Department of Molecurlar Bacteriology

Staff:

Professor

Yasuhiko Horiguchi, D.V.M., Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Naoaki Shinzawa, Ph.D.

Yukihiro Hiramatsu, Ph.D.

Specially Appointed Researcher

Noriko Shinoda, Ph.D.

Guest Associate Professor

Mayuko Oka, Ph.D.

Visiting Researcher

Koichiro Suzuki

Graduate Student

Keisuke Ishigaki

Dendi Krisna Nugraha

Naoki Onoda

Subjects:

1. Analysis of host-bacterium interactions to establish infectious diseases.
2. Analysis of structure and function of bacterial virulence factors

Paper published in 2016

1. The bvg-repressed gene brtA, encoding biofilm-associated surface adhesin, is expressed during host infection by Bordetella bronchiseptica.

   Sayaka Nishikawa, Naoaki Shinzawa, Keiji Nakamura, Keisuke Ishigaki, Hiroyuki Abe and Yasuhiko Horiguchi

   Microbiol Immunol, 60 (2), 93-105, 2016.

Link

Department of Molecular Bacteriology

Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University