茨城大学オープンキャンパス，研究室セミナー，7/12 〜 7/22 の輪読

7/23（土）には水戸キャンパスで茨城大学オープンキャンパスが開催され，生物制御化学研究室の大学院生の勝間田君と北村君が農学部相談コーナーでポスターによる研究発表を行いました．多くの高校生や保護者の皆さんが研究についての説明を熱心に聞かれていました．

7/15 の研究室セミナーの文献紹介では，4 年生の大垣君が下記の論文について発表しました．
Das, S., and Ramana, C.V. (2015). A formal total synthesis of (–)-kumausallene. Tetrahedron 71: 8577–8584.

7/12-7/22 の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました．

982. Uji, Y. et al. Overexpression of OsMYC2 results in the upregulation of early JA-responsive genes and bacterial blight resistance in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. in press.

983. Maeda, S., Hayashi, N., Sasaya, T., and Mori, M. (2016). Overexpression of BSR1 confers broad-spectrum resistance against two bacterial diseases and two major fungal diseases in rice. Breed. Sci. 66: 396–406.

984. Francisco, M. et al. (2016). The defense metabolite, allyl glucosinolate, modulates Arabidopsis thaliana biomass dependent upon the endogenous glucosinolate pathway. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 774.

985. Wei, Y. et al. (2016). Comparative transcriptional profiling of melatonin synthesis and catabolic genes indicates the possible role of melatonin in developmental and stress responses in rice. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 676.

986. Miyamoto, K. et al. Jasmonoyl-L-isoleucine is required for the production of a flavonoid phytoalexin but not diterpenoid phytoalexins in ultraviolet-irradiated rice leaves. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. in press.

987. Molla, K.A. et al. (2016). Tissue specific expression of Arabidopsis NPR1 gene in rice for sheath blight resistance without compromising phenotypic. Plant Sci. 250: 105–114.

988. Huangfu, J. et al. (2016). The transcription factor OsWRKY45 negatively modulates the resistance of rice to the brown planthopper Nilaparvata lugens. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 17: 697.

989. Willett, C.D. et al. (2016). Benzoxazinone-mediated triazine degradation: a proposed reaction mechanism. J. Agric. Food Chem. 64: 4858–4865.

研究室セミナー & 6/27 〜 7/8 の輪読

7/1 の研究室セミナーの文献紹介では，4 年生の大橋さんが下記の論文について発表しました．
Takeda, N. et al. (2015). Gibberellins interfere with symbiosis signaling and gene expression and alter colonization by arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol. 167: 545–557.

7/8 の研究室セミナーの文献紹介では，化学生態学研究室 4 年生の伊與田君が下記の論文について発表しました．
Tatsukami, Y., and Ueda, M. (2016). Rhizobial gibberellin negatively regulates host nodule number. Sci. Rep. 6: 27998.

6/27-7/8 の輪読では下記の論文を取り上げました．

972. Liu, X. et al. (2016). Isolation and identification of potential allelochemicals from aerial parts of Avena fatua L. and their allelopathic effect on wheat. J. Agric. Food Chem. 64: 3492–3500.

973. Akram, W., Anjum, T., and Ali, B. (2016). Phenylacetic acid is ISR determinant produced by Bacillus fortis IAGS162, which involves extensive re-modulation in metabolomics of tomato to protect against Fusarium wilt. Front. Plant Sci. 7: 498.

974. Zhong, Z. et al. (2016). Directional selection from host plants is a major force driving host specificity in Magnaporthe species. Sci. Rep. 6: 25591.

975. Eguchi, Y. et al. (2016). Identification of terpenoids volatilized from Thymus vulgaris L. by heat treatment and their in vitro antimicrobial activity. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 94: 83–89.

976. Zhou, L.-J. et al. (2016). Antifungal activity of Eucalyptus oil against rice blast fungi and the possible mechanism of gene expression pattern. Molecules 21: 621.

977. Yoshida, K. et al. (2016). Host specialization of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is associated with dynamic gain and loss of genes linked to transposable elements. BMC Genomics 17: 1–18.

978. Singh, R. et al. (2016). Magnaporthe oryzae effector AVR-Pii helps to establish compatibility by inhibition of the rice NADP-malic enzyme resulting in disruption of oxidative burst and host innate immunity. Mol. Cells 39: 426–438.

979. Lou, Y.-R., Bor, M., Yan, J., Preuss, A.S., and Jander, G. (2016). Arabidopsis NATA1 acetylates putrescine and decreases defense-related hydrogen peroxide accumulation. Plant Physiol. 171: 1443–1455.

980. Liu, J. et al. (2106). Alternative splicing of rice WRKY62 and WRKY76 transcription factor genes in pathogen defense. Plant Physiol. 171: 1427–1442.

981. Kure, A. et al. (2016). Metabolic fate of luteolin in rats: its relationship to anti-inflammatory effect. J. Agric. Food Chem. 64: 4246–4254.