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  • The pollen determinant of self-incompatibility in Brassica campestris

    Seiji Takayama;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Hiroko Shimosato

  • Direct ligand–receptor complex interaction controls Brassica self-incompatibility

    Seiji Takayama;Hiroko Shimosato;Hiroshi Shiba;Miyuki Funato

  • The small GTP-binding protein Rac is a regulator of cell death in plants

    Tsutomu Kawasaki;Kenji Henmi;Eiichiro Ono;Satoru Hatakeyama

  • Comparative analysis of the self-incompatibility (S-) locus region of Prunus mume: identification of a pollen-expressed F-box gene with allelic diversity.

    Tetsuyuki Entani;Megumi Iwano;Hiroshi Shiba;Fang-Sik Che

  • Ca2+-Activated Reactive Oxygen Species Production by Arabidopsis RbohH and RbohJ Is Essential for Proper Pollen Tube Tip Growth

    Hidetaka Kaya;Ryo Nakajima;Megumi Iwano;Masahiro M. Kanaoka

  • A membrane-anchored protein kinase involved in Brassica self-incompatibility signaling.

    Kohji Murase;Kohji Murase;Hiroshi Shiba;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Megumi Iwano;Fang-Sik Che;Fang-Sik Che

  • Two distinct forms of M-locus protein kinase localize to the plasma membrane and interact directly with S-locus receptor kinase to transduce self-incompatibility signaling in Brassica rapa

    Mitsuru Kakita;Kohji Murase;Megumi Iwano;Tomohito Matsumoto

  • Dual Targeting of Spinach Protoporphyrinogen Oxidase II to Mitochondria and Chloroplasts by Alternative Use of Two In-frame Initiation Codons

    Naohide Watanabe;Fang-Sik Che;Megumi Iwano;Seiji Takayama

  • Self/non-self discrimination in angiosperm self-incompatibility.

    Megumi Iwano;Seiji Takayama

  • Fine-tuning of the cytoplasmic Ca2+ concentration is essential for pollen tube growth.

    Megumi Iwano;Tetsuyuki Entani;Hiroshi Shiba;Mituru Kakita

  • A pollen coat protein, SP11/SCR, determines the pollen S-specificity in the self-incompatibility of Brassica species.

    Hiroshi Shiba;Seiji Takayama;Megumi Iwano;Hiroko Shimosato

  • Ca2+ Dynamics in a Pollen Grain and Papilla Cell during Pollination of Arabidopsis

    Megumi Iwano;Hiroshi Shiba;Teruhiko Miwa;Fang-Sik Che

  • Helical microtubule arrays in a collection of twisting tubulin mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana

    Takashi Ishida;Yayoi Kaneko;Megumi Iwano;Takashi Hashimoto

  • Reduced Levels of Chloroplast FtsH Protein in Tobacco Mosaic Virus–Infected Tobacco Leaves Accelerate the Hypersensitive Reaction

    Shigemi Seo;Masaji Okamoto;Takayoshi Iwai;Megumi Iwano

  • Trans -acting small RNA determines dominance relationships in Brassica self-incompatibility

    Yoshiaki Tarutani;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Tomohiro Kakizaki;Tomohiro Kakizaki

  • Flagellin from an incompatible strain of Pseudomonas avenae induces a resistance response in cultured rice cells.

    Fang Sik Che;Yoshihiro Nakajima;Noriko Tanaka;Megumi Iwano

  • Identification of an Arabidopsis transmembrane bZIP transcription factor involved in the endoplasmic reticulum stress response

    Hiromi Tajima;Yuji Iwata;Megumi Iwano;Seiji Takayama

  • The dominance of alleles controlling self-incompatibility in Brassica pollen is regulated at the RNA level.

    Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano;Tetsuyuki Entani;Kyoko Ishimoto

  • Characterization of the SP11/SCR high-affinity binding site involved in self/nonself recognition in brassica self-incompatibility.

    Hiroko Shimosato;Naohiko Yokota;Hiroshi Shiba;Megumi Iwano

  • Promotion of cyclic electron transport around photosystem I during the evolution of NADP–malic enzyme‐type C4 photosynthesis in the genus Flaveria

    Naoya Nakamura;Megumi Iwano;Michel Havaux;Akiho Yokota

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiji Takayama
Seiji Takayama University of Tokyo
Masao Watanabe
Masao Watanabe Tohoku University
Kiichi Fukui
Kiichi Fukui Osaka University
Akira Isogai
Akira Isogai University of Tokyo
Takeharu Nagai
Takeharu Nagai Osaka University
Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Ko Shimamoto
Ko Shimamoto Nara Institute of Science and Technology
Tsutomu Kawasaki
Tsutomu Kawasaki Kindai University
Akiho Yokota
Akiho Yokota Nara Institute of Science and Technology

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