Plant Functional Genomics Research Group

Group Director
Minami MATSUI (D.Sci.)
It is indispensable to understand regulatory network from gene expression to protein and secondary metabolite production systematically, to improve the plant's productivity and adaptability to environment.
Our group will perform the plant functional genomic research that is fundamental for all plant research through the analysis of useful traits of crops, and develop and use of new genome analysis technologies.
- Characterization of plant gene function through analysis of plant mutant lines
- Innovation of gene function characterization technologies using full-length cDNAs
- Analysis of gene regulatory network through research of transcriptional control
- Research on plant-specific morphogenesis and environmental responses
- Ou B., Yin K-Q., Liu S-N., Yang Y., Gu T., Man J., Hui W., Zhang L., Miao J., Kondou Y., Matsui M., Gu H-Y. and Qu L-J.:
" A High-Throughput Screening System for Arabidopsis Transcription Factors and Its Application to Med25-Dependent Transcriptional Regulation."
Molecular Plant (2011) 1-10. - Takeda, S., Hanano, K., Kariya, A., Shimizu, S., Zhao, L., Matsui, M., Tasaka, M., Aida, M.:
" CUP-SHAPED COTYLEDON1 transcription factor activates the expression of LSH4 and LSH3, two members of the ALOG gene family, in shoot organ boundary cells."
Plant J. (2011) 66, 1066-1077 - Himuro Y., Tanaka H., Hashiguchi M., Ichikawa T., Nakazawa M., Seki M. Fujita M., Shinozaki K., Matsui M., Akashi R., Hoffmann F.:
" FOX-superroots of Lotus corniculatus, overexpressing Arabidopsis full-length cDNA, show stable variations in morphological traits"
Journal of Plant Physiology (2011) 168 181-187 - Adachi, S. Minamisawa, K. Okushima, Y. Inagaki, S. Yoshiyama, K. Kondou, Y. Kaminuma, E. Kawashima, M. Toyoda, T. Matsui, M. Kurihara, D. Matsunaga, S. Umeda, M.:
" Programmed induction of endoreduplication by DNA double-strand breaks in Arabidopsis"
Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci USA( 2011) 108, 10004-10009 - Delatte, T. L., Sedijani, P., Kondou, Y., Matsui, M., de Jong, G. J., Somsen, G. W., Wiese-Klinkenberg, A., Primavesi, L. F., Paul, M. J., Schluepmann, H.:
" Growth arrest by trehalose-6-phosphate: an astonishing case of primary metabolite control over growth by way of the SnRK1 signaling pathway"
Plant Physiol. (2011) 157, 160-174 - Higuchi-Takeuchi, M., Ichikawa, T., Kondou, Y., Matsui, K., Hasegawa, Y., Kawashima, M., Sonoike, K., Mori, M., Hirochika, H., Matsui, M.:
" Functional analysis of two isoforms of leaf-type ferredoxin-NADP+-oxidoreductase in rice using heterologous expression system of Arabidopsis thaliana"
Plant Physiol. (2011) 157, 96-108 - Kusano, M., Tohge, T., Fukushima, A., Kobayashi, M., Hayashi, N., Otsuki, H., Kondou, Y., Goto, H., Kawashima, M., Matsuda, F., Niida, R., Matsui, M., Saito, K., Fernie, A. R.:
" Metabolomics reveals comprehensive reprogramming involving two independent metabolic responses of Arabidopsis to UV-B light"
Plant J. (2011) 67, 354-369 - Yokotani, N., Higuchi, M., Kondou, Y., Ichikawa, T., Iwabuchi, M., Hirochika, H., Matsui, M., Oda, K.:
" A novel chloroplast protein, CEST induces tolerance to multiple environmental stresses and reduces photooxidative damage in transgenic Arabidopsis"
J. Exp. Bot. (2011) 62, 557-569 - Hamasaki, H., Yoshizumi, T., Takahashi, N., Higuchi, M., Kuromori, T., Imura, Y., Shimada, H., Matsui, M.:
" SD3, an Arabidopsis thaliana Homolog of TIM21, Affects Intracellular ATP Levels and Seedling Development"
Mol. Plant (2011) - Sakamoto, T., Inui, Y. T., Uraguchi, S., Yoshizumi, T., Matsunaga, S., Mastui, M., Umeda, M., Fukui, K., Fujiwara, T.:
" Condensin II Alleviates DNA Damage and Is Essential for Tolerance of Boron Overload Stress in Arabidopsis."
Plant Cell (2011) 23, 3533-3546
Principal Investigator
- Minami MATSUI
- Group Director
Members
- Takeshi YOSHIZUMI
- Research Scientist
- Yuki YANAGAWA
- Research Scientist
- Yoshito OKA
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Hiroaki KUSANO
- Special Postdoctoral Researcher
- Mieko HIGUCHI
- Postdoctoral Researcher
- Parisa ABDOLLAHI
- International Program Associate
- Hidehumi HAMASAKI
- Junior Research Associate
- Yoko HORII
- Technical Staff
- Tomoko KURIYAMA
- Technical Staff
- Mika KAWASHIMA
- Technical Staff