Plant Idioblast Biology
Plant Idioblast Biology
Selected Publications
【Original article】
M. Shirakawa†, T. Oguro*, S.S. Sugano*, S. Yamaoka*, M. Sagara, M. Tanida, K. Sunuma, T. Iwami, T. Nakanishi, K. Horiuchi, K. Kumaishi, S. Yoshida, M. Watanabe, T. Tohge, T. Suzuki, Y. Ichihashi, A. Takemiya, N. Yamaguchi, T. Kohchi, T. Ito†, Co-option and neofunctionalization of stomatal executors for defense against herbivores in Brassicales, Nature Plants 11, 483–504 (2025).
K.C. Moriya, M. Shirakawa, J. Loue-Manifel, Y. Matsuda, Y.-T. Lu, K. Tamura, Y. Oka, T. Matsushita, I. Hara-Nishimura, G. Ingram, R. Nishihama, J. Goodrich, T. Kohchi, T. Shimada†, Stomatal regulators are co-opted for seta development in the astomatous liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, Nature Plants 9, 302–314 (2023).
T. Maeda, S.S. Sugano, M. Shirakawa, M. Sagara, T. Ito, S. Kondo, A.J. Nagano†, Single-cell RNA sequencing of inner tissues of Arabidopsis leaf identifies the rare cell types, myrosin and glucosinolate-producing cells, Plant and Cell Physiology 64, 234–247 (2023).
M. Shirakawa, H. Ueda, T. Shimada, T. Kohchi, I. Hara-Nishimura†, Myrosin cell development is regulated by endocytosis machinery and PIN1 polarity in leaf primordia of Arabidopsis thaliana, Plant Cell 26, 4448–4461 (2014).
M. Shirakawa, H. Ueda, A.J. Nagano, T. Shimada, T. Kohchi, I. Hara-Nishimura†, FAMA is an essential component for the differentiation of two distinct cell types, myrosin cells and guard cells, in Arabidopsis, Plant Cell 26, 4039–4052 (2014).
【Review article】
Y. Horiuchi and M. Shirakawa†, Divergent routes to specialization: Guard cells, myrosin cells, and beyond, Current Opinion in Plant Biology 89. 102853 (2026).
M. Shirakawa†, M. Tanida, T. Ito†, The cell differentiation of idioblast myrosin cells: similarities with vascular and guard cells, Frontiers in Plant Science 12, 829541 (2022).
M. Shirakawa†, I. Hara-Nishimura†, Specialized vacuoles of myrosin cells: chemical defense strategy in Brassicales plants, Plant and Cell Physiology 59, 1309–1316 (2018).
M. Shirakawa, H. Ueda, T. Shimada, I. Hara-Nishimura†, FAMA: a molecular link between stomata and myrosin cells, Trends in Plant Science 21, 861–871 (2016).
(*equal contribution; †corresponding author)