… The K m of an XTH for its donor substrate may be difficult to determine because the non-…
and dendrogram are revised from versions published in Yokoyama and Nishitani (2001b). …

Osteomyelitis is a devastating disease caused by microbial infection of bone. While the
frequency of infection following elective orthopedic surgery is low, rates of reinfection are …

Monocotyledons and dicotyledons are distinct, not only in their body plans and developmental
patterns, but also in the structural features of their cell walls. The recent completion of the …

… Indeed, anyone who reads the following pages will soon become aware of the extraordinary
openness of Keiji Nishitani to the West, of the width and intelligence of his reading in …

… In contrast to RLK/Pelle kinases, most subfamilies of MAPK(K)(K) genes are present in
charophytes or Chlorophytes, indicating that most extant MAPK cascade diversity evolved prior to …

Xyloglucans are the major component of plant cell walls and bind tightly to the surface of
individual cellulose microfibrils, thereby cross-linking them into a complex polysaccharide …

Introduction MicroRNAs (miRNAs), endogenous small noncoding RNAs regulating the activities
of target mRNAs and cellular processes, are present in human plasma in a stable form. …

The Arabidopsis thaliana genome sequencing project has revealed that multigene families,
such as those generated by genome duplications, are more abundant among plant …

… Kazuhiko Nishitani 5 and … It is of interest that one of the candidates for target genes
identified by microarray analysis was MERI5, which encodes a member of the XTH family …

Most plants do poorly when flooded. Certain rice varieties, known as deepwater rice, survive
periodic flooding and consequent oxygen deficiency by activating internode growth of …