H. Mitani, M. Takahashi, M. Masuyama, M. Fukunaga
Ixodes philipi ticks were collected from the nest burrows of streaked shearwaters, Calonectris luecomelas, on 3 different islands of Japan (Awashima: 38°45′N, 139°24′E; Mikurajima: 33°52′N,...
Shao, R. F., Barker, S. C., Mitani, H., Takahashi, M., Fukunaga, M.
The gene content of a mitochondrial (mt) genome, i.e., 37 genes and a large noncoding region (LNR), is usually conserved in Metazoa. The arrangement of these genes and the LNR is generally conserved...
Shao, R. F., Barker, S. C., Mitani, H., Aoki, Y., Fukunaga, M.
To investigate the evolution pattern and phylogenetic utility of duplicate control regions (CRs) in mitochondrial (mt) genomes, we sequenced the entire mt genomes of three Ixodes species and part of...
Shao, R. F., Mitani, H., Barker, S. C., Takahashi, M., Fukunaga, M.
To better understand the evolution of mitochondrial (mt) genomes in the Acari (mites and ticks), we sequenced the mt genome of the chigger mite, Leptotrombidium pallidum (Arthropoda: Acari:...
Shao, R., Aoki, Y., Mitani, H., Tabuchi, N., Barker, S. C., Fukunaga, M.
There are two major groups of ticks: soft ticks and hard ticks. The hard ticks comprise the prostriate ticks and the metastriate ticks. The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of one species of prostriate...
Y. Ushijima, J. H. Oliver Jr., J. E. Keirans, M. Tsurumi, H. Kawabata, H. Watanabe, ...
Partial mitochondrial 16S ribosomal ribonucleic acid gene sequences in the ticks Carios capensis collected from black-footed albatross, Diomedea nigripes, colonies on Torishima Island, Japan...
Fukunaga, M, Hamase, A, Okada, K, Inoue, H, Tsuruta, Y, Miyamoto, K, ...
Ixodes persulcatus serves as a tick vector for Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii in Japan; however, unidentified spirochetes have been isolated from other species of ticks. In this study, 13...
We report the construction of physical maps of chromosomes for Borrelia miyamotoi HT31 (a new species of Borrelia) and Borrelia turicatae (relapsing fever agent) by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis...
Isolation and characterization of the 5S rRNA gene of Leptospira interrogans.
Fukunaga, M, Horie, I, Mifuchi, I
The gene encoding the 5S rRNA for Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton was isolated and sequenced. The 5S rRNA gene occurs as a single copy within the genome and encodes a...
Unique organization of Leptospira interrogans rRNA genes.
We cloned Sau3AI fragments containing the rRNA genes for Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton in the BamHI site of lambda EMBL3 bacteriophage DNA. Physical maps of the fragments...
Mizuguchi, Y, Fukunaga, M, Taniguchi, H
After treatment with mitomycin D and other antibacterial agents, a translucent, smooth-colony-forming mycobacterium, isolated from sputum and designated as Mycobacterium intracellulare strain 103,...
The nucleotide sequences of the outer surface protein C gene (ospC) from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates representing six different restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) ribotype...
Fukunaga, M, Sohnaka, M, Takahashi, Y, Nakao, M, Miyamoto, K
Ten characteristic strains of spirochetes (HT2, HT7, HT10, HT15, HT17, HT19, HT20, HT22, HT32, and HT59) isolated from Ixodes persulcatus adult ticks in Hokkaido, Japan, were selected and analyzed by...
Fukunaga, M, Sohnaka, M, Nakao, M, Miyamoto, K
Eight spirochetal isolates (JEM1 to JEM8) were obtained from cutaneous lesions of patients with Lyme disease in Hokkaido, Japan, and were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel...
Katoh, T, Lianos, E A, Fukunaga, M, Takahashi, K, Badr, K F
We assessed the role of leukotrienes (LTs) in Munich-Wistar rats with passive Heymann nephritis (PHN), an animal model of human membranous nephropathy. 10 d after injection of anti-Fx1A antibody,...
Takahashi, K, Nammour, T M, Fukunaga, M, Ebert, J, Morrow, J D, Roberts, L J, ...
8-epi-prostaglandin F2 alpha (8-epi-PGF2 alpha) and related compounds are novel prostanoid produced by a noncyclooxygenase mechanism involving lipid peroxidation. Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury...
Fukunaga, M, Hamase, A, Okada, K, Inoue, H, Tsuruta, Y, Miyamoto, K, ...
Ixodes persulcatus serves as a tick vector for Borrelia garinii and Borrelia afzelii in Japan; however, unidentified spirochetes have been isolated from other species of ticks. In this study, 13...
We report the construction of physical maps of chromosomes for Borrelia miyamotoi HT31 (a new species of Borrelia) and Borrelia turicatae (relapsing fever agent) by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis...
Isolation and characterization of the 5S rRNA gene of Leptospira interrogans.
Fukunaga, M, Horie, I, Mifuchi, I
The gene encoding the 5S rRNA for Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton was isolated and sequenced. The 5S rRNA gene occurs as a single copy within the genome and encodes a...
Unique organization of Leptospira interrogans rRNA genes.
We cloned Sau3AI fragments containing the rRNA genes for Leptospira interrogans serovar canicola strain Moulton in the BamHI site of lambda EMBL3 bacteriophage DNA. Physical maps of the fragments...
Mizuguchi, Y, Fukunaga, M, Taniguchi, H
After treatment with mitomycin D and other antibacterial agents, a translucent, smooth-colony-forming mycobacterium, isolated from sputum and designated as Mycobacterium intracellulare strain 103,...
The nucleotide sequences of the outer surface protein C gene (ospC) from Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato isolates representing six different restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) ribotype...
Fukunaga, M, Sohnaka, M, Takahashi, Y, Nakao, M, Miyamoto, K
Ten characteristic strains of spirochetes (HT2, HT7, HT10, HT15, HT17, HT19, HT20, HT22, HT32, and HT59) isolated from Ixodes persulcatus adult ticks in Hokkaido, Japan, were selected and analyzed by...
Fukunaga, M, Sohnaka, M, Nakao, M, Miyamoto, K
Eight spirochetal isolates (JEM1 to JEM8) were obtained from cutaneous lesions of patients with Lyme disease in Hokkaido, Japan, and were analyzed by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel...
Katoh, T, Lianos, E A, Fukunaga, M, Takahashi, K, Badr, K F
We assessed the role of leukotrienes (LTs) in Munich-Wistar rats with passive Heymann nephritis (PHN), an animal model of human membranous nephropathy. 10 d after injection of anti-Fx1A antibody,...
Takahashi, K, Nammour, T M, Fukunaga, M, Ebert, J, Morrow, J D, Roberts, L J, ...
8-epi-prostaglandin F2 alpha (8-epi-PGF2 alpha) and related compounds are novel prostanoid produced by a noncyclooxygenase mechanism involving lipid peroxidation. Renal ischemia-reperfusion injury...
Shao, R, Aoki, Y, Mitani, H, Tabuchi, N, Barker, SC, Fukunaga, M
There are two major groups of ticks: soft ticks and hard ticks. The hard ticks comprise the prostriate ticks and the metastriate ticks. The mitochondrial (mt) genomes of one species of prostriate...
Shao, RF, Barker, SC, Mitani, H, Aoki, Y, Fukunaga, M
To investigate the evolution pattern and phylogenetic utility of duplicate control regions (CRs) in mitochondrial (mt) genomes, we sequenced the entire mt genomes of three Ixodes species and part of...
Shao, RF, Mitani, H, Barker, SC, Takahashi, M, Fukunaga, M
To better understand the evolution of mitochondrial (mt) genomes in the Acari (mites and ticks), we sequenced the mt genome of the chigger mite, Leptotrombidium pallidum (Arthropoda: Acari:...
Shao, RF, Barker, SC, Mitani, H, Takahashi, M, Fukunaga, M
The gene content of a mitochondrial (mt) genome, i.e., 37 genes and a large noncoding region (LNR), is usually conserved in Metazoa. The arrangement of these genes and the LNR is generally conserved...