Akinori Ohta

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Overview

Best Publications

• A lea-class gene of tomato confers salt and freezing tolerance when expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

  Ryozo Imai;Lei Chang;Akinori Ohta;Elizabeth A. Bray

  255
  Citations

• Calcium-sensitive cls Mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Showing a Pet- Phenotype Are Ascribable to Defects of Vacuolar Membrane H'-ATPase Activity*

  Y Ohya;N Umemoto;I Tanida;A Ohta

  221
  Citations

• Expression of Plant Group 2 and Group 3 lea Genes in Saccharomyces cerevisiae Revealed Functional Divergence among LEA Proteins

  Lei Zhang;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi;Ryozo Imai

  181
  Citations

• The cytochrome P450ALK multigene family of an n-alkane-assimilating yeast, Yarrowia lipolytica: cloning and characterization of genes coding for new CYP52 family members

  Toshiya Iida;Toru Sumita;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  178
  Citations

• Aspergillus nidulans class V and VI chitin synthases CsmA and CsmB, each with a myosin motor‐like domain, perform compensatory functions that are essential for hyphal tip growth

  Norio Takeshita;Shuichi Yamashita;Akinori Ohta;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  176
  Citations

• Whole-Genome Sequencing of Sake Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kyokai no. 7

  Takeshi Akao;Isao Yashiro;Akira Hosoyama;Hiroshi Kitagaki

  172
  Citations

• Proliferation of intrahyphal hyphae caused by disruption of csmA, which encodes a class V chitin synthase with a myosin motor-like domain in Aspergillus nidulans.

  Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Makoto Fujiwara;Shuichi Yamashita;Akinori Ohta

  168
  Citations

• Cloning and characterization of a chitinase-encoding gene (chiA) from Aspergillus nidulans, disruption of which decreases germination frequency and hyphal growth.

  Naoki Takaya;Daisuke Yamazaki;Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Akinori Ohta

  162
  Citations

• A novel fungal gene encoding chitin synthase with a myosin motor-like domain.

  Makoto Fujiwara;Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  159
  Citations

• A novel membrane protein, Ros3p, is required for phospholipid translocation across the plasma membrane in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

  Utako Kato;Utako Kato;Kazuo Emoto;Charlotta Fredriksson;Hidemitsu Nakamura

  151
  Citations

• Isolation and Characterization of Two Chitin Synthase Genes from Aspergillus nidulans

  Koji Yanai;Nobuko Kojima;Naoki Takaya;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  139
  Citations

• CsmA, a Class V Chitin Synthase with a Myosin Motor-like Domain, Is Localized through Direct Interaction with the Actin Cytoskeleton in Aspergillus nidulans

  Norio Takeshita;Akinori Ohta;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  125
  Citations

• CYP52 (Cytochrome P450alk) Multigene Family in Candida maltosa: Identification and Characterization of Eight Members

  Moriya Ohkuma;Shin-Ichiro Muraoka;Takeshi Tanimoto;Michihiko Fujii

  122
  Citations

• The CYP52 multigene family of Candida maltosa encodes functionally diverse n-alkane-inducible cytochromes P450.

  Thomas Zimmer;Moriya Ohkuma;Akinori Ohta;Masamichi Takagi

  122
  Citations

• A chitinase gene, chiB , involved in the autolytic process of Aspergillus nidulans

  Harutake Yamazaki;Daisuke Yamazaki;Naoki Takaya;Naoki Takaya;Masamichi Takagi;Masamichi Takagi

  119
  Citations

• The Aspergillus nidulans genes chsA and chsD encode chitin synthases which have redundant functions in conidia formation.

  T. Motoyama;Makoto Fujiwara;Nobuko Kojima;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  119
  Citations

• Cinnamycin (Ro 09-0198) promotes cell binding and toxicity by inducing transbilayer lipid movement.

  Asami Makino;Takeshi Baba;Kazushi Fujimoto;Kunihiko Iwamoto

  119
  Citations

• Cloning of genes involved in membrane lipid synthesis. Effects of amplification of phosphatidylserine synthase in Escherichia coli.

  A. Ohta;K. Waggoner;K. Louie;W. Dowhan

  114
  Citations

• Evidence that the Aspergillus nidulans class I and class II chitin synthase genes, chsC and chsA, share critical roles in hyphal wall integrity and conidiophore development.

  Makoto Fujiwara;Masayuki Ichinomiya;Takayuki Motoyama;Hiroyuki Horiuchi

  112
  Citations

• Isolation of a Chitin Synthase Gene (chsC) of Aspergillus nidulans

  Takayuki Motoyama;Nobuko Kojima;Hiroyuki Horiuchi;Akinori Ohta

  102
  Citations