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2011

Nagaki, K., Shibata, F., Kanatani, A., Kashihara, K. and Murata, M. 2012. Isolation of centromeric-tandem repetitive DNA sequences by chromatin affinity purification using a HaloTag7-fused centromere-specific histone H3 in tobacco. Plant Cell Reports 31: 771-779.

Heckmann, S., Schroeder-Reiter, E., Kumke, K., Ma, L., Nagaki, K., Murata, M., Wanner, G. and Houben, A. 2011. Holocentric chromosomes of Luzula elegans are characterized by a longitudinal centromere groove, chromosome bending, and a terminal nucleolus organizer region. Cytogenet. Genome Res. 134(3):220-228.

Nagaki, K., Shibata, F., Suzuki, G., Kanatani, A., Ozaki, S., Hironaka, A., Kashihara, K. and Murata, M. 2011. Coexistence of NtCENH3 and two retrotransposons in tobacco centromeres.  Chromosome Res. 19(5):591-605.

Ravi, M., Shibata, F., Ramahi, J. S., Nagaki, K., Chen, C., Murata, M. and Chan, S. W. 2011. Meiosis-specific loading of the centromere-specific histone CENH3 in Arabidopsis thaliana.  PLoS Genet. 7(6):e1002121.

Houben, A., Kumke, K., Nagaki, K. and Hause, G.  2011. CENH3 distribution and differential chromatin modifications during pollen development in rye (Secale cereale L.). Chromosome Res. 19: 471-480.

Tek, A. L., Kashihara, K., Murata, M. and Nagaki, K. 2011. Functional centromeres in Astragalus sinicus include a compact centromere-specific histone H3 and a 20-bp tandem repeat. Chromosome Res. 19(8):969-978.

Yokota, E., Shibata, F., Nagaki, K and Murata, M. 2011. Stability of monocentric and dicentric ring minichromosomes in Arabidopsis. Chromosome Res. 19(8):999-1012.

2010

Nagaki, K., Terada, K., Wakimoto, M., Kashihara, K. and Murata, M. 2010. Centromere targeting of alien CENH3s in Arabidopsis and tobacco cells. Chromosome Res. 18: 203-211.

Tek, A. L., Kashihara, K., Murata, M. and Nagaki, K. 2010. Functional centromeres in soybean include two distinct tandem repeats and a retrotransposon. Chromosome Res. 18: 337-347.

Yokota, E., Nagaki, K. and Murata, M. 2010.  Minichromosome stability induced by partial genome duplication in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosoma 119: 361-369.

2009

Nagaki, K., Walling, J., Hirsch, C., Jiang, J. and Murata, M. 2009. Structure and evolution of plant centromeres. In: Centromere-Structure and Evolution (Ed. D. Ugarkovic), Progress in Molecular and Subcellular Biology, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp.153-179.

Nagaki, K., Kashihara, K. and Murata, M. 2009. A centromeric DNA sequence colocalized with a centromere-specific histone H3 in tobacco. Chromosoma 118: 249-257.

Nagaki, K., Kashihara, K. and Murata, M. 2009. Characterization of the two centromeric proteins CENP-C and MIS12 in Nicotiana species. Chromosome Res. 17: 719-726.

Nagaki, K. 2009. Components and structures of plant centromeres. Chromosome Science 12: 5-11.

Murata, M. and Nagaki, K. 2009. Recent progress in plant artificial chromosomes. Seibutsu-no-Kagaku Iden 63:61-65.

2008

Murata, M., Yokota, E., Shibata, F., and Kashihara, K. 2008. Functional analysis of the Arabidopsis centromere by T-DNA-induced centromere breakage. Proc. Nat. Sci. Acad. USA 105:7511-7516.

Cheng, Z. J., Murata, M., Li, X. M., Nian, H., and Wan, J. M. 2008. Effects on genome constitution and novel cell wall formation caused by the addition of 5RS rye chromosome to common wheat. J. Integr. Plant Biol. 50:503-509.

2007

Houben, A., Schroeder-Reiter, E., Nagaki, K., Nasuda, S., Wanner, G., Murata, M., and Endo, T. R. 2007. CENH3 interacts with the centromeric retrotransposon cereba and GC-rich satellites and locates to centromeric substructures in barley. Chromosoma 116(3), 275-283.

Nagaki, K. and Murata, M. 2007. Monocentric and holocentric chromosomes in plants. Cytologia 72(4).

2006

Murata, M., Shibata, F., and Yokota, E. 2006. The origin, meiotic behavior and transmission of a novel minichromosome in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosoma. 115(4):311-319.

2005

Ogihara, Y., Yamazaki, Y., Murai, K., Kanno, A., Terachi, T., Shiina, T., Miyashita, N., Nasuda, S., Nakamura, C., Mori, N., Takumi, S., Murata, M., Futo, S., and Tsunewaki, K. 2005. Structural dynamics of cereal mitochondrial genomes as revealed by complete nucleotide sequencing of the wheat mitochondrial genome. Nuc. Acid Res. 33:6235-6250.

Nagaki, K., Kashihara, K., and Murata, M. 2005. Visualization of diffuse centromeres with centromere-specific histone H3 in the holocentric plant Luzula nivea. The Plant Cell 17, 1886-1893.

Sato, H., Shibata, F., and Murata, M. 2005. Characterization of a Mis12 homologue in Arabidopsis thaliana. Chromosome Res. 13, 827-834.

Yan, H., Jin, W., Nagaki, K., Tian, S., Ouyang, S., Buell, C. R., Talbert, P.B., Henikoff, S., and Jiang, J. 2005. Transcription and histone modifications in the recombination-free region spanning a rice centromere. The Plant Cell 17, 3227-3238.

Nagaki, K.and Murata, M. 2005. Characterization of CENH3 and centromere - associated DNA sequences in sugarcane. Chromosome Res. 13, 195-203.

Nagaki, K., Neumann, P., Zhang, D., Ouyang, S. Buell, C. R., Cheng, Z., and Jiang, J. 2005. Structure, divergence, and distribution of the CRR centromeric retrotransposon family in rice. Mol. Biol. and Evol. 22, 845-855.

Tani, A. and Murata, M. 2005. Alternative splicing of Pot1(Protection of telomere)-like genes in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet. Syst. 80:41-48.

2004

Nagaki, K. Cheng, Z., Ouyang, S., Talbert, P.B., Kim, M., Jones, K.M., Henikoff, S., Buell, C.R. and Jiang, J. 2004. Sequencing of a rice centromere uncovers active genes. Nat. Genet. 36, 138-145.

Shibata, F. and Murata, M. 2004. Differential localization of the centromere-specific proteins in the major centromeric satellite of Arabidopsis thaliana.  J. Cell Sci. 117:2963-70.

Ogura, Y., Shibata, F., Sato, H., and Murata, M. 2004. Characterization of a CENP-C homolog in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genes Genet. Syst. 79:139-144.

Jin, W., Melo, J.R., Nagaki, K., Talbert, P.B., Henikoff, S., Dawe, R.K. and Jiang, J. 2004. Maize centromeres: organization and functional adaptation in the genetic background of oat. The Plant Cell 16: 571-581.

2003

Nagaki, K., Talbert, P.B., Zhong, C.X., Dawe, R.K., Henikoff, S. and Jiang, J. 2003. Chromatin immunoprecipitation reveals that the 180-bp satellite repeat is the key functional DNA element of Arabidopsis thaliana centromeres. Genetics 163, 1221-1225.

Nagaki, K., Song, J., Stupar, R.M., Parokonny, A.S., Yuan, Q., Ouyang, S., Liu, J., Hsiao, J., Jones, K.M., Dawe, R.K., Buell, C.R. and Jiang, J. 2003. Molecular and cytological analyses of large tracks of centromeric DNA reveal the structure and evolutionary dynamics of maize centromeres. Genetics 163: 759-770.

Taga, M., Tsuchiya, D., and Murata, M. 2003. Dynamic changes of rDNA condensation state during mitosis in filamentous fungi revealed by fluorescence in situ hybridization.  Mycol. Res. 107: 1012-1020.

Cheng, Z-J. and Murata, M. 2003. A centrometric tandem repeat family originating from a part of Ty3/gypsy-retroelement in wheat and its relatives. Genetics 164:665-672.

2002

Murata, M. 2002. Telomeres and centromeres in plants. Current Genomics 3:527-538.

Sakamoto, W., Tamura, T., Hanba-Tomita, Y., Sodmergen and Murata, M. 2002. The VAR1 locus of Arabidopsis encodes a chloroplastic FtsH and is responsible for leaf variegation in the mutant alleles. Genes to Cells 7:769-780.

Ogihara, Y., Isono, K., Kojima, T., Endo, A., Hanaoka, M., Shiina, T., Terachi, T., Utsugi, S., Murata, M., Mori, N., Takumi, S., Ikeno, K., Gojobori, Murai, R., Murai, K, T., Matsuoka, Y., Ohnishi, Y., Tajiri, H. and Tsunewaki, K. 2002. Structural features of a wheat plastome as revealed by complete sequencing chloroplast DNA.  Mol. Genet. Genomics 266:740-746.

Cheng, Z-J. and Murata, M. 2002. Loss of chromosomes 2R and 5RS in octoploid triticales selected for agronomic traits.  Gene Genet. Syst. 77:23-29.

2001

Mimida, N., Goto, K., Kobayashi, Y., Araki, T., Ahn, J. H., Weigel, D., Murata, M., Motoyoshi, F. and Sakamoto, W. 2001. Functional divergence of the TFL1-like gene family in Arabidopsis revealed by characterization of a novel member, ATC.  Genes to Cells 6:327-336.

Sakamoto, W., Ohomori, T., Kageyama, K., Miyazaki, C., Saito, A., Murata, M., Noda, K.. and Maekawa, M. 2001. The Purple leaf (Pl) locus of rice: the Plw allele has a complex organization and induces two genes encoding basic helix-loop-helix proteins involved in anthocyanin biosynthesis.  Plant Cell Physiol. 42:982-991.

2000

Sobir, Ohomori, T., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 2000. Molecular characterization of the SCAR markers tightly linked to the Tm-2 locus of the genus Lycopersicon. Theor. Appl. Genet. 101:64-69.

Tan, S.-H., Nishiguch, M., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 2000. The genome structure of kyuri green mottle mosaic virus in comparison with cucumber green mottle mosaic virus.  Arch. Virol. 145:1067-1079.

Ogihara, Y., Isono, K., Kojima, T., Tsuduki, H., Endo, A., Murai, R., Murai, K, Hanaoka, M., Shiina, T., Terachi, T.,  Utsugi, S., Murata, M., Mori, N., Takumi, S., Ikeno, K., Gojobori, T., Matsuoka, Y., Ohnishi, Y., Tajiri, H. and Tsunewaki, K. 2000. Chinese Spring (Triticum aestivum L.) chloroplast genome: Complete sequence and contig clones. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 18:243-253.

Takechi, K., Sodmergen, Murata, M., Motoyoshi, F. and Sakamoto, W. 2000. The YELLOW VARIEGATED (VAR2) locus encodes a homologue of FtsH, an ATP-dependent protease in Arabidopsis.  Plant Cell Physiol. 41:1334-1346.

Sakamoto, W., Spielewoy, N., Bonnard, G., Murata, M. and Wintz, H. 2000. Mitochondrial localization of AtOXA1, an Arabidopsis homologue of yeast Oxa1p involved in the insertion and assembly of protein complexes in mitochondrial inner membrane. Plant Cell Physiol. 41:1157-1163.

1999

Heslop-Harrison, J. S., Murata, M., Ogura, Y., Schwarzacher, T. and Motoyosh i, F. 1999. Polymorphisms and genomic organization of repetitive DNA from centromeric regions of Arabidopsis chromosomes. The Plant Cell 11:31-42.

Taga, M., Murata, M. and VanEtten, H. D. 1999. Visualization of a conditionally dispensable (CD) chromosomes in the filamentous ascomycete Nectria haematococca by fuorescence in situ hybridization. Fungal Genet. Biol. 26:169-177.

Takechi, K., Sakamoto, W., Katsuhara, M., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1999. Establishment of in situ hybridization using Technovit resion in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. Report. 17:43-51.

Takechi, K., Sakamoto, W., Utsugi, S., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1999. Characterization of a flower-specific gene encoding a putative myrosinase-binding protein in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell Physiol. 40 (12):1287-1296.

Mimida, N., Sakamoto, W., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1999. TERMINAL FLOW ER 1-like genes in Brassica species. Plant Sci. 142:155-162.

Murata, M. 1999. Differential screening of rye-type cDNAs from a common wheat carrying the rye midget chromosomes. Bull. Res. Inst. Bioresources, Okayama Univ. 6:53-64.

1998

Ohmori, T., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1998. Characterization of disease resistance gene-like sequences in near-isogenic lines of tomato. Theor. Appl. Genet. 96:331-338.

Utsugi, S., Sakamoto, W., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1998. Arabidopsis thaliana vegetative storage protein (VSP) genes: gene organization and tissue-specific expression. Plant Mol. Biol. 38:565-576.

Taga, M., Murata, M. and Saitoh, H. 1998. Comparison of different karyotyping methods in filamentous ascomycetes - a case study of Nectria haematococca (an amorph: Fusarium solani). Mycol. Res. 102:1355-1364.

1997

Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1997. Physical mapping of the 5S ribosomal RNA genes in Arabidopsis thaliana by multi-color fluorescence in situ hybridization with cosmid clones. Plant J. 12:31-37.

Ohshima, S., Murata, M., Sakamoto, W., Ogura, Y. and Motoyoshi, F. 1997. Cloning and molecular analysis of the Arabidopsis gene TERMINAL FLOWER 1. Mol. Gen. Genet. 254:186-194.

Sakamoto, W., Tan, S.-H., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1997. An unusual mitochondrial atp9- rpl16 cotranscript found in the maternal distorted leaf mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana: implication of GUG as an initiation codon in plant mitochondria. Plant Cell Physiol. 38(8):975-979.

Tan, S.-H., Nishiguchi, M., Sakamoto, W., Ogura, Y., Murata, M., Ugaki, M., Tomiyama, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1997. Molecular analysis of the genome of an attemuated strain of cucumber green mottle mosaic virus, Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jap. 63:470-474.

1996

Motoyoshi, F., Ohmori, T. and Murata, M. 1996. Molecular characterization of heterochromatic regions around the Tm-2 locus in chromosome 9 of tomato. in: J. S. Heslop-Harrison (Ed.), Unifying Plant Genomes, SEB symp. No.50, The Company of Biologists Ltd., Cambridge, pp.65-70.

Ohmori, T., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1996. Molecular characterization of RAPD and SCAR markers linked to the Tm-1 locus in tomato. Theor. Appl. Genet. 91:307-311.

Sakamoto, W., Kondo, H., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1996. Altered mitochondiral gene expression in maternal distorted leaf mutant of Arabidopsis induced by chloroplast mutator. The Plant Cell 8:1377-1390.

Utsugi, S., Sakamoto, W., Ogura, Y., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1996. Isolation and characterization of cDNA clones corresponding to the genes expressed preferentially in floral organs of Arabidopisis thaliana. Plant Mol. Biol. 32:759-765.

1995

Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1995. Floral chromosomes of Arabidopsis thaliana for detecting low-copy DNA sequences by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Chromosoma 104:39-43.

Murata, M. 1995. Molecular structure of a midget chromosome from rye. in: W. J. Raupp and B. S. Gill (Eds.), Classical and Molecular Cytogenetic Analysis, Manhattan, Kansas, Kansas Agricult. Exp. St., pp.96-99.

Ohmori, T., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1995. Identification of RAPD markers linked to the ToMV resistance genes Tm-2 and Tm-2a in tomato. Theor. Appl. Genet. 90:307-311.

Ohmori, T., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1995. Identification of RAPD markers linked to the ToMV resistance gene, Tm-1 in tomato. Jpn. J. Genet. 70:179-184.

Sakamoto, W., Murata, M. and Motoyoshi, F. 1995. RNA editing of Arabidopsis mitochondrial atp9 gene and expression of the unedited subunit 9 protein in transgenic plants. In modification of gene expression and non-Men delian inheritance. (eds. Ohno, K. and Takaiwa, F.), pp401-407.

1994

Murata, M., Ogura, Y. and Motoyoshi, F. 1994. Centromeric repetitive sequences in Arabidopsis thaliana. Jpn. J. Genet. 69:361-370.

Taga, M. and Murata, M. 1994. Visualization of mitotic chromosomes in filamentous fungi by fluorescence staining and fluorescence in situ hybridization. Chromosoma 103:408-413.

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