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Isamu Yamaguchi

Isamu Yamaguchi

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Biology and Biochemistry

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60
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World Ranking
12185
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839

Overview

Isamu Yamaguchi is affiliated with RIKEN in Japan, with a research focus primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their work spans multiple subfields including Molecular Biology, Physiology, Biomedical Engineering, Biochemistry, and Plant Science.

Their scholarly output includes research on advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques, phytochemicals and antioxidant activities, biochemical effects in animals, GABA and rice research, as well as advanced proteomics and 3D printing applications in biomedical research.

Recent publications by Yamaguchi include the following papers:

  • "Aroma of citral repels mice and exerts antioxidant effects as a functional food," 2024, Flavour and Fragrance Journal
  • "High-performance genetically-encoded green and red fluorescent biosensors for pyruvate," 2025, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • "Fabrication of Micropatterned Fish Scale Collagen Scaffold Using Microelectromechanical Systems Technologies for Oral Mucosa Tissue Engineering," 2022, Transactions of The Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging
  • "A case series of campylobacter and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia Coli associated hemolytic uremic syndrome," 2024, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
  • "Bipartite Genetically Encoded Biosensors to Sense Calcium Ion Dynamics at Membrane-Membrane Contact Sites," 2025, Analytical Chemistry

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following co-authors:

  • Mikhail Drobizhev
  • Robert E. Campbell
  • Masatoshi Ohnishi
  • Kengo Banshoya
  • Aoi Machida

Publication venues where Yamaguchi has contributed include:

  • Flavour and Fragrance Journal
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Transactions of The Japan Institute of Electronics Packaging
  • The American Journal of the Medical Sciences
  • Analytical Chemistry

Yamaguchi's research covers main topics such as:

  • Advanced biosensing and bioanalysis techniques
  • Phytochemicals and antioxidant activities
  • Biochemical effects in animals
  • GABA and rice research
  • Advanced biosensing techniques and applications
  • Advanced proteomics techniques and applications
  • 3D printing in biomedical research

Best Publications

  • Brassinosteroid functions in a broad range of disease resistance in tobacco and rice.

    Hideo Nakashita;Michiko Yasuda;Takako Nitta;Tadao Asami

  • TRICHOTHECENE 3-O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE PROTECTS BOTH THE PRODUCING ORGANISM AND TRANSFORMED YEAST FROM RELATED MYCOTOXINS : CLONING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF TRI101

    Makoto Kimura;Isao Kaneko;Masami Komiyama;Akira Takatsuki

  • A novel lactonohydrolase responsible for the detoxification of zearalenone: enzyme purification and gene cloning.

    Naoko Takahashi-Ando;Makoto Kimura;Hideaki Kakeya;Hiroyuki Osada

  • Transgenic tobacco resistant to a bacterial disease by the detoxification of a pathogenic toxin

    Hiroyuki Anzai;Katsuyoshi Yoneyama;Isamu Yamaguchi

  • Probenazole induces systemic acquired resistance in Arabidopsis with a novel type of action.

    Keiko Yoshioka;Hideo Nakashita;Daniel F. Klessig;Isamu Yamaguchi

  • Characterization of mutations in the two-component histidine kinase gene that confer fludioxonil resistance and osmotic sensitivity in the os-1 mutants of Neurospora crassa

    Noriyuki Ochiai;Makoto Fujimura;Takayuki Motoyama;Akihiko Ichiishi

  • The trichothecene biosynthesis gene cluster of Fusarium graminearum F15 contains a limited number of essential pathway genes and expressed non-essential genes.

    Makoto Kimura;Takeshi Tokai;Kerry O’Donnell;Todd J Ward

  • A two-component histidine kinase of the rice blast fungus is involved in osmotic stress response and fungicide action

    Takayuki Motoyama;Kaori Kadokura;Tomohiro Ohira;Akihiko Ichiishi

  • A NEW ANTIBIOTIC, TAUTOMYCIN

    X. C. Cheng;T. Kihara;H. Kusakabe;J. Magae

  • Metabolism of zearalenone by genetically modified organisms expressing the detoxification gene from Clonostachys rosea

    Naoko Takahashi-Ando;Shuichi Ohsato;Takehiko Shibata;Hiroshi Hamamoto

  • Biotransformation of the Mycotoxin, Zearalenone, to a Non-estrogenic Compound by a Fungal Strain of Clonostachys sp.

    Hideaki Kakeya;Naoko Takahashi-Ando;Makoto Kimura;Rie Onose

  • A Point Mutation in the Two-Component Histidine Kinase BcOS-1 Gene Confers Dicarboximide Resistance in Field Isolates of Botrytis cinerea.

    Michiyo Oshima;Makoto Fujimura;Shinpei Banno;Chigusa Hashimoto

  • BLASTICIDIN S DEAMINASE GENE FROM ASPERGILLUS TERREUS (BSD) : A NEW DRUG RESISTANCE GENE FOR TRANSFECTION OF MAMMALIAN CELLS

    Makoto Kimura;Akira Takatsuki;Isamu Yamaguchi

  • Phytotoxic effects of trichothecenes on the growth and morphology of Arabidopsis thaliana.

    Daisuke Masuda;Mamoru Ishida;Kazuo Yamaguchi;Isamu Yamaguchi

  • A Novel Gene, CBP1, Encoding a Putative Extracellular Chitin-Binding Protein, May Play an Important Role in the Hydrophobic Surface Sensing of Magnaporthe grisea During Appressorium Differentiation

    Takashi Kamakura;Syuichi Yamaguchi;Ken Ichiro Saitoh;Tohru Teraoka

  • Up-regulation of Arabidopsis thaliana NHL10 in the hypersensitive response to Cucumber mosaic virus infection and in senescing leaves is controlled by signalling pathways that differ in salicylate involvement.

    Ming Shu Zheng;Hideki Takahashi;Atsushi Miyazaki;Hiroshi Hamamoto

  • Fusarium Phytotoxin Trichothecenes Have an Elicitor-Like Activity in Arabidopsis thaliana, but the Activity Differed Significantly Among Their Molecular Species

    Takumi Nishiuchi;Daisuke Masuda;Hideo Nakashita;Kazuya Ichimura

  • Putative homologs of SSK22 MAPKK kinase and PBS2 MAPK kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae encoded by os-4 and os-5 genes for osmotic sensitivity and fungicide resistance in Neurospora crassa.

    Makoto Fujimura;Noriyuki Ochiai;Michiyo Oshima;Takayuki Motoyama

  • Cloning of the blasticidin S deaminase gene (BSD) from Aspergillus terreus and its use as a selectable marker for Schizosaccharomyces pombe and Pyricularia oryzae.

    Makoto Kimura;Takashi Kamakura;Quan Zhou Tao;Isao Kaneko

  • The mystery of the trichothecene 3-O-acetyltransferase gene: Analysis of the region around Tri101 and characterization of its homologue from Fusarium sporotrichioides

    Makoto Kimura;Gentaro Matsumoto;Yoshinori Shingu;Katsuyoshi Yoneyama

Frequent Co-Authors

Tsutomu Arie
Tsutomu Arie Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
Hideo Nakashita
Hideo Nakashita Fukui Prefectural University
Toshiaki Kudo
Toshiaki Kudo Nagasaki University
Shigeo Yoshida
Shigeo Yoshida Kurume University
Hiroyuki Koshino
Hiroyuki Koshino Tokyo University of Agriculture
Takehiko Shibata
Takehiko Shibata Yokohama City University
Takumi Nishiuchi
Takumi Nishiuchi Kanazawa University
Koki Horikoshi
Koki Horikoshi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology

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