Ken Yokawa
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Recent Articles
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Scherzer S, Huang S, Iosip A, Kreuzer I, Yokawa K, Al-Rasheid K, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2022 Feb;
12(1):2851.
PMID: 35181728
Plants do not have neurons but operate transmembrane ion channels and can get electrical excited by physical and chemical clues. Among them the Venus flytrap is characterized by its peculiar...
2.
Ueda T, Murata M, Yokawa K
Plants (Basel)
. 2021 Aug;
10(7).
PMID: 34371623
Environmental light conditions influence the biosynthesis of monoterpenes in the mint plant. Cyclic terpenes, such as menthol, menthone, pulegone, and menthofuran, are major odor components synthesized in mint leaves. However,...
3.
Yokawa K, Kodama Y
Plant Signal Behav
. 2021 Aug;
16(11):1963104.
PMID: 34353232
CFP/YFP-paired FRET is routinely used to estimate intracellular Ca concentrations . This system, however, is excited with blue light, which is likely to invoke unexpected responses in plant cells. This...
4.
Ashibe S, Irisawa K, Yokawa K, Nagao Y
Zygote
. 2021 Feb;
29(5):337-341.
PMID: 33622457
Hyaluronidase is widely used in animal and human assisted reproductive technologies (ARTs) to remove cumulus cells around oocytes. However, adverse effects of hyaluronidase treatment, such as increased rates of degeneration...
5.
Baluska F, Yokawa K
Protoplasma
. 2021 Jan;
258(2):449-454.
PMID: 33462719
Plants are not only sensitive to exogenous anaesthetics, but they also produce multitudes of endogenous substances, especially when stressed, that often have anaesthetic and anelgesic properties when applied to both...
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Honma Y, Adhikari P, Kuwata K, Kagenishi T, Yokawa K, Notaguchi M, et al.
Commun Biol
. 2020 Oct;
3(1):617.
PMID: 33110160
Carbohydrates (sugars) are an essential energy-source for all life forms. They take a significant share of our daily consumption and are used for biofuel production as well. However, sugarcane and...
7.
Wan Y, Yokawa K, Baluska F
Mol Plant
. 2019 Oct;
12(11):1428-1430.
PMID: 31610247
No abstract available.
8.
Yokawa K, Kagenishi T, Baluska F
Trends Plant Sci
. 2018 Nov;
24(1):12-14.
PMID: 30446303
General anesthesia, its nature, and how exactly it works are still poorly understood. Plants can also be anesthetized and lose their responses to external stimuli. Interestingly, plants are known to...
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Yokawa K, Baluska F
Commun Integr Biol
. 2018 Aug;
11(2):1-5.
PMID: 30083280
In soil, plant roots grow in heterogeneous environments. Plant roots are always facing the difficulty of searching effectively the patchy natural resources, such as water, oxygen, ions and mineral nutrition....
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Qu Y, Liu S, Bao W, Xue X, Ma Z, Yokawa K, et al.
Int J Mol Sci
. 2017 May;
18(5).
PMID: 28467358
Roots of seedlings grown in the laboratory using the traditional plant-growing culture system (TPG) were covered to maintain them in darkness. This new method is based on a dark chamber...