原著論文

Research Paper(2000年以降)

  • Kozuka,T., Oka,Y., Kohzuma,K., and Kusaba,M. (2023) Cryptochromes suppress leaf senescence in response to blue light in Arabidopsis.Plant Physiology. 191 2506-2518［IF=8.34］https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiad042
  • Goto, C., Ikegami, A., Goh, T., Maruyama, K., Kasahara, H., Takebayashi, Y., Kamiya, Y., Toyokura, K., Kondo, Y., Ishizaki, K., Mimura, T. and Fukaki, H.(2023) Genetic Interaction between Arabidopsis SUR2/CYP83B1 and GNOM Indicates the Importance of Stabilizing Local Auxin Accumulation in Lateral Root Initiation. Plant Cell Physiology. 64 1178-1188 ［IF=4.9］https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcad084
  • Nobusawa, T., Yamatani, H.and Kusaba, M. (2022) Early flowering phenotype of the Arabidopsis altered meristem program1 mutant is dependent on the FLOWERING LOCUS T-mediated pathway.Plant Biotechnology.39 317-321 https://doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.22.0515a
  • Qin, D., Nishida, S., Tominaga, R., Ueda, A., Raboy, V., Saneoka, H. (2022)  Aberrant RNA splicing of the phytic acid synthesis gene inositol-1, 3, 4 trisphosphate 5/6-kinase in a low phytic acid soybean line.J. Soil Science and Plant Nutrition.68 553-562 https://doi.org/10.1080/00380768.2022.2111191
  • Masuda,Y., Nakano,M. and Kusaba,M.(2022) The complete sequence of the chloroplast genome of Chrysanthemum rupestre, a diploid disciform capitula species of Chrysanthemum. Mitochondrial DNA Part B.7,4:603-605　https://doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2022.2057252
  • Yamatani,H.,Ito, T., Nishimura,K., Yamada,T., Sakamoto,W.and Kusaba,M.(2022) Genetic analysis of chlorophyll synthesis and degradation regulated by BALANCE of CHLOROPHYLL METABOLISM. Plant Physiology. 189 431-444 ［IF=8.34］ https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac059
  • Tokumitsu,Y.,Kozu,T., Yamatani,H., Ito,T.,Nakano,H., Hase,A., Sasada,H.,Takada,Y., Kaga,A., Ishimoto,M.,Kusaba,M., Nakashima,T.,Abe,J. and Yamada,T.(2022) Functional Divergence of G and Its Homologous Genes for Green Pigmentation in Soybean Seeds Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:796981 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.796981
  • Yamatani, H., Heng, T., Yamada, T., Kusaba, M., Kaga, A.(2021)Identification and Characterization of an Early Leaf Senescence Gene ELS1 in Soybean.Frontiers in Plant Science. 12:784105［IF＝5.753］
    https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2021.784105
  • Nakano, M., Hirakaw,H., Fukai,E., Toyoda,A., Kajitani,R., Minakuchi,Y., Itoh,T., Higuchi,Y., Kozuka,T. Bono,H., Shirasawa, K., Shiraiwa,I., Sumitomo,K., Hisamatsu,T., Shibata,M., Isobe, S., Taniguchi,K. and Kusaba,M.(2021) A chromosome-level genome sequence of Chrysanthemum seticuspe, a model species for hexaploid cultivated chrysanthemum. Communications Biology. 4:1167 [IF=6.268]
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02704-y
  • Hibara,K, Miya,M., Benvenuto,A., Hibara-Matsuo,N., Mimura,M., Yoshikawa,T., Suzuki, M., Kusaba,M., Taketa,S., Itoh,J. (2021) Regulation of the plastochron by three manynoded dwarf genes in barley. PLoS Genetics. 17: e1009292 [IF=5.917]
    https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1009292
  • Nobusawa, T., Kamei, M., Ueda, H., Matsushima, N., Yamatani, H., and Kusaba, M.(2021)Highly pleiotropic functions of CYP78As and AMP1 are regulated in non-cell autonomous/organ-specific manners. Plant Physiology186,767–781［IF= 8.34］ https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab067
  • Shimoki, A., Tsugawa, S., Ohashi, K., Toda, M., Maeno, A., Sakamoto, T., Kimura, S., Nobusawa, T., Nagao, M., Nitasaka, E., Demura, T., Okada, K., Takeda, S. (2021) Reduction in organ-organ friction is critical for corolla elongation in morning glory. Communications Biology 4, 285 [IF=4.409]
    https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-01814-x
  • Ito, T., and Fukazawa, J. (2021) SCARECROW‑LIKE3 regulates the transcription of gibberellin‑related genes by acting as a transcriptional co‑repressor of GAI‑ASSOCIATED FACTOR1.  Plant Molecular Biology. 105:463–482 [IF=3.302]
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11103-020-01101-z
  • Ueda, H., Ito, T., Inoue, R., Masuda Y., Nagashima Y., Kozuka, T., and Kusaba, M. (2020) Genetic interaction among phytochrome, ethylene and abscisic acid signaling during dark-induced senescence in Arabidopsis thaliana. Frontiers in Plant Science. 11:564- [IF=4.106] https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00564
  • Kajiya-Kanegae, H., Takanashi, H., Fujimoto, M., Ishimori, M., Ohnishi, N., Fiona, W., Omollo, E. A., Kobayashi, M., Yano, K., Nakano, M., Kozuka, T., Kusaba,M., Iwata, H., Tsutsumi, N., and Sakamoto, W. (2020) RAD-seq-based high-density linkage map construction and QTL mapping of biomass-related traits in sorghum using a Japanese landrace Takakibi NOG.  Plant and Cell Physiology . (61(7) 1262-1272) [IF=3.929] https://doi.org/10.1093/pcp/pcaa056
  • Kozuka, T., Sawada, Y., Imai, H., Kanai, M., Hirai, M. Y., Mano, S., Uemura, M., Nishimura, M., Kusaba, M., and Nagatani, A. (2019) Regulation of sugar and storage oil metabolism by phytochrome during de-etiolation.  Plant and Cell Physiology. 182:1114-1129 [IF=6.305] https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.19.00535
  • Nakano, M., Taniguchi, K., Masuda,Y., Kozuka, T., Aruga, Y., Han, J., Motohara, K., Nakata, M., Sumitomo, K., Hisamatsu, T., Nakano, Y., Yagi, M., Hirakawa, H., Isobe, S. N., Shirasawa, K., Nagashima, Y., Na, H., Chen, L., Liang, G., Chen, R., and Kusaba, M. (2019) A pure line derived from a self-compatible Chrysanthemum seticuspe mutant as a model strain in the genus Chrysanthemum. Plant Science. 287:110174 [IF=3.712] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.plantsci.2019.110174
  • Nobusawa, T., Yamakawa-Ayukawa, K., Saito, F., Nomura, S., Takami, A., and Ohta H. (2019) A homolog of Arabidopsis SDP1 lipase in Nannochloropsis is involved in degradation of de novo-synthesized triacylglycerols in the endoplasmic reticulum. BBA – Molecular and Cell Biology of Lipids (1864,1185-1193) [IF=4.966] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbalip.2019.05.013
  • Hirakawa, H., Sumitomo, K., Hisamatsum T., Nagano, S., Shirasawa, K., Higuchi, Y., Kusaba, M., Koshioka, M., Nakano, Y., Yagi, M., Yamaguchi, H., Taniguchi, K., Nakano, M., and Isobe, SN.,　(2019) De novo whole-genome assembly in Chrysanthemum seticuspe, a model species of Chrysanthemums, and its application to genetic and gene discovery analysis. DNA Research. (26:195-203)[IF=5.415] https://doi.org/10.1093/dnares/dsy048
  • Yamatani, H., Ueda, H., Shimada, H., and Kusaba, M. (2019) pCYOs: Binary vectors for simple visible selection of transformants using an albino-cotyledon mutant in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotech. 36:39-42 https://doi.org/10.5511/plantbiotechnology.18.1212a
  • Takami, T., Ohnishi, N., Kurita, Y., Iwamura, S., Ohnishi, M., Kusaba, M., Mimura, T., and Sakamoto, W. (2018) Organelle DNA degradation contributes to the efficient use of phosphate in seed plants. Nature Plants 4:1044-1055　[IF=11.471] https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx468
  • Yamatani, H., Kohzuma, K., Nakano, M., Takami, T., Kato, Y., Hayashi, Y., Monden, Y., Okumoto, Y., Abe, T., Kumamaru, T., Tanaka, A., Sakamoto, W.,and Kusaba, M. (2018) Impairment of Lhca4, a subunit of LHCI, causes high accumulation of chlorophyll and the stay-green phenotype in rice. J. Exp. Bot. 69:1027-1035 [IF=5.830]
  • Nakano, M., Taniguchi, K., and Kusaba, M. (2017) Bioresources for genetic studies on the Anthemideae. Acta Horticulturae 1169: 165-170
  • Shimamura, M., Hanada, T., Iwata, M., and Kozuka, T. (2017) Unequal growth of gemmaling in Marchantia paleacea subsp. diptera (Marchantiophyta, Marchantiaceae), Hikobia 17: 187-191
  • Kohzuma, K., Sato, Y., Ito, H., Okuzaki, A., Watanabe, M., Kobayashi, H., Nakano, M., Yamatani, H., Masuda, Y., Nagashima, Y., Fukuoka, H., Yamada, T., Kanazawa, A., Kitamura, K., Tabei, Y., Ikeuchi, M., Sakamoto, W., Tanaka, A., and Kusaba, M. (2017) The non-Mendelian green cotyledon gene in soybean encodes a small subunit of photosystem II. Plant Physiology. 173: 2138-2147 [IF=6.280]
  • Zhang, L., Kusaba, M., Tanaka A., and Sakamoto, W. (2016) Protection of chloroplast membranes by VIPP1 rescues aberrant seedling development in Arabidopsis nyc1 Mutant. Front. Plant Sci. 7:533 [IF=3.948]
  • Ueda, H. and Kusaba, M. (2015) Strigolactone regulates leaf senescence in concert with ethylene in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiology. 169:138-147[IF=7.394] https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.15.00325
  • Nakano, M., Yamada, T., Masuda, Y., Sato, Y., Kobayashi, H., Ueda, H., Morita, R., Nishimura, M., Kitamura, K., and Kusaba, M. (2014) A green-cotyledon/stay-green mutant exemplifies the ancient whole-genome duplications in soybean. Plant and Cell Physiology.55: 1763-1771 [IF=4.978]
  • Taniguchi, K., Motohara, K., Kusaba, M. and Nakata, M. (2014) Phylogenetic Relationships between Chrysanthemum seticuspe f. seticuspe and C. seticuspe f. boreale Based on NCED3a Gene. Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo 49: 17-22
  • Taniguchi, K., Kusaba, M., Nakata, M. and Kadota, Y. (2014) Unique Forms of Leaf and Capitulum in Chrysanthemum seticuspe (Maxim.) Hand.-Mazz. f. seticuspe Is Contained within Morphological Diversity of C. seticuspe f. boreale (Makino) H. Ohashi & Yonek. Mem. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Tokyo 49: 11-15
  • Kusaba, M., Tanaka, A. and Tanaka, R. (2013) Stay-green plants: what do they tell us about the molecular mechanism of leaf senescence. Photosynth. Res. 117: 221-234 [IF=3.23]
  • Yamatani, H., Sato Y., Masuda, Y., Kato, Y., Morita, R., Fukunaga K., Nagamura, Y., Nishimura, M., Sakamoto, W., Tanaka, A. and Kusaba, M.(2013) NYC4, the rice ortholog of Arabidopsis THF1, is involved in the degradation of chlorophyll-protein complexes during leaf senescence. Plant J. 74:652-662 [IF=6.582]
  • Sato, Y., Antonio, B., Namiki, N., Motoyama, R., Sugimoto, K., Takehisa, H., Minami, H.,　Kamatsuki, K.,Kusaba, M., Hirochika, H. and Nagamura, Y. (2011) Field transcriptome revealed critical developmental and physiological transitions involved in the expression of growth potential in japonica rice. BMC Plant Biol. 11:10-24 [IF=3.774]
  • Kurata, N., Satoh, H., Kitano, H., Nagato, Y., Endo, T., Sato, K., Akashi, R., Ezura, H., Kusaba, M., Kobayashi, M., Nitasaka, E., Kasai, F., Yamazaki, Y. and Yoshimura, A. （2010）NBRP, National Bioresource Project of Japan and plant bioresource management. Breed. Sci. 60: 461-468
  • Yamazaki, Y., Akashi, R., Banno, Y., Endo, T., Ezura, H., Fukami-Kobayashi, K., Inaba, K., Isa, T., Kamei, K., Kasai, F., Kobayashi, M., Kurata, N.,Kusaba, M. , Matuzawa, T., Mitani, S., Nakamura, T., Nakamura, Y., Nakatsuji, N., Naruse, K., Niki, H., Nitasaka, E., Obata, Y., Okamoto, H., Okuma, M., Sato, K., Serikawa, T., Shiroishi, T., Sugawara, H., Urushibara, H., Yamamoto, M., Yaoita, Y., Yoshiki, A. and Kohara, Y. (2010) NBRP databases: databases of biological resources in Japan. Nucl. Acid Res. D26-32 [IF=7.479]
  • Kusaba, M., Maoka, T. Morita, R. and Takaichi, S. (2009) A novel carotenoid derivative, lutein 3-acetate, accumulates in senescent leaves of rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 50: 1573-1577 [IF=3.542]
  • Morita, R., Sato, Y., Masuda, Y., Nishimura, M. and Kusaba, M.(2009) Defect in NON YELLOW COLORING 3, an α/β hydrolase-fold family protein, causes a stay green phenotype during leaf senescence in rice. Plant J. 59: 940-952 [IF=6.571]
  • Horie, Y., Ito, H., Kusaba, M., Tanaka, R. and Tanaka, A. (2009) Participation of chlorophyll b reductase in the initial step of the degradation of light-harvesting chlorophyll a/b-protein complexes in Arabidopsis. J. Biol. Chem.284(26):17449-56 [IF=5.581]
  • Kawakatsu, T., Taramino, G., Itoh, J.I., Allen, J., Sato, Y., Hong, S.K., Yule, R., Nagasawa, N., Kojima, M., Kusaba, M., Sakakibara, H., Sakai, H. and Nagato, Y. (2009) PLASTOCHRON3/GOLIATH encodes a glutamate carboxypeptidase required for proper development in rice. Plant J. 58: 1028-1040 [IF=6.571]
  • Morita, R., Kusaba, M. , Iida, S. and Nishimura, M. (2009) Development of PCR markers to detect the glb1 and Lgc1 mutations for the production of low easy-to-digest protein rice varieties. Theor. Appl. Genet. 119:125-30 [IF=3.137]
  • Nishimura, M., Morita, R. and Kusaba, M. (2009) Utilization and molecular characterization of seed protein composition mutants in rice plants. JARQ 43: 1-5
  • Sato, Y. Morita, R., Katsuma, S., Nishimura, M., Tanaka, A. and Kusaba, M. (2009) Two short-chain dehydrogenase/reductases, NON-YELLOW COLORING 1 and NYC1-LIKE, are required for chlorophyll b and light-Harvesting complex II degradation during senescence in Rice. Plant J. 57: 120-131 [IF=6.571]
  • Toguri, T., Umemoto, N., Yoshioka, M., Nawata, O., Okamura, M. and Taniguchi, K. (2008) Assessment of fertility of virus-tolerant transgenic Chrysanthemum and survey on viruses in wild Chrysanthemum populations in western Japan. In "Floriculture, Ornamental and Plant Biotechnology: advances and topical issues", Global Science Books, UK 490-495
  • Fujishige, I. and Taniguchi,K. (2007) In vitro production of stable new karyotype strains in culture lines of Crepis capillaris.  Chromosome Science 10: 29-35
  • Sato, Y., Morita, R., Nishimura, M., Yamaguchi, H. and Kusaba, M. (2007) Mendel’s green cotyledon gene encodes a positive regulator of the chlorophyll -degrading pathway. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 104:14169-14174 [IF=9.598]
  • Kusaba, M. Ito, H., Morita, R., Iida, S., Sato, Y., Fujimoto, M., Kawasaki, S., Tanaka, R., Hirochika, H., Nishimura, M. and Tanaka, A. (2007) Rice NON-YELLOW COLORING1 is involved in Light Harvesting Complex II and grana degradation during leaf senescence. Plant Cell 19: 1362-1375[IF=9.653]
  • Yoshida, H., Itoh, J.I., Ohmori, S., Miyoshi, K., Horigome, A., Uchida, E., Kimizu, M., Matsumura, Y., Kusaba, M., Satoh, H. and Nagato, Y. (2007) superwoman1-cleistogamy, a hopeful allele for gene containment in GM rice. Plant Biotech. J. 5: 835-846. [IF=3.392]
  • Morita, R., Kusaba, M., Iida, S., Nishio, T. and Nishimura, M. (2007) Knockout of glutelin genes which form a tandem array with a high level of homology in rice by gamma irradiation. Genes Genet. Syst. 82:321-327
  • Sassa, H., Kakui, H., Miyamoto, M., Suzuki, Y., Hanada, T., Ushijima, K., Kusaba, M., Hirano H. and Koba, T. (2007) S locus F-box brothers: Multiple and pollen-specific F-box genes with S haplotype-specific polymorphisms in apple and Japanese pear. Genetics 175: 1869-1881 [IF=4.001]
  • Fujimoto, R., Okazaki, K., Fukai, E., Kusaba M., Nishio, T. (2006) Comparison of the genome structure of the self-incompatibility (S) locus in interspecific pairs of S haplotypes. Genetics 173:1157-1167 [IF=4.001]
  • Watanabe, K., Kosuge, K., Shimamura, R., Konishi, N. and Taniguchi, K. (2006)Molecular systematic of Australian Calotis (Asteraceae: Astereae).  Australian Systematic Botany 19, 155-168.
  • Morita, R., Kusaba, M., Yamaguchi, H., Amano, E., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H. and Nishimura, M. (2005) Characterization of chlorophyllie a oxygenase (CAO) in rice. Breeding Sci. 55: 361-364
  • Naito, K., Kusaba, M., Shikazono, N., Takano, T., Tanaka, A., Tanisaka, T. and Nishimura, M. (2005)Transmissible and nontransmissible mutations induced by irradiating Arabidopsis thaliana pollen with γ-rays and carbon ions. Genetics 169: 881-889 [IF=4.001]
  • Nishimura, M., Kusaba, M., Miyahara, K., Nishio, T., Iida, S., Imbe, T. and Sato, H. (2005) New Rice Varieties with Low Levels of Easy-to-digest Protein,‘LGC-Katsu’and ‘LGC-Jun’. Breed. Sci. 55: 103-105
  • Kusaba, M. (2004) RNA interference in crop plants. Curr. Opin. Biotech. 15, 139-143[IF=7.370]
  • Kusaba, M., Iida, S., Morita, R. and Nishimura, M. (2004) Mapping of the EARLY YELLOWING 1 gene, EYE1 in rice. Rice Genet. Newslett. 21: 9
  • Kusaba, M., Miyahara K., Iida, S., Fukuoka, H., Takano, T., Sassa, H., Nishimura, M. and Nishio, T. (2003) Low glutelin content 1: a dominant mutation that suppresses the glutelin multigene family via RNA silencing in rice. Plant Cell 15: 1455-1467 [IF=9.653]
  • Goto, K., Kanazawa, A., Kusaba, M. and Masuta, C. (2003) A simple and rapid method to detect plant siRNAs using nonradioactive probes. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 21: 51-58
  • Sato, K., Nishio, T., Kimura, R., Kusaba, M., Suzuki, T., Hatakeyama, K., Ockendon, D. J. and Satta, Y. (2002) Coevolution of the S-locus genes SRK, SLG and SP11/SCR in Brassica oleracea and B. rapa. Genetics 162: 931-940 [IF=4.001]
  • Kusaba, M., Tung, C.-W., Nasrallah, M. E. and Nasrallah, J. B. (2002) Monoallelic expression and dominance interactions in anthers of self-incompatible Arabidopsis lyrata. Plant Physiol. 128: 17-20 [IF=6.367]
  • Taniguchi, K., Hara, K., Fujishige I., Hiraoka, T., Nakata, M., Sera, T., Inoue, N., Chen, R., Hong, D.-Y. and Tanaka, R. (2002) Origin of the cultivated Dendranthema. Advances in Chromosome Sciences 1, 496-499.
  • Kusaba, M., Dwyer, K., Hendershot, J., Vrebalov, J., Nasrallah, J. B. and Nasrallah, M. E. (2001) Self-incompatibility in the genus Arabidopsis: Characterization of the S locus in the outcrossing A. lyrata and its autogamous relative A. thaliana.(2001) Plant Cell 13: 627-643 [IF=9.653]
  • Golz, J. F., Oh, H.-Y., Su, V., Kusaba, M. and Newbigin, E. (2001) Genetic analysis of Nicotiana pollen-part mutants is consistent with the presence of an S-ribonuclease inhibitor at the S locus. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. USA 98: 15372-15376 [IF=9.598]
  • Ushijima, K., Sassa, H., Tamura, M., Kusaba, M., Tao, R., Gradziel. T. M., Dandekar, A. M. and Hirano, H. (2001) Characterization of the S-locus region of almond (Prumus dulcis): Analysis of a somaclonal mutant and a cosmid contig for an S haplotype. Genetics 158: 379-386 [IF=4.001]
  • Kusaba, M., Matsushita, M., Okazaki, K., Satta, Y., and Nishio, T. (2000) Sequence and structural diversity of the S locus genes from different lines with the same self-recognition specificities in Brassica oleracea. Genetics 154: 413-420 [IF=4.001]
  • Sakamoto, K., Kusaba, M. and Nishio, T. (2000) Single-seed PCR-RFLP analysis for the identification of S haplotypes in commercial F1 hybrid cultivars of broccoli and cabbage. Plant Cell Rep. 19: 400-406
  • Suzuki, T., Kusaba, M., Matsushita, M., Okazaki, K. and Nishio, T. (2000) Characterization of Brassica S-haplotypes lacking S-locus glycoprotein. FEBS lett. 482: 102-108 [IF=3.304]
  • Li, J.-H., Nass, N., Kusaba, M., Dodds, P. N., Treloar, N., Clarke, A. E. and Newbigin, E. (2000) A genetic map of the Nicotiana alata S locus that includes three pollen-expressed genes. Theor.Appl. Genet. 100: 956-964 [IF=3.137]
  • Nishio, T. and Kusaba, M. (2000) Sequence diversity of SLG and SRK in Brassica oleracea L.Ann. Bot. 85 suppl. A, 141-146

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