Malassezia nana sp. nov., a novel lipid-dependent yeast species isolated from animals

Asuka Hirai, Rui Kano, Koichi Makimura, +5

INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC AND EVOLUTIONARY MICROBIOLOGY

Clinically significant micafungin resistance in Candida albicans involves modification of a glucan synthase catalytic subunit GSC1 (FKS1) allele followed by loss of heterozygosity

Kyoko Niimi, Brian C. Monk, Asuka Hirai, +12

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Deletion of the Ca <i>BIG1</i> Gene Reduces β-1,6-Glucan Synthesis, Filamentation, Adhesion, and Virulence in <i>Candida albicans</i>

Takashi Umeyama, Aki Kaneko, Hiroshi Watanabe, +4

Infection and Immunity

BiosynthesisFungal Cell BiologyAdhesion FailureCandida AlbicansC. Albicans Big1 +10

Molecular taxonomy of dermatophytes and related fungi by chitin synthase 1 (CHS1) gene sequences

Asuka Hirai, Rui Kano, Yuka Nakamura, +2

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Direct Detection of Dermatophytes in Skin Samples Based on Sequences of the Chitin Synthase 1 (CHS1) Gene.

Rui Kano, Asuka Hirai, Masato Muramatsu, +2

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

EngineeringGeneticsSkin SamplesDirect DetectionMolecular Genetics +15

Role of Mouse Hepatitis Virus (MHV) Receptor Murine CEACAM1 in the Resistance of Mice to MHV Infection: Studies of Mice with Chimeric mCEACAM1a and mCEACAM1b

Asuka Hirai, Nobuhisa Ohtsuka, Toshio Ikeda, +9

Journal of Virology

An isolate of Prototheca wickerhamii from systemic canine protothecosis

Hiroko Tsuji, Rui Kano, Asuka Hirai, +5

Veterinary Microbiology

Parasitic DiseaseSystemic Canine ProtothecosisParasitic ProtozoaVeterinary SciencePathology +1

A Unique Isolate of Malassezia from a Cat.

Asuka Hirai, Rui Kano, Koichi Makimura, +4

Journal of Veterinary Medical Science

Clinical IsolateParasitic DiseaseParasitic ProtozoaVeterinary ScienceMicrobiology +6

Bisequiterpenoid from the root of Lindera strychnifolia

Isao Kouno, Asuka Hirai, Zhi‐Hong Jiang, +1

Phytochemistry

BotanyLindera StrychnifoliaPhytochemicalPhytochemistryPharmacology +1

Molecular identification of<i>Trichophyton rubrum</i>isolate from a dog by chitin synthase 1 (<i>CHS1</i>) gene analysis

Rui Kano, Asuka Hirai, Michiharu Yoshiike, +4

Medical Mycology

Gene AnalysisComparative GenomicsGeneticsMolecular BiologyPathology +18