Kaori Ohtani

Nucleotide sequence analysis of the enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Ent plasmid (2009)

Ochi, Sadayuki, Shimizu, Tohru, Ohtani, Kaori, Ichinose, Yoshio, Arimitsu, Hideyuki, Tsukamoto, Kentaro, ...

We report here the complete nucleotide sequence of pEntH10407 (65 147 bp), an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli enterotoxin plasmid (Ent plasmid), which is self-transmissible at low frequency. Within...

Complete genome sequence of Clostridium perfringens, an anaerobic flesh-eater

Shimizu, Tohru, Ohtani, Kaori, Hirakawa, Hideki, Ohshima, Kenshiro, Yamashita, Atsushi, Shiba, Tadayoshi, ...

Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacterium that causes life-threatening gas gangrene and mild enterotoxaemia in humans, although it colonizes as normal intestinal...

Complete genome sequence of Clostridium perfringens, an anaerobic flesh-eater

Shimizu, Tohru, Ohtani, Kaori, Hirakawa, Hideki, Ohshima, Kenshiro, Yamashita, Atsushi, Shiba, Tadayoshi, ...

Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive anaerobic spore-forming bacterium that causes life-threatening gas gangrene and mild enterotoxaemia in humans, although it colonizes as normal intestinal...

Detection of a Group II Intron without an Open Reading Frame in the Alpha-Toxin Gene of Clostridium perfringens Isolated from a Broiler Chicken▿

Ma, Menglin, Ohtani, Kaori, Shimizu, Tohru, Misawa, Naoaki

A DNA insertion of 834 bp, designated CPF-G2Im, was identified within the alpha toxin gene (cpa) of Clostridium perfringens strain CPBC16ML, isolated from a broiler chicken. Sequence analysis of...

Carbon Catabolite Repression of Type IV Pilus-Dependent Gliding Motility in the Anaerobic Pathogen Clostridium perfringens▿ †

Mendez, Marcelo, Huang, I-Hsiu, Ohtani, Kaori, Grau, Roberto, Shimizu, Tohru, Sarker, Mahfuzur R.

Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic, gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium responsible for the production of severe histotoxic and gastrointestinal diseases in humans and animals. In silico...

Characterization of Genes Regulated Directly by the VirR/VirS System in Clostridium perfringens▿

Okumura, Kayo, Ohtani, Kaori, Hayashi, Hideo, Shimizu, Tohru

Analysis of the complete sequence of the genome of Clostridium perfringens strain 13 resulted in identification of five genes, including pfoA (encoding theta toxin) and vrr (encoding...

Nucleotide sequence analysis of the enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli Ent plasmid

Ochi, Sadayuki, Shimizu, Tohru, Ohtani, Kaori, Ichinose, Yoshio, Arimitsu, Hideyuki, Tsukamoto, Kentaro, ...

We report here the complete nucleotide sequence of pEntH10407 (65 147 bp), an enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli enterotoxin plasmid (Ent plasmid), which is self-transmissible at low frequency. Within...