Selected publications

Yan, D. Nambara, E. (2023). Conserved and unique functions of NIN-like proteins in nitrate signaling and sensing. Plant Sci. 336, 111842.

Nguyen CH, Yan D, Nambara E. (2023). Persistence of abscisic acid analogs in plants: chemical control of plant growth and physiology. Genes 14, 1078.

Emenecker RJ, Cammarata J, Yuan I, Howard C, Naghani SE, Robert HS, Nambara E., Strader LC. (2023). Abscise acid biosynthesis is necessary for full auxin effects on hypocotyl elongation. Development 150, dev202106. doi:10.1242/dev.202106

Diddi N, Lai L., Nguyen CN, Yan D, Nambara, E., Abrams, S. (2023). An efficient and scalable synthesis of the potent analog (+)-tetralone ABA from natural ABA. Org. Biomol. Chem. 21: 3014-3019.

Diddi N, Lai, L., Brookbank BP, Hussain S, Nambara E, Todd CT, Nourimand M, Taran B, Song D, Holbrook L, Doshi K, Loewen MC, Luna EK, Shipp J, Leach JE, Tobinson SJ, Abrams SR. (2021). 3’-(Phenyl alkynyl) analogs of abscisic acid: synthesis and biological activity of potent ABA antagonists. Org. Biomol. Chem. 19: 2978-2985.

Brookbank BP, Patel J, Gazzarrini S, Nambara E. (2021). Roles of basal ABA in plant growth and development. Genes 12. 1936, doi.org/10.3390/genes12121936.

Albertos P, Tatematsu K, Mateos I, Sanchez-Vicente I, Fernandez-Arbaizar A, Nakabatashi K, Nambara E, Godoy M, Franco JM, Solano R, Gema D, Roach T, Stoggl W, Kranner I, Perera-Resa C, Salinas J, Lorenzo O. (2021). Redox feedback regulation of ANAC089 signaling alters seed germination and stress response. Cell Rep. 35, 109263, doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.109263.

Hussain S, Brookbank BP, Nambara E. (2020). Hydrolysis of abscisic acid glucose ester occurs locally and quickly in response to dehydration. J. Exp. Bot. 71: 1753-1756.

Duermeyer L, Khodapanahi E, Yan D, Krapp A, Rothstein SJ, Nambara E. (2018). Regulation of seed dormancy and germination by nitrate. Seed Sci. Res. 28, 150-157.

Yan D, Easwaran V, Chau V, Okamoto M, Ierullo M, Kimura M, Endo A, Yano R, Pasha A, Gong Y, Bi YM, Provart N, Guttman D, Krapp A, Rothstein SJ, Nambara E (2016). NIN-like protein 8 is a master regulator of nitrate-promoted seed germination in Arabidopsis. Nat. Commun. doi: 10.1038/ncomms13179.

Albertos P, Romero-Puertas MC, Tatematsu K, Mateos I, Sanchez-Vicente I, Nambara E, Lorenzo O. (2015). S-nitrosylation triggers ABI5 degradation to promote seed germination and post-germinative development. Nat. Commun. 6: 8669. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9669

Takeuchi J, Okamoto M, Akiyama T, Muto T, Yajima S, Sue M, Seo M, Kanno Y, Kamo T, Endo A, Nambara E, Hirai N, Ohnishi T, Cutler SR, and Todoroki Y. (2014). Designed abscisic acid analogs as antagonists of PYL-PP2C receptor interactions. Nat. Chem. Biol. 10: 477-482.

Endo A, Tatematsu K, Hanada H, Duermeyer L, Okamoto M, Yonekura-Sakakibara K, Saito K, Toyoda T, Kawakami K, Kamiya Y, Seki M and Nambara E. (2012) Tissue-specific transcriptome analysis reveals cell wall metabolism, flavonol biosynthesis, and defense responses are activated in the endosperm of germinating Arabidopsis thaliana seeds. Plant Cell Physiol. 53: 16–27.

Okamoto M, Kushiro T, Jikumaru Y, Abrams SR, Kamiya Y, Seki M, and Nambara E. (2011). ABA 9’-hydroxylation is catalyzed by CYP707A in Arabidopsis. Phytochemistry 72: 717-722.

Nambara E, Okamoto M, Tatematsu K, Yano R, Seo M, and Kamiya Y (2010). Abscisic acid and control of seed dormancy and germination. Seed Sci. Res. 20: 55-67.

Okamoto M, Tanaka Y, Abrams SR, Kamiya Y, Seki M, Nambara E. (2009). High humidity induces ABA 8’-hydroxylase in stomata and vasculature to regulate local and systemic ABA responses in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 149: 825-834.

Yano R, Kanno Y, Jikumaru Y, Nakabayashi K, Kamiya Y, Nambara E. (2009). CHO1, a putative double APETALA2 repeat transcription factor, is involved in ABA-mediated repression of gibberellin biosynthesis during seed germination in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 151: 641-654.

Preston J, Tatematsu K, Kanno Y, Hobo T, Kimura M, Jikumaru Y, Yano R, Kamiya Y, Nambara E. (2009) Temporal expression patterns of hormone metabolism genes during imbibition of Arabidopsis thaliana seeds: a comparative study on dormant and non-dormant accessions. Plant Cell Physiol. 50: 1786-1800.

Matakiadis T, Alboresi A, Jikumaru Y, Tatematsu K, Pichon O, Renou J-P, Sotta B, Kamiya Y, Nambara E, Troung H-N. (2009). The Arabidopsis abscisic acid catabolism gene CYP707A2 plays a key role in nitrate control of seed dormancy. Plant Physiol. 149: 949-960.

Endo A, Sawada Y, Takahashi K, Okamoto M, Ikegami K, Koiwai H, Seo M, Toyomasu T, Mitsuhashi W, Shinozaki K, Nakazono M, Kamiya Y, Koshiba T, and Nambara E. (2008). Drought induction of Arabidopsis 9-cis-epoxycarotenoid dioxygenase occurs in vascular parenchyma cells. Plant Physiol. 147: 1984-1993.

Sawada Y, Aoki M, Nakaminami K, Mitsuhashi W, Tatematsu K, Kushiro T, Koshiba T, Kamiya Y, Inoue Y, Nambara E, and Toyomasu T. (2008). Phytochrome- and gibberellin-mediated regulation of abscisic acid metabolism during germination of photoblastic lettuce seeds. Plant Physiol. 146: 1386-1396.

Toh S, Imamura A, Watanabe A, Nakabayashi K, Okamoto M, Jikumaru Y, Hanada A, Aso Y, Ishiyama K, Tamura N, Iuchi S, Kobayashi M, Yamaguchi S, Kamiya Y, Nambara E, and Kawakami N. (2008). High temperature-induced ABA biosynthesis and its role in the inhibition of GA action in Arabidopsis seeds. Plant Physiol. 146: 1368-1385.

Tatematsu K, Nakabayashi K, Kamiya Y, and Nambara E. (2008). Transcription factor AtTCP14 regulates embryonic growth potential in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 53: 42-52.

Zentella R., Zhang Z-L, Park M, Thomas SG, Endo A, Murase K, Fleet CM, Jikumaru Y, Nambara E, Kamiya Y, and Sun T-p. (2007). Global analysis of DELLA direct targets in early gibberellin signaling. Plant Cell 19: 3037-3057.

Saika H, Okamoto M, Miyoshi K, Kushiro T, Shinoda S, Jikumaru Y, Fujimoto M, Arikawa T, Takahashi H, Ando M, Arimura S, Miyao A, Hirochika H, Kamiya Y, Tsutsumi N, Nambara E, and Nakazono M. (2007). Ethylene promotes submergence-induced expression of OsABA8ox1, a gene that encodes ABA 8’-hydroxylase in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 48: 287-298.

Schroeder JI, and Nambara E. (2006).  A quick release mechanism for abscisic acid. Cell 126, 1023-1025.

Seo M, Hanada A, Kuwahara A, Endo A, Okamoto M, Yamauchi Y, North H, Marion-Poll A, Sun T-p, Koshiba T, Kamiya Y, Yamaguchi S, and Nambara E. (2006). Regulation of hormone metabolism in Arabidopsis seeds: Phytochrome-regulation of abscisic acid metabolism and abscisic acid-regulation of gibberellin metabolism. Plant J.48, 354-366.

Saito S, Okamoto M, Shinoda S, Kushiro T, Koshiba T, Hirai N, Sakata K, Nambara E., and Mizutani M. (2006). A plant growth retardant uniconazole is a potent inhibitor of ABA catabolism in Arabidopsis. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 70, 1731-1739.

Okamoto M, Kuwahara A, Seo M, Kushiro T, Asami T, Hirai N, Kamiya Y, Koshiba T, and Nambara E. (2006). CYP707A1 and CYP707A2, which encode ABA 8’-hydroxylases, are indispensable for a proper control of seed dormancy and germination in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 141, 97-107.

Nambara E, and Marion-Poll A. (2005). Abscisic acid biosynthesis and catabolism. Annu. Rev. Plant Biol. 56, 165-185.

Tatematsu K, Ward S, Leyser O, Kamiya Y, and Nambara E. (2005). Identification of cis elements that regulate gene expression during initiation of axillary bud outgrowth in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Physiol. 138, 757-766.

Nakabayashi K, Okamoto M, Koshiba T, Kamiya Y, and Nambara E. (2005). Genome-wide profiling of stored mRNA in Arabidopsis thaliana seed germination: epigenetic and genetic regulation of transcription in seed. Plant J. 41, 697-709.

Kushiro T, Okamoto M, Nakabayashi K, Yamagishi K, Kitamura S, Asami T, Hirai N, Koshiba T, Kamiya Y, and Nambara E. (2004). The Arabidopsis cytochrome P450 CYP707A encodes ABA 8’-hydroxylases: key enzymes in ABA catabolism. EMBO J. 23, 1647–1656.

Cheng W-H, Endo A, Zhou L, Penney J, Chen H-C, Arroyo A, Leon P, Nambara E, Asami T, Seo M, Koshiba T, and Sheen J. (2002).  A unique short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase in Arabidopsis glucose signaling and abscisic acid biosynthesis and functions. Plant Cell 14: 2723-2743.

Nambara E, Suzuki M, Abrams S, McCarty DR, Kamiya Y, and McCourt P.  (2002). A screen for genes that function in abscisic acid signaling in Arabidopsis thaliana. Genetics 161: 1247-1255.

Ghassemian M, Nambara E, Cutler S, Kawaide H, Kamiya Y, and McCourt P. (2000). Regulation of abscisic acid signaling by the ethylene response pathway in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 12, 1117-1126.

Nambara E, Hayama R, Tsuchiya Y, Nishimura M, Kawaide H, Kamiya Y, and Naito S. (1999). The role of ABI3 and FUS3 loci in Arabidopsis thaliana on phase transition from late embryo development to germination. Dev. Biol. 220: 412-423.

Chiba Y, Ishikawa M, Kijima F, Tyson RH, Kim J, Yamamoto A, Nambara E, Leustek T, Wallsgrove RM, and Naito S. (1999). Evidence for autoregulation of cystathionine g-synthase mRNA stability in Arabidopsis.  Science 286: 1371-1374.

Nambara E, Kawaide H, Kamiya Y, and Naito S. (1998). Characterization of an Arabidopsis thaliana mutant that has a defect in ABA accumulation: ABA-dependent and ABA-independent accumulation of free amino acids during dehydration. Plant Cell Physiol. 39: 853-858.

Nambara E, Keith K, McCourt P, and Naito S. (1995). A regulatory role for the ABI3 gene in the establishment of embryo maturation in Arabidopsis thaliana. Development 121: 629-636.

Nambara E, Keith K, McCourt P, and Naito S. (1994). Isolation of an internal deletion mutant of the Arabidopsis thaliana ABI3 gene. Plant Cell Physiol. 35: 509-514.

Nambara E, Naito S, and McCourt P. (1992).  A mutant of Arabidopsis which is defective in seed development and storage protein accumulation is a new abi3 allele. Plant J. 2: 435-441.

Nambara E, Akawaza T, and McCourt P. (1991). Effects of gibberellin biosynthetic inhibitor uniconazole on mutants of Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 97: 736-738.

Takagi K, Nambara E, Usami H, Itoh M, and Sawaki K. (1991). Organized photocyclodimerization of laurylammonium indene-2-carboxylate aggregate. J. Chem. Soc. Perkin Trans 1 655-656.

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