Hiromasa Saitoh

Best Publications

• Effector-Mediated Suppression of Chitin-Triggered Immunity by Magnaporthe oryzae Is Necessary for Rice Blast Disease

  Thomas A. Mentlak;Anja Kombrink;Tomonori Shinya;Lauren S. Ryder

  590
  Citations

• Association Genetics Reveals Three Novel Avirulence Genes from the Rice Blast Fungal Pathogen Magnaporthe oryzae

  Kentaro Yoshida;Hiromasa Saitoh;Shizuko Fujisawa;Hiroyuki Kanzaki

  519
  Citations

• Two distinct secretion systems facilitate tissue invasion by the rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae

  Martha C. Giraldo;Yasin F. Dagdas;Yogesh K. Gupta;Thomas A. Mentlak;Thomas A. Mentlak

  456
  Citations

• A multifaceted genomics approach allows the isolation of the rice Pia‐blast resistance gene consisting of two adjacent NBS‐LRR protein genes

  Yudai Okuyama;Hiroyuki Kanzaki;Akira Abe;Kentaro Yoshida

  408
  Citations

• MutMap+: Genetic Mapping and Mutant Identification without Crossing in Rice

  Rym Fekih;Hiroki Takagi;Muluneh Tamiru;Akira Abe

  404
  Citations

• Ethylene-mediated cross-talk between calcium-dependent protein kinase and MAPK signaling controls stress responses in plants

  Andrea A. Ludwig;Hiromasa Saitoh;Georg Felix;Gerald Freymark

  387
  Citations

• Gene expression analysis of plant host-pathogen interactions by SuperSAGE

  Hideo Matsumura;Stefanie Reich;Akiko Ito;Hiromasa Saitoh

  382
  Citations

• Arms race co-evolution of Magnaporthe oryzae AVR-Pik and rice Pik genes driven by their physical interactions.

  Hiroyuki Kanzaki;Kentaro Yoshida;Hiromasa Saitoh;Koki Fujisaki

  354
  Citations

• Structural basis of pathogen recognition by an integrated HMA domain in a plant NLR immune receptor.

  A Maqbool;H Saitoh;M Franceschetti;C E M Stevenson

  332
  Citations

• Cytosolic HSP90 and HSP70 are essential components of INF1-mediated hypersensitive response and non-host resistance to Pseudomonas cichorii in Nicotiana benthamiana.

  H. Kanzaki;H. Saitoh;A. Ito;S. Fujisawa

  300
  Citations

• MutMap-Gap: whole-genome resequencing of mutant F2 progeny bulk combined with de novo assembly of gap regions identifies the rice blast resistance gene Pii

  Hiroki Takagi;Aiko Uemura;Hiroki Yaegashi;Muluneh Tamiru

  281
  Citations

• Overexpression of Bax inhibitor suppresses the fungal elicitor-induced cell death in rice (Oryza sativa L) cells.

  H. Matsumura;S. Nirasawa;A. Kiba;N. Urasaki

  227
  Citations

• Overexpression of the wasabi defensin gene confers enhanced resistance to blast fungus ( Magnaporthe grisea) in transgenic rice.

  H. Kanzaki;S. Nirasawa;H. Saitoh;M. Ito

  224
  Citations

• Host specialization of the blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae is associated with dynamic gain and loss of genes linked to transposable elements

  Kentaro Yoshida;Kentaro Yoshida;Diane G. O. Saunders;Chikako Mitsuoka;Satoshi Natsume

  221
  Citations

• Conserved fungal effector suppresses PAMP-triggered immunity by targeting plant immune kinases

  Hiroki Irieda;Yoshihiro Inoue;Masashi Mori;Kohji Yamada;Kohji Yamada

  209
  Citations

• Large-Scale Gene Disruption in Magnaporthe oryzae Identifies MC69, a Secreted Protein Required for Infection by Monocot and Dicot Fungal Pathogens

  Hiromasa Saitoh;Shizuko Fujisawa;Chikako Mitsuoka;Akiko Ito

  177
  Citations

• Polymorphic residues in rice NLRs expand binding and response to effectors of the blast pathogen.

  Juan Carlos De la Concepcion;Marina Franceschetti;Abbas Maqbool;Hiromasa Saitoh

  165
  Citations

• A subset of hypersensitive response marker genes, including HSR203J, is the downstream target of a spermine signal transduction pathway in tobacco

  Yoshihiro Takahashi;Yukiko Uehara;Thomas Berberich;Thomas Berberich;Akiko Ito

  162
  Citations

• NbLRK1, a lectin-like receptor kinase protein of Nicotiana benthamiana, interacts with Phytophthora infestans INF1 elicitin and mediates INF1-induced cell death.

  Hiroyuki Kanzaki;Hiromasa Saitoh;Yoshihiro Takahashi;Thomas Berberich

  155
  Citations

• Rice Exo70 interacts with a fungal effector, AVR‐Pii, and is required for AVR‐Pii‐triggered immunity

  Koki Fujisaki;Yoshiko Abe;Akiko Ito;Hiromasa Saitoh

  148
  Citations