinnia experimental system, in which isolated mesophyll cells...
Usuda, Hideaki, Demura, Taku, Shimogawara, Kousuke, Fukuda, Hiroo
The mechanisms that control sink capacity are poorly understood. in radish, a major sink is the “storage root”, which begins to thicken early in development, mainly as a result of thickening of...
Usuda, Hideaki, Rouhier, Hervé, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Controling mechanisms of sink capacity are poorly understood. Previously we suggested that sucrose synthase (SuSy), but not invertase, plays an important role for sink capacity of the radish...
Yamamoto, Ryo, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
To elucidate the involvement of brassinosteroids in the progression of tracheary element differentiation in cultured Zinnia cells, we analyzed the effects of uniconazole, an inhibitor of...
Yoshimura, Toshihiko, Demura, Taku, Igarashi, Megumi, Fukuda, Hiroo
Complementary DNA clones for three different rβ-tubulin isotypes (ZeTubB1, ZeTubB2 and ZeTubB3) were isolated from a cDNA library generated from RNA of cultured mesophyll cells of Zinnia elegans...
Shinohara, Naoki, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Using a strategy consisting of (i) the isolation of cell walls from synchronously differentiating cells of Zinnia, (ii) the generation of mAbs with an antibody phage display method, and (iii)...
Brassinosteroid Levels Increase Drastically Prior to Morphogenesis of Tracheary Elements
Yamamoto, Ryo, Fujioka, Shozo, Demura, Taku, Takatsuto, Suguru, Yoshida, Shigeo, Fukuda, Hiroo
As the first step toward understanding the involvement of endogenous brassinosteroids (BRs) in cytodifferentiation, we analyzed biosynthetic activities of BRs in zinnia (Zinnia elegans L. cv Canary...
Demura, Taku, Tashiro, Gen, Horiguchi, Gorou, Kishimoto, Naoki, Kubo, Minoru, Matsuoka, Naoko, ...
Plants have a unique transdifferentiation mechanism by which differentiated cells can initiate a new program of differentiation. We used a comprehensive analysis of gene expression in an in vitro...
Sawa, Shinichrio, Demura, Taku, Horiguchi, Gorou, Kubo, Minoru, Fukuda, Hiroo
We isolated three recessive mutants of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) showing ectopic expression of the xylem-specific marker, pAtxyn3::YFP. Genetic analysis indicated that the phenotypes were...
Transcription switches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation
Kubo, Minoru, Udagawa, Makiko, Nishikubo, Nobuyuki, Horiguchi, Gorou, Yamaguchi, Masatoshi, Ito, Jun, ...
Land plants evolved xylem vessels to conduct water and nutrients, and to support the plant. Microarray analysis with a newly established Arabidopsis in vitro xylem vessel element formation system and...
A flexible representation of omic knowledge for thorough analysis of microarray data
Hasegawa, Yoshikazu, Seki, Motoaki, Mochizuki, Yoshiki, Heida, Naohiko, Hirosawa, Katsura, Okamoto, Naoki, ...
DRP1A Is Responsible for Vascular Continuity Synergistically Working with VAN3 in Arabidopsis1
Sawa, Shinichiro, Koizumi, Koji, Naramoto, Satoshi, Demura, Taku, Ueda, Takashi, Nakano, Akihiko, ...
In most dicotyledonous plants, vascular tissues in the leaf have a reticulate venation pattern. We have isolated and characterized an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant defective in the...
Shinohara, Naoki, Demura, Taku, Fukuda, Hiroo
Using a strategy consisting of (i) the isolation of cell walls from synchronously differentiating cells of Zinnia, (ii) the generation of mAbs with an antibody phage display method, and (iii)...
Brassinosteroid Levels Increase Drastically Prior to Morphogenesis of Tracheary Elements
Yamamoto, Ryo, Fujioka, Shozo, Demura, Taku, Takatsuto, Suguru, Yoshida, Shigeo, Fukuda, Hiroo
As the first step toward understanding the involvement of endogenous brassinosteroids (BRs) in cytodifferentiation, we analyzed biosynthetic activities of BRs in zinnia (Zinnia elegans L. cv Canary...
Demura, Taku, Tashiro, Gen, Horiguchi, Gorou, Kishimoto, Naoki, Kubo, Minoru, Matsuoka, Naoko, ...
Plants have a unique transdifferentiation mechanism by which differentiated cells can initiate a new program of differentiation. We used a comprehensive analysis of gene expression in an in vitro...
Sawa, Shinichrio, Demura, Taku, Horiguchi, Gorou, Kubo, Minoru, Fukuda, Hiroo
We isolated three recessive mutants of Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) showing ectopic expression of the xylem-specific marker, pAtxyn3::YFP. Genetic analysis indicated that the phenotypes were...
DRP1A Is Responsible for Vascular Continuity Synergistically Working with VAN3 in Arabidopsis1
Sawa, Shinichiro, Koizumi, Koji, Naramoto, Satoshi, Demura, Taku, Ueda, Takashi, Nakano, Akihiko, ...
In most dicotyledonous plants, vascular tissues in the leaf have a reticulate venation pattern. We have isolated and characterized an Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana) mutant defective in the...
Transcription switches for protoxylem and metaxylem vessel formation
Kubo, Minoru, Udagawa, Makiko, Nishikubo, Nobuyuki, Horiguchi, Gorou, Yamaguchi, Masatoshi, Ito, Jun, ...
Land plants evolved xylem vessels to conduct water and nutrients, and to support the plant. Microarray analysis with a newly established Arabidopsis in vitro xylem vessel element formation system and...
A flexible representation of omic knowledge for thorough analysis of microarray data
Hasegawa, Yoshikazu, Seki, Motoaki, Mochizuki, Yoshiki, Heida, Naohiko, Hirosawa, Katsura, Okamoto, Naoki, ...
Sekimoto, Hiroyuki, Tanabe, Yoichi, Tsuchikane, Yuki, Shirosaki, Hiroshi, Fukuda, Hiroo, Demura, Taku, ...
The desmid Closterium peracerosum-strigosum-littorale complex, which is the closest unicellular sister to land plants, is the best characterized of the charophycean green algae with respect to the...
Zhong, Ruiqin, Demura, Taku, Ye, Zheng-Hua
Secondary walls in fibers and tracheary elements constitute the most abundant biomass produced by plants. Although a number of genes involved in the biosynthesis of secondary wall components have...
An isoform of Arabidopsis myosin XI interacts with small GTPases in its C-terminal tail region
Hashimoto, Kohsuke, Igarashi, Hisako, Mano, Shoji, Takenaka, Chikako, Shiina, Takashi, Yamaguchi, Masatoshi, ...
Myosin XI, a class of myosins expressed in plants is believed to be responsible for cytoplasmic streaming and the translocation of organelles and vesicles. To gain further insight into the...
Motose, Hiroyasu, Iwamoto, Kuninori, Endo, Satoshi, Demura, Taku, Sakagami, Youji, Matsubayashi, Yoshikatsu, ...
Phytosulfokine (PSK) is a sulfated peptide hormone required for the proliferation and differentiation of plant cells. Here, we characterize the physiological roles of PSK in transdifferentiation of...