Ken-ichi Kucho

TL;DR: It is demonstrated that nodule-specific cysteine-rich NCR peptides are targeted to the bacteria and enter the bacterial membrane and cytosol and reveal a previously unknown innovation of the host plant that adopts effectors of the innate immune system for symbiosis to manipulate the cell fate of endosymbiotic bacteria.

TL;DR: The whole genome transcriptional profiling together with experimental confirmation of DNA binding indicated that Synechocystis cryptochrome DASH functions as a transcriptional repressor, suggesting that cryptochromes evolved before the divergence of eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

TL;DR: Data indicate that Ccm1 is essential to control the induction of CCM by sensing CO2 availability in Chlamydomonas cells, and reveals that His-54 within the putative zinc-finger motif of the CCM1 is crucial to its regulatory function.

TL;DR: The expression of most cycling genes peaked around the time of transition from subjective day to night, suggesting that the main role of the circadian clock in Synechocystis is to adjust the physiological state of the cell to the upcoming night environment.

TL;DR: The EST species identified only in the low-CO2 treated cells included genes previously reported to be expressed specifically in low- CO2 acclimatized cells, suggesting that the ESTs generated in this study will be a useful source for analysis of genes related to carbon-stress acclim atization.