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ABA-induced serine/threonine protein kinase gene transcribed in rye (Secale cereale L.)

We isolated the rye serine/threonine protein kinase (S/T PK) gene, which is responsible for intracellular signal transduction mediated by abscisic acid (ABA) synthesized following drought stress, from the huge...

M. Tomita, H. Tanaka, K. Takahashi in Cereal Research Communications (2021)

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Molecular cytogenetic analyses of hexaploid lines spontaneously appearing in octoploid Triticale

Genome characterization of 14 hexaploid lines that spontaneously appeared in octoploid Triticales was carried out by sequential genomic in situ hybridization and fluorescence in situ hybridization, high molecu...

Q. W. Dou, H. Tanaka, N. Nakata, H. Tsujimoto in Theoretical and Applied Genetics (2006)

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Spatiotemporal asymmetric auxin distribution: a means to coordinate plant development

The plant hormone auxin plays crucial roles in regulating plant growth development, including embryo and root patterning, organ formation, vascular tissue differentiation and growth responses to environmental ...

H. Tanaka, P. Dhonukshe, P. B. Brewer… in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS (2006)

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Genome size, karyotype, meiosis and a novel extra chromosome in Torenia fournieri, T. baillonii and their hybrid

Torenia is a suitable model plant to study plant fertilization because of its protruding embryo sac. However, information on the genomes and chromosomes of this species is limited. We det...

S. Kikuchi, H. Tanaka, T. Shiba, M. Mii, H. Tsujimoto in Chromosome Research (2006)

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Influence of application of rice straw, farmyard manure, and municipal biowastes on nitrogen fixation, soil microbial biomass N, and mineral N in a model paddy microcosm

Effects of application of rice straw (RS), farmyard manure (FYM), municipal biowaste compost (MBCom), and municipal biowaste charcoal (MBCha) on soil microbial biomass N, mineral N, and nitrogen-fixing activit...

H. Tanaka, K. M. Kyaw, K. Toyota, T. Motobayashi in Biology and Fertility of Soils (2006)

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The NACK-PQR MAP Kinase Cascade Controls Plant Cytokinesis

M. Sasabe, Y. Takahashi, T. Soyano… in Tobacco BY-2 Cells: From Cellular Dynamics… (2006)

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Protein analysis of dwarfed transgenic rice plants overexpressing GA2-oxidase gene

Using 2-D electrophoresis, we analyzed proteins from transgenic rice overexpressing gibberellin acid (GA) catabolic enzyme, GA2-oxidase. These results indicate eight specific proteins differentially expressed ...

M. Hajduch, H. Tanaka, Y. Morinaka, Y. Otake, H. Nakamura, T. Kayano… in Biologia Plantarum (2005)

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Male labial gland secretions and mitochondrial DNA markers support species status of Bombus cryptarum and B. magnus (Hymenoptera, Apidae)

Spring queens of Bombus cryptarum and B. magnus from 2 localities in Brandenburg/Germany and Scotland/United Kingdom respectively were determined by morphological characteristics. The lateral border of the collar...

A. Bertsch, H. Schweer, A. Titze, H. Tanaka in Insectes Sociaux (2005)

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Gene expression in spermiogenesis

Germ cells convey parental genes to the next generation, and only germ cells perform meiosis, which is a mechanism that preserves the parental genes. The fusion of the products of germ cell meiosis, the haploi...

H. Tanaka, T. Baba in Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences CMLS (2005)

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Light/dark cyclic movement of algal culture (Synechocystis aquatilis) in outdoor inclined tubular photobioreactor equipped with static mixers for efficient production of biomass

Synechocystis aquatilis SI-2 was grown outdoors in a 12.5cm diam. tubular photobioreactor equipped with static mixers. The static mixers ensured that cells were efficiently circulated bet...

C.U. Ugwu, J.C. Ogbonna, H. Tanaka in Biotechnology Letters (2005)

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Osteoclastogenesis Inhibitory Factor/Osteoprotegerin Reduced Bone Loss Induced by Mechanical Unloading

Skeletal unloading resulting from space flight and prolonged immobilization causes bone loss. Such bone loss ostensibly results from a rapid increase in bone resorption and subsequent sustained reduction in bo...

Y. Ichinose, H. Tanaka, M. Inoue, S. Mochizuki, E. Tsuda… in Calcified Tissue International (2004)

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Anti-solasodine glycoside single-chain Fv antibody stimulates biosynthesis of solasodine glycoside in plants

We constructed a recombinant antibody fragment—single chain fragment-variable (scFv) antibody—derived from hybridoma cell lines to control the concentration of solasodine glycosides in hairy root cultures of Sola...

W. Putalun, F. Taura, W. Qing, H. Matsushita, H. Tanaka, Y. Shoyama in Plant Cell Reports (2003)

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Limited but specific variations of seed storage proteins in Japanese common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)

The electrophoretic banding patterns ofgliadin in common wheat lines derived fromJapan were determined byacid-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. For the 107 wheat lines used in our study,27 different patterns...

H. Tanaka, M. Tomita, H. Tsujimoto, Y. Yasumuro in Euphytica (2003)

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Improvement of rice (Oryza sativa L.) seed oil quality through introduction of a soybean microsomal omega-3 fatty acid desaturase gene

Microsomal omega-3 fatty acid desaturase is an essential enzyme in the production of the n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acid α-linolenic acid during the seed develo** stage. We have constructed a chimeric gene co...

T. Anai, M. Koga, H. Tanaka, T. Kinoshita, S. M. Rahman, Y. Takagi in Plant Cell Reports (2003)

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Immunocytochemical identification of gonadotrophs (FSH cells and LH cells) in various perciform fishes using antisera raised against synthetic peptides

Two distinct gonadotrophs, FSH cells and LH cells, were identified in the pituitaries of various perciform fishes using immunocytochemistry with antisera raised against synthetic fragment peptides of mummichog...

A. Shimizu, H. Kagawa, H. Tanaka in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (2003)

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Design of static mixers for inclined tubular photobioreactors

Static mixers, which improve gas-liquid mass transfer inside tubular photobioreactors and move the cells between the upper and lower parts of the tubes were designed. Each static mixer was equipped with an ope...

C.U. Ugwu, J.C. Ogbonna, H. Tanaka in Journal of Applied Phycology (2003)

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The first production of glass eel in captivity: fish reproductive physiology facilitates great progress in aquaculture

Weekly injections of salmon pituitary extracts (SPE) were administered to female Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica at a dose of 20 mg/fish. This induced vitellogenesis and caused oocytes to reach the migratory nucl...

H. Tanaka, H. Kagawa, H. Ohta, T. Unuma, K. Nomura in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry (2003)