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Molecular cloning of flavonoid biosynthetic genes and biochemical characterization of anthocyanin me
Plant Biotechnology

Functional association of a SNP in a regulatory MAL gene, YPR196W-2 with maltose assimilation in Jap
PLoS ONE

Influence of Apple Mosaic Virus on the Growth, Yield, and　Qualities of Saaz Hop
Journal of Plant Sciences

Physical interactions among flavonoid enzymes in snapdragon and torenia reveal the diversity in the flavonoid metabolon organization of different plant species
The Plant Journal

Transgenic research in Floricultural Crops
Genetic Engineering on Horticultural Crops, Elsevier

Economic aspects of virtual water trade
Environmental Research Letters

Oral carbonation modulates subjective appetite and gastric myoelectrical activity in young women
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology

Analysis of Active Components on Oral Fat Sensations in Oolong Tea
Food Science and Technology Research

Genome sequence and analysis of the Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil
Nature Communications

De novo transcriptomes of Forsythia koreana based on extended contigs generated by novel assembly pr
PLoS ONE

Volatile Glycosylation：A story of UGT for Volatiles: Glycosylation Determining the Boundary of Volat
Plant Specialied Metabolism (CRC Press)

Potential Impacts of Food Production on Freshwater Availability Considering Water Sources
Water

The influence of pruning and harvest timing on hop aroma, cone appearance, and yield
Food Chemistry

Next-generation sequencing analysis of lager brewing yeast strains reveals the evolutionary history of interspecies hybridization
DNA Research

Disruption of lig4 improves gene targeting efficiency in the oleaginous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4
Journal of Biotechnology

Gene targeting in the oil-producing fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 and construction of a strain producing a valuable polyunsaturated fatty acid
Current Genetics

Identification of 3-Methylbutanoyl Glycosides in Green Coffea Arabica Beans as Causative Determination for the Quality of Coffee Flavors.
Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry

Volatile metabolism in Camellia sinensis: Two glycosyltransferases catalyzes sequential sugar conjugation to aromas important for chemical defense.
Plant Physiology

Essences in mtabolic engineering of lignan biosynthesis (Invited review)
Metabolites

Body Fat Reducing Effect and Safety Evaluation of Long-Term Consumption of Tea Containing Quercetin Glucoside in Obese Subjects.
Japanese Pharmacology & Therapeutics (published in Japanese) (2015) 43/2,181-194

The draft genome of hop, an essence of brewing
Plant and Cell Physilogy (2015) 56/3,428-441

Yeast production using Fed-Batch culture
The Society for Biotechnology (published in Japanese) (2015) 93,32-34

Metabolic Engineering of Flower Color Pathways Using Cytochromes P450
Fifty Years of Cytochrome P450 Research (2014) ,207-232 (Ed. Yamazaki, Springer)

Genetic control and evolution ofanthocyanin methylation
Plant Physiology (2014) 165/3,962-977

 

Protocols for detection of the transgenes and anthocyanidins of the transgenic "Moon" carnations
Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology (published in Japanese)

Uridine diphoephate glucose:lignan glucpsyltransferase activity of UGT71C1 toward pinoresinol and lariciresinol
Plant Biotechnology (2014) 31, 561-566

A new O-methyltransferase for monolignol synthesis in Carthamum tinctorius
Plant Biotechnology (2014) 31, 545-553

Expansion of specialized metabolism-related superfamily genes via whole genome dupulicaioduring in angiosperm evolution.
Plant Biotechnology (2014) 31, 579–584

Identification and characterization of Camellia sinensis glucosyltransferase, UGT73A17: A possible role in flavonol glucosylation
Plant Biotechnology (2014) 31, 573–578

Mode-of-action and evoluton of methylenedioxybridge forming P450s
Plant Biotechnology (2014) 31, 493–503

Evaluation of Postprandial Core or Peripheral Temperatures after Oral Stimulation with Carbonated Water Using a Modified Sham-feeding Test
Japan Society of Nutrition and Food Science (published in Japanese) (2014) 67,19-25

Sequence analysis of the genomic of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.)
DNA Research (2014) 2/3 ,231-241

Evolution and diversity of the 2-oxoglutarate-dependent dioxygenase (2OGD) superfamily in plants
The Plant Journal (2014) 78/2 ,328–343

A chalcone isomerase-like protein enhnaces flavonoid production
The Plant Journal (2014) 78/2 ,294–304

Characterization of a trifunctional fatty acid desaturase from oleaginous filamentous fungus Mortierella alpina 1S-4 using a yeast expression system
Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering (2013) 116/6 ,672–676

Creation of blue rose
Japanese Society for Anthocyanins (published in Japanese)

Enhancement of phosphate absorption by garden plants by genetic engineering – A new tool for phytoremediation
BioMed Research International (2013), Article ID 182032, 7 pages

Genetic engineering of novel bluer colored chrysanthemums produced by dephinidin-based anthoctanin accumulation
Plant and Cell Physiology (2013) 54/10 ,1684-1695

Violet Chrysanthemums – Metabolic Engineering of Anthocyanin Biosynthetic PathwayResulted in Novel Petal Colours
Plant and Cell Physiology (2013) 54/10 ,1696-1710

A novel O-methyltransferase involved in the first methylation step of yatein biosynthesis in Anthriscussylvestris
Plant Biotechnology (2013) 30 ,375–384

Expression of flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase and acetolactate synthase genes in transgenic carnation: Safety
Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry (2013) 61/48 ,11711–11720

High-throughput metabolic profiling of diverse green Coffea arabica beans identified tryptophan as a universal discrimination factor of immature beans
PLoS ONE (2013) 8/8 ,70098

Development novel flower color-a road to blue roses
Chemistry and Education (published in Japanese) (2013) 61/9 ,452-453

Flower colour and cytochromes P450
Philosophical Transactions B (2013) 368: 20120432

Body Fat Reducing Effect of Continuous Consumption of the Beverage Containing Quercetin Glucosides (Enzymatically Modified Isoquercitrin) in Obese Subjects
Japanese Pharmacology & Therapeutics (published in Japanese) (2012) 40/10 ,901-914

Body Fat Reducing Effect and Safety Evaluation of Long’term Consumption of Green Tea Containing Quercetin Glucoside in Obese Subjects
Japanese Pharmacology & Therapeutics (published in Japanese) (2012) 40/6 ,495-503

The Effects of Carbonated Water upon Gastric and Cardiac Activities and Fullness in Healthy Young Women
Journal of Nutritional Science and Vitaminology (2012) 58/5 ,333-338

Opponency of astringent and fat sensations
Current Biology (2012) 22/19,R829-R830

Genetic Analysis of Chemosensory Traits in Human Twins
Chemical Senses (2012) 37/9 ,869-881

GENETIC ENGINEERING OF FLORICULTURAL CROPS: MODIFICATION OF FLOWER COLOUR, FLOWERING AND SHAPE
Acta Horticulturae (2012) 953 ,209-216

The Sg-1 Glycosyltransferase Locus Regulates Structural Diversity of Triterpenoid Saponins of Soybean
The Plant Cell (2012) 24/5 ,2123-2138

Characterization of the modes of binding between human sweet taste receptor and low-molecular-weight sweet compounds
PLoS ONE 7(4): 35380

Molecular phylogenetics and gene expression of plant glycosyltnrasferases for flavonoids
Newsletter & Japanese Society & Enzyme Engineering (published in Japanese) (2012) 67,6-10

Convergent evolution of substrate specificity of enzymes involved in specialized metabosims
Chemistry and biology by Japan Society for Bioscience,Biotechnology and Agrochemistry (published in Japanese) (2012) 50/1,16-22

Functional analysis of Antirrhinum kelloggii flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase and flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase genes; critical role in flower color and evolution in the genus Antirrhinum
Journal of Plant Research (2012) 125/3 ,451-456

Effect of Long－term Intake of "KURO－Oolong tea OTPP" on Body Fat Mass and Metabolic Syndrome Risk in Over Weight Volunteers
Japanese Pharmacology & Therapeutics (published in Japanese) (2011) 39/10 ,889-900

Effect of Carbonated Beverage Containing Resistant Maltodextrin on Postprandial Serum Triglyceride
Japanese Pharmacology & Therapeutics (published in Japanese) (2011) 39/9 ,813-821

CYP716A subfamily members are multifunctional enzymes in triterpenoid biosynthesis
Plant and Cell Physiology (2011) 52/12 ,2050-2061

Identification of Sc-type ILV6 as a target to reduce diacetyl formation in lager brewers' yeast.
Metabolic Engineering (2011) 13/6,638-647

Development of blue roses and carnations
Plant Molecular Biology (published in Japanese)

Simultaneous quantification of lignans in Arabidopsis thaliana by highly sensitive capillary liquid chromatography-electrospray ionization-ion trap mass spectrometry.
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/3 , 287-293

Effects of light on production of endogenous and exogenous lignans by Forsythia koreana wildtype and transgenic cells
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/3 ,331-337

The construction of transgenic Forsythia plants: comparative study of three Forsythia species.
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/3 ,273-280

Biosynthetic pathway and metabolic engineering of Sesame lignans
Bioindustry by Japan Bioindustry Association (published in Japanese) (2011) 28/12, 5-11

Environmental risk assessment and field performance of rose (Rosa x hybrida) genetically modified for delphinidin production
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,251

Molecular based evidence for a lack of gene-flow between Rosa × hybrida and wild Rosa species in Japan
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,245

Biochemical and molecular characterization of anthocyanidin/flavonol 3-glucosylation pathways in Rosa × hybrida
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,239

Isolation of cDNAs encoding tetrahydroxychalcone 2'-glucosyltransferase activity from carnation, cyclamen, and catharanthus
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,231

Morphological changes of Rosa x hybrida by a chimeric repressor of Arabidopsis TCP3
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,149

The new FioreDB database provides comprehensive information on plant transcription factors and phenotypes induced by CRES-T in ornamental and model plants
Plant Biotechnology (2011) 28/2 ,123

Effect of photoperiod on growth of the plants, and sesamin content and CYP81A1 gene expression in the leaves of sesame (Sesamum indicum L.).
Environmental and Experimental Botany (2011) 75, 212-219