Cloning of hok gene into anhydrotetracycline inducible pASK75 vector reveals potent antimicrobial effect of 19 amino acid long N-terminal fragment of hok peptide.

abstract：:Acinetobacter baumannii is a major cause of both community-associated and nosocomial infections worldwide. These infections are difficult to treat because the bacterium rapidly develops resistance to multiple antibiotics. However, little is known about the nature of the innate cellular response to A. baumannii infecti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tsuchiya T,Nakao N,Yamamoto S,Hirai Y,Miyamoto K,Tsujibo H

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We constructed a plasmid containing bovine leukemia virus (BLV)-tax gene driven by SR alpha promoter, designated as pME-BLVtax, to activate the promoter of the long terminal repeat (LTR) of BLV in various tumor cells. Activation of the promoter of BLV-LTR by pME-BLVtax was confirmed by luciferase assay. When the cells...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tana,Watarai S,Aida Y,Tajima S,Kakidani H,Onuma M,Kodama H

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The colH gene encoding 116-kDa collagenase of Clostridium histolyticum (cColH) was cloned into an Escherichia coli-Bacillus subtilis shuttle vector to develop a method for purification of recombinant collagenase (rColH). When plasmid pJCM310 containing the colH gene was introduced into B. subtilis DB104 and the transf...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Jung CM,Matsushita O,Katayama S,Minami J,Ohhira I,Okabe A

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intracellular localization of the wild-type (Spv+), the phoP-constitutively expressed strain (PhoPc), and the spv-deleted strain (Spv-) of Salmonella typhimurium was examined by the use of confocal laser scanning microscopy analysis of immunostained sections of mouse spleens after oral or subcutaneous inoculation. Onl...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Matsui H,Eguchi M,Kikuchi Y

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An 8-year-old girl with meningococcal meningitis lacked serum complement activity. The seventh component of complement (C7) could not be detected in her serum by either functional or immunochemical analysis. The levels of the other components were within the normal range. Her serum complement activity was restored by ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Miyake T,Ohta K,Kawamori J,Hirao T,Akagaki Y,Inai S

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dengue virus multiplication in cultures of a murine myelomonocytic cell line (WEHI-3) as well as mouse peritoneal macrophages was enhanced by treatment of the cells with lipophilic derivatives of muramyl peptides for 2 or 3 days before virus inoculation, but not for 2 hr before virus inoculation or during the adsorpti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Hotta H,Sanchez LF,Takada H,Homma M,Kotani S

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mannose-capped lipoarabinomannan (ManLAM) is an immunomodulatory epitope of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). An aptamer (ZXL1) that specifically binds to ManLAM from the virulent Mtb H37Rv strain was previously generated and it was found that ZXL1 functions as an antagonist, inhibiting the ManLAM-induced immunosuppre...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Pan Q,Yan J,Liu Q,Yuan C,Zhang XL

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Of the various virulence mechanisms of the opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa, the type III secretion system (TTSS) has been characterized as a major factor associated with acute lung injury, bacteremia and mortality. In addition, PcrV, a component protein of the TTSS, has been characterized as a protective...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yasumoto H,Katoh H,Kinoshita M,Shimizu M,Hamaoka S,Akiyama K,Naito Y,Sawa T

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of brown rice, containing fourfold as much dietary fiber as polished rice, on the human fecal microflora were determined. Significantly increased numbers of Bifidobacterium adolescentis and Enterococcus faecalis were observed during the brown rice intake, whereas the total counts and the numbers of bactero...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Benno Y,Endo K,Miyoshi H,Okuda T,Koishi H,Mitsuoka T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed an indirect microhemagglutination test (IMHA) for detecting antibodies to Borrelia burgdorferi using formalin-fixed chicken erythrocytes sensitized with a sonicated extract of the bacteria. The specificity of IMHA for Lyme disease was compared with that of a conventional indirect immunoperoxidase tec...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Fujita H,Sato T,Ohara Y,Homma M

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have demonstrated that the murine monoclonal antibody (MoAb) NM-01 activates the human complement classical pathway resulting in lysis of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The present study was performed to determine the availability of the V3-loop of gp120 relative to the complement regulatory prot...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nakamura M,Okada H,Sasaki H,Yoshida K,Kamada M,Okada N,Terada M,Ohno T

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three strains TKU9, TKU49 and TKU50(T) , were isolated from the oral cavities of chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes). The isolates were all gram-positive, facultative anaerobic cocci that lacked catalase activity. Analysis of partial 16S rRNA gene sequences showed that the most closely related species was Streptococcus infa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Okamoto M,Imai S,Miyanohara M,Saito W,Momoi Y,Nomura Y,Ikawa T,Ogawa T,Miyabe-Nishiwaki T,Kaneko A,Watanabe A,Watanabe S,Hayashi M,Tomonaga M,Hanada N

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previously we reported that mice infected recurrently with live Fusobacterim nucleatum (Fn) synthesize a significant amount of NO between 12 hr and 24 hr after the Fn injection. We now investigated whether the NO has the capability of killing Fn, a gram-negative rod periodontal pathogen. The mice were divided into thr...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kato C,Mikami M,Suzuki A,Saito K

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The HMV-II cells infected with influenza C virus were labeled with inorganic [32P]phosphate to identify phosphorylated proteins. Analysis by radioimmunoprecipitation with antiviral serum or monoclonal antibodies revealed that three major structural proteins of the virus, hemagglutinin-esterase (HE), nucleoprotein (NP)...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishimura H,Sugawara K,Gao P,Muraki Y,Hongo S,Kitame F,Nakamura K

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-mediated immune response to Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV) and its purified envelope (E) protein was measured in 45 laboratory confirmed JE patients using a proliferation assay of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). In parallel, JEV-specific IgM antibodies were measured by ELISA. No correlation was obse...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Desai A,Ravi V,Chandramuki A,Gourie-Devi M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interferon stimulated gene 15 (ISG15), an ubiquitin cross-reactive protein, can conjugate to target proteins. Unlike ubiquitination, protein modification by ISG15 does not target protein for degradation, but enhances the cellular response to interferon (IFN), which plays a key role in antiviral responses. In this stud...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yang L,Zhang LY,Wang C,Wang B,Wang XM,Zeng SM

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lancefield group C Streptococcus dysgalactiae causes infections in farmed fish. Here, the genome of S. dysgalactiae strain kdys0611, isolated from farmed amberjack (Seriola dumerili) was sequenced. The complete genome sequence of kdys0611 consists of a single chromosome and five plasmids. The chromosome is 2,142,780 b...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Nishiki I,Yoshida T,Fujiwara A

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:H5N1 and H9N2 are the most important causes of avian influenza in China. Chemokines and cytokines play important roles in inflammatory response that clearly differ between H5N1 and H9N2 infection. To investigate whether chemokines and cytokines are differentially regulated following H5N1 and H9N2 AIVs infection, dynam...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Luo C,Liu J,Qi W,Ren X,Lu R,Liao M,Ning Z

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Clostridium perfringens strain 13 genome contains two genes (fbpA, fbpB) that encode putative Fbp. Both rFbpA and rFbpB were purified and their reactivity with human serum Fn was analyzed. To determine the region of the Fn molecule recognized by rFbp, a plate binding assay using N-terminal 70-kDa peptide, III1-C p...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yamasaki T,Hitsumoto Y,Katayama S,Nogami Y

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Salmonella typhimurium strain 9 produces mini-cells during cell proliferation. Mini-cells are viable but cannot proliferate since they do not contain chromosomal DNA. Effects of whole cells and mini-cells of S. typhimurium on the immune responses were investigated, with the following results. Phagocytosis of peritonea...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kurashige S,Yoshida T,Kodama K,Mitsuhashi S

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enterovirus 71 (EV71) is the predominant pathogen for severe hand, foot, and mouth disease (HFMD) in children younger than 5 years, and currently no effective drugs are available for EV71. Thus, there is an urgent need to develop new drugs for the control of EV71 infection. In this study, LJ04 was extracted from Lamin...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Li Z,Cui B,Liu X,Wang L,Xian Q,Lu Z,Liu S,Cao Y,Zhao Y

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Water-insoluble glucan (WIG) produced by mutans streptococci, an important cariogenic pathogen, plays an important role in the formation of dental biofilm and adhesion of biofilm to tooth surfaces. Glucanohydrolases, such as mutanase (α-1,3-glucanase) and dextranase (α-1,6-glucanase), are able to hydrolyze WIG. The pu...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Otsuka R,Imai S,Murata T,Nomura Y,Okamoto M,Tsumori H,Kakuta E,Hanada N,Momoi Y

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to analyze the host-parasite interactions in experimental trichomoniasis, the growth of Trichomonas foetus in the peritoneal cavity and changes in the peritoneal exudate cells were followed in mice treated with dextran sulfate 500 (DS 500), a known macrophage-toxic agent. Light microscopic observation showed ...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Oka Y,Hayashi H,Ishikawa F,Osaki H

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Electron microscopy of Triton X-100-treated whole cells of an oral treponeme, Treponema sp. strain E-21, revealed that six cytoplasmic fibrils (CFs) helically wound as a bundle in the cytoplasm. The CFs were isolated and purified by disruption and solubilization of the cells followed by CsCl density gradient centrifug...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Masuda K,Kawata T

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of 33 compounds of L-alanine analogues over a wide range of concentrations to initiate germination of Bacillus subtilis spores was determined, and the inhibitory activity against L-alanine-initiated germination was determined for the above compounds and 22 of their D- and DL-isomers. Nineteen L-isomers wer...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yasuda Y,Tochikubo K

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germfree (GF) F344 rats developed severe adjuvant-induced arthritis with a 100% incidence after a single intradermal injection of heat-killed Mycobacterium bovis (BCG). Specific pathogene-free (SPF) rats developed less severe arthritis with a lower incidence. The rats colonized with Escherichia coli or Bacteroides dev...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kohashi O,Kohashi Y,Takahashi T,Ozawa A,Shigematsu N

更新日期：1985-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vibrio parahaemolyticus mutants lacking three Na+/H+ antiporters (NhaA, NhaB, NhaD) were constructed. The DeltanhaA strains showed significantly higher sensitivity to LiCl regarding their growth compared to the parental strain. The DeltanhaA and DeltanhaB strains exhibited higher sensitivities to LiCl. The mutant XACa...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Kuroda T,Mizushima T,Tsuchiya T

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a heterodimer molecule, Z-1, on guinea pig peritoneal macrophages (M phi s) by the newly prepared monoclonal antibody, anti-Z-1, and Z-1 has been assumed to be the complement receptor type three (CR3) in this species. To clarify this assumption, the cell type distribution of the antigen i...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Tamoto K,Nochi H,Tada M,Kakinuma T,Mori Y

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on the results of a phylogenetic analysis of 16S rRNA and the presence of sphingoglycolipid in cellular lipids of the type strains, transfer of "Rhizomonas" suberifaciens, Blastomonas natatoria and Erythromonas ursincola to the genus Sphingomonas as Sphingomonas suberifaciens (van Bruggen et al 1990) comb. nov.,...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Yabuuchi E,Kosako Y,Naka T,Suzuki S,Yano I

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gH of CMV is a major target for strain-specific neutralizing antibodies. To verify whether there is a correlation between HLA-DR type and strain-specific antibodies, antibodies against CMV gH in potential donors and recipients for renal transplantation were investigated. Among 471 subjects, 404 (86%) showed reacti...

journal_title：Microbiology and immunology

authors： Ishibashi K,Tokumoto T,Shirakawa H,Hashimoto K,Kushida N,Yanagida T,Shishido K,Aikawa K,Yamaguchi O,Toma H,Tanabe K,Suzutani T

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00