Development of useful plant resources, such as stress-tolerant plants by use of chemical compounds.

 

Publications

Hayashi, K., Kato, N., Bashir, K., Nomoto, H., Nakayama, M., Chini, A., Takahashi, S., Saito, H., Watanabe, R., Takaoka, Y., Tanaka, M., Nagano, A.J., Seki, M., Solano, R. and Ueda, M. (2023) Subtype-selective agonists of plant hormone co-receptor COI1-JAZs identified from the stereoisomers of coronatine. Commun. Biol. 6:320.

Bashir, K., Todaka, D., Rasheed, S., Matsui, A., Ahmad, Z., Sako, K., Utsumi, Y., Vu, A.T., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Ishida, J., Tsuboi, Y., Watanabe, S., Kanno, Y., Ando, E., Shin, K.C., Seito, M., Motegi, H., Sato, M., Li, R., Kikuchi, S., Fujita, M., Kusano, M., Kobayashi, M., Habu, Y., Nagano, A.J., Kawaura, K., Kikuchi, J., Saito, K., Hirai, M.Y., Seo, M., Shinozaki, K., Kinoshita, T. and Seki, M. (2022) Ethanol-mediated novel survival strategy against drought stress in plants. Plant Cell Physiol (Rapid Paper) 63:1181-1192.

Vu, A.T., Utsumi, Y., Utsumi, C., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Todaka, D., Kanno, Y., Seo, M., Ando, E., Sako, K., Bashir, K., Kinoshita, T., Pham, X.H. and Seki, M. (2022) Ethanol treatment enhances drought stress avoidance in cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Plant Mol. Biol. 110:269-285.

Matsui, A., Todaka, D., Tanaka, M., Mizunashi, K., Takahashi, S., Sunaoshi, Y., Tsuboi, Y., Ishida, J., Bashir, K., Kikuchi, J., Kusano, M., Kobayashi, M., Kawaura, K. and Seki, M. (2022) Ethanol induces heat tolerance in plants by stimulating unfolded protein response. Plant Mol. Biol. 110:131-145.

Sako, K., Nguyen, H.M. and Seki, M. (2021) Advances in chemical priming to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants. Plant Cell Physiol. 61:1995-2003.

Ahmad Z.*, Bashir, K.*, Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Sasaki, R., Oikawa, A., Hirai, M.Y., Chaomurilege, Zu, Y., Kawai-Yamada M., Rashid, B., Husnain, T. and Seki, M. (2021) Overexpression of nicotinamidase 3 (NIC3) gene and the exogenous application of nicotinic acid (NA) enhance drought tolerance and increase biomass in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol. 107: 63-84.

Sako, K., Ha, C.V., Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Sato, A. and Seki, M. (2021) Transcriptome analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants treated with a new compound Natolen128, enhancing salt stress tolerance. Plants 10: 978.

Sako, K., Nagashima, R., Tamoi, M. and Seki, M. (2021) Exogenous ethanol treatment alleviates oxidative damage of Arabidopsis thaliana under conditions of high-light stress. Plant Biotechnol. 38: 339-344.

Ogawa, D., Suzuki, Y., Yokoo, T.,Katoh, E., Teruya, M., Muramatsu, M.,Ma, J.F., Yoshida, Y., Isaji, S., Ogo, Y., Miyao, M., Kim, J.M., Kojima, M., Takebayashi, Y., Sakakibara, H., Takeda, S., Okada, K., Mori, N., Seki, M. and Habu, Y. (2021) Acetic-acid-induced jasmonate signaling in root enhances drought avoidance in rice. Scientific Rep. 11: 6280.

Sako, K., Futamura, Y., Shimizu, T., Matsui, A., Hirano, H., Kondoh, Y., Muroi, M., Aono, H., Tanaka, M., Honda, K., Shimizu, K., Kawatani, M., Nakano, T., Osada, H., Noguchi, K. and Seki, M. (2020) Inhibition of mitochondrial complex I by the novel compound FSL0260 enhances high salinity-stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Scientific Rep. 10: 8691.

Utsumi, Y., Ha, C.V., Utsumi, C., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Matsui, A., Matsunaga, M.T., Matsunaga, S., Kanno, Y., Seo, M., Okamoto, Y., Moriya, E. and Seki, M. (2019) Acetic Acid Treatment Enhances the Drought Avoidance in Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz). Front. Plant Sci. 10:521.

Nguyen, H.M., Sako, K., Matsui, A., Ueda, M., Tanaka, M., Ito, A., Nishino, N., Yoshida, M. and Seki, M. (2018) Transcriptomic analysis of Arabidopsis thaliana plants treated with the Ky-9 and Ky-72 histone deacetylase inhibitors. Plant Signaling and Behavior 13:e1448333.

Takaoka, Y., Iwahashi, M., Chini, A., Saito, H., Ishimaru, Y., Egoshi, S., Kato, N., Tanaka, M., Bashir, K., Seki, M., Solano, R. and Ueda, M. (2018) A rationally designed JAZ subtype-selective agonist of jasmonate perception. Nature Commun. (in press)

Sako, K., Sunaoshi, Y., Tanaka, M., Matsui, A. and Seki, M. (2018) The duration of high-salinity stress tolerance by ethanol in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Signal. Behav. (in press).

Rasheed, S.#, Bashir, K.#, Kim, J.M., Ando, M., Tanaka, M. and Seki, M. (2018) The modulation of acetic acid pathway genes in Arabidopsis produces drought-stress tolerant plants. Scientific Rep. (in press).

Seki, M. (2017) Trying to Solve Global Food Problems Using Ethanol. Highlighting JAPAN, Sep. Vol. 112, p. 22-23.

Ueda, M., Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Nakamura, T., Abe, T., Sako, K., Sasaki, T., Kim, J.M., Ito, A., Nishino, N., Shimada, H., Yoshida, M. and Seki, M. (2017) The distinct role of RPD3-like histone deacetylases between class I and II in salinity stress response. Plant Physiol. 175:1760-1773.

Kim, J.M., To, K.T., Matsui, A., Tanoi, K., Kobayashi, N.I., Matsuda, F., Habu, Y., Ogawa, D., Sakamoto, T., Matsunaga, S., Bashir, K., Rasheed, S., Ando, M., Takeda, H., Kawaura, K., Kusano, M., Fukushima, A., Endo, A.T., Kuromori, T., Ishida, J., Morosawa, T., Tanaka, M., Torii, C., Takebayashi, Y., Sakakibara, H., Ogihara, Y., Saito, K., Shinozaki, K., Devoto, A. and Seki, M. (2017) Acetate-mediated novel survival strategy against drought in plants. Nature Plants 3: 17097.

Patanun, O., Ueda, M., Itouga, M., Kato, Y., Utsumi, Y., Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Utsumi, C., Sakakibara, H., Yoshida, M., Narangajavana, J., and Seki, M. (2017) The histone deacetylase inhibitor suberoylanilide hydroxamic acid alleviates salinity stress in cassava. Front. Plant Sci. 7:2039.

Nguyen, H.M., Sako, K., Matsui, A., Suzuki, Y., Mostofa, M.G., Ha, C.V., Tanaka, M., Tran, L.S.P., Habu, Y. and Seki, M. (2017) Ethanol Enhances High-salinity Stress Tolerance by Detoxifying Reactive Oxygen Species in Arabidopsis thaliana and Rice. Front. Plant Sci. 8: 1001.

Sako, K., Kim, J.M., Matsui, A., Nakamura, K., Tanaka, M., Kobayashi, M., Saito, K., Nishino, N., Kusano, M., Taji, T., Yoshida, M. and Seki, M. (2016) Ky-2, a histone deacetylase inhibitor, enhances high-salinity stress tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 57:776-783.

Ha, C.V., Leyva-González, M.A., Osakabe, Y., Tran, U.T., Nishiyama, R., Watanabe, Y., Tanaka, M., Seki, M., Yamaguchi, S., Dong, N.V., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K., Shinozaki, K., Herrera-Estrella, L., Tran, L.S.P. (2014) Strigolactone: a positive regulator of plant responses to drought and salt stress. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 111:851-856.
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