Depatment of Genome Informatics

Subjects:

1. Bioinformatics and molecular evolution analysis of genes and genomes.
2. Analysis of protein 3-D structure information for drug discovery and design.
3. Genome sequencing of disease-causing organisms in collaboration with other laboratories.
4. Development of genome information analysis software.

Published Papers

1. Metagenomic diagnosis of bacterial infections.

   Shota Nakamura, Norihiro Maeda, Ionut Mihai Miron, Myonsun Yoh, Kaori Izutsu, Chidoh Kataoka, Takeshi Honda, Teruo Yasunaga, Takaaki Nakaya, Jun Kawai, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, Toshihiro Horii and Tetsuya Iida

   Emerg Infect Dis, 14 (11), 1784-1786, 2008.
2. Computational search for over-represented 8-mers within the 5'-regulatory regions of 634 mouse testis-specific genes.

   Akifumi Yamashita, Naohisa Goto, Seiji Nishiguchi, Kazunori Shimada, Hiromichi Yamanishi and Teruo Yasunaga

   Gene, 427 (1-2), 93-98, 2008.
3. In silico study of a novel gene evolved from an ancestral SVIP gene and highly expressed in the adult mouse testes.

   Momoko Yoshida, Akifumi Yamashita, Yoshiko Idoji, Seiji Nishiguchi, Kazunori Shimada, Teruo Yasunaga and Hiromichi Yamanishi

   Int J Mol Med, 22 (2), 143-148, 2008.
4. In silico study of whey-acidic-protein domain containing oral protease inhibitors.

   Yoshiko Idoji, Yuko Watanabe, Akifumi Yamashita, Kyosuke Yamanishi, Seiji Nishiguchi, Kazunori Shimada, Teruo Yasunaga and Hiromichi Yamanishi

   Int J Mol Med, 21 (4), 461-468, 2008.
5. Development of Fingerprint Verification Type Self-Organized Map Applied to Profiling Seized Methamphetamine.

   Rika Nishikiori, Yukiko Makino, Yukino Ochi, Noriyuki Yamashita, Kousuke Okamoto, Norihito Kawashita, Junichi Takahara, Teruo Yasunaga, Tatsuya Takagi and Masaya Kawase

   Journal of Computer Aided Chemistry, 9, 30-38, 2008.

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