Teachers

My research mainly focus on the molecular mechanisms of cell polarity establishment and maintenance, which is a basis for differentiation of unicellular and multicellular organisms. The mechanisms of crosstalk between environmental signal (such as light and gravity) and plant development as well as their evolution are also investigated.

Cell biological approaches to plant development

Illustration of spore development M.polymorpha

Molecular mechanisms of cell polarity formation

Molecular genetic approaches to plant development

Molecular mechanisms of apical-basal axis formation

References

A conserved regulatory mechanism mediates the convergent evolution of plant shoot lateral organs. Naramoto, S, Jones, VAS, Trozzi, N, Toyooka, K, Shimamura, M, Ishida, S, Ishizaki, K, Nishihama, R, Kohchi, T, Dolan, L., and Kyozuka, J. PLoS Biol. 2019 e3000560

Polar transport in plants mediated by membrane transporters: focus on mechanisms of polar auxin transport. Naramoto S. Curr. Opin. Plant Biol. 2017 40:8-14

Insights into the localization and function of the membrane trafficking regulator GNOM ARF-GEF at the Golgi apparatus in Arabidopsis. Naramoto S, Otegui MS, Kutsuna N, de Rycke R, Dainobu T, Karampelias M, Fujimoto M, Feraru E, Miki D, Fukuda H, Nakano A, Friml J. Plant Cell 2014 26:3062-3076

ADP-ribosylation factor machinery mediates endocytosis in plant cells. Naramoto S, Kleine-Vehn J, Robert S, Fujimoto M, Dainobu T, Paciorek T, Ueda T, Nakano A, Van Montagu MC, Fukuda H, Friml J. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2010 107:21890-21895.

Phosphoinositide-dependent regulation of VAN3 ARF-GAP localization and activity essential for vascular tissue continuity in plants. Naramoto S, Sawa S, Koizumi K, Uemura T, Ueda T, Friml J, Nakano A, Fukuda H. Development 2009 136:1529-1538