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Biology of Plant-Microbe Interactions Vol. 6 (Co-authored) 2008
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Applied Mycology and Biotechnology Vol. 6 Bioinformatics (Co-authored) 2006
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Genomic and Genetic Analysis of Plant Parasitism and Defence (Co-authored) 2005
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Delivery and Perception of Pathogen Signals in Plants,pp.87-96 (Co-authored) 2001
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Molecular Genetics of Host-Specific Toxins in Plant Disease,pp.43-52 (Co-authored) 1998
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Molecular Aspects of Pathogenicity and Host Resistance: Requirements for Signal Transduction,pp.129-138 (Co-authored) 1996
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Pathogenesis and Host Specificity in Plant Diseases: Histopathological, Biochemical, Genetic and Molecular Bases, Vol. II Eukaryotes (Co-authored) 1996
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Molecular Strategies of Pathogens and Host Plants,pp.119-129 (Co-authored) 1991
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Biocontrol activity of nonpathogenic strains of Fusarium oxysporum : colonization on the root surface to overcome nutritional competition. Front. Microbiol. 12,pp.826677 (Co-authored) 2022
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Comparative transcriptome analysis of root types in salt tolerant and sensitive rice varieties in response to salinity stress. Physiol. Plant. 173,pp.1629-1642 (Co-authored) 2021
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A single gene transfer of gibberellin biosynthesis gene cluster increases gibberellin production in a Fusarium fujikuroi strain with gibberellin low producibility. Plant Pathol. 69,pp.901-910 (Co-authored) 2020
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Exploring the origin of crop pathogens –host-specific toxin producing pathogens as the case study. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 80,pp.458-462 (Sole-authored) 2019
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Biosynthesis and efficient heterologous production of haliangicin, a marine Myxobacterial polyketide antibiotic. Sci. Rep. 6,pp.22091 (Co-authored) 2016
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Citrus as a molecular contact point for co-evolution of Alternaria pathogens. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 95,pp.93-96 (Co-authored) 2016
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Evolution of pathogenicity controlled by small dispensable chromosomes in Alternaria alternata pathogens. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 95,pp.27-31 (Co-authored) 2016
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Functional characterization of putative G protein-coupled receptors in the tomato pathotype of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 82,pp.82-88 (Co-authored) 2016
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The global regulator LaeA controls biosynthesis of host-specific toxins, pathogenicity and development of Alternaria alternata pathotypes. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 82,pp.121-131 (Co-authored) 2016
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Gene expression profiles in Jatropha under drought stress and during recovery. Plant Mol. Biol. Rep. 33,pp.1075-1087 (Co-authored) 2015
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Alternaria host-selective toxins: determinant factors of plant disease. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 80,pp.109-122 (Co-authored) 2014
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Changes in Histone H3 modifications during Jatropha curcas drought response. Philipp. Agric. Scientist 97,pp.53-58 (Co-authored) 2014
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Complex regulation of secondary metabolism controlling pathogenicity in the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata . New Phytol. 202,pp.1297-1309 (Co-authored) 2014
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Mutation of FoVTS1, encoding a putative post-transcriptional regulator, affects asexual reproduction in the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum . FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 351,pp.104-112 (Co-authored) 2014
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Host-selective toxins produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata . FEMS Microbiol. Rev. 37,pp.44-66 (Co-authored) 2013
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Interactions of apple and Alternaria alternata apple pathotype. Crit. Rev. Plant Sci. 32,pp.141-150 (Co-authored) 2013
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ProA, a transcriptional regulator of fungal fruiting body development, regulates leaf hyphal network development in the Epichloë festucae -Lolium perenne symbiosis. Mol. Microbiol. 90,pp.551-568 (Co-authored) 2013
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Functional analysis of the ceramide synthase gene ALT7 , a homolog of the disease resistance gene Asc1, in the plant pathogen Alternaria alternata . J. Plant Pathol. Microbiol. S2,pp.001 (Co-authored) 2012
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Functional analysis of the melanin biosynthesis genes ALM1 and BRM2-1 in the tomato pathotype of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 78,pp.30-38 (Co-authored) 2012
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ACTTS3 encoding a polyketide synthase is essential for the biosynthesis of ACT-toxin and pathogenicity in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 23,pp.406-414 (Co-authored) 2010
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Contribution of peroxisomes to secondary metabolism and pathogenicity in the fungal plant pathogen Alternaria alternata . Eukaryot. Cell 9,pp.682-694 (Co-authored) 2010
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Role of the host-selective ACT-toxin synthesis gene ACTTS2 encoding an enoyl-reductase in pathogenicity of the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Phytopathology 100,pp.120-126 (Co-authored) 2010
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Chromosome constitution of hybrid strains constructed by protoplast fusion between the tomato and strawberry pathotype of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 75,pp.101-109 (Co-authored) 2009
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Function of genes encoding acyl-CoA synthetase and enoyl-CoA hydratase for host-selective ACT-toxin biosynthesis in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Phytopathology 99,pp.369-377 (Co-authored) 2009
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Identification of putative defense-related genes in Japanese pear against Alternaria alternata infection using suppression subtractive hybridization and expression analysis. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 75,pp.119-124 (Co-authored) 2009
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Induced resistance in tomato plants to the toxin-dependent necrotrophic pathogen Alternaria alternata . Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 73,pp.67-77 (Co-authored) 2009
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Morphology, host range and phylogenetic diversity of Sphingomonas phages in the floodwater of Japanese paddy field. Soil Sci. Plant Nutri. 55,pp.53-64 (Co-authored) 2009
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Functional analysis of a multi-copy host-selective ACT-toxin biosynthesis gene in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata using RNA silencing. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 21,pp.1591-1599 (Co-authored) 2008
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Multiple copies of AMT2 are prerequisite for the apple pathotype of Alternaria alternata to produce enough AM-toxin for expressing pathogenicity. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 74,pp.222-229 (Co-authored) 2008
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Nitrite reductase gene upregulated during conidiation is involved in macroconidium formation in Fusarium oxysporum . Phytopathology 98,pp.1099-1106 (Co-authored) 2008
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Expression profiles of genes encoded by the supernumerary chromosome controlling AM-toxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity in the apple pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 20,pp.1463-1476 (Co-authored) 2007
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Fow2, a Zn(II)2Cys6-type transcription regulator, controls plant infection of the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum . Mol. Microbiol. 63,pp.737-753 (Co-authored) 2007
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Identification of genes with changes in transcription levels caused by mutations in conidiation regulator genes REN1 and FoSTUA in Fusarium oxysporum . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 73,pp.158-167 (Co-authored) 2007
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Biosynthesis of 2’-O-methylmyxalamide D in the myxobacterium Cystobacter fuscus : a polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase system for the myxalamide D skelton and a methyltransferase for the final O-methylation. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 70,pp.699-705 (Co-authored) 2006
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DNA transposon fossils present on the conditionally dispensable chromosome controlling AF-toxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 72,pp.210-219 (Co-authored) 2006
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Identification of genes up-regulated during conidiation of Fusarium oxysporum through expressed sequence tag analysis. Fungal Genet. Biol. 43,pp.179-189 (Co-authored) 2006
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An isolate of Alternaria alternata that is pathogenic to both tangerines and rough lemon and produces two host-selective toxins, ACT- and ACR-toxins. Phytopathology 95,pp.241-247 (Co-authored) 2005
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Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for a myxobacterium of the genus Cystobacter and characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster. Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem. 69,pp.1372-1380 (Co-authored) 2005
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Structural analysis of cosmid clone pcAFT-2 carrying AFT10-1 encoding an acyl-CoA dehydrogenase involved in AF-toxin production in the strawberry pathotype of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 71,pp.107-116 (Co-authored) 2005
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Dissection of the host range of the fungal plant pathogen Alternaria alternata by modification of secondary metabolism. Mol. Microbiol. 52,pp.399-411 (Co-authored) 2004
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FoSTUA , encoding a basic helix-loop-helix protein, differentially regulates development of three kinds of asexual spores, macroconidia, microconidia, and chlamydospores, in the fungal plant pathogen Fusarium oxysporum . Eukaryot. Cell 3,pp.1412-1422 (Co-authored) 2004
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Occurrence of blood disease of banana in south Sumatra, Indonesia. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 70,pp.45-49 (Co-authored) 2004
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REN1 is required for development of microconidia and macroconidia, but not of chlamydospores, in the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum . Genetics 166,pp.113-124 (Co-authored) 2004
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Studies on pathogenicity genes of Alternaria alternata pathogens. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 69,pp.418-420 (Sole-authored) 2003
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A conditionally dispensable chromosome controls host-specific pathogenicity in the fungal plant pathogen Alternaria alternata . Genetics 161,pp.59-70 (Co-authored) 2002
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Plant colonization by the vascular wilt fungus Fusarium oxysporum requires FOW1 , a gene encoding a mitochondrial protein. Plant Cell 14,pp.1869-1883 (Co-authored) 2002
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Identification of AKT3-2 and AKTR-2 genes required for AK-toxin biosynthesis in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Plant Diseases and Their Control (Co-authored) 2001
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Isolation of pathogenicity mutants of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis by insertional mutagenesis. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 67,pp.191-199 (Co-authored) 2001
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Mutation of an arginine biosynthesis gene causes reduced pathogenicity in Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 14,pp.580-584 (Co-authored) 2001
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Reporter gene analysis of AKT3-1 and AKT3-2 expression during conidial germination of the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 67,pp.15-22 (Co-authored) 2001
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Distribution and characterization of AKT homologs in the tangerine pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Phytopathology 90,pp.762-768 (Co-authored) 2000
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Occurrence of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis race 1 in Japan. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 66,pp.12-17 (Co-authored) 2000
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REAL : an LTR retrotransposon of the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata . Mol. Gen. Genet. 263,pp.625-634 (Co-authored) 2000
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Structural and functional complexity of the genomic region controlling AK-toxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 13,pp.975-986 (Co-authored) 2000
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The gene clusters required for host-specific toxin biosynthesis and pathogenicity in Alternaria alternata . Fungus-Plant Interactions: From Parasitism to Symbiosis,pp.15-18 (Co-authored) 2000
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Bacterial wilt of bananas in Lampung, Indonesia. Can Biological Production Harmonize with Environment? – Reports from Research Sites in Asia –,pp.269-272 (Co-authored) 1999
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Insertional mutagenesis and cloning of the genes required for biosynthesis of the host-specific AK-toxin in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 12,pp.691-702 (Co-authored) 1999
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Intracellular localization and expression of the plasmid pAAT56 in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 65,pp.25-31 (Co-authored) 1999
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Molecular basis of pathogenic variation in the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata . Diversity and Use of Agricultural Microorganisms,pp.223-235 (Co-authored) 1999
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Targeted disruption of a melanin biosynthesis gene affects conidial development and UV tolerance in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 12,pp.59-63 (Co-authored) 1999
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Characterization of a new cultural type (LP) of Rhizoctonia solani AG2-2 isolated from warm-season turfgrasses, and its genetic differentiation from other cultural types. Plant Pathol. 47,pp.1-9 (Co-authored) 1998
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Pathogenic and genetic variation in the Japanese strains of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. melonis . Phytopathology 88,pp.804-810 (Co-authored) 1998
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Tfo1 : an Ac-like transposon of the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum . Mol. Gen. Genet. 258,pp.599-607 (Co-authored) 1998
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Circular DNA plasmid in the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata : its temperature-dependent curing and association with pathogenicity. Genetics 146,pp.111-120 (Co-authored) 1997
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Mitochondrial DNA variation in host-specific toxin-producing pathogens in the genus Alternaria . Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 63,pp.463-469 (Co-authored) 1997
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Structural analysis of the plasmid pAAT56 of the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata . Gene 203: 51-57 203,pp.51-57 (Co-authored) 1997
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The Alternaria alternata melanin biosynthesis gene restores appressorial melanization and penetration of cellulose membranes in the melanin-deficient albino mutant of Colletotrichum lagenarium . Fungal Genet. Biol. 21,pp.131-140 (Co-authored) 1997
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The melanin biosynthesis genes of Alternaria alternata can restore pathogenicity of the melanin-deficient mutants of Magnaporthe grisea . Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 10: 446-453 10,pp.446-453 (Co-authored) 1997
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Genetic relatedness among the phytopathogenic variants in Fusarium oxysporum causing wilts of the cucurbits. JARQ 30,pp.159-165 (Co-authored) 1996
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Relationships between genetic polymorphisms and fungicide resistance within Alternaria alternata . Phytopathology 86,pp.1248-1254 (Co-authored) 1996
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Characterization of melanin-deficient mutants of Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype and their pathogenicity. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 61,pp.27-33 (Co-authored) 1995
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Effect of host-specific AF-toxin I produced by the strawberry pathotype of Alternaria alternata on protein synthesis and extracellular polysaccharide accumulation in strawberry protoplasts. Korean J. Plant Pathol. 11: 318-323 11,pp.318-323 (Co-authored) 1995
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Efficient gene targeting in the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata . Mol. Gen. Genet. 248,pp.142-150 (Co-authored) 1995
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Pathogenic specialization in the phytopathogenic fungus, Alternaria alternata . Proceedings of the '95 Japan-Korea Joint Seminar for Collaborative Researches on Biological Sciences,pp.34-38 (Co-authored) 1995
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Phylogeny of Alternaria fungi known to produce host-specific toxins on the basis of variation in internal transcribed spacers of ribosomal DNA. Curr. Genet. 28,pp.491-498 (Co-authored) 1995
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Characterization of the formae speciales of Fusarium oxysporum causing wilts of cucurbits by DNA fingerprinting with nuclear repetitive DNA sequences. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60,pp.2684-2691 (Co-authored) 1994
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Coinfection by different isolates of Alternaria alternata in single black spot lesions of Japanese pear leaves. Phytopathology 84,pp.447-451 (Co-authored) 1994
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Molecular Biology of AK-toxin production by the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Host-Specific Toxin: Biosynthesis, Receptor and Molecular Biology,pp.239-250 (Co-authored) 1994
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Nuclear ribosomal DNA variation and pathogenic specialization in Alternaria fungi known to produce host-specific toxins. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 60,pp.3055-3062 (Co-authored) 1994
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Gene cluster involved in melanin biosynthesis of the filamentous fungus Alternaria alternata . J. Bacteriol. 175,pp.4427-4435 (Co-authored) 1993
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Nuclear ribosomal DNA as a probe for genetic variability in the Japanese pear pathotype of Alternaria alternata . Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 59: 3197-3205 59,pp.3197-3205 (Co-authored) 1993
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Comparison of parasitic fitness between two pathotypes of Alternaria alternata to Japanese pear. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 58: 734-740 58,pp.734-740 (Co-authored) 1992
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Effect of AL-toxin produced by Alternaria alternata tomato pathotype on cultured roots of tomato. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 58,pp.411-415 (Co-authored) 1992
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Further evaluation of the significance of BZR-toxin produced by Bipolaris zeicola race 3 in the pathogenesis on rice and maize plants. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 40,pp.359-370 (Co-authored) 1992
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Potential application of genetic transformants of Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. raphani for assessing the fungal autecology. Soil Biol. Biochem. 24,pp.489-494 (Co-authored) 1992
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Protective effect of homologues of host-specific AF-toxin I produced by Alternaria alternata strawberry pathotype on strawberry cells. J. Phytopathol. 135,pp.177-186 (Co-authored) 1992
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Slightly damaged type of plasma membrane modification in strawberry leaves treated with AF-toxin I produced by Alternaria alternata strawberry pathotype. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 58,pp.431-445 (Co-authored) 1992
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Stimulation of phospholipase A2 activity in strawberry cells treated with AF-toxin I produced by Alternaria alternata strawberry pathotype. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 41,pp.283-294 (Co-authored) 1992
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Changes in amino acid and amine contents of susceptible tomato infected with Alternaria alternata tomato pathotype and treated with AL-toxin. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 57: 526-533 57,pp.526-533 (Co-authored) 1991
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Effect of host-specific AF-toxins from Alternaria alternata strawberry pathotype on viability of strawberry cultured cells. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 57: 671-679 57,pp.671-679 (Co-authored) 1991
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Rice-specific toxins produced by Bipolaris zeicola , race 3; evidence for role as pathogenicity factors for rice and maize plants. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 38,pp.67-82 (Co-authored) 1991
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Biosynthesis of host-selective toxins produced by Alternaria alternata pathogens. I. (8R,9S)-9,10-epoxy-8-hydroxy-9-methyl-(2E,4Z,6E)-trienoic acid as a biological precursor of AK-toxins. Agric. Biol. Chem. 54,pp.845-848 (Co-authored) 1990
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Biosynthetic origin of (8R,9S)-9,10-epoxy-8-hydroxy-9-methyl-(2E,4Z,6E)-trienoic acid, a precursor of AK-toxins produced by Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype. Phytochemistry 29,pp.1529-1531 (Co-authored) 1990
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Determination of host-selective toxin production during spore germination of Alternaria alternata by high performance liquid chromatography. Phytopathology 80,pp.1088-1091 (Co-authored) 1990
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Efficient integrative transformation of the phytopathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata mediated by the repetitive rDNA sequences. Gene 90,pp.207-214 (Co-authored) 1990
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Organization of ribosomal RNA genes in Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype, a host-selective AK-toxin-producing fungus. Curr. Genet. 16,pp.267-272 (Co-authored) 1989
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Potential application of DNA restriction fragment length polymorphisms in the ecological studies of Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 55,pp.361-365 (Co-authored) 1989
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Specific gene expression in the host-selective toxin producer, Alternaria alternata , and its genetic transformation with high efficiency. Host-Specific Toxin: Recognition and Specificity Factors in Plant Diseases,pp.124-134 (Co-authored) 1989
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The presence of double-stranded RNAs in Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype and their participation in AK-toxin productivity. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 54,pp.250-252 (Co-authored) 1988
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Selection of auxotrophic mutants and heterokaryosis in Alternaria alternata . Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 53,pp.182-190 (Co-authored) 1987
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Metabolic regulation of host-specific toxin production in Alternaria alternata pathogens (3). Instability of pathogenicity in field isolates of A. alternata Japanese pear pathotype. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 52,pp.488-491 (Co-authored) 1986
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Metabolic regulation of host-specific toxin production in Alternaria alternata pathogens (4). Molecular cloning of mRNA in AK-toxin producing isolate. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 52: 690-699 52,pp.690-699 (Co-authored) 1986
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Metabolic regulation of host-specific toxin production in Alternaria alternata pathogens (2). Suppression of toxin production from germinating spores by chemical treatment. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 51,pp.277-284 (Co-authored) 1985
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Metabolic regulation of host-specific toxin production in Alternaria alternata pathogens (1). Suppression of toxin production from germinating spores under high temperature stress. Ann. Phytopathol. Soc. Jpn. 50,pp.189-196 (Co-authored) 1984