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Atsushi Okazawa
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Laboratory of Cellular Metabolism
Department of Agricultural Biology
Osaka Metropolitan University
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happy new year!
January 1, 2026 at 6:08 AM
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駒込の串かつやさん、財布置き忘れてたのを猛ダッシュで届けてくれて本当にありがとう！また行きます🙇
December 6, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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ある過去の会話の引っかかりで Cannonball Adderley を追いかけてるんだけど、70 年をすぎた The Black Messiah からがヤバすぎる。今、Soul Zodiac で演奏もさることながら空間系エフェクトエグい。
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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A paper on a biosynthetic gene in Acorus calamus, co-authored with Dr. Koeduka at Yamaguchi Univ., and Dr. Bolortuya at Mongolian Academy of Sciences, has been published online in J. Plant Physiol.

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Molecular cloning and characterization of caffeic acid O-methyltransferase from Acorus calamus
Volatile phenylpropenes, including α- and β-asarone, are characteristic aromas of sweet flag (Acorus calamus) and have been used as ingredients in pha…
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August 29, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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Dr. Sugimoto's group at Kobe University has published an article on cowpea strigolactones in the special issue "The Biology of Parasitic Plants – Mechanisms, Diversity, and Evolution", Plant Cell Physiol.

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Tandem gene duplication drives the molecular evolution of Orobanchol into a novel non-canonical Strigolactone with weak germination-inducing activity toward root parasitic weeds in cowpea
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May 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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Mr. Onitsuka's work was published as an advanced online publication in J. Pestic. Sci. We screened inhibitors of the α-galactosidase OmAGAL2, involved in carbohydrate metabolism of the root parasitic weed Orobanche minor, to control the parasitic weed.

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Assessing α-galactosidase OmAGAL2 inhibitors and their impact on germination and sugar profiles in Orobanche minor
Root parasitic weeds from the Orobanche genus significantly damage crop production in African and European countries. Previous studies identified the …
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April 28, 2025 at 2:33 AM
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Now receiving submissions for our special issue:

'The Biology of Parasitic Plants - Mechanisms, Diversity & Evolution'

Organising Editors:
A. Okazawa @okazawaa.bsky.social
T. Spallek @thomas-spallek.bsky.social
K. Yoneyama
S. Yoshida

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Ball of mistletoe growing on a tree branch. Photo credit: Pascal Volk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
March 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM