Ken Komatsu

Best Publications

• A unique virulence factor for proliferation and dwarfism in plants identified from a phytopathogenic bacterium

  Ayaka Hoshi;Kenro Oshima;Shigeyuki Kakizawa;Yoshiko Ishii

  383
  Citations

• Lectin-Mediated Resistance Impairs Plant Virus Infection at the Cellular Level

  Yasuyuki Yamaji;Kensaku Maejima;Ken Komatsu;Takuya Shiraishi

  170
  Citations

• An Epidemic of Coccidioidomycosis in Arizona Associated with Climatic Changes, 1998-2001

  Benjamin J Park;Keith Sigel;Victorio Vaz;Ken Komatsu

  167
  Citations

• Recognition of floral homeotic MADS domain transcription factors by a phytoplasmal effector, phyllogen, induces phyllody

  Kensaku Maejima;Ryo Iwai;Misako Himeno;Ken Komatsu

  154
  Citations

• Viral-induced systemic necrosis in plants involves both programmed cell death and the inhibition of viral multiplication, which are regulated by independent pathways.

  Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Johji Ozeki;Yasuyuki Yamaji

  152
  Citations

• The phytoplasmal virulence factor TENGU causes plant sterility by downregulating of the jasmonic acid and auxin pathways

  Nami Minato;Misako Himeno;Ayaka Hoshi;Kensaku Maejima

  139
  Citations

• Molecular characterization of a novel mycovirus in Alternaria alternata manifesting two-sided effects: Down-regulation of host growth and up-regulation of host plant pathogenicity.

  Ryo Okada;Shun Ichinose;Kana Takeshita;Syun-ichi Urayama

  110
  Citations

• The alteration of plant morphology by small peptides released from the proteolytic processing of the bacterial peptide TENGU

  Kyoko Sugawara;Youhei Honma;Ken Komatsu;Misako Himeno

  109
  Citations

• Variability in the level of RNA silencing suppression caused by triple gene block protein 1 (TGBp1) from various potexviruses during infection

  Hiroko Senshu;Johji Ozeki;Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto

  99
  Citations

• In Planta Recognition of a Double-Stranded RNA Synthesis Protein Complex by a Potexviral RNA Silencing Suppressor

  Yukari Okano;Hiroko Senshu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Yutaro Neriya

  93
  Citations

• A single amino acid in the RNA-dependent RNA polymerase of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus contributes to systemic necrosis

  J. Ozeki;S. Takahashi;K. Komatsu;S. Kagiwada

  74
  Citations

• Significance of eukaryotic translation elongation factor 1A in tobacco mosaic virus infection

  Yasuyuki Yamaji;Keitaro Sakurai;Koji Hamada;Ken Komatsu

  74
  Citations

• A pair of effectors encoded on a conditionally dispensable chromosome of Fusarium oxysporum suppress host-specific immunity.

  Yu Ayukawa;Shuta Asai;Pamela Gan;Ayako Tsushima

  57
  Citations

• Chrysoviruses in Magnaporthe oryzae

  Unknown

  50
  Citations

• Efficient foreign gene expression in planta using a plantago asiatica mosaic virus-based vector achieved by the strong RNA-silencing suppressor activity of TGBp1

  Nami Minato;Ken Komatsu;Yukari Okano;Kensaku Maejima

  42
  Citations

• A necrosis-inducing elicitor domain encoded by both symptomatic and asymptomatic Plantago asiatica mosaic virus isolates, whose expression is modulated by virus replication.

  Ken Komatsu;Masayoshi Hashimoto;Kensaku Maejima;Takuya Shiraishi

  41
  Citations

• Novel loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assay with a universal QProbe can detect SNPs determining races in plant pathogenic fungi.

  Yu Ayukawa;Saeri Hanyuda;Naoko Fujita;Ken Komatsu

  39
  Citations

• New detection systems of bacteria using highly selective media designed by SMART: selective medium-design algorithm restricted by two constraints.

  Takeshi Kawanishi;Takuya Shiraishi;Yukari Okano;Kyoko Sugawara

  38
  Citations

• Fig mosaic emaravirus p4 protein is involved in cell-to-cell movement.

  Kazuya Ishikawa;Kensaku Maejima;Ken Komatsu;Osamu Netsu

  36
  Citations

• Nucleotide sequence analysis of seven Japanese isolates of Plantago asiatica mosaic virus (PlAMV): a unique potexvirus with significantly high genomic and biological variability within the species

  K. Komatsu;Y. Yamaji;J. Ozeki;M. Hashimoto

  35
  Citations