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Takeshi Sassa

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1 Identification of a biosynthetic gene cluster in rice for momilactones. J Biol Chem 2007 1.96
2 Biological functions of ent- and syn-copalyl diphosphate synthases in rice: key enzymes for the branch point of gibberellin and phytoalexin biosynthesis. Plant J 2004 1.64
3 Molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding ent-cassa-12,15-diene synthase, a putative diterpenoid phytoalexin biosynthetic enzyme, from suspension-cultured rice cells treated with a chitin elicitor. Plant J 2004 1.42
4 Characterization of a rice gene family encoding type-A diterpene cyclases. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2006 1.26
5 Diterpene cyclases responsible for the biosynthesis of phytoalexins, momilactones A, B, and oryzalexins A-F in rice. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 1.14
6 Fusicoccins are biosynthesized by an unusual chimera diterpene synthase in fungi. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2007 1.12
7 Stemar-13-ene synthase, a diterpene cyclase involved in the biosynthesis of the phytoalexin oryzalexin S in rice. FEBS Lett 2004 1.04
8 Effects of combined treatment with rapamycin and cotylenin A, a novel differentiation-inducing agent, on human breast carcinoma MCF-7 cells and xenografts. Breast Cancer Res 2005 1.00
9 Identification of diterpene biosynthetic gene clusters and functional analysis of labdane-related diterpene cyclases in Phomopsis amygdali. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.96
10 Dose-finding study of paliperidone ER based on striatal and extrastriatal dopamine D2 receptor occupancy in patients with schizophrenia. Psychopharmacology (Berl) 2007 0.95
11 Quantitative magnetic resonance spectroscopy of schizophrenia: relationship between decreased N-acetylaspartate and frontal lobe dysfunction. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2006 0.95
12 Emission of ent-kaurene, a diterpenoid hydrocarbon precursor for gibberellins, into the headspace from plants. Plant Cell Physiol 2004 0.93
13 Cloning of a gene cluster responsible for the biosynthesis of diterpene aphidicolin, a specific inhibitor of DNA polymerase alpha. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 0.92
14 Enhanced activation in the extrastriate body area by goal-directed actions. Psychiatry Clin Neurosci 2008 0.90
15 A structural rationale for selective stabilization of anti-tumor interactions of 14-3-3 proteins by cotylenin A. J Mol Biol 2009 0.87
16 Deactivation of gibberellin by 2-oxidation during germination of photoblastic lettuce seeds. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2003 0.86
17 Cotylenin A, a differentiation-inducing agent, and IFN-alpha cooperatively induce apoptosis and have an antitumor effect on human non-small cell lung carcinoma cells in nude mice. Cancer Res 2003 0.85
18 Identification of (+)-phyllocladene, (--)-sandaracopimaradiene, and (+)-kaurene as new fungal metabolites from fusicoccin-producing Phomopsis amygdali F6. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 0.84
19 Biosynthetic gene-based secondary metabolite screening: a new diterpene, methyl phomopsenonate, from the fungus Phomopsis amygdali. J Org Chem 2009 0.83
20 Antitumor effect of cotylenin A plus interferon-alpha: possible therapeutic agents against ovary carcinoma. Gynecol Oncol 2005 0.83
21 Identification and functional analysis of brassicicene C biosynthetic gene cluster in Alternaria brassicicola. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2008 0.83
22 An enzyme catalyzing O-prenylation of the glucose moiety of fusicoccin A, a diterpene glucoside produced by the fungus Phomopsis amygdali. Chembiochem 2012 0.83
23 Stabilization of physical RAF/14-3-3 interaction by cotylenin A as treatment strategy for RAS mutant cancers. ACS Chem Biol 2013 0.82
24 Molecular breeding of a fungus producing a precursor diterpene suitable for semi-synthesis by dissection of the biosynthetic machinery. PLoS One 2012 0.82
25 Functional analyses of cytochrome P450 genes responsible for the early steps of brassicicene C biosynthesis. Bioorg Med Chem Lett 2009 0.82
26 Comparison of the enzymatic properties of ent-copalyl diphosphate synthases in the biosynthesis of phytoalexins and gibberellins in rice. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.81
27 Dioxygenases, key enzymes to determine the aglycon structures of fusicoccin and brassicicene, diterpene compounds produced by fungi. J Am Chem Soc 2011 0.80
28 Functional deficits in the extrastriate body area during observation of sports-related actions in schizophrenia. Schizophr Bull 2008 0.80
29 A novel fusicoccin derivative preferentially targets hypoxic tumor cells and inhibits tumor growth in xenografts. Anticancer Agents Med Chem 2012 0.80
30 Erinacine Q, a new erinacine from Hericium erinaceum, and its biosynthetic route to erinacine C in the basidiomycete. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002 0.79
31 Diterpene phytoalexins are biosynthesized in and exuded from the roots of rice seedlings. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2008 0.79
32 Treatment of human promyelocytic leukemia in the SCID mouse model with cotylenin A, an inducer of myelomonocytic differentiation of leukemia cells. Leuk Res 2003 0.79
33 Novel Fusicoccins R and S, and the fusicoccin S aglycon (phomopsiol) from Phomopsis amygdali niigata 2-A, and their seed germination-stimulating activity in the presence of abscisic acid. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 0.79
34 Transannular proton transfer in the cyclization of geranylgeranyl diphosphate to fusicoccadiene, a biosynthetic intermediate of fusicoccins. Org Lett 2009 0.78
35 Gibberellin is essentially required for carrot (Daucus carota L.) somatic embryogenesis: dynamic regulation of gibberellin 3-oxidase gene expressions. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2003 0.78
36 Cotylenin A inhibits cell proliferation and induces apoptosis and PAX6 mRNA transcripts in retinoblastoma cell lines. Mol Vis 2010 0.78
37 Crystal structure of the liganded anti-gibberellin A(4) antibody 4-B8(8)/E9 Fab fragment. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002 0.77
38 Proposed mechanism for the reaction catalyzed by a diterpene cyclase, aphidicolan-16beta-ol synthase: experimental results on biomimetic cyclization and examination of the cyclization pathway by ab initio calculations. J Am Chem Soc 2002 0.77
39 Phaeoside, a novel galactoside of hydroxymanoyl oxide from the gibberellin A1-producing Phaeosphaeria sp. L487. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 0.75
40 Seed dormancy breaking diterpenoids, including novel brassicicenes J and K, from fungus Alternaria brassicicola, and their necrotic/apoptotic activities in HL-60 cells. Nat Prod Commun 2014 0.75
41 Seed dormancy breaking diterpenoids from the liverwort Plagiochila sciophila and their differentiation inducing activity in human promyelocytic leukemia HL-60 cells. Nat Prod Commun 2014 0.75
42 Erinacol (cyatha-3,12-dien-14beta-ol) and 11-O-acetylcyathin A3, new cyathane metabolites from an erinacine Q-producing Hericium erinaceum. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2004 0.75
43 [Phytoalexin biosynthesis and its regulatory mechanisms]. Tanpakushitsu Kakusan Koso 2007 0.75
44 Total synthesis of (+/-)-syn-copalol. Biosci Biotechnol Biochem 2002 0.75