RIKEN BioResource Research Center (BRC®) Experimental Plant Division
Director: Masatomo Kobayashi (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
Plant science is important for the production of food and useful materials as well as the preservation of the global environment. Since April 2002, the Experimental Plant Division has been selected as a national core institution of the Arabidopsis, plant cultured cells and DNA resources by the Japanese government. The aim of the laboratory is the collection, preservation and distribution of seeds, plant DNA materials and plant cultured cells. A model plant, Arabidopsis thaliana is the major origin of our resources. Development of novel technologies for the preservation and characterization of wild-type Arabidopsis and plant cultured cells is carried out. Training course is operated to distribute the technologies. In addition, we intend to establish a research platform of Brachypodium distachyon, a novel experimental plant of monocot, to contribute crop breeding research.
Main Research Fields
- Biology
Related Research Fields
- Biological Sciences
- Agricultural Sciences
Keywords
- Plant Bio-resource
- Plant Genome Science
- Plant Hormones
Selected Publications
- 1.Sadhukhan, A, Kobayash,i Y, Nakano, Y, Iuchi, S, Kobayashi, M, Sahoo, L, and Koyama, H.
"Genome-wide association study reveals that the aquaporin NIP1;1 contributes to
variation in hydrogen peroxide sensitivity in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Mol Plant S1674-2052 (17), 30199-5 (2017). - 2.Ariga, H, Katori, T, Tsuchimatsu, T, Hirase, T, Tajima, Y, Parker, JE, Alcázar, R, Koornneef, M, Hoekenga, O, Lipka, AE, Gore, MA, Sakakibara, H, Kojima, M, Kobayashi Y, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Shinozaki K, Sakata Y, Hayashi T, Saijo Y, and Taji T.
"NLR locus-mediated trade-off between abiotic and biotic stress adaptation in Arabidopsis."
Nat Plants 3:17072. (2017). - 3.Kobayashi, Y, Sadhukhan, A, Tazib, T, Nakano, Y, Kusunoki, K, Kamara, M, Chaffai, R, Iuchi, S, Sahoo, L, Kobayashi, M, Hoekenga, OA, and Koyam,a H.
"Joint genetic and network analyses identify loci associated with root growth under NaCl stress in Arabidopsis thaliana."
Plant Cell Environ. 39(4), 918-34 (2016). - 4.Tokizawa, M, Kobayashi, Y, Saito, T, Kobayashi, M, Iuchi, S, Nomoto, M, Tada, Y, Yamamoto, YY, and Koyama, H.
"SENSITIVE TO PROTON RHIZOTOXICITY1, CALMODULIN BINDING TRANSCRIPTION ACTIVATOR2, and Other Transcription Factors Are Involved in ALUMINUM-ACTIVATED MALATE TRANSPORTER1 Expression."
Plant Physiol. Mar;167(3), 991-1003 (2015). - 5.Kinoshita, A, ten Hove, CA, Tabata, R, Yamada, M, Shimizu, N, Ishida, T, Yamaguchi, K, Shigenobu, S, Takebayashi, Y, Iuchi, S, Kobayashi, M, Kurata, T, Wada, T, Seo, M, Hasebe, M, Blilou, I, Fukuda, H, Scheres, B, Heidstra, R, Kamiya, Y, and Sawa, S.
"A plant U-box protein, PUB4, regulates asymmetric cell division and cell proliferation in the root meristem."
Development 142(3), 444-53 (2015) - 6.Chen, Y, Hou, M, Liu, L, Wu, S, Shen, Y, Ishiyama, K, Kobayashi, M, McCarty, DR, and Tan, BC.
"The maize DWARF1 encodes a gibberellin 3-oxidase and is dual localized to the nucleus and cytosol."
Plant Physiol. 166(4),2028-39 (2014) - 7.Himuro, Y, Ishiyama, K, Mori, F, Gondo, T, Takahashi, F, Shinozaki, K, Kobayashi, M, and Akashi, R.
"Arabidopsis galactinol synthase AtGolS2 improves drought tolerance in the monocot model Brachypodium distachyon."
J Plant Physiol. 171(13), 1127-31 (2014) - 8.Satou, M, Enoki H, Oikawa, A, Ohta, D, Saito, K, Hachiya, T, Sakakibara, H, Kusano, M, Fukushima, A, Saito, K, Kobayashi, M, Nagata, N, Myouga, F, Shinozaki, K, and Motohashi, R.
"Integrated analysis of transcriptome and metabolome of Arabidopsis albino or pale green mutants with disrupted nuclear-encoded chloroplast proteins."
Plant Mol Biol. 85(4-5), 411-28 (2014) - 9.Sawaki, Y, Kobayashi, Y, Kihara-Doi, T, Nishikubo, N, Kawazu, T, Kobayashi, M, Kobayash,i Y, Iuchi, S, Koyama, H, and Sato, S.
"Identification of a STOP1-like protein in Eucalyptus that regulates transcription of Al tolerance genes."
Plant Sci. 223, 8-15 (2014) - 10.Fukami-Kobayashi, K, Nakamura, Y, Tamura, T, and Kobayashi, M.
"SABRE2: a database connecting plant EST/full-length cDNA clones with Arabidopsis information."
Plant Cell Physiol. 55(1), e5 (2014)
Recent Research Results
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Apr. 5, 2013
BRC to provide seeds of model cereal plant
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Masatomo Kobayashi
- Director
Core members
- Satoshi Iuchi
- Senior Research Scientist
- Hiroshi Abe
- Senior Research Scientist
- Toshihiro Kobayashi
- Senior Research Scientist
- Shiori Ota
- Technical Staff II
- Mayumi Sugawara
- Technical Staff II
- Atsuko Iuchi
- Technical Staff II
- Kanako Ishiyama
- Technical Staff II
- Fumie Mori
- Technical Staff II
- Yuri Shitomi
- Technical Staff II
- Yukie Aso
- Technical Staff II
- Megumi Honjo
- Technical Staff II
- Atsuko Matsuda
- Technical Staff II
Contact Information
3-1-1 Koyadai
Tsukuba, Ibaraki
305-0074 Japan
Email: kobayasi [at] rtc.riken.jp