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Last modified date：2009.10.22
Toshihiro Kumamaru
Associate Professor
Graduate School
Other Organization
E-Mail
Homepage
http://www.grt.kyushu-u.ac.jp/grt-docs/pgr/
1)Collection, evaluation and preservation of rice genetic resources, 2) Mutagenesis and mutation spectrum in rice, 3) Genetic analysis of induced mutants in rice: starch and protein in grain, 4) Genome analysis of the useful genes in rice.
Academic Degree
Dr. of Agriculture
Field of Specialization
Plant Breeding
Research
Research Interests
- Study on the transportation and accumulation of rice storage proteins
keyword : prolamin, glutelin, endoplasmic reticulum, protein body, protein storage vacuole, protein trafic
1996.04～2008.03.
Academic Activities
Books
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Kumamaru T., M. Ogawa, H Satoh, T. W. Okita,Protein body biogenesis in cereal endosperms. In Endosperm - Development and Molecular Biology, O.D. Olsen, ed. Plant Cell Monographs,Springer,In Endosperm ﾐ Development and Molecular Biology, O.A. Olsen, ed. Plant Cell Monographs 8, 141-158,2007.10. |
Papers
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Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Toshihiro Kumamaru, Hikaru Satoh,Pakisitan rice genetic resources-I: Grain morphological diversity and its distribution,Pak. J. Bot.,,39(3): 841-848 ,2007.07. |
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Sadar Uddin Siddiqui, Toshihiro Kumamaru, Hikaru Satoh,Pakisitan rice genetic resources-II: Distribution pattern of grain morphological diversity,Pak. J. Bot,39(5):1533-1538,2007.10. |
Presentations
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Vacuolar processing enzyme plays an essential role in the formation of the glutelin crystalline structure in rice seed. |
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The role of cysteine-rich prolamines for the formation of prolamine protein body . |
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The small GTPase Rab5a is essential for intracellular transport of glutelin precursor from Golgi apparatus and endosomal membrane organization in developing rice endosperm . |
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Esp1 gene, regulatory factor in rice cysteine-poor prolamin, encode a peptide release factor (eucaryotic Release Factor 1, eRF1). |
Educational
Educational Activities
Graduated School classes
Plant Genetic Engineering
Under Graduated School classe
Basic Genetics
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