Department of Molecular Virology

Subjects:

1. Studies on Hepatitis C virus.
2. Development of viral vectors.

Published Papers

1. Hepatitis C virus RNA replication is regulated by FKBP8 and Hsp90.

   Toru Okamoto, Yorihiro Nishimura, Tohru Ichimura, Kensuke Suzuki, Tatsuo Miyamura, Tetsuro Suzuki, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   EMBO J, 25 (20), 5015-5025, 2006.
2. Oligomerization of Hepatitis C Virus Core Protein Is Crucial for Interaction with Cytoplasmic Domain of E1 Envelope Protein.

   Kousuke Nakai, Toru Okamoto, Tomomi Kimura-Someya, Koji Ishii, Chang Kweng Lim, Hideki Tani, Eiko Matsuo, Takayuki Abe, Yoshio Mori, Tetsuro Suzuki, Tatsuo Miyamura, Jack H Nunberg, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   J Virol, 80 (22), 11265-11273, 2006.
3. Nucleolar protein B23 interacts with Japanese encephalitis virus core protein and participates in viral replication.

   Yoshimi Tsuda, Yoshio Mori, Takayuki Abe, Tetsuo Yamashita, Toru Okamoto, Tohru Ichimura, Kohji Moriishi and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Microbiol Immunol, 50 (3), 225-234, 2006.
4. Characterization of HCV-like particles produced in a human hepatoma cell line by a recombinant baculovirus.

   Eiko Matsuo, Hideki Tani, Chang kweng Lim, Yasumasa Komoda, Toru Okamoto, Hironobu Miyamoto, Kohji Moriishi, Shintaro Yagi, Arvind H Patel, Tatsuo Miyamura and Yoshiharu Matsuura

   Biochem Biophys Res Commun, 340 (1), 200-208, 2006.

Link

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