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BslA(YuaB) forms a hydrophobic layer on the surface of Bacillus subtilis biofilms by Kobayashi, Kazuo, Iwano, Megumi

“…Summary Biofilms are surface‐associated bacterial aggregates, in which bacteria are enveloped by polymeric substances known as the biofilm matrix. Bacillus…”
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FZL, a dynamin-like protein localized to curved grana edges, is required for efficient photosynthetic electron transfer in Arabidopsis by Ogawa, Yu, Iwano, Megumi, Shikanai, Toshiharu, Sakamoto, Wataru

“…Photosynthetic electron transfer and its regulation processes take place on thylakoid membranes, and the thylakoid of vascular plants exhibits particularly…”
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Ca²⁺-Activated Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Arabidopsis RbohH and RbohJ Is Essential for Proper Pollen Tube Tip Growth by Kaya, Hidetaka, Nakajima, Ryo, Iwano, Megumi, Kanaoka, Masahiro M., Kimura, Sachie, Takeda, Seiji, Kawarazaki, Tomoko, Senzaki, Eriko, Hamamura, Yuki, Higashiyama, Tetsuya, Takayama, Seiji, Abe, Mitsutomo, Kuchitsu, Kazuyuki

“…In flowering plants, pollen germinates on the stigma and pollen tubes grow through the style to fertilize the ovules. Enzymatic production of reactive oxygen…”
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Parallel evolution of dominant pistil-side self-incompatibility suppressors in Arabidopsis by Fujii, Sota, Shimosato-Asano, Hiroko, Kakita, Mitsuru, Kitanishi, Takashi, Iwano, Megumi, Takayama, Seiji

“…Selfing is a frequent evolutionary trend in angiosperms, and is a suitable model for studying the recurrent patterns underlying adaptive evolution. Many plants…”
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Promotion of cyclic electron transport around photosystem I during the evolution of NADP–malic enzyme‐type C₄ photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria by Nakamura, Naoya, Iwano, Megumi, Havaux, Michel, Yokota, Akiho, Munekage, Yuri Nakajima

“…C₄ plants display higher cyclic electron transport activity than C₃ plants. This activity is suggested to be important for the production of ATPs required for…”
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Helical microtubule arrays in a collection of twisting tubulin mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana by Ishida, Takashi, Kaneko, Yayoi, Iwano, Megumi, Hashimoto, Takashi

“…Anisotropic expansion of plant cells requires organized arrays of cortical microtubules. Mutations in microtubule-associated proteins and a particular mutation…”
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Negative feedback by IRE1β optimizes mucin production in goblet cells by Tsuru, Akio, Fujimoto, Naoko, Takahashi, Satsuki, Saito, Michiko, Nakamura, Daisuke, Iwano, Megumi, Iwawaki, Takao, Kadokura, Hiroshi, Ron, David, Kohno, Kenji

“…In mammals, the prototypical endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress sensor inositol-requiring enzyme 1 (IRE1) has diverged into two paralogs. IRE1 α is broadly…”
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Regulation of Photosynthetic Carbohydrate Metabolism by a Raf-Like Kinase in the Liverwort Marchantia polymorpha by Koide, Eri, Suetsugu, Noriyuki, Iwano, Megumi, Gotoh, Eiji, Nomura, Yuko, Stolze, Sara Christina, Nakagami, Hirofumi, Kohchi, Takayuki, Nishihama, Ryuichi

“…Abstract To optimize growth and development, plants monitor photosynthetic activities and appropriately regulate various cellular processes. However, signaling…”
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The transcription factor OsNAC4 is a key positive regulator of plant hypersensitive cell death by Kaneda, Takashi, Taga, Yuri, Takai, Ryota, Iwano, Megumi, Matsui, Hiroyoshi, Takayama, Seiji, Isogai, Akira, Che, Fang-Sik

“…The hypersensitive response (HR) is a common feature of plant immune responses and a type of programmed cell death. However, little is known about the…”
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Trans -acting small RNA determines dominance relationships in Brassica self-incompatibility by Takayama, Seiji, Tarutani, Yoshiaki, Shiba, Hiroshi, Iwano, Megumi, Kakizaki, Tomohiro, Suzuki, Go, Watanabe, Masao, Isogai, Akira

“…A diploid organism has two copies of each gene, one inherited from each parent. The expression of two inherited alleles is sometimes biased by the effects…”
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A pollen coat-inducible autoinhibited Ca2+-ATPase expressed in stigmatic papilla cells is required for compatible pollination in the Brassicaceae by Iwano, Megumi, Igarashi, Motoko, Tarutani, Yoshiaki, Kaothien-Nakayama, Pulla, Nakayama, Hideki, Moriyama, Hideki, Yakabe, Ryo, Entani, Tetsuyuki, Shimosato-Asano, Hiroko, Ueki, Masao, Tamiya, Gen, Takayama, Seiji

“…In the Brassicaceae, intraspecific non-self pollen (compatible pollen) can germinate and grow into stigmatic papilla cells, while self-pollen or interspecific…”
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HMG Domain Containing SSRP1 Is Required for DNA Demethylation and Genomic Imprinting in Arabidopsis by Ikeda, Yoko, Kinoshita, Yuki, Susaki, Daichi, Ikeda, Yuriko, Iwano, Megumi, Takayama, Seiji, Higashiyama, Tetsuya, Kakutani, Tetsuji, Kinoshita, Tetsu

“…In Arabidopsis, DEMETER (DME) DNA demethylase contributes to reprogramming of the epigenetic state of the genome in the central cell. However, other aspects of…”
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Fine-Tuning of the Cytoplasmic Ca²⁺ Concentration Is Essential for Pollen Tube Growth by Iwano, Megumi, Entani, Tetsuyuki, Shiba, Hiroshi, Kakita, Mituru, Nagai, Takeharu, Mizuno, Hideaki, Miyawaki, Atsushi, Shoji, Tsubasa, Kubo, Kenichi, Isogai, Akira, Takayama, Seiji

“…Pollen tube growth is crucial for the delivery of sperm cells to the ovule during flowering plant reproduction. Previous in vitro imaging of Lilium longiflorum…”
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Identification of an Arabidopsis transmembrane bZIP transcription factor involved in the endoplasmic reticulum stress response by Tajima, Hiromi, Iwata, Yuji, Iwano, Megumi, Takayama, Seiji, Koizumi, Nozomu

“…Among 75 bZIP transcription factors identified in Arabidopsis, 3 (AtbZIP17, AtbZIP28, and AtbZIP49) possess a putative transmembrane domain (TMD) in addition…”
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A stigmatic gene confers interspecies incompatibility in the Brassicaceae by Fujii, Sota, Tsuchimatsu, Takashi, Kimura, Yuka, Ishida, Shota, Tangpranomkorn, Surachat, Shimosato-Asano, Hiroko, Iwano, Megumi, Furukawa, Shoko, Itoyama, Wakana, Wada, Yuko, Shimizu, Kentaro K., Takayama, Seiji

“…Pre-zygotic interspecies incompatibility in angiosperms is a male–female relationship that inhibits the formation of hybrids between two species. Here, we…”
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Apoplastic ROS production upon pollination by RbohH and RbohJ in Arabidopsis by Kaya, Hidetaka, Iwano, Megumi, Takeda, Seiji, Kanaoka, Masahiro M, Kimura, Sachie, Abe, Mitsutomo, Kuchitsu, Kazuyuki

“…Reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulate at the tip of growing pollen tubes. In Arabidopsis, NADPH oxidases RbohH and RbohJ are localized at the plasma…”
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Physiological and genetic analysis of CO2-induced breakdown of self-incompatibility in Brassica rapa by Lao, Xintian, Suwabe, Keita, Niikura, Satoshi, Kakita, Mitsuru, Iwano, Megumi, Takayama, Seiji

“…Self-incompatibility (SI) of the Brassicaceae family can be overcome by CO2 gas treatment. This method has been used for decades as an effective means to…”
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Nuclear membrane localization during pollen development and apex-focused polarity establishment of SYP124/125 during pollen germination in Arabidopsis thaliana by Ichikawa, Mie, Iwano, Megumi, Sato, Masa H

“…KEY MESSAGE : Establishment of apex-polarity. Elongation of the pollen tube is a highly coordinated process involving polarized secretion of cell wall and…”
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Glycosylation Regulates Specific Induction of Rice Immune Responses by Acidovorax avenae Flagellin by Hirai, Hiroyuki, Takai, Ryota, Iwano, Megumi, Nakai, Masaru, Kondo, Machiko, Takayama, Seiji, Isogai, Akira, Che, Fang-Sik

“…Plants have a sensitive system that detects various pathogen-derived molecules to protect against infection. Flagellin, a main component of the bacterial…”
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Direct ligand-receptor complex interaction controls Brassica self-incompatibility by Isogai, Akira, Takayama, Seiji, Shimosato, Hiroko, Shiba, Hiroshi, Funato, Miyuki, Che, Fang-Sik, Watanabe, Masao, Iwano, Megumi

“…Many higher plants have evolved self-incompatibility mechanisms to prevent self-fertilization. In Brassica self-incompatibility, recognition between pollen and…”
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