Publication List of the Chromosome Link,
Dec. 2003 - Dec. 2004

ORIGINAL PAPERS

Ma, Y-Z., Lee, J-H., Li, L-C., Uchiyama, S. and Fukui, K. Fluorescent tagging of plant chromosomes by FISH in suspension. Genes Genet. Syst. (accepted)

Akiyama, Y., Conner, J-A., Goel, S., Morishige, D-T., Mullet, J-E., Hanna, W-W., Ozias-Akins, P. (2004) High-resolution physical mapping in Pennisetum squamulatum reveals extensive chromosomal heteromorphism of the genomicregion associated with apomixis. Plant Physiol. 134: 1733-1741.

Tanaka, S., Taniguchi, M., Uchiyama, S., Fukui, K., Kawai, T. (2004) Synthesis of long Poly(dG)[middle dot]Poly(dC) DNA using enzymatic reaction. Chem. Commun. (Camb) 7: 2388-2389.

Takashima, H., Tamaoki, H., Teno, N., Nishi, Y., Uchiyama, S., Fukui, K., Kobayashi, Y. (2004) Hydrophobic Core around Tyrosine for Human Endothelin-1 Investigated by Photochemically Induced Dynamic Nuclear Polarization Nuclear Magnetic Resonance and Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption Ionization Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry. Biochemistry 43: 13932-13936.

Matsunaga, S., Ohshio, K., Harada, E., Fujiwara, S., Uchiyama, S., Fukui, K. (2004) Development of new dosimetry using extended DNA fibers. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 98: 384-386.

Fujimoto, S., Matsunaga, S., Yonemura, M., Uchiyama, S., Azuma, T., Fukui, K. (2004) Identification of a novel plant MAR DNA binding protein localized on chromosomal surfaces. Plant Mol. Biol. 56: 225-239.

Doi, T., Matsunaga, S., Maeno, E., Tsuchiya, T., Higashi, T., Misawa, S., Uchiyama, S., Ooi, T., Nakao, M., Fukui, K. (2004) Cell culture in a closed nano-space. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 98: 304-305.

Watanabe, W., Arakawa, N., Matsunaga, S., Higashi, T., Fukui, K., Isobe, K., Itoh, K. (2004) Femtosecond laser disruption of subcellular organelles in a living cell. Opt. Exp. 12: 4203-4213.

Uchiyama, S., Kobayashi, S., Takata, H., Ishihara, T., Sone, T., Matsunaga, S., Fukui, K. (2004) Protein composition of human metaphase chromosomes analyzed by two-dimensional electrophoreses. Cytogenet. Genome Res.107: 49-54.

Higashi, T., Nagamori, E., Sone, T., Matsunaga, S., Fukui, K. (2004) A novel transfection method for mammalian cells using calcium alginate microbeads. J. Biosci. Bioeng. 97: 191-195.

 Liu, H., Kawabe, A., Matsunaga, S., Kobayashi, A., Harashima, S., Uchiyama, S., Ohmido, N., Fukui K. (2004) Application of the Bio-Active Beads Method in Rice Transformation. Plant Biotechnol. 21: 303-306.

Liu, H., Kawabe, A., Matsunaga, S., Murakawa, T., Mizukami, A., Yanagisawa, M., Nagamori, E.,Harashima, S., Kobayashi, A., Fukui K. (2004) Obtainment of transgenic plants using the bio-active beads method. J. Plant Res. 117: 95-99.

Liu, H., Kawabe, A., Matsunaga, S., Kim, Y.H., Higashi, T., Uchiyama, S., Harashima, S., Kobayashi, A., Fukui K. (2004) An Arabidopsis thaliana gene on the yeast artificial chromosome can be transcribed in tobacco cells. Cytologia 69: 235-240.

Wako, T., Fukui, K. (2003) Quantitative analysis of nuclear chromocenter in Spiranthes sinensis (Pers.) Ames. Bioimages 11: 97-103.

Iwano, M., Che, F., Takayama, S., Fukui, K., Isogai, A. (2003) Three-dimensional localization of ribosomal DNA within barley nucleoli revealed with electron microscopy. Scanning 25: 257-263.

REVIEWS

Akiyama,Y., Kato, S., Fukui, K. (2004) Image analysis as a tool for molecular cytology. Res. Signpost (in press)

Fukui, K. (2004) Recent development of image analysis methods in plant chromosome research. Cytogenet. Genome Res.(in press)

Ohmido, N., Fukui, K. (2004) High-resolution fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) for gene mapping and molecular analysis of rice chromosomes. Recent Res. Devel. Biochem. 5: 267-279.

Adachi, T., Fukui, K. (2004) International colloquium on plant biotechnology: Further progress in productive and sustainable agriculture. Genes Genet. Syst. 79: 125-126.

Wako, T., Fukui, K. (2003) Histone modifications in plant chromosomes. Recent Res. Devel. Plant Mol. Biol. 1: 313-322.

Fukui, K. (2003) Brassica and legume chromosomes. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry. Vol. 52, (eds.) N. Nagata and S. Tabata, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp.114-141.

BOOKS

Fukui, K. Translation to Japanese, Chap. 1, Essential Genetics, Baihukan Co. Ltd., Tokyo (in press)

Fukui, K. Chromosome Experiments, Yokendo Co. Ltd., Tokyo (in press)

Fukui, K. ed. Handbook of Bioengineering. Corona-sha, Tokyo (in press)

Fukui, K. Cytogenetics in Plant Breeding (2^nd ed.), Yokendo Co. LTd., Tokyo (in press)

Yonemura, M., Matsunaga, S., Fukui, K., (2004) Labeling methods for protein. In: "Advances in Genomics and Proteomic", NTS, Tokyo, pp.706-710.

Higashi, T., Matsunaga, S., Fukui, K., (2004) New transfection method using bioactive beads, Seitainokagaku 55(2): 171-177.

Fukui, K. (2004) Advances in rice chromosome research, 1955-2000. In: "Advances in Rice Genetics", (Eds. Khush, G-S., Brar, D-S., Hardy, B.), IRRI, Philippines, pp.103-106.

Ohmido, N., Fukui, K. (2004) Recent advances in FISH analysis of plant chromosomes. In: "Advances in Rice Genetics", (Eds. Khush, G-S., Brar, D-S., Hardy, B.), IRRI, Philippines, pp.115-117.