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Original Papers

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  1. Yamaji, N., Xia, J. X., Mitani-Ueno, N., Yokosho, K. and Ma, J. F. 2013. Preferential delivery of Zn to developing tissues in rice is mediated by a P-type ATPases, OsHMA2. Plant Physiol. doi:10.1104/pp.113.216564
  2. Sakuma, S., Pourkheirandish, M., Hensel, G ., Kumlehn, J., Stein, N., Tagiri, A ., Yamaji, N ., Ma, J. F., Sassa, H., Koba, T., Komatsuda, T. 2013. Divergence of expression pattern contributed to neofunctionalization of duplicated HD-Zip I transcription factor in barley. New Phytol. 197: 939-948
  3. Takanashi, K., Yokosho, K., Saeki, K., Sugiyama, A., Sato, S., Tabata, S., Ma, J. F. and Yazaki, K. 2013. LjMATE1: A citrate transporter responsible for iron supply to the nodule infection zone of Lotus japonicas. Plant Cell Physiol. 54: 585-594.

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  1. Zheng, L. Q., Yamaji, N., Yokosho, K. and Ma, J. F. 2012. YSL16 is a phloem-localized transporter of the copper-nicotianamine complex that is responsible for copper distribution in rice. Plant Cell 24: 3767-3782.
  2. Suzuki, S., Ma, J. F., Yamamoto, N., Hattori, T., Sakamoto, M. and Umezawa, T. 2012. Silicon deficiency promotes lignin accumulation in rice. Plant Biotechnol., 29: 391-394.
  3. Ma, J. F. 2012. Silicon Transporters. V.N. Uversky, R.H. Kretsinger, E.A. Permyakov (eds.), Encyclopedia of Metalloproteins, DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-1533-6, Springer.
  4. Yamaji, N., Chiba, Y., Mitani-Ueno, N. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Functional characterization of a silicon transporter gene implicated in silicon distribution in barley. Plant Physiol. 160:1491-1497.
  5. Tsutsui, T., Yamaji, N., Huang, C. H., Motoyama, R., Nagamura, Y. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Comparative genome-wide transcriptional analysis of Al-responsive genes reveals novel Al tolerance mechanisms in rice. PLoS ONE 7(10): e48197. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0048197.
  6. Chen, Z. C. and Ma, J. F. 2012 Magnesium transporters and its role in Al tolerance in higher plants. Plant Soil, DOI 10.1007/s11104-012-1433-y
  7. Sasaki, A., Yamaji, N., Yokosho, K. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Nramp5 is a major transporter responsible for manganese and cadmium uptake in rice.@Plant Cell 24: 2155-2167.
  8. Chen, Z. C., Yamaji, N., Motoyama, R., Nagamura, Y. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Up-regulation of a magnesium transporter gene OsMGT1 is required for conferring aluminum tolerance in rice. Plant Physiol 159:1624-1633.
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  10. Yamamoto, T., Nakamura, A., Iwai, H., Ishii, T., Ma, J. F., Yokoyama, R., Nishitani, K., Satoh, S. and Furukawa, J. 2012. Effect of silicon deficiency on secondary cell wall synthesis in rice leaf. J Plant Res 125:771-779
  11. Delhaize, E., Ma, J. F. and Ryan, PR. 2012. Transcriptional regulation of aluminium tolerance genes. Trends Plant Sci. 17: 341-348
  12. Milner, M. J., Craft, E., Yamaji, N., Koyama, E., Ma, J. F. and Kochian, L. V. 2012. Characterization of the high affinity Zn transporter from Noccaea caerulescens, NcZNT1, and dissection of its promoter for its role in Zn uptake and hyperaccumulation. New Phytol. 195: 113-123.
  13. Fujii, M., Yokosho, K., Yamaji, N., Saisho, D., Yamane, M., Takahashi, H., Sato, K., Nakazono, M. and Ma, J. F. 2012. Acquisition of aluminium tolerance by modification of a single gene in barley. Nature Communications, 3:713 doi: 10.1038/ncomms1726.
  14. Montpetit, J., Vivancos, J., Mitani-Ueno, N., Yamaji, N., Remus-Borel, W., Belzile, F., Ma, J. F. and Richard R. Belanger, R.R. 2012. Cloning, functional characterization and heterologous expression of TaLsi1, a wheat silicon transporter gene. Plant Mol Biol 79:35-46
  15. Huang, C. F., Yamaji, N., Chen, Z. and Ma, J. F. 2012. A tonoplast-localized half-size ABC transporter is required for internal detoxification of aluminum in rice. Plant J. 69: 857-867
  16. Huang, C. F., Yamaji, N., Ono, K. and Ma, J. F. 2012. A leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase gene is involved in the specification of outer cell layers in rice roots. Plant J. 69: 565-576

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  1. Sasaki, A., Yamaji, N., Xia, J. X. and Ma, J. F. 2011. OsYSL6 is involved in the detoxification of excess manganese in rice. Plant Physiol. 157: 1832-1840.
  2. Yokosho, K., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2011. An Al-inducible MATE gene is involved in external detoxification of Al in rice.  Plant J. 68: 1061-1069
  3. Ma, J. F. Silicon. In Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Third Edition, Ed, Marschner P. Elsevier. pp.257-261.
  4. Ma, J. F. Aluminum. In Mineral Nutrition of Higher Plants. Third Edition, Ed, Marschner P. Elsevier. pp.268.
  5. Chen, G., Komatsuda, T., Ma, J. F., Li, C., Yamaji, N. and Nevo, E. 2011. A functional cutin matrix is required for plant protection against water loss. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6: 1297-1299
  6. Yordem, B. K., Conte, S, S., Ma, J. F., Yokosho, K., Vasques, K. A., Gopalsamy, S. N. and Walker, E. L. 2011. Brachypodium distachyon as a new model system for understanding iron homeostasis in grasses: phylogenetic and expression analysis of Yellow Stripe-Like (YSL) transporters. Ann. Bot. 108:821-833
  7. Chen, G., Komatsuda, T., Ma, J. F., Christiane Nawrath, C., Pourkheirandish, M., Tagiri, A., Hu, Y. G., Sameri, M., Li, X., Zhao, X., Liu, Y., Li, C., Ma, X., Wang, A., Nair, S.,Wang, N., Miyao, A., Sakuma, S., Yamaji, N., Zheng, X. and Nevo, E. 2011. An ATP-binding cassette subfamily G full transporter is essential for the retention of leaf water in both wild barley and rice.  Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, 108: 12354-12359
  8. Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N. and Mitani-Ueno, N. 2011. Transport of silicon from roots to panicles in plants. Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B, 87: 377-385.
  9. Tsutsui1, T., Yamaji, N., and Ma, J. F. 2011.  Identification of a cis-acting element of ART1, a C2H2-type zinc finger transcription factor for aluminum tolerance in rice.  Plant Physiol. 156: 925-931
  10. Mitani-Ueno, N., Yamaji, N., Zhao, F. J. and Ma, J. F. 2011. Aromatic/arginine selectivity filter of NIP aquaporins plays a critical role in substrate selectivity for silicon, boron and arsenic. J. Exp. Bot. 62: 4391-4398.
  11. Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2011. Further characterization of a rice Si efflux transporter, Lsi2.  Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 57: 259-564.
  12. Moore, K. L., Schröder, M., Wu, Z. C., Martin, B. G. H., Hawes, C. R., Mcgrath, S. P., Hawkesford, M. J., Ma, J. F., Zhao, F. J. and Grovenor, C. R. M. 2011. High resolution secondary ion mass spectrometry reveals the contrasting subcellular distribution of arsenic and silicon in rice roots.  Plant Physiol. 156: 913-924
  13. Mitani-Ueno, N., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2011 Silicon efflux transporters isolated from two pumpkin cultivars contrasting in Si uptake. Plant Signaling & Behavior, 6: 991 – 994.
  14. Ueno, D., Milner, M., Yamaji, N., Yokosho, K., Koyama, E., Zambrano, C., Kaskie, M., Ebbs, S., Kochian, L., Ma, J. F. 2011. Elevated expression of TcHMA3 plays a key role in the extreme Cd tolerance in a Cd-hyperaccumulating ecotype of Thlaspi caerulescens. Plant J., 66: 852-862
  15. Ueno, D., Koyama, E., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2011. Physiological, genetic, and molecular characterization of a high-Cd-accumulating rice cultivar, Jarjan.  J. Expt. Bot. 62: 2265-2272.
  16. Mitani, N., Yamaji, N., Ago, Y., Iwasaki, K. and Ma, J. F. 2011.  Isolation and functional characterization of an influx silicon transporter in two pumpkin cultivars contrasting in Si accumulation.Plant J., 66: 231–240.
  17. Zheng, L., Fujii, M.,Yamaji, N., Sasaki, A., Yamane, M., Sakurai, I., Sato, K. and Ma, J. F. 2011. Isolation and characterization of a barley yellow stripe-like gene, HvYSL5.  Plant Cell Physiol., 52: 765–774.
  18. Xia, J. X., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2011. Further characterization of an aluminum influx transporter in rice. Plant Signal Behavior, 6: 160-163.

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  1. Xia, J. X., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2010. A plasma membrane-localized transporter for aluminum in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA doi/10.1073/pnas.1004949107
  2. Ueno, D, Yamaji, N., Kono, I., Huang, C. F., Ando, T., Yano, M. and Ma, J. F. (2010) Gene limiting cadmium accumulation in rice. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA doi:10.1073/pnas.1005396107.
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  4. Huang, C. F., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2010. Knockout of a bacterial-type ABC transporter gene, AtSTAR1, results in increased Al sensitivity in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 153:1669-1677
  5. Zhao, X. Q., Mitani, N., Yamaji, N., Shen, R. F. and Ma, J. F. 2010. Involvement of silicon influx transporter OsNIP2;1 in selenite uptake in rice.  Plant Physiol. 153:1871–1877
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  7. Ma, J. F. and Ryan, P. 2010. Understanding how plants cope with acid soils. Func. Plant Biol. 37: iii-vi.
  8. Yokosho, K., Yamaji, N., and Ma, J. F. 2010. Isolation and characterization of two MATE genes in rye.  Func. Plant Biol. 37: 296–303
  9. Isa, M., Bai, S., Yokoyama, T., Ma, J. F., Ishibashi, Y, Yuasa, T. and Iwaya-Inoue, M. 2010. Silicon enhances growth independent of silica deposition in a low-silica rice mutant, lsi1.  Plant Soil 331: 361-375
  10. Zhao, F. J., Ago, Y., Mitani, N., Li, R. Y., Su, Y. H., Yamaji, N., McGrath, S. P. and Ma, J. F. 2010. The role of the rice aquaporin Lsi1 in arsenite efflux from roots. New Phytol. 186: 392–399

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  1. Ueno, D., Koyama, E., Kono, I., Ando, T., Yano, M. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Identification of a novel major quantitative trait locus controlling distribution of Cd between roots and shoots in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 50:2223-2233.
  2. Ma, J. F. and Ling, H. Q. 2009. Iron for plants and humans. Plant Soil 325: 1-3.
  3. Yamaji, N., Huang, C. F., Nagao, S., Yano, M., Sato, Y., Nagamura, Y. and Ma, J. F. 2009. A Zn-finger transcription factor ART1 regulates multiple genes implicated in aluminum tolerance in rice. Plant Cell 21: 3339-3349
  4. Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. A transporter at the node responsible for inter-vascular transfer of silicon in rice. Plant Cell 21:2878-2883
  5. Brunings, A. M., Datnoff, L. E., Ma, J. F., Mitani, N., Nagamura, Y., Rathinasabapathi, B. and Kirst, M. 2009. Differential gene expression of rice in response to silicon and rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae@Ann. Appl. Biol. 155: 161-170.
  6. Li, R.Y., Ago, Y., Liu, W. J., Mitani, N., Feldmann, J., McGrath, S. P., Ma, J. F. and Zhao, F. J. 2009. The rice aquaporin Lsi1 mediates uptake of methylated arsenic species. Plant Physiol.150: 2071-2080.
  7. Mitani, N., Chiba, Y., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Identification and characterization of maize and barley Lsi-2-like silicon efflux transporters reveals a distinct silicon uptake system from that in rice. Plant Cell 21:2133-2142.
  8. Ueno, D., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Further characterization of ferric-phytosiderophore transporters ZmYS1 and HvYS1 in maize and barley. J. Exp. Bot. 60: 3513-3520.
  9. Ueno, D. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Secretion time of phytosiderophore differs in two perennial grasses and is controlled by temperature. Plant Soil 323: 335-341.
  10. Li, R. Y., Stroud, J. L., Ma, J. F., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F. J. 2009. Mitigation of arsenic accumulation in rice with water management and silicon fertilization. Environ. Sci. Technol. 43: 3778-3783.
  11. Huang, C. F., Yamaji, N., Nishimura, M., Tajima, S. and Ma, J. F. 2009. A rice mutant sensitive to Al toxicity is defective in the specification of root outer cell layers. Plant Cell Physiol. 50: 976-985.
  12. Ueno, D., Kono, I., Yokosho, K., Ando, T., Yano, M. and Ma, J. F. 2009. A major quantitative trait locus controlling cadmium translocation in rice (Oryza sativa). New Phytologist 182: 644-653.
  13. Kamiya, T., Tanaka, M., Mitani, N., Ma, J. F., Maeshima, M. and Fujiwara, T. 2009. NIP1;1, an aquaporin homolog, determines the arsenite sensitivity of Arabidopsis thaliana. J. Biol. Chem. 284: 2114-2120.
  14. Koster, J. R., Bol, R., Leng, M. J., Parker, A. G., Sloane, H. J. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Effects of active silicon uptake by rice on 29Si fractionation in various plant parts. Rapid Commun. Mass Spectrom. 23: 2398-2402.
  15. Zhao, F. J., Ma, J. F., Meharg, A. A. and McGrath, S. P. 2009. Arsenic uptake and metabolism in plants. New Phytol. 181: 777-794.
  16. Dallagnol, L. J., Rodrigues, F. A., Mielli, M. V. B., Ma, J. F. and Datnoff, L. E. 2009. Defective active silicon uptake affects some components of rice resistance to brown spot. Phytopathology 99: 116-121.
  17. Huang, C. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Yano, M. Nagamura, Y. and Ma, J. F. 2009. A bacterial-type ABC transporter is involved in aluminum tolerance in rice. Plant Cell 21: 655-667.
  18. Chiba, Y., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. HvLsi1 is a silicon influx transporter in barley. Plant J. 57: 810-818.
  19. Mitani, N., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. Identification of maize silicon influx transporters. Plant Cell Physiol. 50: 5-12.
  20. Yokosho, K., Yamaji, N., Ueno, D, Mitani, N. and Ma, J. F. 2009. OsFRDL1 is a citrate transporter required for efficient translocation. Plant Physiol. 149: 297-305.

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  1. Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Xu, X. Y., Su, Y. H., McGrath, S. and Zhao, F. J. 2008. Transporters of arsenite in rice and their role in arsenic accumulation in rice grain. PNAS 105: 9931-9935.
  2. Xing, J. P., Jiang, R. F., Ueno, D., Ma, J. F., Schat, H., McGrath, S. P. and Zhao, F. J. 2008. Variation in root-to-shoot translocation of cadmium and zinc among different accessions of the hyperaccumulators Thlaspi caerulescens and Thlaspi praecox. New Phytol. 178: 315 325.
  3. Dong, X. Y., Shen, R. F., Chen, R. F., Zhu, Z. L. and Ma, J. F. 2008. Secretion of malate and citrate from roots is related to high Al-resistance in Lespedeza bicolor. Plant Soil 306:139 147.
  4. Mitani, N., Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F. 2008. Characterization of substrate specificity of a rice silicon transporter, Lsi1. Pflugers Arch-Eur. J. Physiol. 456: 679-686.
  5. Ueno, D., Iwashita, T., Zhao, F. J. and Ma, J. F. 2008. Characterization of Cd translocation and identification of the Cd form in xylem sap of the Cd-hyperaccumulator Arabidopsis halleri. Plant Cell Physiol. 49: 540-548.
  6. Tamai, K. and Ma, J. F. 2008. Reexamination of silicon effects on rice growth and production under field conditions using a low silicon mutant. Plant Soil 307: 21-27.
  7. Yamaji, N., Mitatni, N. and Ma, J. F. 2008. A Transporter regulating silicon distribution in rice shoots. Plant Cell 20: 1381-1389.
  8. Ma, J. F. and Yamaji, N. 2008. Functions and transport of silicon in plants. Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences 65: 3049-3057.
  9. Murata,Y., Harada, E., Sugase, K., Namba, K., Horikawa, M., Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Ueno, D., Nomoto, K., Iwashita, T. and Kusumoto, S. 2008. Specific transporter for iron(III)-phytosiderophore complex involved in iron uptake by barley roots. Pure Appl. Chem. 80: 2689-2697.

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  1. Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Mitani, M.,Tamai, K., Konishi, S., Fujiwara, T., Katsuhara, M. and Yano, M. 2007. An efflux transporter of silicon in rice. Nature 448: 209-211
  2. Furukawa, J., Yamaji, N., Wang, H., Mitani, N., Murata, Y., Sato, K., Katsuhara, M., Takeda, K., and Ma, J. F. 2007. An aluminum-activated citrate transporter in barley. Plant Cell Physiol. 48:1081-1091.
  3. Ma, J. F. 2007. Syndrome of aluminum toxicity and diversity of aluminum resistance in higher plants. International Review of Cytology 264: 225-252.
  4. Cheng, L., Wang, F., Huang, F., Zheng , L., He, F., Li , J., Zhao, F-J., Ueno, D., Ma, J. F., Shou, H. and Wu, P. 2007. Mutation in nicotianamine aminotransferease stimulated the Fe(II) acquisition system and led to iron accumulation in rice. Plant Physiol. 145: 1647-1657.
  5. Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Tamai, K. and Mitani, N. 2007. Genotypic difference in Si uptake and expression of Si transporter genes in rice. Plant Physiol., 145: 919-924.
  6. Xue, Y., Jiang, L., Su, N., Wang, J. K., Deng, P., Ma, J. F., Zhai, H. Q. and Wan, J. M. 2007. The genetic basic and fine-mapping of a stable quantitative-trait loci for aluminium tolerance in rice. Planta  227: 255-262.
  7. Shibata, M., Konno, T., Akaike, R., Xu, Y., Shen, R. and Ma, J. F.:2007. Phytoremediation of Pb contaminated soil with polymer-coated EDTA. Plant Soil 290: 201-208.
  8. Yamaji, N. and Ma, J. F.: 2007. Spatial distribution and temporal variation of the rice silicon transporter Lsi1. Plant Physiol. 143: 1306-1313.
  9. Ueno, D., Rombola, A., Iwashita, T., Nomoto, K. and Ma, J. F. 2007. :Identification of two novel phytosiderophores secreted from perennial grasses. New Phytol. 174:304-310.
  10. Xu, Y., Yamaji, N., Shen, R. F. and Ma, J. F. 2007. Sorghum roots are inefficient in uptake of EDTA chelated Pb. Ann. Bot. 99: 869-875.

‚Q‚O‚O‚U

  1. Ma, J. F., Tamai, K., Yamaji, N., Mitani, N., Konishi, S., Katsuhara, M., Ishiguro, M., Murata, Y. and Yano, M. 2006. A silicon transporter in rice. Nature 440: 688-691.
  2. Murata, K., Ma, J. F., Yamaji, N., Ueno, D., Nomoto, K. And Iwashita, T. 2006. A specific transporter for iron(III)-phytosiderophore in barley roots. Plant J. 46: 563-572.
  3. Ma, J. F. and Yamaji, N. 2006. Silicon uptake and accumulation in higher plants. Trends in Plant Sci. 11, 392-397.
  4. Wu, Q. S., Wan, X. Y., Su, N., Cheng, Z. J., Wang, J. K., Lei, C. L., Zhang, X., Jiang, L., Ma, J. F. and Wan, J. M. 2006. Genetic dissection of silicon uptake ability in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Sci. 171: 441-448.
  5. Shen, R. F., Chen, R. F. and Ma, J. F. 2006. Buckwheat accumulates aluminum in leaves but not in seeds. Plant Soil 284: 265-271.
  6. Chen, R. F., Shen, R. F., Gu, P., Dong, X. Y., Du, C. W. and Ma, J. F. 2006. Response of rice (Oryza sativa) with root surface iron plaque under aluminium stress. Ann. Bot. 98: 389-395.
  7. Xue, Y., Wan, J. M., Jiang, L. Liu, L. L., Su, N., Zhai, H. Q. and Ma, J. F. 2006. QTL analysis of aluminum resistance in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Soil 287: 375-383.

‚Q‚O‚O‚T

  1. Ma, J. F. 2005. Physiological mechanism of Al resistance in higher plants. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 51: 609-612.
  2. Ma, J. F., Nagao, S., Huang, C. F., Nishimura, M. 2005. Isolation and characterization of a rice mutant hypersensitive to Al. Plant Cell Physiol. 46: 1054 1061.
  3. Ma, J. F. 2005. Plant root responses to three abundant soil mineral: silicon, aluminum and iron. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 24: 267-281.
  4. Mitani, M., Ma, J. F. and Iwashita, T. 2005. Identification of silicon form in the xylem of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Cell Physiol. 46: 279-283.
  5. Mitani, N., Ma, J. F. 2005. Uptake system of silicon in different plant species. J. Exp. Bot. 56: 1255-1261.
  6. Ueno, D., Ma, J. F., Iwashita, T., Zhao, F. J. and McGrath, S. P. 2005. Identification of the form of Cd in the leaves of a superior Cd-accumulating ecotype of Thlaspi caerulescens using 113Cd-NMR. Planta 221: 928-936.
  7. Ma, J. F., Ueno, D., Zhao, F. J. and McGrath, S. P. 2005. Subcellular localisation of Cd and Zn in the leaves of a Cd-hyperaccumulating ecotype of Thlaspi caerulescens. Planta 220:731-736.

‚Q‚O‚O‚S

  1. Shen, R. F., Iwashita, T. and Ma, J. F. 2004. Form of Al changes with Al concentration in leaves of buckwheat. J. Exp. Bot. 55: 131-136.
  2. Ma, J. F. 2004. Role of silicon in enhancing the resistance of plants to biotic and abiotic stresses. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 50: 11-18.
  3. Ma, J. F., Shen, R., Nagao, S. and Tanimoto E.2004. Aluminum targets elongating cells by reducing cell wall extensibility in wheat roots. Plant Cell Physiol. 45: 583-589.
  4. Ma, J. F., Nagao, S., Sato, K., Ito, H., Furukawa, J. and Takeda, K. 2004. Molecular mapping of a gene responsible for Al-activated secretion of citrate in barley. J. Exp. Bot. 55: 1335-1341.
  5. Ueno, D., Zhao, F. J. Shen R. and Ma, J. F. 2004. Cadmium and zinc accumulation by the hyperaccumulator Thlaspi caerulescens from soils enriched with insoluble metal compounds. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 50: 511-515.
  6. Ueno, D., Zhao, F. J. and Ma, J. F. 2004. Interactions between Cd and Zn in relation to their hyperaccumulation in Thlaspi caerulescens. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 50: 591-597.
  7. Ma, J. F. Mitani, M., Nagao, S., Konishi, S., Tamai, K., Iwashita, T. and Yano. M. 2004. Characterization of Si uptake system and molecular mapping of Si transporter gene in rice. Plant Physiol. 136: 3284 3289.
  8. Ma, J. F., Higashitani, A., Sato, K. and Tateda, K. 2004. Genotypic variation in Fe concentration of barley grain. Soil Sci. Plant Nutr. 50: 1115-1117.

‚Q‚O‚O‚R

  1. Ma, J. F., Higashitani, A., Sato, K. and Tateda, K. 2003. Genotypic variation in Si content of barley grain. Plant Soil 249: 383-387.
  2. Zhao, Z., Ma, J. F., Sato, K. and Takeda, K. 2003. Differential Al resistacne and citrate secretion in barley (Hodeum vulgare L.). Planta 217: 794-800.
  3. Tamai, K. and Ma, J. F. 2003. Characterization of silicon uptake by rice roots. New Phytol. 158: 431-436.
  4. Hayes, J. and Ma, J. F. 2003. Al-induced efflux of organic acid anions is poorly associated with internal organic acid metabolism in triticale roots. J. Exp. Bot. 54: 1753-1759.
  5. Ma, J. F. and Furukawa, J. 2003. Recent progress in the research of external Al detoxification in higher plants-a mini review. J. Inorg. Biochem. 97: 46-51.
  6. Ma, J. F., Ueno, H., Ueno, D., Rombola, A. D. and Iwashita, T. 2003. Characterization of phytosiderophore secretion under Fe deficiency stress in Festuca rubra. Plant Soil 256: 131-137.

‚Q‚O‚O‚Q

  1. Shen, R. F., Ma, J. F., Kyo, M. and Iwashita, T. 2002. Compartmentation of aluminium in leaves of an Al-accumulator, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. Planta 215F394-398.
  2. Ma, J. F., Shen, R., Zhao, Z., Wissuwa, M., Takeuchi, Y., Ebitani, T. and Yano, M. 2002. Response of rice to Al stress and identification of quantitative trait loci for Al tolerance. Plant Cell Physiol. 43F652-659.
  3. Li, X. F., Ma, J. F. and Matsumoto, H. 2002. Aluminum-induced secretion of both citrate and malate in rye. Plant Soil 242: 235-243.
  4. Ma, J. F., Tamai, K., Ichii, M. and Wu, K. 2002. A rice mutant defective in active Si uptake. Plant Physiol. 130: 2111-2117.
  5. Li, X. F., Ma, J. F. and Matsumoto, H. 2002. Root-cap mucilage binds aluminum and accumulates organic acids in Zea mays L. J. Plant Physiol. Mol. Biol. 28: 121-126.

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  1. Shen, R and Ma, J. F. 2001. Distribution and mobility of aluminium in an Al-accumulating plant, Fagopyrum esculentum Moench. J. Expt. Bot. 52: 1683-1687.
  2. Ma, J. F., Goto, S., Tamai, K and Ichii, M. 2001. Role of root hairs and lateral roots in silicon uptake by rice. Plant Physiol. 127: 1773-1780.
  3. Ma, J. F., Ryan, P. R. and Delhaize, M. 2001. Aluminium tolerance in plants and the complexing role of organic acids. Trends in Plant Sci. 6: 273-278.

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  1. Ma, J. F., Taketa, S. and Yang, Z. M. 2000. Aluminum tolerance genes on the short arm of chromosome 3R are linked to organic acid release in triticale. Plant Physiol. 122: 687-694.
  2. Li, X. F., Ma, J. F. and Matsumoto, H. 2000. Mucilage strongly binds aluminum but does not prevent roots from aluminum injury in Zea mays. Physiol. Plant. 108: 152-160.
  3. Ma, J. F. and Hiradate, S. 2000. Form of aluminium for uptake and translocation in buckwheat. Planta 211: 355-360.
  4. Li, X. F., Ma, J. F. and Matsumoto, H. 2000. Pattern of aluminum-induced secretion of organic acids differs between rye and wheat. Plant Physiol. 123: 1537-1543.
  5. Ma, J. F. 2000. Role of organic acids in detoxification of aluminum in higher plants. Plant Cell Physiol. 41:384-390.
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