Laboratory of Combined Research on Microbiology and Immunology

Staff:

Associate Professor

Hiroki Nagai, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Associate Professor

Tomoko Kubori, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Researcher

Andree M. Hubber, Ph.D.

Xuan Thanh Bui, Ph.D.

Subjects:

1. Structural analysis of effector transport machinery
2. Molecular analysis of mammalian host manipulation by Legionella sp.
3. Molecular analysis of natural host manipulation by Legionella sp.

Papers published in 2015

1. The Type IVB secretion system: an enigmatic chimera.

   Tomoko Kubori and Hiroki Nagai

   Curr Opin Microbiol, 29, 22-29, 2015.
2. Molecular and structural analysis of Legionella DotI gives insights into an inner membrane complex essential for type IV secretion.

   Takuya Kuroda, Tomoko Kubori, Xuan Thanh Bui, Akihiro Hyakutake, Yumiko Uchida, Katsumi Imada and Hiroki Nagai

   Sci Rep, 5, 10912, 2015.

Link

Laboratory of Combined Research on Microbiology and Immunology(Nagai Group)

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University