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• Comparative genomic and phylogeographic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae.

  Reductive evolution and massive pseudogene formation have shaped the 3.31-Mb genome of Mycobacterium leprae, an unculturable obligate pathogen that ca…

  Authors: Marc Monot, Nadine Honoré, Thierry Garnier, Nora Zidane, Diana Sherafi, Alberto Paniz-Mondolfi, Masanori Matsuoka, G Michael Taylor, Helen D Donoghue, Abi Bouwman,…

  Source: Nature genetics. 2009 Dec

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• Drug resistance in leprosy.

  Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Currently, leprosy control is mainly based on WHO-recommended multi-drug treatment; thus, emergence of drug…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka

  Source: Japanese journal of infectious diseases. 2010 Jan

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• Diversity of potential short tandem repeats in Mycobacterium leprae and application for molecular typing.

  A recent advance in molecular typing for tracing the transmission of leprosy is the discovery of short tandem repeats (STRs) in Mycobacterium leprae. …

  Authors: Liangfen Zhang, Teky Budiawan, Masanori Matsuoka

  Source: Journal of clinical microbiology. 2005 Oct

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• Recent advances in the molecular epidemiology of leprosy.

  Recent advances in the molecular epidemiology of leprosy through genotyping of variable number tandem repeats (VNTRs) and single nucleotide polymorphi…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka

  Source: Nihon Hansenbyō Gakkai zasshi = Japanese journal of leprosy : official organ of the Japanese Leprosy Association. 2009 Feb

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• Genotyping of Mycobacterium leprae on the basis of the polymorphism of TTC repeats for analysis of leprosy transmission.

  The polymorphism of TTC repeats in Mycobacterium leprae was examined using the bacilli obtained from residents in villages at North Maluku where M. le…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka, Liangfen Zhang, Teky Budiawan, Keisuke Saeki, Shinzo Izumi

  Source: Journal of clinical microbiology. 2004 Feb

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• Various genotypes of Mycobacterium leprae from Mexico reveal distinct geographic distribution.

  OBJECTIVE: To classify Mycobacterium leprae isolates from multiple areas in Mexico based on variable number of tandem repeats of 6 base within the rpo…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka, Alberto Vargas Gonzalez, Iris Estrada, Cristina Carreño-Martinez, Mary Fafutis-Morris

  Source: Leprosy review. 2009 Sep

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• Genotypic analysis of Mycobacterium leprae isolates from Japan and other Asian countries reveals a global transmission pattern of leprosy.

  The genotype of single-nucleotide polymorphism type 3, CTC, at positions 14676, 164275, and 2935685, along with four copies of 6 bp repeats in the rpo…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka, Rocio Ivette Lopez Roa, Teky Budiawan, Kyaw Kyaw, Gue-Tae Chae

  Source: FEMS microbiology letters. 2006 Aug

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• A novel method for simple detection of mutations conferring drug resistance in Mycobacterium leprae, based on a DNA microarray, and its applicability in developing countries.

  A simple method to detect mutations in the genome of Mycobacterium leprae that confer resistance to key drugs for leprosy was exploited on the basis o…

  Authors: Masanori Matsuoka, Khin Saw Aye, Kyaw Kyaw, Esterlina Virtudes Tan, Ma Victoria Balagon, Paul Saunderson, Robert Gelber, Masanao Makino, Chie Nakajima, Yasuhiko Suzuki

  Source: Journal of medical microbiology. 2008 Oct

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• Characterisation of short tandem repeats for genotyping Mycobacterium leprae.

  OBJECTIVE: Establish a typing system for Mycobacterium leprae based on polymorphic DNA structures known as short tandem repeats (STR). DESIGN: Assess …

  Authors: Thomas Gillis, Varalakshmi Vissa, Masanori Matsuoka, Saroj Young, Jan Hendrik Richardus, Richard Truman, Barry Hall, Patrick Brennan, Ideal Consortium Partners

  Source: Leprosy review. 2009 Sep

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• Recombinant Mycobacterium leprae protein associated with entry into mammalian cells of respiratory and skin components.

  BACKGROUNDS: The transmission of Mycobacterium leprae, the causative pathogen of leprosy, has been postulated to occur mainly through upper respirator…

  Authors: Naoya Sato, Takao Fujimura, Mikio Masuzawa, Yasuko Yogi, Masanori Matsuoka, Maho Kanoh, Lee W Riley, Kensei Katsuoka

  Source: Journal of dermatological science. 2007 May

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