Yoshitaka Takano

Yoshitaka Takano publication distribution in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Yoshitaka Takano D-index placement in Plant Science and Agronomy in 2026

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Best Publications

• Lifestyle transitions in plant pathogenic Colletotrichum fungi deciphered by genome and transcriptome analyses

  Richard J. O'Connell;Michael R. Thon;Stéphane Hacquard;Stefan G. Amyotte

  1118
  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

• Comparative genomic and transcriptomic analyses reveal the hemibiotrophic stage shift of Colletotrichum fungi

  Pamela Gan;Kyoko Ikeda;Hiroki Irieda;Mari Narusaka

  413
  Citations

• The Colletotrichum lagenarium MAP Kinase Gene CMK1 Regulates Diverse Aspects of Fungal Pathogenesis

  Yoshitaka Takano;Taisei Kikuchi;Yasuyuki Kubo;John E. Hamer

  328
  Citations

• Regulation of sugar transporter activity for antibacterial defense in Arabidopsis

  Kohji Yamada;Kohji Yamada;Yusuke Saijo;Yusuke Saijo;Hirofumi Nakagami;Yoshitaka Takano

  281
  Citations

• Fungicide activity through activation of a fungal signalling pathway.

  Kaihei Kojima;Yoshitaka Takano;Akira Yoshimi;Chihiro Tanaka

  280
  Citations

• STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS OF PKS1, A POLYKETIDE SYNTHASE GENE INVOLVED IN MELANIN BIOSYNTHESIS IN COLLETOTRICHUM LAGENARIUM

  Yoshitaka Takano;Yasuyuki Kubo;Kiminori Shimizu;Kazuyuki Mise

  271
  Citations

• Novel fungal transcriptional activators, Cmr1p of Colletotrichum lagenarium and pig1p of Magnaporthe grisea, contain Cys2His2 zinc finger and Zn(II)2Cys6 binuclear cluster DNA-binding motifs and regulate transcription of melanin biosynthesis genes in a developmentally specific manner.

  Gento Tsuji;Youki Kenmochi;Yoshitaka Takano;James Sweigard

  229
  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

• Nonhost Resistance in Arabidopsis-Colletotrichum Interactions Acts at the Cell Periphery and Requires Actin Filament Function

  Chiyumi Shimada;Volker Lipka;Richard O'Connell;Tetsuro Okuno

  189
  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

• The Arabidopsis PEPR pathway couples local and systemic plant immunity.

  Annegret Ross;Kohji Yamada;Kei Hiruma;Kei Hiruma;Misuzu Yamashita-Yamada

  163
  Citations

• Cloning and structural analysis of the melanin biosynthesis gene SCD1 encoding scytalone dehydratase in Colletotrichum lagenarium.

  Y Kubo;Y Takano;N Endo;N Yasuda

  163
  Citations

• Group III histidine kinase is a positive regulator of Hog1-type mitogen-activated protein kinase in filamentous fungi.

  Akira Yoshimi;Kaihei Kojima;Yoshitaka Takano;Chihiro Tanaka

  162
  Citations

• Leaf Oil Body Functions as a Subcellular Factory for the Production of a Phytoalexin in Arabidopsis

  Takashi L. Shimada;Yoshitaka Takano;Tomoo Shimada;Masayuki Fujiwara

  143
  Citations

• Glutathione and tryptophan metabolism are required for Arabidopsis immunity during the hypersensitive response to hemibiotrophs

  Kei Hiruma;Satoshi Fukunaga;Paweł Bednarek;Mariola Piślewska-Bednarek

  136
  Citations

• Interfamily Transfer of Dual NB-LRR Genes Confers Resistance to Multiple Pathogens

  Mari Narusaka;Yasuyuki Kubo;Katsunori Hatakeyama;Jun Imamura

  133
  Citations

• The Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase Gene MAF1 Is Essential for the Early Differentiation Phase of Appressorium Formation in Colletotrichum lagenarium

  Kaihei Kojima;Taisei Kikuchi;Yoshitaka Takano;Eriko Oshiro

  132
  Citations

• cAMP-pKA signaling regulates multiple steps of fungal infection cooperatively with Cmk1 MAP kinase in Colletotrichum lagenarium.

  Junko Yamauchi;Naoyuki Takayanagi;Kenichi Komeda;Yoshitaka Takano

  126
  Citations

• Proper Regulation of Cyclic AMP-Dependent Protein Kinase Is Required for Growth, Conidiation, and Appressorium Function in the Anthracnose Fungus Colletotrichum lagenarium

  Yoshitaka Takano;Kenichi Komeda;Kaihei Kojima;Tetsuro Okuno

  125
  Citations