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Overview

Akira Hosomi was affiliated with Tsukuba University of Technology in Japan. Their research spanned multiple fields, primarily focusing on biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with additional contributions in medicine. Their work covered various subfields including cell biology, molecular biology, neurology, public health, environmental and occupational health, and insect science.

Hosomi's main topics of research included:

  • Cellular transport and secretion
  • Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Mosquito-borne diseases and control
  • Insect-plant interactions and control
  • Plant virus research studies
  • Endoplasmic reticulum stress and disease
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis research

Their recent publications highlighted a variety of biological and biochemical research areas. Key papers include:

  • "The ER-associated protease Ste24 prevents N-terminal signal peptide-independent translocation into the endoplasmic reticulum in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (2020) published in Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • "Human SOD1 is secreted via a conventional secretion pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (2023) published in Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • "Effect of Crystal of Copper Electrodeposited Film and Additive Species of Etching Solution on Etch Factor" (2020) published in Journal of The Surface Finishing Society of Japan

Hosomi also frequently collaborated with researchers in their field, including Yu Kotera, Yuko Asai, S. Okano, Yukako Tokutake, and Katsuharu Saito.

The most common venues for their publications were:

  • Plant and Cell Physiology
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
  • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
  • Journal of The Surface Finishing Society of Japan

Best Publications

  • Syntheses of γ,δ-unsaturated alcohols from allylsilanes and carbonyl compounds in the presence of titanium tetrachloride

    Akíra Hosomi;Hideki Sakurai

  • Chemistry of organosilicon compounds. 99. Conjugate addition of allylsilanes to .alpha.,.beta.-enones. A New method of stereoselective introduction of the angular allyl group in fused cyclic .alpha.,.beta.-enones

    Akira Hosomi;Hideki Sakurai

  • Boration of an α,β-enone using a diboron promoted by a copper(I)–phosphine mixture catalyst

    Hajime Ito;Hiroshi Yamanaka;Jun-ichi Tateiwa;Akira Hosomi

  • Characteristics in the reactions of allylsilanes and their applications to versatile synthetic equivalents

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  • ALLYLSILANES AS SYNTHETIC INTERMEDIATES. II. SYNTHESES OF HOMOALLYL ETHERS FROM ALLYLSILANES AND ACETALS PROMOTED BY TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE

    Akira Hosomi;Masahiko Endo;Hideki Sakurai

  • Chemistry of organosilicon compounds 113 chemoselective allylation of carbonyl compounds with allylsilanes promoted by tetra-n-butylammonium fluoride. A new synthesis of homoallyl alcohols

    Akira Hosomi;Akibiko Shirahata;Hideki Sakurai

  • Highly stereoselective C-allylation of glycopyranosides with allylsilanes catalyzed by silyl triflate or iodosilane

    Akira Hosomi;Yasuyuki Sakata;Hideki Sakurai

  • Regiospecific allylation of acetals with allylsilanes catalyzed by iodotrimethylsilane. Synthesis of homoallylethers

    Hideki Sakurai;Koshi Sasaki;Akira Hosomi

  • Direct alkynyl group transfer from silicon to copper: New preparation method of alkynylcopper (I) reagents

    Hajime Ito;Kikuo Arimoto;Hiro-omi Sensul;Akira Hosomi

  • Iron-Catalyzed Regio- and Stereoselective Carbolithiation of Alkynes

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  • 2-Alkoxycarbonylallyltrimethylsilanes as new reagents of 2-alkoxycarbonylallylation of electrophiles

    Akira Hosomi;Hidehiko Hashimoto;Hideki Sakurai

  • Chemistry of organosilicon compounds—165 : 2-Trimethylsilyl-methyl-1, 3-Butadiene—A versatile building block for terpene synthesis

    Hideki sakurai;Akira Hosomi;Masaki Saito;Koshi Sasaki

  • First gold complex-catalysed selective hydrosilylation of organic compounds

    Hajime Ito;Tatsuki Yajima;Jun-ichi Tateiwa;Akira Hosomi

  • New Method for Introduction of a Silyl Group into α,β-Enones Using a Disilane Catalyzed by a Copper(I) Salt1

    Hajime Ito;Tomoko Ishizuka;Jun-ichi Tateiwa;Motohiro Sonoda

  • Stereoselective synthesis of 3-(d-glycopyranosyl)propenes by use of allylsilanes

    Akira Hosomi;Yasuyuki Sakata;Hideki Sakurai

  • Manganese Ate Complexes as New Reducing Agents: Perfectly Regiocontrolled Generation and Reactions of the Manganese Enolates with Electrophiles

    Makoto Hojo;Hajime Harada;Hajime Ito;Akira Hosomi

  • A Novel Catalytic System for the Mannich-Type Reaction of Silyl Enolates: Stereoselective Synthesis ofβ-Aminoketones

    Katsukiyo Miura;Kentaro Tamaki;Takahiro Nakagawa;Akira Hosomi

  • Generation of a reducing reagent from Copper(I) salt and hydrosilane. New practical method for conjugate reduction

    Hajime Ito;Tomoko Ishizuka;Kikuo Arimoto;Katsukiyo Miura

  • Lewis Base-Promoted Aldol Reaction of Dimethylsilyl Enolates in Aqueous Dimethylformamide: Use of Calcium Chloride as a Lewis Base Catalyst

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  • N-(TRIMETHYLSILYLMETHYL)AMINOMETHYL ETHERS AS AZOMETHINE YLIDE SYNTHONS. A NEW AND CONVENIENT ACCESS TO PYRROLIDINE DERIVATIVES

    Akira Hosomi;Yasuyuki Sakata;Hideki Sakurai

  • Latent acetonylation of α,β -enones with allyltrimethylsilane or 2-methyl-2-propenyltrimethylsilane: synthesis of 1,5-diketones and annelation to fused cyclohexenones

    Akira Hosomi;Hiroshi Kobayashi;Hideki Sakurai

  • Unprecedented Reactions Mediated by Samarium: An Approach to Nonstabilized Carbonyl Ylides1

    Makoto Hojo;and Hidenori Aihara;Akira Hosomi

  • Chemistry of organosilicon compounds. 106. .alpha.-Siloxyallylsilanes as homoenolate anion equivalents. A novel synthesis of .gamma.-keto aldehydes

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  • Polar and Solvent Effects on Homolytic Abstraction of Benzylic Hydrogen of Substituted Toluenes by t-Butoxy Radical

    Hideki. Sakurai;Akira. Hosomi

Frequent Co-Authors

Hideki Sakurai
Hideki Sakurai Tokyo University of Science
Hajime Ito
Hajime Ito Hokkaido University
Chizuko Kabuto
Chizuko Kabuto Tohoku University
Hiroshi Ueda
Hiroshi Ueda Kyoto University
Teddy G. Traylor
Teddy G. Traylor University of California, San Diego

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