Luminescense Technology

Research Statement

Luminescence, primarily fluorescence and bioluminescence, is a powerful research tool for analyzing molecular changes in living cells non-invasively. We develop luminescent technology to study cellular responses to various environmental conditions.

Publications

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Dale, R.; Kato, N. Truly Quantitative Analysis of the Firefly Luciferase Complementation Assay. Current Plant Biology 2016, 5, 57–64. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cpb.2016.02.002.

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Fujikawa, Y.; Nakanishi, T.; Kawakami, H.; Yamasaki, K.; Sato, M. H.; Tsuji, H.; Matsuoka, M.; Kato, N. Split Luciferase Complementation Assay to Detect Regulated Protein-Protein Interactions in Rice Protoplasts in a Large-Scale Format. Rice 2014, 7 (1). https://10.1186/s12284-014-0011-8.

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Kato, N. Luciferase and Bioluminescence Microscopy for Analyses of Membrane Dynamics in Living Cells. Journal of Membrane Science &amp\mathsemicolon Technology 2012, 2 (3). https://doi.org/10.4172/2155-9589.1000e109.

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Kato, N.; Jones, J. The Split Luciferase Complementation Assay. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) 2010, 655, 359–376. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-60761-765-5_24.

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Kato, N.; Reynolds, D.; Brown, M. L.; Boisdore, M.; Fujikawa, Y.; Morales, A.; Meisel, L. A. Multidimensional Fluorescence Microscopy of Multiple Organelles in Arabidopsis Seedlings. Plant Methods 2008, 4 (1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1746-4811-4-9.

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Fujikawa, Y.; Kato, N. Split Luciferase Complementation Assay to Study Protein-Protein Interactions in Arabidopsis Protoplasts. Plant Journal 2007, 52 (1), 185–195. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-313X.2007.03214.x