Tomonori Kawano
professor
Engineering
Kitakyushu University
Japan
Biography
Education : 1989-1994: Undergraduate program, Fac. of Agric. Sci., Miyazaki Univ., Japan. 1993-1994: Visiting student, Sch. of Biol. Sci., Univ. of East Anglia, United Kingdom. (Jan.- Aug. 1994: Research proj., Virology Dept, John Innes Centre). 1994-1996: Master course program, Grad. Sch. of Agri. Sci., Miyazaki Univ., Japan. 1996-1999: Ph. D. course, Grad. Sch. of Bioagric. Sci., Nagoya Univ., Japan.
Research Interest
(1) Chemical biology and Bioengineering; (2) Environmental biology; (3) Cell biology and biochemistry of plants, microbes and sometimes fishes.
Publications
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Lin, C. et al. (2005) Action of aluminum, novel TPC1-type channel inhibitor, against salicylate-induced and cold shock-induced calcium influx in tobacco BY-2 cells. Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 332: 823-830.
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Kawano, T. (2003) Roles of the reactive oxygen species-generating peroxidase reactions in plant defense and growth induction. Plant Cell Rep. 21 (9): 829-837.
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Kawano, T. and Furuichi, T. (2006) Salicylic acid as a defense-related plant hormone: Roles of oxidative and calcium signaling paths in salicylic acid biology. In: Salicylic Acid - A Plant Hormone. Springer, pp. 277-321.
