Takeshi Ohtani

Structure and functional analysis of a marine bacterial carotenoid biosynthesis gene cluster and astaxanthin biosynthetic pathway proposed at the gene level

Norihiko Misawa, Y. Satomi, Keiji Kondô et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1995 · 452 citations · Full text

Engineering, Cyanobacteria, Functional Analysis +18

Low-temperature resistance of higher plants is significantly enhanced by a nonspecific cyanobacterial desaturase

O. Ishizaki-Nishizawa, Toshio Fujii, Mizue Azuma et al. · Nature Biotechnology · 1996 · 167 citations

Biology, Plant Biology, Plant-abiotic Interaction +9

Isolation and functional identification of a novel cDNA for astaxanthin biosynthesis from Haematococcus pluvialis, and astaxanthin synthesis in Escherichia coli

Susumu Kajiwara, Toshihide Kakizono, Toshiko Saito et al. · Plant Molecular Biology · 1995 · 162 citations

Biosynthesis, Astaxanthin Biosynthesis, Engineering +10

Activation of anthocyanin synthesis genes by white light in eggplant hypocotyl tissues, and identification of an inducible P-450 cDNA

Toshihiro Toguri, Naoyuki Umemoto, Osamu Kobayashi et al. · Plant Molecular Biology · 1993 · 98 citations

Biology, Biosynthesis, Engineering +12

Molecular cloning and analysis of the dominant flocculation geneFLO8 fromSaccharomyces cerevisiae

Osamu Kobayashi, Hisako Suda, Takeshi Ohtani et al. · Molecular and General Genetics MGG · 1996 · 94 citations

Genetics, Yeast, Molecular Genetics +4