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Department of Plant Pathology Molecular Plant Pathology Laboratory

Tanaka Lab – Personnel

 

Kiwamu Tanaka

Principal Investigator

 
Contact Information

WSU Plant Pathology
PO BOX 647411
Pullman, WA, 99163-7411
Office – Plant Sciences Building 253 | (509) 335-6418
Lab – Plant Sciences Building 215 & 235 | (509) 335-5813
Fax: (509) 335-9581

kiwamu.tanaka [at] wsu.edu

Teaching

Pl_P 535 Molecular Genetics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Pl_P 499 Special Problems
MPS 570 Advanced Topics in Molecular Plant Sciences

Profile Links

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Recent Publications

(Full Publication List on My Bibliography or Google Scholar)

  1. Jewell JB, Berim A, Tripathi D, Gleason C, Olaya C, Pappu HR, Gang DR, Tanaka K (2022) Activation of indolic glucosinolate pathway by extracellular ATP in Arabidopsis. Plant Physiol. 190:1574-1578. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiac393
  2. Wei W, Xu L, Peng H, Zhu W, Tanaka K, Cheng J, Sanguinet KA, Vandemark G, Chen W (2022) A novel fungal extracellular effector inactivates plant polygalacturonase-inhibiting protein. Nat. Commn. 13: 2213. doi:10.1038/s41467-022-29788-2
  3. Tanaka K, DeShields JB, Moroz N, Woodhall JW (2022) Isothermal amplification for potato disease diagnosis: what have we learned from detection of the powdery scab pathogen? Potato Progress Vol. 22 (4)
  4. Mora-Romero GA, Félix-Gastélum R, Bomberger RA, Romero-Urías C, Tanaka K (2022) Common potato disease symptoms: ambiguity of symptom-based identification of causal pathogens and value of on-site molecular diagnostics. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 88: 89-104. doi:10.1007/s10327-021-01045-2
  5. Yuan P, Tanaka K, Poovaiah BW (2022) Calcium/Calmodulin-mediated defense signaling: what is looming on the horizon for AtSR1/CAMTA3-mediated signaling in plant immunity. Front. Plant Sci. 12: 795353. doi:10.3389/fpls.2021.795353
  6. Marcec MJ, Tanaka K (2022) Crosstalk between calcium and ROS signaling during flg22-triggered immune response in Arabidopsis leaves. Plants 11: 14. doi:10.3390/plants11010014
  7. Yuan P, Tanaka K, Poovaiah BW (2021) Calmodulin-binding transcription activator AtSR1/CAMTA3 fine-tunes plant immune response by transcriptional regulation of the salicylate receptor NPR1. Plant Cell Environ. 44: 3140-3154. doi:10.1111/pce.14123
  8. Tanaka K, Heil M (2021) Damage-associated molecular patterns (DAMPs) in plant innate immunity: applying the danger model and evolutionary perspectives. Annu. Rev. Phytopathol. 59: 53-75. doi:10.1146/annurev-phyto-082718-100146
  9. Combest MM, Moroz N, Tanaka K, Rogan CJ, Anderson JC, Thura L, Rakotondrafara AM, Goyer A (2021) StPIP1, a PAMP-induced peptide in potato, elicits plant defenses and is associated with disease symptom severity in a compatible interaction with potato virus Y. J. Exp. Bot. 72: 4472-4488. doi:10.1093/jxb/erab078
  10. Yuan P, Jewell JB, Behera S, Tanaka K, Poovaiah BW (2020) Distinct molecular pattern-induced calcium signatures lead to different downstream transcriptional regulations via AtSR1/CAMTA3. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 21: 8163. doi:10.3390/ijms21218163
  11. Kumar S, Tripathi D, Okubara PA, Tanaka K (2020) Purinoceptor P2K1/DORN1 enhances plant resistance against a soilborne fungal pathogen, Rhizoctonia solaniFront. Plant Sci. 11: 572920. doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.572920
  12. Moroz N, Tanaka K (2020) FlgII-28 is a major flagellin-derived defense elicitor for potato. Mol. Plant-Microbe Int. 33: 247-255. doi:10.1094/MPMI-06-19-0164-R