実績

2020

原著論文

Tokunaga, H., Do, T.N.Q, Nguyen, H.A., Pham, T.N., Matsui, A., Takahashi, S., Tanaka, M., Ngo, M.A., Nguyen, V.D., Le, H.H., Higo, A., Truong, M.H., Ishitani, M., Nguyen B.N.M., Nguyen, H.H., Srean, P., Vu, A.T., Nguyen, B.T., Nguyen, A.V., Yamaguchi, K., Tsuji, H., Utsumi, Y. and *Seki, M. (2020) Field transcriptome analysis reveals a molecular mechanism for cassava-flowering in a mountainous environment in Southeast Asia. Plant Mol. Biol. doi: 10.1007/s11103-020-01057-0.

Inoue, S., Kaiserli, E., Zhao, X., Waksman, T., Takemiya, A., Takahashi, H., Seki, M., Shinozaki, K., Endo, Y., Sawasaki, T., Kinoshita, T., Zhang, X., Christie, J. and Shimazaki, K. (2020) CIPK23 regulates blue light-dependent stomatal opening in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 104:679-692.

Vu, N.A., Tuan, L.N., Hung, N., Quynh, D.T.N., Tokunaga, H., Seki, M., Trang, L.T.K., Hong, N.V., Ham, L.H. (2020) Quick testing method by grafting for selection of CMD resistant cassava lines. J. Vietnam Agr. Sci. & Technol. 6: 85-90.

Utsumi, Y., Tanaka, M., Utsumi, C., Takahashi, S., Matsui, A., Fukushima, A., Kobayashi, M., Sasaki, R., Oikawa, A., Kusano, M., Saito, K., Kojima, M., Sakakibara, H., Sojikul, P., Narangajavana, J. and Seki, M. (2020) Integrative omics approaches revealed a crosstalk among phytohormones during tuberous root development in cassava. Plant Mol. Biol. doi: 10.1007/s11103-020-01033-8.

*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.

Fukushima, A., Kuroha, T., Nagai, K., Hattori, Y., Kobayashi, M., Nishizawa, T., Kojima, M., Utsumi, Y., Oikawa, A., Seki, M., Sakakibara, H., Saito, K., Ashikari, M.* and Kusano, M.* (2020) Metabolite and phytohormone profiling illustrates metabolic reprogramming as an escape strategy of deepwater rice during partially submerged stress. Metabolites 10. E68.

Hayashi, M., Sugimoto H., Takahashi, H., Seki, M., Shinozaki, K., Sawasaki, T.,  Kinoshita, T. and Inoue, S. (2020) Raf-like kinases CBC1 and CBC2 negatively regulate stomatal opening by negatively regulating plasma membrane H+-ATPase phosphorylation in Arabidopsis. Photochem. & Photobiol. Sci. 19:88-98.

Ahmad, Z., Sadique, S., Sarwar, M.B., Rashid, B., Hassan, S., Rasheed, S., Bashir, K., Seki, M. and Husnain, T. (2020) Transcriptomic Analysis of Root Specific Drought Mediated Response of G. arboreum and G. hirsutum. Biologia 75: 627–636.

Tokunaga, H. #, Nguyen, H. A.#, Nguyen, V.D., Le, H.H.,  Nguyen, T.H.,  Nguyen, H., Ishitani, M., Le, N.T., Utsumi, Y., Nguyen, A.V. and Seki, M. (2020)  An efficient method of propagating cassava plants using aeroponic culture.  Journal of Crop Improvement. 34: 64-83.

総　説

Parry, G., Provart, N.J., Brady, S.M., Uzilday, B. and The Multinational Arabidopsis Steering Committee. (2020) Current Status of the Multinational Arabidopsis Community. Plant Direct, DOI: 10.1002/pld3.248. eCollection 2020 Jul.

Bailey-Serres, J., Zhai, J. and Seki, M. (2020) The dynamic kaleidoscope of RNAs in plants. Plant Physiol. 182:1-9.

Malik, A.I., Kongsil, P., Nguyễn, V.A., Ou, W., Sholihin, Srean, P., Sheela , M.N., Lopez-Lavalle, L.A.B., Utsumi, Y., Lu, C., Kittipadakul, P., Nguyễn, H.H., Ceballos, H., Nguyễn, T.H., Gomez, M.S., Aiemnaka, P., Labarta, R., Chen, S., Amawan, S., Sok, S., Youabee, L., Seki, M., Tokunaga, H., Wang, W., Li, K., Nguyễn, H.A., Nguyễn, V.D., Hàm, L.H. and Ishitani, M. (2020) Cassava breeding and agronomy in Asia – 50 years of history and future directions. Breed. Sci. 70:145-166.

Ueda, M. and Seki, M. (2020) Histone modifications form epigenetic regulatory networks to regulate abiotic stress response. Plant Physiol. 182: 15-26.

2019

原著論文

Rymen, B., Kawamura, A., Lambolez, A., Inagaki, S., Takebayashi, A., Iwase, A., Sakamoto, Y., Sako, K., Favero, D. S., Ikeuchi, M., Suzuki, T., Seki, M., Kakutani, T., Roudier, F. and Sugimoto, K. (2019) Histone acetylation orchestrates wound-induced transcriptional activation and cellular reprogramming in Arabidopsis. Commun. Biol. 2: 404.

Akter, A. #, Takahashi, S. #, Deng, W. #, Shea, D.J., Itabashi, E., Shimizu, M., Miyaji, N., Osabe, K., Nishida, N., Suzuki, Y., Helliwell, C.A., Seki, M., Peacock, W.J., Dennis, E.S. and Fujimoto, R. (2019) The histone modification H3 lysine 27 tri-methylation has conserved gene regulatory roles in the triplicated genome of Brassica rapa L. DNA Res. 26:433-443.

Ueda, M., Matsui, A., Watanabe, S., Kobayashi, M., Saito, K., Tanaka, M., Ishida, J., Kusano, M., Seo, M. and Seki, M. (2019) Transcriptome analysis of the hierarchical response of HDAC proteins that respond in an antagonistic manner to salinity stress. Front. Plant Sci. 10: 1323.

Kurita, K.#, Sakamoto, Y.#, Naruse, S., Matsunaga, T.M., Arata, H., Higashiyama, T.,　Habu, Y., Utsumi, Y., Utsumi, C., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Kim, J.M., Seki, M., Sakamoto, T. and Matsunaga, S. (2019) Intracellular localization of histone deacetylase HDA6 in plants. J. Plant Res. 132:629-640.

Shea, D., Nishida, N., Takada, S., Itabashi, E., Takahashi, S., Akter, A., Miyaji, N., Osabe, K., Mehraj, H., Shimizu, M., Seki, M., Kakizaki, T.,Okazaki, K., Dennis, E. and Fujimoto, R. (2019) Long noncoding RNAs in Brassica rapa L. following vernalization. Scientific Rep., 9:9302.

Sakamoto, K., Ogiwara, N., Kaji, T., Sugimoto, Y., Ueno, M., Sonoda, M., Matsui, A., Ishida, J., Tanaka, M., Totoki, Y., Shinozaki, K. and Seki, M. (2019) Transcriptome analysis of soybean (Glycine max) root genes differentially expressed in rhizobial, arbuscular mycorrhizal, and their dual symbioses. J. Plant Res. 132:541-568.

Ishihara, H., Sugimoto, K. *, Tarr, P.T., Temman, H., Kadokura, S., Inui, Y., Sakamoto, T., Sasaki, T., Aida, M., Suzuki, T., Inagaki, S., Morohashi, K., Seki, M., Kakutani, T., Meyerowitz, E. and Matsunaga, S.* (2019) Primed histone demethylation regulates shoot regenerative competency. Nature Commun. 10:1786.

Takahashi, N., Ogita, N., Takahashi, T., Taniguchi, S., Tanaka, M., Seki, M. and Umeda, M. (2019) A regulatory module controlling stress-induced cell cycle arrest in Arabidopsis. eLife 8:e43944.

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.

Patanun, O., Viboonjun, U., Punyasuk, N., Thitamadee, S., Seki, M. and Narangajavana, J. (2019) Cassava microRNAs and storage root development. Biologia Plantarum 63:193-199.

総　説

Bashir, K., Seki, M. and Nishizawa, N. (2019) The transport of essential micronutrients in rice. Molecular Breeding 39:168.

Ohtani, M., Kurihara, Y., Seki, M. and Crespi, M. (2019) RNA-mediated Plant Behavior. Plant Cell Physiol. 60:1893-1896.

磯貝彰、堤伸浩、浅見忠男、関原明、西條雄介、内藤健、南澤究.植物科学は農業生 産へいかに貢献するか～植物科学のこれから～　特集記事　ワークショップ報告. 育 種学研究 21: p.49-54 (2019).

Bashir, K., Matsui, A., Rasheed, S. and Seki, M. (2019) Recent advances in the characterization of plant transcriptomes in response to drought, salinity, heat and cold stress. F1000 Faculty Reviews Rev-658. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.18424.1.

Matsui, A., Nakaminami, K. and Seki, M. (2019) Biological function of changes in RNA metabolism in plant adaptation to abiotic stress. Plant Cell Physiol. 60:1897-1905.

Seki, M. (2019) Editorial. Plant Mol. Biol. 100:1-2.

浅見忠男、安藤康雄、森川正章、Rahul Jog、三輪京子、池田成志、松井章浩、佐古香織、上田実、Khurram Bashir、砂押裕司、Sultana Rasheed、田中真帆、石田順子、金鍾明、Huong Mai Nguyen、吉田稔、土生芳樹、関原明、野尻秀昭、妹尾啓史. 2018年神奈川大会　シンポジウムの概要. 日本農芸化学会との合同企画シンポジウム「植物・微生物機能の解析・制御と食糧・バイオマス生産への応用展開」. 土壌肥料学会和文誌. Vol. 90, No. 1, p.82-87 (2019).

Matsui, A.* and Seki, M.* (2019) The involvement of long non-coding RNAs in response to plant stress, In "Methods in Molecular Biology - Plant lncRNAs –” 1933:151-171.

2018

原著論文

Watanabe, S., Sato, M., Sawada, Y., Tanaka, M., Matsui, A., Kanno, Y., Yokota-Hirai, M., Seki, M., Sakamoto, A. and Seo, M. (2018) Arabidopsis molybdenum cofactor sulfurase ABA3 contributes to anthocyanin accumulation and oxidative stress tolerance in ABA-dependent and independent manners. Scientific Rep. 8:16592.

Liu, B., Zhang, J., Yang, Z., Matsui, A., Seki, M., Li, S., Yan, X., Kohnen, M.V., Gu, L., Prasad, K., Tuskan, G.A., Lu, M. and Oka, Y. (2018) PtWOX11 acts as master regulator conducting the expression of key transcription factors to induce de novo shoot organogenesis in poplar. Plant Mol. Biol. 98:389-406.

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. 9:3654.

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. 13:e1500065.

Takahashi, S., Osabe, K., Fukushima, N., Takuno, S., Itabashi, E., Miyaji, N., Shimizu, M., Takasaki-Yasuda, T., Suzuki, Y., Dennis, E.S., Seki, M. and Fujimoto, R. (2018) Genome wide characterization of DNA methylation, small RNA expression, and histone H3 lysine nine di-methylation in Brassica rapa L. DNA Res. 25:511-520.

Ueda, M., Matsui, A., Nakamura, T., Abe, T., Sunaoshi, Y., Shimada, H. and Seki, M. (2018) Versatility of HDA19-deficiency for increasing tolerance to environmental stresses in Arabidopsis. Plant Signal. Behav. 13:e1475808.

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. 8:7831.

Nakaminami, K., Okamoto, M., Higuchi-Takeuchi, M., Yoshizumi, T., Yamaguchi, Y., Fukao, Y., Shimizu, M., Ohashi, C., Tanaka, M., Matsui, M., Shinozaki, K., Seki, M.* and Hanada, K.* (2018) AtPep3 is a hormone-like peptide that plays a role in salinity stress tolerance of plants. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 115:5810-5815. (*Co-corresponding Authors).

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.

Ogita, N., Okushima, Y., Tokizawa, M., Yamamoto, Y.Y., Tanaka, M., Seki, M., Makita, Y., Matsui, M., Okamoto-Yoshiyama, K., Sakamoto, T., Kurata, T., Hiruma, K., Saijo, Y., Takahashi, N. and Umeda, M. (2018) Identifying the target genes of SUPPRESSOR OF GAMMA RESPONSE 1, a master transcription factor controlling DNA damage response in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 94:439-453.

Takahashi, S., Fukushima, N., Osabe, K., Itabashi, E., Shimizu, M., Miyaji, N., Takasaki-Yasuda, T., Suzuki, Y., Seki, M. and Fujimoto, R. (2018) Identification of DNA methylated regions using Methylated DNA immunoprecipitation sequencing in Brassica rapa L. Crop and Pasture Science 69:107-120.

総　説

Seki, M., Tokunaga, H., Utsumi, C., Okamoto, Y., Moriya, E., Vu, T.A., Sakamoto, A., Takei, Y., Sakurai, T., Endo, M., Mikami, M., Toki, S., Tsuji, H., Jarunya Narangajavana, J., Triwitayakorn, K., Sojikul, P., Nguyen, A.H., Do, Q.T.N., Nguyen D.V., Nguyen， V.A., Le，H.H., Pham, N.T., Nguyen, H.H., Touch, B., Srean, P., Wongtiem, P., Ishitani, M. and Utsumi, Y. (2018) Advancement of Asian Cassava Molecular Breeding towards SDGs. Proceedings of the 18th Science Council of Asia (SCA) Conference "Role of Science for Society: Strategies towards SDGs in Asia", Dec. 5-7, 2018, Tokyo, Japan, Theme 10, 6.

上田実、佐古香織、伊藤昭博、吉田稔、関原明. ヒストン脱アセチル化酵素が担う植物の環境ストレス応答制御　－植物をストレスに強くする標的タンパク質の発見―. 日本農芸化学会誌「化学と生物」Vol. 56, No. 12, pp.797-803 (2018).

佐古香織、関 原明.　塩害対策の切り札になるか！～エタノール処理で植物の耐塩性が向上することを発見～「農耕と園芸」（誠文堂、新光社）10月号, pp. 58-61(2018).

Nakaminami, K. and Seki, M. (2018) RNA regulation in plant cold stress response. In: "Survival Strategies in Extreme Cold and Desiccation: Adaptation Mechanisms and their Applications. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (Edited by Iwaya-Inoue M, Sakurai M, Uemura M)", Springer Japan, 1081:23-44.

金　鍾明、関　原明、藤　泰子. 酢酸で植物の乾燥耐性を強化する. 「バイオサイエンスとインダストリー」(Ｂ＆Ｉ)誌, (2018) Vol. 76, No. 1, pp.49-51.

金　鍾明、関　原明、藤　泰子. 酢酸を介した植物の乾燥応答とプライミング効果、酢酸を使って乾燥に耐える植物の生存戦略. 「化学と生物」(2018) Vol.56, No.2, pp.67-69.

Bashir, K., Rasheed, S., Matsui, A., Iida, K., Tanaka, M. and Seki, M. (2018) Monitoring transcriptomic changes in soil-grown roots and shoots of Arabidopsis thaliana subjected to a progressive drought stress, In "Methods in Molecular Biology - Root Development - (Edited by Drs. Elke Barbez and Daniela Ristova)". Vol. 1761. Humana Press, New York, NY. pp. 223-230.

Tokunaga, H., Baba, T., Ishitani, M., Ito, K., Kim, O.K., Le, H.H., Le, H.K., Maejima, K., Namba, S., Natsuaki, K.T., Nguyen, D.V., Nguyen, H.H., Nguyen, N.C., Nguyen, V.A., Nomura, H., Seki, M., Srean, P., Tanaka, H., Touch, B., Trinh, H.X., Ugaki, M., Uke, A., Utsumi, Y., Wongtiem, P. and Takasu, K. (2018) Sustainable Management of Invasive Pests of Cassava in Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand. In "Crop Production under Stressful Conditions: Application of Cutting-edge Science and Technology in Developing Countries (Edited by Drs. Makie Kokubun and Shuichi Asanuma)", Springer, pp. 131-157.

Ueda, M., Sako, K. and Seki, M. (2018) Regulation and Modification of the Epigenome for Enhanced Salinity Tolerance in Crop Plants. In "Salinity Responses and Tolerance in Plants, Volume 2: Exploring RNAi, Genome Editing and Systems Biology (Edited by Drs. Vinay Kumar, Shabir Hussain Wani, Lam-Son Phan Tran and Penna Suprasanna)", Springer, pp. 77-91.

野村久子、馬場多聞、高須啓志、伊藤香純、夏秋啓子、鵜家綾香、関原明、徳永浩樹、石谷学. 「JICA/JST 地球規模課題対応 国際科学技術協力事業 （SATREPS）「ベトナム、カンボジア、タイにおけるキャッサバの侵入病害虫対策に基づく持続的生産システムの開発と普及」（2016-2021年）について」. 「砂糖類・でん粉情報」 Vol.5, pp. 61-67 (2018).

2017

原著論文

Li, W., Nguyen, K., Chu, D.H., Ha, C.V., Watanabe, Y., Osakabe, Y., Leyva-González, M., Sato, M., Toyooka, K., Voges, L., Tanaka, M., Seki, M., Seo, M., Yamaguchi, S., Nelson, D., Herrera-Estrella, L. and Tran, L.S. (2017) The Karrikin Receptor KAI2 Promotes Drought Resistance in Arabidopsis thaliana. PLoS Genet. 13:e1007076.

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.

Shirai, K., Matsuda, F., Nakabayashi, R., Okamoto, M., Tanaka, M., Fujimoto, A., Shimizu, M., Shinozaki, K., Seki, M., Saito, K. and Hanada, K. (2017) A highly specific genome-wide association study integrated with transcriptome data reveals the contribution of copy number variations to specialized metabolites in Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol. Biol. Evol. 34: 3111–3122.

Utsumi, Y., Utsumi, C., Tanaka, M., Ha, T.V., Matsui, A., Takahashi, S. and Seki, M. (2017) Formation of Friable Embryogenic Callus in Cassava is Enhanced under Conditions of Reduced Nitrate, Potassium and Phosphate. PLoS ONE. 12:e0180736.

Matsui, A., Iida, K., Tanaka, M., Yamaguchi, K., Mizunashi, K., Kim, J.M., Takahashi, S., Kobayashi, N., Shigenobu, S., Shinozaki, K. and Seki, M. (2017) Novel stress-inducible antisense RNAs of protein-coding loci are synthesized by Arabidopsis RDRs. Plant Physiol.175: 457-472.

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.

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.

Kurita, K., Sakamoto, T., Yagi, N., Sakomoto, Y., Ito, A., Nishino, N., Sako, K., Yoshida, M., Kimura, H., Seki, M. and Matsunaga, S. (2017) Live imaging of H3K9 acetylation in plant cells. Scientific Reports 7: 45894.

Bashir, K., Nozoye, T., Nagasaka, S., Seki, M., Nakanishi, H. and Nishizawa, N.K. (2017) Paralogs and mutants show that one DMA synthase functions in Fe homeostasis in rice. J. Exp. Bot. 68:1785-1795.

Nguyen, T.C.C, Nakaminami, K., Matsui, A., Watanabe, S., Kanno, Y., Seo, M. and Seki, M. (2017) Overexpression of oligouridylate binding protein 1b results in ABA hypersensitivity. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 12:e1282591.

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.

総　説

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

金　鍾明、関　原明、藤　泰子. 急な乾燥を「酢」で乗り切る. 「現代農業」 農山漁村文化協会（農文協）(2017) 10月号, pp. 208-209.

金　鍾明、関　原明、藤　泰子. 酢酸を使って乾燥ストレスに打ち勝つ植物の生存戦 略. academist Journal (2017)
論文.

内海好規, 徳永浩樹, 内海稚佳子, 櫻井哲也，Dong Van Nguyen, Vu Anh Nguyen, Jarunya Narangajavana, Ham Huy Le, 石谷学, 関原明. 「東南アジア諸国との連携による澱粉作物キャッサバの分子育種」 応用糖質科学（和文誌） （2017） 第7巻第3号, pp. 143-146.

2016

原著論文

Kamiya, M., Higashio, S., Isomoto, A., Kim, J.M., Seki, M., Miyashima, S. and Nakajima, K. (2016) Control of root cap maturation and cell detachment by the BEARSKIN transcription factors in Arabidopsis. Development, 143:4063-4072.

Hoshino, A., Jayakumar, V., Nitasaka, E., Toyoda, A., Noguchi, H., Itoh, T., Shin-I, T., Minakuchi, Y., Koda, Y., Nagano, A.J., Yasugi, M., Honjo, M.N., Kudoh, H., Seki, M., Kamiya, A., Shiraki, T., Carninci, P., Asamizu, E., Nishide, H., Tanaka, S., Park, K., Morita, Y., Yokoyama, K., Uchiyama, I., Tanaka, Y., Tabata, S., Shinozaki, K., Hayashizaki, Y., Kohara, Y., Suzuki, Y., Sugano, S., Fujiyama, A., Iida, S. and Sakakibara, Y. (2016) Genome sequence and analysis of the Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil. Nature Commun.7:13295.

Rasheed, S., Bashir, K., Nakaminami, K., Hanada, K., Matsui, A. and Seki, M. (2016) Drought stress differentially regulates the expression of small open reading frames (sORFs) in Arabidopsis roots and shoots. Plant Signaling Behavior 11 (8) e1215792.

Okamoto, M., Matsui, A., Tanaka, M., Morosawa, T., Ishida, J., Iida, K., Mochizuki, Y., Toyoda, T. and Seki, M. (2016) Sm-like protein-mediated RNA metabolism is required for heat stress tolerance in Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci. 7:1079.

Nguyen, T.C.C, Nakaminami, K., Matsui, A., Kobayashi, S., Kurihara, Y., Toyooka, K., Tanaka, M. and Seki, M. (2016) Oligouridylate binding protein 1b plays an integral role in plant heat stress tolerance. Front. Plant Sci. 7:853.

Ito, H., Kim, J.M., Matsunaga, W., Saze, H., Matsui, A., Endo, T.A., Harukawa, Y., Takagi, H., Hiroki, Y., Masuta, Y., Masuda, S., Ishida, J., Tanaka, M., Takahashi, S., Morosawa, T., Toyoda, T., Kakutani, T., Kato, A. and Seki, M. (2016) A Stress-activated transposon in Arabidopsis induces transgenerational abscisic acid insensitivity. Scientific Reports 6:23181.

Utsumi, Y., Tanaka, M., Kurotani, A., Yoshida, T., Mochida, K., Matsui, A., Ishitani, M., Sraphet, S., Whankaew, S., Asvarak, T., Narangajavana, J., Triwitayakorn, K., Sakurai, T. and Seki, M. (2016) Cassava (Manihot esculenta) transcriptome analysis in response to infection by the fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides using an oligonucleotide–DNA microarray. J. Plant Res. 129: 711-726.

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