Masami Usui

Reverse‐genetic approach to verify physiological roles of rice phytoalexins: characterization of a knockdown mutant of <i><scp>OsCPS4</scp></i> phytoalexin biosynthetic gene in rice

Tomonobu Toyomasu, Masami Usui, Chizu Sugawara et al. · Physiologia Plantarum · 2013 · 81 citations

Plant Physiology, Engineering, Plant Defense Gene +17

Functional characterization of wheat copalyl diphosphate synthases sheds light on the early evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Yisheng Wu, Ke Zhou, Tomonobu Toyomasu et al. · Phytochemistry · 2012 · 66 citations

Biology, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +9

Functional characterization of wheat ent-kaurene(-like) synthases indicates continuing evolution of labdane-related diterpenoid metabolism in the cereals

Ke Zhou, Meimei Xu, Mollie S. Tiernan et al. · Phytochemistry · 2012 · 65 citations · Full text

Wheat Ent-kaurene, Biosynthesis, Biochemistry +6

Transcripts of two ent-copalyl diphosphate synthase genes differentially localize in rice plants according to their distinct biological roles

Tomonobu Toyomasu, Masami Usui, Chizu Sugawara et al. · Journal of Experimental Botany · 2014 · 36 citations · Full text

Cloning and Characterization of cDNAs Encoding<i>ent</i>-Copalyl Diphosphate Synthases in Wheat: Insight into the Evolution of Rice Phytoalexin Biosynthetic Genes

Tomonobu Toyomasu, Takuma Kagahara, Yuko Hirose et al. · Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry · 2009 · 31 citations · Full text

Plant Physiology, Engineering, Botany +17