Journal of General Plant Pathology 1-9 Mar 2018 [Refereed]
Plant volatile compounds, including terpenes, are known to be involved in the rice defense system. In the present analysis of a terpene synthase, OsTPS18, in rice, we found that OsTPS18 was localized in the cytoplasm and synthesized the sesquiterp...
PLoS Pathogens 12(10) e1005921 Oct 2016 [Refereed]
Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungus causing rice blast disease, should contend with host innate immunity to develop invasive hyphae (IH) within living host cells. However, molecu- lar strategies to establish the biotrophic interactions are largely unkn...
Membrane trafficking plays pivotal roles in many cellular processes including plant immunity. Here, we report the characterization of OsVAMP714, an intracellular SNARE protein, focusing on its role in resistance to rice blast disease caused by the...
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology Dec 2015 [Refereed]
Alternaria black rot, Alternaria leaf spot of rough lemon, and Alternaria brown spot of tangerines are three major citrus Alternaria pathogens. Citrus could be considered as a molecular contact point for host-selective toxin (HST)-mediated co-evol...
Physiological and Molecular Plant Pathology Dec 2015 [Refereed]
Biotrophic pathogens need to contend with host defense mechanisms to develop within living host cells. To understand the biotrophic interactions between rice and Magnaporthe oryzae, the fungus causing rice blast disease, we studied molecular mecha...
The rice blast fungus Magnaporthe oryzae grows inside living host cells. Cytological analyses by live-cell imaging have revealed characteristics of the biotrophic invasion, particularly the extrainvasive hyphal membrane (EIHM) originating from the...
Mochizuki, S., Matsudaira, K., Ohtani, N., Kano, A., Fukumoto, T., Ohtani, K., Ohara, T., Kong, L., Yoshida, H., Yoshihara, A., Ishida, Y., Kamitori, S., Gomi, K., Ichimura, K., Izumori, K. and Akimitsu, K. (Part:Contributor, Functions of rare sugars during plant-microbe interactions and a possibility of their applications for agro-usages.)
I improved the live and real-time imaging method using trimmed and sliced leaf-sheath to analyze the structural changes and the intracellular reactions both in a single cell of rice and blast fungus during the early infection process. Using this m...
