ORIGINAL PAPERS PUBLISHED BEFORE (Hirokazu Kobayashi)

  1. J. Sheen, S. Hwang, Y. Niwa, H. Kobayashi, and D. W. Galbraith: Green fluorescent protein as new vital marker in plant cells. Plant J., 8, 777-784, 1995.     MEDLINE

  2. A. M. Viale, H. Kobayashi, T. Akazawa, and S. Henikoff: rbcR, a gene coding for a member of the LysR family of transcriptional regulators, is located upstream of the expressed set of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes in the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium vinosum. J. Bacteriol., 173, 5224-5229, 1991.

  3. H. Kobayashi*, A. M. Viale, T. Takabe, T. Akazawa, K. Wada, K. Shinozaki, K. Kobayashi, and M. Sugiura: Sequence and expression of genes encoding the large and small subunits of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Chromatium vinosum. Gene, 97, 55-62, 1991.

  4. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: DNA methylation is a determinative element of photosynthesis gene expression in amyloplasts from liquid-cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). Cell Struct. Funct., 15, 285-293, 1990.

  5. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Expression of photosynthetic genes is distinctly different between chloroplasts and amyloplasts in liquid-cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). Cell Struct. Funct., 15, 273-283, 1990.

  6. A. M. Viale, H. Kobayashi*, and T. Akazawa: Distinct Properties of Escherichia coli products of plant-type ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase directed by two sets of genes from the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium vinosum. J. Biol. Chem., 265, 18386-18392, 1990.

  7. T. Tsuge, S. Nishimura, and H. Kobayashi: Efficient integrative transformation of the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata mediated by the repetitive rDNA sequences. Gene, 90, 207-214, 1990.

  8. H. Kobayashi*, J. Ngernprasirtsiri, and T. Akazawa: Transcriptional regulation and DNA methylation in plastids during transitional conversion of chloroplasts to chromoplasts. EMBO J., 9, 307-313, 1990.

  9. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, and H. Kobayashi*: Application of an efficient strategy with a phage λ vector for constructing a physical map of the amyloplast genome of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus). Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 276, 172-179, 1990.

  10. T. Tsuge, H. Kobayashi*, and S. Nishimura: Organization of ribosomal RNA genes in Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype, a host-selective AK-toxin producing fungus. Curr. Genet., 16, 267-272, 1989.

  11. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Transcriptional regulation and DNA methylation of nuclear genes for photosynthesis in nongreen plant cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 86, 7919-7923, 1989.

  12. A. Yokota, A. Harada, H. Kobayashi, and S. Kitaoka: Effect of photosynthetic intermediates on the activation state of ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase from Euglena gracilis Z. Agric. Biol. Chem., 53, 2045-2052, 1989.

  13. A. M. Viale, H. Kobayashi*, and T. Akazawa: Expressed genes for plant-type ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in the photosynthetic bacterium Chromatium vinosum, which possesses two complete sets of the genes. J. Bacteriol., 171, 2391-2400, 1989.

  14. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, R. Chollet, H. Kobayashi, T. Sugiyama, and T. Akazawa: DNA methylation and the differential expression of C4 photosynthesis genes in mesophyll and bundle-sheath cells of greening maize leaves. J. Biol. Chem., 264, 8241-8248, 1989.

  15. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: DNA methylation occurred around lowly expressed genes of plastid DNA during tomato fruit development. Plant Physiol., 88, 16-20, 1988.

  16. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, H. Kobayashi*, and T. Akazawa: DNA methylation as a mechanism of transcriptional regulation in nonphotosynthetic plastids in plant cells. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 85, 4750-4754, 1988.

  17. N. Hayashi, T. Tsuge, H. Kobayashi, and S. Nishimura: The presence of double-stranded RNAs in Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype and their participation in AK-toxin productivity. Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan, 54, 250-252, 1988.

  18. E. Valle, H. Kobayashi*, and T. Akazawa: Transcriptional regulation of genes for plant-type ribulose 1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase in the photosynthetic bacterium, Chromatium vinosum. Eur. J. Biochem., 173, 483-489, 1988.

  19. J. Ngernprasirtsiri, D. Macherel, H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Expression of amyloplast and chloroplast DNA in suspension-cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). Plant Physiol., 86, 137-142, 1988.

  20. H. Kobayashi*: A rapid DNA sequencing procedure: Unidirectional deletion of DNA fragments and use of reverse transcriptase in sequencing reactions. Agric. Biol. Chem., 52, 277-279, 1988.

  21. H. Kobayashi, L. Bogorad, and C. D. Miles: Nuclear gene-regulated expression of chloroplast genes for coupling factor one in maize. Plant Physiol., 85, 757-767, 1987.

  22. D. Macherel, H. Kobayashi, E. Valle, and T. Akazawa: Expression of amyloplast DNA in suspension-cultured cells of sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus L.). FEBS Lett., 201, 315-320, 1986.

  23. T. Tsuge, H. Kobayashi, and S. Nishimura: Metabolic regulation of host-specific toxin production in Alternaria alternata pathogens (4). Molecular cloning of mRNA in AK-toxin producing isolate. Ann. Phytopath. Soc. Japan, 52, 690-699, 1986.

  24. D. Macherel, H. Kobayashi, T. Akazawa, S. Kawano, and T. Kuroiwa: Amyloplast nucleoids in sycamore cells and presence in amyloplast DNA of homologous sequences to chloroplast genes. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun., 133, 140-146, 1985.

  25. A. M. Viale, H. Kobayashi, T. Takabe, and T. Akazawa: Expression of genes for subunits of plant-type RuBisCO from Chromatium and production of the enzymically active molecule in Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett., 192, 283-288, 1985.

  26. H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Biosynthetic mechanism of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Chromatium vinosum: III. Absence of extrachromosomal DNA. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 244, 152-160, 1983.

  27. H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Biosynthetic mechanism of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Chromatium vinosum: II. Biosynthesis of constituent subunits. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 214, 540-549, 1982.

  28. H. Kobayashi, and T. Akazawa: Biosynthetic mechanism of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the purple photosynthetic bacterium, Chromatium vinosum: I. Inducible formation. Arch. Biochem. Biophys., 214, 531-539, 1982.

  29. H. Kobayashi, S. Asami, and T. Akazawa: Development of enzymes involved in photosynthetic carbon assimilation in greening seedlings of maize (Zea mays). Plant Physiol., 65, 198-203, 1980.

  30. H. Kobayashi, T. Takabe, M. Nishimura, and T. Akazawa: Roles of the large and small subunits of ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase in the activation by CO2 and Mg2+. J. Biochem., 85, 923-930, 1979.