Chiharu Nakamura

TL;DR: Under the LT and drought/salt stress conditions the amount of the WDREB2 transcription factors in wheat is differentially controlled by the level of transcription and alternative splicing, which resulted in increased transcript levels of all three forms of Wdreb2.

TL;DR: The application of a new gene-based strategy for sequencing the wheat mitochondrial genome shows its structure to be a 452 528 bp circular molecule, and provides nucleotide-level evidence of intra-molecular recombination.

TL;DR: A gene-pyramided japonica line, in which two BPH resistance genes Bph1 and Bph2 on the long arm of chromosome 12 independently derived from two indica resistance lines were combined through the recombinant selection, should provide a useful experimental means for studying the fine structure of the chromosomal region covering these two major B PH resistance genes.

TL;DR: The cultivar difference in freezing tolerance developed during different stages of cold acclimation can be at least partly explained by the differential and coordinated regulation of the predicted Cor/Lea gene signal transduction pathway that is mediated by the CBF/DREB1 transcription factors in common wheat.

TL;DR: The intimate relationship between the Cbf2/Cor/Lea expression and the level of freezing tolerance is supported, and it is suggested that a functional Fr-A1 allele linked to the vrn-A 1 allele, instead of the vernalization gene itself, plays a major role in regulating the CBF-mediated Cor/lea gene expression in wheat.