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Hiromasa Saitoh

Hiromasa Saitoh

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
43
Citations
8757
World Ranking
3170
National Ranking
794

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

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

    Kentaro Yoshida;Hiromasa Saitoh;Shizuko Fujisawa;Hiroyuki Kanzaki

  • 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

  • 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

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

    Rym Fekih;Hiroki Takagi;Muluneh Tamiru;Akira Abe

  • 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

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

    Hideo Matsumura;Stefanie Reich;Akiko Ito;Hiromasa Saitoh

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Frequent Co-Authors

Ryohei Terauchi
Ryohei Terauchi Kyoto University
Sophien Kamoun
Sophien Kamoun University of East Anglia
Kentaro Yoshida
Kentaro Yoshida Kobe University
Thomas Berberich
Thomas Berberich Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre
Mark J. Banfield
Mark J. Banfield John Innes Centre
Yoshitaka Takano
Yoshitaka Takano Kyoto University
Yukio Tosa
Yukio Tosa Kobe University
Liliana M. Cano
Liliana M. Cano University of Florida
Joe Win
Joe Win University of East Anglia
Tomonobu Kusano
Tomonobu Kusano Tohoku University

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