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Horvat B, Shikakura Y, Ohtani M, Demura T, Kikuchi A, Watanabe KN, Oguchi T (2024) Heterogeneous Expression of Arabidopsis Subclass II of
SNF1-Related Kinase 2 Improves Drought Tolerance via Stomatal Regulation in Poplar. Life (Basel) 14: 161
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Uy ALT, Yamamoto A,
Matsuda M, Hasunuma T, Demura T, *Ohtani M (2023) The Carbon Flow Shifts from Primary to Secondary Metabolism during Xylem Vessel Cell
Differentiation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 64:
1563–157
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Nagahage ISP, Matsuda K, Miyashita K, Fujiwara S, Mannapperuma C, Yamada T, Sakamoto S,
Ishikawa T, Nagano M, Ohtani M, Kato K, Uchimiya H, Mitsuda N, Kawai-Yamada M, Demura T, *Yamaguchi M. (2023) NAC domain transcription factors
VNI2 and ATAF2 form protein complexes and regulate leaf senescence. Plant Direct, 7(9):e529.
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Shikakura Y, *Oguchi T, Yu X, Ohtani M, Demura T, Kikuchi A, Watanabe KN (2022) Transgenic poplar trees overexpressing AtGolS2, a
stress‐responsive galactinol synthase gene derived from Arabidopsis thaliana, improved drought tolerance in a confined field. Transgenic Res in press
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Umeda-Hara C, Iwakawa H, Ohtani M, Demura T, Matsumoto T,
Kikuchi J, Murata K, *Umeda M (2022) Tetraploidization promotes radial stem growth in poplars. Plant Biotechnol. in
press
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Takayanagi N, Mukai M, Sugiyama M, and *Ohtani M (2022) Transcriptional
regulation of cell proliferation competence-associated Arabidopsis genes, CDKA;1, RID1,
and SRD2
by phytohormones in tissue culture. Plant Biotechnol. in
press
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Chonprakun T, Horii Y, Mori M, Fujita S, Ohtani
M, Tsuchiya K, Kodama Y, *Odahara M, *Numata K. (2022) Non-transgenic gene modulation via spray delivery of nucleic acid/peptide complexes into plant nuclei and chloroplasts. ACS Nano
in press
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Nakano
Y, Endo H, Gerber L, Hori C, Ihara A, Sekimoto M, Matsumoto T, Kikuchi J, *Ohtani M and *Demura T (2022)
Enhancement of secondary cell wall formation in poplar xylem using a self-reinforced system of secondary
cell wall-related transcription factors. Front Plant Sci, in press
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Hirai R, Wang S, *Demura T, *Ohtani M (2022) Histone deacetylation controls xylem vessel cell differentiation via transcriptional regulation of a transcription repressor complex OFP1/4–MYB75–KNAT7–BLH6. Front
Plant Sci 12, 825810
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Arae T, Nakakoji M, Noguchi M, Kamon E, Sano R, *Demura T, *Ohtani
M (2021) Plant secondary cell wall proteome analysis with an inducible system
for xylem vessel cell differentiation. Dev Growth Differ 64, 5-15
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Akiyoshi
N, Ihara A, Matsumoto T, Takebayashi A, Hiroyama R, Kikuchi J, Demura T, *Ohtani M (2021) Functional Analysis of Poplar
SOMBRERO-type NAC Transcription Factors Yields Strategy to Modify Woody Cell Wall Properties. Plant Cell Physiol
62, 1963–1974
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Kamon E, Noda C, Higaki T, Demura T*,
Ohtani M*
(2021) Calcium signaling contributes to xylem vessel cell differentiation via post-transcriptional
regulation of VND7 downstream events. Plant Biotechnol 38, 331-337
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Terada S, Kubo M*, Akiyoshi N, Sano R, Nomura T, Sawa S, Ohtani M, Demura T (2021)
Expression of peat moss VASCULAR RELATED NAC-DOMAIN homologs in Nicotiana benthamiana leaf cells induces ectopic secondary wall formation. Plant Mol Biol 106, 309-317
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Roumeli E*, Ginsberg L, McDonald R, Spigolon G,
Hendrickx R, Ohtani M, Demura T, Ravichandran G,
Daraio C (2020)
Structure and biomechanics during xylem vessel transdifferentiation in
Arabidopsis thaliana. Plants 9, 1715
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Rukmana TI, Yasukuni R., Moran, G., Méallet-Renault, R., Clavier, G., Kunieda, T., Ohtani, M, Demura T, Hosokawa Y* (2020) Direct observation of nanoparticle diffusion in cytoplasm of single plant cells
realized by photoinjection with femtosecond laser
amplifier. Applied Physics Express 13, 117002
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Ramachandran V,
Tobimatsu Y, Yamamura M, Sano R, Umezawa T, *Demura T, *Ohtani, M (2020) Plant-specific Dof transcription factors VASCULAR-RELATED DOF1 and VASCULAR-RELATED DOF2 regulate vascular cell
differentiation and lignin biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol Biol 104: 263-281
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*Tsugawa S, Kanda N, Nakamura
M, Goh T, Ohtani M, Demura T (2020) Spatio-temporal kinematic analysis of shoot gravitropism in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotechol in
press
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Rukmana TI, Moran G, Méallet-Renault R, Clavier G, Kunieda T, Ohtani M, Demura T, *Yasukuni R, Hosokawa Y (2020) Photoinjection of Fluorescent Nanoparticles into Intact
Plant Cells Using Femtosecond Laser Amplifier. APL Photonics 5: 066104
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Yoneda A#, Ohtani M#, Katagiri D,
Hosokawa Y, Demura T* (2020) Hechtian strands transmit cell wall integrity signals in plant cells. Plants in press (#contributed equally)
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Pawittra P, Suzuki T, Kawabe H, Takebayashi A, Demura T*, Ohtani M* (2020) Isolation of dominant
Arabidopsis seiv mutants defective in VND7-induced xylem vessel cell differentiation.
Plant Biotechnol, in press
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Hori C#, Yu X#, Mortimer, JC, Sano R, Matsumoto T, Kikuchi J, Demura T*, Ohtani M* (2020)Impact of abiotic stress on the regulation of cell wall biosynthesis in
Populus trichocarpa. Plant Biotechnol, in press (#contributed
equally)
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Kaga Y, Yokoyama R, Sano R, Ohtani M, Demura T, Kuroha T, Shinohara N, *Nishitani K (2020) Interspecific
signaling between the parasitic plant and the host plants regulate xylem vessel cell differentiation in haustoria of Cuscuta campestris. Front Plant Sci, in press
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Hirai R, Higaki T, Takenaka Y, Sakamoto Y, Hasegawa J, Matsunaga S, *Demura T, *Ohtani M (2020) The progression of
xylemvessel cell differentiation is dependent on the activity level of VND7 in Arabidopsis thaliana.
Plants 9: 39
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Rukmana TI, Moran G, Méallet-Renault R, Ohtani M, Demura T, *Yasukuni R, Hosokawa Y (2019) Enzyme-assisted
photoinjection of megadalton molecules into
intact plant cells using femtosecond laser amplifier. Sci Rep in press
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Akiyoshi N, Nakano Y, Sano R, Kunigita Y, *Ohtani M, *Demura T
(2019) Involvement of VNS NAC-domain transcription factors in tracheid formation in Pinus taeda. Tree Physiol in press
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Ishizawa M#, Hashimoto K#, Ohtani M#, Sano R, Kurihara Y, Kusano H, Demura T, Matsui M, *Sato-Nara K (2019) Inhibition of pre-mRNA splicing promotes root hair development
in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol 60: 1974-1985 (#contributed equally)
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Chiam NC, Fujimura T, Sano R, Akiyoshi N,
Hiroyama R, Watanabe Y, Motose H, Demura T, *Ohtani M (2019) Nonsense-mediated mRNA decay deficiency affects the auxin response and shoot regeneration in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol
60: 2000-2014
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Tamura T, Endo H, Suzuki A, Sato Y, Kato K, Ohtani M, Yamaguchi M, *Demura T (2019) Affinity-based
high-resolution analysis of DNA binding by VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 via fluorescence correlation spectroscopy. The Plant Journal in
press
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Saelim L, Akiyoshi N, Tan TT, Ihara A, Yamaguchi M, Hirano K, Matsuoka M, *Demura T, *Ohtani M (2019) Arabidopsis Group IIId ERF proteins positively regulate primary cell wall-type CESA genes. J Plant Res 132: 117-129
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Takenaka Y, Watanabe Y, Schuetz M, Unda F, Hill Jr JL, Phookaew P, Yoneda Y, Mansfield SD,
Samuels L, *Ohtani M, *Demura T (2018) Patterned deposition of xylan and lignin is independent from that of the secondary wall cellulose of Arabidopsis xylem vessels. Plant Cell 30:
2663-2676
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*Numata K, Horii Y, Oikawa K, Miyagi Y, Demura T, Ohtani M (2018) Library screening of
cell-penetrating peptide for BY-2 cells, leaves of Arabidopsis, tobacco, tomato, poplar, and rice callus. Sci Rep 8: 10966
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Tabara M, Ohtani M, Kanekatsu M, Moriyama H, *Fukuhara T (2018) Size distribution of
small interfering RNAs in various organs at different developmental stages is primarily determined by the dicing activity of Dicer-like proteins in plants. Plant Cell Physiol 59:
2228-2238
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*Nakano T, Tanaka S, Ohtani M, Yamagami A, Takeno S, Hara N, Mori A, Nakano A, Hirose
S, Himuro Y, Kobayashi M, Kushiro T, Demura T, Asami T, Osada H, Shinozaki K (2018) FPX is a novel chemical inducer that promotes callus formation and shoot regeneration in plants. Plant Cell
Physiol 59: 1555–1567
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Noguchi M, Fujiwara M, Sano R, Nakano Y, Fukao Y, *Ohtani M, *Demura T
(2018) Proteomic analysis of xylem vessel cell differentiation in VND7-inducible tobacco BY-2 cells by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis. Plant Biotechnol 35: 31–37
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*Ohtani M#, Kawabe H#, *Demura T (2018) Evidence
that thiol-based redox state is critical for xylem vessel cell differentiation. Plant Signal Behav 13: e1428512 (#contributed equally)
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Kawabe H#, *Ohtani M#, Kurata T, Sakamoto T,
*Demura T (2018) Protein S-nitrosylation regulates xylem vessel cell differentiation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol 59: 17–29
(#contributed equally)
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Tan TT, Endo H, Sano R, Kurata T, Yamaguchi M, *Ohtani M, *Demura T
(2018) Arabidopsis VND1–VND3 contribute to xylem vessel element formation in the cotyledon. Plant Phyiol 176: 773–789
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*Ohtani M, Ramachandran V, Tokumoto T, Takebayashi A, Ihara A, Matsumoto
T, Hiroyama R, Nishikubo N, *Demura T. (2017) Identification of novel factors that increase enzymatic saccharification efficiency in Arabidopsis wood cells. Plant Biotechnol 34:
203–206
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Bowmn JL, Kohchi T, Yamato KT., et al. (2017) Insights into land plant evolution
garnered from the Marchantia polymorpha genome. Cell 171: 287–304
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*Ishii T, Matsuoka K, Ono H, Ohnishi-Kameyama M, Yaoi K, Nakano Y, Ohtani
M, Demura T, Iwai H, Satoh S (2017) Characterization of xylan in the early stages of secondary cell wall formation in tobacco bright yellow-2 cells. Carbohydr Polym 176:
381–391
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Yu X, Takebayashi A, *Demura T, *Ohtani M (2017) Differential expression
of poplar sucrose nonfermenting1-related protein kinase 2 genes in response to abiotic stress and abscisic acid. J Plant Res 130: 929–940
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Yu X, Ohtani M, Kusano M, Nishikubo N, Uenoyama M, Umezawa T, Saito K, Shinozaki K,
*Demura T (2017) Enhancement of Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Poplar by Overexpression of Key Arabidopsis Stress Response Genes, AtSRK2C and AtGolS2. Mol Breed 37: 57
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Sawano H, Matsuzaki T, Usui T, Tabara M, Fukudome A, Kanaya A, Tanoue D,
Hiraguri A, Horiguchi G, Ohtani M, Demura T, Kozaki T, Ishii K, Moriyama H, *Fukuhara T (2017) Double-stranded RNA-binding protein DRB3 negatively regulates anthocyanin biosynthesis by
modulating PAP1 expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Res 130: 45–55
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Ohtani M, Morisaki K, Sawada Y, Sano R, Uy ALT, Yamamoto A, Kurata T, Nakano Y, Suzuki S, Matsuda M, Hasunuma T, Hirai MY, *Demura T (2016) Primary metabolism during biosynthesis of secondary
wall polymers of protoxylem vessel elements. Plant Physiol 172: 1612–1624
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Okubo-Kurihara E#, Ohtani M#, Kurihara Y, Kakegawa
K, Kobayashi M, Nagata N, Komatsu T, Kikuchi J, Cutler S, Demura T, *Matsui M (2016) Modification of plant cell wall structure accompanied by enhancement of saccharification efficiency using a chemical, lasalocid sodium. Sci Rep
6: 34602 (#contributed equally)
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Song X, Yu X, Hori C, Demura T, *Ohtani M, *Zhuge Q (2016) Heterologous
Overexpression of Poplar SnRK2 Genes Enhanced Salt Stress Tolerance in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front Plant Sci 7: 612
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*Ohtani M, Takebayashi A, Hiroyama R, Xu B, Kudo T, Sakakibara H, Sugiyama M, Demura T (2015)
Cell dedifferentiation and organogenesis in vitro require more snRNA than does seedling development in Arabidopsis
thaliana. J Plant Res 128: 371–380
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Song X#, Ohtani M#, Hori C, Takebayasi A, Hiroyama R, Rejab NA, Suzuki T, Demura T, Yin TM, Yu X, *Zhuge Q (2015) Physical interaction between SnRK2 and PP2C is
conserved in Populus trichocarpa. Plant Biotechnol 32: 1–5 (#contributed
equally)
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Rejab NA, Nakano Y, Yoneda A, *Ohtani M,
*Demura T (2015) Possible contribution of TED6 and TED7, secondary cell wall-related membrane proteins, to evolution of tracheary element in angiosperm
lineage. Plant Biotechnol 32: 343–347
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Endo H, Yamaguchi M, Tamura T, Nakano Y, Nishikubo N, Yoneda A, Kato K, Kubo M,
Kajita S, Katayama Y, Ohtani M, *Demura T (2015)
Multiple classes of transcription factors regulate the
expression of VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7, a master switch of xylem vessel differentiation. Plant Cell Physiol
56: 242–254
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Kobayashi K, Suzuki T, Iwata E, Nakamichi N, Suzuki T, Chen P, Ohtani M,
Ishida T, Hosoya H, Müller S, Leviczky T, Pettkó-Szandtner A, Darula Z, Iwamoto A, Nomoto M, Tada Y, Higashiyama T, Demura T, Doonan JH, Hauser MT, Sugimoto K, Umeda M, Magyar Z, Bögre L, Ito
M (2015) Transcriptional repression by MYB3R proteins regulates plant organ growth. EMBO J 34: 1992–2007
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*Yamaguchi M, Nagahage ISP, Ohtani M, Ishikawa T, Uchimiya H,
Kawai-Yamada M, Demura T (2015). Arabidopsis NAC domain proteins VND-INTERACTING1 and ANAC103 interact with multiple NAC domain proteins. Plant Biotechnol 32: 119-123
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Xu B, *Ohtani M, Yamaguchi M, Toyooka K, Wakazaki M, Sato M, Kubo M, Hiwatashi Y, Murata T, Kurata T, Yoneda A, Kato K, Hasebe M, *Demura T (2014)
Contribution of NAC Transcription Factors to Plant Adaptation to Land. Science 343: 1505–1508
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*Numata K, Ohtani M, Yoshizumi T, Demura T, Kodama Y (2014) Local gene
silencing in plants via synthetic dsRNA and carrier peptide. Plant Biotechnol J 12: 1027–1034
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Zhou J, Wang J, Bi Y, Wang L, Tang L, Yu X, Ohtani M, Demura T, *Zhuge, Q
(2014) Overexpression of PtSOS2 enhances salt tolerance in transgenic poplars. Plant Mol Biol Rep 32: 185–197
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Zhou J, Yang Y, Yu J, Wang L, Yu X, Ohtani M,
Kusano M, Saito K, Demura T, *Zhuge Q (2014) Responses of Populus trichocarpa galactinol synthase genes to abiotic stresses. J Plant Res
127: 347–358
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*Ohtani M, Demura T, Sugiyama M (2013) Arabidopsis ROOT INITIATION DEFECTIVE 1, a DEAH-box RNA helicase
involved in pre-mRNA splicing, is essential for plant development. Plant Cell 25: 2056–2069
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Liu W, Zhang W, Du M, Sha Y, Yu X, Ohtani M, Demura T, *Zhuge, Q (2013)
Diurnal and circadian expression of clock-associated pseudo-response regulators in Populus trichocarpa. Plant Biotechnol 30: 517–521
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*Hirayama
T, Matsuura T, Ushiyama S, Narusaka M, Kurihara Y, Yasuda M, Ohtani M, Seki M, Demura T, Nakashita H, Narusaka Y, Hayashi S (2013) A poly(A)-specific ribonuclease directly regulates
the poly(A) status of mitochondrial mRNA in Arabidopsis. Nat Commun 4: 2247
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*Goué N, Mortimer JC, Nakano Y, Zhang Z, Josserand M, *Ohtani M, Paul D, Kakegawa K, Demura T (2013) Secondary cell
wall characterization in a BY-2 inductive system. Plant Cell Tiss Org 115: 223–232
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*Numata
K, Morisaki K, Tomizawa S, Ohtani M, Demura T, Miyazaki M, Nogi Y, Deguchi S, Doi Y (2013) Synthesis of Poly- and Oligo(hydroxyalkanoate)s by Deep-Sea Bacteria, Colwellia spp, Moritella spp and Shewanella
spp. Polymer J 45: 1094–1100
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Tomizawa S, Chuah J-A, Ohtani M, Demura T, *Numata K (2013) Biosynthesis of polyhydroxyalkanoate by a marine
bacterium Vibrio sp strain using sugars, plant oil and unsaturated fatty acids as sole carbon sources. In ACS Symposium Series, Vol 1144, Book: Green Polymer Chemistry: Biocatalysis
and Materials II, Chapter 15, pp 211–221
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Narusaka M, Ohtani M, Demura T, Shimada R, Shirasu K, *Narusaka Y (2012)
Development of a model system comprising Populus as a model tree and Colletotrichum gloeosporioides as a model pathogen for studying host-pathogen interactions.
Plant Biotechnol 29: 511–514
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Ohtani M, Nakano Y, Usami T, *Demura T (2012) Comparative metabolome analysis of seed kernels in phorbol ester-containing and phorbol ester-free accessions of Jatropha curcas L.
Plant Biotechnol 29: 171–174
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Nakano Y, Ohtani M, Polsri W, Usami T, Sambongi K, *Demura, T (2012)
Characterization of the casbene synthase homolog from Jatropha (Jatropha curcas L). Plant Biotechnol 29:
185–189
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Ohtani M, Nishikubo N, Xu B, Yamaguchi M, Mitsuda N, Goué N, Shi F, Ohme-Takagi M, *Demura T (2011) A NAC domain protein
family contributing to the regulation of wood formation in poplar. Plant J 67: 499–512
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Haga N, Kobayashi K, Suzuki T, Maeo K, Kubo M, Ohtani M, Mitsuda N, Demura T, Nakamura
K, Jürgens G, *Ito, M (2011) Mutations in MYB3R1 and MYB3R4 Cause Pleiotropic Developmental Defects and Preferential Down-Regulation of Multiple G2/M-Specific Genes in Arabidopsis. Plant
Physiol 157: 706–717
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Yamaguchi M, Mitsuda N, Ohtani M, Ohme-Takagi M, Kato K, *Demura T (2011) VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 directly regulates the expression of a broad range of genes for xylem vessel
formation. Plant J 66: 579–590
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Ohtani M, Demura T, *Sugiyama M (2010) Particular significance of SRD2-dependent snRNA accumulation in polarized pattern generation during lateral root development of Arabidopsis. Plant Cell
Physiol 51: 2002–2012
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Yamaguchi M, Goué N, Igarashi H, Ohtani M, Nakano Y, Mortimer JC, Nishikubo N, Kubo M, Katayama Y, Kakegawa K, Dupree P, *Demura T (2010) VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN6 and
VASCULAR-RELATED NAC-DOMAIN7 effectively induce transdifferentiation into xylem vessel elements under control of an induction system. Plant Physiol 153: 906–914
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Nakano Y, Nishikubo N, Goue N, Ohtani M, Yamaguchi M, Katayama Y, *Demura, T (2010) MYB
transcription factors orchestrating the developmental program of xylem vessels in Arabidopsis roots. Plant Biotechnol 27: 267–272
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Yamaguchi M, Ohtani M, Mitsuda N, Kubo M, Ohme-Takagi M, Fukuda H, *Demura T (2010)
VND-INTERACTING2, a NAC domain protein, negatively regulates xylem vessel formation in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 22: 1249–1263
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Ohtani M, Demura T, *Sugiyama M (2008) Differential requirement for the function of SRD2, an snRNA transcription activator, in various stages of plant development. Plant Mol Biol 66:
303–314
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Ohtani M, *Sugiyama M (2005) Involvement of SRD2-mediated activation of snRNA transcription in the control of cell proliferation competence in Arabidopsis. Plant J 43: 479–490