Publications
(Last 5 years)

(1)Original papers

• Garcia, M., Myouga, F., Takechi, K., Sato, H., Nabeshima, K., Nagata, N., Takio, S., Shinozaki, K., Takano, H. (2008)
  An Arabidopsis homolog of the bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis enzyme MurE has an essential role in chloroplast development.
  Plant J. 53, 924-934.
  
  
• Peddigari, S., Zhang, W., Sakai, M., Takechi, K., Takano, H. and Takio, S. (2008)
  A copia-like retrotansposon gene encoding gypsy-like integrase in a red alga, Porphyra yezoensis.
  J. Mol. Evol. 66, 72-79.
  
  
• Ono, Y., Sakai, A., Takechi, K., Takio, S., Takusagaea, M. and Takano, H. (2007)
  NtPolI-like1 and NtPolI-like2, bacterial DNA polymerase I homologues isolated from BY-2 cultured tobacco cells, encode DNA polymerases engaged in DNA replication in both plastids and mitochondria.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 48, 1679-1692.
  
  
• Nozaki, H., Takano, H., Misumi, O., Terasawa, K., Matuzaki, M., Maruyama, S., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Yoshida, Y., Fujiwara, T., Takio, T., Tamura, K., Chung, S. J., Nakamura, S., Kuroiwa, H., Tanaka, K., Sato, N. and Kuroiwa, T. (2007)
  A 100%-complete sequence reveals unusually simple genomic features in the hot spring red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae.
  BMC Biology 5:28.
  
  
• Zhang,W., Lin, X., Suresh, P., Tackechi, K., Takano, H. and Takio, S. (2007)
  Characterization of short interspersed elements (SINEs) in a red alga, Porphyra yezoensis.
  Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 71, 618-622.
  
  
• Machida, M., Takechi, K., Sato, H., Chung, S. J., Kuroiwa, H., Takio, S., Seki, M., Shinozaki, K., Fujita, T., Hasebe, M. and Takano, H. (2006)
  Genes for the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway are essential for chloroplast division in moss.
  Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 103, 6753-6758
  
  
• Zhang, W., Sakai, M., Lin, X., Takechi,, K., H. Takano and Takio, S. (2006)
  Reverse transcriptase-like sequences related to retrotrasposon in a red alga, Porphyra yezoensis.
  Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 70, 1999-2003
  
  
• Chung, S. J., Takechi, K., Sakai, A., Ono, K. and Takano, H. (2005)
  Detection of genes expressed in bryophyte cultured cells, but not Arabidopsis cultured cells, using an Arabidopsis cDNA macroarray.
  J. Hattori Bot. Lab., 99, 245-257
  
  
• Chung, S. J., Takechi, K., Sakai, A., Ono, K. and Takano, H. (2005)
  Bryophyte gene expression profiling by hybridization of an Arabidopsis cDNA array with bryophyte cDNA. (Supplymentary data)
  J. Hattori Bot. Lab., 99, 233-244
  
  
• Hayashida, A., Takechi, K., Sugiyama, M., Kubo, M., Takio, S., Hiwatashi, Y., Hasebe, M., Takano, H. (2005)
  Isolation of mutant lines with decrease number of chloroplasts per cell from tagged mutagenesis library of moss Physcomitrella patens.
  Plant Biol., 7, 300-306
  
  
• Lin, X., Zhang, W., Takechi, K., Takio, S., Ono, K. and Takano, H. (2005)
  Stable genetic transformation of Larix gmelinii L. by particle bombardment of zygotic embryos.
  Plant Cell Rep., 24, 418-425
  
  
• Itoh, R. D., Takechi, K., Hayashida, A., Katsura, S. and Takano, H. (2005)
  Two minD genes in Physcomitrella patens are functionally redundant.
  Cytologia, 70, 87-92
  
  
• Zhang, W., Lin, X., Takano, H., Takio, S. and Ono, K. (2004)
  Efficient plant regeneration from suspension cells of Allium cepa L.
  Plant Cell Rep., 23, 371-376
  
  
• Harashima, S., Takano, H., Ono, K. and Takio, S. (2004)
  Chalcone synthase-like gene in the liverwort Marchantia paleacea var. diptera.
  Plant Cell Rep., 23, 167-173
  
  
• Sakai, A., Takano, H. and Kuroiwa, T. (2004)
  Organelle-Nuclei in Higher Plants: Structure, Composition, Function, and Evolution.
  Int. Rev. Cytol., 238, 59-118
  
  
• Matsuzaki, M., Misumi, O., Tadasu, S., Maruyama, S., Takahara, M., Miyagishima, S., Mori, T., Nishida, K., Yagisawa, F., Nishida, K., Yoshida, Y., Nishimura, Y., Nakao, S., Kobayashi, T., Momoyama, Y., Higashiyama, T., Minoda, A., Sano, M., Nomoto, H., Hayashi, H., Ohta, F., Nishizaka, S., Haga, S., Miura, S., Morishita, T., Kabeya, K., Terasawa, Y., Suzuki, Y. Ishii, Y., Asakawa, S., Takano, H., Ohta, N., Kuroiwa, H., Tanaka, K., Shimizu, N., Sugano, S., Sato, N., Nozaki, H., Ogasawara, N., Kohara Y., & Kuroiwa, T. (2004)
  Genome sequence of the ultrasmall unicellulat red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae 10D.
  Nature, 428, 653-657
  
  
• Lin, X., Zhang, W., Takano, H., Takio, S. and Ono, K. (2004)
  Efficient plant regeneration and micropropagation from callus derived from mature zygotic embryos of Larix gmelinii (Rupr.) Kuz.
  Plant Biotech. 21, 159-163
  
  
• Sakaguchi, S., Fukuda, T., Takano, H., Ono, K., and Takio, S. (2004)
  Photosynthetic Electron Transport Differentially Regulates the Expression of Superoxide Dismutase Genes in Liverwort, Marchantia paleacea var. diptera.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 45, 318-324
  
  
• Murao, K., Takamiya, M., Kanji, O., Takano, H. and Takio, S. (2004)
  Copper deficiency induced expression of Fe-superoxide dismutase gene in the fern, Matteuccia struthiopteris.
  Plant Physiol. Biochem. 42, 143-148
  
  
• Fukuda, T., Sakai, M., Takano, H., Ono, K. and Takio, S. (2004)
  Hypermethylation of retrotransposons in the liverwort Marchantia paleacea var. diptera.
  Plant Cell Reports 22, 594-598
  
  
• Sasaki, N., Kuroiwa, H., Nishitani, C., Takano, H., Higashiyama, T., Kobayashi, T., Shirai, Y., Sakai, A., kawano, S., Murakami-Murofushi, K., Kuroiwa, T.
  Glom is a novel mitochondrial DNA packaging protein in Physarum polycephalum and causes intense chromatin condensation without suppressing DNA functions.
  Mol. Biol. Cell 14 (2003) 4758-4769
  
  
• Katayama, N., Takano, H., Sugiyama, M., Takio, S., Tanaka, K. and Ono, K.
  eRlic of bacterial cell wall is essential for morphology and division of moss chloroplasts.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 44 (2003) 776-781
  
  
• Araki, Y., Takahara, M., Takio, S., Ono, K. and Takano, H.
  Two types of plastid ftsZ genes in liverwort, Marchantia polymorpha.
  Protoplasma 221 (2003) 163-173
  
  
• Izumi, Y., Ono, K. and Takano, H.
  Inhibition of Plastid Division by Ampicillin in the Pteridophyte Selaginella nipponica Fr. et Sav.
  Plant Cell Physiol. 44 (2003) 183-189
  
  

(2) International activities

• Takano, H. (Invited)
  Evolution of chloroplasts from a cyanobacterium with cell wall
  FEBS Advanced Lecture Course "Origin and Evolution of Mitochondria and Chloroplasts", Mar. 29-29 (2007), Acquafredda di Maratea, Italy
  
  
• Takano, H. (Invited)
  Genes for the peptidoglycan synthesis pathway are essential for moss plastid division.
  The 53rd NIBB Conference "Dynamic Organelles in Plants", June, 14-17 (2006), Okazaki, Japan
  
  
• Takano, H., Machida, M., Takio, S., Takechi, K., Hasebe, M.
  Plant homologs of bacterial peptidoglycan biosynthesis genes in moss
  XVII International Botanical Congress, June, 17-23 (2005), Vienna at Austria
  
  
• Hayashida, A., Takechi, K., Takio, S., Fujita, T., Hiwatashi, Y., Hasebe, M., Takano, H.
  Isolation of mutant lines with decreased numbers of chloroplasts per cell from a tagged mutant library of the moss Physcomitrella patens
  Moss 2005, June, 23-26 (2005), Brno at Czech
  
  
• Machida, M., Takechi, K., Takio, S., Hasebe, M., Takano, H.
  Relationship between plastid biogenesis and genes of peptidoglycan synthesis pathway in Physcomitrella patens.
  Moss 2004, Sep. 12-15 (2004), Freiburg in Germany
  
  
• Takano, H., Machida, M., Katayama, N., Izumi, Y., Takio, S., Fujita, T., Hasebe, M.
  Relationship between bacterial peptidoglycan synthesis pathway and chloroplast biogenesis
  ASPB 2003, Hawaii