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Hiroshi Otani

DOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Verified email at lbl.gov
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Host-selective toxins produced by the plant pathogenic fungus Alternaria alternata

…, M Egusa, M Yamamoto, H Otani - FEMS microbiology …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Host-selective toxins (HSTs) produced by fungal plant pathogens are generally low-molecular-weight
secondary metabolites with a diverse range of structures that function as effectors …

Breaking Down Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: The Conversion of Lignocellulose to Vanillin in a Gene Deletion Mutant of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1

…, EM Hardiman, M Ahmad, H Otani… - ACS Chemical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
The aromatic polymer lignin represents a possible renewable source of aromatic chemicals,
if biocatalytic routes for lignin breakdown can be developed. The availability of a genome …

Effect of reduced-dose vs high-dose glucocorticoids added to rituximab on remission induction in ANCA-associated vasculitis: a randomized clinical trial

…, Y Takakuwa, Y Makino, R Yoshimi, T Hayashi, H Otani… - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance The current standard induction therapy for antineutrophil cytoplasm antibody (ANCA)–associated
vasculitis is the combination of high-dose glucocorticoids and …

Horizontal chromosome transfer, a mechanism for the evolution and differentiation of a plant-pathogenic fungus

Y Akagi, H Akamatsu, H Otani, M Kodama - Eukaryotic cell, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The tomato pathotype of Alternaria alternata produces host-specific AAL toxin and causes
Alternaria stem canker on tomato. A polyketide synthetase (PKS) gene, ALT1, which is …

Molecular karyotypes for Alternaria plant pathogens known to produce host-specific toxins

H Akamatsu, M Taga, M Kodama, R Johnson, H Otani… - Current genetics, 1999 - Springer
There are at least ten plant diseases caused by Alternaria species in which host-specific
toxins (HSTs) are responsible for fungal pathogenicity. Of these HST-producers, seven are …

Spontaneous loss of a conditionally dispensable chromosome from the Alternaria alternata apple pathotype leads to loss of toxin production and pathogenicity

…, RD Johnson, H Akamatsu, A Salamiah, H Otani… - Current genetics, 2001 - Springer
The Alternaria alternata apple pathotype causes Alternaria blotch of susceptible apple
cultivars through the production of a cyclic peptide, host-specific toxin, AM-toxin. We recently …

CRAGE enables rapid activation of biosynthetic gene clusters in undomesticated bacteria

…, A Lubbe, DW Hoyt, C Francavilla, H Otani… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
It is generally believed that exchange of secondary metabolite biosynthetic gene clusters (BGCs)
among closely related bacteria is an important driver of BGC evolution and …

Isolation and structures of AK-toxin I and II, host-specific phytotoxic metabolites produced by Alternaria alternata Japanese pear pathotype

…, T Taga, H Masuda, K Osaki, H Otani… - Agricultural and …, 1985 - jstage.jst.go.jp
AK-to x in T 4 13. 18 5 3 C 23 H 27O 6N 1.6 2 M+ 2 0 4. 10 2 1 C 12 H 14O 2N-0. 2 3 4(A) 17
6. 10 7 7 C n H 14O N 0.3 5 5(B) 13 4. 09 41 C 9H 12N-2.7 5 4(C) 10 5. 06 78 C, H 9-2.5 10 …

Lifespan extension by reduction of the growth hormone‐insulin‐like growth factor‐1 axis: relation to caloric restriction

I Shimokawa, Y Higami, T Tsuchiya, H Otani… - The FASEB …, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
A reduced growth hormone (GH)‐insulin‐like growth factor (IGF)‐1 axis is associated with
an extension of lifespan in laboratory rodents. Several phenotypes of such animal models …

[HTML][HTML] Comparative and pangenomic analysis of the genus Streptomyces

H Otani, DW Udwary, NJ Mouncey - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Streptomycetes are highly metabolically gifted bacteria with the abilities to produce bioproducts
that have profound economic and societal importance. These bioproducts are produced …