Detailed Information

Research Field/Keywords for Research Field

• Molecular Biology

Education

• 1988/03, Graduated
• 1990/03, Master Course, Completed
• 1993/03, Doctor Course, Completed

Employment Experience

• 1994/04 - 1997/02 Research Associate
• 1997/03 - 1999/03 Research Associate
• 1999/04 - 2002/10 Research Associate
• 2002/11 - 2007/03 Associate Professor, Saga University
• 2005/04 - 2007/03 Associate Professor
• 2007/04 -  *  Associate Professor, Analytical Research Center for Experimental Sciences, Saga University
• 2007/04 - 9999/99 Associate Professor

Field of Specialization

• Applied biochemistry, Horticultural science, Applied molecular and cellular biology, Genome biology, Eating habits

Membership in Academic Societies

• The Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry, Japanese Society for Horticultural Science, The Molecular Biology Society of Japan, The Japanese Biochemical Society, Japanese Society for Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, The Japanese Society of Plant Physiologists, The Japanese Society of Applied Phycology, Japan Society for Research Policy and Innovation Management

Research Topics and Results

• Identification of genes regulated by lipids from seaweed Susabinori (Pyropia yezoensis) involved in the improvement of hepatic steatosis: Insights from RNA-Seq analysis in obese db/db mice 2023/12
• RAD-Seq analysis of wild Japanese garlic (Allium macrostemon Bunge) growing in Japan revealed that this neglected crop was previously actively utilized 2023/09
• Characterization and organelle genome sequencing of Pyropia species from Myanmar 2023/09
• The role of oceanic currents in the dispersal and connectivity of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle on the Southwest Atlantic region 2023/05
• Efficient method for generating citrus hybrids with polyembryonic Satsuma mandarin as the female parent 2022/08
• Classification of Japanese Pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) from Different Growing Regions Based on Analysis of Volatile Compounds and Sensory Evaluation 2022/08
• Genetic diversity of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) revealed using RAD-Seq SNP markers 2022/06
• Genomic diversity of 39 samples of Pyropia species grown in Japan 2021/06
• Genetic diversity and population structure of razor clam Sinonovacula constricta in Ariake Bay, Japan, revealed using RAD-Seq SNP markers. 2021/04
• Elucidation of Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum De Candolle) domestication using RAD-Seq 2021/03
• Construction of a high-density linkage map for bronze loquat using RAD-SeqConstruction of a high-density linkage map for bronze loquat using RAD-Seq 2019/03
• Phylogenetic relationships of Aurantioideae (Rutaceae)based on RAD-Seq 2018/01
• Transcriptome analysis reveals key roles of AtLBR-2 in LPS-induced defense responses in plants. 2017/12
• RAD-Seq analysis of typical and minor Citrus accessions, including Bhutanese varieties 2016/11
• Arabidopsis LBP/BPI related-1 and-2 bind to LPS directly and regulate PR1 expression 2016/06
• Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar Tolworthi Strain Pasteur Institute Standard 2015/07
• Characterization of limes (Citrus aurantifolia) grown in Bhutan and Indonesia using high-throughput sequencing. 2014/04
• Phylogenetic Relationships of Citrus and Its Relatives Based on matK Gene Sequences. 2013/04
• Ultra-Low Background DNA Cloning System 2013/02
• Direct Binding of a Plant LysM Receptor-like Kinase, LysM RLK1/CERK1, to Chitin in Vitro 2010/01
• Yeast-based recombineering of DNA fragments into plant transformation vectors by one-step transformation 2007
• Highly efficient yeast-based in vivo DNA cloning of multiple DNA fragments and the simultaneous construction of yeast/ Escherichia coli shuttle vectors. 2006/01

Original Articles

• Identification of genes regulated by lipids from seaweed Susabinori (Pyropia yezoensis) involved in the improvement of hepatic steatosis: Insights from RNA-Seq analysis in obese db/db mice;　2023/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLOS ONE, 18, 12, e0295591
  AUTHOR;　Sayaka Iizasa Koji Nagao, Keisuke Tsuge, Yukio Nagano, Teruyoshi Yanagita
  
• RAD-Seq analysis of wild Japanese garlic (Allium macrostemon Bunge) growing in Japan revealed that this neglected crop was previously actively utilized;　2023/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 13, 16354, 1-14
  AUTHOR;　Wiwit Probowati, Shogo Koga, Kentaro Harada, Yukio Nagano, Atsushi J. Nagano, Kanji Ishimaru, Kazusato Ohshima & Shinji Fukuda
  
• Characterization and organelle genome sequencing of Pyropia species from Myanmar;　2023/09
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 13, 15677, 1-16
  AUTHOR;　Myat Htoo San, Yoshio Kawamura, Kei Kimura, Eranga Pawani Witharana, Takeshi Shimogiri, San San Aye, Thu Thu Min, Cherry Aung, Moe Moe Khaing & Yukio Nagano
  
• Citrus Genetic Resources Grown in Yunnan Province, China;　2023/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Tropical Agriculture and Development, 67, 2, 47 － 53
  AUTHOR;　Xuehu YANG, Akira KITAJIMA, Yukio NAGANO, and Masashi YAMAMOTO
  
• The role of oceanic currents in the dispersal and connectivity of the mangrove Rhizophora mangle on the Southwest Atlantic region;　2023/05
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Ecology Resources
  AUTHOR;　André Guilherme Madeira, Yoshiaki Tsuda, Yukio Nagano, Takaya Iwasaki, Maria Imaculada Zucchi, Tadashi Kajita, Gustavo Maruyama Mori
  
• Efficient method for generating citrus hybrids with polyembryonic Satsuma mandarin as the female parent;　2022/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Molecular Breeding, 42, 51, 1-15
  AUTHOR;　Takahiro Noda, Kaoru Daiou, Takashi Mihara, Hisao Murakami, Yukio Nagano
  
• Classification of Japanese Pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum DC.) from Different Growing Regions Based on Analysis of Volatile Compounds and Sensory Evaluation;　2022/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 27, 15, 4946
  AUTHOR;　Kazuaki Yamasaki, Nami Fukutome, Fumiyo Hayakawa, Nobuo Ibaragi, Yukio Nagano
  
• Genetic diversity of loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) revealed using RAD-Seq SNP markers;　2022/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports volume 12, Article number: 10200 (2022), 12
  AUTHOR;　Yukio Nagano, Hiroaki Tashiro, Sayoko Nishi, Naofumi Hiehata, Atsushi J. Nagano & Shinji Fukuda
  
• Weekly Observations of Estuarine Microbial Assemblages during Summer in the Inner Part of Ariake Bay, Japan; Microbial Water-sediment Coupling in Turbid Shallow Waters;　2022/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Microbes and Environments, 37, 2, Microbes and Environments
  AUTHOR;　Ryo Orita, Kazuhiro Yoshida, Hiroto Terazono, Yukio Nagano, Masatoshi Goto, Kei Kimura, Genta Kobayashi
  
• Draft Genome Sequences of Two Antimicrobial Compound-Producing Strains of Bacillus Species, TM-R and SY1-1;　2022/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Microbiology Resource Announcements, 11, 2, e01010-21
  AUTHOR;　Noriko Ryuda, Takashi Someya, Yukio Nagano
  
• Development of Monascus purpureus monacolin K-hyperproducing mutant strains by synchrotron light irradiation and their comparative genome analysis;　2022/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  AUTHOR;　Sittichoke Ketkaeo, Yukio Nagano, Shuichiro Baba, Kei Kimura, Taiki Futagami, Werasit Sanpamongkolchai, Genta Kobayashi, Masatoshi Goto
  
• Potential application of simple easy-to-use insertion-deletion (InDel) markers in citrus cultivar identification;　2021/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Breeding Science
  AUTHOR;　Takahiro Noda, Kaoru Daiou, Takashi Mihara, Yukio Nagano
  
• Genomic diversity of 39 samples of Pyropia species grown in Japan;　2021/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLOS ONE, 16, e0252207, 1-22
  AUTHOR;　Yukio Nagano, Kei Kimura, Genta Kobayashi, Yoshio Kawamura
  
• Breeding sake yeast and identification of mutation patterns by synchrotron light irradiation;　2021/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, 1-6
  AUTHOR;　Shuichiro Baba, Tomohiro Hamasaki, Kazutaka Sawada, Ryo Orita, Yukio Nagano, Kei Kimura, Masatoshi Goto, Genta Kobayashi
  
• Genetic diversity and population structure of razor clam Sinonovacula constricta in Ariake Bay, Japan, revealed using RAD-Seq SNP markers.;　2021/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 11, 7761, 1-9
  AUTHOR;　Ryo Orita, Yukio Nagano, Yoshio Kawamura, Kei Kimura, Genta Kobayash
  
• Elucidation of Japanese pepper (Zanthoxylum piperitum De Candolle) domestication using RAD-Seq;　2021/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 11, 6464, 1-16
  AUTHOR;　Maddumage Dona Ginushika Priyadarshani Premarathne, Nami Fukutome, Kazuaki Yamasaki, Fumiyo Hayakawa, Atsushi J. Nagano, Hisataka Mizuno, Nobuo Ibaragi, Yukio Nagano
  
• Draft Genome Sequences of Three Strains of Pseudomonas syringae pv. eriobotryae, a Pathogen Causing Canker Disease in Loquat, Isolated in Japan;　2021/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Microbiology Resource Announcements, 10, 1, e01049-20
  AUTHOR;　Hiroaki Tashiro, Yukio Nagano, Ayaka Jiromaru, Ryunosuke Sakaguchi, Naofumi Hiehata, Shinji Fukuda
  
• Development of Indel markers for the selection of Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) hybrids that can be used for low-cost genotyping with agarose gels;　2020/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 216, 115
  AUTHOR;　Takahiro Noda . Kaoru Daiou . Takashi Mihara . Yukio Nagano
  
• Evaluation of the population structure and phylogeography of the Japanese Genji firefly, Luciola cruciata, at the nuclear DNA level using RAD-Seq analysis;　2020/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 10, Article number: 1533
  AUTHOR;　Dai-ichiro Kato, Hirobumi Suzuki, Atsuhiro Tsuruta, Juri Maeda, Yoshinobu Hayashi, Kazunari Arima, Yuji Ito & Yukio Nagano
  
• Efforts to enhance safety measures for CRISPR/Cas-based gene drive technology in Japan;　2019/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Journal of Environment and Safety
  AUTHOR;　Toshinori Tanaka, Nobukazu Tanaka, Yukio Nagano, Hirotaka Kanuka, Daisuke S. Yamamoto, Natsuko Yamamoto, Eiji Nanba, Takumi Nishiuchi
  
• Construction of a high-density linkage map for bronze loquat using RAD-SeqConstruction of a high-density linkage map for bronze loquat using RAD-Seq;　2019/03
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientia Horticulturae, 251, 59-64
  AUTHOR;　Shinji Fukuda, Yukio Nagano, Kimitaka Matsuguma, Keiichiro Ishimoto, Naofumi Hiehata, Atsushi J.Nagano, Ayumi Tezuka, Toshiya Yamamoto
  
• Genetic diversities and population structures of four popular Myanmar local cattle breeds;　2018/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Animal Science Journal, 89, 1648-1655
  AUTHOR;　Moe Lwin, Su Lai Y Mon, Hayate Yamanaka, Yukio Nagano, Hideyuki Mannen, Mohammad O Faruque, Kotaro Kawabe, Shin Okamoto, Takeshi Shimogiri
  
• Genetic diversity of Myanmar cattle breeds using complete mitochondrial D-loop sequenc;　2018/08
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　The Journal of Animal Genetics, 46, 57-67
  AUTHOR;　Moe LWIN, Su Lai Yee MON, Yukio NAGANO, Kotaro KAWABE, Hideyuki MANNEN, Shin OKAMOTO, Takeshi SHIMOGIRI
  
• Phylogenetic relationships of Aurantioideae (Rutaceae)based on RAD-Seq;　2018/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Tree Genetics & Genomes 14:6 (2018)
  AUTHOR;　Yukio Nagano, Takashi Mimura, Nobuhiro Kotoda,Ryoji Matsumoto, Atsushi J. Nagano, Mie N. Honjo, Hiroshi Kudoh, Masashi Yamamoto
  
• Transcriptome analysis reveals key roles of AtLBR-2 in LPS-induced defense responses in plants.;　2017/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　
  AUTHOR;　Sayaka Iizasa, Ei'ichi Iizasa, Keiichi Watanabe, Yukio Nagano
  
• RAD-Seq analysis of typical and minor Citrus accessions, including Bhutanese varieties;　2016/11
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Breeding Science, 66, 797-807
  AUTHOR;　Tshering Penjor, Takashi Mimura, Nobuhiro Kotoda, Ryoji Matsumoto, Atsushi J. Nagano, Mie N. Honjo, Hiroshi Kudoh, Masashi Yamamoto, Yukio Nagano
  
• Arabidopsis LBP/BPI related-1 and-2 bind to LPS directly and regulate PR1 expression;　2016/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific reports, 6, 27527
  AUTHOR;　Sayaka Iizasa, Ei'ichi Iizasa, Sawako Matsuzaki, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Yutaka Kodama,Keiichi Watanabe, and Yukio Nagano
  
• Complete Genome Sequence of Bacillus thuringiensis Serovar Tolworthi Strain Pasteur Institute Standard;　2015/07
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 3, 4, e00710-15
  AUTHOR;　Kohzo Kanda, Kaede Nakashima, Yukio Nagano
  
• Characterization of chloroplast matK sequences of Citrus tachibana and Citrus depressa, two indigenous species in Japan;　2014/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Advances in Horticultural Science, 28, 2, 95-99
  AUTHOR;　Yukio Nagano, Sayuri Inafuku-Teramoto, Misako Hashimoto, Takashi Mimura, Ryoji Matsumoto, Masashi Yamamoto
  
• ブータン王国における在来カンキツ類の調査とその葉緑体DNA分析;　2014/10
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 13, 4, 307-314
  AUTHOR;　
  
• Characterization of limes (Citrus aurantifolia) grown in Bhutan and Indonesia using high-throughput sequencing.;　2014/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Scientific Reports, 4, 4853
  AUTHOR;　Tshering Penjor, Takashi Mimura, Ryoji Matsumoto, Masashi Yamamoto, Yukio Nagano
  
• Phylogenetic Relationships of Citrus and Its Relatives Based on matK Gene Sequences.;　2013/04
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLoS ONE, 8, 4, e62574
  AUTHOR;　Tshering Penjor, Masashi Yamamoto, Miki Uehara, Manami Ide, Natsumi Matsumoto, Ryoji Matsumoto, Yukio Nagano
  
• Ultra-Low Background DNA Cloning System;　2013/02
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　PLOS ONE, 8, 2, e56530
  AUTHOR;　Kenta Goto, Yukio Nagano
  
• Phylogenetic relationships of Citrus and its relatives based on rbcL gene sequences;　2010/12
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Tree Genetics & Genomes, 6, 6, 931-939
  AUTHOR;　Tshering Penjor, Toyoaki Anai, Yukio Nagano, Ryoji Matsumoto and Masashi Yamamoto
  
• Direct Binding of a Plant LysM Receptor-like Kinase, LysM RLK1/CERK1, to Chitin in Vitro;　2010/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　THE JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY, 285, 5, 2996-3004
  AUTHOR;　Ei'ichi Iizasa, Masaru Mitsutomi, and Yukio Nagano
  
• Yeast-based recombineering of DNA fragments into plant transformation vectors by one-step transformation;　2007
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Plant Cell Reports, 26, 12, 2111-2117
  AUTHOR;　Yukio Nagano, Syoko Takao, Takahiro Kudo, Ei'ichi Iizasa, Toyoaki Anai
  
• Highly efficient yeast-based in vivo DNA cloning of multiple DNA fragments and the simultaneous construction of yeast/ Escherichia coli shuttle vectors.;　2006/01
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　Biotechniques, 40, 1, 79-83
  AUTHOR;　Ei'ichi Iizasa, Yukio Nagano
  

Material, Commentary, Editorials, Research Report, A Comprehensive Journal Articles

• ゲンジボタルの遺伝的多様性を解き明かす;　2022/06
  ANNOUNCEMENT INFO.;　, 57, 7, 19-23
  AUTHOR;