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Chikara Hirayama

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Active since

1958

Affiliations

Institute of Agrobiological Sciences(Current)

Westinghouse Electric (United States)

Institute of Vegetable and Floriculture Science

Food Research Institute

National Agriculture and Food Research Organization

Chikara Hirayama is an author at Institute of Agrobiological Sciences specializing in biology, engineering, and natural sciences.

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Publications per year

1958–2024

50

Publications

50

Papain protects papaya trees from herbivorous insects: role of cysteine proteases in latex

Kotaro Konno, Chikara Hirayama, Masatoshi Nakamura et al. · The Plant Journal · 2004 · 371 citations

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Enzymatic activation of oleuropein: A protein crosslinker used as a chemical defense in the privet tree

Kotaro Konno, Chikara Hirayama, Hiroe Yasui et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1999 · 223 citations

Mulberry latex rich in antidiabetic sugar-mimic alkaloids forces dieting on caterpillars

Kotaro Konno, Hiroshi Ono, Masatoshi Nakamura et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2006 · 168 citations · Full text

The silkworm <i>Green b</i> locus encodes a quercetin 5- <i>O</i> -glucosyltransferase that produces green cocoons with UV-shielding properties

Takaaki Daimon, Chikara Hirayama, Masatoshi Kanai et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2010 · 128 citations · Full text

Differential effects of sugar-mimic alkaloids in mulberry latex on sugar metabolism and disaccharidases of Eri and domesticated silkworms: Enzymatic adaptation of Bombyx mori to mulberry defense

Chikara Hirayama, Kotaro Konno, Naoya Wasano et al. · Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 2007 · 96 citations

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