2008

1. A large scale analysis of protein-protein interactions in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Mesorhizobium loti.
   Shimoda Y, Shinpo S, Kohara M, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Sato S. (2008)
   DNA Research 15: 13-23.


2. Construction of Signature-tagged Mutant Library in Mesorhizobium loti as a Powerful Tool for Functional Genomics.
   Shimoda Y, Mitsui H, Kamimatsuse H, Minamisawa K, Nishiyama E, Ohtsubo Y, Nagata Y, Tsuda M, Shinpo S, Watanabe A, Kohara M, Yamada M, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Sato S. (2008)
   DNA Research 15: 297-308.


3. A positive regulatory role for LjERF1 in the nodulation process is revealed by systematic analysis of nodule-associated transcription factors of Lotus japonicus.
   Asamizu E, Shimoda Y, Kouchi H, Tabata S, Sato S. (2008)
   Plant Physiol. 147: 2030-40.


4. Genome structure of the legume, Lotus japonicus.
   Sato S, Nakamura Y, Kaneko T, Asamizu E, Kato T, Nakao M, Sasamoto S, Watanabe A, Ono A, Kawashima K, Fujishiro T, Katoh M, Kohara M, Kishida Y, Minami C, Nakayama S, Nakazaki N, Shimizu Y, Shinpo S, Takahashi C, Wada T, Yamada M, Ohmido N, Hayashi M, Fukui K, Baba T, Nakamichi T, Mori H, Tabata S. (2008)
   DNA Research 15: 227-39.


5. A High-density Linkage Map of Lotus japonicus Based on AFLP and SSR Markers.
   Wang X, Sato S, Tabata S, Kawasaki S. (2008)
   DNA Research 15: 323-32.


6. Comparative Genomics and Reverse Genetics Analysis Reveal Indispensable Functions of the Serine Acetyltransferase Gene Family in Arabidopsis.
   Watanabe M, Mochida K, Kato T, Tabata S, Yoshimoto N, Noji M, Saito K. (2008)
   Plant Cell 20: 2484-96.


7. Legume anchor markers link syntenic regions between Phaseolus vulgaris, Lotus japonicus, Medicago truncatula and arachis.
   Hougaard BK, Madsen LH, Sandal N, de Carvalho Moretzsohn M, Fredslund J, Schauser L, Nielsen AM, Rohde T, Sato S, Tabata S, Bertioli DJ, Stougaard J. (2008)
   Genetics 179: 2299-312.


8. Genetic control of floral zygomorphy in pea (Pisum sativum L.).
   Wang Z, Luo Y, Li X, Wang L, Xu S, Yang J, Weng L, Sato S, Tabata S, Ambrose M, Rameau C, Feng X, Hu X, Luo D. (2008)
   Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105: 10414-9.


9. The Tomato Sequencing Project, the First Cornerstone of the International Solanaceae Project (SOL).
   Mueller LA, Tanksley SD, Giovannoni JJ, van Eck J, Stack S, Choi D, Kim BD, Chen M, Cheng Z, Li C, Ling H, Xue Y, Seymour G, Bishop G, Bryan G, Sharma R, Khurana J, Tyagi A, Chattopadhyay D, Singh NK, Stiekema W, Lindhout P, Jesse T, Lankhorst RK, Bouzayen M, Shibata D, Tabata S, Granell A, Botella MA, Giuliano G, Frusciante L, Causse M, Zamir D. (2008)
   Comp Funct Genomics 6: 153-8.


10. The genome of the versatile nitrogen fixer Azorhizobium caulinodans ORS571.
    Lee KB, De Backer P, Aono T, Liu CT, Suzuki S, Suzuki T, Kaneko T, Yamada M, Tabata S, Kupfer DM, Najar FZ, Wiley GB, Roe B, Binnewies TT, Ussery DW, D'Haeze W, Herder JD, Gevers D, Vereecke D, Holsters M, Oyaizu H. (2008)
    BMC Genomics 9:271.


11. Soybean seed extracts preferentially express genomic loci of Bradyrhizobium japonicum in the initial interaction with soybean, Glycine max (L.) Merr.
    Wei M, Yokoyama T, Minamisawa K, Mitsui H, Itakura M, Kaneko T, Tabata S, Saeki K, Omori H, Tajima S, Uchiumi T, Abe M, Ohwada T. (2008)
    DNA Research 15:201-14.


12. The Arabidopsis OBERON1 and OBERON2 genes encode plant homeodomain finger proteins and are required for apical meristem maintenance.
    Saiga S, Furumizu C, Yokoyama R, Kurata T, Sato S, Kato T, Tabata S, Suzuki M, Komeda Y. (2008)
    Development 135: 1751-9.


13. Polyubiquitin promoter-based binary vectors for overexpression and gene silencing in Lotus japonicus.
    Maekawa T, Kusakabe M, Shimoda Y, Sato S, Tabata S, Murooka Y, Hayashi M. (2008)
    Mol Plant Microbe Interact. 21: 375-82.


14. Functional differentiation of Lotus japonicus TT2s, R2R3-MYB transcription factors comprising a multigene family.
    Yoshida K, Iwasaka R, Kaneko T, Sato S, Tabata S, Sakuta M. (2008)
    Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 157-69.


15. Ultrastructural characterization of exine development of the transient defective exine 1 mutant suggests the existence of a factor involved in constructing reticulate exine architecture from sporopollenin aggregates.
    Ariizumi T, Kawanabe T, Hatakeyama K, Sato S, Kato T, Tabata S, Toriyama K. (2008)
    Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 58-67.


16. CYCLOPS, a mediator of symbiotic intracellular accommodation.
    Yano K, Yoshida S, Muler J, Singh S, Banba M, Vickers K, Markmann K, White C, Schuller B, Sato S, Asamizu E, Tabata S, Murooka Y, Perry J, Wang TL, Kawaguchi M, Imaizumi-Anraku H, Hayashi M, Parniske M. (2008)
    Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 105(51):20540-5. Epub 2008 Dec 11.


17. A large scale analysis of protein-protein interactions in the nitrogen-fixing bacterium Mesorhizobium loti.
    Shimoda Y, Shinpo S, Kohara M, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Sato S. (2008)
    DNA Research 15: 13-23.


18. Construction of Signature-tagged Mutant Library in Mesorhizobium loti as a Powerful Tool for Functional Genomics.
    Shimoda Y, Mitsui H, Kamimatsuse H, Minamisawa K, Nishiyama E, Ohtsubo Y, Nagata Y, Tsuda M, Shinpo S, Watanabe A, Kohara M, Yamada M, Nakamura Y, Tabata S, Sato S. (2008)
    DNA Research 15: 297-308.


19. Genome structure of the legume, Lotus japonicus.
    Sato S, Nakamura Y, Kaneko T, Asamizu E, Kato T, Nakao M, Sasamoto S, Watanabe A, Ono A, Kawashima K, Fujishiro T, Katoh M, Kohara M, Kishida Y, Minami C, Nakayama S, Nakazaki N, Shimizu Y, Shinpo S, Takahashi C, Wada T, Yamada M, Ohmido N, Hayashi M, Fukui K, Baba T, Nakamichi T, Mori H, Tabata S. (2008)
    DNA Research 15: 227-39