2010/9/2 更新

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Laboratory of Plant Development

Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Okayama University

3-1-1 Tsushimanaka, Okayama 700-8530, Japan

TEL: +81 86 251 7858

FAX: +81 86 251 7876


Members

Taku Takahashi (Professor)

Hiroyasu Motose (Assistant professor)

Naoko Kamata (Guest investigator)

Jun-ichi Kakehi (D1)

Wurina (M2)

Soichi Ishitsuka (M1)

Eriko Ogawa (M1)

Kaori Yoshimoto (M1)

Yuta Segawa (B4)

Yusuke Yamada (B4)

Tsuyoshi Yamasaki (B4)

Tatsuya Ikeda (B4)


Research Interests

We are interested in unravelling the molecular basis of plant shoot morphogenesis.

Subjects we are now focusing on are

I. Genetic control of the shoot epidermal cell differentiation

II. Functions of polyamines in the shoot organ development

in Arabidopsis thaliana.


Equipments


Recent Publications

Kakehi JI, Kuwashiro Y, Motose H, Igarashi K, Takahashi T (2010) Norspermine substitutes for thermospermine in the control of stem elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 584: 3042-3046

Takahashi T, Kakehi JI (2010) Polyamines: Ubiquitous Polycations with Unique Roles in Growth and Stress Responses. Ann. Bot. 105: 1-6

Deguchi T, Itoh M, Urawa H, Matsumoto T, Nakayama S, Kawasaki T, Kitano T, Oda S, Mitani H, Takahashi T, Todo T, Sato J, Okada K, Hatta K, Yuba S, Kamei Y (2009) Infrared laser-mediated local gene induction in medaka, zebrafish and Arabidopsis thaliana. Dev. Growth Differ. 51: 769-775

Kakehi JI, Kuwashiro Y, Niitsu M, Takahashi T (2008) Thermospermine is required for stem elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 1342-1349

Imai A, Komura M, Kawano E, Kuwashiro Y, Takahashi T (2008) A semi-dominant mutation in a ribosomal protein L10 gene suppresses the dwarf phenotype of the acl5 mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 56: 881-890

Yamaguchi K, Takahashi Y, Berberich T, Imai A, Miyazaki A, Takahashi T, Michael AJ, Kusano T (2007) A protective role for the polyamine against drought stress in Arabidopsis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 352: 486-490

Imai A, Hanzawa Y, Komura M, Yamamoto KT, Komeda Y, Takahashi T (2006) The dwarf phenotype of the Arabidopsis acl5 mutant is suppressed by a mutation in an upstream ORF of a bHLH gene. Development 133: 3575-3585

Nakamura M, Katsumata M, Abe M, Yabe N, Komeda Y, Yamamoto KT, Takahashi T (2006) Characterization of the Class IV Homeodomain-Leucine Zipper Gene Family in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 141: 1363-1375

Yamaguchi K, Takahashi Y, Berberich T, Imai A, Miyazaki A, Takahashi T, Michael A, Kusano T (2006) The polyamine spermine protects against high salt stress in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 580: 6783-6788

Ueda H, Nishiyama C, Shimada T, Koumoto Y, Hayashi Y, Kondo M, Takahashi T, Ohtomo I, Nishimura M, Hara-Nishimura I (2006) AtVAM3 is required for normal specification of idioblasts, myrosin cells. Plant Cell Physiol. 47: 164-175

Ohtomo I, Ueda H, Shimada T, Nishiyama C, Komoto Y, Hara-Nishimura I, Takahashi T (2005) Identification of an allele of VAM3/SYP22 that confers a semi-dwarf phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 46: 1358-1365

Matsui A, Yokoyama R, Seki M, Ito T, Shinozaki K, Takahashi T, Komeda Y, Nishitani K (2005) AtXTH27 plays an essential role in cell wall modification during the development of tracheary elements. Plant J. 42: 525-534

Masclaux F, Charpenteau M, Takahashi T, Pont-Lezica R, Galaud J-P (2004) Gene silencing using a heat-inducible RNAi system in Arabidopsis. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Com. 321: 364-369

Jingu F, Shirase T, Ohtomo I, Imai A, Komeda Y, Takahashi T (2004) The plant exon finder: a tool for precise detection of exons using a T-DNA-based tagging approach. Gene 338: 267-273

Imai A, Matsuyama T, Hanzawa Y, Akiyama T, Tamaoki M, Saji H, Shirano Y, Kato T, Hayashi H, Shibata D, Tabata S, Komeda Y, Takahashi T (2004) Spermidine synthase genes are essential for survival of Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 135: 1565-1573

Imai A, Akiyama T, Kato T, Sato S, Tabata S, Yamamoto KT, Takahashi T (2004) Spermine is not essential for survival of Arabidopsis. FEBS Lett. 556: 148-152

Abe M, Katsumata H, Komeda Y, Takahashi T (2003) Regulation of shoot epidermal cell differentiation by a pair of homeodomain proteins in Arabidopsis. Development 130: 635-643

Takahashi T, Matsuhara S, Abe M, Komeda Y (2002) Disruption of a DNA topoisomerase I gene affects morphogenesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 14: 2085-2093

Hanzawa Y, Imai A, Michael AJ, Komeda Y, Takahashi T (2002) Characterization of the spermidine synthase-related gene family in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 527: 176-180

Suzuki M, Takahashi T, Komeda Y (2002) Formation of corymb-like inflorescences due to delay in bolting and flower development in the corymbosa2 mutant of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 43: 298-306

Abe M, Takahashi T, Komeda Y (2001) Identification of a cis-regulatory element for L1 layer-specific gene expression, which is targeted by an L1-specific homeodomain protein. Plant J. 26: 487-494

Ohtake Y, Takahashi T, Komeda Y (2000) Salicylic acid induces the expression of a number of receptor-like kinase genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 1038-1044

Hanzawa Y, Takahashi T, Michael AJ, Burtin D, Long D, Pineiro M, Coupland G, Komeda Y (2000) ACAULIS5, an Arabidopsis gene required for stem elongation, encodes a spermine synthase. EMBO J. 19: 4248-4256

Matsuhara S, Jingu F, Takahashi T, Komeda Y (2000) Heat-shock tagging: a simple method for expression and isolation of plant genome DNA flanked by T-DNA insertions. Plant J. 22: 79-86

(和文)高橋卓 (2005) シロイヌナズナにおける突然変異株の分離と交配法  改訂3版 ”モデル植物の実験プロトコール” 秀潤社 植物細胞工学シリーズ21: 59-63


Teaching

Exercise in Basic Biology I (April - July 2010)

Molecular Mechanism of Development (June - August 2010)

Plant Developmental Physiology (October 2010 - February 2011)

Laboratory Course C (April 2010)


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