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Itsuhiro Ko

Washington State UniversityORCID 0000-0002-9734-8278Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Plant Biology· 2 Genomics· 1 Molecular Biology· 1

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Assay:bulk RNA-seq· 3 Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:cell type annotation· 2 Research Focus:differential expression· 2 Research Focus:gene regulatory network inference· 2 Organism:plant (other)· 2 Research Focus:database / resource· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Molecular BiologybioRxivPreprintMar 27, 2025

Genome reannotation and effector candidate identification in Meloidogyne chitwoodi through gland-specific transcriptome analysis

Marcella Teixeira, Itsuhiro Ko, Sapinder Bali…·Cynthia Gleason

The paper improves genome annotation and identifies 111 effector candidates in Meloidogyne chitwoodi by analyzing gland-specific transcriptomes and validating gene localization.

DOI 10.1101/2025.03.27.645669

bulk RNA-seqexperimental assay

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintDec 4, 2024

The evolution of pectate lyase-like genes across land plants, and their roles in haustorium formation in parasitic plant, Triphysaria versicolor (Orobanchaceae)

Huiting Zhang, Eric K. Wafula, Elizabeth A. Kelly…·Claude W. dePamphilis

This study identifies PLL1 as a key gene for haustorium development in parasitic plants and shows its functional role through gene silencing experiments.

DOI 10.1101/2024.12.04.626843

plant (other)bulk RNA-seq

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Plant BiologybioRxivPreprintJun 20, 2024

Appraising the natural root-knot nematode resistance inSolanum sisymbriifolium, a wild relative of potato

Itsuhiro Ko, Allan B. Caplan, Joseph C. Kuhl, Cynthia Gleason

The paper identifies 13 resistance-related genes in Solanum sisymbriifolium that may confer resistance to root-knot nematodes and tests their potential for transferring resistance to potato.

1 citation

plant (other)bulk RNA-seq

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GenomicsbioRxivPreprintJan 10, 2024

A Haplotype-resolved, Chromosome-scale Genome for Malus domestica 'WA 38'

Huiting Zhang, Itsuhiro Ko, Abigail Eaker…·Stephen Patrick Ficklin

The paper presents a haplotype-resolved, chromosome-scale genome for the apple cultivar WA 38, using short and long read sequencing data to assemble and segregate parental haplotomes.

3 citations

whole-genome sequencingstatistical model

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