Fujiwara, Makoto T., Sekine, Kohsuke, Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y., Abe, Tomoko, Sato, Naoki, Itoh, Ryuuichi D.
Chloroplast division involves the tubulin-related GTPase FtsZ that assembles into a ring structure (Z-ring) at the mid-chloroplast division site, which is where invagination and constriction of the...
Kazama, Yusuke, Fujiwara, Makoto T., Koizumi, Ayako, Nishihara, Kiyoshi, Nishiyama, Rie, Kifune, Etsuko, ...
To elucidate the mechanism(s) underlying dioecious flower development, the present study analyzed a SUPERMAN (SUP) homolog, SlSUP, which was identified in Silene latifolia. The sex of this plant is...
Heavy-ion beam irradiation facility for biological samples in RIKEN (2008)
Ryuto, Hiromichi, Fukunishi, Nobuhisa, Hayashi, Yoriko, Ichida, Hiroyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Kase, Masayuki, ...
Fujiwara, Makoto T., Hashimoto, Haruki, Kazama, Yusuke, Abe, Tomoko, Yoshida, Shigeo, Sato, Naoki, ...
Chloroplast division comprises a sequence of events that facilitate symmetric binary fission and that involve prokaryotic-like stromal division factors such as tubulin-like GTPase FtsZ and the...
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y., Ichida, Hiroyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Suzuki, Yutaka, Sugano, Sumio, Obokata, Junichi
Mammalian promoters are categorized into TATA and CpG-related groups, and they have complementary roles associated with differentiated transcriptional characteristics. While the TATA box is also...
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y, Ichida, Hiroyuki, Matsui, Minami, Obokata, Junichi, Sakurai, Tetsuya, Satou, Masakazu, ...
Abstract Background Plant promoter architecture is important for understanding regulation and evolution of the promoters, but our current knowledge about plant promoter structure, especially with...
Nishikiori, Nobuyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Costa, Dehiwala GM, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Kunii, Osamu, Moji, Kazuhiko
Abstract Background Describing adverse health effects and identifying vulnerable populations during and after a disaster are important aspects of any disaster relief operation. This study aimed to...
Kagawa, Takatoshi, Kasahara, Masahiro, Abe, Tomoko, Yoshida, Shigeo, Wada, Masamitsu
Gametophytes of the fern Adiantum capillus-veneris L. were mutagenized by heavy ion beam irradiation and screened for mutants lacking chloroplast avoidance movement under high intensity blue light....
Mitsuhiro Kimura, Katsushi Manabe, Tomoko Abe, Shigeo Yoshida, Minami Matsui, Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto
Intense and excessive light triggers the evolution of reactive oxygen species in chloroplasts, and these have the potential to cause damage. However, plants are able to respond to light stress and...
Identification of Arabidopsis Genes Regulated by High Light–Stress Using cDNA Microarray¶ (2003)
Mitsuhiro Kimura, Yoshiharu Y. Yamamoto, Motoaki Seki, Tetsuya Sakurai, Masakazu Sato, Tomoko Abe, ...
In plants, excess light has the potential to damage the photosynthetic apparatus. The damage is caused in part by reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by electrons leaking from the photosynthetic...
Miyazawa, Yutaka, Nakajima, Naoko, Abe, Tomoko, Sakai, Atsushi, Fujioka, Shozo, Kawano, Shigeyuki, ...
Brassinosteroids (BRs) are steroidal phytohormones that are essential for many processes in plant growth and development, such as cell expansion, vascular differentiation, and responses to stress....
Matsuyama, Tomoki, Kimura, Makoto T., Koike, Kuniaki, Abe, Tomoko, Nakano, Takeshi, Asami, Tadao, ...
Understanding the role of ‘epigenetic’ changes such as DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling has now become critical in understanding many biological processes. In order to delineate the...
Regulation of Chloroplast Gene Expression is Affected in ali, a Novel Tobacco Albino Mutant (2001)
Bae, Chang-Hyu, Abe, Tomoko, Matsuyama, Tomoki, Fukunishi, Nobuhisa, Nagata, Noriko, Nakano, Takeshi, ...
An albino mutant designated ali was isolated from an M2population derived from a tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L. ‘BY-4’) plant which had been irradiated with a14N-ion beam at an early...
Yeo, Dennis, Abe, Tomoko, Abe, Hiroshi, Sakurai, Akira, Takio, Koji, Dohmae, Naoshi, ...
Asparagus officinalis seedlings treated with either thiocarbamates or carbamates are induced to flower within 2-3 weeks of application. SDS-PAGE and 2-D PAGE resolutions of total soluble proteins of...
Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Shiraki, Mari, Abe, Tomoko, Sugiyama, Akinori, Saito, Terumi
An intracellular 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB)-oligomer hydrolase (PhaZ2Reu) of Ralstonia eutropha was purified from Escherichia coli harboring a plasmid containing phaZ2Reu. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed...
Matsuyama, Tomoki, Kimura, Makoto T., Koike, Kuniaki, Abe, Tomoko, Nakano, Takeshi, Asami, Tadao, ...
Understanding the role of ‘epigenetic’ changes such as DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling has now become critical in understanding many biological processes. In order to delineate the...
Novel Intracellular 3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase in Wautersia eutropha H16
Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Uchino, Keiichi, Abe, Tomoko, Yamazaki, Yuya, Saito, Terumi
Wautersia eutropha H16 (formerly Ralstonia eutropha) mobilizes intracellularly accumulated poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) with intracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerases. In this study, a...
Abe, Tomoko, Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Saito, Terumi
A novel intracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase (PhaZd) of Wautersia eutropha (formerly Ralstonia eutropha) H16 which shows similarity with the catalytic domain of the extracellular...
Nishikiori, Nobuyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Costa, Dehiwala G M, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Kunii, Osamu, Moji, Kazuhiko
Objective To describe the distribution of mortality among internally displaced persons during two and a half months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004.
Nishikiori, Nobuyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Costa, Dehiwala GM, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Kunii, Osamu, Moji, Kazuhiko
Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Shiraki, Mari, Abe, Tomoko, Sugiyama, Akinori, Saito, Terumi
An intracellular 3-hydroxybutyrate (3HB)-oligomer hydrolase (PhaZ2Reu) of Ralstonia eutropha was purified from Escherichia coli harboring a plasmid containing phaZ2Reu. The purified enzyme hydrolyzed...
Matsuyama, Tomoki, Kimura, Makoto T., Koike, Kuniaki, Abe, Tomoko, Nakano, Takeshi, Asami, Tadao, ...
Understanding the role of ‘epigenetic’ changes such as DNA methylation and chromatin remodeling has now become critical in understanding many biological processes. In order to delineate the...
Novel Intracellular 3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase in Wautersia eutropha H16
Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Uchino, Keiichi, Abe, Tomoko, Yamazaki, Yuya, Saito, Terumi
Wautersia eutropha H16 (formerly Ralstonia eutropha) mobilizes intracellularly accumulated poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) with intracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) depolymerases. In this study, a...
Abe, Tomoko, Kobayashi, Teruyuki, Saito, Terumi
A novel intracellular poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (PHB) depolymerase (PhaZd) of Wautersia eutropha (formerly Ralstonia eutropha) H16 which shows similarity with the catalytic domain of the extracellular...
Nishikiori, Nobuyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Costa, Dehiwala G M, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Kunii, Osamu, Moji, Kazuhiko
Objective To describe the distribution of mortality among internally displaced persons during two and a half months after the Indian Ocean tsunami, 2004.
Nishikiori, Nobuyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Costa, Dehiwala GM, Dharmaratne, Samath D, Kunii, Osamu, Moji, Kazuhiko
Identification of plant promoter constituents by analysis of local distribution of short sequences
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y, Ichida, Hiroyuki, Matsui, Minami, Obokata, Junichi, Sakurai, Tetsuya, Satou, Masakazu, ...
Differentiation of core promoter architecture between plants and mammals revealed by LDSS analysis
Yamamoto, Yoshiharu Y., Ichida, Hiroyuki, Abe, Tomoko, Suzuki, Yutaka, Sugano, Sumio, Obokata, Junichi
Mammalian promoters are categorized into TATA and CpG-related groups, and they have complementary roles associated with differentiated transcriptional characteristics. While the TATA box is also...
Shimada, Sanae, Ogawa, Taiichi, Kitagawa, Satoshi, Suzuki, Takayuki, Ikari, Chihiro, Shitsukawa, Naoki, ...
To elucidate the genetic mechanism of flowering in wheat, we performed expression, mutant and transgenic studies of flowering-time genes. A diurnal expression analysis revealed that a flowering...