2018

　　　　　

Hann Ling Wong, Akira Akamatsu, Qiong Wang, Tomonori Matsuda, Jun Okuda, Ken-ichi Kosami, Noriko Inada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Takako Kaneko-Kawano, Shingo Nagawa, Li Tan, Yoji Kawano and Ko Shimamoto (2018)
In vivo monitoring of plant small GTPase activation using a Forster resonance energy transfer biosenseor.
Plant Methods 14:56. 　　　　　

Tsutomu Kawasaki (2018)
Pathogen recognition and immune signaling.
Rice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding. Springer Nature, 361-374.

2017

　　　　　

Koji Yamaguchi, Hirohisa Mezaki, Masayuki Fujiwara, Yuki Hara and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2017)
Arabidopsis ubiquitin ligase PUB12 interacts with and negatively regulates Chitin Elicitor Receptor Kinase 1 (CERK1)
PLOS ONE, 12:e0188886.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenta Yamada, Satomi Yoshimura, Koji Yamaguchi (2017)
Chitin receptor-mediated activation of MAP kinases and ROS production in rice and Arabidopsis.
Plant Signal Behav. 12(9):e1361076

Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasak (2017)
Chitin-triggered MAPK activation and ROS generation in rice suspension-cultured cell.
Method Mol. Biol. 1578:309-316.

Kenta Yamada(1), Koji Yamaguchi(1), Satomi Yoshimura, Akira Terauchi and *Tsutomu Kawasaki (2017)
Conservation of chitin-induced MAPK signaling pathways in rice and Arabidopsis.
Plant Cell Physiol. 58:993-1002.
(1) Co-first authors; *Corresponding author
Selected as Editor's Choice Article

2016

Kenta Yamada(1), Koji Yamaguchi(1), Tomomi Shirakawa, Hirofumi Nakagami, Akira Mine, Kazuya Ishikawa, Masayuki Fujiwara, Mari Narusaka, Yoshihiro Narusaka, Kazuya Ichmura, Yuka Kobayashi, Hidenori Matsui, Yuko Nomura, Mika Nomoto, Yasunori Tada, Yoichiro Fukao, Tamo Fukamizo, Kenichi Tsuda, Ken Shirasu, Naoto Shibuya and *Tsutomu Kawasaki (2016)
The Arabidopsis CERK1-associated kinase PBL27 connects chitin perception to MAPK activation.
EMBO J., 35: 2468-2483.
(1) Co-first authors; *Corresponding author
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Kenichi Harada, Eiki Yamashita, Kento Inoue, Koji Yamaguchi, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Chojiro Kojimai (2016)
Expression, purification, and crystallization of a plant-specific DUF1110 protein from Oryza sativa
Acta Crystallographica Section F, 72: 480-484.

2015

光増可奈子、川崎努、澤進一郎 (2015)
外界.との接点としての細胞壁
化学と生物　Vol 53, No 8, p535-541

山口公志、川崎努 (2015)
耐病性を向上させた次世代イネの作出に向けて
バイオサイエンスとインダストリー　Vol 73, No 3, p206-209

山口公志、山田健太、白川友美、川崎努 (2015)
エフェクターの宿主標的因子を利用した植物免疫シグナル伝達経路の解析
植物感染生理談話会論文集　Vol 50, p63-72

2014

Kazuya Ishikawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Sakamoto, Satomi Yoshimura, Kento Inoue, Seiji Tsuge, Chojiro Kojima, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2014)
Bacterial effector modulation of host E3 ligase activity suppresses PAMP-triggered immunity in rice.
Nat. Commun. 5: 5430

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Ken-ichi Kosami, Izuru Ohki, Minoru Nagano, Kyoko Furutani, Toshihiko Sugiki, Yoji Kawano, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Ko Shimamoto, and Chojiro Kojimai (2014).
The crystal structure of the plant small GTPase OsRac1 reveals its mode of binding to NADPH oxidase.
J. Biol. Chem. 289: 28569-28578

Tomonori Shinya1, Koji Yamaguchi1, Yoshitake Desaki, Kenta Yamada, Tomoko Narisawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Kanako Maeda, Maruya Suzuki, Takumi Tanimoto, Jun Takeda, Masato Nakashima, Ryota Funama, Mari Narusaka, Yoshihiro Narusaka, Hanae Kaku, Tsutomu Kawasaki*, and Naoto Shibuya* (2014)
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Selective regulation of chitin-induced defense response by the Arabidopsis receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase PBL27.
Plant J., 79: 56-66

Ken-ichi Kosami, Izuru Ohki, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Sayaka Usugi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Ko Shimamoto, and Chojiro Kojimai (2014).
Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a rice Rac/Rop GTPase, OsRac1.
Acta Cristallographica Section F, 70: 113-155.

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2013

川崎　努　(2013).
植物における免疫誘導と病原微生物の感染戦略　領域融合レビュー, 2, e008

Koji Yamaguchi, Kenta Yamada, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases are pivotal components in pattern recognition receptor-mediated signaling in plant immunity.
Plant Signal Behav, 8: e25662.

Koji Yamaguchi, Kenta Yamada, Kazuya Ishikawa, Satomi Yoshimura, Nagao Hayashi, Kouhei Uchihashi, Nobuaki Ishihama, Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi, Akira Takahashi, Seiji Tsuge, Hirokazu Ochiai, Yasuomi Tada, Ko Shimamoto, Hirofumi Yoshioka , and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
A receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase targeted by a plant pathogen effector is directly phosphorylated by the chitin receptor and mediates rice immunity.
Cell Host Microbe., 13:347-357.

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Koji Yamaguchi, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuya Ishikawa, Yuya Yoshimura, Seiji Tsuge, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
Suppression of rice immunity by Xanthomonas oryzae type III effector Xoo2875. Biosci.
Biotechnol. Biochem.77: 796-801.

Akira Akamatsu, Hann Ling Wong, Masayuki Fujiwara, Jun Okuda, Keita Nishide, Kazumi Uno, Keiko Imai, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yoji Kawano, and Ko Shimamoto (2013).
An OsCEBiP/OsCERK1-OsRacGEF-OsRac1 module is an essential early component of chitin-induced rice immunity.
Cell Host Microbe, 13: 465-476.

川崎　努、山口公志、石川和也、吉村智美、山田健太、吉村悠矢　(2013).
病原菌エフェクターによるPAMPs誘導抵抗性の抑制機構（総説）日本植物病理学会報　79: 263-268.

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2012

Koji Yamaguchi, Keiko Imai, Akira Akamatsu, Masanori Mihashi, Nagao Hayashi, Ko Shimamoto, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2012).
SWAP70 functions as a Rac/Rop guanine nucleotide-exchange factor in rice.
Plant J., 70: 389-397.

Mwathi Jane Wamaitha, Risa Yamamoto, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yoji Kawano, and Ko Shimamoto (2012).
OsRap2.6 transcription factor contributes to rice innate immunity through its interaction with Receptor for Activated Kinase-C 1 (RACK1).
Rice, 5:35

Sung-Hyun Kim, Tetsuo Oikawa, Junko Kyozuka, Hann Ling Wong, Kenji Umemura, Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi, Akira Takahashi, Yoji Kawano, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2012).
The bHLH Rac immunity1 (RAI1) is activated by OsRac1 via OsMAPK3 and OsMAPK6 in rice Immunity.
Plant Cell. Physiol., 53: 740-754.

Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2012).
Function of Arabidopsis SWAP70 GEF in immune response.
Plant Signal. Behav. 7: 465-468.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazuya Ishikawa, Satomi Yoshimura, Kenta Yamada, and Yuya Yoshimura. (2012).
Rice PAMPs-triggered immunity targeted by pathogen effectors.
Proceeding of 47th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interactions Symposium, 47: 23-32.

2010

Yoji Kawano, Akira Akamatsu, Keiko Hayashi, Yusuke Housen, Jun Okuda, Ai Yao, Ayako, Nakashima, Hiroki Takahashi, Hitoshi Yoshida, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
Activation of a Rac GTPase by the NLR family disease resistance protein Pit plays a critical role in rice innate immunity.
Cell Host Microbe, 7: 362-375.

Tadashi Fujiwara, Sylvie Maisonneuve, Masayuki Isshiki, Masaharu Mizutani, Letian Chen, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
Sekiguchi lesion encodes a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that catalyzes conversion of tryptamine to serotonin in rice.
J. Biol. Chem., 285: 11308-11313.

Letian Chen, Satoshi Hamada, Masayuki Fujiwara, Tingheng Zhu, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Hann Ling Wong, Priti Krishna, Tadashi Ueda, Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
Hop/Sti1 and HSP90 are involved in maturation and transport of a PAMP receptor in rice innate immunity
Cell Host Microbe, 7: 185-196.

Letian Chen, Kenji Shiotani, Takashi Togashi, Daisuke Miki, Misa Aoyama, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto (2010).
Analysis of the Rac/Rop small GTPase family in rice: expression, subcellular localization and role in disease resistance.
Plant Cell. Physiol., 51: 585-595.

Takashi Oda, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Kuwabara, Satoko Akashi, Kokoro Hayashi, Chojiro Kojima, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, Mamoru Sato, and Toshiyuki Shimizu (2010).
The structure of the N-terminal regulatory domain of a plant NADPH oxidase and its functional implications.
J. Biol. Chem., 285: 1435-1445.

2009

Masayuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Hamada, Minori Hiratsuka, Yoichiro Fukao, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2009).
Proteome analysis of detergent resistant membranes (DRMs) associated with OsRac1 mediated innate immunity in rice.
Plant Cell. Physiol., 50: 1191-1200

2008

Takashi Oda, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Kuwabara, Kokoro Hayashi, Chojiro Kojima, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, Mamoru Sato and Toshiyuki Shimizu. (2008).
Crystallographic characterization of the N-terminal domain of plant NADPH oxidase.
Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F. Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun., 64:867-869

Ayako Nakashima, Letian Chen, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Masayuki Fujiwara, Hann Ling Wong, Masayoshi Kuwano, Kenji Umemura, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2008).
RACK1 functions in rice innate immunity by interacting with the Rac1 immune complex.
Plant Cell, 20: 2265-2279.

Kadunari Igari, Sachiko Endo, Ken-Ichiro Hibara, Mitsuhiro Aida, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Masao Tasaka. (2008).
Constitutive activation of a CC-NB-LRR protein alters morphogenesis through the cytokinin pathway.
Plant J., 55: 14-27.

Ying Fu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto and Zhenbiao Yang (2008).
Rop/Rac GTPase.
Annual. Plant Reviews, 33: 64-99.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Keiko Imai, Hann Ling Wong, Yoji Kawano, Keita Nishide, Jun Okuda, and Ko Shimamoto. (2008).
Rice guanine nucleotide exchange factors for small GTPase OsRac1 involved in innate immunity of rice.
In Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease. G.L. Wang et al. eds. p179-184.

Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2008).
Rac GTPase and the regulation of NADPH oxidase in rice innate immunity.
In Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease. G.L. Wang et al. eds. p173-178

2007

Hann Ling Wong, Reinhard Pinontoan, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Takashi Yaeno, Kana Hasegawa, Chojiro Kojima, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Koh Iba, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2007).
Regulation of rice NADPH oxidase by binding of Rac GTPase to its N-terminal extension.
Plant Cell, 19:4022-4034.

Nguyen Phuong Thao, Letian Chen, Ayako Nakashima, Shin-ichiro Hara, Kenji Umemura, Akira Takahashi, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto. (2007).
RAR1 and HSP90 form a complex with Rac/Rop GTPase and function in innate immune responses in rice. Plant Cell, 19: 4035-4045.

Akira Takahashi, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, Muneo Yamazaki, Katsura Onosato, Akio Miyao, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, and Hirohiko Hirochika. (2007).
Rice Pti1a negatively regulates RAR1 dependent defense responses.
Plant Cell, 19: 2940-2951.

Ko Shimamoto, Ayako Nakashima, Masayuki Fujiwara, Nguyen Thao Phuong, Letian Chen, Hann Ling Wong, Daisuke Miki, Keiko Imai, Sylvie Maisonneuve, Hiroki Takahashi, Yusuke Kawaguchi, Shinjiro Hirai, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2007).
Molecular signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Rice Genetics V, 143-152.

川崎　努、島本　功　(2007).
Gタンパク質を介した病原体認識シグナルの伝達、植物感染生理談話会論文集「植物―病原微生物の相互作用のダイナミズム」、43、p29-36.

2006

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hisako Koita, Tomoyuki Nakatsubo, Kana Hasegawa, Kenichi Wakabayashi, Hiroki Takahashi, Kenji Umemura, Toshiaki Umezawa, and Ko Shimamoto (2006).
Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase, a key enzyme in lignin biosynthesis, is a novel effector of small GTPase Rac in defense signaling in rice.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103: 230-235

Masayuki Fujiwara, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2006).
Proteomics of Rac GTPase signaling reveals its predominant role in elicitor-induced defense response of cultured rice cells.
Plant Physiol., 140: 734-745.

2005

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Jaesung Nam, Douglas C. Boyes, Ben F. Holt, III, David A. Hubert, Aaron Wiig, and Jeffery L. Dangl (2005)
A duplicated pair of Arabidopsis RING-finger E3 ligases contribute to RPM1- and RPS2-mediated hypersensitive response.
Plant J., 44: 259-270.

Damien Lieberherr,　Nguyen Phuong Thao, Ayako Nakashima, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2005).
A sphingolipid elicitor-inducible mitogen-activated protein kinase is regulated by the small GTPase OsRac1 and heterotrimeric G protein in rice.
Plant Physiol., 138: 1644-1652.

Hajime Tsunezuka, Masayuki Fujiwara, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2005).
Proteome analysis of programmed cell death and defense signaling using the rice lesion mimic mutant cdr 2. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact., 18: 52-59.

川崎　努、島本　功　(2005).
Gタンパク質を介した病原体認識と耐病性シグナリング、植物感染生理談話会論文集、41、p23-30.

川崎　努　(2005).
プルダウンアッセイ法　植物細胞工学シリーズ　「モデル植物の実験プロトコール」、秀潤社、p243-246.

2000-2004

Hann Ling Wong, Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Umemura, and Ko Shimamoto (2004).
Downregulation of metallothionein, a reactive oxygen scavenger, by the small GTPase OsRac1 in rice.
Plant Physiol., 135: 1447-1456.

川崎　努、島本　功 (2004).
Gタンパク質を介した抵抗性のシグナル伝達、植物細胞工学シリーズ「分子レベルからみた植物の耐病性」、秀潤社、p111-117.

川崎　努　(2004).
イネの防御反応、植物感染生理談話会論文集、40、p69-76. イネ研究１０年計画検討委員会ワーキンググループ (2004).　 イネゲノム配列解読で何ができるか」　矢野昌裕、松岡信編、農山漁村文化協会

Hikaru Satoh, Aiko Nishi, Naoko Fujita, Akiko Kubo, Yasunori Nakamura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Thomas W Okita (2003).
Isolation of characterization of starch mutants in rice.
J. Appl. Glycosci., 50: 225-230.

Akira Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hann-Liang Wong, Utut Suharsono, Hiisashi Hirano, and Ko Shimamoto (2003).
Hyperphosphorylation of a mitochondrial protein, prohibitin, is induced by calyculin A in a rice lesion-mimic mutant cdr1.
Plant Physiol., 132: 1861-1869.

Takayuki Asano, Noriko Kunieda, Yuhi Omura, Hirokazu Ibe, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Makoto Takano, Miho Sato, Hideyuki Furuhashi, Toshiyuki Mujin, Fumio Takaiwa, Chuan-yin Wu, Yuichi Tada, Tomomi Satozawa, Masahiro Sakamoto, and Hiroaki Shimada (2002).
Rice SPK, a calmodulin-like domain protein kinase, is required for storage product accumulation during seed development: phosphorylation of sucrose synthase is a possible factor. Plant Cell, 14: 619-628.

Utut Suharsono, Yukiko Fujisawa, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yukimoto Iwasaki, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (2002).
The hetero subunit acts upstream of the small GTPase Rac in disease resistance of rice.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 99: 13307-13312.

Ko Shimamoto, Utut Suharsono, Eiichiro Ono, Hann Ling Wong , and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2002).
G protein signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Vol.3, S.A. Leong et al. Eds, Is-MPMI pp.83-87.

Eiichiro Ono, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Morifumi Hasegawa, Osamu Kodama, and Ko Shimamoto (2001).
Essential role of the small GTPase Rac in disease resistance of rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U S A, 98: 759-764.

Kouichi Mizuno, Eiki Kobayashi, Masato Tachibana, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Tatsuhito Fujimura, Kazumi Funane, Mikihiko Kobayashi, and Tadashi Baba (2001).
Characterization of an isoform of rice starch branching enzyme, RBE4, in developing seeds.
Plant Cell. Physiol., 42: 349-57.

Ko Shimamoto, Akira Takahashi, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2001). Molecular signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Rice Genetics IV, Eds. G.S. Khush et al., pp.323-333, IRRI.

川崎　努　(2000).
植物の細胞死、植物細胞工学シリーズ13　「植物の細胞分裂」、秀潤社、p176-179.

川崎　努、島本　功　(2000).
植物の病気と細胞死、植物の化学調節、35、p67-76

川崎　努　(2000).
「モデル植物ラボマニュアル」　岩渕雅樹、岡田清孝、島本功編、シュプリンガーフェアラール東京、p20-27.

-1999

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Henmi, Eiichiro Ono, Satoru Hatakeyama, Megumi Iwano, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (1999).
The small GTP-binding protein Rac is a regulator of cell death in plants.
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 96: 10922-10926.

Akira Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Henmi, Katsuhiko Shii, Osamu Kodama, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (1999).
Lesion mimic mutants of rice with alterations in early signaling events of defense.
Plant J., 17: 535-545.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Satoru Okumura, Naoki Kishimoto, Hiroaki Shimada, Kenichi Higo, and Norio Ichikawa (1999).
RNA maturation of the rice SPK gene may involve in trans-splicing.
Plant J., 18: 625-632.

Ko Shimamoto, Akira Takahashi, Kenji Henmi, Eiichiro Ono, Satoru Hatakeyama, Megumi Iwano, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (1999).
Programmed cell death in plants.
Plant Biotech., 16: 49-53.

島本　功、川崎　努　(1999). 植物の病害と耐病性、「植物分子生理学入門」　横田明穂、学会出版センター、p139-156. 川崎　努、島本　功　(1997).
細胞死と耐病性、植物細胞工学シリーズ「分子レベルからみた植物の耐病性」、秀潤社、p124-130.

川崎　努　(1997) .
PCR解析用の簡便なイネゲノムDNA単離法、「植物のPCR実験プロトコール」、秀潤社、p67-69.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kouichi Mizuno, Hiroaki Shimada, Hikaru Satoh, Naoki Kishimoto, Satoru Okumura, Norio Ichikawa, and Tadashi Baba (1996).
Coordinated regulation of the genes participating in starch biosynthesis by the rice Floury-2 locus.
Plant Physiol., 110, 89-96

Yukihiro Yanai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada, Eve Syrkin Wurtele, Basil J. Nikolau, and Norio Ichikawa (1995).
Genomic organization of 251 kDa acetyl-CoA carboxylase genes in Arabidopsis : Tandem gene duplication has made two differetially expressed isozymes.
Plant Cell. Physiol., 36: 779-787.

Ken-ichiro Tanaka, Shintaroh Ohnishi, Naoki Kishimoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Tadashi Baba (1995).
Structure, organization, and chromosomal location of the gene encoding a form of rice soluble starch synthase.
Plant Physiol., 108: 677-683.


Ken-Ichi Nonomura, Atsushi Yoshimura, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Nobuo Iwata (1994) .
Production of tertiary trisomics in rice (Oryza Sativa L).
Breeding Science, 44: 137-142.

川崎　努、馬場　忠　(1994).
澱粉合成関連酵素遺伝子の解析、日本農芸化学会誌、68, p1585-1588.

Alejandro Vazquez-Tello, Robert F. Whittier, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshio Sugimoto, Yukio Kawamura, and Daisuke Shibata. (1993).
Sequence of a soybean (Glycine max L.) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase cDNA.
Plant Physiol., 103: 1025-1026.

Tadashi Baba, Miwa Nishihara, Kouichi Mizuno, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada Eiki Kobayashi, Shintaroh Ohnishi and Yuji Arai (1993).
Identification, cDNA cloning, and gene expression of soluble starch synthase in rice (Oryza sativa L.) immature seeds.
Plant Physiol., 103: 565-573.

Kouichi Mizuno, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada, Hikaru Satoh, Eiki Kobayashi, Satoru Okumura, Yuji Arai and Tadashi Baba (1993).
Alternation of the structural properties of starch components by the lack of an isoform of starch branching enzyme in rice seeds.
J. Biol. Chem., 268: 19084-19091.

Hiroaki Shimada, Yuichi Tada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Tatsuhito Fujimura (1993).
Antisense regulation of the rice waxy gene expression using a PCR-amplified fragment of the rice genome reduces the amylose content in grain starch.
Theor. Appl. Genet., 86: 665-672.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hayashida, Tadashi Baba, Kazuo Shinozaki and Hiroaki Shimada (1993).
The gene encoding a calcium-dependent protein kinase located near the sbe1 gene encoding starch branching enzyme I is specifically expressed in developing rice seeds.
Gene, 129: 183-189.

Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kouichi Mizuno, Tadashi Baba and Hiroaki Shimada (1993).
Molecular analysis of the gene encoding a rice starch branching enzyme.
Mol. Gen. Genet. 237: 10-16.

Toshio Sugimoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Tomohiko Kato, Robert F. Whittier, Daisuke Shibata and Yukio Kawamura (1992).
cDNA sequence and expression of a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene from soybean.
Plant Mol. Biol., 20: 743-747.

Kouichi Mizuno, Koji Kimura, Yuji Arai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada and Tadashi Baba (1992).
Starch branching enzymes from immature rice seeds.
J. Biochem., 112: 643-651.

Hiroaki Shimada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Midori Ishikawa, Satoru Okumura, Tadashi Baba, Yuichi Tada, Nobuaki Hayashida and Kazuo Shinozaki (1992).
Molecular analysis of genes involved in rice grain starch synthesis : Structure of a seed-development specific protein kinase.,
Res. Photosynth., 8: 923-926.

Ken-ichi Nonomura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Atsushi Yoshimura, Naoki Kishimoto and Norio Iwata (1991).
Producrion of tertiary trisomics and their utilization in rice.
Rice Genetic Newsletter, 8: 85-87.

Atsushi Yoshimura, Nobuo Iwata, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Mohammad Ali and Takeshi Omura (1988). Identification of interchanged chromosomes in twenty-five reciprocal translocation lines newly established in rice cultivar Nipponbare.
Rice Genetic Newsletter, 5: 62-64.

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