Kenji Kai

Associate Professor

Osaka University

Japan

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Kenji Kai is an Associate Professor at Osaka Prefecture University, Japan. His research primarily focuses on microbial pathogenesis, quorum sensing, and the biosynthesis of bioactive compounds in bacteria. Recent articles co-authored by him explore the regulation of virulence genes in Ralstonia species, as well as the discovery and characterization of bacterial polyynes. His work contributes significantly to understanding plant-microbe interactions and microbial signaling mechanisms.

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Kouhei Ohnishi

Kochi University

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Yuki Kamei

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Tokushima University

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Arata Yajima

Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

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Fumie Nakashima

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Nagoya University

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Mitsugu Akagawa

Tokushima University Graduate School

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Yasufumi Hikichi

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The sensor histidine kinase PhcS participates in the regulation of quorum sensing-dependent virulence genes in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1

Disproof of the Structures and Biosynthesis of Ergoynes, Gs-Polyyne–l-Ergothioneine Cycloadducts from Gynuella sunshinyii YC6258

The transcription regulator ChpA affects the global transcriptome including quorum sensing‐dependent genes in Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1‐1

β‐1,4‐Cellobiohydrolase is involved in full expression of phcA, contributing to the feedback loop in quorum sensing of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1‐1

Infection route in tomato roots and quorum sensing of Ralstonia pseudosolanacearum strain OE1-1

Quorum Sensing-Dependent Invasion of Ralstonia solanacearum into Fusarium oxysporum Chlamydospores

Discovery of Cyclic Lipopeptides Ralstopeptins A and B from Ralstonia solanacearum Species Complex and Analysis of Biosynthetic Gene Evolution

Astaxanthin protects human ARPE-19 retinal pigment epithelium cells from blue light-induced phototoxicity by scavenging singlet oxygen

Structures and Biosynthesis of Caryoynencins, Unstable Bacterial Polyynes from Pseudomonas protegens Recombinant Expressing the cayG Gene

Genome Mining Discovery of Protegenins A–D, Bacterial Polyynes Involved in the Antioomycete and Biocontrol Activities of Pseudomonas protegens

Transport Form and Pathway from the Intestine to the Peripheral Tissues and the Intestinal Absorption and Metabolism Properties of Oleamide

Disproof of the Proposed Structures of Bradyoxetin, a Putative Bradyrhizobium japonicum Signaling Molecule, and HMCP, a Putative Ralstonia solanacearum Quorum-Sensing Molecule

Sodium sulfite causes gastric mucosal cell death by inducing oxidative stress

The putative sensor histidine kinase PhcK is required for the full expression of phcA encoding the global transcriptional regulator to drive the quorum‐sensing circuit of Ralstonia solanacearum strain OE1‐1

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Kouhei Ohnishi

Yuki Kamei

Arata Yajima

Fumie Nakashima

Mitsugu Akagawa

Yasufumi Hikichi

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