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Kiminori Shimizu
Researcher at Chiba University
Publications - 61
Citations - 1852
Kiminori Shimizu is an academic researcher from Chiba University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cryptococcus neoformans & Gene. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 54 publications receiving 1656 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiminori Shimizu include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Tokyo University of Science.
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Genetic Involvement of a cAMP-Dependent Protein Kinase in a G Protein Signaling Pathway Regulating Morphological and Chemical Transitions in Aspergillus nidulans
Kiminori Shimizu,Nancy P. Keller +1 more
TL;DR: Genetic evidence is provided that the FlbA/FadA signaling pathway regulating ST production and morphological development is partially mediated through PkaA, a potential downstream target of FadA activity.
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Structural analysis of pks1, a polyketide synthase gene involved in melanin biosynthesis in colletotrichum lagenarium
TL;DR: It is proposed that the C. lagenarium PKS1 gene encodes a polyketide synthase involved in melanin biosynthesis, particularly that encoded by wA in Aspergillus nidulans, involved in conidial pigmentation.
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cAMP and ras signalling independently control spore germination in the filamentous fungus Aspergillus nidulans.
TL;DR: Analysis of mutant strains impaired in both adenylate cyclase and RasA GTPase suggested that RasA and cAMP signalling proceed independently during germination in A. nidulans, suggesting that cAMP has targets other than PkaA and SchA and that PkA retains activity in the absence of cAMP.
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A population genomics insight into the Mediterranean origins of wine yeast domestication.
Pedro Almeida,Raquel Barbosa,Polona Zalar,Yumi Imanishi,Kiminori Shimizu,Benedetta Turchetti,Jean Luc Legras,Marta Serra,Sylvie Dequin,Arnaud Couloux,Julie Guy,Douda Bensasson,Paula Gonçalves,José Paulo Sampaio +13 more
TL;DR: It is shown that three horizontally transmitted regions, previously described to contain genes relevant to wine fermentation, are present in the Wine group but not in the Mediterranean oak group, which represents a major discontinuity between the two populations and is likely to denote a domestication fingerprint in wine yeasts.
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Pka, Ras and RGS protein interactions regulate activity of AflR, a Zn(II)2Cys6 transcription factor in Aspergillus nidulans.
TL;DR: It is shown that mutation of three PkaA phosphorylation sites in AflR allows resumption of stc expression in an overexpression pkaA background but does not remediate stcexpression in a deltaflbA background, and shows that FlbA post-transcriptional regulation of aflR is PkA independent.