Publications

Furumizu C*, Shinohara H (2024) Land plant peptide signaling: What we know—and don’t know—about its evolution. Physiol. Plant. 176:e14172. doi: 10.1111/ppl.14172.

Furumizu C*, Tanizawa Y, Nakamura Y (2024) Genome Annotation Matters: From Genes to Phylogenetic Inferences. Plant Cell Physiol. 65(2): 181-184. doi: 10.1093/pcp/pcad151.

Furumizu C* (2023) Diversification, through birth and death, of peptide signaling molecules during land plant evolution. Agricultural Biotechnology. 7(8): 42-46. (review in Japanese)

Furumizu C, Aalen RB* (2023) Peptide signaling through leucine-rich repeat receptor kinases – insight into land plant evolution. New Phytol. 238(3): 977-982. doi: 10.1111/nph.18827.

Furumizu C*, Sawa S (2023) A rapid method for detection of the root-knot nematode resistance gene, Mi-1.2, in tomato cultivars. Plant Biotechnol (Tokyo). 40(1): 105-108. doi: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.22.1206a.

Shtern A, Keren-Keiserman A, Mauxion JP, Furumizu C, Alvarez JP, Amsellem Z, Gil N, Motenko E, Alkalai-Tuvia S, Fallik E, Gonzalez N, Goldshmidt A* (2023) Solanum lycopersicum CLASS-II KNOX genes regulate fruit anatomy via gibberellin-dependent and independent pathways. J. Exp. Bot. 74(3): 848-863. doi: 10.1093/jxb/erac454.

Keren-Keiserman A, Shtern A, Levy M, Chalupowicz D, Furumizu C, Alvarez JP, Amsalem Z, Arazi T, Alkalai-Tuvia S, Efroni I, Ori N, Bowman JL, Fallik E, Goldshmidt A* (2022) CLASS-II KNOX genes coordinate spatial and temporal fruit ripening in tomato. Plant Physiol. 190(1): 657-668. doi: 10.1093/plphys/kiac290.

Yanagawa A, Krishanti NPRA, Sugiyama A, Chrysanti E, Ragamustari SK, Kubo M, Furumizu C, Sawa S, Dara SK, Kobayashi M* (2022) Control of Fusarium and nematodes by entomopathogenic fungi for organic production of Zingiber officinale. J. Nat. Med. 76(1): 291-297. doi: 10.1007/s11418-021-01572-4.

Furumizu C, Hirakawa Y, and Sawa S* (2021) Evolving research into CLE peptide signaling opens new doors to exploring land plant diversity. Regul. Plant Growth Dev. 56: 85-91. doi: 10.18978/jscrp.56.2_85. (review in Japanese)

Furumizu C, Krabberød A, Hammerstad M, Alling RM, Wildhagen M, Sawa S, Aalen RB* (2021) The sequenced genomes of non-flowering land plants reveal the innovative evolutionary history of peptide signaling. Plant Cell. 33(9): 2915-2934. doi: 10.1093/plcell/koab173.

Furumizu C*, Sawa S (2021) The RGF/GLV/CLEL family of short peptides evolved through lineage-specific losses and diversification and yet conserves its signaling role between vascular plants and bryophytes. Front. Plant Sci. 12: 703012. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2021.703012.

Furumizu C*, Sawa S (2021) Insight into early diversification of leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinases provided by the sequenced moss and hornwort genomes. Plant Mol. Biol. 107(4-5): 337-353. doi: 10.1007/s11103-020-01100-0.

Hida H*, Ebara R, Hayashi S, Kanno I, Furumizu C, Sawa S (2021) Method for Analyzing an Infection Process of Plant-parasitic Nematodes Using a Microfluidic Device. IEEJ Trans. Sens. Micromachines. 141(5): 141-146. doi: 10.1541/ieejsmas.141.141. (article in Japanese)

Yuan N, Furumizu C, Zhang B, Sawa S* (2021) Database mining of plant peptide homologues. Plant Biotechnol (Tokyo). 38(1): 137-143. doi: 10.5511/plantbiotechnology.20.0720a.

Furumizu C, Hirakawa Y, Bowman JL*, Sawa S (2018) 3D Body Evolution: Adding a New Dimension to Colonize the Land. Curr. Biol. 28(15): R838-R840. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2018.06.040.

Alvarez JP*, Furumizu C, Efroni I, Eshed Y*, Bowman JL* (2016) Active suppression of a leaf meristem orchestrates determinate leaf growth. eLife. 5. pii: e15023. doi: 10.7554/eLife.15023.

Bowman JL*, Sakakibara K, Furumizu C, Dierschke T (2016) Evolution in the Cycles of Life. Annu. Rev. Genet. 50: 133-154. doi: 10.1146/annurev-genet-120215-035227.

Sakakibara K*, Furumizu C (2016) The evolution of TALE homeobox transcription factors contributes to the increase in the complexity of the diploid body plan in land plants. BSJ-Review. 7B: 66-77. doi: 10.24480/bsj-review.7b3.00082. (review in Japanese)

Furumizu C, Alvarez JP, Sakakibara K, Bowman JL* (2015) Antagonistic roles for KNOX1 and KNOX2 genes in patterning the land plant body plan following an ancient gene duplication. PLoS Genet. 11: e1004980. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1004980.

Zalewski CS, Floyd SK, Furumizu C, Sakakibara K, Stevenson DW, Bowman JL* (2013) Evolution of the class IV HD-zip gene family in streptophytes. Mol. Biol. Evol. 30(10): 2347-2365. doi: 10.1093/molbev/mst132.

Furumizu C, Tsukaya H, Komeda Y* (2010) Characterization of EMU, the Arabidopsis homolog of the yeast THO complex member HPR1. RNA. 16(9): 1809-17. doi: 10.1261/rna.2265710.

Furumizu C, Komeda Y* (2008) A novel mutation in KNOPF uncovers the role of alpha-glucosidase I during post-embryonic development in Arabidopsis thaliana. FEBS Lett. 582(15): 2237-2241. doi: 10.1016/j.febslet.2008.05.019.

Saiga S, Furumizu C, Yokoyama R, Kurata T, Sato S, Kato T, Tabata S, Suzuki M, Komeda Y* (2008) The Arabidopsis OBERON1 and OBERON2 genes encode plant homeodomain finger proteins and are required for apical meristem maintenance. Development. 135(10): 1751-9. doi: 10.1242/dev.014993.