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2013年
153) Okuno, A., Hirano, K., Asano, K., Takase, W., Masuda, R., Morinaka, Y., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. (2014) New Approach to Increasing Rice Lodging Resistance and Biomass Yield Through the Use of High Gibberellin. PLoS One. doi:0.1371/journal.pone.0086870.
2013年
152) Sakamoto, T., Kitano, H., Fujioka, S., (2013) An E3 ubiquitin ligase, ERECT LEAF1, functions in brassinosteroid signaling of rice. Plant Signal Behav. 8 (11). pii: e27117.
151) Aya, K., Hobo, T., Sato-Izawa, K., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. (2014) A Novel AP2-type Transcription Factor, SMALL ORGAN SIZE1, Controls Organ Size Downstream of an Auxin Signaling Pathway. Plant Cell Physiol. Epub ahead of print.
150) Nakano,Y., Nishikubo, N., Sato-Izawa, K., Mase K., Kitano H., Kajita S., Demura T. and Katayama Y. (2013) Transcription profiling identities candidate genes for secondary cell wall formation and hydrpxycinnamoyl-arabinoxylan biosynthesis in the rice internode. Plant Biotechnology. 30, 433-446.
149) Sakamoto, T., Kitano, H., Fujioka, S. (2013) Genetic Background influences brassinosteroid-related mutant phenotypes in rice. American J. Plant Sciences. 4, 212-221.
148) Sakamoto, T., Morinaka, Y., Inukai ,Y., Kitano, H., Fujioka, S. (2013) Auxin signal transcription factor regulates expression of the brassinosteroid receptor gene in rice. Plant J. 73, 676-688.
2012年
147) Yoshida, A., Ohmori, Y., Kitano, H., Taguchi-Shiobara, F., Hirano, HY. (2012) Aberrant spikelet and panicle1, encoding a TOPLESS-related transcriptional co-repressor, is involved in the regulation of meristem fate in rice. Plant J. 70(2): 327-339.
146) Yano, K., Takashi, T., Nagamatsu, S., Kojima, M., Sakakibara, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M., Aya, K. (2012) Efficacy of microarray profiling data combined with QTL mapping for the identification of a QTL gene controlling the initial growth rate in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 53, 729-739.
145) Inukai, Y., Sakamoto, T., Morinaka, Y., Miwa, M., Kojima, M., Tanimoto, E., Yamamoto, H., Sato, K., Katayama, Y., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H. (2012) ROOT GROWTH INHIBITING, a Rice Endo-1,4-β-d-Glucanase, Regulates Cell Wall Loosening and is Essential for Root Elongation. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation. 31, 373-381.
144) Sato-Izawa, K., Nakaba, S., Tamura, K., Yamagishi, Y., Nakano, Y., Nishikubo, N., Kawai, S., Kajita, S., Ashikari, M., Funada, R., Katayama, Y., Kitano, H. (2012) DWARF50 (D50), a rice (Oryza sativa L.) gene encoding inositol polyphosphate 5-phosphatase, is required for proper development of intercalary meristem. Plant Cell Environ. 35, 2031-2044.
143) Sakamoto, T., Morinaka, Y., Kitano, H., Fujioka, S. (2012) New alleles of rice ebisu dwarf (d2) mutant show both brassinosteroid-deficient and -insensitive phenotypes. American J. Plant Sciences. 3:1699-1707.
142) Segami, S., Kono, I., Ando, T., Yano, M., Kitano, H., Miura, K. and Iwasaki, Y. (2012) Small and round seed 5 gene encodes alpha-tubulin regulating seed cell elongation in rice. Rice 5:4 doi: 10.1186/1939-8433-5-4
141) Hu, O., Miao, Y., Liu, J., Yang, B., Zhang, Y., Tahara, Y., Meng, Y., He, Q., Kitano, H. and Wu, X. (2012) The expression of pectin methylesterase in onion flower buds is associated with the dominant male-fertility restoration allele. Plant Breeding131: 211-216. doi: 10.1111/j.1439-0523.2011.01907.x
140) Inukai, Y., Sakamoto, T., Morinaka, Y., Miwa, M., Kojima, M., Tanimoto, E., Yamamoto, H., Sato, K., Katayama, Y., Matsuoka, M. and Kitano, H. (2012) ROOT GROWTH INHIBITING, a rice endo-1,4-β-D-glucanase, regulates cell wall loosening and is essential for root elongation. J. Plant Growth Regul. (in press).
139) Yano K, Takashi T, Nagamatsu S, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Kitano H, Matsuoka M, Aya K. (2012) Efficacy of Microarray Profiling Data Combined with QTL Mapping for the Identification of a QTL Gene Controlling the Initial Growth Rate in Rice. Plant Cell Physiol.(in press).
2011年
138) Yoshida A, Ohmori Y, Kitano H, Taguchi-Shiobara F, Hirano HY. (2011) ABERRANT SPIKELET AND PANICLE1, encoding a TOPLESS-related transcriptional co-repressor, is involved in the regulation of meristem fate in rice. Plant J. 2011 Dec 2. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-313X.2011.04872.x.
137) Taguchi-Shiobara, F., Kawagoe, Y., Kato, H., Onodera, H., Tagiri, A., Hara, N., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H., Kitano, H., Yano, M. and Toki, S. (2011) A loss-of-function of rice DENCE PANICLE 1 causes semi-dwarfness and slightly increased number of spikelets. Breeding Science 61, 17-25. doi:10.1270/jsbbs.61.17
136) Tabuchi H, Zhang Y, Hattori S, Omae M, Shimizu-Sato S, Oikawa T, Qian Q, Nishimura M, Kitano H, Xie H, Fang X, Yoshida H, Kyozuka J, Chen F, Sato Y. (2011) LAX PANICLE2 of rice encodes a novel nuclear protein and regulates the formation of axillary meristems. Plant Cell 23 (9): 3276-3287.
135) Sato K, Kawamura A, Obara T, Kawai S, Kajita S, Kitano H, Katayama Y. (2011) Isolation of rice dwarf mutants with ectopic deposition of phenolic components including lignin in parenchyma cell walls of internodes. Plant Cell Rep. 30 (12): 2195-205.
134) Kitomi Y, Ito H, Hobo T, Aya K, Kitano H, Inukai Y. (2011) The auxin responsive AP2/ERF transcription factor CROWN ROOTLESS5 is involved in crown root initiation in rice through the induction of OsRR1, a type-A response regulator of cytokinin signaling. Plant J. 67 (3): 472-484.
133) Asano K, Yamasaki M, Takuno S, Miura K, Katagiri S, Ito T, Doi K, Wu J, Ebana K, Matsumoto T, Innan H,  Kitano H, Ashikari M, Matsuoka M. (2011) Artificial selection for a green revolution gene during japonica rice domestication. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 108 (27):11034-9.
2010年 
132) Asano, K., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2010) SSD1, which encodes a plant-specific novel protein, controls plant elongation by regulating cell division in rice. Proc. Jpn. Acad., Ser. B. 86, 265-273.
131) Miura, K., Ikeda, M., Matsubara, A., Song, XJ., Ito, M., Asano, K., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H. and Ashikari, M. (2010) OsSPL14 promotes panicle branching and higher grain productivity in rice. Nat. Genet. 42(6), 545-549.
130) Sato, K., Suzuki, R., Nishikubo, N., Takenouchi, S., Ito, S., Nakano, Y., Nakaba, S., Sano, Y., Funada, R., Kajita, S., Kitano, H and Katayama, Y. (2010) Isolation of a novel cell wall architecture mutant of rice with defective Arabidopsis COBL4 ortholog BC1 required for regulated deposition of secondary cell wall components. Planta 232 (1), 257-270. DOI 10.1007/s00425-010-1171-4
129) Ikeda, M., Hirose, Y., Takashi, T., Shibata, Y., Yamamura, T., Komura, T., Doi, K., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Kitano, H. (2010) Analysis of rice panicle traits and detection of QTLs using an image analyzing method. Breed. Sci. 60 (1), 55-64.
2009年
128) Nakamura, A., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Tsujimoto, M., Kitano, H., Yoshida, S., Asami, T. and Nakano, T. (2009) Involvement of C-22-hydroxylated brassinosteroids in auxin-induced lamina joint bending in rice. Plant Cell Physiol. 59, 1627-1635.
127) Sazuka, T., Kamiya, N., Nishimura, T., Ohmae, K., Sato, Y., Imamura, K., Nagato, Y., Koshiba, T., Nagamura, Y., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M.（2009）A rice tryptophan deficient dwarf mutant, tdd1, contains a reduced level of indole acetic acid and develops abnormal flowers and organless embryos. Plant J. 60, 227-241
126) Sunohara1, H., Kawai, T., Shimizu-Sato, S., Sato, Y., Sato, K. and Kitano, H. (2009) A dominant mutation of TWISTED DWARF 1 encoding an α-tubulin protein causes severe dwarfism and right helical growth in rice Genes Genet. Syst. 84, 209?218.（GSS PRIZE 2010　受賞）
125) Hattori, Y., Nagai, K., Furukawa, S., Song, X-J., Kawano, R., Sakakibara, H., Wu, J., Matsumoto, T., Yoshimura, A., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, m., Mori, H. and Ashikari, M. (2009)The ethylene response factors SNORKEL1 and SNORKEL2 allow rice to adapt to deep water. Nature 460, 1026-1030. doi:10.1038/nature08258.
124) Miura, K., Agetsuma, M., Kitano, H., Yoshimura, A., Matsuoka, M., Jacobsen, S. E. and Ashikari, M. (2009) A metastable Dwarf1 epigenetic mutant affecting plant stature in rice. PNAS 106, 11218-11223. Doi pnas.0901942106.
123) Oki, K., Inaba, N., Kitagawa, K., Fujioka, S., Kitano, H., Fujisawa, Y., Kato H. and Iwasaki, Y. (2009) Function of the Subunit of Rice Heterotrimeric G Protein in Brassinosteroid Signaling. P. C. P. 50, 161-172.
122) Asano, K., Hirano, K., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Rosalyn B., Angels-Shim, Komura, T., Satoh, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2009) Isolation and characterization of dominant dwarf mutants, Slr1-d, in rice. Mol. Genet. Genomics 281, 223-231.
2008年 
121)  Miura, K., Yamamoto, E., Morinaka, Y., Takashi, T., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2008) The hybrid breakdown 1(t) locus induces interspecific hybrid breakdown between rice Oryza sativa cv. Koshihikari and its wild relative O, nivara. Breeding Science 58, 99-105.
120) Hattori, Y., Nagai, K., Mori, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2008) Mapping of three QTLs that regulate internode elongation in deepwater rice. Breeding Science 58, 39-46.
119) Miura, K., Wu, J., Sunohara, H., Wu, X., Matsumoto, T., Matsuoka, M, Ashikari, M. and Kitano, H. (2008) High resolution mapping revealed a 1.3-Mbp genomic inversion in Ssi1, a dominant semidwarf gene in rice (Oryza sativa L.). Plant Breeding, 128.1.63-69.
2007年
118) Nagasaki, H., Itoh, J-H., Hayashi, K., Hibara, K., Satoh-Nagasawa, N., Nosaka,M., Mukouhata, M., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M., Nagato, Y. and Sato, Y.(2007) The small interfering RNA production pathway is required for shoot meristem initiation in rice. PNAS 104,14867-14871.
117) Chhun, T., Aya, K., Asano, K., Yamamoto, E., Morinaka, Y., Watanabe, M., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Ueguchi-Tanaka, M. (2007) Gibberellin regulates pollen viability and pollen tube growth in rice. Plant Cell 19, 3876-3888.
116) Hirano, K., Nakajima, M., Asano, K., Nishiyama, T., Sakakibara, H., Kojima, M., Katoh, E., Xiang, H., Tanahashi, T., Hasebe, M., Banks, J.A., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2007) The GID1-mediated gibberellin perception mechanism is conserved in the Lycophyte Selaginella moellendorffii but not in the Bryophyte Physcomitrella patens. Plant Cell 19, 3058-3079.
115) Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Nakajima, M., Katoh, E., Ohiya, H., Asano, K., Saji, S., Hongyu, X., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H., Yamaguchi, I. and Matsuoka, M. (2007) Molecular interactions of a soluble gibberellin receptor, GID1, with a rice DELLA protein, SLR1 and gibberellin. Plant Cell 19, 2140-2155.
114) Hattori,Y., Miura, K., Asano, K., Yamamoto, E., Mori, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2007) A major QTL confers rapid internode elongation in response to water rise in deepwater rice. Breed.Sci., 57, 305-314
113) Chhun, T., Aya, K., Asano, K., Yamamoto, E., Morinaka, Y., Watanabe, M., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Ueguchi-Tanaka, M. (2007) Gibberellin Regulates Pollen Viability and Pollen Tube Growth in Rice. Plant Cell 19(12), 3876-3888.
112) Asano, K., Takashi, T., Miura, K., Qian, Q., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2007) Genetic and molecular analysis of utility of sd1 alleles in rice breeding. Breed. Sci. 57, 53-58.
111) Yamamoto, E., Takashi, T., Morinaka, Y., Lin, S., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Ashikari, M. (2007) Interaction of two recessive genes, hbd2 and hbd3, induces hybrid breakdown in rice. Theor. Appl. Genet. 115, 187-194.
110) Miyao, A., Iwasaki, Y., Kitano, H., Itoh, J-I., Maekawa, M., Murata, K., Yatou, O., Nagao, Y. and Hirochika, H. (2007) A large-scale collection of phenotypic data describing an insertional population to facilitate functional analysis of rice genes. 　Plant Mol. Biol. 63, 625-635.
109) Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka, Masatoshi Nakajima, Etsuko Katoh, Hiroko Ohmiya, Kenji Asano, Shoko Saji, Xiang Hongyu, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Isomaro Yamaguchi, and Makoto Matsuoka (2007) Molecular Interactions of a Soluble Gibberellin Receptor, GID1, with a Rice DELLA Protein, SLR1, and Gibberellin. Plant Cell 19 (7), 2140-2155.
108) Hiroshi Nagasaki, Jun-ichi Itoh, Katsunobu Hayashi, Ken-ichiro Hibara, Namiko Satoh-Nagasawa, Misuzu Nosaka, Motohiro Mukouhata, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, Yasuo Nagato, and Yutaka Sato (2007) The small interfering RNA production pathway is required for shoot meristem initiation in rice. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 104(37), 14867-14871.
2006年 
107) Kitano, H., Sato, K. and Ikeda, M. (2006) Functional Analysis of Induced Semidwarfing Mutations and Application to Rice Breeding. Gamma Field Symp. 45, 15-22.
106) Jan, A., Kitano, H., Matstumoto, H. and Komatsu S. (2006) The rice OsGAE1 is a novel gibberellin-regulated gene and involved in rice growth. Plant Molecular Biology 62, 439-452.
105) Sato, K., Mase, K., Nakano, Y., Nishikubo, N., Sugita, R., Tsuboi, Y., Kajita, S., Zhou, J., Kitano, H. and Katayama, Y. (2006) 3-Deoxy-d-arabino-heptulosonate 7-phosphate synthase is regulated for the accumulation of polysaccharide-linked hydroxycinnamoyl esters in rice (Oryza sativa L.) internode cell walls. Plant Cell Reports 25, 676-688.
104) Suzaki, T., Toriba, T., Fujimoto, M., Tsutsumi, N., Kitano, H. and Hirano, H. (2006) Conservation and diversification og meristem maintenance mechanism in Oriza sativa: Function of the Floral ORGAN NUMBER2 gene. Plant Cell Physiol. 47, 1591-1602.
103) Tsuji, H., Aya, K., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Shimada, Y., Nakazono, M., Watanabe, R., Nishizawa, N.K., Gomi, K., Shimada, A. Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2006) GAMYB controls different sets of genes and is differentially regulated by micrRNA in aleurone cells and anthers. The Plant Journal, 47, 427-444.
102) Sunohara, H., Miura, K., Wu, X., Saeda, T., Mizuno, S., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Kitano, H. (2006) Effects of Ssi1 gene controlling dm-type internode elongation pattern on lodging resistance and panicle characters in rice. Breeding Science, 56, 261-268
101) Yang, G., Nakamura, H., Ichikawa, H., Kitano, H. and Komatsu, S. (2006) OsBLE3, a brassinolide-enhanced gene, is involved in the growth of rice. Phytochemistry 67, 1442-1454. 
100) Morinaka, Y., Sakamoto, T., Inukai, Y., Agetsuma, M., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka , M. (2006) Morphological alteration caused by brassinosteroid insensitivity increases the biomass and grain production of rice. Plant physiol. 141, 924-931.
099) Tanaka, N., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H., Asano, T., Kaku, H. and Komatsu, S. (2006) gid1, a gibberellin-insensitive dwarf mutant, shows alteredregulation of probenazole-inducible protein (PBZ1) response to cold stress and pathogen attack. Plant Cell and Environment, 29, 619-631.
098) Nakamura, A., Umemura, I., Gomi, K., Hasegawa, Y., Kitano, H., Sazuka, T. and Matsuoka, M. (2006) Production and characterizatin of auxin-insensitive rice by overexpression of a mutagenized rice IAA protein. The Plant Journal, 46, 297-306.
097) Nakamura, A., Fujioka, S., Sunohara, H., Kamiya, N., Hong, Z., Inukai, Y., Miura, K., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Hasegawa, Y., Kitano, H., and Matsuoka, M. (2006) The role of OsBRI1 and its homologous genes, OsBRL1 and OsBRL3, in rice.　Plant Physiology 140, 580-590.
096) Sakamoto, T., Morinaka, Y., Ohnishi, T., Sunohara, H., Fujioka, S., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Mizutani, M., Sakata, K., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., Tanaka, H., Kitano H. and Matsuoka M. (2006). Erect leaf caused by brassinosteroid deficiency increases biomass production and grain yield in rice. Nature Biotechnology, 24, 105-109.
095) Yoichi Morinaka, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Yoshiaki Inukai, Masakazu Agetsuma, Hidemi Kitano, Motoyuki Ashikari, and Makoto Matsuoka (2006) Morphological Alteration Caused by Brassinosteroid Insensitivity Increases the Biomass and Grain Production of Rice. Plant Physiol. 141(3), 924-931.
2005年
094) Hattori, Y., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H., and Matsuoka, M. (2005) Detection QTLs for deepwater rice ability. R.G.N. 22, 67-68.
093) Inukai, Y., Sakamoto, T., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Shibata, Y., Gomi, K., Umemura, I., Hasegawa, Y., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and M. Matsuoka (2005) Crown rootless1, which is essential for crown root formation in rice, is a target of an AUXIN RESPONSE FACTER in auxin signaling. Plant Cell, 17, 1387-1396.
092) Sazuka, T., Aichhi, I., Kawai, T., Matsuo, N., Kitano,H. and Matsuioka, M. (2005) The rice mutant dwarf bamboo shoot 1: A leaky mutant of the NACK-type kinesin-like gene can initiate organ primodia but not organ development. Plant and Cell Physiol., 46, 1934-1943.
091) Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Ashikari, M., Nakajima, M., Itoh, H., Katoh, E., Kobayashi, M., Chow, T., Hsing, Y., Kitano, H., Yamaguchi, I. And Matsuoka, M. (2005) Gibberellinn insensitive dwarf1 encodes a soluble receptor for gibbrellin. Nature, 437, 693-698.
090) Tanabe, S., Ashikari, M., Fujioka, S., Taakatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., Yano, M., Yoshimura, A., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M., Fujisawa, Y., Kato, H. and Iwasaki, Y. (2005) A novel cytochrome P450 is implicated in brassinosteroid biosynthesis via the characterization of a rice dwarf mutant, dwarf11, with reduced seed length. Plant Cell, 17, 776-790.
089) Konishi, H., Kitano, H. and Komatsu, S. (2005) Identification of rice root proteins regulated by gibberellinn using proteome analysis. Plant, Cell and Environment, 28, 328-339. 
088) Ashikari, M., Sakakibara, H., Lin, S., Yamamoto, T., Takashi, T., Nishimura, A., Angeles, E., Qian, Q., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2005) Cytokinin Oxidase regulates rice grain production. Science 309, 714-715.
087) Hong, Z., Ueguchi-Tanak, M., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., Hasegawa, Y., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2005) The rice brassinosteroid-deficient dwarf2 mutant, defective in the rice homolog of Arabidopsis DIMINUTO/DWARF1, is reduced by the endogenously accumulated alternative bioactive brassionosteroid, Dolichosterone. Plant Cell, 17, 2243-2254.
086) Tanaka, N., Takahashi, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M., Akai, S., Uchimiya, H. and Komatsu, S. (2005) Proteome approach to characterize the methylmalomate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase that is regulated by gibberellin. J. Proteome Reseach, 4, 1575-1582.
085) Masahiko Komorisono, Miyako Ueguchi-Tanaka, Ikuko Aichi, Yasuko Hasegawa, Motoyuki Ashikari, Hidemi Kitano, Makoto Matsuoka, and Takashi Sazuka (2005) Analysis of the Rice Mutant dwarf and gladius leaf 1. Aberrant Katanin-Mediated Microtubule Organization Causes Up-Regulation of Gibberellin Biosynthetic Genes Independently of Gibberellin Signaling. Plant Physiol. 138(4), 1982-1993.
084) Sentoku, N., Kato, H., Kitano, H. and Imai R. (2005) OsMADS22, an STMADS11-like MADS-box gene of rice, is expressed in non-vegetative tissues and its ectopic expression induces spikelet meristem indeterminancy. Mol. Gen. Genomics 273, 1-9.
083) Itoh, J-I., Nonomura, K., Ikeda, K., Yamaki, S., Inukai, Y., Yamagishi, H., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (2005) Rice Plant development: from zygote to spikelet. Plant Cell Physiol., 46, 23-47.
2004年  
082) Saisho, D., Tano, K., Chono, M., Honda, I., Kitano, H. and Takeda, K. (2004) Spontaneous brassinolide-insensitive barley mutants ‘uzu’ adapted to East Asia. Breed Sci. 54, 409-416.
081) Jam, A., Yang, G., Nakamura, H., Ichikawa, H., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M., Matsumoto, H. and Komatsu, S. (2004) Characterization of a xyloglucan endotransglucosylase gene that is up-regulated by gibberllin in rice. Plant Physiol. 136, 3670-3681.
080)  Hattori, Y., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M (2004) Detection QTLs for deepwater rice ability. R.G.N. 22, 67-68. 
079) Itoh, H., Tatsumi, T., Sakamoto, T., Otomo, K., Toyomasu, T., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M., Ichihara, S. and Matsuoka, M. (2004) A rice semi-dwarf gene, Tan-Ginbozu (D35), encodes the gibberellin biosynthesis enzyme, ent-kaurene oxidase. Plant Mol. Biol., 54, 533-547.
078) Sakamoto, T., Miura, K., Itoh, H., Tatsumi, T., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Ishiyama, K., Kobayashi, M., Agrawal, K., Takeda, S., Abe, K., Miyao, A., Hirochika, H., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2004) An overview of gibberellin metabolism enzyme genes and their related mutants in rice. Plant physiology. 134, 1642-1653.
077) Gomi, K., Sasaki, A., Itoh, H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2004) GID2, an F-box subunit of the SCF E3 complex, specifically interacts with phospholylated SLR1 protein and regulates the gibberellin-dependent degradation of SLR1 in rice. Plant J. 37, 626-634.
2003年
076) Kamiya, N., Nishimura, A., Sentoku, N., Tanabe, E., Nagato, Y., Kiano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2003) Rice globular embryo 4 (gle4) mutant is defective in radial pattern formation during embryogenesis. Plant and Cell Physiol., 44, 875-883.
075) Ashikari, M., Itoh, H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Sasaki, A., Gomi, K., Kitano, H., and Matsuoka, M. (2003) Gibberelin Rresponse and signal transduction. Gamma field symposia, (in press).
074) Ikeda, A., Kitano, H., Sonoda, Y., Futsuhara, Y. and Yamaguchi, J. (2003) Characterizing a slender mutant with constitutive gibberellin-response in rice. Advances in rice genetics, 480-482.
073) Ikeda, A., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Sonoda, Y., Kitano, H., Futsuhara, Y., Matsuoka, M. and Yamaguchi, J. (2003) Slender rice mutant is caused by null mutation of the SLR gene, an ortholog of the height-regulating gene GAI/RGA/RHT/D8. Advances in rice genetics, 478-479.
072) Tobina, H., Uozu, S., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H. and Hattori, K. (2003) Gene expression pattern of cell division/elongation factors in rice dwarf mutants. Advances in rice genetics, 470-472.
071) Nishimura, A., Itoh, H., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2003) Expression analyses of the OsPNH1 gene in rice leaf development. Advances in rice genetics, 468-469.
070) Miwa, M., Inukai, Y., Satoh, K., Itoh, M., Katayama, Y., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Kitano, H. (2003) Mapping the rt (root growth-inhibiting) gene of rice by RFLP markers. Advances in rice genetics, 314-316.
069) Iwamoto, T., Hong, S. K., Imai, H., Matsuoka, M. and Kitano, H. (2003) Phenotypic diversity in embryo mutants induced by tissue culture in rice. Advances in rice genetics, 184-186.
068) Kawai, T. and Kitano, H. (2003) Characterization of a rice mutant showing an abnormal morphology. Advances in rice genetics, 85-86.
067) T. Takabe, N. Sentoku, Y. Nagato, M. Matsuoka and Kitano, H. (2003) Morphological classification of twelve rice mutants that cease embryogenesis at early globular stages. Rice Genetics Newsletter 2003 20, 27-28.
066)  Sunohara, H. and Kitano, H. (2003) New dwarf mutant controlled by a dominant gene, Twisted dwarf. Rice Genetics Newsletter 2003 20, 20-22.
065) Hong, Z., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Umemura, K., Uozu, K., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Yoshida, S., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2003) A rice brassinosteroid-deficient mutant, ebisu dwarf(d2), is caused by a loss of Function of a new member of cytochrome P450. Plant Cell 15, 2900-2910.
064) Sasaki, A., Itoh, H., Gomi, K., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Ishiyama, K., Kobayashi, M., Jeong, D-H., An, G., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2003) Accumulation of Phosphorylated repressor for gibberellin signaling in an F-box mutant. Science 299, 1896-1898.
063) Takeda, T., Suwa, Y., Suzuki, M., Kitano,H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Ashikari, M., Matsuoka, M. and Ueguchi, C. (2003) The OsTB1 gene negatively regulates lateral branching in rice. Plant J. 33, 513-520.
062) Ashikari, M., Itoh, H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Sasaki, A., Gomi, K., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2003) Gibberellin signal transduction in rice. J. Plant Growth Regul. 22:141-151.
061) Ishikawa, T., Machida, C., Yoshioka, Y., Kitano, H. and Machida, Y. (2003) The GLOBULAR ARREST1 gene, which is involved in the biosynthesis of folates, is essential for embryogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant J. 33, 235-244.
2002年  
060) Sato, K., Ashikari, M., Tamura, K., Mase, K., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Katayama, Y. (2002) Higi resolution map of DWARF 50 (D50) in rice. R.G.N. 19, 31-33.
059) Inukai, Y., Shibata, Y., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2002) Mapping of the CROWN ROOTLESS1 gene, CRL1, by CAPS analysis. R.G.N. 19, 29-31.
058) Hong, Z., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Shimizu-Sato, S., Inukai, Y., Fujioka, S., Shimada, Y., Takatsuto, S., Agetsuma, M., Yoshida, S., Watanabe, Y., Uozu, S., Kitano, H., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2002) Loss-of-function of a rice brassinosteroid biosynthetic enzyme, C-6 oxidase, prevents the organized arrangement and polar elongation of cells in leaves and stem. Plant J. 32, 495-508.
057) Ashikari. M., Sasaki, A., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Itoh, H., Nishimura, A., Datta, S., Ishiyama, K., Saito, T., Kobayashi, M., Khush, G. S., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2002) Loss-of-function of a rice gibberellin biosynthetic gene, GA20 oxidase(GA20ox-2), led to the rice ‘Green Revolution’. Breeding Science, 52, 143-150.
056) Sasaki, A., Ashikari, M., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Itoh, H., Nishimura, A., Swapan, D., Ishiyama, K., Saito, T., Kobayashi, M., Khush, G. S., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2002) A mutant gibberellin-synthesis gene in rice. Nature 416, 701-702.
2001年
055) Kamiya, N., Ashikari, M., Sato, Y., Nagato, Y., Kitano, H. and Matuoka, M. (2001) Mapping of th ORGANLESS1 gene, ORL1. R.G.N., 18, 33-34.
054) Ito, M., Sato, Y., Kitano, H., Nagato, Y., Ashikari, M. and Matsuoka, M. (2001) Mapping of the ABERRANT REGIONALIZATION OF MBRYO 1 gene, ARE1, by CAPS analysis. R.G.N., 18, 31-32.
053) Mukohhata, CM., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H., Nagato, Y. and Matsuoka, M. (2001) High resolution mapping of SHOOT ORGANIZATION 2 gene, SHO2. R.G.N., 18, 17-19.
052) Inukai, Y., Miwa, M., Nagato, Y. Kitano, H. and A. Yamauchi (2001) RRL1, RRL2 and CRL2 loci regulating root elongation in rice. Breed. Sci. 51, 231-239.
051) Inukai, Y., Miwa, M., Nagato, Y. Kitano, H. and A. Yamauchi (2001) Characterization of rice mutants deficient in the formation of crown roots. Breed. Sci. 51, 123-129.
050) Itoh, H., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Sentoku, N., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Kobayashi, M. (2001) Cloning and functional analysis of two gibberellin 3β-hydroxylase genes that are differently expressed during the growth of rice. PNAS, 98, 8909-8914.
049) Ikeda, A., Ueguchi-Tanaka, M., Sonoda, Y., Kitano, H., Koshioka M., Futsuhara, Y., Matsuoka, M. and J., Yamaguchi, (2001) slender Rice, a comstitutive gibberellin response mutant, is caused by a null mutation of the SLR1 gene GAI/RGA/RHT/D8. Plant Cell, 13, 999-1010.
2000年
048) Mukohhata, M., Ashikari, M., Miwa, M., Sasaki, T., Nagato, Y., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2000) High resolution mapping of a rice gene affecting shoot organization, SHO1. R.G.N., 17, 24-26.
047) Tanabe, S.B., Ashikari, M., Yano, M., Yoshimura, A., Matshuoka, M., Kitano, H. and Iwasaki, Y. (2000) High resolution map of dwarf mutant gene, dwarf 11 of rice. R.G.N., 17, 18-19.
046) Itoh, J-I., Kitano, H., Matsuoka, M. and Nagato, Y. (2000) SHOOT ORGANIZATION genes regulate shoot apical meristem organization and the pattern of leaf primordium initiation in rice. Plant Cell, 12, 2161-2174.
045) Ueguchi-Tanaka, m., Fujisawa, Y., Kobayashi, M., Ashikari, M., Iwasaki, Y., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2000) Rice dwarf mutant d1, which is defective in theαsubunit of the heterotrimeric G protein, affects gibberellin signal transduction. PNAS, 97, 11638-11643.
044) Nishikubo, N., Araki, T., Kajita, S., Kuroda, K., Kitano, H. and Katayama, Y. (2000) Specific accumulation of polysaccharide-linked hydroxycinnamoyl esters in the cell walls of irregularly shaped and collapsed internode parenchyma cells of the dwarf rice mutant Fukei 71. Plant Cell Physiol., 41, 776-784.
043) Uozu S., Tanaka-Ueguchi, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2000) Characterization of XET-related genes of rice. Plant Physiol., 122, 853-859.
042) Yamamuro, C., Ihara, Y., Wu, X., Noguchi, T., Fujioka, S., Takatsuto, S., Ashikari, M., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (2000) Loss of function of a rice brassinosteroid insensitive1 homolog prevents internode elongation and bending of the lamina joint. Plant Cell 12, 1591-1605.
041) Wu, X., Saeda, T., Takeda, K. and Kitano, H. (2000) Dominant gene, Ssi1 expresses semidwarfism by inhibiting the second internode elongation in rice. Breed. Sci., 50,17-22.
1999年
040) Sentoku, N. Sato, Kurata, N. Ito, Y. Kitano, H. and Matsuoka, M. (1999) Regional expression of the rice KN1-type homeobox gene family during embryo, shoot, and flower development. Plant Cell, 11,1651-1663.
039) Ito, M., Sato, N., Nagasawa, H., Kitano, H., Nagato, Y. and Matsuoka, M. (1999) Mapping of two SHOOTLESS genes, SHL1 and SHL2, by RFLP analysis. R.G.N., 16, 39-41.
038) Wu, X., Takeda, K. and Kitano, H. (1999) Linkage analysis of the mutant genes, Ssi1 and d61, expressing the dm-type internode elongation pattern in rice. R.G.N., 16, 38-39.
037) Itoh, J-I., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1999) Leaf development in shoot organization2 mutant of rice. R.G.N., 16, 32-34.
036) Sunohara, H., Uozu, S., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1999) Interaction of panicle development and internode elongation in rice. R.G.N., 16, 30-32.
035) Satoh, N., Hong, S. K., Nishimura, A., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1999) Initiation of shoot apical meristem in rice: characterization of four SHOOTLESS genes. Development, 126, 3629-3636.
034) Wu, X., Ihara, Y., Takeda, K. and Kitano, H. (1999) New dm-type dwarf mutants varying in internode elongation patterns are controlled by different mutant genes at the same locus in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Breed. Sci., 49, 147-153.
033) Fujisawa, Y. Kato, T. Ohki, S. Ishikawa, A. Kitano, H. Sasaki, T. Asahi, T. and Iwasaki, Y. (1999) Suppression of the heterotrimeric G protein causes abnormal morphology, including dwarfism, in rice. PNAS, 96, 7575-7580.
032) Sato, Y. Sentoku, N., Miura, H., Hirochika, H., Kitano, H. and Matsuoka M. (1999) Loss-of-function mutants in the rice homeobox gene OSH15 affect the architecture of internodes resulting in dwarf plants. Embo J., 18, 992-1002.
1998年
031) Kinae, T. Satoh, H. Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1998) A multiple radicle 1 mutation affects the number of radicles and the vegetative growth in rice. R.G.N., 15, 93-96.
030) Inukai, A. Yamauchi, H. Satoh, H. Nagato, Y. and Kitano, H. (1998) Genetic analysis of induced rice developmental mutants showing radicleless and crown rootless. R.G.N., 15, 88-90.
029) Itoh, J-I., Hasegawa, A., Kitano, H. and Nagato Y. (1998) A recessive heterochronic mutation, plastochron1, shortens the plastochron and elongates the vegetative phase in rice. Plant Cell, 10, 1511-1521.
028) Takahashi, M., Nagasawa, N., Kitano, H. and Nagato Y. (1998) panicle phytomer 1 mutations affect the panicle architecture of rice. Theor. Appl. Genet., 96, 1050-1056.
1997年
027) Satoh, N., Hong, S. K., Matsuoka, M., Kitano, H. and Nagato Y. (1997) Characterization of shootless mutants in rice. R.G.N., 14, 145-147.
026) Itoh, J-I., Hasegawa, A., Kitano, H. and Nagato Y. (1997) A gene associated with temporal regulation of vegetative development in rice. R.G.N., 14, 141-144.
025) Itoh, J-I., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato, Y. (1997) Genes affecting shoot apical meristem and leaf primordial diffwrentiation. Proc. 8th SABRAO General Congress Annual Meeting Korean Breed. Society. 305-307.
024) Wu, X., Saeda, T., Hattori, K. and Kitano, H. (1997) Lodging resistance of dm-type hybrid lines of rice by inhibiting the second internode elongation. Proc. 8th SABRAO General Congress Annual Meeting Korean Breed. Society. 293-294.
023) Satoh, N., Hong, S. K., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1997) Genetic and developmental analysis of shootless mutation in rice (Oryza sativa L.) Proc. 8th SABRAO General Congress Annual Meeting Korean Breed. Society. 231-232.
022) Inukai, Y., Yamauchi, A., Kitano, H. and Nagato, Y. (1997) Characterization of root mutants in rice. Proc. 8th SABRAO General Congress Annual Meeting Korean Breed. Society. 229-230.
021) Wu, X., Uozu, S., Takeda, K., Hattori, K. and Kitano H. (1997) Dominant gene Ssi1(t) located on the chromosome 1 shows the dm-type internode elongation pattern accompanied by a semidwarfness. R.G.N., 14, 45-47.
1996年 
020) Hong, S. K., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1996) How is embryo size genetically regulated in rice? Development, 122, 2051-2058.
019)   Nagasawa, N., Miyoshi, M., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1996) Mutations associated with floral organ number in rice. Planta, 198, 627-633.
018) Sato, Y., Hong, S. K., Tagiri, A., Kitano, H., Yamamoto, N., Nagato Y. and Matsuoka M. (1996) A rice homeobox gene, OSH1, is expressed before organ differentiation in a specific region during early embryogenesis. PNAS, 93, 8117-8122.
1995年
017) Hong, S. K., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1995) Mutations affecting embryo size in rice. R.G.N., 12. 196-199.
016) Hong, S. K., Aoki, T., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1995) Phenotypic diversity of 188 rice embryo mutants. Dev. Genet., 16, 298-310.
015) Hong, S. K., Aoki, T., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1995) Temperature-sensitive mutation, embryoless 1, affects both embryo and endosperm development in rice.　Plant Sci., 108, 165-172.
1993年
014) Kitano, H., Tamura, Y., Satoh, H. and Nagato Y. (1993) Hierarchical regulation of organ differentiation during embryogenesis in rice. Plant J. 3, 607-610.
1992年
013) Tamura, Y., Kitano, H., Satoh, H. and Nagato, Y. (1992) A gene profoundly affecting shoot organization in the early phase of rice development. Plant Sci., 82, 91-99.
1991年 
012) Futsuhara, Y., Kondo, S. and Kitano, H. (1991) Interaction between genes for panicle density in rice. R.G.N., 8, 121-122.
011) Takeoka, Y., Hiroi, Y., Kitano, H. and Wada, T. (1991) Pistil hyperplasia in rice spikelets as affected by heat stress. Sex. Plant Reprod., 4, 39-43.
1989年
010)  Nagato, Y., Kitano, H., Kamijima, O., Kikuchi, S. and Satoh, H. (1989) Developmental mutants showing abnormal organ differentiation in rice embryos. Theor. Appl. Genet.,　78, 11-15. 
1987年
009) Futsuhara,Y., Hattori, K. and Kitano, H. (1987) Water absorbing capacity of a root-growth inhibiting mutant in rice. R.G.N., 4, 95.
1986年 
008) Kitano, H. and Futsuhara, Y. (1986) Character expression of a root-growth inhibiting mutant in rice. R.G.N., 3, 97-99.
1985年
007) Futsuhara, Y. and Kitano, H. (1985) Inheritance of a root-growth inhibiting mutant in rice. R.G.N., 2, 70-71.
1983年
006) 北野英己、蓬原雄三、中田豊美 (1983) イネにおける矮性突然変異の形質発現III. ふ系７１号の節間伸長に対するｼﾞﾍﾞﾚﾘﾝ酸（ＧＡ３）の影響と内生ｼﾞﾍﾞﾚﾘﾝ様物質の存在 育種学雑誌 33, 138-147.
1982年 
005) Kitano,H. and Y.Futsuhara (1982) Character expression of induced dwarf mutants in rice. II. Morphological and histological observations on the effects of temperature on culm elongation in the dwarf mutant, Fukei No.71. Japan. J. Breed., 32, 146-154.
1981年  
004) Kitano,H. and Futsuhara, Y. (1981) Character expression of induced dwarf mutants in rice. I. Effects of temperature on culm elongation in the dwarf mutant line, Fukei No.71. Japan. J. Breed., 31, 9-18.
1980年
003) Okamoto, K., Kitano, H. and Akazawa, T. (1980) Biosynthesis and excretion of hydrolases in germinating cereal seeds. Plant Cell Physiol., 21, 201-204.
1979年
002) Futsuhara, Y.,Kondo, S. and Kitano, H. (1979) Genetical studies on dense and　lax panicles in rice. II. Character expression and mode of inheritance of dense panicle rice. Japan. J. Breed., 29,239-247.
001) Futsuhara, Y., Kondo, S., Kitano, H. and Mii, M. (1979) Genetical studies on dense and lax panicles in rice. I. Character expression and mode of lax panicle rice rice. Japan. J. Breed., 29,151-158.