Department of Molecular Bacteriology

Subjects:

1. Search for novel virulence factors produced by pathogenic bacteria.
2. Analysis of structure and function of bacterial virulence factors.

Published Papers

1. Association of Bordetella dermonecrotic toxin with the extracellular matrix.

   Aya Fukui-Miyazaki, Shigeki Kamitani, Masami Miyake and Yasuhiko Horiguchi

   BMC Microbiol, 10, 247, 2010.
2. Characterization of the membrane-targeting C1 domain in Pasteurella multocida toxin.

   Shigeki Kamitani, Kengo Kitadokoro, Masayuki Miyazawa, Hirono Toshima, Aya Fukui, Hiroyuki Abe, Masami Miyake and Yasuhiko Horiguchi

   J Biol Chem, 285 (33), 25467-25475, 2010.
3. Clostridium perfringens enterotoxin interacts with claudins via electrostatic attraction.

   Jun Kimura, Hiroyuki Abe, Shigeki Kamitani, Hirono Toshima, Aya Fukui, Masami Miyake, Yoichi Kamata, Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi, Shigeki Yamamoto and Yasuhiko Horiguchi

   J Biol Chem, 285 (1), 401-408, 2010.

Link

http://www.biken.osaka-u.ac.jp/