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2008 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Function of laterally transferred genome fragment from endosymbiotic bacteria to nuclear genome of host insects

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 18770219
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field Evolutionary biology
Research InstitutionThe Open University of Japan

Principal Investigator

NIKOH Naruo  The Open University of Japan, 教養学部, 准教授 (70364916)

Project Period (FY) 2006 – 2008
Keywords機能進化 / 遺伝子水平転移 / ゲノム進化 / 共生
Research Abstract

アズキゾウムシゲノムのボルバキアから水平転移したゲノム断片が360kbに及ぶこと、転移断片上の遺伝子は、読み枠が壊れ、転写産物もわずかであり、偽遺伝子化していることを示した。エンドウヒゲナガアブラムシでは、宿主昆虫の必須共生細菌ブフネラを保持する菌細胞で高い発現を示す遺伝子の中に、ボルバキアの近縁種から水平転移した遺伝子が存在することを示した。この転移遺伝子は、その由来とは異なる共生細菌の維持に関与している。

  • Research Products

    (15 results)

All 2009 2008 2007 2006

All Journal Article (7 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 7 results) Presentation (6 results) Book (2 results)

  • [Journal Article] Aphids acquired symbiotic genes via lateral gene transfer2009

    • Author(s)
      Nikoh N and Nakabachi A
    • Journal Title

      BMC Biology 7

      Pages: 12

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Host-symbiont co-speciation and reductive genome evolution in gut symbiotic bacteria of acanthosomatid stinkbugs2009

    • Author(s)
      Y Kikuchi, T Hosokawa, N Nikoh, X-Y Meng, Y Kamagata T Fukatsu
    • Journal Title

      BMC Biology 7

      Pages: 2

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Wolbachia genome integrated in an insect chromosome: evolution and fate of laterally transferred endosymbiont genes2008

    • Author(s)
      Nikoh N, Tanaka K, Shibata F, Kondo N,Hizume M, Shimada M, Fukatsu T
    • Journal Title

      Genome Research 18

      Pages: 272-280

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Evolution of soldier-specific venomous protease in social aphids2008

    • Author(s)
      Kutsukake M., Nikoh N., Shibao H., Rispe C., Simon J.-C., Fukatsu T
    • Journal Title

      Molecular Biology and Evolution 25

      Pages: 2627-2641

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Bacterial endosymbiont of the slender pigeon louse Columbicola columbae allied to endosymbionts of grain weevils and tsetse flies.2007

    • Author(s)
      Fukatsu T, Koga R, Smith WA, Tanaka K, Nikoh N, Sasaki-Fukatsu K, Yoshizawa K, Dale C, Clayton DH
    • Journal Title

      Applied and Environmental Microbiology 73

      Pages: 6660-6668

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Symbiotic bacteria associated with stomach disc of human lice.2006

    • Author(s)
      K Sasaki-Fukatsu, R Koga, N Nikoh, K Yoshizawa, S Kasai, M Mihara, M Kobayashi, T Tomita, T Fukatsu
    • Journal Title

      Applied and Environmental Microbiology 72

      Pages: 7349-7352

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Strict host-symbiont cospeciation and reductive genome evolution in insect gut bacteria2006

    • Author(s)
      T Hosokawa, Y Kikuchi, N Nikoh, M Shimada, T Fukatsu
    • Journal Title

      PLOS BIOLOGY 4

      Pages: 1841-1851

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] アブラムシが水平転移により獲得した細胞内共生に関連する遺伝子について2008

    • Author(s)
      二河成男、中鉢淳
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2008-08-22
  • [Presentation] Wolbachia Genome Integrated in a Host Insect Chromosome: Evolution and Fate of Laterally Transferred Endosymbiont Genome Fragments2008

    • Author(s)
      Nikoh N, Tanaka K, Shibata F, Kondo N, Hizume M, Shimada M, Fukatsu T
    • Organizer
      20th International Congress of Genetics
    • Place of Presentation
      Berlin, Germany
    • Year and Date
      2008-06-15
  • [Presentation] Wolbachia genes transferred to a host insect chromosome: evolution and fate of a laterally transferred endosymbiont genome fragment2008

    • Author(s)
      Nikoh N, Tanaka K, Shibata F, Kondo N, Hizume M, Shimada M, Fukatsu T
    • Organizer
      5th International Wolbachia Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Chania, Greece
    • Year and Date
      2008-06-11
  • [Presentation] 宿主昆虫核ゲノムに水平転移した共生細菌Wolbachiaゲノム断片の構造と機能2007

    • Author(s)
      二河成男、田中康次郎、柴田洋、今藤夏子、嶋田正和、深津武馬
    • Organizer
      日本微生物ゲノム学会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉
    • Year and Date
      2007-03-01
  • [Presentation] 宿主核ゲノムに水平転移した共生細菌Wolbachiaゲノム断片は機能を持つか2006

    • Author(s)
      二河成男、今藤夏子、深津武馬
    • Organizer
      日本進化学会
    • Place of Presentation
      東京
    • Year and Date
      2006-08-30
  • [Presentation] Charac- terization of the genome fragment of Wolbachia endosymbiont horizontally transferred to host insect chromosome2006

    • Author(s)
      N Nikoh, N Kondo, T Fukatsu
    • Organizer
      20th International Congress of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and 11th FAOBMB Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      Kyoto, Japan
    • Year and Date
      2006-06-19
  • [Book] 生体の科学2008

    • Author(s)
      二河成男
    • Total Pages
      390-391
    • Publisher
      多細胞生物における遺伝子の水平転移
  • [Book] ゲノムの進化、生物界の変遷2006

    • Author(s)
      二河成男、松本忠夫、西田博文、二河成男
    • Total Pages
      124-135
    • Publisher
      放送大学教育振興会

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