Kenichi Shibuya

Position: Postdoctoral Researcher
Education: PhD - Tohoku Univ., Japan; MS - 1998, Tohoku Univ., Japan
Activities: cDNA library construction, cDNA microarray analysis, production of transgenic plants
Research projects:
- Isolation of flower-specific promoters using cDNA microarrays in petunia
- Analysis of ethylene signal transduction in petunia
- Role of volatiles emitted from petunia flowers and leaves

Publications:

Florence Negre, Christine M. Kish, Jennifer Boatright, Beverly Underwood, Kenichi Shibuya, Conrad Wagner, David G. Clark, and Natalia Dudareva. Regulation of methylbenzoate emission after pollination in snapdragon and petunia flowers. In Press.

Kenichi Shibuya, Masayasu Nagata, Natsu Tanikawa, Toshihito Yoshioka and Shigeru Satoh. Comparison of mRNA levels of three ethylene receptors in senescing flowers of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) Journal of Experimental Botany, 53: 399-406, 2002

Hiroaki Sugawara, Kenichi Shibuya, Toshihito Yoshioka, Teruyoshi Hashiba and Shigeru Satoh. Is a cysteine proteinase inhibitor involved in the regulation of petal wilting in senescing carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers? Journal of Experimental Botany, 53: 407-413, 2002

Keisuke Waki, Kenichi Shibuya, Toshihito Yoshioka, Teruyoshi Hashiba and Shigeru Satoh. Cloning of a cDNA encoding EIN3-like protein (DC-EIL1) and decrease in its mRNA level during senescence in carnation flower tissues. Journal of Experimental Botany 52: 377-9, 2001

Shigeru Satoh, Yusuke Kosugi, Yujiro Iwazaki, Kenichi Shibuya, Keisuke Waki. Two ethylene signaling pathways in senescing carnation petals: exogenous ethylene-induced expression of genes for 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthase and ACC oxidase is different from that of the gene for cysteine proteinase. Journal of Plant Biotechnology, 2: 83-87, 2000

Kenichi Shibuya, Toshihito Yoshioka, Teruyoshi Hashiba and Shigeru Satoh. Role of the gynoecium in natural senescence of carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers. Journal of Experimental Botany 51: 2067-73, 2000

Yusuke Kosugi, Kenichi Shibuya, Nanako Tsuruno, Yujiro Iwazaki, Atsushi Mochizuki, Toshihito Yoshioka, Teruyoshi Hashiba and Shigeru Satoh. Expression of genes responsible for ethylene production and wilting are differently regulated in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) petals. Plant Science 158: 139-145, 2000

Kenichi Shibuya, Shigeru Satoh and Toshihito Yoshioka. A cDNA encoding a putative ethylene receptor related to petal senescence in carnation (Dianthus caryophyllus L.) flowers (Accession No. AF034770) (PGR98-019). Plant Physiology 116: 867, 1998

Toshihito Yoshioka, Kenichi Shibuya, Shigeru Satoh and Yuji Yamasue. Comparison among species and varieties of Echinochloa in their mesocotyl growth responses to ethylene. Journal of Weed Science and Technology 42: 284-288, 1997

Proceedings etc.

David G. Clark, Holly Loucas, Kenichi Shibuya, Beverly Underwood, Kristin Barry and Jason Jandrew. Biotechnology of Floriculture Crops - Scientific Questions and Real-world Answers. In: Vasil, I.K. ed. Plant Biotechnology 2002 and beyond. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, 2002, pp337-342.

David Clark, Beverly Underwood, Kenichi Shibuya, Holly Loucas, Denies Tieman and Harry Klee. Microarray Analysis of Floral Senescence in Petunia. In: Vendrell, M. et al. eds. Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, in press.

Joseph Ciardi, Kris Barry, Kenichi Shibuya, Saeid Nourizadeh, Joseph Ecker, Harry Klee and David Clark. Increased flower longevity in petunia through manipulation of ethylene signaling genes. In: Vendrell, M. et al. eds. Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, in press.

Shigeru Satoh, Hideki Nukui, Keisuke Waki, Yusuke Kosugi and Kenichi Shibuya. Regulation of ethylene production and wilting in senescing carnation petals. In: Vendrell, M. et al. eds. Biology and Biotechnology of the Plant Hormone Ethylene III. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, in press.

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