Tomoko Abe

Live Imaging of Chloroplast FtsZ1 Filaments, Rings, Spirals, and Motile Dot Structures in the AtMinE1 Mutant and Overexpressor of Arabidopsis thaliana (2009)

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...

A SUPERMAN-like Gene is Exclusively Expressed in Female Flowers of the Dioecious Plant Silene latifolia (2009)

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...

The Assembly of the FtsZ Ring at the Mid-Chloroplast Division Site Depends on a Balance Between the Activities of AtMinE1 and ARC11/AtMinD1 (2008)

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...

Differentiation of core promoter architecture between plants and mammals revealed by LDSS analysis (2007)

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...

Identification of plant promoter constituents by analysis of local distribution of short sequences (2007)

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...

Who died as a result of the tsunami? – Risk factors of mortality among internally displaced persons in Sri Lanka: a retrospective cohort analysis (2006)

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...

Function Analysis of Phototropin2 using Fern Mutants Deficient in Blue Light-Induced Chloroplast Avoidance Movement (2004)

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....

Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide–independent Expression of the High-light–inducible ELIP2 Gene with the Aid of the ELIP2 Promoter–Luciferase Fusion¶ (2003)

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...

Activation of cell proliferation by brassinolide application in tobacco BY-2 cells: effects of brassinolide on cell multiplication, cell-cycle-related gene expression, and organellar DNA contents (2003)

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....

Global methylation screening in the Arabidopsis thaliana and Mus musculus genome: applications of virtual image restriction landmark genomic scanning (Vi-RLGS) (2003)

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...

Partial Characterization of a 17 kDa Acidic Protein, EFP, Induced by Thiocarbamate in the Early Flowering Phase in Asparagus Seedlings (1996)

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...

Purification and Properties of an Intracellular 3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase (PhaZ2) in Ralstonia eutropha H16 and Its Identification as a Novel Intracellular Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase

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...

Global methylation screening in the Arabidopsis thaliana and Mus musculus genome: applications of virtual image restriction landmark genomic scanning (Vi-RLGS)

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...

Properties of a Novel Intracellular Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase with High Specific Activity (PhaZd) in Wautersia eutropha H16

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...

Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey

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.

Purification and Properties of an Intracellular 3-Hydroxybutyrate-Oligomer Hydrolase (PhaZ2) in Ralstonia eutropha H16 and Its Identification as a Novel Intracellular Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase

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...

Global methylation screening in the Arabidopsis thaliana and Mus musculus genome: applications of virtual image restriction landmark genomic scanning (Vi-RLGS)

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...

Properties of a Novel Intracellular Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) Depolymerase with High Specific Activity (PhaZd) in Wautersia eutropha H16

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...

Timing of mortality among internally displaced persons due to the tsunami in Sri Lanka: cross sectional household survey

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.

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...

A genetic network of flowering-time genes in wheat leaves, in which an APETALA1/FRUITFULL-like gene, VRN1, is upstream of FLOWERING LOCUS T

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...