Laboratory for Infection Cell Biology

Subject:

1. Studies on the transport mechanisms of the botulinum neurotoxin complex.

Published Papers

1. Crystallization and preliminary crystallographic studies of the HA3 subcomponent of the type B botulinum neurotoxin complex.

   Kohsuke Nishimura, Kengo Kitadokoro, Yuki Takegahara, Yo Sugawara, Takuhiro Matsumura, Hajime Karatani and Yukako Fujinaga

   Acta Crystallogr Sect F Struct Biol Cryst Commun, 67 (Pt 10), 1244-1246, 2011.
2. Streptolysin S contributes to group A streptococcal translocation across an epithelial barrier.

   Tomoko Sumitomo, Masanobu Nakata, Miharu Higashino, Yingji Jin, Yutaka Terao, Yukako Fujinaga and Shigetada Kawabata

   J Biol Chem, 286 (4), 2750-2761, 2011.
3. The botulinum toxin complex meets E-cadherin on the way to its destination.

   Yo Sugawara and Yukako Fujinaga

   Cell Adh Migr, 5 (1), 34-36, 2011.

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