2025

• Ayaka Yoshihisa, Satomi Yoshimura, Jubwen Zhou, Kei Nishikawa, Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  Essential role of rice ERF101 in the perception of TAL effectors and immune activation mediated by the CC-BED NLR Xa1
  Plant Cell Rep. 44: 49.

2024

• Satomi Yoshimura, Ayaka Yoshihisa, Yusei Okamoto, Haruna Hirano, Yuina Nakai, Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  Rice SRO1a contributes to Xanthomonas TAL effecotr-mediated expression of host susceptible genes
  Plant Cell Physiol. 65: 1261-1270.
• Satomi Yoshimura, Ayaka Yoshihisa,Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  The story of Xa1, the bacterial blight resistance gene in rice
  Proceedings of 58th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interaction Symposium 58: 69-77.

2023

• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Shunpei Nakamura, Naoya Nishimura, Ayaka Yoshihisa, Satomi Yoshimura, and Koji Yamaguchi
  Understanding of rice immune regulatory system and its application
  Proceedings of 57th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interaction Symposium 57: 19-28.

2022

　

• Ayaka Yoshihisa, Satomi Yoshimura, Motoki Shimizu, Sayaka Sato, Shogo Matsuno, Akira Mine, Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  The rice OsERF101 transcription factor regulates the NLR Xa1-mediated immunity induced by perception of TAL effectors.
  New Phytol., 236: 1441-1454.
• Kota Ichimaru, Koji Yamaguchi, Kenichi Harada, Yusaku Nishio, Momoka Hori, Kazuya Ishikawa, Haruhiko Inoue, Shusuke Shigeta, Kento Inoue, Keita Shimada, Satomi Yoshimura, Takumi Takeda, Eiki Yamashita, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Chojiro Kojima and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  Cooperative regulation of PBI1 and MAPKs controls WRKY45 transcription factor in rice immunity.
  Nature Commun, 13: 2397.

2021

　

• Ayaka Yoshihisa, Satomi Yoshimura, Motoki Shimizu, Sayaka Sato, Akira Mine, Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki
  The rice OsERF101 transcription factor regulates the NLR Xa1-mediated perception of TAL effectors and Xa1-mediated immunity.
  bioRxiv, doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.12.468346　　　　　　　　　　　　　

• Ayaka Yoshihisa, Satomi Yoshimura, Motoki Shimizu, Koji Yamaguchi, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2021)
  Identification of TAL and iTAL effectors in the Japanese strain T7133 of Xanthomonas oryzae pv. oryzae
  J. Gen. Plant. Pathol. 87, 354-360.

• Ken-ichiro Taoka, Zenpei Shimatani, Koji Yamaguchi, Mana Ogawa, Hiromi Saitoh, Yoichi Ikeda, Hiroko Akashi, Rie Terada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroyuki Tsuji (2021)
  Novel assays to monitor gene expression and protein-protein interactions in rice using the bioluminescent protein, NanoLuc.
  Plant Biotech. 38, 89-99.
• Koji Yamaguchi, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2021)
  Pathogen- and plant- derived peptides trigger plant immunity.
  Peptides. 144, 170611 (2021). 　

2020

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

• Ayaka Yoshihisa, Keita Shimada, Satomi Yoshimura, Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2020)
  Frontier of plant immune researc～
  Kagaku & Seibutsu58: 396-404.　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
• Kota Ichimaru, Kenichi Harada, Shusuke Shigeta, Koji Yamaguchi, Keita Shimada, Kazuya Ishikawa, Kento Inoue, Yusaku Nishio, Satomi Yoshimura, Haruhiko Inoue, Eiki Yamashita, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Chojiro Kojima and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2020)
  Cooperative regulation of PBI1 and MAPKs precisely controls the master transcription factor WRKY45 in rice immunity
  Reseach Square, DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-62065/v1

2019

• Tsutomu Kawasaki (2019)
  PRR cross-talk jump starts plant immunity
  Cell Host Microbe 26: 707-709.　
• Koji Yamaguchi, Akira Mine, Yoshitake Desaki, Kanako Fujio, Atsushi Takeda and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2019)
  Variable dependencies of PBL27 and MAPKKK5 in chitin-induced MAPK activation in Arabidopsis: Type of chitin and plant growth conditions matter.
  Plant Cell, Supplemental comment. http://www.plantcell.org/content/plantcell/suppl/2019/09/24/tpc.17.00981.DC2/TPC17.00981Comment.PDF　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
• Tsutomu Kawasaki (2019)
  Apple immunity: unidirectional ubiquitination between two ubiquitin E3 ligases regulates the immune response in apple fruits.
  Plant Cell. Physiol. 60: 2127-2128.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

2018

• Koji Yamaguchi, Yuya Yoshimura, Shinya Nakagawa, Hirokazu Mezaki, Satomi Yoshimura and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2018)
  OsDRE2 contributes to chitin-triggered response through its interaction with OsRLCK185.
  Biosci.Biotechnol.Biochem.83: 281-290.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　
• Hann Ling Wong, Akira Akamatsu, Qiong Wang, Tomonori Matsuda, Jun Okuda, Ken-ichi Kosami, Noriko Inada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Takako Kaneko-Kawano, Shingo Nagawa, Li Tan, Yoji Kawano and Ko Shimamoto (2018)
  In vivo monitoring of plant small GTPase activation using a Forster resonance energy transfer biosenseor.
  Plant Methods 14:56.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki (2018)
  Pathogen recognition and immune signaling.
  Rice Genomics, Genetics and Breeding, Springer Nature, 361-374.

2017

• Koji Yamaguchi, Hirohisa Mezaki, Masayuki Fujiwara, Yuki Hara and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2017)
  Arabidopsis ubiquitin ligase PUB12 interacts with and negatively regulates Chitin Elicitor Receptor Kinase 1 (CERK1)
  PLOS ONE 12:e0188886.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenta Yamada, Satomi Yoshimura, Koji Yamaguchi (2017)
  Chitin receptor-mediated activation of MAP kinases and ROS production in rice and Arabidopsis.
  Plant Signal Behav. 12(9):e1361076
• Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasak (2017)
  Chitin-triggered MAPK activation and ROS generation in rice suspension-cultured cell.
  Method Mol. Biol. 1578:309-316.
• Kenta Yamada(1), Koji Yamaguchi(1), Satomi Yoshimura, Akira Terauchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2017) (1) Co-first authors
  Conservation of chitin-induced MAPK signaling pathways in rice and Arabidopsis.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 58:993-1002.
  
  Selected as Editor's Choice Article

2016

• Kenta Yamada(1), Koji Yamaguchi(1), Tomomi Shirakawa, Hirofumi Nakagami, Akira Mine, Kazuya Ishikawa,
  Masayuki Fujiwara, Mari Narusaka, Yoshihiro Narusaka, Kazuya Ichmura, Yuka Kobayashi, Hidenori Matsui, Yuko Nomura, Mika Nomoto, Yasunori Tada, Yoichiro Fukao, Tamo Fukamizo, Kenichi Tsuda, Ken Shirasu, Naoto Shibuya and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2016)
  The Arabidopsis CERK1-associated kinase PBL27 connects chitin perception to MAPK activation.
  EMBO J. 35: 2468-2483.
  
  Highlighted in Nature Plants
  Highlighted in Science Signaling
• Kenichi Harada, Eiki Yamashita, Kento Inoue, Koji Yamaguchi, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Chojiro Kojimai (2016)
  Expression, purification, and crystallization of a plant-specific DUF1110 protein from Oryza sativa
  Acta Crystallographica Section F 72: 480-484.

2015

• Koji Yamaguchi and 、Tsutomu Kawasaki (2015)
  Toward production of next-generation rice plants showing enhanced resistance to pathogens
  Bioscience & Indudtry　Vol 73, No 3, p206-209
• Koji Yamaguchi, Kenta Yamada, Tomomi Shirakawa and Tsutomu Kawasak (2015)
  Elucidation of plant immune signaling using host factors targeted by pathogen effectors
  Proceedings of 50th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interaction Symposiu　Vol 50, p63-72

2014

• Kazuya Ishikawa, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazuaki Sakamoto, Satomi Yoshimura, Kento Inoue, Seiji Tsuge, Chojiro Kojima, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2014)
  Bacterial effector modulation of host E3 ligase activity suppresses PAMP-triggered immunity in rice.
  Nature Commun. 5: 5430
• Ken-ichi Kosami, Izuru Ohki, Minoru Nagano, Kyoko Furutani, Toshihiko Sugiki, Yoji Kawano, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Ko Shimamoto, and Chojiro Kojimai (2014).
  The crystal structure of the plant small GTPase OsRac1 reveals its mode of binding to NADPH oxidase.
  J. Biol. Chem. 289: 28569-28578
• Tomonori Shinya1, Koji Yamaguchi1, Yoshitake Desaki, Kenta Yamada, Tomoko Narisawa, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, Kanako Maeda, Maruya Suzuki, Takumi Tanimoto, Jun Takeda, Masato Nakashima, Ryota Funama, Mari Narusaka, Yoshihiro Narusaka, Hanae Kaku, Tsutomu Kawasaki*, and Naoto Shibuya* (2014) 1Co-first authors, *Co-corresponding authors
  Selective regulation of chitin-induced defense response by the Arabidopsis receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase PBL27.
  Plant J. 79: 56-66
• Ken-ichi Kosami, Izuru Ohki, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Sayaka Usugi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshimichi Fujiwara, Atsushi Nakagawa, Ko Shimamoto, and Chojiro Kojimai (2014).
  Purification, crystallization and preliminary X-ray crystallographic analysis of a rice Rac/Rop GTPase, OsRac1.
  Acta Cristallographica Section F 70: 113-155.

2013

• Koji Yamaguchi, Kenta Yamada, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
  Receptor-like cytoplasmic kinases are pivotal components in pattern recognition receptor-mediated signaling in plant immunity.
  Plant Signal Behav 　8: e25662.
• Koji Yamaguchi, Kenta Yamada, Kazuya Ishikawa, Satomi Yoshimura, Nagao Hayashi, Kouhei Uchihashi, Nobuaki Ishihama, Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi, Akira Takahashi, Seiji Tsuge, Hirokazu Ochiai, Yasuomi Tada, Ko Shimamoto, Hirofumi Yoshioka , and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
  A receptor-like cytoplasmic kinase targeted by a plant pathogen effector is directly phosphorylated by the chitin receptor and mediates rice immunity.
  Cell Host Microbe 　13:347-357.
• Koji Yamaguchi, Yusuke Nakamura, Kazuya Ishikawa, Yuya Yoshimura, Seiji Tsuge, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2013).
  Suppression of rice immunity by Xanthomonas oryzae type III effector Xoo2875.
  Biosci.Biotechnol.Biochem.　77: 796-801.
• Akira Akamatsu, Hann Ling Wong, Masayuki Fujiwara, Jun Okuda, Keita Nishide, Kazumi Uno, Keiko Imai, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yoji Kawano, and Ko Shimamoto (2013).
  An OsCEBiP/OsCERK1-OsRacGEF-OsRac1 module is an essential early component of chitin-induced rice immunity.
  Cell Host Microbe　 13: 465-476.

2012

• Koji Yamaguchi, Keiko Imai, Akira Akamatsu, Masanori Mihashi, Nagao Hayashi, Ko Shimamoto, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2012).
  SWAP70 functions as a Rac/Rop guanine nucleotide-exchange factor in rice.
  Plant J.　 70: 389-397.
• Mwathi Jane Wamaitha, Risa Yamamoto, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yoji Kawano, and Ko Shimamoto (2012).
  OsRap2.6 transcription factor contributes to rice innate immunity through its interaction with Receptor for Activated Kinase-C 1 (RACK1).
  Rice　 5:35
• Sung-Hyun Kim, Tetsuo Oikawa, Junko Kyozuka, Hann Ling Wong, Kenji Umemura, Mitsuko Kishi-Kaboshi, Akira Takahashi, Yoji Kawano, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2012).
  The bHLH Rac immunity1 (RAI1) is activated by OsRac1 via OsMAPK3 and OsMAPK6 in rice Immunity.
  Plant Cell. Physiol.　 53: 740-754.
• Koji Yamaguchi and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2012).
  Function of Arabidopsis SWAP70 GEF in immune response.
  Plant Signal. Behav. 　7: 465-468.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Koji Yamaguchi, Kazuya Ishikawa, Satomi Yoshimura, Kenta Yamada, and Yuya Yoshimura. (2012).
  Rice PAMPs-triggered immunity targeted by pathogen effectors.
  Proceeding of 47th PSJ Plant-Microbe Interactions Symposium　 47: 23-32.

2010

• Yoji Kawano, Akira Akamatsu, Keiko Hayashi, Yusuke Housen, Jun Okuda, Ai Yao, Ayako, Nakashima, Hiroki Takahashi, Hitoshi Yoshida, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
  Activation of a Rac GTPase by the NLR family disease resistance protein Pit plays a critical role in rice innate immunity.
  Cell Host Microbe　 7: 362-375.
• Tadashi Fujiwara, Sylvie Maisonneuve, Masayuki Isshiki, Masaharu Mizutani, Letian Chen, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
  Sekiguchi lesion encodes a cytochrome P450 monooxygenase that catalyzes conversion of tryptamine to serotonin in rice.
  J. Biol. Chem.　 285: 11308-11313.
• Letian Chen, Satoshi Hamada, Masayuki Fujiwara, Tingheng Zhu, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Hann Ling Wong, Priti Krishna, Tadashi Ueda, Hanae Kaku, Naoto Shibuya, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2010).
  Hop/Sti1 and HSP90 are involved in maturation and transport of a PAMP receptor in rice innate immunity.
  Cell Host Microbe　 7: 185-196.
• Letian Chen, Kenji Shiotani, Takashi Togashi, Daisuke Miki, Misa Aoyama, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto (2010).
  Analysis of the Rac/Rop small GTPase family in rice: expression, subcellular localization and role in disease resistance.
  Plant Cell. Physiol.　 51: 585-595.
• Takashi Oda, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Kuwabara, Satoko Akashi, Kokoro Hayashi, Chojiro Kojima, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, Mamoru Sato, and Toshiyuki Shimizu (2010).
  The structure of the N-terminal regulatory domain of a plant NADPH oxidase and its functional implications.
  J. Biol. Chem.　285: 1435-1445.

2009

• Masayuki Fujiwara, Satoshi Hamada, Minori Hiratsuka, Yoichiro Fukao, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Ko Shimamoto (2009).
  Proteome analysis of detergent resistant membranes (DRMs) associated with OsRac1 mediated innate immunity in rice.
  Plant Cell. Physiol.　 50: 1191-1200

2008

• Takashi Oda, Hiroshi Hashimoto, Naoyuki Kuwabara, Kokoro Hayashi, Chojiro Kojima, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, Mamoru Sato and Toshiyuki Shimizu. (2008).
  Crystallographic characterization of the N-terminal domain of plant NADPH oxidase.
  Acta. Crystallogr. Sect. F. Struct. Biol. Cryst. Commun. 64:867-869
• Ayako Nakashima, Letian Chen, Nguyen Phuong Thao, Masayuki Fujiwara, Hann Ling Wong, Masayoshi Kuwano, Kenji Umemura, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2008).
  RACK1 functions in rice innate immunity by interacting with the Rac1 immune complex.
  Plant Cell　 20: 2265-2279
• Kadunari Igari, Sachiko Endo, Ken-Ichiro Hibara, Mitsuhiro Aida, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Masao Tasaka. (2008).
  Constitutive activation of a CC-NB-LRR protein alters morphogenesis through the cytokinin pathway.
  Plant J.　 55: 14-27
• Ying Fu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto and Zhenbiao Yang (2008).
  Rop/Rac GTPase.
  Annual. Plant Reviews　 33: 64-99.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Keiko Imai, Hann Ling Wong, Yoji Kawano, Keita Nishide, Jun Okuda, and Ko Shimamoto. (2008).
  Rice guanine nucleotide exchange factors for small GTPase OsRac1 involved in innate immunity of rice.
  In Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease. G.L. Wang et al. eds. p179-184.
• Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2008).
  Rac GTPase and the regulation of NADPH oxidase in rice innate immunity.
  In Advances in Genetics, Genomics and Control of Rice Blast Disease. G.L. Wang et al. eds. p173-178

2007

• Hann Ling Wong, Reinhard Pinontoan, Kokoro Hayashi, Ryo Tabata, Takashi Yaeno, Kana Hasegawa, Chojiro Kojima, Hirofumi Yoshioka, Koh Iba, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2007).
  Regulation of rice NADPH oxidase by binding of Rac GTPase to its N-terminal extension.
  Plant Cell　 19:4022-4034.
• Nguyen Phuong Thao, Letian Chen, Ayako Nakashima, Shin-ichiro Hara, Kenji Umemura, Akira Takahashi, Ken Shirasu, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto. (2007).
  RAR1 and HSP90 form a complex with Rac/Rop GTPase and function in innate immune responses in rice.
  Plant Cell　 19: 4035-4045
• Akira Takahashi, Ganesh Kumar Agrawal, Muneo Yamazaki, Katsura Onosato, Akio Miyao, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Ko Shimamoto, and Hirohiko Hirochika. (2007).
  Rice Pti1a negatively regulates RAR1 dependent defense responses.
  Plant Cell　 19: 2940-2951.
• Ko Shimamoto, Ayako Nakashima, Masayuki Fujiwara, Nguyen Thao Phuong, Letian Chen, Hann Ling Wong, Daisuke Miki, Keiko Imai, Sylvie Maisonneuve, Hiroki Takahashi, Yusuke Kawaguchi, Shinjiro Hirai, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2007). Molecular signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Rice Genetics V, 143-152.

2006

• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hisako Koita, Tomoyuki Nakatsubo, Kana Hasegawa, Kenichi Wakabayashi, Hiroki Takahashi, Kenji Umemura, Toshiaki Umezawa, and Ko Shimamoto (2006).
  Cinnamoyl-CoA reductase, a key enzyme in lignin biosynthesis, is a novel effector of small GTPase Rac in defense signaling in rice.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA　 103: 230-235
• Masayuki Fujiwara, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2006).
  Proteomics of Rac GTPase signaling reveals its predominant role in elicitor-induced defense response of cultured rice cells.
  Plant Physiol.　 140: 734-745.

2005

• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Jaesung Nam, Douglas C. Boyes, Ben F. Holt, III, David A. Hubert, Aaron Wiig, and Jeffery L. Dangl (2005)
  A duplicated pair of Arabidopsis RING-finger E3 ligases contribute to RPM1- and RPS2-mediated hypersensitive response.
  Plant J.　 44: 259-270.
• Damien Lieberherr,　Nguyen Phuong Thao, Ayako Nakashima, Kenji Umemura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2005).
  A sphingolipid elicitor-inducible mitogen-activated protein kinase is regulated by the small GTPase OsRac1 and heterotrimeric G protein in rice.
  Plant Physiol.　 138: 1644-1652.
• Hajime Tsunezuka, Masayuki Fujiwara, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Ko Shimamoto (2005).
  Proteome analysis of programmed cell death and defense signaling using the rice lesion mimic mutant cdr 2.
  Mol. Plant Microbe Interact.　 18: 52-59.

2000-2004

• Hann Ling Wong, Tsuyoshi Sakamoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Umemura, and Ko Shimamoto (2004).
  Downregulation of metallothionein, a reactive oxygen scavenger, by the small GTPase OsRac1 in rice.
  Plant Physiol.　 135: 1447-1456.
• Hikaru Satoh, Aiko Nishi, Naoko Fujita, Akiko Kubo, Yasunori Nakamura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Thomas W Okita (2003).
  Isolation of characterization of starch mutants in rice.
  J. Appl. Glycosci.　 50: 225-230.
• Akira Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hann-Liang Wong, Utut Suharsono, Hiisashi Hirano, and Ko Shimamoto (2003).
  Hyperphosphorylation of a mitochondrial protein, prohibitin, is induced by calyculin A in a rice lesion-mimic mutant cdr1.
  Plant Physiol.　132: 1861-1869.
• Takayuki Asano, Noriko Kunieda, Yuhi Omura, Hirokazu Ibe, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Makoto Takano, Miho Sato, Hideyuki Furuhashi, Toshiyuki Mujin, Fumio Takaiwa, Chuan-yin Wu, Yuichi Tada, Tomomi Satozawa, Masahiro Sakamoto, and Hiroaki Shimada (2002).
  Rice SPK, a calmodulin-like domain protein kinase, is required for storage product accumulation during seed development: phosphorylation of sucrose synthase is a possible factor.
  Plant Cell　 14: 619-628.
• Utut Suharsono, Yukiko Fujisawa, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Yukimoto Iwasaki, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (2002).
  The hetero subunit acts upstream of the small GTPase Rac in disease resistance of rice.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA　 99: 13307-13312.
• Ko Shimamoto, Utut Suharsono, Eiichiro Ono, Hann Ling Wong , and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2002).
  G protein signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions. Vol.3, S.A. Leong et al. Eds, Is-MPMI pp.83-87.
• Eiichiro Ono, Hann Ling Wong, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Morifumi Hasegawa, Osamu Kodama, and Ko Shimamoto (2001).
  Essential role of the small GTPase Rac in disease resistance of rice.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA　 98: 759-764.
• Kouichi Mizuno, Eiki Kobayashi, Masato Tachibana, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Tatsuhito Fujimura, Kazumi Funane, Mikihiko Kobayashi, and Tadashi Baba (2001).
  Characterization of an isoform of rice starch branching enzyme, RBE4, in developing seeds.
  Plant Cell. Physiol.　 42: 349-57.
• Ko Shimamoto, Akira Takahashi, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (2001). Molecular signaling in disease resistance of rice. In Rice Genetics IV, Eds. G.S. Khush et al., pp.323-333, IRRI.

-1999

• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Henmi, Eiichiro Ono, Satoru Hatakeyama, Megumi Iwano, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (1999).
  The small GTP-binding protein Rac is a regulator of cell death in plants.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA　 96: 10922-10926.
• Akira Takahashi, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kenji Henmi, Katsuhiko Shii, Osamu Kodama, Hikaru Satoh, and Ko Shimamoto (1999).
  Lesion mimic mutants of rice with alterations in early signaling events of defense.
  Plant J.　17: 535-545.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Satoru Okumura, Naoki Kishimoto, Hiroaki Shimada, Kenichi Higo, and Norio Ichikawa (1999).
  RNA maturation of the rice SPK gene may involve in trans-splicing.
  Plant J.　 18: 625-632.
• Ko Shimamoto, Akira Takahashi, Kenji Henmi, Eiichiro Ono, Satoru Hatakeyama, Megumi Iwano, and Tsutomu Kawasaki (1999).
  Programmed cell death in plants.
  Plant Biotech.　 16: 49-53.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kouichi Mizuno, Hiroaki Shimada, Hikaru Satoh, Naoki Kishimoto, Satoru Okumura, Norio Ichikawa, and Tadashi Baba (1996).
  Coordinated regulation of the genes participating in starch biosynthesis by the rice Floury-2 locus.
  Plant Physiol.　 110, 89-96
• Yukihiro Yanai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada, Eve Syrkin Wurtele, Basil J. Nikolau, and Norio Ichikawa (1995).
  Genomic organization of 251 kDa acetyl-CoA carboxylase genes in Arabidopsis : Tandem gene duplication has made two differetially expressed isozymes.
  Plant Cell. Physiol.　 36: 779-787.
• Ken-ichiro Tanaka, Shintaroh Ohnishi, Naoki Kishimoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Tadashi Baba (1995).
  Structure, organization, and chromosomal location of the gene encoding a form of rice soluble starch synthase.
  Plant Physiol.　 108: 677-683
• Ken-Ichi Nonomura, Atsushi Yoshimura, Tsutomu Kawasaki and Nobuo Iwata (1994) .
  Production of tertiary trisomics in rice (Oryza Sativa L).
  Breeding Science　 44: 137-142.
• Alejandro Vazquez-Tello, Robert F. Whittier, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Toshio Sugimoto, Yukio Kawamura, and Daisuke Shibata. (1993).
  Sequence of a soybean (Glycine max L.) phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase cDNA.
  Plant Physiol.　 103: 1025-1026.
• Tadashi Baba, Miwa Nishihara, Kouichi Mizuno, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada Eiki Kobayashi, Shintaroh Ohnishi and Yuji Arai (1993).
  Identification, cDNA cloning, and gene expression of soluble starch synthase in rice (Oryza sativa L.) immature seeds.
  Plant Physiol.　 103: 565-573.
• Kouichi Mizuno, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada, Hikaru Satoh, Eiki Kobayashi, Satoru Okumura, Yuji Arai and Tadashi Baba (1993).
  Alternation of the structural properties of starch components by the lack of an isoform of starch branching enzyme in rice seeds.
  J. Biol. Chem.　 268: 19084-19091.
• Hiroaki Shimada, Yuichi Tada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, and Tatsuhito Fujimura (1993).
  Antisense regulation of the rice waxy gene expression using a PCR-amplified fragment of the rice genome reduces the amylose content in grain starch.
  Theor. Appl. Genet.　 86: 665-672.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Nobuaki Hayashida, Tadashi Baba, Kazuo Shinozaki and Hiroaki Shimada (1993).
  The gene encoding a calcium-dependent protein kinase located near the sbe1 gene encoding starch branching enzyme I is specifically expressed in developing rice seeds.
  Gene　 129: 183-189.
• Tsutomu Kawasaki, Kouichi Mizuno, Tadashi Baba and Hiroaki Shimada (1993).
  Molecular analysis of the gene encoding a rice starch branching enzyme.
  Mol. Gen. Genet. 　237: 10-16.
• Toshio Sugimoto, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Tomohiko Kato, Robert F. Whittier, Daisuke Shibata and Yukio Kawamura (1992).
  cDNA sequence and expression of a phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase gene from soybean.
  Plant Mol. Biol.　20: 743-747.
• Kouichi Mizuno, Koji Kimura, Yuji Arai, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Hiroaki Shimada and Tadashi Baba (1992).
  Starch branching enzymes from immature rice seeds.
  J. Biochem.　 112: 643-651.
• Hiroaki Shimada, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Midori Ishikawa, Satoru Okumura, Tadashi Baba, Yuichi Tada, Nobuaki Hayashida and Kazuo Shinozaki (1992).
  Molecular analysis of genes involved in rice grain starch synthesis : Structure of a seed-development specific protein kinase.,
  Res. Photosynth.　　8: 923-926.
• Ken-ichi Nonomura, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Atsushi Yoshimura, Naoki Kishimoto and Norio Iwata (1991).
  Producrion of tertiary trisomics and their utilization in rice.
  Rice Genetic Newsletter　8: 85-87.
• Atsushi Yoshimura, Nobuo Iwata, Tsutomu Kawasaki, Mohammad Ali and Takeshi Omura (1988). Identification of interchanged chromosomes in twenty-five reciprocal translocation lines newly established in rice cultivar Nipponbare.
  Rice Genetic Newsletter　 5: 62-64.

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