°*Makoto Nakaido, Chihiro Aikawa, Ichiro Nakagawa, and Kouhei Tsumoto
"The staphylococcal elastin-binding protein regulates zinc-dependent growth/biofilm formation."
The Journal of Biochemistry

°*T. Segawa, °S. Ishii, N. Ohte, A. Akiyoshi, A. Yamada, F. Maruyama, Z. Li, °Y. Hongoh, and N. Takeuchi.
"The nitrogen cycle in cryoconites: naturally occurring nitrification-denitrification granules on a glacier."
Environ. Microbiol. in press 2014

°L. Lagos, *M. A. Jorquera, F. Maruyama, D. E. Crowley, F. Cid, M. L. Mora.
"Bacterial community structures in rhizosphere microsites of ryegrass grown in volcanic soils as revealed by pyrosequencing."
Biol. Fertil. Soils. in press 2014

*K. Okada, M. Na Ubol, W. Natakuathung, A. Roobthaisong, F. Maruyama, I. Nakagawa, S. Chantaroj, S. Hamada.
"Comparative genomic characterization of a Thailand-Myanmar isolate, MS6, of Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor, which is phylogenetically related to a "US Gulf Coast" clone."
PLoS One in press 2014

*Koichi Hori, Fumito Maruyama, Takatomo Fujisawa, Tomoaki Togashi, Nozomi Yamamoto, Mitsunori Seo, Shusei Sato, Takuji Yamada, Hiroshi Mori, Naoyuki Tajima, Takashi Moriyama, Masahiko Ikeuchi, Mai Watanabe, Hajime Wada, Koichi Kobayashi, Masakazu Saito, Tatsuru Masuda, Yuko Sasaki-Sekimoto, Kiyoshi Mashiguchi, Koichiro Awai, Mie Shimojima, Shinji Masuda, Masako Iwai, Takashi Nobusawa, Takafumi Narise, Satoshi Kondo, Hikaru Saito, Ryoichi Sato, Masato Murakawa, Yuta Ihara, Yui Oshima-Yamada, Kinuka Ohtaka, Masanori Satoh, Kohei Sonobe, Midori Ishii, Ryosuke Ohtani, Miyu Kanamori-Sato, Rina Honoki, Daichi Miyazaki, Hitoshi Mochizuki, Jumpei Umetsu, Koichi Higashi, Daisuke Shibata, Yuji Kamiya, Naoki Sato, Yasukazu Nakamura, Satoshi Tabata, Shigeru Ida, Ken Kurokawa, and Hiroyuki Ohta
"Klebsormidium flaccidum genome reveals primary factors for plant terrestrial adaptation"
Nat Commun in press 2014

*Tajima N, Sato S, Maruyama F, Kurokawa K, Ohta H, Tabata S, Sekine K, Moriyama T, **Sato N.
"Analysis of the complete plastid genome of the unicellular red alga Porphyridium purpureum."
J Plant Res. in press 2014

Nonaka L, Maruyama F, Onishi Y, Kobayashi T, Ogura Y, Hayashi T, Suzuki S, Masuda M
"Various pAQU plasmids possibly contribute to disseminate tetracycline resistance gene tet(M) among marine bacterial community"
Front. Microbiol. in press 2014, doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00152

Ohnishi N, Maruyama F, Ogawa H, Kachi H, Yamada S, Fujikura D, Nakagawa I, B. Hang'ombe M, Thomas Y, S. Mweene A, Higashi H
"Genome Sequence of a Bacillus anthracis Outbreak Strain from Zambia, 2011"
Genome Announc. March/April 2014 vol. 2 no. 2 e00116-14, doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00116-14

Okura M, Lachance C, Osaki M, Sekizaki T, Maruyama F, Nozawa T, Nakagawa I, Hamada S, Rossignol C, Gottschalk M, Takamatsu D
"Development of a two-step multiplex PCR assay for typing of capsular polysaccharide synthesis gene clusters of Streptococcus suis"
Journal of Clinical Microbiology 2014 Feb 26. doi: 10.1128/JCM.03411-13

Sawabe T*, Ogura Y, Matsumura Y, Feng G, Amin AR, Mino S, Nakagawa S, Sawabe T, Kumar R, Fukui Y, Satomi M, Matsushima R, Thompson FL, Gomez-Gil B, Christen R, Maruyama F, Kurokawa K, Hayashi T
"Updating the Vibrio clades defined by multilocus sequence phylogeny: proposal of eight new clades, and the description of Vibrio tritonius sp. nov." frontiers in MICROBIOLOGY 2013 Dec 27;4:414. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00414. eCollection 2013.

Nakagawa I
"Streptococcus pyogenes Escapes from Autophagy" Cell Host and Microbe Volume 14, Issue 6, 604-606, 11 December 2013.

Ito C, Saito Y, Nozawa T, Fujii S, Sawa T, Inoue H, Matsunaga T, Khan S, Akashi S, Hashimoto R, Aikawa C, Takahashi E, Sagara H, Komatsu M, Tanaka K, Akaike T, Nakagawa I, Arimoto H
"Endogenous Nitrated Nucleotide Is a Key Mediator of Autophagy and Innate Defense Against Bacteria" Molecular Cell 2013 Nov 19. pii: S1097-2765(13)00790-9. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2013.10.024.

Mori H*, Maruyama F*, Kato H*, Toyoda A, Dozono A, Ohtsubo Y, Nagata Y, Fujiyama A, Tsuda M**, Kurokawa K**
"Design and Experimental Application of a Novel Non-Degenerate Universal Primer Set that Amplifies Prokaryotic16S rRNA Genes with a Low Possibility to AmplifyEukaryotic rRNA Genes" DNA Research doi: 10.1093/dnares/dst052 (2013)

Goda A*, Maruyama F*, Michi Y**, Nakagawa I, Harada K
"Analysis of the factors affecting the formation of the microbiome associated with chronic osteomyelitis of the jaw" Clinical Microbiology and Infection in press 2013.

Masuda S*, Hori K, Maruyama F, Ren S, Sugimoto S, Yamamoto N, Mori H, Yamada T, Sato S, Tabata S, Ohta H, Kurokawa K.
"Whole-Genome Sequence of the Purple Photosynthetic Bacterium Rhodovulum sulfidophilum strain W4" Genome Announcements in press 2013.

田島直幸*, 佐藤修正, 丸山史人, 黒川顕, 太田啓之, 田畑哲之, 関根康介, 森山祟, 佐藤直樹**.
"単細胞紅藻チノリモ（Porphyridium purpureum）の葉緑体ゲノム解析" 　光合成研究. 22: 156-159 (2012)

Okada K*, Roobthaisong A, Swaddiwudhipong W, Hamada S, Chantaroj S.
"Vibrio cholerae O1 Isolate with Novel Genetic Background, Thailand-Myanmar" 　EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. Volume 19, Number 6-June 2013.

Watanabe T*, Nozawa T, Aikawa C, Amano A, Maruyama F**,Nakagawa I.
"CRISPR regulation of ittraspecies diversification by limiting IS transposition and intercellular recombination." 　GENOME BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION. 2013;5(6):1099-114. doi: 10.1093/gbe/evt075.

渡辺孝康*, 中川一路, 丸山史人**.
"原核生物の新規な獲得免疫機構CRISPR/Casシステム"化学と生物. 51: 440-443 (2013).

Takamatsu D*, Maruyama F*.
"Diversity and Universality of Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Gene Clusters in Streptococcus suis." 　Appl Environ Microbiol. in press 2013.

Okura M*, Takamatsu D**, Maruyama F**, Nozawa T, Nakagawa I, Osaki M, Sekizaki T, Gottschalk M, Kumagai Y, Hamada S.
"Genetic Analysis of Capsular Polysaccharide Synthesis Gene Clusters from All Serotypes of Streptococcus suis: Potential Mechanisms for the Generation of Capsular Variation." Appl Environ Microbiol. 79(8):2796-806 (2013)
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Minegishi K*, Aikawa C*, Furukawa A, Watanabe T, Nakano T, Ogura Y, Ohtubo Y,Kurokawa K, Hayashi T, Maruyama F**, Nakagawa I, Eishi Y.
"Complete Genome Sequence of Propionibacterium acnes Isolate from sarcoidosis patient." Genome Announc. 1(1). pii: e00016-12. (2013)

Ohtsubo Y* **, Maruyama F, Mitsui H, Nagata Y, Tsuda M. "Complete Genome Sequence of Acidovorax sp. KKS102, a Polychlorinated Biphenyl-Degrading strain." J. Bacteriol. 194:6970-1 (2012)

Jorquera M*, Saavedra N, Maruyama F, Richardson A, Crowley D, Catrilaf R, Henriquez E, Mora M**. "Phytate addition to soil induces changes in the abundance and expression of Bacillus ß–propeller phytase genes in the rhizosphere." FEMS Microbiol. Ecol.83(2):352-60 (2012)

Ogawa M*, Sugita S**, Shimizu N, Watanabe K, Nakagawa I, Mochizuki M. "Broad-range real-time PCR assay for detection of bacterial DNA in ocular samples from infectious endophthalmitis." Jpn J Ophthalmol. 56(6):529-35 (2012)

Nozawa T*, Aikawa C, Goda A, Maruyama F, Hamada S, Nakagawa I**. "The small GTPases Rab9A and Rab23 function at distinct steps in autophagy during Group A Streptococcus infection." Cell Microbiol. 14(8):1149-65. (2012)
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Aikawa C*, Furukawa N, Watanabe T, Minegishi , Furukawa A, Eishi Y, Oshima K, Kurokawa K, Hattori M, Nakano K, Maruyama F**, Nakagawa I and Ooshima T "Complete Genome Sequence of the serotype k Streptococcus mutans LJ23." J Bacteriol.194(10):2754-5.(2012)

Nonaka L**, Maruyama F, Miyamoto M, Miyakoshi M, Kurokawa K, Masuda M. "Novel conjugative transferable multiple drug resistance plasmid pAQU1 from Photobacterium damselae subsp. damselae isolated from marine aquaculture environment." Microb. Environ. 27(3):263-72 (2012)

Okada K**, Roobthaisong A, Nakagawa I, Hamada S, Chantaroj S. "Genotypic and PFGE/MLVA analyses of Vibrio cholerae O1: geographical spread and temporal changes during the 2007-2010 cholera outbreaks in Thailand." PLoS One Vol.7(1):e30863 (2012)

Aoki A*, Shibata Y, Okano S, Maruyama F, Amano A, Nakagawa I, Abiko Y**. "Transition metal ions induce carnosinase activity in PepD-homologous protein from Porphyromonas gingivalis." Microb Pathog. 52(1):17-24 (2012)

Nagahama M**, Itohayashi Y, Hara H, Higashihara M, Fukatani Y, Takagishi T, Oda M, Kobayashi K, Nakagawa I , Sakurai J. "Cellular vacuolation induced by Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin." FEBS J.;278(18):3395-407 (2011)

Yamato K**, Egawa N, Endo S, Ui-Tei K, Yamada T, Saigo K, Hyodo I, Kiyono T, Nakagawa I. "Enhanced specificity of HPV16 E6E7 siRNA by RNA-DNA chimera modification." Cancer Gene Ther.;18(8):587-97 (2011)

Izumo T**, Izumi F, Nakagawa I, Kitagawa Y, Shibata H, Hamada S, Kiso Y. "Influence of Lactobacillus pentosus S-PT84 ingestion on the mucosal immunity of healthy or Salmonella Typhimurium-infected mice." Biosci. Microflora.;30:27-35 (2011)

Endo S*, Yamato K, Hirai S, Moriwaki T, Fukuda K, Suzuki H, Abei M, Nakagawa I, Hyodo I**. "Potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor effects of MDM2 inhibitor nutlin-3 in gastric cancer cells." Cancer Sci.;102(3):605-13 (2011)

Nakano K*, Hokamura K*, Taniguchi N*, Wada K**, Kudo C, Nomura R, Kojima A, Naka S, Muranaka Y, Thura M, Nakajima A, Masuda K, Nakagawa I, Speziale P, Shimada N, Amano A, Kamisaki Y, Tanaka T, Umemura K, Ooshima T. "The collagen-binding protein of Streptococcus mutans is involved in haemorrhagic stroke." Nat Commun.27;2:485 (2011)

N. Tajima*, S. Sato, F. Maruyama, T. Kaneko, N.V. Sasaki, K. Kurokawa, H. Ohta, Y. Kanesaki, H. Yoshikawa, S.Tabata, M. Ikeuchi and N. Sato**. "Genomic structure of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 strain GT-S." DNA Research. 18(5):393-9. (2011)

Watanabe T*, Maruyama F*, Nozawa T, Aoki A, Okano S, Shibata Y, Oshima K, Kurokawa K, Hattori M, Nakagawa I**, Abiko Y. "Complete Genome Sequence of the Periodontogenic Bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis TDC60." J Bacteriol. 193(16):4259-60. (2011)

Nozawa T*, Furukawa N*, Aikawa C, Watanabe T, Haobam B, Kurokawa K,Maruyama F**, Nakagawa I. "CRISPR inhibition of prophage acquisition in Streptococcus pyogenes." PLoS One Vol.6(5): e19543 (2011)

Endo S, Yamato K, Hirai S, Moriwaki T, Fukuda K, Suzuki H, Abei M, Nakagawa I, Hyodo I. "Potent in vitro and in vivo antitumor effects of MDM2 inhibitor nutlin-3 in gastric cancer cells." Cancer Science 102(3)605-13 (2011)

Sakurai A*, Maruyama F, Funao J, Nozawa T, Aikawa C, Okahashi N, Shintani S, Hamada S, Ooshima T**, Nakagawa I. "Specific behavior of intracellular Streptococcus pyogenes that has undergone autophagic degradation is associated with bacterial streptolysin O and host small G proteins Rab5 and Rab7." J Biol Chem. 285(29):22666-75 (2010)

Aikawa C*, Nozawa T, Maruyama F, Tsumoto K, Hamada S, Nakagawa I**. "Reactive oxygen species induced by Streptococcus pyogenes invasion trigger apoptotic cell death in infected epithelial cells." Cell Microbiol. 12(6):814-30 (2010)

Aikawa C*, Maruyama F**, Nakagawa I. "The dawning era of comprehensive transcriptome analysis in cellular microbiology." Front Microbiol. 1:118. (2010)

Mori H*, Maruyama F, Kurokawa K**. "VITCOMIC: visualization tool for taxonomic compositions of microbial communities based on 16S rRNA gene sequences." BMC Bioinformatics. 11:332 doi:10.1186/1471-2105-11-332 (2010)

Takahashi I*, Maruyama F, Kurashima Y, Goto Y, Obata T, Nakagawa I, Kiyono H**. "Commensal Proteobacteria in colonic CD11b+ cells induce intestinal T cell responses." Int. Immunol. 22: supplement, Thursday iv9. (2010)

森　宙史、丸山史人、黒川　顕. "第2章　メタゲノムデータベース. メタゲノム解析技術の最前線." CMC出版，東京. p.42-53 (2010)

森　宙史、丸山史人、黒川　顕. "第8章 メタゲノムインフォマティクス.　難培養微生物研究の最新技術 II - ゲノム解析を中心とした最前線と将来展望 " CMC出版，東京. p.82-91 (2010)

Yamaguchi H*, Nakagawa I*, Yamamoto A, Amano A, Noda T, Yoshimori T**. "An initial step of GAS-containing autophagosome-like vacuoles formation requires Rab7" PLoS Pathog. 5(11):e1000670 (2009)

Yoshikawa Y*, Ogawa M, Hain T, Yoshida M, Fukumatsu M, Kim M, Mimuro H, Nakagawa I, Yanagawa T, Ishii T, Kakizuka A, Sztul E, Chakraborty T, Sasakawa C**. "Listeria monocytogenes ActA-mediated escape from autophagic recognition" Nat Cell Biol 11(10):1233-40 (2009)

Nakagawa I. "Bacterial genome analysis and its applications for infectious diseases" Nippon Rinsho. 67(6):1120-33 (2009)

Nakagawa I. "Bacterial infection and autophagy" Tampakushitsu Kakusan Koso. 8 Supple:1002-8 (2009)

Maruyama F*, Kobata M, Kurokawa K, Nishida K, Sakurai A, Nakano K, Nomura R, Kawabata S, Ooshima T, Nakai K, Hattori M, Hamada S, Nakagawa I**. "Comparative genomic analyses of Streptococcus mutans provide insights into chromosomal shuffling and species-specific content." BMC Genomics. 5;10:358. (2009)

Maruyama F, Nozawa T, Aikawa C, Sakurai A, Nakagawa I. "Cost effective DNA sequencing and template preparation from bacterial colonies and plasmids." Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering vol.107 issue4 pages 471-473 (2009)

Ogawa M, Nakagawa I, Yoshikawa Y, Hain T, Chakraborty T, Sasakawa C. "Streptococcus-, Shigella-, and Listeria-induced autophagy" Methods Enzymology 452:363-81 (2009)

Lapirattanakul, J., Nakano, K., Nomura R., Hamada, S., Nakagawa, I., Ooshima, T. "Demonstration of Mother to Child Transmission of Streptococcus mutans Using Multilocus Sequence Typing." Caries Res. 42(6):466-74. (2008)

Ishimaru, M., Yamada, M., Nakagawa, I., Sugano, S. "Analysis of volatile metabolites from cultured bacteria by gas chromatography/atmospheric pressure chemical ionization-mass spectrometry." J. Breath Res. 2(3):037021 (2008)

Masahiko Nakamura, Shinichi Takahashi, Hidenori Matsui, Somay Yamagata Murayama, Chihiro Aikawa, Yukie Sekiya, Kaori Nishikawa, Tsukasa Matsumoto, Haruki Yamada, and Kanji Tsuchimoto. "Microcirculatory alteration in low-grade gastric mucosa-associated lymphoma by Helicobacter heilmannii infection: Its relation to vascular endothelial growth factor and cyclooxygenase-2 " Journal of Gasteroenterology and Hepatology vol 23 issue supplement s2 pp S157-s160 (2008)

Sakurai, A., Okahashi, N., Maruyama, F., Ooshima, T., Hamada, S., Nakagawa, I. "Streptococcus pyogenes degrades extracellular matrix in chondrocytes via MMP-13." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 373: 450-454. (2008)

F. Maruyama, T. Tani, T. Kenzaka, N. Yamaguchi and M. Nasu. "Application of real-time long and short polymerase chain reaction for sensitive monitoring of the fate of extracellular plasmid DNA." Microb. Environ. 233: 229-236. (2008)

M. Jorquera, O. Martinez, F. Maruyama, P. Marschner, and M.L. Mora. "Current and future biotechnological applications of bacterial phytases and phytase-producing bacteria." Microb. Environ. 23: 182-191. (2008)

Takahashi C*, Nozawa T*, Tanikawa T, Nakagawa Y, Wakita J, Matsushita M, and Matsuyama T. "Swarming of Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 without differentiation into elogated hyperflagellates on hard agar minimal medium." FEMS Microbiology Letters. Vol. 280, pp 169-75. (2008)

Nozawa T, Tanikawa T, Hasegawa H, Takahashi C, Ando Y, Matsushita M, Nakagawa Y and Matsuyama T. "Rhamnolipid-dependent spreading growth of Pseudomonas aeruginosa on a high-agar medium: marked enhancement under CO2-rich anaerobic conditions." Microbiology and Immunology. Vol. 51, pp 703-12. (2008).

Hidenori Matsui, Chihiro Aikawa, Yukie Sekiya, Shinichi Takahashi, Somay Yamagata Murayama, and Masahiko Nakamura. "Evaluation of Antibiotic Therapy for Eradication of "Candidatus Helicobacter heilmannii"." Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy , Vol. 52(8), pp 2988-2989. (2008)

Takahashi,T.,Sekitani,S.,Aikawa,C.,Tamura,R.,Nakamura,M.,Tsuchimoto,K.,Matsui,H. "netsuoutousei nano ryuushi wo mochiita saikin bunrihou no kentou." Kiki Shiyaku Vol.131(4),pp 1-4, (2008). (Japanese)

Tamai, K., Tanaka, K., Nara, A., Yamamoto, A., Nakagawa I., Yoshimori, T., Ueno, Y., Shimosegawa, T., Sugamura, K. "Involvement of Hrs in destruction of group A Streptococcus (GAS): regulation of autophagosome maturation." Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 360: 721-727. (2007)

Nakano, K., Lapirattanakul, J., Nomura, R., Nemoto, H., Alaluusua, S., Gronroos, L., Vaara, M., Hamada, S., Ooshima, T., Nakagawa, I. "Streptococcus mutans exhibits clonal variation as revealed by multilocus sequence typing. " J. Clin. Microbiol. 45: 2616-2625. (2007)

Kato, T., Kawai, S., Nakano, K., Inaba, H., Kuboniwa, M., Nakagawa, I., Tsuda, K., Omori, H., Ooshima, T., Yoshimori, T., Amano, A. "Virulence of Porphyromonas gingivalis is altered by substitution of fimbria gene with different genotype." Cell. Microbiol. 77: 883-890. (2007)

T. Kobayashi*, L. Nonaka*, F. Maruyama, and S. Suzuki. "Molecular evidence for the ancient origin of the ribosomal protection protein that mediates tetracycline resistance in bacteria." J. Mol. Evol. 65: 228-235. (2007) * Equal contribution.

Hasegawa H, Tanikawa T, Nozawa T, Nakazawa K, Nakagawa Y, Matsuyama T. "Distinct function of Pseudomonas aeruginosa type IV pili disclosed in the bacterial pass-through of membrane filter with smaller pore sizes." Microbiology and Immunology. Vol. 51, pp 429-33. (2007).

Ohta,K., Nakamura,M.,Matsui,H.,Sekiya,S.,Aikawa,C.,Tsuchimoto,K. "Helicobacter heilmannii niyoru MALT rinpashu no zoushokukiten - VEGF tono kanren. " Progress in Medicine , Vol. 27(3), pp 577-580, (2007) (Japanese).

丸山史人 "感染防御 -新規細胞内分解システム-" 日本微生物生態学会誌 , Vol. 22. No. 1. p. 17-18. (2007) (Japanese).

大阪大学大学院薬学研究科遺伝情報解析学分野(衛生化学)編著 "環境微生物学実験プロトコール集"　株式会社キーラボ中之島 (2007)

Amano, A., Nakagawa, I., Yoshimori, T. "Autophagy in innate immunity against intracellular bacteria." J. Biochem (Tokyo). 140: 161-166. (2006)

Yamasaki, E., Wada, A., Kumatori, A., Nakagawa, I., Funao, J., Nakayama, M., Hisatsune, J., Kimura, M., Moss, J., Hirayama, T. "Helicobacter pylori vacuolating cytotoxin induces activation of the proapoptotic proteins Bax and Bak, leading to cytochrome c release and cell death, independent of vacuolation." J. Biol. Chem. 281: 11250-11259. (2006)

Nakagawa, I., Inaba, H., Yamamura, T., Kato, T., Kawai, S., Ooshima, T., Amano, A. "Invasion of epithelial cells and proteolysis of cellular focal adhesion components by distinct types of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae." Infect. Immun. 74: 3773-3782. (2006)

Inaba, H., Kawai, S., Kato, T., Nakagawa, I., Amano, A. "Association between epithelial cell death and invasion by microspheres conjugated to Porphyromonas gingivalis vesicles with different types of fimbriae." Infect. Immun. 74: 734-739. (2006)

Takemura, A., Nakagawa, I., Kawai, S., Inaba, H., Kato, T., Hamada, S., Amano, A. "Inhibitory effects of tumor necrosis factor-alpha on migration of human periodontal ligament cells." J. Periodontol. 77: 883-890. (2006)

F. Maruyama, K. Tani, T. Kenzaka, N. Yamaguchi, and M. Nasu. "Quantitative determination of free DNA uptake in river bacteria at the single cell level by in situ rolling circle amplification." Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 72:6248-6256. (2006)

Tsuda, K., Amano, A., Umebayashi, K., Inaba, H., Nakagawa, I., Nakanishi, Y., Yoshimori, T. "Molecular dissection of internalization of Porphyromonas gingivalis by cells using fluorescent beads coated with bacterial membrane vesicle." Cell Struct Funct . 30: 81-91. (2005)

Nakano, K., Nomura, R., Nakagawa, I., Hamada, S. and Ooshima, T. "Role of glucose side chains with serotype-specific polusaccharide in the cariogenicity of Streptococcus mutans. " Caries Res. 39: 262-268. (2005)

Tamura, K., Nakano, K., Nomura, R., Miyake, S., Nakagawa, I., Amano, A., Ooshima, T. "Distribution of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimA genotypes in Japanese children and adolescents. " J. Periodontol . 76: 674-679. (2005)

Nakagawa, I., "Autophagy as an Innate Defense System against Invading Pathogenic Bacteria." Journal of Oral Biosciences , 47: 11-17, (2005)

Nakagawa, I., Amano, A., Inaba, H., Kawai, S., Hamada, S. "Inhibitory effects of Porphyromonas gingivalis fimbriae on interactions between extracellular matrix proteins and cellular integrins. " Microbes Infect. 7: 157-63. (2005)

F. Maruyama, T. Kenzaka, N. Yamaguchi, T. Tani, and M. Nasu. "Visualization and enumeration of bacteria carrying a specific gene sequence by in situ rolling circle amplification. " Appl Environ. Microbiol. 71:7933-7940. (2005)

F. Maruyama, K. Tani and M. Nasu.
"自然生態系に置ける細胞外DNAの動態と遺伝子伝搬"
"Dynamics and contributions to horizontal gene transfer of extracellular DNA in natural ecosystems." J. Environ. Biotechnol. 4: 131-137. (2005)

Nakano, K., Nomura, R., Shimizu, N., Nakagawa, I., Hamada, S., Ooshima, T. "Development of a PCR method for rapid identification of new Streptococcus mutans serotype k strains. " J Clin Microbiol. 42:4925-30. (2004)

Nakagawa, I., Amano, A., Mizushima, N., Yamamoto, A., Yamaguchi, H., Kamimoto, T., Nara, A., Funao J, Nakata M, Tsuda K, Hamada S, Yoshimori T. "Autophagy defends cells against invading group A Streptococcus." Science 306: 1037-40. (2004)

Nakagawa, I., Nakata, M., Kawabata, S., Hamada, S. "Transcriptome analysis and gene expression profiles of early apoptosis-related genes in Streptococcus pyogenes-infected epithelial cells. " Cell Microbiol. 6:939-52. (2004)

Okahashi, N., Inaba, H., Nakagawa, I., Yamamura, T., Kuboniwa, M., Nakayama, K., Hamada, S., Amano, A. "Porphyromonas gingivalis induces receptor activator of NF-kappaB ligand expression in osteoblasts through the activator protein 1 pathway." Infect Immun. 72:1706-14. (2004)

Nakano, K., Nomura, R., Nakagawa, I., Hamada, S., Ooshima, T. "Demonstration of Streptococcus mutans with a cell wall polysaccharide specific to a new serotype, k, in the human oral cavity." J Clin Microbiol . 42:198-202. (2004)

F. Maruyama, N. Yamaguchi, T. Kenzaka, T. Tani, and M. Nasu. "Simplified sample preparation using frame spotting method for direct counting of bacteria by fluorescence microscopy." J. Microbiol. Methods 59: 427-431. (2004)

Maruyama F*, Kenzaka T, Yamaguchi N, Tani K, Nasu M**. "Detection of bacteria carrying the stx2 gene by in situ loop-mediated isothermal amplification." Appl. Environ. Mcrobiol. 69: 5023-8. (2003)

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