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List of works by Shigeru Okada

(-)-Duryne and its homologues, cytotoxic acetylenes from a marine Sponge Petrosia sp.

scientific article published on 2 May 2011

3D reconstruction of endoplasmic reticulum in a hydrocarbon-secreting green alga, Botryococcus braunii (Race B).

scientific article published on 22 November 2017

A squalene synthase-like enzyme initiates production of tetraterpenoid hydrocarbons in Botryococcus braunii Race L

scientific article

Alkali-Induced Conversion of β-Chitin to α-Chitin

scholarly article

An exception among diatoms: unique organization of genes involved in isoprenoid biosynthesis in Rhizosolenia setigera CCMP 1694.

scientific article

Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Surugamide A Encompasses an Unrelated Decapeptide, Surugamide F

scientific article published on 22 July 2016

Cloning and characterization of farnesyl pyrophosphate synthase from the highly branched isoprenoid producing diatom Rhizosolenia setigera

scientific article published on 21 May 2015

Corrigendum: Biosynthetic Gene Cluster for Surugamide A Encompasses an Unrelated Decapeptide, Surugamide F

scientific article published on 04 August 2017

Culture of the green microalga Botryococcus braunii Showa with LED irradiation eliminating violet light enhances hydrocarbon production and recovery

scientific article published on 29 July 2014

Culture of the hydrocarbon producing microalga Botryococcus braunii strain Showa: optimal CO2, salinity, temperature, and irradiance conditions

scientific article published on 29 January 2013

Curacin E from the Brittle Star Ophiocoma scolopendrina.

scientific article published on 29 September 2016

Cytotoxic Glycosylated Fatty Acid Amides from a Stelletta sp. Marine Sponge.

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

Draft Nuclear Genome Sequence of the Liquid Hydrocarbon-Accumulating Green Microalga Botryococcus braunii Race B (Showa)

scientific article

Dragmacidins G and H, Bisindole Alkaloids Tethered by a Guanidino Ethylthiopyrazine Moiety, from a Lipastrotethya sp. Marine Sponge.

scientific article

Effect of an Introduced Phytoene Synthase Gene Expression on Carotenoid Biosynthesis in the Marine Diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum.

scientific article

Effect of thermal pretreatments on hydrocarbon recovery from Botryococcus braunii

scientific article published on 02 August 2012

Functional identification of triterpene methyltransferases from Botryococcus braunii race B.

scientific article

Gliotoxin analogues from a marine-derived fungus, Penicillium sp., and their cytotoxic and histone methyltransferase inhibitory activities

scientific article published on 12 December 2011

High-value chemicals from Botryococcus braunii and their current applications - A review

scientific article published on 27 July 2019

Hydrocarbon productivities in different Botryococcus strains: comparative methods in product quantification.

scientific article published on 2 September 2010

Identification of unique mechanisms for triterpene biosynthesis in Botryococcus braunii

scientific article published on July 11, 2011

Inclusion complex of beta-chitin and aliphatic amines

scientific article published on 01 July 2003

Isolation and Characterization of Cyclic C33 Botryococcenes and a Trimethylsqualene Isomer from Botryococcus braunii Race B.

scientific article published on 23 March 2017

Isolation and characterization of 4-hydroxy-3-methylbut-2-enyl diphosphate reductase gene from Botryococcus braunii, race B

scientific article published on 03 May 2018

Isolation and characterization of two squalene epoxidase genes from Botryococcus braunii, race B.

scientific article published on April 2015

Isolation of ciliatamide D from a marine sponge Stelletta sp. and a reinvestigation of the configuration of ciliatamide A.

scientific article published on 6 March 2013

Isolation of spirastrellolides A and B from a marine sponge Epipolasis sp. and their cytotoxic activities.

scientific article published on 4 June 2012

Jasisoquinolines A and B, architecturally new isoquinolines, from a marine sponge Jaspis sp

scientific article published on 15 August 2011

Lactomycins A-C, Dephosphorylated Phoslactomycin Derivatives that Inhibit Cathepsin B, from the Marine-derived Streptomyces sp. ACT232.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

Lower homologues of ahpatinin, aspartic protease inhibitors, from a marine Streptomyces sp.

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

Metabolic responses and arginine kinase expression under hypoxic stress of the kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus

scientific article published on 30 August 2006

Miuramides A and B, Trisoxazole Macrolides from a Mycale sp. Marine Sponge That Induce a Protrusion Phenotype in Cultured Mammalian Cells

scientific article published on 03 April 2018

Molecular characterization of D-amino acid oxidase from common carp Cyprinus carpio and its induction with exogenous free D-alanine.

scientific article published on December 2003

Molecular characterization of alanine racemase in the Kuruma prawn Marsupenaeus japonicus.

scientific article

Molecular characterization of squalene synthase from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii, race B.

scientific article

Molecular cloning and functional characterization of NADPH-dependent cytochrome P450 reductase from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii, B race.

scientific article published on 14 August 2017

Nazumazoles A-C, Cyclic Pentapeptides Dimerized through a Disulfide Bond from the Marine Sponge Theonella swinhoei

scientific article published on 11 May 2015

Nazumazoles D-F, Cyclic Pentapeptides That Inhibit Chymotrypsin, from the Marine Sponge Theonella swinhoei.

scientific article

Penasins A-E, long-chain cytotoxic sphingoid bases, from a marine sponge Penares sp.

scientific article published on 15 October 2010

Physiological function and metabolism of free D-alanine in aquatic animals.

scientific article

Poecillastrin H, a Chondropsin-Type Macrolide with a Conjugated Pentaene Moiety, from a Characella sp. Marine Sponge

scientific article published on 27 April 2018

Purification and characterization of a novel imidazole dipeptide synthase from the muscle of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica

scientific article published on 12 December 2006

Raman spectroscopy analysis of botryococcene hydrocarbons from the green microalga Botryococcus braunii.

scientific article

Release of single cells from the colonial oil-producing alga Botryococcus braunii by chemical treatments

scientific article

Robust expression of heterologous genes by selection marker fusion system in improved Chlamydomonas strains.

scientific article published on 3 February 2015

Seawater-cultured Botryococcus braunii for efficient hydrocarbon extraction

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

Shishicrellastatins, inhibitors of cathepsin B, from the marine sponge Crella (Yvesia) spinulata.

scientific article

Structure Revision of Poecillastrin C and the Absolute Configuration of the β-Hydroxyaspartic Acid Residue.

scientific article published on 28 September 2017

Surugamides A–E, Cyclic Octapeptides with Four d-Amino Acid Residues, from a Marine Streptomyces sp.: LC–MS-Aided Inspection of Partial Hydrolysates for the Distinction of d- and l-Amino Acid Residues in the Sequence

scientific article published on 08 June 2013

Taxonomic confirmation of mud crab species (genus Scylla) in Bangladesh by nuclear and mitochondrial DNA markers.

scientific article published on 8 September 2016

Transformation of lipid bodies related to hydrocarbon accumulation in a green alga, Botryococcus braunii (Race B)

scientific article (publication date: 2013)

UV-mediated Chlamydomonas mutants with enhanced nuclear transgene expression by disruption of DNA methylation-dependent and independent silencing systems

scientific article

Yaku'amides A and B, cytotoxic linear peptides rich in dehydroamino acids from the marine sponge Ceratopsion sp.

scientific article published on December 2010

Yakushinamides, Polyoxygenated Fatty Acid Amides That Inhibit HDACs and SIRTs, from the Marine Sponge Theonella swinhoei

scientific article published on 22 August 2016