Publication

2020~

  • Niu Y, Ge Z, Ito H. Regulatory mechanism of heat-active retrotransposons by the SET domain protein SUVH2. Front. Plant Sci. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2024.1355626 (2024)
  • Niu Y, Chen L, Kato A, Ito H. Regulatory mechanism of a heat-activated retrotransposon by DDR complex in Arabidopsis thaliana. Front. Plant Sci. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2022.1048957 (2022)
  • Ito H. Environmental stress and transposons in plants. Genes Genet. Syst. 97:169-175 (2022).
  • Nozawa K, Masuda S, Saze H, Ikeda Y, Suzuki T, Takagi H, Tanaka K, Ohama N, Niu X, Kato A, Ito H. Epigenetic regulation of ecotype-specific expression of the heat-activated transposon ONSEN. Front. Plant Sci. DOI 10.3389/fpls.2022.899105 (2022)
  • Meng Y, Ma X, Li J, Ito H, Oracz K, Cai J, ShaoC. The novel activity of Argonautes in intron splicing: A transcriptome-wide survey in plants. Journal of Plant Physiology 270:153632 (2022)
  • Nozawa K, Chen J, Jiang J, Leichter SM, Yamada M, Suzuki T, Liu F, Ito H, Zhong X. DNA methyltransferase CHROMOMETHYLASE3 prevents ONSEN transposon silencing under heat stress. PLoS Genet 17(8):e1009710 (2021)
  • Takehira K, Hayashi Y, Nozawa K, Chen L, Suzuki T, Masuta Y, Kato A, Ito H. DRD1, a SWI/SNF-like chromatin remodeling protein, regulates a heat-activated transposon in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet. Syst. 96:151-158 (2021)
  • Ito H. How to activate heat-responsible retrotransposon ONSEN in Brassicaceae species. Methods Mol. Biol. 2250;189-194 (2021)
  • Hayashi Y, Takehira K, Nozawa K, Suzuki M, Masuta Y, Kato A, Ito H. ONSEN showed different transposition activities in mutants in RdDM pathway. Genes Genet. Syst. 95:183-190 (2020)
  • Boonjing P, Masuta Y, Nozawa K, Kato A, Ito H. The effect of zebularine on the heat-activated retrotransposon ONSEN in Arabidopsis thaliana and Vigna angularis. Genes Genet. Syst. 95:165-172 (2020)
  • Ma X, Yin X, Tang Z, Ito H, Shao C, Meng Y. The RNA degradome: a precious resource for deciphering RNA processing and regulation codes in plants. RNA Biology.  DOI: 10.1080/15476286.2020.1757898 (2020)

2010~2019

  • Yu D, Lu J, Shao W, Ma X, Xie T, Ito H, Wang T, Xu M, Wang H, Meng Y. MepmiRDB: a medicinal plant microRN database. Database. pii: baz070. doi: 10.1093/database/baz070.(2019)
  • Yu D, Zuo Z, Shao W, Ma X, Ito H, Wang H, Meng Y. Deciphering the non-coding RNA-level response to arsenic stress in rice (Oryza sativa). Plant Signal Behav. 14(9):1629268 (2019)
  • Yu D, Wan Y, Ito H, Ma X, Xie T, Wang T, Shao C and Meng Y. PmiRDiscVali: an integrated pipeline for plant microRNA discovery and validation. BMC Genomics. 20:133 (2019)
  • Yu D, Xu M,  Ito H, Shao W, Ma X, Wang H, Meng Y. Tracking microRNA processing signals by degradome sequencing data analysis. Frontiers in Genetics. 14;9:546 (2018)
  • Masuta Y, Kawabe A, Nozawa K, Naito K, Kato A, Ito H. Characterization of a heat-activated retrotransposon in Vigna angularis. Breeding Science. 68: 168-176 (2018)
  • Nozawa K, Kawagishi Y, Kawabe A, Sato M, Masuta Y, Kato A, Ito H. Epigenetic regulation of a heat-activated retrotransposon in Cruciferous Vegetables . Epigenomes. 1:7 (2017)
  • Masuta Y, Nozawa K, Takagi H, Yaegashi H, Tanaka K, Ito T, Saito H, Kobayashi H, Matsunaga W, Masuda S, Kato A, Ito H. Inducible Transposition of a Heat-Activated Retrotransposon in Tissue Culture. Plant & Cell Physiology. 58:375-384 (2017)
  • Masuda S, Nozawa K, Matsunaga W, Masuta Y, Kawabe A, Kato A, Ito H. Characterization of a heat-activated retrotransposon in natural accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet. Syst. 91:293-299 (2016).
  • Ito H, Kim JM, Matsunaga W, Saze H, Matsui A, Endo TA, Harukawa Y, Takagi H, Yaegashi H, Masuta Y, Masuda S, Ishida J, Tanaka M, Takahashi S, Morosawa T, Toyoda T, Kakutani T, Kato A, Seki M. A stress-Activated Transposon in Arabidopsis Induces transgenerational Abscisic Acid Insensitivity. Scientific Reports. doi:10.1038/srep23181 (2016).
  • Kato H, Komeda Y, Saito T, Ito H, Kato A. Role of the ACL2 locus in flower stalk elongation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet. Syst.  June;90(3)163-174 (2015).
  • Shida T, Fukuda A, Saito T, Ito H, Kato A. AtRBP1, which encodes an RNA-binding protein containing RNA-recognition motifs, regulates root growth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol Bioch. 92: 62-70 (2015).
  • Matsunaga W, Ohama N, Tanabe N, Masuta Y, Masuda S, Mitani-Umeno N, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Ma JF, Kato A, Ito H. A small RNA mediated regulation of a stress-activated retrotransposon and the tissue specific transposition during the reproductive period in Arabidopsis. Front. Plant Sci.  http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00048 (2015).
  • Ito H, Kakutani T. Control of transposable elements in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosome res. 22:217-223 (2014).
  • Yamada M, Yamagishi Y, Akaoka M, Ito H, Kato A. Genomic localization of AtRE1 and AtRE2, copia-type retrotransposons, in natural variants of Arabidopsis thaliana. Mol Genet Genomics. 289: 821-835 (2014)
  • Kato H, Saito T, Ito H, Komeda Y, Kato A. Overexpression of the TIR-X gene results in a dwarf phenotype and activation of defense-related gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. Journal of Plant Physiology. 171: 382-388 (2014).
  • Ito H. Small RNAs and regulation of transposons in plants. Genes Genet. Syst. 88: 3-7 (2013).
  • Ito H, Yoshida T, Tsukahara S, Kawabe A. Evolution of the ONSEN retrotransposon family activated upon heat stress in Brassicaceae. Gene. 518: 256-261 (2013).
  • Matsunaga W, Kobayashi A, Kato A, Ito H. The effects of heat induction and the siRNA biogenesis pathway on the transgenerational transposition of ONSEN, a copia-like retratransposon in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant & Cell Physiology. 53: 824-833 (2012).
  • K. Motohashi, N. Morita, A. Kato and T. Saito: Identification of des-methyl-DIF-1 methyltransferase in Dictyosterium purpureum. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 76:120183-1-5 (2012).
  • Ito H. Small RNAs and transposon silencing in plants. Development, Growth & Differentiation. 54: 100-107 (2012).
  • H. Kato, T. Shida, Y. Komeda, T. Saito and A. Kato: Overexpression of the activated disease resistance 1-like1 (ADR1-L1) gene results in a dwarf phenotype and activation of defense-related gene expression in Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Plant Biol. 54:172-179 (2011).
  • Ito H, Gaubert H, Bucher E, Mirouze M, Vaillant I, Paszkowski J: An siRNA pathway prevents transgenerational retrotransposition in plants subjected to stress. Nature. 472: 115-119 (2011).
  • Ochiai H, Takeda K, Fukuzawa M, Kato A, Takiya S, Ohmachi T. Protein kinase B gene homologue pkbR1 performs one of its roles at first finger stage of Dictyostelium. Eukaryot Cell. 10: 512-520 (2011).
  • Kato H, Motomura T, Komeda Y, Saito T, Kato A. Overexpression of the NAC transcription factor family gene ANAC036 results in a dwarf phenotype in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Physiol. 167: 571-577 (2010).
  • M. Terauchi, A. Kato, C. Nagasato, T. Motomura . Analysis of expressed sequence tags from the chrysophycean alga Ochromonas danica (Heterokontophyta). Phycol. Res. 58:217-221 (2010).

2000~2009

  • A.Kato, H.Kato, T.Shida, T.Saito (2009) Evolutinary process of the genomic sequence around the 100 map unit of chromosome 1 in Arabidopsis thaliana. J Plant Biology 52:616-624
  • T. Saito, A.Kato, RR.Kay (2008) DIF-1 induces the basal disc of the Dictyostelium fruiting body. Developmental Biology 317:444-453.
  • T. Yamagishi, T. Motomura, C. Nagasato, A. Kato, H. Kawai: A tubular mastigoneme-related protein, ocm1, isolated from the flagellum of a chromophyte alga, Ochromonas danica. J of phycology 42: 519-527 (2007)
  • M.B. Austin, T. Saito, M.E. Bowman, S. Haydock, A. Kato, BS. Moore, RR. Kay, JP. Noel: Biosynthesis of Dictyostelium differentiation inducing factor by a hybrid type I fatty acid-type III polyketide synthase Nature Chemical Biology 2: 494-502 (2006)
  • T. Saito; G. Taylor; Ji-C.Yang; D. Neuhaus; D. Stetsenko; A. Kato, Robert R Kay: Identification of new differentiation inducing factors from Dictyostelium discoideum BBA – General Subjects 1760: 754-761 (2006)
  • C. Uemori, C. Nagasato, A. Kato and T. Motomura：Ultrastructure and immunocytological studies on the rhizoplast in the chrysophcean alga Ochromonus danica. Phyco. Res. 54: 133-139 (2006)
  • A. Kato, M. Endo, H. kato and T. Saito: The antisense promoter of AtRE1, a retrotransposon in Arabidopsis thaliana, is activated in pollens and calluses. Plant Sci. 168: 981-986 (2005).
  • T. Saito, A. kato, H. ochiai and N. Morita: Temperatrure adaptation in Dictyostelium: role of D5 fatty acid desaturase. Microbiology 151: 113-119 (2005)
  • C. Nagasato, C. Uemori, A. Kato and T. Motomura: Characterization of centrin genes from Ochromonus danica (Chrysophyceae) and Scytosiphon lomentaria (Phaeophyceae). Phycol. Res. 52: 266-272 (2004).
  • M. Suzuki, A. Kato. N. Nagata and Y. Komeda: A xylanase, AtXyn1, is predominantly expressed in vascular bundles, and four putative xylanase genes were identified in the Arabidopsis thaliana genome. Plant Cell Physiol. 43: 759-767 (2002).
  • N. Takaoka, M. Fukuzawa, A. Kato, T. Saito and H. Ochiai: Element analysis of the Polysphondylium pallidum gp64 promoter. Biochim Biophys Acta 1574: 304-310 (2002).
  • A. Kato, H. Aruga and T. Motomura: Identification of a cDNA homologous to the cell-cycle-controlling cdc2 gene in Acrosiphonia duriuscula (Acrosiphoniales, chlorophyta). Phycol. Res. 49: 201-205 (2001).
  • A. Kato, S. Fujita and Y. Komeda: Identification and characterization of two genes encoding the eukaryotic initiation factor 4A in rice. DNA Seq. 12: 295-303 (2001).
  • A. Kato, R. Nishi and M. Ozaki: Isolation and characterization of two genes encoding ubiquitin fused to a ribosomal protein of 53 amino acids in rice. DNA Seq. 12: 53-58 (2001).
  • A. Kato, S. Fujita and Y. Komeda: Identification and characterization of the gene encoding the mitochondrial elongation factor G in rice. DNA Seq. 11: 395-404 (2000).
  • A. Kuwahara, A. Kato and Y. Komeda: Isolation and characterization of copia-type retrotransposons in Arabidopsis thaliana. Gene 244: 127-136 (2000).
  • M. Suzuki, A. Kato and Y. Komeda: An RNA-binding protein, AtRBP1, is expressed in actively proliferative regions in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 41: 282-288 (2000).

1990-1999

  • A. Kato, M. Suzuki, A. Kuwahara, Hi. Ooe, K. Higano-Inaba and Y. Komeda: Isolation and analysis of cDNA within a 300 kb Arabidopsis thaliana genomic region located around the 100 map unit of chromosome 1. Gene 239: 309-316 (1999).
  • S. M. Boo, W. J. Lee, H. S. Yoon, A. Kato and H. Kawai: Molecular phylogeny of Laminariales (Phaeophyceae) inferred from small subunit ribosomal DNA sequences. Phycol. Res. 47: 109-114 (1999).
  • R. Yokoyama, T. Takahashi, A. Kato, Keiko U. Torii and Y. Komeda: The Arabidopsis ERECTA gene is expressed in the shoot apical meristem and organ primordia. Plant J. 15: 301-310 (1998).
  • H.Kawai, T. Nakayama, I. Inouye and A. Kato: Linkage of 5S ribosomal DNA to other rDNAs in the chromophytic algae and related taxa. J. Phycol. 33: 505-511 (1997).
  • A. Suzuki, S. Tanifuji, Y. Komeda and A. Kato: Structural and functional characterization of the intergenic spacer region of the rDNA in Daucus carota. Plant Cell Physiol. 37: 233-238 (1996).
  • A. Suzuki, S. Tanifuji, Y. Komeda and A. Kato: Three protein fractions that bind to a narrow region of the promoter of the ribosomal RNA gene in Vicia faba. Plant Cell Physiol. 36: 1051-1058 (1995).
  • H. Kawai, H. Muto, T. Fujii and A. Kato: A linked 5S rRNA gene in Scytosiphon lomentaria (Scytosiphonales, Phaeophyceae). J. Phycol. 31: 306-311 (1995).
  • T. Fushimi, M. Umeda, T. Shimazaki, A. Kato, K. Toriyama and H. Uchimiya: Nucleotide sequence of a rice cDNA similar to a maize NADP-dependent malic enzyme. Plant Mol. Biol. 24: 965-967 (1994).
  • S. Kidou, M. Umeda, T. Tsuge, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA similar to the S-phase-specific cyc07 gene. Plant Mol. Biol. 24: 545-547 (1994).
  • R. Yokoyama, T. Hirose, N. Fujii, E. T. Aspuria, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: The rolC promoter of Agrobacterium rhizogenes Ri plasmid is activated by sucrose in transgenic tobacco plants. Mol. Gen. Genet. 244: 15-22 (1994).
  • R. Nishi, H. Hashimoto, H. Uchimiya and A. Kato: The primary structure of two proteins from the small ribosomal subunit of rice. Biochim. Biophysi. Acta 1216: 113-114 (1993).
  • R. Nishi, S. Kidou, H. Uchimiya and A. Kato: The primary structure of two proteins from the large ribosomal subunit of rice. Biochim. Biophysi. Acta 1216: 110-112 (1993).
  • R. Nishi, S. Kidou, H. Uchimiya and A. Kato: Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA which encodes the eukaryotic initiation factor 4A. Biochim. Biophysi. Acta 1174: 293-294 (1993).
  • S. Kidou, T. Anai, M. Umeda, S. Aotsuka, T. suge, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: Molecular structure of ras-related small GTP-binding protein genes of rice plants and GTPase activities of gene products in Escherichia coli. FEBS let. 332: 282-286 (1993).
  • S.Kidou, M.Umeda, A.Kato and H.Uchimiya: Plant cDNA homologue to rat insulinoma gene encoding ribosomal protein S15. Nucl .Acids Res. 21: 2013 (1993).
  • A. Yano, T. Shimazaki, A. Kato, M. Umeda and H. Uchimiya: Molecular cloning and nucleotide sequence cDNA encoding nucleoside diphosphate kinase of rice. Plant Mol. Biol. 23: 1087-1090 (1993).
  • R. Nishi, H. Hashimoto, S. Kidou, H. Uchimiya and A. Kato: Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA which encodes a ubiquitin protein and a 52 amino acid extension protein. Plant Mol. Biol. 22: 159-161 (1993).
  • H. Hashimoto, R. Nishi, M. Umeda, H. Uchimiya and A. Kato: Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA clone encoding ATP/ADP translocator. Plant Mol. Biol. 22: 163-164 (1993).
  • S. Kidou, M. Umeda, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: Isolation and characterization of a rice cDNA similar to the bovine brain-specific 14-3-3 protein gene. Plant Mol. Biol. 21: 191-194 (1993).
  • J. Yamashita, T. Nakajima, S. Tanifuji and A. Kato: Accurate transcription initiation of Vicia faba rDNA in a whole cell extract from embryonic axes. Plant J. 3: 187-190 (1993).
  • T. Nakajima, A. Suzuki, S. Tanifuji and A. Kato: Characterization of nucleotide sequences that interact with a nuclear protein fraction in rRNA gene of Vicia faba. Plant Mol. Biol. 20: 939-949 (1992).
  • H. Uchimiya, S. Kidou, T. Shimazaki, S. Aotsuka, S. Takamatsu, R. Nishi, H. Hiroshi, Y. Matsubayashi, N. Kidou, M. Umeda, A. Kato: Random sequencing of cDNA libraries reveals a variety of expressed genes in cultured cells of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant J. 2: 1005-1009 (1992).
  • M. Kawai, S. Kidou, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: Molecular characterization of cDNA encoding for adenylate kinase of rice. Plant J. 2: 845-854 (1992).
  • A. Suzuki, A. Kato and H. Uchimiya: Single-stranded DNA of 5′-upstream region of the rolC gene interacts with nuclear proteins of carrot cell cultures. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 188: 727-733 (1992).
  • A. Kato, T. Nakajima, J. Yamashita, K. Yakura and S. Tanifuji: The structure of the large spacer region of the rDNA in Vicia faba and Pisum sativum. Plant Mol. Biol. 14: 983-993 (1990).

~1989

  • T. Taira, S. Takahashi, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Differences in timing of replication and maturation of nascent DNA fragments between satellite and main band DNA during the S phase of the first cell cycle in cultured carrot root explants. Jpn. J. Genet. 64: 79-89 (1989).
  • Y. Yokota, T. Kawata, Y. Iida, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Nucleotide sequences of the 5.8S rRNA and internal transcribed spacer regions in carrot and broad bean ribosomal DNA. J. Mol. Evol. 29: 294-301 (1989).
  • T. Taira, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Difference between two major size classes of carrot rDNA repeating units is due to reiteration of sequences of about 460 bp in the large spacer. Mol. Gen. Genet. 213: 170-174 (1988).
  • K. Yakura, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Cytological localization of highly repeated DNA sequences, the FokI sequence family and BamHI sequence families, in Vicia faba chromosomes. Jpn. J. Genet. 62: 325-332 (1987).
  • A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Early replication of highly repeated DNA sequences during dedifferentiation of carrot. Plant Cell Physiol. 27: 261-264 (1986).
  • A. Kato, K. Yakura and S. Tanifuji: Repeated DNA sequences found in the large spacer of Vicia faba rDNA. Biochim. Biophysi. Acta 825: 411-415 (1985).
  • A. Kato, Y. Iida, K. Yakura and S. Tanifuji: Sequence analysis of Vicia faba highly repeated DNA: the BamHI repeated sequence families. Plant Mol. Biol. 5: 41-53 (1985).
  • A. Kato, K. Yakura and S. Tanifuji: Sequence analysis of Vicia faba repeated DNA, the FokI repeat element. Nucl. Acids Res. 12: 6415-6426 (1984).
  • K. Yakura, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Length heterogeneity of the large spacer of Vicia faba rDNA is due to the different number of 325-bp repetitive sequence elements. Mol. Gen. Genet. 193: 400-405 (1984).
  • K. Yakura, A. Kato and S. Tanifuji: Structural organization of ribosomal DNA in four Trillium species and Paris verticillata. Plant Cell Physiol. 24:1231-1240 (1983).
  • A. Kato, K. Fukuei and S. Tanifuji: Histone synthesis during the early stages of germination in Vicia faba embryonic axes. Plant Cell Physiol. 23: 967-976 (1982).
  • A. Kato, K. Yakura and S. Tanifuji: Organization of ribosomal DNA in the carrot. Plant Cell Physiol. 23: 151-154 (1982).

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I went rafting with lab members from Washington University in St. Louis, where we are collaborating.

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Event

  • A farewell party was organised for Mr Sun.

  • Graduation ceremony

  • A year-end party was held at the lab. We had a dumpling party this year.

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