Education
Ph.D., Graduate School of Science, Osaka University, 1979
Current position
Professor, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, 1999
Publications (selected)
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Okamoto, K., Ueda, H., Shimada, T., Tamura, K., Kato, T., Tasaka, M., Morita, M.T. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2015). Regulation of organ straightening and plant posture by an actin–myosin XI cytoskeleton. Nature Plant: 1031.
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Ueda, H., Tamura, K. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2015). Functions of plant-specific myosin XI: from intracellular motility to plant postures. Curr Opin Plant Biol 28: 30-38.
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Hatsugai, N., Yamada, K., Goto-Yamada, S. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2015). Vacuolar processing enzyme in plant programmed cell death. Front Plant Sci 6: 234.
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Shirakawa, M., Ueda, H., Nagano, A. J., Shimada, T., Kohchi, T. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2014). FAMA is an essential component for the differentiation of two distinct cell types, myrosin cells and guard cells, in Arabidopsis. Plant Cell 26(10): 4039-4052.
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Tamura, K., Iwabuchi, K., Fukao, Y., Kondo, M., Okamoto, K., Ueda, H., Nishimura, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2013). Myosin XI-i links the nuclear membrane to the cytoskeleton to control nuclear movement and shape in Arabidopsis. Curr Biol 23(18): 1776-1781.
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Sugano, S. S., Shimada, T., Imai, Y., Okawa, K., Tamai, A., Mori, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2010). Stomagen positively regulates stomatal density in Arabidopsis. Nature 463(7278): 241-244.
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Ueda, H., Yokota, E., Kutsuna, N., Shimada, T., Tamura, K., Shimmen, T., Hasezawa, S., Dolja, V. V. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2010). Myosin-dependent endoplasmic reticulum motility and F-actin organization in plant cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 107(15): 6894-6899.
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Tamura, K., Fukao, Y., Iwamoto, M., Haraguchi, T. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2010). Identification and characterization of nuclear pore complex components in Arabidopsis thaliana. Plant Cell 22(12): 4084-4097.
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Hatsugai, N., Iwasaki, S., Tamura, K., Kondo, M., Fuji, K., Ogasawara, K., Nishimura, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2009). A novel membrane fusion-mediated plant immunity against bacterial pathogens. Genes Dev 23(21): 2496-2506.
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Fuji, K., Shimada, T., Takahashi, H., Tamura, K., Koumoto, Y., Utsumi, S., Nishizawa, K., Maruyama, N. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2007). Arabidopsis vacuolar sorting mutants (green fluorescent seed) can be identified efficiently by secretion of vacuole-targeted green fluorescent protein in their seeds. Plant Cell 19(2): 597-609.
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Hara-Nishimura, I., Hatsugai, N., Nakaune, S., Kuroyanagi, M. and Nishimura, M. (2005). Vacuolar processing enzyme: an executor of plant cell death. Curr Opin Plant Biol 8(4): 404-408.
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Hatsugai, N., Kuroyanagi, M., Yamada, K., Meshi, T., Tsuda, S., Kondo, M., Nishimura, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2004). A plant vacuolar protease, VPE, mediates virus-induced hypersensitive cell death. Science 305(5685): 855-858.
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Matsushima, R., Fukao, Y., Nishimura, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2004). NAI1 gene encodes a basic-helix-loop-helix-type putative transcription factor that regulates the formation of an endoplasmic reticulum-derived structure, the ER body. Plant Cell 16(6): 1536-1549.
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Shimada, T., Fuji, K., Tamura, K., Kondo, M., Nishimura, M. and Hara-Nishimura, I. (2003). Vacuolar sorting receptor for seed storage proteins in Arabidopsis thaliana. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 100(26): 16095-16100.
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Hara-Nishimura, I. and Matsushima, R. (2003). A wound-inducible organelle derived from endoplasmic reticulum: a plant strategy against environmental stresses? Curr Opin Plant Biol 6(6): 583-588.
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Hara-Nishimura, I., Shimada, T., Hatano, K., Takeuchi, Y. and Nishimura, M. (1998). Transport of storage proteins to protein storage vacuoles is mediated by large precursor-accumulating vesicles. Plant Cell 10(5): 825-836.
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Hara-Nishimura, I., Takeuchi, Y. and Nishimura, M. (1993). Molecular characterization of a vacuolar processing enzyme related to a putative cysteine proteinase of Schistosoma mansoni. Plant Cell 5(11): 1651-1659.