Faculty Database - Kawakami Naoto

■ Books and Papers

1.	2024/09	Article	Highly sensitive strigolactone perception by a divergent clade KAI2 receptor in a facultative root parasitic plant, Phtheirospermum japonicum Plant & Cell Physiology (Collaboration)
2.	2024/09	Article	The MKK3 module integrates nitrate and light signals to modulate secondary dormancy in Arabidopsis thaliana Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 121(40) (Collaboration)
3.	2024/07	Article	Assessment of dormancy level and germination ability of seeds with physiological dormancy Seed Dormancy. Methods in Molecular Biology 2830 (Collaboration)
4.	2024/07	Article	Genetic, epigenetic and environmental control of seed dormancy and germination Seed Dormancy. Methods in Molecular Biology 2830 (Collaboration)
5.	2024/07	Article	The MKK3 MAPK cascade integrates temperature and after-ripening signals to modulate seed germination Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 121(28) (Collaboration)
6.	2024/03	Article	Autophagy maintains endosperm quality during seed storage to preserve germination ability in Arabidopsis PNAS 121(14) (Collaboration)
7.	2024/03	Article	Group C MAP kinases phosphorylate MBD10 to regulate ABA-induced leaf senescence in Arabidopsis The Plant Journal (Collaboration)
8.	2023/11	Article	Mining Aegilops tauschii genetic diversity in the background of bread wheat revealed a novel QTL for seed dormancy Frontiers in Plant Science pp.10.3389/fpls.2023.1270925 (Collaboration)
9.	2023/03	Article	Modulation of wheat grain dormancy by introducing the recombinant abscisic acid-stimulated abscisic acid biosynthesis gene Plant Biotechnology 40,pp.31-41 (Collaboration)
10.	2022/08	Article	Seed dormancy 4 like1 of Arabidopsis is a key regulator of phase transition from embryo to vegetative development The Plant Journal (Collaboration)
11.	2021/12	Article	Flower meristem maintenance by TILLERS ABSENT 1 is essential for ovule development in rice. Development 148 (Collaboration)
12.	2020/09	Article	Plant-Specific Domains and Fragmented Sequences Imply Non-Canonical Functions in Plant Aminoacyl-tRNA Synthetases. Genes 11 (Collaboration)
13.	2016/09	Article	α-Xylosidase plays essential roles in xyloglucan remodelling, maintenance of cell wall integrity, and seed germination in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Experimental Botany 67(19),pp.5615-5629 (Collaboration)
14.	2016/03	Article	Highly sprouting tolerant wheat grain exhibits extreme dormancy and cold imbibition resistant accumulation of abscisic acid. Plant & Cell Physiology 57(4),pp.715-732 (Collaboration)
15.	2013/12	Article	ABA-INSENSITIVE3, ABA-INSENSITIVE5, and DELLAs Interact to Activate the Expression of SOMNUS and Other High-Temperature-Inducible Genes in Imbibed Seeds in Arabidopsis. The Plant Cell 25,pp.4863-4878 (Collaboration)
16.	2013/03	Article	Isolation of a wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) mutant in ABA 8’-hydroxylase gene: effect of reduced ABA catabolism on germination inhibition under field condition. Breeding Science 63(1),pp.104-115 (Collaboration)
17.	2012/01	Article	Thermoinhibition uncovers a role of strigolactones in Arabidopsis seed germination. Plant & Cell Physiology 53,pp.107-117 (Collaboration)
18.	2012/01	Article	Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis reveals cell wall metabolism, flavonol biosynthesis, and defense responses are activated in the endosperm of germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds Plant & Cell Physiology 53,pp.16-27 (Collaboration)
19.	2011	Book	Functional Analysis of Abscisic Acid 8'-Hydroxylase Seed Dormancy, Methods in Molecular Biology 773,pp.135-150 (Collaboration)
20.	2007/12	Article	CERK1, a LysM receptor kinase, is essential for chitin elicitor signaling in Arabidopsis Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences, USA 104(49),pp.19613-19618 (Collaboration)
21.	2007/12	Article	High temperature-induced abscisic acid biosynthesis and its role in the inhibition of gibberellin action in Arabidopsis seeds Plant Physiology 146(3),pp.1368-1385 (Collaboration)
22.	2006/12	Article	A high-throughput evaluation system for Arabidopsis mutants for defense signaling. Plant Biotechnology 23(5),pp.459-466 (Collaboration)
23.	2006/09	Article	Tissue expression map of a large number of expressed sequence tags and its application to in silico screening of stress response genes in common wheat Molecular Genetics and Genomics 276,pp.304-312 (Collaboration)
24.	2006/08	Article	Isolation and characterization of high temperature-resistant germination mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana Plant and Cell Physiology 47(8),pp.1081-1094 (Collaboration)
25.	2006/07	Article	Field studies on the regulation of abscisic acid content and germinability during grain development of barley: molecular and chemical analysis of pre-harvest sprouting Journal of Experimental Botany 57(10),pp.2421-2434 (Collaboration)
26.	2000/03	Article	Accumulation and leakage of abscisic acid during embryo development and seed dormancy in wheat Plant Growth Regulation 30,pp.253-260 (Collaboration)
27.	2000	Article	Temperature-dependent translational regulation of the ER ω-3 fatty acid desaturase gene in wheat root tips. The Plant Journal 24(6),pp.805-813 (Collaboration)
28.	1999	Article	Isolation of novel early salt-responding genes from wheat (Triticum aestivum L.)by differential display. Theoretical and Applied Genetics 98巻,pp.673-678 (Collaboration)
29.	1998/09	Article	Novel salt-responding genes isolated by differential display from common wheat. Proceedings of the 9th International Wheat Genetics Symposium University Extension Press, University of Saskatchewan pp.232-235 (Collaboration)
30.	1998	Article	Cloning of cDNAs specifically expressed in wheat spikelets at the heading stage, as identified by the simple differential display method. Plant Science 135巻,pp.49-62 (Collaboration)
31.	1998	Article	Developmental regulation of genes for microsome and plastid w-3 fatty acid desaturases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). Plant & Cell Physiology 39(5),pp.540-544 (Collaboration)
32.	1998	Article	Molecular cloning and characterization of aldehyde oxidases in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant & Cell Physiology 39巻4号,pp.433-442 (Collaboration)
33.	1997/07	Article	ABA insensitivity and low ABA levels during seed development of non-dormant wheat mutants. Journal of Experimental Botany 48,pp.1415-1421 (Collaboration)
34.	1996/09	Article	Molecular cloning and expression of a polypeptide that does not accumulate in the embryos of a non-dormant mutant of wheat Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals 1995 pp.123-128 (Collaboration)
35.	1996	Article	Expression of a gene for plastid ω-3 fatty acid desaturase and changes in lipid and fatty acid compositions in light-and dark-grown wheat leaves Physiolologia Plantarum 96巻,pp.275-283 (Collaboration)
36.	1994	Article	Response of wheat grain to ABA and imbibition at low temperature Plant Breeding 113巻,pp.55-57 (Collaboration)
37.	1993/09	Article	Embryonic mRNAs of non-dormant mutants of wheat. Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals 1992 pp.195-199 (Collaboration)
38.	1993/09	Article	Wheat grain inbibition at low temperatures and embryo responsiveness to ABA. Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals 1992 pp.367-372 (Collaboration)
39.	1993	Article	Embryonic mRNA related to seed dormancy in wheat. Wheat Information Service 76,pp.83-84 (Collaboration)
40.	1993	Article	Translatable mRNAs for chloroplast-targeted proteins in detached radish cotyledons during senescence in darkness Plant & Cell Physiol. 34(5),pp.697-704 (Collaboration)
41.	1992	Article	Differential change in levels of mRNAs during maturation of wheat seeds that are susceptible and resistant to preharvest-sprouting Plant & Cell Physiol. 33(5),pp.511-517 (Collaboration)
42.	1989/09	Article	Gene Expression in senescing leaves Cell Separation in Plants pp.31-38 (Collaboration)
43.	1989	Article	Change in the levels of protein and mRNA during imbibition of pre-harvest sprouting susceptible and resistant wheat seeds Westview Press/Fifth International Symposium on pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals pp.110-118 (Collaboration)
44.	1989	Article	Phase-specific polypeptides and poly(A)+RNAs during the cell cycle in synchronous cultures of Catharanthus roseus cells Plant Physiology 89,pp.910-917 (Collaboration)
45.	1988/12	Article	Senescence-specific increase in cytosolic glutamine synthetase and its mRNA in radish cotyledons Plant Physiology 88(4),pp.1430-1434 (Collaboration)
46.	1988/01	Article	Change in gene expression in radish cotyledons during dark-induced senescence Plant & Cell Physiol. 29(1),pp.33-42 (Collaboration)
47.	1988/01	Article	Effects of illumination on the population of translatable mRNA in radish cotyledons during dark-induced senescence Plant & Cell Physiol. 29(2),pp.347-353 (Collaboration)
48.	1988	Article	Localization and properties of transcripts of psbA and rdcL genes in the stroma of spinach chloroplast Plant & Cell Physiol. 29(8),pp.1303-1309 (Collaboration)
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■ Conference Presentations

1.	2023/07/04	Involvement of brassinosteroid biosynthesis control in thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seed germination (14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Seed Science)
2.	2023/07/04	Molecular genetic analysis of an Arabidopsis viviparous germination mutant (14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Seed Science)
3.	2023/07/04	The MKK3-MAPK cascade modulates primary dormancy and germination temperature range in Arabidopsis seeds (14th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Seed Science)
4.	2023/03/17	MBD10 is involved in leaf senescence in the Arabidopsis ABA response
5.	2023/03/13	Chemical and physiological analyses in the Arabidopsis mutant for key enzyme genes in abscisic acid biosynthesis
6.	2022/11/27	Role of brassinosteroid biosynthesis regulation in thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seed germination
7.	2022/11/26	Chemical and physiological analyses in the Arabidopsis mutant for key enzyme genes in abscisic acid biosynthesis
8.	2022/03/24	Analysis of natural allelic variation loci that control the capacity of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds to germinate at high temperatures
9.	2022/03/24	Chemical and physiological analyses in the Arabidopsis mutant for key enzyme genes in abscisic acid biosynthesis
10.	2022/03/24	Sdr4 like1 (SFL1) of Arabidopsis regulates phase transition from seed dormancy to germination
11.	2022/03/22	TAB1 promotes ovule development by maintaining the flower meristem in rice
12.	2021/10/26	Characterisation of an atypical MAPK module promoting seed germination in Arabidopsis (Colloque Graines 2021)
13.	2021/09/19	Genetic mechanism and significance of stem cell maintenance in rice flower development (日本植物学会第85回大会シンポジウム)
14.	2021/08/11	Sdr4-like genes of Arabidopsis modulate seed dormancy, germination and early seeding growth by regulating maturation and dormancy regulator genes (13th Triennial Meeting of the International Society for Seed Science)
15.	2020/10/10	Agricultural characterization of newly developed wheat mutants with reduced red grain color
16.	2019/09/24	Distinct Genetic Factors are Responsible for Thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis Seeds in the Light and in the dark (6th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
17.	2019/09/23	Genetic analysis of viviparous germination mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana (6th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
18.	2019/09/23	Role of Autophagy in Germination Performance of Arabidopsis Seeds (6th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
19.	2019/09/23	Role of MAPK cascade in seed dormancy and germination (6th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
20.	2019/06/28	Selection and characterization of chemicals that enhance high temperature sensitivity of Arabidopsis seeds to abscisic acid production and germination (The 23rd International Conference on Plant Growth Substances)
21.	2019/06/21	Genetic and Environmental Regulation of Seed Dormancy and Germination in Arabidopsis (INRA Seminar)
22.	2018/10/24	Different Pathways Reregulate Germination of Arabidopsis Seeds in Response to High Temperature in the Light and in the Dark (6th International Symposium on Plant Dormancy)
23.	2018/10/24	Functional analysis of MAP kinase cascade genes in dormancy of Arabidopsis seeds (6th International Symposium on Plant Dormancy)
24.	2018/10/24	Genetic interaction of seed dormancy regulatory genes identified from different plant species in Arabidopsis (6th International Symposium on Plant Dormancy)
25.	2018/10/24	Molecular mapping of gene loci that regulate expression of abscisic acid and gibberellin biosynthesis genes in response to temperature in Arabidopsis seeds (6th International Symposium on Plant Dormancy)
26.	2016/09/19	Highly sprouting tolerant wheat grain exhibits extreme dormancy and cold imbibition resistant accumulation of abscisic acid (13th International Symposium on Pre-Harvest Sprouting in Cereals)
27.	2016/06/23	Selection and characterization of chemicals that modulate the effect of high temperature on abscisic acid and gibberellin action in Arabidopsis seeds (22nd International Conference on Plant Growth Substances)
28.	2016/06/23	Selection of Arabidopsis germination mutants that have defect in abscisic acid and gibberellin regulation at high temperature (22nd International Conference on Plant Growth Substances)
29.	2016/06/01	Contribution of MAP kinase cascade to seed dormancy of Arabidopsis (5th Workshop in the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
30.	2016/06/01	Functional analysis of TRG2A gene which is involved in the development of endosperm aleurone in Arabidopsis seed (5th Workshop in the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
31.	2016/06/01	Selection of Arabidopsis germination mutants that have defect in the regulation of abscisic acid metabolism in response to high temperature (5th Workshop in the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
32.	2015/07/07	Function of α-xylosidase in xyloglucan metabolism, cell wall extensibility and seed germination (The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research)
33.	2015/07/07	Selection of high temperature resistant germination mutants that have defect in abscisic acid regulation at high temperature (The 26th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research)
34.	2014/10/28	Regulation mechanism of phytohormone biosynthesis and seed germination at supraoptimal temperature (XII France-Japan Workshop on Plant Science 2014 -Plant Responses to Environment)
35.	2014/10/27	A forward genetic approach for thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seed germination (XII France-Japan Workshop on Plant Science 2014 -Plant Responses to Environment)
36.	2014/10/27	Analysis of Arabidopsis thermoinhibition resistant germination 2 that has defect in aleurone layer and epidermis (XII France-Japan Workshop on Plant Science 2014 -Plant Responses to Environment)
37.	2014/10/27	Dormancy and germination of Arabidopsis seeds and flavonoids in testa (XII France-Japan Workshop on Plant Science 2014 -Plant Responses to Environment)
38.	2014/10/27	Function of α-xylosidase in xyloglucan oligosaccharide metabolism, cell wall loosening and seed germination (XII France-Japan Workshop on Plant Science 2014 -Plant Responses to Environment)
39.	2013/11/07	A phytochrome-interacting factor PIL5 regulates hormone action in thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seed germination (The 5th International Plant Dormancy Symposium)
40.	2013/11/05	Role of flavonoids on dormancy and thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seeds (The 5th International Plant Dormancy Symposium)
41.	2013/09/12	Effect of low temperature on hormone metabolism in sprouting tolerant grains of wheat (12th International Wheat Genetics Symposium)
42.	2013/09/12	Identification and characterization of novel mutations in wheat ABA catabolic gene (12th International Wheat Genetics Symposium)
43.	2013/07/09	Identification of TRG2 as a novel gene that is involved in development and/or maintenance of aleurone layer cells of Arabidopsis seeds (4th Workshop on the Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
44.	2013/03/23	Investigation of genes that are involved in hormone regulation by high temperature in Arabidopsis seeds (54th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Plant Physiology)
45.	2013/03/21	Analysis of trg2 mutant that has defects in the development of seed endosperm and seedling (54th annual meeting of Japanese Society of Plant Physiology)
46.	2012/03/18	Analysis of high temperature resistant germination mutants that have reduced gibberellin requirement for germination (第53回日本植物生理学会年会)
47.	2011/03/20	How Determined is the Season of Seed Germination? Molecular Mechanism of Germination Suppression by High Temperature (第52回日本植物生理学会年会)
48.	2010/07/20	"Physiological, genetical and molecular links between dormancy and germination response to temperature of Arabidopsis seeds." (3rd ISSS Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
49.	2010/07/19	"Function of α-xylosidase in xyloglucan metabolism, cell wall loosening, and in seed germination of Arabidopsis." (3rd ISSS Workshop on Molecular Aspects of Seed Dormancy and Germination)
50.	2010/06/06	Functions of a-xylosidase in seed germination, fruit development, and cell wall loosening (21st International Conerence on Arabidopsis Research)
51.	2010/06/06	Selection and characterization of high temperature sensitive germination mutants of Arabidopsis (21st International Conerence on Arabidopsis Research)
52.	2009/06	Chemical genetic approach for thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seeds (Fourth International Symposium on Plant Dormancy)
53.	2009/03/21	Screening of chemicals which disturb Arabidopsis seed germination response to temperature
54.	2008/07/07	Thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seeds in the light and in the dark (9th ISSS Conference on Seed Biology)
55.	2008/07	Comparative studies on non-dormant Col and dormant Cvi sees: Common and polymorphic regulations on molecular mechanism of seed imbibition in Arabidopsis (19th International Conference on Arabidopsis Research)
56.	2007/07	Genetic approach for thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seeds
57.	2007/07	Regulation of ABA and GA action by high temperature in Arabidopsis seeds
58.	2007/07	Unequally redundant functions of NCED9, NCED5 and NCED2 genes in thermoinhibition of Arabidopsis seed germination
59.	2006/08	Regulation of ABA and GA action by high temperature in Arabidopsis seeds
60.	2004/06	Transcriptomic analysis of wheat grain dormancy break by low temperature
61.	2004/05	Characterization of high temperature resistant germination mutants of Arabidopsis
62.	2004/05	Expression of ABA and GA related genes in thermoinhibited Arabidopsis seeds
63.	2002/11	Modulation of ABA synthesis and responsiveness are involved in germination response to temperature
64.	2001/10	Analysis of high temperature resistant germination mutants
65.	2001/07	Contribution of embryo and testa on germination at high temperature
66.	1998/08	Effects of ABA and embryo sensitivity to ABA on expression of dormancy-related genes of wheat.
67.	1998/08	Novel salt-responding genes isolated by differential display from common wheat.
68.	1997/12	Isolation of genes involved in seed quality, maturation, viability and germination
69.	1997/11	Strategies for selection of enhanced seed dormancy mutants of Arabidopsis
70.	1997/09	Developmenta regulation of genes for the microsome and plastid ω-3 fatty acid desaturases in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.).
71.	1997/08	Purification and properties of aldehyde oxidase from Nicotiana plumbaginifolia leaves.
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■ Academic Qualifications

1.	1988/03 Degree Acquisition	Nagoya University,
2.	1983/04～1988/03	〔Doctorial Course〕, Graduate School of Agriculture, Nagoya University, Completed,
3.	1979/04～1983/03	Faculty of Education, Utsunomiya University, Graduated,

■ Career History

1.	2008/04～2009/03	University of Toronto Department of Cell & Systems Biology Visiting Professor
2.	2007/04～2009/03	Meiji University Department of Life Science, School of Agriculture Associate Professor
3.	2000/04～2007/03	Meiji University Department of Life Science, School of Agriculture Associate Professor
4.	1997/04～2000/03	Meiji University Department of Agriculure, School of Agriculture Assistant Professor
5.	1988/04～1997/03	Yokohama City University Kihara Institute for Biological Research Assistant Professor

■ Major Subjects

Plant Molecular Physiology

■ Academic Associations Membership

1.	2017/01～2020/12	∟ Editor, Journal of Plant Research
2.	2021/01～	∟ Editorial Board, Journal of Plant Research
3.	1997/04～	International Society for Seed Science
4.	2019/10～	∟ Regional Representative for Japan
5.	2022/10～2023/07	∟ Scientific Committee of ISSS meeting 2023

■ Research Topics, Consignment Studies & KAKENHI Researches

1.	1997	Molecular genetic study on regulation mechanism of seed germination by temperature (Key Word : seed,dormancy,temperature)
2.	1997	Molecular cloning and functional analysis of genes that regulate wheat seed dormancy (Key Word : seed,Dormancy,gene)

■ Web Sites

http://meiji-lifesci.jp/master/川上%E3%80%80直人/

https://kawakami41.wixsite.com/mysite

■ Current Specialized Field

Plant molecular biology and physiology (Key Word：Plant physiology, seed, dormancy, germination, temperature, phytohormone, abscisic acid, mutant, gene expression, Molecular genetics, Chemical genetics)

■ Courses and Lectures taught or delivered in the past

1.	Plant Physiology