Laboratory of Infection Cell Biology

Staff:

Specially Appointed Professor

Yukako Fujinaga, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Takuhiro Matsumura, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Assistant Professor

Yo Sugawara, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Researcher

Masahiro Yutani, Ph.D.

Subject:

1. Structure and function of botulinum neurotoxin complex

Paper published in 2013

1. Alcohol consumption promotes the intestinal translocation of Streptococcus suis infections.

   T Nakayama, D Takeuchi, T Matsumura, Y Akeda, Y Fujinaga and K Oishi

   Microb Pathog, 65, 14-20, 2013.
2. Crystal structure of Clostridium botulinum whole hemagglutinin reveals a huge triskelion-shaped molecular complex.

   Sho Amatsu, Yo Sugawara, Takuhiro Matsumura, Kengo Kitadokoro and Yukako Fujinaga

   J Biol Chem, 288 (49), 35617-35625, 2013.
3. Uptake of botulinum neurotoxin in the intestine.

   Yukako Fujinaga, Yo Sugawara and Takuhiro Matsumura

   Curr Top Microbiol Immunol, 364, 45-59, 2013.

Link

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