2012年12月21日金曜日

研究室セミナー & 今週の輪読

昨日の研究室セミナーの文献紹介の担当は四年生の平石さんで,紹介した論文は Futahashi, R., Kurita, R., Mano, H., and Fukatsu, T. (2012). Redox alters yellow dragonflies into red. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 109: 12626–12631 でした.赤とんぼの雄の性成熟に伴う赤色化が色素の還元によって起こっていることを明らかにした論文です.

今週の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました.

223. Lee, B. et al. (2012). Induced resistance by a long-chain bacterial volatile: elicitation of plant systemic defense by a C13 volatile produced by Paenibacillus polymyxa. PLoS ONE 7: e48744.
224. Park, C.-H. et al. The Magnaporthe oryzae effector AvrPiz-t targets the RING E3 ubiquitin ligase APIP6 to suppress pathogen-associated molecular pattern–triggered immunity in rice. Plant Cell in press.
225. Yamada, S. et al. (2012). Involvement of OsJAZ8 in jasmonate-induced resistance to bacterial blight in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 53: 2060–2072.
226. Faraldos, J.A. et al. Probing the mechanism of 1,4-conjugate elimination reactions catalyzed by terpene synthases. J. Am. Chem. Soc. in press.
227. Kita, M. et al. (2012). Interactions of the antitumor macrolide aplyronine A with actin and actin-related proteins established by its versatile photoaffinity derivatives. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 134: 20314–20317.