Hiroshi Otani

Breaking Down Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: The Conversion of Lignocellulose to Vanillin in a Gene Deletion Mutant of <i>Rhodococcus jostii</i> RHA1

Paul D. Sainsbury, Elizabeth M. Hardiman, Mark Ahmad et al. · ACS Chemical Biology · 2013 · 276 citations

Biosynthesis, Engineering, Biotransformation +15

Cloning and Characterization of a Cyclic Peptide Synthetase Gene from <i>Alternaria alternata</i> Apple Pathotype Whose Product Is Involved in AM-Toxin Synthesis and Pathogenicity

Richard D. Johnson, Linda J. Johnson, Yasuo Itoh et al. · Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions · 2000 · 176 citations · Full text

Horizontal Chromosome Transfer, a Mechanism for the Evolution and Differentiation of a Plant-Pathogenic Fungus

Yasunori Akagi, Hajime Akamatsu, Hiroshi Otani et al. · Eukaryotic Cell · 2009 · 154 citations · Full text

Plant Genetics, Genetics, Plant Pathology +16

CRAGE enables rapid activation of biosynthetic gene clusters in undomesticated bacteria

Gaoyan Wang, Zhiying Zhao, Ke Jing et al. · Nature Microbiology · 2019 · 148 citations · Full text

Undomesticated Bacteria, Rapid Activation, Biosynthesis +7

MIBiG 4.0: advancing biosynthetic gene cluster curation through global collaboration

Mitja M. Zdouc, Kai Blin, Nico L L Louwen et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2024 · 147 citations · Full text

Engineering, Genetics, Molecular Biology +20