RIKEN ECL Research Team / RIKEN ECL Research Unit Cambial Stem Cell System RIKEN ECL Research Unit
RIKEN ECL Unit Leader: Dongbo Shi (Ph.D.)
Research Summary
Many plants can continue to grow throughout their lives. Stem cells play an important role in the continued growth of plants, and among them, cambial stem cells have been the driving force behind the secondary growth of plants, contributing to the gigantic size of land plants. Cambial stem cells maintain themselves while differentiating into various cell types and change their activity in response to the environment, such as the seasons in coordination with surrounding cells. However, many of the underlying mechanisms are still unknown. By uncovering these mechanisms, we will reveal the plant-like nature of growth at the cellular level and explore the differences in survival strategies between plants and animals.
Main Research Fields
- Biology
Related Research Fields
- Agricultural Sciences
- Developmental Biology
- Plant molecular biology/Plant physiology
Keywords
- Secondary Growth
- Cambium
- Stem Cell
- Environmental Response
- Morphogenesis
Selected Publications
Papers with an asterisk(*) are based on research conducted outside of RIKEN.
- 1.
Wallner ES, Tonn N, Shi D, Luzzietti L, Wanke F, Hunziker P, Xu Y, Jung I, López-Salmerón V, Gebert M, Wenzl C, Lohmann JU, Harter K, Greb T.
"OBERON3 and SUPPRESSOR OF MAX2 1-LIKE proteins form a regulatory module driving phloem development."
Nature Communications, 14: 2128 (2023) - 2.
*Zhao J, Shi D, Kaeufer K, Song C, Xu X, Luzzietti L, Bennett T, Kaufmann K, Greb T
"Strigolactones optimise plant water usage by modulating vessel formation."
bioRxiv [DOI: 10.1101/2023.04.05.535530] (2023) - 3.
*Shi D, Jouannet V, Agustí J, Kaul V, Levitsky V, Sanchez P, Mironova V, Greb T.
"Tissue-specific transcriptome profiling of the Arabidopsis thaliana inflorescence stem reveals local cellular signatures.
The Plant Cell 33(2) 200-223. (2021) - 4.
*Shi D, Lebovka I, López-Salmerón V, Sanchez P, Greb T.
"Bifacial cambium stem cells generate xylem and phloem during radial plant growth."
Development 146(1):dev171355. (2019) - 5.
Shi D, Usami F, Komatsu K, Oka S, Abe T, Uemura T, Fujimori T.
"Dynamics of planar cell polarity protein Vangl2 in the mouse oviduct epithelium."
Mechanisms of Development. 141:78-89. (2016) - 6.
*Koyama H, Shi D, Suzuki M, Ueno N, Uemura T, Fujimori T.
"Mechanical Regulation of Three-Dimensional Epithelial Fold Pattern Formation in the Mouse Oviduct."
Biophysical Journal. 111(3):650-665. (2016) - 7.
*Shi D, Komatsu K, Hirao M, Toyooka Y, Koyama H, Tissir F, Goffinet AM, Uemura T, Fujimori T.
"Celsr1 is required for the generation of polarity at multiple levels of the mouse oviduct."
Development, 141, 4558-4568. (2014) - 8.
*Shi D, Komatsu K, Uemura T, Fujimori T.
"Analysis of ciliary beat frequency and ovum transport ability in the mouse oviduct."
Genes to Cells 16, 282-290. (2011)
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Lab Members
Principal investigator
- Dongbo Shi
- RIKEN ECL Unit Leader
Contact Information
1-7-22 Suehiro, Tsurumi, Yokohama, Kanagawa 230-0045 Japan
Email: tohaku.seki [at] riken.jp