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Professor Minami Matsui

Laboratory for Photoperception and Signal Transduction
Plant Function Exploration Team
Plant Functional Genomics Research Group
PO Box 65, FIN-00014
Genomic Sciences Center, Riken
Wako, Saitama 351-0198
Japan
Fax: +81-48-462-9405
E-mail: minami@postman.riken.go.jp
http://www.riken.go.jp/lab-www/help/members/matsui/matsui.html
http://pfgweb.gsc.riken.go.jp/index.html
Area of expertise: cell cycle regulation; protein degradation; light signal and agro-traits of plants
Co-editor until: October 31, 2011
   
Selected Publications:  
   
 
  • Kondou Y, Higuchi M, Takahashi S, Sakurai T, Ichikawa T, Kuroda H, Yoshizumi T, Tsumoto Y, Horii Y, Kawashima M, Hasegawa Y, Kuriyama T, Matsui K, Kusano M, Albinsky D, Takahashi H, Nakamura Y, Suzuki M, Sakakibara H, Kojima M, Akiyama K, Kurotani A, Seki M, Fujita M, Enju A, Yokotani N, Saitou T, Ashidate K, Fujimoto N, Ishikawa Y, Mori Y, Nanba R, Takata K, Uno K, Sugano S, Natsuki J, Dubouzet JG, Maeda S, Ohtake M, Mori M, Oda K, Takatsuji H, Hirochika H, Matsui M (2009) Systematic approaches to using the FOX hunting system to identify useful rice genes. Plant J. 57, 883-894.
  • Yokotani N, Ichikawa T, Kondou Y, Matsui M, Hirochika H, Iwabuchi M, Oda K (2009) Tolerance to various environmental stresses conferred by the salt-responsive rice gene ONAC063 in transgenic Arabidopsis. Planta 229, 1065-1075.
  • Higuchi M, Ozaki H, Matsui M, Sonoike K A T-DNA insertion mutant of AtHMA1 gene encoding a Cu transporting ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana has a defect in the water-water cycle of photosynthesis. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 94, 205-213.
  • Higuchi M, Yoshizumi T, Kuriyama T, Hara H, Akagi C, Shimada H, Matsui M (2009) Simple construction of plant RNAi vectors using long oligonucleotides.
    J. Plant Res. 122, 477-482.
  • Kuromori T, Takahashi S, Kondou Y, Shinozaki K, Matsui M (2009) Phenome analysis in plant species using loss-of-function and gain-of-function mutants.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 1215-1231.
  • Kurasawa K, Matsui A, Yokoyama R, Kuriyama T, Yoshizumi T, Matsui M, Suwabe K, Watanabe M, Nishitani K (2009) The AtXTH28 gene, a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase, is involved in automatic self-pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 413-422.
  • Tojo T, Tsuda K, Yoshizumi T, Ikeda A, Yamaguchi J, Matsui M, Yamazaki K (2009) Arabidopsis MBF1s control leaf cell cycle and its expansion.
    Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 254-264.
  • Yamagami A, Nakazawa M, Matsui M, Tujimoto M, Sakuta M, Asami T, Nakano T (2009) Chemical genetics reveal the novel transmembrane protein BIL4, which mediates plant cell elongation in brassinosteroid signaling. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 73, 415-421.
  • Okazaki K, Kabeya Y, Suzuki K, Mori T, Ichikawa T, Matsui M, Nakanishi H, Miyagishima SY (2009) The PLASTID DIVISION1 and 2 components of the chloroplast division machinery determine the rate of chloroplast division in land plant cell differentiation. Plant Cell 21, 1769-1780.
  • Yokotani N, Ichikawa T, Kondou Y, Maeda S, Iwabuchi M, Mori M, Hirochika H, Matsui M, Oda K (2009) Overexpression of a rice gene encoding a small C2 domain protein OsSMCP1 increases tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol. 71, 391-402.
  • Breuer C, Kawamura A, Ichikawa T, Tominaga-Wada R, Wada T, Kondou Y, Muto S, Matsui M, Sugimoto K (2009) The trihelix transcription factor GTL1 regulates ploidy-dependent cell growth in the Arabidopsis trichome. Plant Cell 21, 2307-2322.
  • Tsutsui T, Kato W, Asada Y, Sako K, Sato T, Sonoda Y, Kidokoro S, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Tamaoki M, Arakawa K, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Matsui M, Ikeda A, Yamaguchi J (2009) DEAR1, a transcriptional repressor of DREB protein that mediates plant defense and freezing stress responses in Arabidopsis. J. Plant Res. 122, 633-643.
  • Sato T, Maekawa S, Yasuda S, Sonoda Y, Katoh E, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Matsui M, Goto DB, Ikeda A, Yamaguchi J (2009) CNI1/ATL31, a RING type ubiquitin ligase that functions in the Carbon/Nitrogen response for growth phase transition in Arabidopsis seedlings. Plant J. 60, 852-864.
  • Komatsu T, Kawaide H, Saito C, Yamagami A, Shimada Setsuko, Nakazawa M, Matsui M, Nakano A, Tsujimoto M, Natsume M, Abe H, Asami T, Nakano T (2009) The chloroplast protein BPG2 functions in brassinosteroid-mediated post-transcriptional accumulation of chloroplast rRNA. Plant J.
  • Kondou Y, Nakazawa M, Kawashima M, Ichikawa T, Yoshizumi T, Suzuki K, Ishikawa A, Koshi T, Matsui R, Muto S, Matsui M (2008) RETARDED GROWTH OF EMBRYO1, a new basic helix-loop-helix protein, expresses in endosperm to control embryo growth. Plant Physiol. 147, 1924-1935.
  • Yokotani N, Ichikawa T, Kondou Y, Matsui M, Hirochika H, Iwabuchi M, Oda K (2008) Expression of rice heat stress transcription factor OsHsfA2e enhances tolerance to environmental stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis. Planta 227, 957-967.
  • Higuchi M, Ozaki H, Matsui M, Sonoike K (2008) A T-DNA insertion mutant of AtHMA1 gene encoding a Cu transporting ATPase in Arabidopsis thaliana has a defect in the water-water cycle of photosynthesis. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B 94, 205-213.
  • Tojo T, Tsuda K, Yoshizumi T, Ikeda A, Yamaguchi J, Matsui M, Yamazaki K (2008) Arabidopsis MBF1s control leaf cell cycle and its expansion. Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 254-264.
  • Kurasawa, K.,Matsui, A., Yokoyama, R.,Kuriyama, T., Yoshizumi, T., Matsui, M.,Suwabe, K., Watanabe, M., Nishitani, K (2008) The AtXTH28 gene, a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase/hydrolase, is involved in automatic self-pollination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 50, 413-422.
  • Kaminuma E, Yoshizumi T, Wada T, Matsui M, Toyoda T (2008) Quantitative analysis of heterogeneous spatial distribution of Arabidopsis leaf trichomes using micro X-ray computed tomography. Plant J. 56, 470-482.
  • Yokotani N, Ichikawa T, Kondou Y, Matsui M, Hirochika H, Iwabuchi M, Oda K (2008) Expression of rice heat stress transcription factor OsHsfA2e enhances tolerance to environmental stresses in transgenic Arabidopsis. Planta 227, 957-967.
  • Yoshizumi T, Breuer C, Matsui M, Sugimoto-Shirasu K (2007) Plant cell growth signalling and its link to ploidy. Plant Cell Monogr. 10, 107-125.
  • Fujita M, Mizukado S, Fujita Y, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Seki M, Matsui M, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K and Shinozaki K (2007) Identification of stress-tolerance-related transcription-factor genes via mini-scale full-length cDNA over-expressor (FOX) gene hunting system. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 364, 250-257.
  • Nakamura H, Hakata M, Amano K, Miyao A, Toki N, Kajikawa M, Pang J, Higashi N, Ando S, Toki S, Fujita M, Enju A, Seki M, Nakazawa M, Ichikawa T, Shinozaki K, Matsui M, Nagamura Y, Hirochika H, Ichikawa H (2007) A genome-wide gain-of function analysis of rice genes using the FOX-hunting system.
    Plant Mol. Biol. 65, 357-371.
  • Yoneda A, Higaki T, Kutsuna N, Kondo Y, Osada H, Hasezawa S, Matsui M (2007) Chemical genetic screening identifies a novel inhibitor of parallel alignment of cortical microtubules and cellulose microfibrils. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 1393-1403.
  • Sonoda Y, Yao SG, Sako K, Sato T, Kato W, Ohto MA, Ichikawa T, Matsui M, Yamaguchi J, Ikeda A (2007) SHA1, a novel RING finger protein, functions in shoot apical meristem maintenance in Arabidopsis. Plant J. 50, 586-596.
  • Yamamoto YY, Ichida H, Matsui M, Obokata J, Sakurai T, Satou M, Seki M, Shinozaki K, Abe T (2007) Identification of plant promoter constituents by analysis of local distribution of short sequences. BMC Genomics. 8, 67.
  • Kobayashi K, Suzuki M, Tang J, Nagata N, Ohyama K, Seki H, Kiuchi R, Kaneko Y, Nakazawa M, Matsui M, Matsumoto S, Yoshida S, Muranaka T (2007) Lovastatin insensitive 1, a Novel pentatricopeptide repeat protein, is a potential regulatory factor of isoprenoid biosynthesis in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 322-331.
  • Tsumoto Y, Yoshizumi T, Kuroda H, Kawashima M, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Yamamoto N, Matsui M (2006) Light-dependent polyploidy control by a CUE protein variant in Arabidopsis. Plant Mol. Biol. 61, 817-828.
  • Yoshizumi T, Tsumoto Y, Takiguchi T, Nagata N, Yamamoto YY, Kawashima M, Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Yamamoto N, Matsui M (2006) Increased level of polyploidy1, a conserved repressor of CYCLINA2 transcription, controls endoreduplication in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 18, 2452-2468.
  • Ichikawa T, Nakazawa M, Kawashima M,Iizumi H, Kuroda H, Kondou Y, Tuhara Y, Suzuki K, Ishikawa A, Seki M, Fujita M, Motohashi R, Nagata N, Takagi T, Shinozaki K, Matsui M (2006) The FOX hunting system: an alternative gain-of-function gene hunting technique. Plant J. 48, 974-985.