Structure and functional analysis of a marine bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster and astaxanthin biosynthetic pathway proposed at the gene level

Norihiko Misawa, Y. Satomi, Keiji Kondô, +5

Journal of Bacteriology

EngineeringCyanobacteriaFunctional AnalysisBiosynthesisCarotenoid +16

Low-temperature resistance of higher plants is significantly enhanced by a nonspecific cyanobacterial desaturase

O. Ishizaki-Nishizawa, Toshio Fujii, Mizue Azuma, +4

Nature Biotechnology

BiologyPlant BiologyPlant-abiotic InteractionBotanyHigher Plants +7

Isolation and functional identification of a novel cDNA for astaxanthin biosynthesis from Haematococcus pluvialis, and astaxanthin synthesis in Escherichia coli

Susumu Kajiwara, Toshihide Kakizono, Toshiko Saito, +5

Plant Molecular Biology

BiosynthesisAstaxanthin BiosynthesisEngineeringBiochemistryBiotransformation +8

Activation of anthocyanin synthesis genes by white light in eggplant hypocotyl tissues, and identification of an inducible P-450 cDNA

Toshihiro Toguri, Naoyuki Umemoto, Osamu Kobayashi, +1

Plant Molecular Biology

BiologyBiosynthesisEngineeringNatural SciencesGenetics +10

Molecular cloning and analysis of the dominant flocculation geneFLO8 fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Osamu Kobayashi, Hisako Suda, Takeshi Ohtani, +1

Molecular and General Genetics MGG

GeneticsYeastMolecular GeneticsMolecular CloningMicrobiology +2

Canthaxanthin Biosynthesis by the Conversion of Methylene to Keto Groups in a Hydrocarbon β-Carotene by a Single Gene

Norihiko Misawa, Susumu Kajiwara, Keiji Kondô, +5

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Canthaxanthin BiosynthesisBiosynthesisEngineeringCarotenoidBiochemistry +8

Expression of an <i>Erwinia</i> phytoene desaturase gene not only confers multiple resistance to herbicides interfering with carotenoid biosynthesis but also alters xanthophyll metabolism in transgenic plants

Norihiko Misawa, Kazumori Masamoto, Tamaki Hori, +3

The Plant Journal

BiologyPlant BiologyTransgenic PlantsBiosynthesisEngineering +11

Detection of mutations in the insulin receptor gene in patients with insulin resistance by analysis of single-stranded conformational polymorphisms

Hyungjun Kim, Hiroaki Kadowaki, H Sakura, +10

Diabetologia

Insulin ResistanceMetabolic SyndromeGenetic DeterminantEngineeringSingle-stranded Conformational Polymorphisms +9

Normal and lysine-containing zeins are unstable in transgenic tobacco seeds

Takeshi Ohtani, Gad Galili, John C. Wallace, +2

Plant Molecular Biology

Plant Molecular BiologyPlant BiologyBiosynthesisEngineeringTransgenic Tobacco Seeds +7

Survival and life span of drone honeybees

Hiromi Fukuda, Takeshi Ohtani

Population Ecology

EngineeringEntomologyDrone HoneybeesPest ManagementArtificial Bee +1