Stress Adaptation Research Unit

Laboratories

Publications

2010

Original Papers

Nishiyama R, Ishii K, Kifune E, Kazama Y, Nishihara K, Matsunaga S, Shinozaki K, Kawano S (2010). Sex Chromosome Evolution Revealed by Physical Mapping of SIAP3X/Y in the Dioecious Plant Silene latifolia. Cytologia 75(3):319-325.
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Neelakandan AK, Nguyen HT, Kumar R, Tran LS, Guttikonda SK, Quach TN, Aldrich DL, Nes WD, Nguyen HT (2010). Molecular characterization and functional analysis of Glycine max sterol methyl transferase 2 genes involved in plant membrane sterol biosynthesis. Plant Mol Biol 74: 503-518.
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Mochida K, Yoshida T, Sakurai T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2010). Genome-wide analysis of two-component systems and prediction of stress-responsive two-component system members in soybean. DNA Res 17: 303-324.
Open Access

Gutierrez-Gonzalez JJ, Guttikonda SK, Tran LS, Aldrich DL, Zhong R, Yu O, Nguyen HT, Sleper AD (2010). Differential expression of isoflavone biosynthetic genes in soybean during water deficits. Plant Cell Physiol 51:936-948.
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Mochida K, Yoshida T, Sakurai T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS (2010). LegumeTFDB: An integrative database of Glycine max, Lotus japonicus and Medicago truncatula transcription factors. Bioinformatics 26: 290-291.
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Review Papers

Tran LS*, Mochida K (2010). Functional genomics of soybean for improvement of productivity in adverse conditions. Funct Integr Genomics10: 447-462. *Corresponding author.
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Le DT, Choi J-D, Tran LS* (2010). Amino acids conferring herbicide resistance in tobacco acetohydroxyacid synthase. GM Crops 1: 62-67. *Corresponding author.
Open Access

Tran LS*, Mochida K* (2010). A platform for functional prediction and comparative analyses of transcription factors of legumes and beyond. Plant Signal Behav 5: 550-552. *Corresponding author. (Addendum to Mochida K et al. Bioinformatics 26: 290-291).
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Tran LS*, Mochida K* (2010). Identification and prediction of abiotic stress responsive transcription factors involved in abiotic stress signaling in soybean Plant Signal Behav 5: 255-257. *Corresponding author. (Addendum to Mochida K et al. DNA Res 16: 353-369).
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Tran LS*, Nishiyama R, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K (2010). Potential utilization of NAC transcription factors to enhance abiotic stress tolerance in plants by biotechnological approach. GM Crops, 1: 32-39 *Corresponding author.
Open Access

Tran LS*, Shinozaki K, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K (2010). Role of cytokinin responsive two-component system in ABA and osmotic stress signalings. Plant Signal Behav 5: 148-150. *Corresponding author. (Addendum to Tran LS et al. PNAS 104: 20623-8).
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2009

Original Papers

Kazama Y., Fujiwara M., Koizumi A., Nishihara K., Nishiyama R., Kifune E., Abe T., Kawano S. (2009) A SUPERMAN-like gene is exclusively expressed in female flowers of the dioecious plant Silene latifolia. Plant Cell Physiol. 50:1127-1141.
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Mochida K*, Yoshida T, Sakurai T, Yamaguchi-Shinozaki K, Shinozaki K, Tran LS* (2009). In silico analysis of transcription factor repertoire and prediction of stress responsive transcription factors in soybean. DNA Res 16: 353-369. *Corresponding author.
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Tran, L.-S. P.*, Quach, T., Guttikonda, S.K., Aldrich, D.L., Rajesh, K., Neelakandan, A., Valliyodan, B., Nguyen, H.T*. Molecular characterization of stress-inducible GmNAC genes in soybean (2009). Mol. Gen. Genomics, 281: 647-664, *Corresponding author.
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Kimura, K., Tran , L-S. P., Do, T.T.H., & Itoh, Y. (2009). Expression of the pgsB encoding the poly-g-DL-glutamate synthetase of Bacillus subtilis (natto). Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 73: 1149-1155.
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Review Papers

Manavalan LP, Guttikonda SK, Tran, L.-S. P.*, Nguyen, H.T.* (2009). Physiological and molecular approaches to improve drought resistance in soybean. Plant Cell Physiol., 50: 1270-1276. *Corresponding author.
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Tran, L.-S. P. & Nguyen, H.T. (2009). Future Biotechnology of Legumes, in "Nitrogen Fixation in Crop Production", eds. Emerich, W.D. and Krishnan, H., pp. 265-308. The American Society of Agronomy, Crop Science, Society of America and Soil Science Society of America, Madison, WI 53711-1086 USA.

2008

Original Papers

Qin, F., Sakuma, Y., Tran, L-S., Maruyama, K., Kidokoro, S., Fujita, Y., Fujita, M., Umezawa, T., Sawano, Y., Miyazono, K., Tanokura, M., Shinozaki, K. and Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K.(2008). Arabidopsis DREB2A-interacting proteins function as RING E3 ligases and negatively regulate plant drought stress-responsive gene expression, Plant Cell, 20, 1693-1707
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2007

Original Papers

Tran, L.-S. P., Urao, T., Qin, F., Maruyama, K., Kakimoto, T., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K (2007). Functional analysis of AHK1/ATHK1 and cytokinin receptor histidine kinases in response to ABA, drought and high salinity stresses in Arabidopsis. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 104: 20623-20628.
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Nakashima, K., Tran, L.-S. P., Nguyen, V.D., Fujita, M., Maruyama, K., Todaka, D., Ito, Y., Hayashi, N., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. (2007). Functional Analysis of NAC-type transcription factor OsNAC6 involved in abiotic and biotic stress-responsive gene expression in rice. Plant J., 51: 617-630.
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Qin, F., Kakimoto, M., Sakuma, Y., Osakabe, Y., Maruyama, K., Tran, L.-S. P., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. (2007). Regulation and functional analysis of ZmDREB2A in response to drought and heat stresses in Zea mays L. Plant J., 50: 54-69.
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Tran, L.-S. P., Nakashima, K., Sakuma, Y., Osakabe, Y., Qin, F., Simpson, S. D., Maruyama, K., Fujita, Y., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. (2007). Co-expression of the stress-inducible zinc finger homeodomain ZFHD1 and NAC transcription factors enhances expression of the ERD1 gene in Arabidopsis. Plant J., 49: 46-63.
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Review Papers

Tran, L.-S. P., Nakashima, K., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. (2007). Plant gene networks in osmotic stress response: from genes to regulatory networks. Methods in Enzymology, 428: 109-128.

Before 2006

Original Papers

Tran, L.-S. P., Nakashima, K., Sakuma, Y., Simpson, S. D., Fujita, Y., Maruyama, K., Fujita, M., Seki, M., Shinozaki, K. & Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. (2004). Isolation and functional analysis of Arabidopsis stress-inducible NAC transcription factors that bind to a drought-responsive cis-element in the early responsive to dehydration stress 1 Promoter. Plant Cell, 16: 2481-2498.
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Fujita, M., Fujita, F., Maruyama, K., Seki, M., Hiratsu, K., Ohme-Takagi, M., Tran, L.-S. P., Yamaguchi-Shinozaki, K. & Shinozaki, K. (2004). A dehydration-induced NAC protein, RD26, is involved in a novel ABA-dependent stress-signaling pathway. Plant J., 39: 863-876.
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Kimura, K., Tran ,P. L-S., Uchida, I. & Itoh, Y. (2004). Characterization of Bacillus subtilis ?-glutamyltransferase and its involvement in the degradation of capsule poly-?-glutamate. Microbiology, 150: 4115-4123.
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Kimura, K., Tran ,P. L-S. & Itoh, Y. (2004). Roles and regulation of the glutamate racemase isogenes, racE and yrpC, in Bacillus subtilis. Microbiology, 150: 2911-2920.
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Tran ,P. L-S., Nagai, T. & Itoh, Y. (2000). Divergent structure of the comQXPA quorum-sensing components: molecular basis of strain-specific communication mechanism in Bacillus subtilis . Mol. Microbiol., 37: 1159-1171.
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Nagai, T., Tran, L.-S. P., Inatsu Y. & Itoh, Y. (2000). A new IS4 family insertion sequence, IS4Bsu1, responsible for genetic instability of poly-?-glutamic acid production in Bacillus subtilis. J. Bacteriol., 182: 2387-2392.

Tran, L.-S. P., Szabo, L., Ponyi, T, Orosz, L., Sik, T. & Holczinger, A. (1999). Phage abortive infection of Bacillus licheniformis ATCC 9800; Identification of the abiBL11 gene, localisation and sequencing of its promoter region. Applied Microbiol. and Biotechnology, 52: 845-852.
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Tran, L.-S. P.*, Szabo, L., Orosz, L., Sik, T. & Holczinger, A. (1998). Construction of a single-copy integration vector and its use to study gene expression in Bacillus licheniformis. Microbiology, 144: 2573-2578. *Corresponding author
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Tran, L.-S. P.*, Szabo, L., Fulop, L., Orosz, L., Sik, T. & Holczinger, A. (1998). Isolation of a β-galactosidase-encoding gene from Bacillus licheniformis. Purification and characterization of the recombinant enzyme expressed in Escherichia coli. Current Microbiology, 37: 39-43. *Corresponding author

Fulop, L., Tran, L.-S. P., Pragai, Z., Felfoldi, F. & Ponyi, T. (1996). Cloning and expression of a β-1,4-endoglucanase gene from Cellulomonas sp. CelB7 in Escherichia coli; purification and characterisation of the recombinant enzyme. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 145: 355-360.

Pragai, Z., Tran, L.-S. P., Nagy, T., Fulop, L., Holczinger, A. & Sik, T. (1994). Transposon Tn917PF1 mutagenesis in Bacillus licheniformis. Microbiology, 140: 3091-3097.