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Publication list of RGP

  1. Sakai,H., Ikawa,H., Tanaka,T., Numa,H., Minami,H., Fujisawa,M., Shibata,M., Kurita,K., Kikuta,A., Hamada,M., Kanamori,H., Namiki,N., Wu,J., Itoh,T., Matsumoto,T. & Sasaki,T. (2011) Distinct evolutionary patterns of Oryza glaberrima deciphered by genome sequencing and comparative analysis Plant Journal published online
  2. Adachi,S., Tsuru,Y., Kondo,M., Yamamoto,T., Arai-Sanoh,A., Ando,T., Ookawa,T., Yano,M. & Hirasawa,T. (2010) Characterization of a rice variety with high hydraulic conductance and identification of the chromosome region responsible using chromosome segment substitution lines Annals of Botany 106: 803-811
  3. Mizuno,H., Kawahara,Y., Sakai,H., Kanamori,H., Wakimoto,H., Yamagata,H., Oono,Y., Wu,J., Ikawa,H., Itoh,T. & Matsumoto,T. (2010) Massive parallel sequencing of mRNA in identification of unannotated salinity stress-inducible transcripts in rice (Oryza sativa L.) BMC Genomics 11: 683
  4. Ookawa,T., Hobo,T., Yano,M., Murata,K., Ando,T., Miura,H., Asano,K., Ochiai,Y., Ikeda,M., Nishitani,R., Ebitani,T., Ozaki,H., Angeles,E.R., Hirasawa,T. & Matsuoka,M. (2010) New approach for rice improvement using a pleiotropic QTL gene for lodging resistance and yield Nature Communications 1: 132
  5. Hayashi,N., Inoue,H., Kato,T., Funao,T., Shirota,M., Shimizu,T., Kanamori,H., Yamane,H., Hayano-Saito,Y., Matsumoto,T., Yano,M. & Takatsuji,H. (2010) Durable panicle blast-resistance gene Pb1 encodes an atypical CC-NBS-LRR protein and was generated by acquiring a promoter through local genome duplication Plant Journal 64: 498-510
  6. Hribova,E., Neumann,P., Matsumoto,T., Roux,N., Macas,J. & Dolezel,J. (2010) Repetitive part of the banana (Musa acuminata) genome investigated by low-depth 454 sequencing. BMC Plant Biology 10: 204
  7. Ando,I., Sato,H., Aoki,N., Suzuki,Y., Hirabayashi,H., Kuroki,M., Shimizu,H., Ando,T. & Takeuchi,Y. (2010) Genetic analysis of the low-amylose characteristics of rice cultivars Oborozuki and Hokkai-PL9 Breeding Science 60: 187-194
  8. Ueno,D., Yamaji,N., Kono,I., Huang,C.F., Ando,T., Yano,M. & Ma,J.F. (2010) Gene limiting cadmium accumulation in rice Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci., Early Edition
  9. Kitagawa,K., Kurinami,S., Oki,K., Abe,Y., Ando,T., Kono,I., Yano,M., Kitano,H. & Iwasaki1,Y. (2010) A Novel Kinesin 13 Protein Regulating Rice Seed Length Plant Cell Physiol. 51: 1315-1329
  10. Baurens,F.C., Bocs,S., Rouard,M., Matsumoto,T., Miller,R.N., Rodier-Goud,M., MBeguie-A-MBeguie,D. & Yahiaoui,N. (2010) Mechanisms of haplotype divergence at the RGA08 nucleotide-binding leucine-rich repeat gene locus in wild banana (Musa balbisiana) BMC Plant Biology 10: 149
  11. Fujino,K., Wu,J., Sekiguchi,H., Ito,T., Izawa,T. & Matsumoto,M. (2010) Multiple introgression events surrounding the Hd1 flowering-time gene in cultivated rice, Oryza sativa L. Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 284: 137-146
  12. Itoh,H., Nonoue,Y., Yano,M., & Izawa,T. (2010) A pair of floral regulators sets critical day length for Hd3a florigen expression in rice Nature Genetics 42: 635-638
  13. Yamamoto,T., Nagasaki,H., Yonemaru,J., Ebana,K., Nakajima,M., Shibaya,T. & Yano,M. (2010) Fine definition of the pedigree haplotypes of closely related rice cultivars by means of genome-wide discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphisms BMC Genomics 11: 267
  14. Ogiso,E., Takahashi,Y., Sasaki,T., Yano, M. & Izawa,T. (2010) The Role of Casein Kinase II in Flowering Time Regulation Has Diversified during Evolution. Plant Physiol. 152: 808-820
  15. Yamamoto,E., Takashi,T., Morinaka,Y., Lin,S., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T., Kitano,H., Matsuoka,M. & Ashikari,M. (2010) Gain of deleterious function causes an autoimmune response and Bateson-Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibility in rice Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 283: 305-315
  16. Ashikawa,I., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T. & Ishikawa,R. (2010) Haplotype diversity and molecular evolution of the rice Pikm locus for blast resistance J.Gen.Plant Pathology 76: 37-42
  17. Yamagata,Y., Yamamoto,E., Aya,K., Win,K.T., Doi,K., Sobrizal, Ito,T., Kanamori,H., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T., Matsuoka,M., Ashikari,M. & Yoshimura,A. (2010) Mitochondrial gene in the nuclear genome induces reproductive barrier in rice. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci,U.S.A. 107: 1494-1499
  18. Nair,SK., Wang,N., Turuspekov,Y., Pourkheirandish,M., Sinsuwongwat,S., Chen,G., Sameri,M., Tagiri,A., Honda,I., Watanabe,Y., Kanamori,H., Wicker,T., Stein,N., Nagamura,Y., Matsumoto,T. & Komatsuda,T. (2009) Cleistogamous flowering in barley arises from the suppression of microRNA-guided HvAP2 mRNA cleavage. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 107: 490-495
  19. Saisho,D., Pourkheirandish,M., Kanamori,H., Matsumoto,T. & Komatsuda,T. (2009) Allelic variation of row type gene Vrs1 in barley and implication of the functional divergence Breeding Science 59: 621-628
  20. Wu,J., Fujisawa,M., Tian,Z., Yamagata,H., Kamiya,K., Shibata,M., Hosokawa,S., Ito,Y., Hamada,M., Katagiri,S., Kurita,K., Yamamoto,M., Kikuta,A., Machita,K., Karasawa,W., Kanamori,H., Namiki,N., Mizuno,H., Ma,J., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto T. (2009) Comparative analysis of complete orthologous centromeres from two subspecies of rice reveals rapid variation of centromere organization and structure Plant Journal 60: 805-819
  21. Takano-Kai,N., Jiang,H., Kubo,T., Sweeney,M., Matsumoto,T., Kanamori,H., Padhukasahasram,B., Bustamante,C., Yoshimura,A., Doi,K. & McCouch,S. (2009) Evolutionary History of GS3, a Gene Conferring Grain Length in Rice Genetics 182: 1323-1334
  22. Hattori,Y., Nagai,K., Furukawa,S., Song,XJ., Ritsuko Kawano,R., Sakakibara,H., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T., Yoshimura,A., Kitano,H., Matsuoka,M., Mori,H. & Ashikari,M. (2009) The ethylene response factors SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2 allow rice to adapt to deep water Nature 460: 1026-1030
  23. Fukuoka,S., Saka,N., Koga,H., Ono,K., Shimizu,T., Ebana,K., Hayashi,N., Akira Takahashi,A., Hirochika,H., Okuno,K. & Masahiro Yano,M. (2009) Loss of Function of a Proline-Containing Protein Confers Durable Disease Resistance in Rice Science 325: 998-1001
  24. Kuboyama,T., Saito,T., Matsumoto,T., Wu,J., Kanamori,H., Taura,S., Sato,M., Marubashi,W. & Ichitani,K. (2009) Fine Mapping of HWC2, a Complementary Hybrid Weakness Gene, and Haplotype Analysis Around the Locus in Rice Rice 2: 93-103
  25. Yonemaru,J., Ando,T., Mizubayashi,T., Kasuga,S., Matsumoto,T. & Yano,M. (2009) Development of Genome-wide Simple Sequence Repeat Markers Using Whole-genome Shotgun Sequences of Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench) DNA Research 16: 187-193
  26. Antonio,B.A. & Matsumoto,T. (2009) ¡ÈWhat if¡É Challenge of the Rice Biology in the ¡ÈNext-Generation¡É Sequencing Era Plant Genome 2: 3-4
  27. Miura,K., Wu,J., Sunohara,H., Wu,X., Matsumoto,T., Matsuoka,M., Ashikari,M. & Kitano,H. (2009) High-resolution mapping revealed a 1.3-Mbp genomic inversion in Ssi1, a dominant semidwarf gene in rice (Oryza sativa) Plant Breeding 128: 63-69
  28. Schulte,D., Close,T.J., Graner,A., Langridge,P., Matsumoto,T., Muehlbauer,G., Sato,K., Schulman,A.H., Waugh,R., Wise,R.P. & Stein,N. (2009) The International Barley Sequencing Consortium - At the Threshold of Efficient Access to the Barley Genome. Plant Physiology 149: 142-147
  29. Numa,H., Nishimura,M., Tanaka,T., Kanamori,H., Yang,C., Matsumoto,T., Nagamura,Y. & Itoh,T. (2009) Genome-wide validation of Magnaporthe grisea gene structures based on transcription evidence. FEBS Lett. 583: 797-800
  30. Sasaki,T. & Antonio,B.A. (2009) Sorghum in Sequence Nature 457: 547-548 (News and Views)
  31. Ishikawa,G., Nakamura,T., Ashida,T., Saito,M., Nasuda,S., Endo,T.R., Wu,J. & Matsumoto,T. (2009) Localization of anchor loci representing five hundred annotated rice genes to wheat chromosomes using PLUG markers Theor.Appl.Genet. 118 :499-514
  32. Yamane,H., Ito,T., Ishikubo,H., Fujisawa,M., Yamagata,H., Kamiya,K., Ito,Y., Hamada,M., Kanamori,H., Ikawa,H., Katayose,Y., Wu,J., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto,T. (2009) Molecular and Evolutionary Analysis of the Hd6 Photoperiod Sensitivity Gene Within Genus Oryza Rice 2: 56-66
  33. Ashikawa,I., Hayashi,N., Yamane,H., Kanamori,H., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T., Ono,K. & Yano,M. (2008) Two Adjacent NBS-LRR Class Genes are Required to Confer Pikm-specific Rice Blast Resistance Genetics 180: 2267-2276
  34. Meier,S., Gehring,C., MacPherson,C.R., Kaur,M., Maqungo,M., Reuben,S., Muyanga,S., Shih,M., Wei,F., Wanchana,S., Mauleon,R., Radovanovic,A., Bruskiewich,R., Tanaka,T., Mohanty,B., Itoh,T., Wing,R., Gojobori,T., Sasaki,T., Swarup,S., Hsing,Y. & Bajic,V.B. (2008) The Promoter Signatures in Rice LEA Genes Can Be Used to Build a Co-expressing LEA Gene Network Rice 1: 177-187
  35. Wu,J., Mizuno,H., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto,T. (2008) Comparative Analysis of Rice Genome Sequence to Understand the Molecular Basis of Genome Evolution Rice 1: 119-126 (Review)
  36. Wicker,T., Krattinger,S., Lagudah,E.S., Komatsuda,T., Pourkheirandish,M., Matsumoto,T., Cloutier,S., Reiser,L., Kanamori,H., Sato,K., Perovic,D., Stein,N. & Keller,B. (2008) Analysis of intraspecies diversity in wheat and barley genomes identifies breakpoints of ancient haplotypes and provides insight in the structure of diploid and hexaploid Triticeae gene pools Plant Physiology (Review)
  37. Mizuno,M., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto,T. (2008) Characterization of internal structure of the nucleolar organizing region in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Cytogenet Genome Res 121: 282-285
  38. Fujino,K., Sekiguchi,H., Matsuda,Y., Sugimoto,K., Ono,K. & Yano,M. (2008) Molecular identification of a major quantitative trait locus, qLTG3-1, controlling low-temperature germinability in rice Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 105: 12623-12628
  39. Sasaki,T. & Antonio,B.A. (2008) The High-Quality Rice Genome Sequence and Its Impact on Cereal Genomics (review). In "Rice Improvement in the Genomics Era", CRC Press, pp.1-14, ed. Datta,S.K. [CRC Press] [Amazon]
  40. Shomura,A., Izawa,T., Ebana,K., Ebitani,T., Kanegae,H., Konishi,S. & Yano,M. (2008) Deletion in a gene associated with grain size increased yields during rice domestication Nature Genetics 40: 1023-1028
  41. Matsumoto,T., Wu,J., Antonio,B.A. & Sasaki,T. (2008) Development in Rice Genome Research Based on Accurate Genome Sequence International Journal of Plant Genomics 2008: 9
  42. Sasaki,T. (2008) The Rice Genome Structure as a Trail from the Past to Beyond (review). In¡ÉPlant Genome, vol.4 of Genome Dynamics¡É Karger, pp.131-142, ed. by Volff,J.-N.
  43. Gayral,P., Noa-Carrazana,JC., Lescot,M., Lheureux,F., Lockhart,BE., Matsumoto,T., Piffanelli,P., Iskra-Caruana, ML. (2008) A single Banana streak virus integration event in the banana genome as the origin of infectious endogenous pararetrovirus (EPRV) J Virol. 2008 Apr 16 [published online ahead of print]
  44. Mizuno,H., Wu,J., Katayose,Y., Kanamori,H., Sasaki,T., Matsumoto,T. (2008) Characterization of chromosome ends on the basis of the structure of TrsA subtelomeric repeats in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Molecular Genetics and Genomics. 280: 19-24
  45. Lescot,M., Piffanelli,P., Ciampi,A.Y., Ruiz,M., Blanc,G., Leebens-Mack,J., da,Silva,F.R., Santos,C.M., D'Hont,A., Garsmeur,O., Vilarinhos,A.D., Kanamori,H., Matsumoto,T., Ronning,C.M., Cheung,F., Haas,B.J., Althoff,R., Arbogast,T., Hine,E., Pappas,G.J.,Jr, Sasaki,T., Souza,M.T.,Jr, Miller,R.N., Glaszmann,J.C. & Town,C.D. (2008) Insights into the Musa genome: syntenic relationships to rice and between Musa species. BMC Genomics 9: 58
  46. Taketa,S., Amano,A., Tsujino,Y., Sato,T., Saisho,D., Kakeda,K., Nomura,M., Suzuki,T., Matsumoto,T., Sato,K., Kanamori,H., Kawasaki,S. & Takeda,K. (2008) Barley grain with adhering hulls is controlled by an ERF family transcription factor gene regulating a lipid biosynthesis pathway Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 105: 4062-4067
  47. Ando,T., Yamamoto,T., Shimizu,T., Ma,X.F., Shomura,A., Takeuchi,Y., Lin,S.Y. & Yano,M. (2008) Genetic dissection and pyramiding of quantitative traits for panicle architecture by using chromosomal segment substitution lines in rice Theor.Appl.Genet. 116: 881-890
  48. Nonoue,Y., Fujino,K., Hirayama,Y., Yamanouchi,U., Lin,S.Y. & Yano,M. (2008) Detection of quantitative trait loci controlling extremely early heading in rice Theor.Appl.Genet. 116: 715-722
  49. Mizuno,H., Wu,J., Katayose,Y., Kanamori,H., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto,T. (2008) Chromosome-Specific Distribution of Nucleotide Substitutions in Telomeric Repeats of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Mol.Biol.Evol.25: 62-68
  50. Roux,N., Baurens,F.-C., Dolezel,J., Hribovd,E., Heslop-Harrison,P., Town,C., Sasaki,T., Matsumoto,T., Aert,R., Remy,S., Souza,M. & Lagoda,P. (2008) Genomics of Banana and Plantain (Musa spp.), Major Staple Crops in the Tropics. in "Genomics of Tropical Crop Plants" Springer, pp.83-111, eds. by Moore,P.H. & Ming,R. [Springer] [Amazon]
  51. Rice Annotation Project (2008) The Rice Annotation Project Database (RAP-DB): 2008 update Nucleic Acids Research 36: D1028-D1033
  52. Sasaki,T., Wu,J., Mizuno,H., Antonio,B.A. & Matsumoto,T. (2008) The Rice Genome Sequence as an Indispensable Tool for Crop Improvement. In ¡ÈRice Biology in the Genomics Era¡É Springer, pp.3-12, eds. by Hirano,H.-Y Hirai,A., Sano,Y. & Sasaki,T. [Springer] [Amazon]
  53. Yamamoto,T. & Yano,M. (2008) Detection and Molecular Cloning of Genes Underlying Quantitative Phenotypic Variations in Rice. In ¡ÈRice Biology in the Genomics Era¡É Springer, pp.295-308, eds. by Hirano,H.-Y.Hirai,A., Sano,Y. & Sasaki,T. [Springer] [Amazon]
  54. Xia,Z., Tsubokura,Y., Hoshi,M., Hanawa,M., Yano,C., Okamura,K., Ahmed,T.A., Anai,T., Watanabe,S., Hayashi,M., Kawai,T., Hossain,K.G., Masaki,H., Asai,K., Yamanaka,N., Kubo,N., Kadowaki,K.-I.,Nagamura,Y., Yano,M., Sasaki,T. & Harada,K. (2007) An Integrated High-Density Linkage Map of Soybean with RFLP, SSR, STS, And AFLP Markers Using A Single F2 Population. DNA Research 14: 257-269
  55. Yano,M. (2007) Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Quantitative Traits and Its Application in Rice Breeding (review in Japanese). IKUSHUGAKUKENKYU 9: 135-140
  56. Sasaki,T., Wu,J. & Matsumoto,T. (2007) Rice Genetics and Genomics Information as the Ultimate Tool for Rice Improvement (review). In ¡È Biotechnology and Sustainable Agriculture 2006 and Beyond. Proceedings of the 11th IAPTC&B Congress, August 13-18, 2006 Beijing, China¡É Springer,pp.475-485, eds. by Xu,Z., Li,J., Yue,Y. & Yang,W. [Springerlink.com] [Amazon]
  57. Sasaki,T., Matsumoto,T., Wu,J. & Namiki,N. (2007) The Complete Rice Genome Sequence: A GoldMine for Future Rice Research (review). In "Rice Genetics V, Proceedings of the Fifth International Rice Genetics Symposium" IRRI, pp.17-27,eds. by Brar,D.S., Mackill,D.J. & Hardy,B. [World Scientific] [Amazon]
  58. Takai,T., Nonoue,Y., Yamamoto,S., Yamanouchi,U., Matsubara,K., Liang Z.W., Lin H.X., Ono.N., Uga,Y. & Yano,M. (2007) Development of Chromosome Segment Substitution Lines Derived from Backcross between indica Donor Rice Cultivar 'Nona Bokra' and japonica Recipient Cultivar 'Koshihikari' Breeding Science 57: 257-261
  59. Takeuchi,Y., Nonoue,Y., Ebitani,T., Suzuki,K., Aoki,N., Sato,H., Ideta,O., Hirabayashi,H., Hirayama,M., Ohta,H., Nemoto,H., Kato,H., Ando,I., Ohtsubo,K., Yano,M. & Imbe,T. (2007) QTL Detection for Eating Quality Including Glossiness, Stickiness, Taste and Hardness of Cooked Rice Breeding Science 57: 231-242
  60. Ma,J.F., Yamaji,N., Mitani,N., Tamai,K., Konishi,S., Fujiwara,T., Katsuhara,M. & Yano,M. (2007) An efflux transporter of silicon in rice Nature 448: 209-212
  61. Zenbayashi-Sawata,K., Fukuoka,S., Katagiri,S., Fujisawa,M., Matsumoto,T., Ashizawa,T., Koizumi,S. (2007) Genetic and Physical Mapping of the Partial Resistance Gene, Pi34, to Blast in Rice Phytopathology 97: 598-602
  62. Uga,Y., Nonoue,Y., Liang Z.W., Lin H.X., Yamamoto,S., Yamanouchi,U. & Yano,M. (2007) Accumulation of additive effects generates a strong photoperiod sensitivity in the extremely late-heading rice cultivar ¡ÆNona Bokra Theor Appl Genet 114: 1457-1466
  63. Matsumoto,T., Wing, R.A., Han,B. & Sasaki,T. (2007) Rice Genome Sequence: The Foundation for Understanding the GeneticSystems (Review) Rice Functional Genomics, Challenges, Progress and Prospects. Upadhyaya, Narayana M. (Ed.) [Springer] [Amazon] pp.5-20(Chapter 2)
  64. Antonio, B.A., Buell, C.R., Yamazaki,Y., Yap,I., Perin, C. & Bruskiewich,R. (2007) Informatics Resources for Rice Functional Genomics (Review) Rice Functional Genomics, Challenges, Progress and Prospects. Upadhyaya, Narayana M. (Ed.) [Springer] [Amazon] pp 335-394(Chapter 14)
  65. Ashikari, M., Matsuoka,M. & Yano,M. (2007) Application of Functional Genomics Tools for Crop Improvement (Review) Rice Functional Genomics, Challenges, Progress and Prospects. Upadhyaya, Narayana M. (Ed.) [Springer] [Amazon] pp 411-428(Chapter 16)
  66. Mizuno,H., Ito,K., Wu,J., Tanaka,T., Kanamori,H., Katayose,Y., Sasaki,T. and Matsumoto,T. (2007) Identification and Mapping of Expressed Genes, Simple Sequence Repeats and Transposable Elements in Centromeric Regions of Rice Chromosomes DNA Research 13: 267-274
  67. Komatsuda,T., Pourkheirandish,M., He,C., Azhaguvel,P., Kanamori,H., Perovic,D., Stein,N., Graner,A., Wicker,T., Tagiri,A., Lundqvist,U., Fujimura,T., Matsuoka,M., Matsumoto,T. & Yano,M. (2007) Six-rowed barley originated from a mutation in a homeodomain-leucine zipper I-class homeobox gene Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 104: 1424-1429
  68. The Rice Annotation Project: Itoh,T., Tanaka,T., Barrero,R.A., Yamasaki,C., Fujii,Y., Hilton,P.B., Antonio,B.A., Aono,H., Apweiler,R., Bruskiewich,R., Bureau,T., Burr,F., de Oliveira,A.C., Fuks,G., Habara,T., Haberer,G., Han,B., Harada,E., Hiraki,A.T., Hirochika,H., Hoen,D., Hokari,H., Hosokawa,S., Hsing,Y., Ikawa,H., Ikeo,K., Imanishi,T., Ito,Y., Jaiswal,P., Kanno,M., Kawahara,Y., Kawamura,T., Kawashima,H., Khurana,J.P., Kikuchi,S., Komatsu,S., Koyanagi,K.O., Kubooka,H., Lieberherr,D., Lin,Y., Lonsdale,D., Matsumoto,T., Matsuya,A., McCombie,W.R., Messing,J., Miyao,A., Mulder,N., Nagamura,Y., Nam,J., Namiki,N., Numa,H., Nurimoto,S., O'Donovan,C., Ohyanagi,H., Okido,T., OOta,S., Osato,N., Palmer,L.E., Quetier,F., Raghuvanshi,S., Saichi,N., Sakai,H., Sakai,Y., Sakata,K., Sakurai,T., Sato,F., Sato,Y., Schoof,H., Seki,M., Shibata,M., Shimizu,Y., Shinozaki,K., Shinso,Y., Singh,K.N., Smith-White,B., Takeda,J., Tanino,M., Tatusova,T., Thongjuea,S., Todokoro,F., Tsugane,M., Tyagi,A.K., Vanavichit,A., Wang,A., Wing,R.A., Yamaguchi,K., Yamamoto,M., Yamamoto,N., Yu,Y., Zhang,H., Zhao,Q., Higo,K., Burr,B., Gojobori,T. & Sasaki,T. (2007) Curated genome annotation of Oryza sativa ssp. japonica and comparative genome analysis with Arabidopsis thaliana Genome Research 17: 175-183
  69. Taguchi-Shiobara,F., Yazaki,J., Ishikawa,M., Fujii,F., Shimbo,K., Shimatani,Z., Nagata,Y., Hashimoto,A., Ohta,T., Sato,Y., Honda,S., Yamamoto,K., Sakata,K., Sasaki,T., Kishimoto,N. & Kikuchi,S. (2006) A Microarray Analysis of Rice Near-Isogenic Lines That Cover QTLs Associated with Callus Proliferation. JARQ 40: 243-249
  70. Wasaki,J., Shinano,T., Onishi,K., Yonetani,R., Yazaki,J., Fujii,F., Shimbo,K., Ishikawa,M., Shimatani,Z., Nagata,Y., Hashimoto,A., Ohta,T., Sato,Y., Miyamoto,C., Honda,S., Kojima,K., Sasaki,T., Kishimoto,N., Kikuchi,S. & Osaki,M. (2006) Transcriptomic Analysis Indicates Putative Metabolic Changes Caused by manipulation of Phosphorous Availability in Rice Leaves. J.Exp.Botany 57: 2049-2059
  71. Takeuchi,Y., Ebitani,T., Yamamoto,T., Sato,H., Ohta,H., Hirabayashi,H., Kato,H., Ando,I., Nemoto,H., Imbe,T. & Yano,M. (2006) Development of Isogenic Lines of Rice Cultivar Koshihikari with Early and Late Heading by Marker-assisted Selection. Breeding Science 56: 405-413
  72. Takehisa,H., Ueda,T., Fukuta,Y., Obara,M., Abe,T., Yano,M., Yamaya,T., Kameya,T., Higashitani,A. & Sato,T. (2006) Epistatic Interaction of QTLs Controlling Leaf Bronzing in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Grown in a Saline Paddy Field Breeding Science 56: 287-293
  73. Subudhi, P.K., Sasaki,T. & Khush,G.S. (2006) Rice (Review) In Cereals and Millets. Series: Genome Mapping and Molecular Breeding in Plants, vol.1. Springer, pp.1-68 (chapter1), ed by Kole,C. [Springer] [Amazon]
  74. Antonio,B.A. & Sasaki,T. (2006) Characterization of the Completed Rice Genome Sequence and Scope of Its Utilization in Cereal Improvement (Review). Model Plants and Crop Improvement, pp.71-90 (chapter 4), eds by Varshney & Koebner,R.M.D., Tayler &Francis [Amazon]
  75. Sasaki.T. (2006) Rice in deep water Nature 442, 635-636 News and Views
  76. Tanaka,I., Kobayashi,A., Tomita,K., Takeuchi,Y., Yamagishi,M., Yano,M., Sasaki.T. & Horiuchi,H. (2006) Detection of Quantitative Trait Loci for Sticknessand Appearance Based on Eating Quality Test in japonica Rice Cultivar (in Japanese). Breeding Research 8: 39-47
  77. Fujisawa,M., Yamagata,H., Kamiya,K., Nakamura.M., Saji,S., Kanamori,H., Wu,J., Matsumoto,T. & Sasaki,T. (2006) Sequence Comparison of Distal and Proximal Ribosomal DNA Arrays in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Chromosome 9S and Analysis of Their Flanking Regions. Theor.Appl.Genet. 113: 419-428
  78. Matsumoto,T., Wu,J., Namiki,N., Kanamori,H., Fujisawa,M. & Sasaki,T. (2006) Completion of Rice Genome Sequencing - A Paradigm Shift of Rice Biology - (review) Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly (JARQ) 40: 99-105
  79. Konishi,S., Izawa,T., Lin,S.Y., Ebana,K., Fukuta,Y., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2006) An SNP Caused Loss of Seed Shattering During Rice Domestication. Science 312: 1392-1396
  80. Mizuno,H., Wu,J., Kanamori,H., Fujisawa,M., Namiki,N., Saji,S., Katagiri,S., Katayose,Y., Sasaki,T. & Matsumoto,T.(2006) Sequencing and Characterization of Telomere and Subtelomere Regions on Rice Chromosomes 1S, 2S, 2L, 6L, 7S, 7L and 8S. Plant Journal 46: 206-217
  81. Saka,N., Tsuji,T., Toyama,T., Yano,M., Izawa,T. & Sasaki,T. (2006) Development of Clevaed Amplified Polymorphic Sequence (CAPS) Markers Linked to a Green Rice Leafhopper Resistance Gene, Grh3(t). Plant Breeding 125: 140-143
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  172. Takeuchi,Y., Hayasaka,H., Chiba,B., Tanaka,I., Shimano,T., Yamagishi,M., Nagano,K., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M.(2001) Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Cool-Temperature Tolerance at Booting Stage in Temperate Japonica Rice. Breeding Science 51: 191-197
  173. Fuse,T., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2001) Ti-Plasmid Vectors Useful for Functional Analysis of Rice Genes. Plant Biotechnology 18: 219-222
  174. Kamolsukyunyong,W., Ruanjaichon,V., Siangliw,M., Kawasaki,S., Sasaki,T., Vanavichit,A. & Tragoonrung,S. (2001) Mapping of Quantitative Trait Locus Related to Submergence Tolerance in Rice with Aid of Chromosome Walking. DNA Research 8: 163-171
  175. Smilde,W.D., Haluskova,J., Sasaki,T. & Graner,A. (2001) New Evidence for the Synteny of Rice Chromosome 1 and Barley Chromosome 3H from Rice Expressed Sequence Tags. Genome 44: 361-367
  176. Takahashi,Y., Shomura,A., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2001) Hd6, A Rice Quantitative Trait Locus Involved in Photoperiod Sensitivity, Encodes the α Subunit of Protein Kinase CK2. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 98: 7922-7927
  177. Matsumoto,T., Wu,J., Baba,T., Katayose,Y., Yamamoto,K., Sakata,K., Yano,M. & Sasaki,T. (2001) Rice Genomics: Current Status of Genome Sequencing. 2001 Rice Biotechnology: Improving Yield, Stress, Tolerance and Grain Quality. (Novartis Foundation Symposium 236) Wiley, Chichester, pp.28-41
  178. Yamanaka,N., Ninomiya,S., Hoshi,M., Tsubokura,Y., Yano,M., Nagamura,Y., Sasaki,T. & Harada,K. (2001) An Informative Linkage Map of Soybean Reveals QTLs for Flowering Time, Leaflet Morphology and Regions of Segregation Distortion. DNA Research 8: 61-72
  179. Yamazaki,M., Tsugawa,H., Miyao,A., Yano,M., Wu,J., Yamamoto,S., Matsumoto,T., Sasaki,T. & Hirochika,H. (2001) The Rice Retrotransposon Tos17 Prefers Low-Copy-Number Sequences as Integration Targets. Mol.Genet.Genomics 265: 336-344
  180. Ishimaru,K., Yano,M., Aoki,N., Ono,K., Hirose,T., Lin,S.-Y., Monna,L., Sasaki,T. & Ohsugi,R. (2001) Toward the Mapping of Physiological and Agronomic Characters on a Rice Function Map: QTL Analysis and Comparison between QTLs and Expressed Sequence Tags. Theor.Appl.Genet. 102: 793-800
  181. Yamamoto,T., Taguchi-Shiobara,F., Ukai,Y., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2001) Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci for Days-to-Heading, and Culm, Panicle and Internode Length in a BC1F3 Population Using an Elite Rice Variety,Koshihikari, as the Recurrent Parent. Breeding Science 51: 63-71
  182. Sasaki,T. (2001) The Progress in Rice Genomics. Euphytica, 118: 103-111
  183. Yano,M. (2001) Genetic and Molecular Dissection of Naturally Occurring Variation Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 4: 130-135
  184. Saji,S., Umehara,Y., Antonio,B.A., Yamane,H., Tanoue,H., Baba,T., Aoki,H., Ishige,N., Wu,J., Koike,K., Matsumoto,T. & Sasaki,T. (2001) A Physical Map with Yeast Artificial Chromosome (YAC) Clones Covering 63% of the 12 Rice Chromosomes. Genome 44: 32-37
  185. Choi, Y.-J., Shomura,A., Sasaki,T., An,G., Chung,Y.-Y. (2000) Molecular Characterization of Anther-Preferential Gene from Rice. J.Plant Biology 4: 232-237
  186. Yazaki,J., Kishimoto,N., Nakamura,K., Fujii,F., Shimbo,K., Otsuka,Y., Wu,J., Yamamoto,K., Sakata,K., Sasaki,T. & Kikuchi,S. (2000) Embarking on Rice Functional Genomics via cDNA Microarray: Use of 3' UTR Probes for Specific Gene Expression Analysis. DNA Research 7: 367-370
  187. Yano,M., Katayose,Y., Ashikari,M., Yamanouchi,U., Monna,L., Fuse,T., Baba,T., Yamamoto,K., Umehara,Y., Nagamura,Y. & Sasaki,T. (2000) Hd1, a Major Photoperiod Sensitivity Quantitative Trait Locus in Rice, Is Closely Related to the Arabidopsis Flowering Time Gene CONSTANS. Plant Cell 12: 2473-2484
  188. Lin,H.X., Yamamoto,T., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2000) Characterization and Detection of Epistatic Interactions of 3 QTLs, Hd1, Hd2,and Hd3, Controlling Heading Date in Rice using Nearly Isogenic Lines. Theor.Appl.Genet. 101: 1021-1028
  189. Kono, I., Takeuchi,Y., Shimano,T., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2000) Comparison of Efficiency of Detecting Polymorphism among japonica Varieties in Rice using RFLP, RAPD, AFLP and SSR Markers (in Japanese). Breeding Research (Ikushugaku Kenkyu) 2: 197-203
  190. Domon,E., Kishimoto,N., Kikuchi,S., Yazaki,J., Sasaki,T., Sakata,K., Yamamoto,K. & Saito,A. (2000) Application of Principal Component Analysis to Gene Expression Profiling by cDNA Microarray in Rice Seminal Root under Low pH Condition (in Japanese) Breeding Reserach (Ikushugaku Kenkyu) 2: 189-195
  191. Sasaki,T. (2000) The Rice Genome Analysis: A New Paradigm of Genetics. Vortage fur Pflanzenzuchtung (100 Years of Genetics for Plant Breeding- Mendel, Meiosis, Marker) Heft 48, pp.264-277
  192. Sasaki,T. (2000) What is Expected in Rice Genomics Now and in the Future. New Frontiers of Science and Technology, pp.259-273, ed. by Leo Esaki, Universal Academy Press, Inc., Tokyo
  193. Kubo,N., Jordana,X., Ozawa,K., Zanlungo,S., Harada,K., Sasaki,T. & Kadowaki,K. (2000) Transfer of the Mitochondrial rps10 Gene to the Nucleus in Rice: Acquisition of the 5' Untranslated Region Followed by Gene Duplication. Mol.Gen.Genet., 263: 733-739
  194. Baba,T., Katagiri,S., Tanoue,H., Tanaka,R., Chiden,Y., Saji,S., Hamada,M., Nakashima,M., Okamoto,M., Hayashi,M., Yoshiki,S., Karasawa,W., Honda,M., Ichikawa,Y., Arita,K., Ikeno,M., Ohta,T., Umehara,Y., Matsumoto,T., de Jong,P.J., Sasaki,T. (2000) Construction and Characterization of Rice Genomic Libraries: PAC Library of Japonica Variety, Nipponbare and BAC Library of Indica Variety, Kasalath. Bulletin of the NIAR, 14: 41-49 Download PDF file (100kb)
  195. Yamanaka,N., Nagamura,Y., Tsubokura,Y., Yamamoto,K., Takahashi,R., Kouchi,H., Yano,M., Sasaki,T. & Harada,K. (2000) Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis of Flowering Time in Soybean Using a RFLP Linkage Map Breeding Science 50: 109-115
  196. Hiraga,S., Yamamoto,K., Ito,Y., Sasaki,K., Matsui,H., Honma,M., Nagamura,Y., Sasaki,T. & Ohashi,Y. (2000) Diverse Expression Profiles of 21 Rice Peroxidase Genes FEBS Letters 471: 245-250
  197. Nakazono,M., Imamura,T., Tsutsumi,N., Sasaki,T. & Hirai,A. (2000) Characterization of Two cDNA Clones Encoding Isozymes of the F1F0-ATPase Inhibitor Protein of Rice Mitochondria. Planta 210: 188-194
  198. Kanegae,H., Tahir,M., Savazzini,F., Yamamoto,K., Yano,M., Sasaki,T., Kanegae,T., Wada,M. & Takano,M. (2000) Rice NPH1 Homologues, OsNPH1a and OsNPH1b, Are Differently Photoregulated. Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 415-423
  199. Sasaki,T. & Burr,B. (2000) International Rice Genome Sequencing Project: The Effort To Completely Sequence the Rice Genome. Current Opinion in Plant Biology, 3: 138-141
  200. Gustafson,J.P. & Yano,M. (2000) Genetic Mapping of Hypervariable Minisatellite Sequences in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Theor.Appl. Genet., 100: 447-453
  201. Kojima,M., Hihara,M., Koyama,S.-i, Shioiri,H., Nozue,M., Yamamoto,K. & Sasaki,T. (2000) Buckwheat Transformed with cDNA of a Rice MADS Box Gene Is Stimulated in Branching. Plant Biotechnology 17: 35-42
  202. Yamamoto,T., Lin,H., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (2000) Identification of Heading Date Quantitative Trait Locus Hd6 and Characterization of its Epistatic Interactions with Hd2 in Rice using Advanced Backcross Progeny Genetics 154: 885-891
  203. Sakata,K., Antonio,B.A., Mukai,Y., Nagasaki,H., Sakai,Y., Makino,K. &Sasaki,T. (2000) INE: A Rice Genome Database with an Integrated Map View Nucleic Acids Res, 28: 97-102
  204. Han,F., Kilian,A., Chen,J.P., Kudrna,D., Steffenson,B., Yamamoto,K., Matsumoto,T., Sasaki,T. & Kleinhofs,A. (1999) Sequence Analysis of a Rice BAC Covering the Syntenous Barley Rpg1 Region. Genome 42: 1071-1076
  205. Devos,K.M., Beales,J., Nagamura,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1999) Arabidopsis-Rice: Will Colinearlity Allow Gene Prediction Across the Eudicot-Monocot Divide? Genome Reserach, 9: 825-829
  206. Sasaki,T. (1999) Rice Genomics for Agro-innovation AgBiotech Net 1999, Vol1 October
  207. Sasaki,T. (1999) Rice Genome Research in Japan as a Frontrunner in Crop Genomics. Science & Technology in Japan 18: 18-21
  208. Ashikari,M., Wu,J., Yano,M., Sasaki,T. & Yoshimura,A. (1999) Rice Gibberellin-Insensitive Dwarf Mutant Gene Dwarf 1 Encodes the Alpha-Subunit of GTP-Binding Protein. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci., 96: 10284-10289
  209. Fujisawa,Y., Kato,T., Ohki,S., Ishikawa,A., Kitano,H., Sasaki,T., Asahi,T. &Iwasaki,Y. (1999) Suppression of the Heterotrimeric G Protein Causes Abnormal Morphology, Including Dwarfism, in Rice. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci., 96: 7575-7580
  210. Sasaki,T. (1999) The Rice Genome Project Pesticide Outlook 10: 114-116
  211. Wang,Z.-X., Yano,M., Yamanouchi,U., Iwamoto,M., Monna,L., Hayasaka,H., Katayose,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1999) The Pib Gene for Rice Blast Resistance Belongs to the Nucleotide Binding and Leucine-Rich Repeat Class of Plant Disease Resistance Genes. Plant J., 19: 55-64
  212. Ashikawa, I., Kurata, N., Saji, S., Umehara, Y. & Sasaki, T. (1999) Application of Restriction Fragment Fingerprinting with a Rice Microsatellite Sequence to Assembling Rice YAC Clones. Genome, 42: 330-337
  213. Shinozuka, Y., Kojima,S., Shomura,A., Ichimura,H., Yano,M., Yamamoto,K. & Sasaki,T. (1999) Isolation and Characterization of Rice MADS Box Gene Homologues and Their RFLP Mapping. DNA Research, 6: 123-129
  214. Sanchez, A.C., Ilag,L.L., Yang,D., Brar,B., Ausubel,F., Khush,G., Yano,M., Sasaki,T., Li,Z. & Huang,N. (1999) Genetic and Physical Mapping of xa13, A Recessive Bacterial Blight Resistance Gene in Rice. Theor.Appl.Genet., 98: 1022-1028
  215. Leister,D., Kurth,J., Laurie,D., Yano,M., Sasaki,T., Graner,A. & Schulze-Lefert,P. (1999) RFLP- and Physical Mapping of Resistance Gene Homologues in Rice (O.sativa) and Barley (H.vulgare). Theor.Appl.Genet. 98: 509-520
  216. Yamagishi,M., Otani,M., Higashi,M., Fukuta,Y., Fukui,K., Yano,M. & Shimata,T. (1998) Chromosomal regions controlling anther culturability in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Euphytica, 103: 227-234
  217. Tamura,K., Nomura,K., Ohshima,I., Namai,H., Yano,M., Sasaki,T. & Kikuchi,F. (1998) Identification of Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism Markers Tightly Linked to A Major Photoperiod Sensitivity Gene, Se-1, and to A Blast Resistance Gene, Pi-Zt, in Rice. SABRAO J. Breeding & Genetics:30, 61-67
  218. Sasaki,T. (1998) Current Status of and Future Prospects for Genome Analysis in Rice. Molecular Biology of Rice pp.3-16, ed by Ko Shimamoto, Springer.
  219. Wu,J., Kurata,N., Tanoue,H., Shimokawa,T., Umehara,Y., Yano,M. & Sasaki,T. (1998) Physical Mapping of Duplicated Regions of Two Chromosome Ends in Rice. Genetics, 150: 1595-1603
  220. Wissuwa,M., Yano,M. & Ae,N. (1998) Mapping of QTLs for Phosphorus Deficiency Tolerance in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Theor. Appl.Genet. 97: 777-783
  221. Lahaye,T., Hartmann,S., Topsch,S., Freialdeenhoven,A., Yano,M. & Schulze-Lefert,P. (1998) High-Resolution Genetic and Physical Mapping of the Rar1 Locus in Barley. Theor.Appl.Genet. 97: 526-534
  222. Rajyashri,K.R., Nair,S., Ohmido,N., Fukui,K., Kurata,N., Sasaki,T. & Mohan,M. (1998) Isolation and FISH Mapping of Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs) Encompassing an Allele of the Gm2 Gene for Gall Midge Resiatance in Rice. Theor.Appl.Genet. 97: 507-514
  223. Yanagawa,Y., Ueda,T., Yamamoto,K., Sasaki,T., Tanaka,K., Hashimoto,J., Sato,T. & Nakagawa,H. (1998) Cloning and Sequencing of cDNA from Oryza sativa Encoding a Homolog to Non-ATPase Subunit, MBP1, of 26S Proteasome in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Biotechnology, 15: 147-150
  224. Gallego,F., Feuillet,C., Messmer,M., Penger,A., Graner,A., Yano,M., Sasaki,.T. & Keller,B. (1998) Comparative Mapping of the Two Wheat Leaf Rust resistance Loci Lr1 and Lr10 in Rice and Barley. Genome, 41: 328-336
  225. Han,F., Kleinhofs,A., Ullrich,S.E., Kilian,A., Yano,M. and Sasaki,T. (1998) Synteny with Rice: Analysis of Barley Malting Quality QTLs and rpg4 Chromosome Regions. Genome, 41, 373-380
  226. Yamamoto,T., Kuboki,Y., Lin,S.Y., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (1998) Fine Mapping of Quantitative Trait Loci Hd-1, Hd-2 and Hd-3, Controlling Heading Date of Rice, as Single Mendelian Factors. Theor.Appl.Genet. , 97: 37-44
  227. Sarma, R.N., Gill,B.S., Sasaki,T., Galiba,G., Sutka,J., Laurie,D.A. & Snape,J.W. (1998) Comparative Mapping of the Wheat Chromosome 5A Vrn-A1 Region with Rice and its Relationships to QTL for Flowering Time. Theor.Appl.Genet. , 97: 103-109
  228. Lin,S.Y., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (1998) Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Seed Dormancy and Heading Date in Rice, Oryza sativa L., using Backcross Inbred Lines. Theor.Appl.Genet. , 96: 997-1003
  229. Song,J., Yamamoto,K., Shomura,A., Itadani,H., Zhong,H.S., Yano,M. & Sasaki,T. (1998) Isolation and Mapping of a Family of Putative Zinc-finger Protein cDNAs from Rice. DNA Research, 5: 95-101
  230. Sasaki,T. (1998) The Rice Genome Project in Japan. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 95: 2027-2028
  231. Devos,K.M., Wang,Z.M., Beales,J., Sasaki,T. & Gale,M. (1998) Comparative Genetic Maps of Foxtail Millet (Setaria italica) and Rice (Oryza sativa). Theor Appl Genet 96: 63-68
  232. Yoshimura,S., Yamanouchi,U., Katayose,Y., Toki,S., Wang,Z.X., Kono,I., Kurata,N., Yano,M., Iwata,N., & Sasaki,T. (1998) Expression of Xa1, a bacterial blight-resistance gene in rice, is induced by bacterial inoculation. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 95: 1663-1668
  233. Harushima,Y., Yano,M., Shomura,A., Sato,M., Shimano,T., Kuboki,Y.,Yamamoto,T., Lin,S.Y., Antonio,B.A., Parco,A., Kajiya,H., Huang,N., Yamamoto,K., Nagamura,Y., Kurata,N., Khush,G.S. & Sasaki,T. (1998) A High-Density Rice Genetic Linkage Map with 2275 Markers Using a Single F2 Population. Genetics 148: 479-494
  234. Leister,D., Kurth,J., Laurie,D.A., Yano,M., Sasaki,T., Devos,K., Graner,A. & Schulze-Lefert,P. (1998) Rapid Reorganization of Resistance Gene Homologues in Cereal Genomes. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.U.S.A. 95: 370-375
  235. Xiong,L., Liu,K.D., Dai,X.K., Wang,S.W., Xu,C.G., Zang,D.P., Maroof.M.A.S., Sasaki,T. & Zhang,Q. (1997) A High Density RFLP Map Based on the F2 Population of a Cross between Oryza sativa and O. rufipogon Using Cornell and RGP Markers. Rice Genet, Newsletter 14: 110-116
  236. Nagasaki,H., Yamamoto,K., Shomura,A., Koga-Ban,Y., Takasuga,A., Yano,M., Minobe,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Rice Class III Chitinase Homologues Isolated by Random Cloning of Rice cDNAs. DNA Research 4: 379-385
  237. Nakazaki,T., Tomimoto,Y., Ikehashi,H., Kowyama,Y., Yano,M., Yamamoto,K. & Sasaki,T. (1997) A Novel Chitinase in Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Detected from Husk Proteins and its Gene Locus. Breeding Science 47: 363-369
  238. Yano,M., Harushima,Y., Nagamura,Y., Kurata,N., Minobe,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Identification of Quantitative Trait Loci Controlling Heading Date in Rice using a High-Density Linkage Map. Theor.Appl.Genet. 95: 1025-1032
  239. Taguchi-Shiobara F, Lin S.-Y, Tanno K, Komatsuda T, Yano M, Sasaki T, Oka S. (1997) Mapping Quantitative Trait Loci Associated with Regeneration Ability of Seed Callus in Rice, Oryza sativa L. Theor Appl Genet 95: 828-833
  240. Foote,T., Roberts,M., Kurata,N., Sasaki,T. & Moore,G. (1997) Detailed Comparative Mapping of Cereal Chromosome Regions Corresponding to the Ph1 Locus in Wheat Genetics 147: 801-807
  241. Nagamura,Y., Antonio,B.A. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Rice Molecular Genetic Map using RFLPs and its Application. Plant Mol.Biol., 35: 79-87
  242. Kurata,N., Umehara,Y., Tanoue,H. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Physical Mapping of the Rice Genome with YAC Clones. Plant Mol.Biol., 35: 101-113
  243. Yamamoto,K. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Large-scale EST Sequencing in Rice. Plant Mol.Biol., 35: 135-144
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  245. Zhong,B., Karibe,H., Komatsu,S., Ichimura,H., Nagamura,Y., Sasaki,T. & Hirano,H. (1997) Screening of Rice Genes from a cDNA Catalog Based on the Sequence Data-file of Proteins Separated by Two-dimensional Electrophoresis. Breeding Science 47: 245-251
  246. Umehara,Y., Kurata,N., Ashikawa,I. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Yeast Artificial Chromosome Clones of Rice Chromosome 2 Ordered using DNA Markers. DNA Research, 4: 127-131
  247. Tanoue, H., Shimokawa,T., Wu,J., Sue,N., Umehara,Y., Ashikawa,I., Kurata,N. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Ordered YAC Clone Contigs Assigned to Rice Chromosomes 3 and 11. DNA Research, 4: 133-140
  248. Yamamoto,T., Sasaki,T. & Yano,M. (1997) Genetic Analysis of Spreading Stub using indica/japonica Rice Backcrossed Progenies. Breeding Science, 47: 141-144
  249. Koike,K., Yoshino,K., Sue,N., Umehara,Y., Ashikawa,I., Kurata,N. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Physical Mapping of Rice Chromosome 4 and 7 Using YAC Clones. DNA Research, 4, 27-33
  250. Monna,L., Miyao,A., Zhong,H.S., Yano,M.,Iwamoto,M., Umehara,Y., Kurata,N., Hayasaka,H. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Saturation Mapping with Subclones of YACs: DNA Marker Production Targeting the Rice Blast Disease Resistance Gene, Pi-b. Theor. Appl. Genet. 94: 170-176
  251. Mohan,M., Nair,S., Bhagwat,A., Krishna,T.G., Yano,M., Bhatia,C.R. & Sasaki,T. (1997) Genome Mapping, Molecular Markers and Marker-Assisyedselection in Crop Plants. Mol.Breeding, 3, 87-103
  252. Itadani,H., Yamamoto,K. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Partial Sequences of Rice cDNAs Putatively Identified as Encoding Protein Kinases. Rice Genet.Newsletter:13, 150-154
  253. Hamada, M., Yamamoto,K., Sasaki,T. & Hino,T. (1996) cDNA sequence of a Novel Rice Serine/Threonine Protein Kinase. Rice Genet. Newsletter:13, 154-157
  254. Van Houten, W., Kurata,N., Umehara,Y., Sasaki,T. & Minobe,Y. (1996) Generation of a YAC Contig Encompassing the Extra Glume Gene, eg, in Rice. Genome 39: 1072-1077
  255. Antonio,B.A., Emoto,M., Wu,J., Umehara,Y., Kurata,N. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Physical Mapping of Rice Chromosome 8 and 9 with YAC Clones. DNA Research, 3, 393-400
  256. Shimokawa,T., Kurata,N., Wu,J., Umehara,Y., Ashikawa,I. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Assignment of YAC Clones Spanning Rice Chromosomes 10 and 12. DNA Research, 3, 401-406
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  258. Wang,Z.-X., Idonuma,A., Umehara,Y., Van Houten,W., Ashikawa,I., Minobe,Y., Kurata,N. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Physical Mapping of Rice Chromosome 1 with Yeast Artificial Chromosomes (YACs). DNA Research, 3, 291-296
  259. Saji,S., Umehara,Y., Kurata,N., Ashikawa,I. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Construction of YAC Contigs on Rice Chromosome 5. DNA Research, 3, 297-302
  260. Song,J., Yamamoto,K., Shomura,A., Yano,M., Minobe,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Characterization and Mapping of cDNA Encoding Aspartate Aminotransferase in Rice, Oryza sativa L. DNA Research, 3, 303-310
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  262. Antonio,B.A., Inoue,T., Kajiya,H., Nagamura,Y., Kurata,N., Minobe,Y., Yano,M., Nakagahra,M. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Comparison of Genetic Distance and Order of DNA Markers in Five Populations of Rice. Genome, 39, 946-956
  263. Miyao,A., Zhong,H.S., Monna,L., Yano,M., Yamamoto,K., Havukkala,I., Minobe,Y. & Sasaki,T. (1996) Charactrization and Genetic Mapping of Simple Sequence Repeats in the Rice Genome. DNA Research, 3, 233-238
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