2001-2005

  1. Temporal expression of flavonoid biosynthesis-related genes regulates flower pigmentation in gentian plants. Nakatsuka, T., Nishihara, M., Mishiba, K. and Yamamura, S. Plant Science 168: 1309-1318. 2005 [ScienceDirect].
  2. Two different mutations are involved in the formation of white-flowered gentian plants. Nakatsuka,T., Nishihara, M., Mishiba, K. and Yamamura, S. Plant Science 169: 949-958. 2005. [ScienceDirect]
  3. Consistent transcriptional silencing of 35S-driven transgenes in gentian. Mishiba, K., Nishihara, M., Nakatsuka, T., Abe, Y., Hirano, H., Yokoi, T., Kikuchi, A. and Yamamura, S. The Plant Journal 44: 541-556. 2005. [PubMed]
  4. Flavonoid components and flower color change in transgenic tobacco plants by suppression of chalcone isomerase gene. Nishihara, M., Nakatsuka, T. and Yamamura, S. FEBS Letters 579: 6074-6078. 2005. [PubMed]
  5. A peroxiredoxin Q homolog from gentians is involved in both resistance against fungal disease and oxidative stress. Kiba, H., Nishihara, M., Tsukatani, N., Nakatsuka, T., Kato, Y. and Yamamura, S. Plant and Cell Physiology 46: 1007-1015. 2005. [PubMed]
  6. Comparison of selection efficiency between the bar and hpt genes in Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of Muscari armeniacum. Suzuki, S., Nakano, M., Koike, Y., Ueda, K., Inoue, M., Nishihara, M. and Yamamura, S. Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultura Science 74: 60-62. 2005. [PDF]
  7. Tanaka N, Takahashi H, Kitano H, Matsuoka M, Akao S, Uchimiya H, and Komatsu S. (2005). Proteome approach to characterize the methylmalonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase that is regulated by gibberellin. J. Proteome Res. 4, 1575-1582. [PubMed]
  8. Hayashi M, Takahashi H, Kawai-Yamada M, Tezuka T, and Uchimiya H. (2005). Enhanced dihydroflavonol-4-reductase activity and NAD homeostasis leading to cell death tolerance in transgenic rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 102, 7020-7025. [PubMed]
  9. Transgenic rice expressing wasabi defensin gene exhibit its enhanced resistance to blast fungus (Magnaporthe grisea). Kanzaki, H., Nirasawa, S., Saito, H., Ito, M., Nishihara, M., Yamamura, S., Suzuki, K., Terauchi, R. and Nakamura I. In '' Rice Blast:Interaction with Rice and Control. " by eds. Shinji Kawasaki. Kluwer Academic. 2004.
  10. cDNAs for the synthesis of cyclic carotenoids in petals of Gentiana lutea and their transcriptional regulation during flower development. Zhu C. F., Yamamura, S., Nishihara, M., Koiwa, H. and Sandmann G. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta 1625: 305-308. 2003. [PubMed]
  11. C-terminal domain of a hevein-like protein from Wasabia japonica has potent antimicrobial activity. Kiba, A., Saitoh, H., Nishihara, M., Omiya, K. and Yamamura, S. Plant and Cell Physiology 44: 296-303. 2003. [PubMed]
  12. Control of in vitro organogenesis by cyclin-dependent kinase activities in plants. Yamaguchi, M., Kato, H., Yoshida, S., Yamamura, S., Uchimiya, H. and Umeda, M. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 100: 8019-8023. 2003. [PubMed]
  13. Over-expression of Arabidopsis CAP causes decreased cell expansion leading to organ size reduction in transgenic tobacco plants. Barrero, R.A., Umeda, M., Yamamura, S. and Uchimiya, H. Annals of Botany 91: 599-603. 2003. [PubMed]
  14. cDNA cloning and expression of carotenogenic genes during flower development in Gentiana lutea. Zhu, C.F., Yamamura, S., Koiwa, H., Nishihara, M. and Sandmann, G. Plant Molecular Biology 48:277-285. 2002. [PubMed]
  15. Arabidopsis CAP Regulates the Actin Cytoskeleton Necessary for Plant Cell Elongation and Division. Barrero, R.A., Umeda, M., Yamamura, S. and Uchimiya, H. The Plant Cell 14: 149-163. 2002. [PubMed]
  16. Production of antimicrobial defension in Nicotiana benthamiana with a potato virus vector. Saitoh, H., Kiba, A., Nishihara, M., Yamamura, S., Suzuki, K. and Terauchi, R. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interaction 14: 111-115. 2001. [PubMed]