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• Bacteria hijack integrin-linked kinase to stabilize focal adhesions and block cell detachment.

  The rapid turnover and exfoliation of mucosal epithelial cells provides an innate defence system against bacterial infection. Nevertheless, many patho…

  Authors: Minsoo Kim, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takeshi Nagai, Tomohiro Koyama, Shinya Nagai, Anika Lange, Reinhard Fässler, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Nature. 2009 May 28

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• Bacteria hijack integrin-linked kinase to stabilize focal adhesions and block cell detachment.

  The rapid turnover and exfoliation of mucosal epithelial cells provides an innate defence system against bacterial infection. Nevertheless, many patho…

  Authors: Minsoo Kim, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Yuko Yoshikawa, Takeshi Nagai, Tomohiro Koyama, Shinya Nagai, Anika Lange, Reinhard Fässler, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Nature. 2009 May 6

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• Listeria monocytogenes ActA-mediated escape from autophagic recognition.

  Autophagy degrades unnecessary organelles and misfolded protein aggregates, as well as cytoplasm-invading bacteria. Nevertheless, the bacteria Listeri…

  Authors: Yuko Yoshikawa, Michinaga Ogawa, Torsten Hain, Mitsutaka Yoshida, Makoto Fukumatsu, Minsoo Kim, Hitomi Mimuro, Ichiro Nakagawa, Toru Yanagawa, Tetsuro Ishii,…

  Source: Nature cell biology. 2009 Oct

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• A bacterial effector targets Mad2L2, an APC inhibitor, to modulate host cell cycling.

  The gut epithelium self-renews every several days, providing an important innate defense system that limits bacterial colonization. Nevertheless, many…

  Authors: Hiroki Iwai, Minsoo Kim, Yuko Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ashida, Michinaga Ogawa, Yukihiro Fujita, Daniel Muller, Teruo Kirikae, Peter K Jackson, Shuji Kotani,…

  Source: Cell. 2007 Aug 24

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• ATP-induced shrinkage of DNA with MukB protein and the MukBEF complex of Escherichia coli.

  Fluorescence microscopic observation of individual T4 DNA molecules revealed that the MukBEF complex (bacterial condensin) and its subunit, the MukB (…

  Authors: Ning Chen, Anatoly A Zinchenko, Yuko Yoshikawa, Sumiko Araki, Shun Adachi, Mitsuyoshi Yamazoe, Sota Hiraga, Kenichi Yoshikawa

  Source: Journal of bacteriology. 2008 May

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• Protective effect of vitamin C against double-strand breaks in reconstituted chromatin visualized by single-molecule observation.

  Direct attack to genomic DNA by reactive oxygen species causes various types of lesions, including base modifications and strand breaks. The most sign…

  Authors: Yuko Yoshikawa, Kohji Hizume, Yoshiko Oda, Kunio Takeyasu, Sumiko Araki, Kenichi Yoshikawa

  Source: Biophysical journal. 2006 Feb 1

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• Double-strand break of giant DNA: protection by glucosyl-hesperidin as evidenced through direct observation on individual DNA molecules.

  We have performed a real-time observation of photo-induced breakage on individual long DNA molecules stained by a cyanine dye, YOYO, under the intense…

  Authors: Yuko Yoshikawa, Mari Suzuki, Norihiro Yamada, Kenichi Yoshikawa

  Source: FEBS letters. 2004 May 21

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• Streptococcus-, Shigella-, and Listeria-induced autophagy.

  Autophagy has recently been described as an intrinsic host defense system for recognizing and eliminating intracellular-invading bacterial pathogens. …

  Authors: Michinaga Ogawa, Ichiro Nakagawa, Yuko Yoshikawa, Torsten Hain, Trinad Chakraborty, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Methods in enzymology. 2009

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• Folding transition of large DNA completely inhibits the action of a restriction endonuclease as revealed by single-chain observation.

  The biochemical characteristics of lambda DNA chains in folded/unfolded states upon cleavage by the restriction enzyme ApaLI were investigated in the …

  Authors: Hidehiro Oana, Kanta Tsumoto, Yuko Yoshikawa, Kenichi Yoshikawa

  Source: FEBS letters. 2002 Oct 23

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• Listeria monocytogenes ActA is a key player in evading autophagic recognition.

  Autophagy is a pivotal bulk degradation system that eliminates undesirable molecules, damaged organelles, and misfolded protein aggregates in response…

  Authors: Yuko Yoshikawa, Michinaga Ogawa, Torsten Hain, Trinad Chakraborty, Chihiro Sasakawa

  Source: Autophagy. 2009 Nov

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