2025

Ashida A, Ishikawa T, Takemoto D. (2025) First report of chocolate spot disease on broad bean (Vicia faba) caused by Botrytis fabiopsis in Japan, and the draft genome sequence of the pathogen. (Preprint) Research Square. [https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-6772122/v1]

Pring S, Kato H, Taniuchi K, Camagna M, Saito M, Tanaka A, Merritt BA, Argüello-Miranda O, Sato I, Chiba S, Takemoto D. (2025) Mixed DAMP/MAMP oligosaccharides promote both growth and defense against fungal pathogens of cucumber.  Plant Sci. 359: 112578.

2024

Tanaka R, Mitaka Y, Takemoto D, Sato MP, Kamikouchi A, Suzuki Y (2024) Switching escape strategies in the parasitic ant cricket Myrmecophilus tetramorii. Commun Biol. 7: 1714.

Miura A, Imano S, Ashida A, Sato I, Chiba S, Tanaka A, Camagna M and Takemoto D. (2024) Draft genome sequences of Epichloë bromicola strains isolated from Elymus ciliaris. Microbiol Resour Announc. 9: e0031724.

Landicho DM, Montañez RJM, Camagna M, Neang S, Bulasag AS, Magdaraog PM, Sato I, Takemoto D, Maejima K, Pinili MS and Chiba S. (2024) Status of cassava witches' broom disease in the Philippines and identification of potential pathogens by metagenomic analysis. Biology (Basel) 2024 13: 522.

Monjil MS, Kato H, Ota S, Matsuda K, Suzuki N, Tenhiro S, Tatsumi A, Pring S, Miura A, Camagna M, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Terauchi R, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K, Ojika M and Takemoto D. (2024) Two structurally different oomycete lipophilic microbe-associated molecular patterns induce distinctive plant immune responses. Plant Physiol. 2024 196: 479-494.

Bulasag AS, Ashida A, Miura A, Pring S, Kuroyanagi T, Camagna M, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2024) Botrytis cinerea detoxifies the sesquiterpenoid phytoalexin rishitin through multiple metabolizing pathways.  Fungal Genet. Biol. 172: 103895.  (bioRxiv 2024.03.08.584175.)

2023

Pring S, Kato H, Imano S, Camagna M, Tanaka A, Kimoto H,  Chen P, Shrotri A, Kobayashi H, Fukuoka A, Saito M, Suzuki T, Terauchi R, Sato I, Chiba S and Takemoto D (2023) Induction of plant disease resistance by mixed oligosaccharide elicitors prepared from plant cell wall and crustacean shells. Physiol Plant. 175: e14052.  (bioRxiv 2023.07.06.547984.)

Bulasag AS, Camagna M, Kuroyanagi T, Ashida A, Ito K, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2023) Botrytis cinereatolerates phytoalexins produced by Solanaceae and Fabaceae plants through an efflux transporter BcatrB and metabolizing enzymes. Front. Plant Sci. 14: 1177060.

Ashida A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Tanaka A and Takemoto D. (2023) Draft genome sequences of Neofusicoccum parvum strains isolated from mango and rice-paper plant (Tetrapanax papyrifer). Microbiol Resour Announc. 12: e0025923.

Ashida A, Takushi T, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S and Takemoto D (2023) Leaf blight of rice-paper plant, Tetrapanax papyrifer, caused by Neofusicoccum parvum: A potential source of stem rot diseases of mango and grape. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 89: 179–184.

2022

Kuroyanagi T, Bulasag AS, Fukushima K, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Botrytis cinerea identifies host plants via the recognition of antifungal capsidiol to induce expression of a specific detoxification gene. PNAS Nexus 1: pgac274.

Bulasag A, Camagna M,Fukushima K, Kuroyanagi T, Ashida A, Ito K, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Functional characterization of Botrytis cinerea ABC transporter gene BcatrB in response to phytoalexins produced in plants belonging to families Solanaceae, Brassicaceae and Fabaceae. bioRxiv 2022.11.07.515369.

Kato F, Ando Y, Tanaka A, Suzuki T, Takemoto D and Ojika M (2023) Synthesis of aglycones, structure-activity relationships, and mode of action of lycosides as inhibitors of the asexual reproduction of Phytophthora. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 87: 208-216.

Kato F, Ando Y, Tanaka A, Suzuki T, Takemoto D and Ojika M (2022) Inhibitors of asexual reproduction of the plant pathogen Phytophthora from tomato juice: Structure-activity relationships and transcriptome analysis. J Agric Food Chem 70: 12878-12884.

Quenu M, Treindl AD, Lee K, Takemoto D, Thünen T, Ashrafi S, Winter D, Ganley ARD, Leuchtmann A, Young CA and Cox MP (2022) Telomere-to-telomere genome sequences across a single genus reveal highly variable chromosome rearrangement rates but absolute stasis of chromosome number. J. Fungi 8: 670.

Kato H, Nemoto K, Shimizu M, Abe A, Asai S, Ishihama N, Matsuoka S, Daimon T, Ojika M, Kawakita K, Onai K, Shirasu K, Yoshida M, Ishiura M, Takemoto D, Takano Y and Terauchi R (2022) Recognition of pathogen-derived sphingolipids in Arabidopsis. Science 376: 857-860.

Kuroyanagi T, Bulasag A, Fukushima K, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Camagna M, Sato I, Chiba S, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) Botrytis cinerea identifies host plants via the recognition of antifungal capsidiol to induce expression of a specific detoxification gene. bioRxiv 2022.05.11.490027.

Tanaka A, Takemoto D, Sato I, Chiba S, Gavrilova O and Gagkaeva T (2022) Draft genome sequences of prototrophic and biotin-auxotrophic Fusarium langsethiae strains isolated from an oat grain in the northern region of Russia. Microbiol Resour Announc. 11:e0125021.

Imano S, Fushimi M, Camagna M, Tsuyama-Koike A, Mori H, Ashida A, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2022) AP2/ERF transcription factor NbERF-IX-33 is involved in the regulation of phytoalexin production for the resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to Phytophthora infestans. Front Plant Sci. 12: 821574. (BioRxiv 2021.11.30.468885.)

Chou C, Hadi BA, Chiba S, Sato I, Choi IR and Tanaka T (2022) An entomopathogenic fungus and a natural extract benefit rice (Oryza sativa) by suppressing populations of insect pests while keeping high populations of their natural enemies. Biological Control 165: 104793.

Tanaka A, Ryder M, Suzuki T, Uesaka K, Yamaguchi N, Amimoto T, Otani M, Nakayachi O, Arakawa K, Tanaka N, and Takemoto D (2022) Production of agrocinopine A by Ipomoea batatas agrocinopine synthase in transgenic tobacco and its effect on the rhizosphere microbial community. Mol. Plant Microbe Interact. 35: 73-84.

2021

Nakagami R, Chiba S, Yoshida N, Senoo Y, Iketani-Saito M, Iketani S, Kondo H and Tamada T. (2021) Epidemic progress of beet necrotic yellow vein virus: Evidence from an investigation in Japan spanning half a century. Plant Pathol. 71:715-728.

Neang S, Bincader S, Rangsuwan S, Keawmanee P, Rin S, Salaipeth L, Das S, Kondo H, Suzuki N, Sato I, Takemoto D, Rattanakreetakul C, Pongpisutta R, Arakawa M and Chiba S (2021) Omnipresence of partitiviruses in rice aggregate sheath spot symptom-associated fungal isolates from paddies in Thailand. Viruses 13:2269.

Monjil MS, Kato H, Matsuda K, Suzuki N, Tenhiro S, Camagna M, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Terauchi R, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K, Ojika M and Takemoto D. (2021)

Two structurally different oomycete MAMPs induce distinctive plant immune responses. BioRxiv, 2021.10.22.465218.

Kato H, Nemoto K, Shimizu M, Abe A, Asai S, Ishihama N, Daimon T, Ojika M, Kawakita K., Onai K, Shirasu K, Ishiura M, Takemoto D, Takano Y and Terauchi R (2021)

Pathogen-derived 9-methyl sphingoid base is perceived by a lectin receptor kinase in Arabidopsis. BioRxiv, 2021.10.18.464766.

Kimura S, Shibata Y, Oi T, Kawakita K and Takemoto D. (2021)

Effect of flutianil on the morphology and gene expression of powdery mildew. J. Pestic. Sci. 46: 206-213.

Ong S, Jonson GB, Calassanzio M, Rin S, Chou C, Oi T and Chiba S. (2021)

Geographic Distribution, Genetic Variability and Biological Properties of Rice Orange Leaf Phytoplasma in Southeast Asia. Pathogens 10(2): 169.

Mizutani Y, Uesaka K, Ota A, Calassanzio M, Ratti C, Suzuki T, Fujimori F and Chiba S.  (2021) De novo Sequencing of Novel Mycoviruses From Fusarium sambucinum: An Attempt on Direct RNA Sequencing of Viral dsRNAs. Front Microbiol. 2021 12: 641484.

Katayama T, Bayram Ö, Mo T, Karahoda B, Valerius O, Takemoto D, Braus GH, Kitamoto K and Maruyama JI. (2021) Novel Fus3- and Ste12-interacting protein FsiA activates cell fusion-related genes in both Ste12-dependent and -independent manners in Ascomycete filamentous fungi. Mol. Microbiol. 115: 723-738.

Shahi S, Chiba S, Kondo H and Suzuki N. (2021)

Cryphonectria nitschkei chrysovirus 1 with unique molecular features and a very narrow host range. Virology 554: 55-65.

Tamada T, Uchino H, Kusume T, Iketani-Saito M, Chiba S, Andika IB and Kondo H. (2021)

Pathogenetic roles of beet necrotic yellow vein virus RNA5 in the exacerbation of symptoms and yield reduction, development of scab-like symptoms, and Rz1-resistance breaking in sugar beet. Plant Pathol. 70: 219-232.

2020

Jonson GB, Matres JM, Ong S, Tanaka T, Choi IR and Chiba S. (2020)

Reemerging rice orange leaf phytoplasma with varying symptoms expressions and its transmission by a new leafhopper vector—Nephotettix virescens distant. Pathogens 9: 990.

Tanaka A, Kamiya S, Ozaki Y, Kameoka S, Kayano Y, Saikia S, Akano F, Uemura A, Takagi H, Terauchi R, Maruyama JI, Hammadeh HH, Fleissner A, Scott B and Takemoto D. (2020) 

A nuclear protein NsiA from Epichloë festucae interacts with a MAP kinase MpkB and regulates the expression of genes required for symbiotic infection and hyphal cell fusion. Mol Microbiol. 114: 626-640.

Morimura H, Ito M, Yoshida S, Koitabashi M, Tsushima S, Camagna M, Chiba S, Takemoto D, Kawakita K and Sato, I  (2020) In vitro assessment of biocontrol effects on Fusarium head blight and deoxynivalenol (DON) accumulation by DON-degrading bacteria. Toxins 12: 399.

Rin S, Imano S, Camagna M, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K and Takemoto D (2020)

Expression profiles of genes for enzymes involved in capsidiol production in Nicotiana benthamiana.

J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 86: 340-349.

Ichinose Y, Nishimura T, Harada M, Kashiwagi R, Yamamoto M, Noutoshi Y, Toyoda K, Taguchi F, Takemoto D, and Matsui H (2020) Role of two sets of RND-type multidrug efflux pump transporter genes, mexAB-oprM and mexEF-oprN, in virulence of Pseudomonas syringae pv. tabaci 6605. Plant Pathol. J. 36: 148-156.

Shinjo R, Tanaka A, Sugiura D, Suzuki T, Uesaka K, Takebayashi Y, Kojima M, Sakakibara H, Takemoto D and Kondo M  (2020) Comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms underlying enhanced growth and root N acquisition in rice by the endophytic diazotroph, Burkholderia vietnamiensis RS1. Plant Soil  450: 537–555.

Purev E, Kondo T, Takemoto D, Niones JT and Ojika M (2020) Identification of ε-poly-L-lysine as an antimicrobial product from an Epichloë endophyte and isolation of fungal ε-PL synthetase gene. Molecules 25: 1032.

Camagna M, Ojika M and Takemoto D (2020)

Detoxification of the solanaceous phytoalexins rishitin, lubimin, oxylubimin and solavetivone via a cytochrome P450 oxygenase. Plant Signal Behav. 15: 1707348.

2019

Kojima T, Asakura N, Hasegawa S, Hirasawa T, Mizuno Y, Takemoto D and Katou S (2019) Transcriptional induction of capsidiol synthesis genes by wounding can promote pathogen signal-induced capsidiol synthesis. BMC Plant Biol. 19: 576.

Chou C, Castilla N, Hadi B, Tanaka T, Chiba S, Sato I (2019)

Rice blast management in Cambodian rice fields using Trichoderma harzianum and a resistant variety. Crop Prot. in press.

Lin YH, Fujita M, Chiba S, Hyodo K, Andika IB, Suzuki N, Kondo H (2019)

Two novel fungal negative-strand RNA viruses related to mymonaviruses and phenuiviruses in the shiitake mushroom (Lentinula edodes). Virology 533: 125-136.

Mizuno Y, Imano S, Camagna M, Suzuki T, Tanaka A, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K and Takemoto D. (2019)

Nicotiana benthamiana exportin 1 is required for elicitor‑induced phytoalexin production, cell death induction, and resistance against potato late blight pathogen Phytophthora infestans.  J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 85: 347-355.

Mizuno Y, Ohtsu M, Shibata Y, Tanaka A, Camagna M, Ojika M, Mori H, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K and Takemoto D. (2019)

Nicotiana benthamiana RanBP1-1 is involved in the induction of disease resistance via regulation of nuclear-cytoplasmic transport of small GTPase Ran.  Front. Plant Sci. 10: 222. 

Kondo H, Chiba S, Maruyama K, Andika IB, Suzuki N. (2019)

A novel insect-infecting virga/nege-like virus group and its pervasive endogenization into insect genomes. Virus Res. 262: 37-47.

2018

Chiba S, Castón JR, Ghabrial SA, Suzuki N, Ictv Report Consortium. (2018)

ICTV Virus Taxonomy Profile: Quadriviridae. J. Gen. Virol. 99: 1480-1481.

Mizutani Y, Abraham A, Uesaka K, Kondo H, Suga H, Suzuki N, Chiba S. (2018)

Novel mitoviruses and a unique tymo-like virus in hypovirulent and virulent strains of the Fusarium head blight fungus, Fusarium boothii. Viruses 10: 584.

Chiba S, Jamal A, Suzuki N. (2018)

First evidence for internal ribosomal entry sites in diverse fungal virus genomes. mBio 9: e02350-17.

Kayano Y, Tanaka A, Takemoto D. (2018)

Two closely related Rho GTPases, Cdc42 and RacA, of the en-dophytic fungus Epichloë festucae have contrasting roles for ROS production and symbiotic infection synchronized with the host plant. PLOS Pathog 14: e1006840.

2017

Ngin C, Suon S, Tanaka T, Yamauchi A, Kawakita K, Chiba S. (2017)

Impact of insecticide applications on arthropod predators and plant feeders in Cambodian rice fields. Phytobiomes 1:  128-137.

Ngin C, Suon S, Tanaka T, Yamauchi A, Kawakita K, Chiba S. (2017)

Effects of mechanical defoliation and detillering at different growth stages on rice yield in dry season in Cambodia. Int J Agric Environ Res. 3:  3452-3470.

Rin S, Mizuno Y, Shibata Y, Fushimi M, Katou S, Sato I, Chiba S, Kawakita K, Takemoto D. (2017)

EIN2-mediated signaling is involved in pre-invasion defense in Nicotiana benthamiana against potato late blight pathogen, Phytophthora infestans.  Plant Signal Behav. 12:e1300733.

Green KA, Becker Y, Tanaka A, Takemoto D, Fitzsimons HL, Seiler S, Lalucque H, Silar P, Scott B. (2017)

SymB and SymC, two membrane associated proteins, are required for Epichloë festucae hyphal cell-cell fusion and maintenance of a mutualistic interaction with Lolium perenne. Mol Microbiol. 103: 657-677.

Chhay N, Seng S, Tanaka T, Yamauchi A, Cedicol EC, Kawakita K, Chiba S. (2017)

Rice productivity improvement in Cambodia through the application of technical recommendation in a farmer field school. Int J Agric Sustain. 15: 54-69.

2016

Chiba S, Lin YH, Kondo H, Kanematsu S, Suzuki N. (2016)

A novel betapartitivirus RnPV6 from Rosellinia necatrix tolerates host RNA silencing but is interfered by its defective RNAs. Virus Res. 219: 62-72.

Shibata Y, Ojika M, Sugiyama A, Yazaki K, Jones DA, Kawakita K, Takemoto D. (2016)

The full-size ABCG transporters Nb-ABCG1 and Nb-ABCG2 function in pre- and post-invasion defense against Phytophthora infestans in Nicotiana benthamiana. Plant Cell 28: 1163-1181.

Kondo H, Hisano S, Chiba S, Maruyama K, Andika IB, Toyoda K, Fujimori F, Suzuki N. (2016) 

Sequence and phylogenetic analyses of novel totivirus-like double-stranded RNAs from field-collected powdery mildew fungi. Virus Res. 213: 353-64.

2015

Chiba S, Suzuki N. (2015)

Highly  activated RNA silencing via strong induction of dicer by one virus can  interfere with the replication of an unrelated virus. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 112: E4911-4918.

Matsushita Y, Yamamura K, Morimoto S, Bao Z, Kurose D, Sato I, Yoshida S, Tsushima S. (2015)

Analysis of variations in band positions for normalization in across-gel denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. J Microbiol Methods. 112: 11-20.

Niones JT, Takemoto D. (2015)

VibA,  a homologue of a transcription factor for fungal heterokaryon  incompatibility, is involved in antifungal compound production in the  plant-symbiotic fungus Epichloë festucae. Eukaryot Cell 14: 13-24.

Sbaihat L, Takeyama K, Koga T, Takemoto D, Kawakita K. (2015)

Induced resistance in Solanum lycopersicum by algal elicitor extracted from Sargassum fusiforme. Sci World J. 2015: 870520.

Monjil MS, Nozawa T, Shibata Y, Takemoto D, Ojika M, Kawakita K. (2015)

Methanol extract of mycelia from Phytophthora infestans-induced resistance in potato. C. R. Biol. 338: 185-96.

2014

Sato I, Yoshida S, Iwamoto Y, Aino M, Hyakumachi M, Shimizu M, Takahashi H, Ando S, Tsushima S. (2014)

Suppressive  potential of Paenibacillus strains isolated from the tomato  phyllosphere against fusarium crown and root rot of tomato. Microbes Environ. 29: 168-177.

Ohtsu M., Shibata Y., Ojika M., Tamura K., Hara-Nishimura I., Mori H, Kawakita K. and Takemoto D. (2014)

Nucleoporin 75 is involved in the ethylene-mediated production of phytoalexin for the resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana to Phytophthora infestans. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 27: 1318-1330.

Kondo H, Maruyama K, Chiba S, Andika IB, Suzuki N. (2014)

Transcriptional mapping of the messenger and leader RNAs of orchid fleck virus, a bisegmented negative-strand RNA virus. Virology 452-453:166-174.

Niones J.T. and Takemoto D. (2014)

An isolate of Epichloë festucae, an endophytic fungus of temperate grasses, shows growth inhibitory activity to selective grass pathogens. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 80: 337-347.

Sbaihat L. Takemoto D. and Kawakita K. (2014)

The water extract of Saragassum fusiforme is a potential elicitor of induced resistance in Solanum lycopersicum but not in Nicotiana benthamiana. Internat. J. Biosci. Biotech. 2: 11-19.

Monjil M.S., Takemoto D. and Kawakita K. (2014)

Defense induced by a bis-aryl methanone compound leads to resistance in potato against Phytophthora infestans. J. Gen. Plant Pathol. 80: 38-49.

Zhang R., Liu S., Chiba S., Kondo H., Kanematsu S. and Suzuki N. (2014)

A novel single-stranded RNA virus isolated from a phytopathogenic filamentous fungus, Rosellinia necatrix, with similarity to hypo-like viruses. Front. Microbiol. 5: 360.

Salaipeth L., Chiba S., Eusebio-Cope A., Kanematsu S. and Suzuki N. (2014)

Biological properties and expression strategy of Rosellinia necatrix megabirnavirus 1 analyzed in an experimental host, Cryphonectria parasitica. J. Gen. Virol. 95: 740-750.

Tanaka A, Cartwright GM, Saikia S, Kayano Y, Takemoto D, Kato M, Tsuge T, Scott B. (2014)

ProA, a transcriptional regulator of fungal fruiting body development, regulates leaf hyphal network development in the Epichloë festucae-Lolium perenne symbiosis. Mol. Microbiol. 90: 551-568.

2013

Kayano Y., Tanaka A., Akano F., Scott B. and Takemoto D. (2013)

Differential  roles of NADPH oxidases and associated regulators in polarized growth,  conidiation and hyphal fusion in the symbiotic fungus Epichloë festucae. Fungal Genet. Biol. 56: 87-97.

Matsukawa M., Shibata Y., Ohtsu M., Mizutani A., Mori H., Wang P., Ojika M., Kawakita K., Takemoto D. (2013)

Nicotiana benthamiana Calreticulin 3a is required for the ethylene-mediated production of  phytoalexins and disease resistance against oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 26: 880-892.

Monjil MS, Shibata Y, Takemoto D, Kawakita K. (2013)

Bis-aryl methanone compound is a candidate of nitric oxide producing elicitor and induces resistance in Nicotiana benthamiana against Phytophthora infestans. Nitric Oxide. 29: 34-45.

Kato H., Takemoto D. and Kawakita K. (2013)

Proteomic analysis of S-nitrosylated proteins in potato plant. Physiol Plant. 148: 371-386.

岩本豊, 松浦克成, 佐藤育男, 吉田重信, 對馬誠也, 相野公孝 (2013)

Paenibacillus属細菌のトマト根腐萎凋病に対するほ場における防除効果. 関西病虫研報 55: 67-69.

Ito, M., Sato, I., Ishizaka, M., Yoshida, S., Koitabashi, M., Yoshida, S. and Tsushima, S. (2013)

A bacterial cytochrome P450 system catabolizing the Fusarium toxin deoxynivalenol. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 79: 1619-1628.

Chiba S., Lin Y.H., Kondo H., Kanematsu S. and Suzuki N. (2013)

Effects of defective-interfering RNA on symptom induction and replication of a novel partitivirus from a phytopathogenic fungus Rosellinia necatrix. J. Virol. 87: 2330-2341.

Chiba S., Lin, Y.H., Kondo H., Kanematsu S. and Suzuki N. (2013)

A novel victorivirus from a phytopathogenic fungus, Rosellinia necatrix is infectious as particles and targeted by RNA silencing. J. Virol. 87: 6727-6738.

Kondo H., Chiba S., Andika I.B., Maruyama K., Tamada T. and Suzuki N. (2013)

Orchid fleck virus structural proteins N and P form intranuclear viroplasm-like structures in the absence of viral infection. J. Virol. 87: 7423-7434.

Kondo H., Maeda T., Gara I.W., ChibaS., Maruyama K., TamadaT. and SuzukiN. (2013)

Complete genome sequence of Habenaria mosaic virus, a new potyvirus species infecting a terrestrial orchid (Habenaria radiata) in Japan. Arch. Virol. 159:163-166.

Kondo H., Hirano S., Chiba S., Andika I.B., Hirai M., Maeda T. and Tamada T. (2013)

Characterization  of burdock mottle virus, a novel member of the genus Benyvirus, and the  identification of benyvirus-related sequences in the plant and insect  genomes. Virus Res. 177: 75-86.

Kondo H., Chiba S., Toyoda K. and Suzuki N. (2013)

Evidence for negative-strand RNA virus infection in fungi. Virology 435: 201-209.

Chiba S., Hleibieh K., Delbianco A., Klein E., Ratti C., Ziegler-Graff V., Bouzoubaa S. and Gilmer D. (2013)

The  benyvirus RNA silencing suppressor is essential for long-distance  movement, requires both Zn-finger and NoLS basic residues but not a  nucleolar localization for its silencing suppression activity. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 26: 168-181.

2012

Saikia S., Takemoto D., Tapper B.A, Lane G.A., Fraser K. and Scott B. (2012)

Functional analysis of an indole-diterpene gene cluster for lolitrem B biosynthesis in the grass endosymbiont Epichloë festucae. FEBS Lett. 586: 2563-2569.

Ito H., Ochiai M., Kato H., Shiratake K., Takemoto D., Otagaki S. and Matsumoto S. (2012)

Rose phytoene desaturase gene silencing by apple latent spherical virus vectors. Hortscience 47: 1278-1282.

Sato, I., Ito, M., Ishizaka, M., Ikunaga, Y., Sato, Y., Yoshida, S., Koitabashi, M. and Tsushima, S. (2012)

Thirteen novel deoxynivalenol-degrading bacteria are classified within two genera with distinct degradation mechanisms. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 327: 110-117.

Ito, M., Sato, I., Koitabashi, M., Yoshida, S., Imai, M. and Tsushima, S. (2012)

A  novel actinomycete derived from wheat heads degrades deoxynivalenol in  the grain of wheat and barley affected by Fusarium head blight. Appl. Microbiol. Biotechnol. 96: 1059-1070.

Takemoto D, Rafiqi M, Hurley U, Lawrence GJ, Bernoux M, Hardham AR, Ellis JG, Dodds PN and Jones DA (2012)

N-Terminal  motifs in some plant disease resistance proteins function in membrane  attachment and contribute to disease resistance. Mol. Plant-Microbe Interact. 25: 379-392.

Lin Y.-H., Chiba S., Tani A., Kondo H., Sasaki A., Kanematsu S. and Suzuk N. (2012)

A novel quadripartite dsRNA virus isolated from a phytopathogenic filamentous fungus, Rosellinia necatrix. Virology 426: 42-50.

2011

Takemoto D., Kamakura S., Saikia S., Becker Y., Wrenn R., Tanaka A., Sumimoto H. and Scott B. (2011)

Polarity proteins Bem1 and Cdc24 are components of the filamentous fungal NADPH oxidase complex. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. 108: 2861-2866.

Shibata Y., Kawakita K. and Takemoto D. (2011)

SGT1 and HSP90 are essential for age-related non-host resistance of Nicotiana benthamiana against the oomycete pathogen Phytophthora infestans. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 75: 120-128.

Sato, I., Shimatani, K., Fujita, K., Abe, T., Shimizu, M., Fujii, T., Hoshino, T. and Takaya, N. (2011)

Glutathione reductase/glutathione is responsible for cytotoxic elemental sulfur tolerance via polysulfide shuttle in fungi. J. Biol. Chem. 286: 20283-20291.

Ikunaga,  Y., Sato, I., Grond, S., Numaziri, N., Yoshida, S., Yamaya, H.,  Hiradate, S., Hasegawa, M., Toshima, H., Koitabashi, M., Ito, M.,  Karlovsky, P. and Tsushima, S. (2011)

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