Chiharu Akimoto-Tomiyama
Education:
· Researcher, 2000. National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Japan.
· Ph.D, 2000. University of Tsukuba, Japan.
· B.A., 1995. University of Tsukuba, Japan.
Project Description:
I am interested in the plant defense system, how plants recognize pathogens and protect their spreading.
Publications:
Kaku H, Nishizawa Y, Ishii-Minami N, Akimoto-Tomiyama C, Dohmae N, Takio K, Minami E, Shibuya N. 2006. Plant cells recognize chitin fragments for defense signaling through a plasma membrane receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 103,11086-91.
Aoyagi H, Akimoto-Tomiyama C, Tanaka H. 2006. Preparation of mixed alginate elicitors with high activity for the efficient production of 5'-phosphodiesterase by Catharanthus roseus cells. Biotechnol Lett. 19, 1567-71.
Akimoto-Tomiyama C, Sakata K, Yazaki J, Nakamura K, Fujii F, Shimbo K, Yamamoto K, Sasaki T, Kishimoto N, Kikuchi S, Shibuya N, Minami E. 2003. Rice gene expression in response to N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor: comprehensive analysis by DNA microarray with randomly selected ESTs. Plant Mol Biol. 52, 537-51.
Sobajima H, Takeda M, Sugimori M, Kobashi N, Kiribuchi K, Cho EM, Akimoto C, Yamaguchi T, Minami E, Shibuya N, Schaller F, Weiler EW, Yoshihara T, Nishida H, Nojiri H, Omori T, Nishiyama M, Yamane H. 2003. Cloning and characterization of a jasmonic acid-responsive gene encoding 12-oxophytodienoic acid reductase in suspension-cultured rice cells. Planta. 4, 692-8.
Sugimori M, Kiribuchi K, Akimoto C, Yamaguchi T, Minami E, Shibuya N, Sobajima H, Cho EM, Kobashi N, Nojiri H, Omori T, Nishiyama M, Yamane H. 2002. Cloning and characterization of cDNAs for the jasmonic acid-responsive Genes RRJ1 and RRJ2 in suspension-cultured rice cells. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 66,1140-2.
Takai R, Matsuda N, Nakano A, Hasegawa K, Akimoto C, Shibuya N, Minami E. 2002. EL5, a rice N-acetylchitooligosaccharide elicitor-responsive RING-H2 finger protein, is a ubiquitin ligase which functions in vitro in co-operation with an elicitor-responsive ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme, OsUBC5b. Plant J. 30, 447-55.
Akimoto-Tomiyama C, Aoyagi H, Ozawa T, Tanaka H. 2002. Production of 5'-phosphodiesterase by Catharanthus roseus cells promoted by heat-degraded products generated from uronic acid. J Biosci Bioeng. 94, 154-9.
Akimoto C, Aoyagi H, Dicosmo F, Tanaka H. 2000. Synergistic effect of active oxygen species and alginate on chitinase production by Wasabia japonica cells and its application. J Biosci Bioeng. 89, 131-7.
Akimoto C., Aoyagi H., Tanaka H. 1999. Endogenous elicitor-like effects of alginate on physiological activities of plant cells. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology. 52, 429-436.