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Masako Iwai
Researcher at Tokyo Institute of Technology
Publications - 55
Citations - 2217
Masako Iwai is an academic researcher from Tokyo Institute of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Photosystem II & Thylakoid. The author has an hindex of 23, co-authored 53 publications receiving 1942 citations. Previous affiliations of Masako Iwai include University of Tokyo & Tokyo University of Science.
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Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation
Koichi Hori,Fumito Maruyama,Takatomo Fujisawa,Tomoaki Togashi,Nozomi Yamamoto,Mitsunori Seo,Syusei Sato,Takuji Yamada,Hiroshi Mori,Naoyuki Tajima,Takashi Moriyama,Masahiko Ikeuchi,Mai Watanabe,Hajime Wada,Koichi Kobayashi,Masakazu Saito,Tatsuru Masuda,Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto,Kiyoshi Mashiguchi,Koichiro Awai,Mie Shimojima,Shinji Masuda,Masako Iwai,Takashi Nobusawa,Takafumi Narise,Satoshi Kondo,Hikaru Saito,Ryoichi Sato,Masato Murakawa,Yuta Ihara,Yui Oshima-Yamada,Kinuka Ohtaka,Masanori Satoh,Kohei Sonobe,Midori Ishii,Ryosuke Ohtani,Miyu Kanamori-Sato,Rina Honoki,Daichi Miyazaki,Hitoshi Mochizuki,Jumpei Umetsu,Kouichi Higashi,Daisuke Shibata,Yuji Kamiya,Naoki Sato,Yasukazu Nakamura,Satoshi Tabata,Shigeru Ida,Ken Kurokawa,Hiroyuki Ohta +49 more
TL;DR: The draft genome sequence of the filamentous terrestrial alga Klebsormidium flaccidum is reported to elucidate the early transition step from aquatic algae to land plants and suggests that, during evolution, this alga acquired the fundamental machinery required for adaptation to terrestrial environments.
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Enhancement of extraplastidic oil synthesis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using a type-2 diacylglycerol acyltransferase with a phosphorus starvation-inducible promoter.
TL;DR: To enhance oil accumulation under P deprivation, a P deprivation-dependent overexpressor of a Chlamydomonas type-2 diacylglycerol acyl-CoA acyltransferase (DGTT4) using a sulphoquinovosyldiacyl glycerol 2 (SQD2) promoter strongly enhanced TAG accumulation with a slight increase in 18 : 1 content, which is a preferred substrate of DGTT4.
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Structures and functions of the extrinsic proteins of photosystem II from different species.
TL;DR: The structure and function of extrinsic PsbO, PsbV, and PsbU proteins are summarized based on the crystal structure of thermophilic cyanobacterial PSII together with biochemical and genetic studies from various organisms.
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Plugging a Molecular Wire into Photosystem I: Reconstitution of the Photoelectric Conversion System on a Gold Electrode
Nao Terasaki,Noritaka Yamamoto,Takashi Hiraga,Yoshinori Yamanoi,Tetsu Yonezawa,Hiroshi Nishihara,Tsutomu Ohmori,Makoto Sakai,Masaaki Fujii,Akihiko Tohri,Masako Iwai,Yasunori Inoue,Satoshi Yoneyama,Makoto Minakata,Isao Enami +14 more
TL;DR: Analysis of the photoelectron transfer kinetics proved both the output of electrons from PSI and the effectiveness of the molecular wire.
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Bio-photosensor: Cyanobacterial photosystem I coupled with transistor via molecular wire
Nao Terasaki,Noritaka Yamamoto,Kaoru Tamada,Mineyuki Hattori,Takashi Hiraga,Akihiko Tohri,Ikutaro Sato,Masako Iwai,Michinao Iwai,Shunpei Taguchi,Isao Enami,Yasunori Inoue,Yoshinori Yamanoi,Tetsu Yonezawa,Katsuya Mizuno,Masaki Murata,Hiroshi Nishihara,Satoshi Yoneyama,Makoto Minakata,Tsutomu Ohmori,Makoto Sakai,Masaaki Fujii +21 more
TL;DR: It is reported on the first successful output of electrons directly from photosystem I of thermophilic cyanobacteria to the gate of a field-effect transistor (FET) by bypassing electron flow via a newly designed molecular wire.