最近の主な研究業績(2005年以降)
Kasai, M., Matsumura, H., Yoshida, K., Terauchi, R., Taneda, A. and Kanazawa, A. (2013) Deep sequencing uncovers commonality in small RNA profiles between transgene-induced and naturally occurring RNA silencing of chalcone synthase-A gene in petunia. BMC Genomics 14, 63.
Otagaki, S., Kasai, M., Masuta, C. and Kanazawa, A. (2013) Enhancement of RNA-directed DNA methylation of a transgene by simultaneously downregulating a ROS1 orthologue using a virus vector in Nicotiana benthamiana. Front. Genet. 4, 44.
Xu, M., Xu, Z., Liu, B., Kong, F., Tsubokura, Y., Watanabe, S., Xia, Z., Harada, K., Kanazawa, A., Yamada, T. and Abe, J. (2013) Genetic variation in four maturity genes affects photoperiod insensitivity and PHYA-regulated post-flowering responses of soybean. BMC Plant Biol. 13, 91.
Kasai, M., Tsuchiya, M. and Kanazawa, A. (2013) Gene duplication and RNA silencing in soybean. In A Comprehensive Survey of International Soybean Research - Genetics, Physiology, Agronomy and Nitrogen Relationships, Ed. by J. E. Board, InTech, pp. 507-530.
Kasai, M. and Kanazawa, A. (2013) Induction of RNA-directed DNA methylation and heritable transcriptional gene silencing as a tool to engineer novel traits in plants. Plant Biotechnol. 30, 233-241.
Koide, Y., Shinya, Y., Ikenaga, M., Sawamura, N., Matsubara, K., Onishi, K., Kanazawa, A. and Sano, Y. (2012) Complex genetic nature of sex-independent transmission ratio distortion in Asian rice species: the involvement of unlinked modifiers and sex-specific mechanisms. Heredity 108, 242-247.
Kasai, M., Koseki, M., Goto, K., Masuta, C., Ishii, S., Hellens, R. P., Taneda, A. and Kanazawa, A. (2012) Coincident sequence-specific RNA degradation of linked transgenes in the plant genome. Plant Mol. Biol. 78, 259-273.
Arase, S., Kasai, M. and Kanazawa, A. (2012) In planta assays involving epigenetically silenced genes reveal inhibition of cytosine methylation by genistein. Plant Methods 8, 10.
Takahashi, R., Morita, Y., Nakayama, M., Kanazawa, A. and Abe, J. (2012) An active CACTA-family transposable element is responsible for flower variegation in wild soybean Glycine soja. Plant Genome 5, 62-70.
Kasai, M. and Kanazawa, A. (2012) RNA silencing as a tool to uncover gene function and engineer novel traits in soybean. Breeding Sci. 61, 468-479.
Kanazawa, A., Inaba, J., Shimura, H., Otagaki, S., Tsukahara, S., Matsuzawa, A., Kim, B. M., Goto, K. and Masuta, C. (2011) Virus-mediated efficient induction of epigenetic modifications of endogenous genes with phenotypic changes in plants. Plant J. 65, 156-168.
Kanazawa, A., Inaba, J., Kasai, M., Shimura, H. and Masuta, C. (2011) RNA-mediated epigenetic modifications of an endogenous gene targeted by a viral vector: a potent gene silencing system to produce a plant that does not carry a transgene but has altered traits. Plant Signaling Behavior In press
Koide, Y., Shinya, Y., Ikenaga, M., Sawamura, N., Matsubara, K., Onishi, K., Kanazawa, A. and Sano, Y. (2011) Complex genetic nature of sex-independent transmission ratio distortion in Asian rice species: the involvement of unlinked modifiers and sex-specific mechanisms. Heredity In press
Otagaki, S., Kawai, M., Masuta, C. and Kanazawa, A. (2011) Size and positional effects of promoter RNA segments on virus-induced RNA-directed DNA methylation and transcriptional gene silencing. Epigenetics 6, 681-691.
Arase, S., Hase, Y., Abe, Y., Kasai, M., Yamada, T., Kitamura, K., Narumi, I., Tanaka, A. and Kanazawa, A (2011) Optimization of ion-beam irradiation for mutagenesis in soybean: effects on plant growth and production of visibly altered mutants. Plant Biotechnol. 28, 323-329.
Wang, X., Yamada, T., Kong, F., Abe, Y., Hoshino, Y., Sato, H., Takamizo, T., Kanazawa, A. and Yamada, T. (2011) Establishment of an in vitro culture and particle bombardment-mediated transformation system in Miscanthus sinensis Anderss., a potential bioenergy crop. Global Change Biology Bioenergy 3, 322-332.
Kasai, M. and Kanazawa, A. (2011) RNA silencing as a tool to uncover gene function and engineer novel traits in soybean. Breeding Sci. In press
Ohta, H., Ogino, A., Kasai, M., Sano, Y. and Kanazawa, A. (2010) Fertility restoration by Ifr1 in rice with BT-type cytoplasmic male sterility is associated with a reduced level, but not processing, of atp6-orf79 co-transcribed RNA. Plant Cell Rep. 29, 359-369.
Liu, B., Watanabe, S., Uchimiya, T., Kong, F., Kanazawa, A., Xia, Z., Nagamatsu, A., Arai, M., Yamada, T., Kitamura, K., Masuta, C., Harada, K. and Abe, J. (2010) Soybean stem growth habit gene Dt1 is an orthologue of Arabidopsis TFL1. Plant Physiol. 153, 198-210.
Kong, F., Liu, B., Xia, Z., Sato, S., Kim, B., Watanabe, S., Yamada, T., Tabata, S., Kanazawa, A., Harada, K. and Abe, J. (2010) Two coordinately regulated homologs of FLOWERING LOCUS T are involved in the control of photoperiodic flowering in soybean. Plant Physiol. 154, 1220-1231.
Nagamatsu, A., Masuta, C., Matsuura, H., Kitamura, K., Abe, J. and Kanazawa, A. (2009) Down-regulation of flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase gene expression by virus-induced gene silencing in soybean reveals the presence of a threshold mRNA level associated with pigmentation in pubescence. J. Plant Physiol. 166, 32-39.
Kanazawa, A., Liu, B., Kong, F., Arase, S. and Abe, J. (2009) Adaptive evolution involving gene duplication and insertion of a novel Ty1/copia-like retrotransposon in soybean. J. Mol. Evol. 69, 164-175.
Hisano, H., Kanazawa, A., Yoshida, M., Humphreys, M. O., Iizuka, M., Kitamura, K. and Yamada, T. (2008) Coordinated expression of functionally diverse fructosyltransferase genes is associated with fructan accumulation in response to low temperature in perennial ryegrass. New Phytol. 178, 766-780.
Koide, Y., Onishi, K., Nishimoto, D., Baruah, A. R., Kanazawa, A. and Sano, Y. (2008) Sex-independent transmission ratio distortion system responsible for reproductive barriers between Asian and African rice species. New Phytol. 179, 888-900.
Koide, Y., Ikenaga, M., Sawamura, N., Nishimoto, D., Matsubara, K., Onishi, K., Kanazawa, A. and Sano, Y. (2008) The evolution of sex-independent transmission ratio distortion involving multiple allelic interactions at a single locus in rice. Genetics 180, 409-420.
Liu, B., Kanazawa, A., Matsumura, H., Takahashi, R., Harada, K. and Abe, J. (2008) Genetic redundancy in soybean photoresponses associated with duplication of the phytochrome A gene. Genetics 180, 995-1007.
Imoto, Y., Yamada, T., Kitamura, K. and Kanazawa, A. (2008) Spatial and temporal control of transcription of the soybean β-conglycinin α subunit gene is conferred by its proximal promoter region and accounts for the unequal distribution of the protein during embryogenesis. Genes Genet. Syst. 83, 469-476.
Koide, Y., Onishi, K., Kanazawa, A. and Sano, Y. (2008) Genetics of speciation in rice. In Rice Biology in the Genomics Era, Ed. by H.-Y. Hirano, A. Hirai, Y. Sano and T. Sasaki, Springer-Verlag, pp. 247-259.
Kanazawa, A. (2008) RNA silencing manifested as visibly altered phenotypes in plants. Plant Biotechnol. 25, 423-435.
Kanazawa, A., O’Dell, M. and Hellens, R. P. (2007) The binding of nuclear factors to the as-1 element in the CaMV 35S promoter is affected by cytosine methylation in vitro. Plant Biol. 9, 435-441.
Kanazawa, A., O’Dell, M. and Hellens, R. P. (2007) Epigenetic inactivation of chalcone synthase-A transgene transcription in petunia leads to a reversion of the post-transcriptional gene silencing phenotype. Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 638-647.
Nagamatsu, A., Masuta, C., Senda, M., Matsuura, H., Kasai, A., Hong, J.-S., Kitamura, K., Abe, J. and Kanazawa, A. (2007) Functional analysis of soybean genes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis by virus-induced gene silencing. Plant Biotechnol. J. 5, 778-790.
Shinozuka, H., Hisano, H., Yoneyama, S., Shimamoto, Y., Jones, E. S., Forster, J. W., Yamada, T. and Kanazawa, A. (2006) Gene expression and genetic mapping analyses of a perennial ryegrass glycine-rich RNA-binding protein gene suggest a role in cold adaptation. Mol. Genet. Genomics 275, 399-408.
Yoshino, M., Nagamatsu, A., Tsutsumi, K. and Kanazawa, A. (2006) The regulatory function of the upstream sequence of the β-conglycinin α subunit gene in seed-specific transcription is associated with the presence of the RY sequence. Genes Genet. Syst. 81, 135-141.
Otagaki, S., Arai, M., Takahashi, A., Goto, K., Hong, J.-S., Masuta, C. and Kanazawa, A. (2006) Rapid induction of transcriptional and post-transcriptional gene silencing using a novel Cucumber mosaic virus vector. Plant Biotechnol. 23, 259-265.
Fukuda, T., Maruyama, N., Kanazawa, A., Abe, J., Shimamoto, Y., Hiemori, M., Tsuji, H., Tanisaka, T. and Utsumi, S. (2005) Molecular analysis and physicochemical properties of electrophoretic variants of wild soybean Glycine soja storage proteins. J. Agric. Food Chem. 53, 3658-3665.
Koseki, M., Goto, K., Masuta, C. and Kanazawa, A. (2005) The star-type color pattern in Petunia hybrida ‘Red Star’ flowers is induced by the sequence-specific degradation of the chalcone synthase RNA. Plant Cell Physiol. 46, 1879-1883.