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Root-to-shoot Cd translocation via the xylem is the major process determining shoot and grain cadmium accumulation in rice by Uraguchi, Shimpei, Mori, Shinsuke, Kuramata, Masato, Kawasaki, Akira, Arao, Tomohito, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Physiological properties involved in divergent cadmium (Cd) accumulation among rice genotypes were characterized using the indica cultivar 'Habataki' (high Cd…”
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Ion-beam irradiation, gene identification, and marker-assisted breeding in the development of low-cadmium rice by Ishikawa, Satoru, Ishimaru, Yasuhiro, Igura, Masato, Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Senoura, Takeshi, Hase, Yoshihiro, Arao, Tomohito, Nishizawa, Naoko K, Nakanishi, Hiromi

“…Rice (Oryza sativa L.) grain is a major dietary source of cadmium (Cd), which is toxic to humans, but no practical technique exists to substantially reduce Cd…”
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Phytochelatin synthase OsPCS1 plays a crucial role in reducing arsenic levels in rice grains by Hayashi, Shimpei, Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Takagi, Hiroki, Ozawa, Kenjirou, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Summary Reduction of the level of arsenic (As) in rice grains is an important challenge for agriculture. A recent study reported that the OsABCC1 transporter…”
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Diversity and transcription of genes involved in respiratory As(V) reduction and As(III) methylation in Japanese paddy soils by Ito, Koji, Kuramata, Masato, Tanikawa, Hachidai, Suda, Aomi, Yamaguchi, Noriko, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Arsenic (As) metabolism by soil microorganisms has an impact on As geochemical cycling in paddy soils, which in turn affects As uptake in rice. However, little…”
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Deficiency in alcohol dehydrogenase 2 reduces arsenic in rice grains by suppressing silicate transporters by Hayashi, Shimpei, Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Yamaguchi, Noriko, Takagi, Hiroki, Tanikawa, Hachidai, Iino, Manaka, Sugimoto, Kazuhiko, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Paddy fields are anaerobic and facilitate arsenite (As(III)) elution from the soil. Paddy-field rice accumulates arsenic (As) in its grains because silicate…”
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major quantitative trait locus for increasing cadmium-specific concentration in rice grain is located on the short arm of chromosome 7 by Ishikawa, Satoru, Abe, Tadashi, Kuramata, Masato, Yamaguchi, Masayuki, Ando, Tsuyu, Yamamoto, Toshio, Yano, Masahiro

“…Large phenotypic variations in the cadmium (Cd) concentration of rice grains and shoots have been observed. However, the genetic control of Cd accumulation…”
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Detoxification of hydroxylated polychlorobiphenyls by Sphingomonas sp. strain N-9 isolated from forest soil by Mizukami-Murata, Satomi, Sakakibara, Futa, Fujita, Katsuhide, Fukuda, Makiko, Kuramata, Masato, Takagi, Kazuhiro

“…To examine the biodegradation of hydroxylated polychlorobiphenyls (OH-PCBs), we isolated Sphingomonas sp. strain N-9 from forest soil using mineral salt medium…”
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QTL Pyramiding and Its Use in Breeding for Increasing the Phytoextraction Efficiency of Soil Cd via High-Cd-Accumulating Rice by Abe, Tadashi, Ito, Masashi, Takahashi, Ryuichi, Honma, Toshimitsu, Kuramata, Masato, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Phytoextraction by high-Cd-accumulating rice lacking a functional OsHMA3 allele is promising for Cd removal from paddy soils. To increase rice Cd extraction…”
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Diversity in the complexity of phosphate starvation transcriptomes among rice cultivars based on RNA-Seq profiles by Oono, Youko, Kawahara, Yoshihiro, Yazawa, Takayuki, Kanamori, Hiroyuki, Kuramata, Masato, Yamagata, Harumi, Hosokawa, Satomi, Minami, Hiroshi, Ishikawa, Satoru, Wu, Jianzhong, Antonio, Baltazar, Handa, Hirokazu, Itoh, Takeshi, Matsumoto, Takashi

“…Rice has developed several morphological and physiological strategies to adapt to phosphate starvation in the soil. In order to elucidate the molecular basis…”
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Low-cesium rice: mutation in OsSOS2 reduces radiocesium in rice grains by Ishikawa, Satoru, Hayashi, Shimpei, Abe, Tadashi, Igura, Masato, Kuramata, Masato, Tanikawa, Hachidai, Iino, Manaka, Saito, Takashi, Ono, Yuji, Ishikawa, Tetsuya, Fujimura, Shigeto, Goto, Akitoshi, Takagi, Hiroki

“…In Japan, radiocesium contamination in foods has become of great concern and it is a primary issue to reduce grain radiocesium concentration in rice ( Oryza…”
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Arsinothricin, an arsenic-containing non-proteinogenic amino acid analog of glutamate, is a broad-spectrum antibiotic by Nadar, Venkadesh Sarkarai, Chen, Jian, Dheeman, Dharmendra S., Galván, Adriana Emilce, Yoshinaga-Sakurai, Kunie, Kandavelu, Palani, Sankaran, Banumathi, Kuramata, Masato, Ishikawa, Satoru, Rosen, Barry P., Yoshinaga, Masafumi

“…The emergence and spread of antimicrobial resistance highlights the urgent need for new antibiotics. Organoarsenicals have been used as antimicrobials since…”
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Genetic diversity of arsenic accumulation in rice and QTL analysis of methylated arsenic in rice grains by Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Kawasaki, Akira, Ebana, Kaworu, Shibaya, Taeko, Yano, Masahiro, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Background Rice is a major source of dietary intake of arsenic (As) for the populations that consume rice as a staple food. Therefore, it is necessary to…”
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Arsenic accumulation and speciation in Japanese paddy rice cultivars by Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Matsumoto, Shingo, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…We examined arsenic (As) accumulation and speciation in the major cultivars currently grown in Japan, because differences in grain As levels among cultivars…”
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Detection of QTLs to reduce cadmium content in rice grains using LAC23/Koshihikari chromosome segment substitution lines by Abe, Tadashi, Nonoue, Yasunori, Ono, Nozomi, Omoteno, Motoyasu, Kuramata, Masato, Fukuoka, Shuichi, Yamamoto, Toshio, Yano, Masahiro, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…To advance the identification of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) to reduce Cd content in rice (Oryza sativa L.) grains and breed low-Cd cultivars, we developed…”
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Breeding of a practical rice line 'TJTT8' for phytoextraction of cadmium contamination in paddy fields by Abe, Tadashi, Ito, Masashi, Takahashi, Ryuichi, Honma, Toshimitsu, Sekiya, Naoki, Shirao, Kensuke, Kuramata, Masato, Murakami, Masaharu, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Previously, we showed that qCdp7, an allele identified in the high-Cd-accumulating indica rice variety 'Jarjan,' is associated with effective phytoextraction…”
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Correction to: Genetic diversity of arsenic accumulation in rice and QTL analysis of methylated arsenic in rice grains by Kuramata, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Kawasaki, Akira, Ebana, Kaworu, Shibaya, Taeko, Yano, Masahiro, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…The authors of article “Genetic diversity of arsenic accumulation in rice and QTL analysis of methylated arsenic in rice grains” (Kuramata et al. 2013) would…”
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Arsenic biotransformation by Streptomyces sp. isolated from rice rhizosphere by Kuramata, Masato, Sakakibara, Futa, Kataoka, Ryota, Abe, Tadashi, Asano, Maki, Baba, Koji, Takagi, Kazuhiro, Ishikawa, Satoru

“…Summary Isolation and functional analysis of microbes mediating the methylation of arsenic (As) in paddy soils is important for understanding the origin of…”
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Citrinolactones A, B and C, and sclerotinin C, plant growth regulators from Penicillium citrinum by Kuramata, M.(Tottori Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture), Fujioka, S, Shimada, A, Kawano, T, Kimura, Y

“…New plant growth regulators, named citrinolactones A (1), B (2) and C (3) and sclerotinin C (4), were isolated from Penicillium citrinum and their structures…”
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Real-time imaging and analysis of differences in cadmium dynamics in rice cultivars (Oryza sativa) using positron-emitting107Cd tracer by Ishikawa, Satoru, Suzui, Nobuo, Ito-Tanabata, Sayuri, Ishii, Satomi, Igura, Masato, Abe, Tadashi, Kuramata, Masato, Kawachi, Naoki, Fujimaki, Shu

“…Background Rice is a major source of dietary intake of cadmium (Cd) for populations that consume rice as a staple food. Understanding how Cd is transported…”
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A novel plant cysteine-rich peptide family conferring cadmium tolerance to yeast and plants by Matsuda, Taiki, Kuramata, Masato, Takahashi, Yoshihiro, Kitagawa, Etsuko, Youssefian, Shohab, Kusano, Tomonobu

“…We have identified a novel cDNA clone, termed DcCDT1, from Digitaria ciliaris, that confers cadmium (Cd)-tolerance to yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae). The…”
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