Lotus japonicus

Shimada, N. et al., A cluster of genes encodes the two types of chalcone isomerase involved in the biosynthesis of general flavonoids and legume-specific 5-deoxy(iso)flavonoids in Lotus japonicus. Plant Physiol, 131, 941, 2003. 

Akashi T, Koshimizu S, Aoki T, Ayabe S-I. 2006. Identification of cDNAs encoding pterocarpan reductase involved in isoflavan phytoalexins biosynthesis in Lotus japonicus by EST mining. FEBS Lett 580 5666-5670. 

Shimada N, Akashi T, Aoki T, Ayabe S. 2000. Induction of isoflavonoid pathway in the model legume Lotus japonicus Molecular characterization of enzymes involved in phytoalexin biosynthesis. Plant Sci 160 37-47. 

Shimamura M, Akashi T, Sakurai N, Suzuki H, Saito K, Shibata D, Ayabe S-I, Aoki T. 2007. 2-Hydroxyflavanone dehydratase is a critical determinant of isoflavone productivity in hairy root cultures of Lotus japonicus. Plant Cell Physiol 48 1652-1657. 

Yoshida K, Iwasaka R, Kaneko T, Sato S, Tabata S, Sakuta M. 2008. Functional differentiation of Lotus japonicus TT2s, R2R3-MYB transcription factors comprising a mutigene family. Plant Cell Physiol 49 157-169. 

The response of the plant host to rhizobial LPS is an area that requires more investigation. The availability of numerous rhizobial symbiont genome sequences, defined LPS mutants and isolated structures from these mutants, as well as a number of legume host sequences (i.e. M. truncatula, Glcyine max, and Lotus japonicus) offer the tools required to define the structure-function aspects that rhizobial LPS play during symbiosis. 

OZAWA, R SHIMODA, T, KAWAGUCHI, M ARIMURA, G., HORIUCHI, J., NISHIOKA, T., TAKABAYASHI, J., Lotus japonicus infested with herbivorous mites emits volatile compounds that attract predatory mites., J. Plant Res., 2000, 113, 427-433. 

Kapranov, P., Routt, S.M., Bankaitis, VA., de Bruijn, F.J., and Szczyglowski, K., 2001, Nodule-specific regulation of phosphatidylinositol transfer protein expression in Lotus japonicus. Plant Cell 13 1369-1382. 

Amino acids, sugars and polyols, organic acids Lotus japonicus GC/EI-TOF-MS 63... 

Edwards, M.E. et ah, The seeds of Lotus japonicus fines transformed with sense, antisense, and sense/ antisense galactomannan galactosyltransferase constructs have structurally altered galactomannans in their endosperm cell walls, Plant Physiol, 134,1153, 2004. 

GENSCHEL, U., POWELL, C.A., ABELL, C., SMITH, A.G., The final step of pantothenate biosynthesis in higher plants Cloning and characterization of pantothenate synthetase from Lotus japonicus and Oryza sativum (rice), Biochem. J., 1999,341,669-678. 

Transgenic Plants Agrobacterium-Mediated Transformation of the Diploid Legume Lotus Japonicus... 

FIGURE 2 Flow scheme for transformation and regeneration of Lotus japonicus. 

TABLE I Summary of Parameters for Transformation and Regeneration of Lotus Japonicus... 

Handberg, K., and Stougaard, J. (1992) Lotus japonicus, an autogamous diploid legume species for classical and molecular genetics. Plant J. 2, 487-496. 

Rispail N, Nash R, Webb KJ (2005) Secondary metabolite profiling. In Marquez AJ (ed) Lotus japonicus handbook. Springer, Netherlands... 

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