Eiji Nitasaka

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Affiliation: Associate Professor, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Biology, Kyushu University

Degree: Ph.D(Doctor of Science)(Kyushu University)

J-GLOBAL ID: 200901091715653005
researchmap Member ID: 5000025545

External link: http://mg.biology.kyushu-u.ac.jp/

Research Interests

Research Areas

Life sciences / Genetics /

Research History

1993 - Present

School of Sciences, Kyushu University
1997 - 2000

Japan Science and Technology Agency
1997 - 2000

JST. PREST. Researcher
1993

- Research Associate, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University

Education

Committee Memberships

2003 - 2004

評議員（全国区）, 日本遺伝学会
2003 - 2004

Senator, The genetics society of Japan

Awards

Papers

Reduction in organ–organ friction is critical for corolla elongation in morning glory

Ayaka Shimoki, Satoru Tsugawa, Keiichiro Ohashi, Masahito Toda, Akiteru Maeno, Tomoaki Sakamoto, Seisuke Kimura, Takashi Nobusawa, Mika Nagao, Eiji Nitasaka …

Communications Biology, 4(1) 285-285, Dec, 2021 Peer-reviewed
Anthocyanin mutants of Japanese and common morning glories exhibit normal proanthocyanidin accumulation in seed coats

Park KI, Nitasaka E, Hoshino A

Plant Biotechnology, 35(3) 259-266, Sep, 2018 Peer-reviewed
An albino mutant of the Japanese rat snake (Elaphe climacophora) carries a nonsense mutation in the tyrosinase gene.

Iwanishi S, Zaitsu S, Shibata H, Nitasaka E

Genes & genetic systems, Aug, 2018 Peer-reviewed
Facultative parthenogenesis validated by DNA analyses in the green anaconda (Eunectes murinus)

Hiroki Shibata, Shuichi Sakata, Yuzo Hirano, Eiji Nitasaka, Ai Sakabe

PLOS ONE, 12(12) e0189654, Dec, 2017 Peer-reviewed
Genome sequence and analysis of the Japanese morning glory Ipomoea nil.

Hoshino A, Jayakumar V, Nitasaka E, Toyoda A, Noguchi H, Itoh T, Shin T, Minakuchi Y, Koda Y, Nagano AJ …

Nature communications, 7(13295) 13295, Nov, 2016 Peer-reviewed
A chalcone isomerase-like protein enhances flavonoid production and flower pigmentation

Morita Yasumasa, Takagi Kyoko, Fukuchi-Mizutani Masako, Ishiguro Kanako, Tanaka Yoshikazu, Nitasaka Eiji, Nakayama Masayoshi, Saito Norio, Kagami Takashi, Hoshino Atsushi …

Plant Journal, 78(2) 294-304, 2014 Peer-reviewed
Development of EST-SSR markers of Ipomoea nil

Ly Tong, Fukuoka Hiroyuki, Otaka Asami, Hoshino Atsushi, Iida Shigeru, Nitasaka Eiji, Watanabe Nobuyoshi, Kuboyama Tsutom

Breeding Science, 62(1) 99-104, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Improvement of morning glory resources by whole-genome sequencing

Nitasaka E, Hoshino A

Genes & Genetic Systems, 87(6) 397, 2012 Peer-reviewed
Characterization of a novel gravitropic mutant of morning glory, weeping2

Daisuke Kitazawa, Yutaka Miyazawa, Nobuharu Fujii, Eiji Nitasaka, Hideyuki Takahashi

ADVANCES IN SPACE RESEARCH, 42(6) 1050-1059, Sep, 2008 Peer-reviewed
The gravity-regulated growth of axillary buds is mediated by a mechanism different from decapitation-induced release

Kitazawa Daisuke, Miyazawa Yutaka, Fujii Nobuharu, Hoshino Atsushi, Iida Shigeru, Nitasaka Eiji, Takahashi Hideyuk

Plant and Cell Physiology, 49(6) 891-900, 2008 Peer-reviewed
The FEATHERED gene is required for polarity establishment in lateral organs especially flowers of the Japanese morning glory (I pomoea nil )

Mayumi Iwasaki, Eiji Nitasaka

Plant Molecular Biology, 62(6) 913-925, Nov 9, 2006
Isolation of cDNAs for R2R3-MYB, bHLH and WDR transcriptional regulators and identification of c and ca mutations conferring white flowers in the Japanese morning glory

Morita Y, Saitoh M, Hoshino A, Nitasaka E, Iida

Plant and Cell Physiology, 47(4) 457-470, 2006 Peer-reviewed
Characterization of a member of the AN subfamily, IAN, from Ipomoea nil

KH Cho, T Shindo, GT Kim, E Nitasaka, H Tsukaya

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 46(1) 250-255, Jan, 2005
Japanese morning glory as a bioresource

Nitasaka Eiji

Regulation of Plant Growth & Development, 40(2) 146-155, 2005
Japanese morning glory dusky mutants displaying reddish-brown or purplish-gray flowers are deficient in a novel glycosylation enzyme for anthocyanin biosynthesis, UDP-glucose : anthocyanidin 3-O-glucoside-2 ''-O-glucosyltransferase, due to 4-bp insertions

Morita Y, Hoshino A, Kikuchi Y, Okuhara H, Ono E, Tanaka Y, Fukui Y, Saito N, Nitasaka E, Noguchi H …

Plant Journal, 42(3) 353-363, 2005 Peer-reviewed
Characterization of Tpn1 family in the Japanese morning glory: En/Spm-related transposable elements capturing host genes

S Kawasaki, E Nitasaka

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 45(7) 933-944, Jul, 2004 Peer-reviewed
Insertion of an En/Spm-related transposable element into a floral homeotic gene DUPLICATED causes a double flower phenotype in the Japanese morning glory

E Nitasaka

PLANT JOURNAL, 36(4) 522-531, Nov, 2003 Peer-reviewed
Evolution of the LINE-like I element in the Drosophila melanogaster species subgroup

Hideki Sezutsu, Eiji Nitasaka, Tsuneyuki Yamazaki

Mgg Molecular & General Genetics, 249(2) 168-178, Mar, 1995
The relationship between DNA structural variation and activities of P elements in P and Q strains of Drosophila melanogaster

Eiji Nitasaka, Tsuneyuki Yamazaki

Heredity, 73(6) 608-615, 1994
A novel eye morphology induced by a P element in somatic tissue of Drosophila melanogaster

Eiji Nitasaka, Tsuneyuki Yamazaki

MGG Molecular & General Genetics, 227(2) 181-186, Jun, 1991

Misc.

Structure analysis of Tpn1 family transposons in Ipomoea nil

水成友紀, 星野敦, 白澤健太, 仁田坂英二

日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web), 46th, 2023
アサガオの葉の側方裂片形成と花器官形成に影響を与えるPEAR遺伝子の機能解析

勝矢翔真, 星野敦, 星野敦, 白澤健太, 仁田坂英二

日本遺伝学会大会プログラム・予稿集, 94th (CD-ROM), 2022
アサガオの葉の側方裂片形成に関わる遺伝子群の解析

仁田坂英二, 宮尾崇矩, 星野敦, 星野敦, 白澤健太, 山田哲也

日本遺伝学会大会プログラム・予稿集, 94th (CD-ROM), 2022
アサガオにおけるTpnトランスポゾンの転移活性化メカニズム

水成友紀, 星野敦, 星野敦, 白澤健太, 山田哲也, 仁田坂英二

日本遺伝学会大会プログラム・予稿集, 94th (CD-ROM), 2022
Transposition and silencing mechanisms of Tpn transposons in Ipomoea nil.

水成友紀, 白澤健太, 星野敦, 仁田坂英二

日本分子生物学会年会プログラム・要旨集(Web), 44th, 2021
アサガオの珍花奇葉の理解に向けた100系統のゲノム情報整備

星野敦, 星野敦, 白澤健太, 豊田敦, 仁田坂英二

日本植物学会大会研究発表記録(CD-ROM), 84th, 2020
新たなステージに入ったアサガオ研究。高精度なゲノム解読と幻の黄色いアサガオの再現

星野敦, 仁田坂英二, V. Jayakumar, 榊原康文

化学と生物, 56 39-46, 2018
アサガオ(Ipomoea nil)由来EST‐SSRを応用したサツマイモのゲノム解析

岡田吉弘, 久保山勉, 星野敦, 飯田滋, 仁田坂英二, 福岡浩之, 吉永優

九州農業研究発表会専門部会発表要旨集, 74th 27, Aug, 2011
品種分化をめぐって : 古典園芸植物のドメスティケーション

仁田坂英二, Nitasaka Eiji, ニタサカエイジ

国立民族学博物館調査報告, 84 409-443, Mar 31, 2009
Morning glory mutants induced by transposable elements in Edo Era

Protein, nucleic acid and enzyme, 52(15) 1959-1964, Dec, 2007
Identification of the responsible gene for slender mutant delicate in the Japanese morning glory

Rie Kuroki, Eiji Nitasaka

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 82(6) 534-534, Dec, 2007
トランスポゾンによるアサガオの品種分化のメカニズム (日本の遺伝学の潮流--日本遺伝学会第78回大会ハイライト) -- (シンポジウム栽培植物の遺伝的多様性と転移因子の役割)

仁田坂英二

生物の科学「遺伝」別冊, (21) 77-81,38, Mar, 2007
Tissue-specific expression of the R2R3-MYB, bHLH, and WDR transcriptional regulator genes and identification of the c-1 and ca mutations conferring white flowers in the Japanese morning glory

Yasurnasa Morita, Miho Saitoh, Atsushi Hoshino, Eiji Nitasaka, Shigeru Iida

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 48 S66-S66, 2007
On the participation of flowering and circadian clock-related genes to the photoperiodic induction of flowering in Pharbitis

SAGE ONO Kimiyo, HIGUCHI Youhei, SASAKI Ryuta, NITASAKA Eiji, HOSHINO Atsushi, IIDA Shigeru, KAMADA Hiroshi, ONO Michiyuki

119 147-147, Dec 1, 2006
Transcripts of transposase genes from autonomous elements of Tpn transposon in the Japanese morning glory

Kohei Yokoyama, Eiji Nitasaka

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 81(6) 415-415, Dec, 2006
Identification of the responsible gene for petalless mutation in the Japanese morning glory

Tetsuya Hiramoto, Eiji Nitasaka

GENES & GENETIC SYSTEMS, 81(6) 452-452, Dec, 2006
変化アサガオにおける花・葉型の多様性

仁田坂英二

バイオサイエンスとインダストリー = Bioscience & industry, 64(8) 431-432, Aug 1, 2006
Analysis of the genes relate to the photoperiodic induction of flowering in Pharbitis (Ipomoea) nil

K Sage-Ono, R Kikuchi, Y Iguchi, R Sasaki, T Sawaya, E Nitasaka, A Hoshino, S Iida, H Kamada, M Ono

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 47 S1-S1, 2006
National BioResource Project: Japanese morning glory

E Nitasaka, S Iida, A Hoshino, M Ono

PLANT AND CELL PHYSIOLOGY, 47 S253-S253, 2006
A novel microsatallite locus isolated from an AFLP fragment in the mangrove species Kandelia obovata (Rhizophoraceae)

K Harada, T Okaura, LH Giang, N Van Huan, M Iwasaki, E Nitasaka

JOURNAL OF PLANT RESEARCH, 118(1) 49-51, Feb, 2005

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Works

付加価値の高い花卉園芸植物の創成

2000 - 2003
Creation of valuable floriculture plants

2000 - 2003
オランダ・ライデン大学付属植物園におけるアサガオ展示

2000
An exhibition of the Japanese morning glory in hortusbotanics Leiden.

2000

Research Projects

アサガオにおける形態形成遺伝子の解析

1997 - 2027
Analysis of morphogenesis genes in the Japanese morning glory、、

1997 - 2027
Mechanisms of cultivar diversification by transposons using the Japanese morning glory as a model

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2022 - Mar, 2025
Development of biological materials optimized for genetics experiments

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Apr, 2012 - Mar, 2015

NITASAKA EIJI
転移可能な新規ヘリトロン様トランスポゾンHeliplの構造と転移機構

科学研究費助成事業, 萌芽研究, 日本学術振興会, 2006 - 2007

仁田坂英二
Analyses of responsible genes of morphological mutants in the Japanese morning glory.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2003 - 2004

NITASAKA Eiji
アサガオゲノムの解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究, 日本学術振興会, 2002 - 2004

仁田坂英二, 飯田滋
アサガオゲノムの解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究, 日本学術振興会, 2003 - 2003

仁田坂英二, 飯田滋
アサガオゲノムの解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究, 日本学術振興会, 2002 - 2002

仁田坂英二, 飯田滋
Analysis of autonomous element of Tpnl family in the Japanese morning glory

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2001 - 2002

NITASAKA Eiji
Population strucuture and evolution of tree populations in tropics : Dipterocarpaceae and Mangrove.

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 2000 - 2002

YAMAZAKI Tsuneyuki, INOMATA Nobuyuki, NITASAKA Eiji, SZMIDT Alfred, SATTA Yoko, TAKAHATA Naoyuki
アサガオゲノムの解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(C), 日本学術振興会, 2001 - 2001

仁田坂英二, 飯田滋
アサガオにおける形態形成突然変異体の解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(A), 日本学術振興会, 2001 - 2001

仁田坂英二
Genetics and Evolution of Between-species Interaction in Tropical Forests : Symbiosis and Specificity among Trees, Ectomycchoriza, and Insects

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 - 2001

YAMAZAKI Tsuneyuki, INOMATA Nobuyuki, NITASAKA Eiji, SZMIDT Alfred, SATTA Yoko, TAKAHATA Naoyuki
アサガオゲノムの解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(C), 日本学術振興会, 2000 - 2000

仁田坂英二, 飯田滋
Structure and Function of Tpn transposable elements in the Japanese morning glory

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1999 - 2000

NITASAKA Eiji, YAMAZAKI Tsuneyuki
アサガオの形態形成突然変異体の解析

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(A), 日本学術振興会, 1998 - 2000

仁田坂英二
アサガオにおける花の形態形成遺伝子のクローニング

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(A), 日本学術振興会, 1999 - 1999

仁田坂英二, 山崎常行
アサガオにおける花の形態形成遺伝子のクローニング

科学研究費助成事業, 特定領域研究(A), 日本学術振興会, 1998 - 1998

仁田坂英二, 山崎常行
Genetical and molecular characterization of divers in Drosophila melanogaster

Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research, Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C), Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, 1997 - 1998

NITASAKA Eiji, YAMAZAKI Tsuneyuki

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