Kentaro Tsukamoto

Dichotomous Haplotypic Lineages of the Immunoproteasome Subunit Genes, PSMB8 and PSMB10, in the MHC Class I Region of a Teleost Medaka, Oryzias latipes (2009)

Tsukamoto, Kentaro, Sakaizumi, Mitsuru, Hata, Masayoshi, Sawara, Yuji, Eah, Jaeyoung, Kim, Chang-Bae, ...

Sequence comparison of the medaka, Oryzias latipes, major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class I region between two inbred strains, the HNI (derived from the Northern Population) and the Hd-rR...

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...

Characterization of the Neurotoxin Produced by Isolates Associated with Avian Botulism (2005)

Masato Takeda, Kentaro Tsukamoto, Tomoko Kohda, Miki Matsui, Masafumi Mukamoto, Shunji Kozaki

Several varieties of birds are affected by type C botulism. We conducted neutralization tests of culture supernatants of isolates from cases of avian botulism. Whereas the toxin produced by isolates...

Involvement of the C-Terminal Tail of Arthrobacter ureafaciens Sialidase Isoenzyme M in Cleavage of the Internal Sialic Acid of Ganglioside GM1 (2005)

Iwamori, Masao, Kaido, Takeo, Iwamori, Yuriko, Ohta, Yasuhiro, Tsukamoto, Kentaro, Kozaki, Shunji

Arthrobacter ureafaciens sialidase comprises four isoenzymes, L, M1, M2 and S, of which L, M1, and M2, but not S, have the unique ability to cleave GM1 ganglioside, but the hydrolysis of GM3 and...

Genetic Analysis of Type E Botulinum Toxin-Producing Clostridium butyricum Strains†

Wang, Xingmin, Maegawa, Tsuneo, Karasawa, Tadahiro, Kozaki, Shunji, Tsukamoto, Kentaro, Gyobu, Yotaku, ...

Type E botulinum toxin (BoNT/E)-producing Clostridium butyricum strains isolated from botulism cases or soil specimens in Italy and China were analyzed by using nucleotide sequencing of the bont/E...

Genetic Analysis of Type E Botulinum Toxin-Producing Clostridium butyricum Strains†

Wang, Xingmin, Maegawa, Tsuneo, Karasawa, Tadahiro, Kozaki, Shunji, Tsukamoto, Kentaro, Gyobu, Yotaku, ...

Type E botulinum toxin (BoNT/E)-producing Clostridium butyricum strains isolated from botulism cases or soil specimens in Italy and China were analyzed by using nucleotide sequencing of the bont/E...

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...