Takuya Nihira

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• A complex role for the γ‐butyrolactone SCB1 in regulating antibiotic production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

  Eriko Takano;Rekha Chakraburtty;Takuya Nihira;Yashuhiro Yamada

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• Virginiae Butanolide Binding Protein from Streptomyces virginiae EVIDENCE THAT VbrA IS NOT THE VIRGINIAE BUTANOLIDE BINDING PROTEIN AND REIDENTIFICATION OF THE TRUE BINDING PROTEIN

  Susumu Okamoto;Kenji Nakamura;Takuya Nihira;Yasuhiro Yamada

  237
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• A bacterial hormone (the SCB1) directly controls the expression of a pathway-specific regulatory gene in the cryptic type I polyketide biosynthetic gene cluster of Streptomyces coelicolor

  Eriko Takano;Hiroshi Kinoshita;Vassilis Mersinias;Giselda Bucca

  226
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• Purification and Structural Determination of SCB1, a γ-Butyrolactone That Elicits Antibiotic Production in Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

  Eriko Takano;Takuya Nihira;Yoshitaka Hara;Jo J. Jones

  218
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• Application of immobilized lipase to hydrolysis of triacylglyceride

  Yoshiharu Kimura;Atsuo Tanaka;Kenji Sonomoto;Takuya Nihira

  209
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• Polyketide synthase gene responsible for citrinin biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus.

  Takeo Shimizu;Hiroshi Kinoshita;Shinji Ishihara;Kanae Sakai

  197
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• Avenolide, a Streptomyces hormone controlling antibiotic production in Streptomyces avermitilis

  Shigeru Kitani;Kiyoko T. Miyamoto;Satoshi Takamatsu;Elisa Herawati

  184
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• Cloning and characterization of the A-factor receptor gene from Streptomyces griseus.

  H. Onaka;N. Ando;T. Nihira;Yasuhiro Yamada

  181
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• Characterization of biosynthetic gene cluster for the production of virginiamycin M, a streptogramin type A antibiotic, in Streptomyces virginiae.

  Nattika Pulsawat;Shigeru Kitani;Takuya Nihira;Takuya Nihira

  139
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• Characterization of a regulatory gene, aveR, for the biosynthesis of avermectin in Streptomyces avermitilis.

  Shigeru Kitani;Haruo Ikeda;Takako Sakamoto;Satoru Noguchi

  129
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• Isolation and structure of a new butyrolactone autoregulator from Streptomyces sp. FRI-5

  Katsuhiko Sato;Takuya Nihira;Shohei Sakuda;Masakatsu Yanagimoto

  124
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• Butyrolactone autoregulator receptor protein (BarA) as a transcriptional regulator in Streptomyces virginiae.

  Hiroshi Kinoshita;Hiroomi Ipposhi;Susumu Okamoto;Hiroko Nakano

  123
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• Identification and in vivo functional analysis by gene disruption of ctnA, an activator gene involved in citrinin biosynthesis in Monascus purpureus.

  Takeo Shimizu;Hiroshi Kinoshita;Takuya Nihira;Takuya Nihira

  114
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• New virginiae butanolides from Streptomyces virginiae.

  Koichi Kondo;Yutaka Higuchi;Shohei Sakuda;Takuya Nihira

  109
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• Purification, characterization, and molecular cloning of lactonizing lipase from Pseudomonas species.

  F. Ihara;Y. Kageyama;M. Hirata;T. Nihira

  104
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• Identification of an AfsA homologue (BarX) from Streptomyces virginiae as a pleiotropic regulator controlling autoregulator biosynthesis, virginiamycin biosynthesis and virginiamycin M1 resistance.

  Ryu Kawachi;Takahiro Akashi;Yuka Kamitani;Arleen Sy

  101
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• Structure-activity relationships of virginiae butanolide C, an inducer of virginiamycin production in Streptomyces virginiae.

  Takuya Nihira;Yoshihiro Shimizu;Hyun Soo Kim;Yasuhiro Yamada

  98
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• Construction of a citrinin gene cluster expression system in heterologous Aspergillus oryzae.

  Kanae Sakai;Hiroshi Kinoshita;Takeo Shimizu;Takuya Nihira;Takuya Nihira

  97
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• Gene Replacement Analysis of the Streptomyces virginiae barA Gene Encoding the Butyrolactone Autoregulator Receptor Reveals that BarA Acts as a Repressor in Virginiamycin Biosynthesis

  Hiroko Nakano;Emio Takehara;Takuya Nihira;Yasuhiro Yamada

  97
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• Identification of binding protein of virginiae butanolide C, an autoregulator in virginiamycin production, from Streptomyces virginiae.

  Hyun Soo Kim;Takuya Nihira;Hideaki Tada;Masakatsu Yanagimoto

  93
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