Akinobu Okabe
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Takamizawa A, Miyata S, Matsushita O, Kaji M, Taniguchi Y, Tamai E, et al.
Protein Expr Purif
. 2004 Jun;
36(1):70-5.
PMID: 15177286
A "large" sialidase isozyme (NanI) from Clostridium perfringens is a representative microbial sialidase with broad substrate specificity, being used for the analysis of sialoglycoconjugates. It is also a possible virulence...
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Kaji M, Matsushita O, Tamai E, Miyata S, Taniguchi Y, Shimamoto S, et al.
Microbiology (Reading)
. 2003 Nov;
149(Pt 11):3083-3091.
PMID: 14600220
This study has revealed that a Clostridium perfringens ferredoxin gene (per-fdx) possesses a novel type of DNA curvature, which is formed by five phased A-tracts extending from upstream to downstream...
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Tamai E, Ishida T, Miyata S, Matsushita O, Suda H, Kobayashi S, et al.
Infect Immun
. 2003 Aug;
71(9):5371-5.
PMID: 12933886
In this paper we show that Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin accumulates predominantly in the mouse kidney, where it is distributed mainly in glomeruli, capillaries, and collecting ducts. Although some pycnotic and...
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Wilson J, Matsushita O, Okabe A, Sakon J
EMBO J
. 2003 Apr;
22(8):1743-52.
PMID: 12682007
The crystal structure of a collagen-binding domain (CBD) with an N-terminal domain linker from Clostridium histolyticum class I collagenase was determined at 1.00 A resolution in the absence of calcium...
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Miyata S, Minami J, Tamai E, Matsushita O, Shimamoto S, Okabe A
J Biol Chem
. 2002 Aug;
277(42):39463-8.
PMID: 12177068
Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin, which is responsible for enterotoxaemia in ungulates, forms a heptamer in rat synaptosomal and Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK) cell membranes, leading to membrane permealization. Thus, the toxin...
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Fujinaga K, Taniguchi Y, Sun Y, Katayama S, Minami J, Matsushita O, et al.
Microbiology (Reading)
. 2000 Jan;
145 ( Pt 12):3377-3387.
PMID: 10627036
We have conducted the genetic analysis of fermentative nitrate reduction in Clostridium perfringens, a strict anaerobic bacterium. Nitrate reductase (NarA) was purified from the cytoplasmic fraction of the organism. Using...