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2: Kurokawa K, Lee H, Roh KB, Asanuma M, Kim YS, Nakyama H, Shiratsuchi A, Choi Y, Takeuchi O, Kang HJ, Dohmae N, Nakanishi Y, Akira S, Sekimizu K, Lee BL. The triacylated ATP binding cluster transporter substrate-binding lipoprotein of Staphylococcus aureus functions as a native ligand for the toll-like receptor 2. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jan 12. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 19139093 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

3: Takabatake N, Iseki H, Ikehara Y, Kanuka H, Yokoyama N, Sekimizu K, Igarashi I. Isolation and pathogenic characterization of an OB1 variant of Babesia rodhaini which has a glycophorin A-independent pathway to murine red blood cells. Vet Parasitol. 2009 Feb 5;159(2):97-104. Epub 2008 Oct 15. PMID: 19084340 [PubMed - in process]

4: Kaito C, Omae Y, Matsumoto Y, Nagata M, Yamaguchi H, Aoto T, Ito T, Hiramatsu K, Sekimizu K. A novel gene, fudoh, in the SCCmec region suppresses the colony spreading ability and virulence of Staphylococcus aureus. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(12):e3921. Epub 2008 Dec 11. PMID: 19079549 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

5: Usui K, Miyazaki S, Kaito C, Sekimizu K. Purification of a soil bacteria exotoxin using silkworm toxicity to measure specific activity. Microb Pathog. 2009 Feb;46(2):59-62. Epub 2008 Nov 12. PMID: 19041713 [PubMed - in process]

6: Oku Y, Kurokawa K, Matsuo M, Yamada S, Lee BL, Sekimizu K. Pleiotropic roles of polyglycerolphosphate synthase of lipoteichoic acid in growth of Staphylococcus aureus cells. J Bacteriol. 2009 Jan;191(1):141-51. Epub 2008 Oct 24. PMID: 18952789 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

7: Koyama H, Sumiya E, Nagata M, Ito T, Sekimizu K. Transcriptional repression of the IMD2 gene mediated by the transcriptional co-activator Sub1. Genes Cells. 2008 Nov;13(11):1113-26. Epub 2008 Sep 23. PMID: 18823333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

8: Hamamoto H, Tonoike A, Narushima K, Horie R, Sekimizu K. Silkworm as a model animal to evaluate drug candidate toxicity and metabolism. Comp Biochem Physiol C Toxicol Pharmacol. 2008 Sep 6. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18804554 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

9: Morishita D, Katayama R, Sekimizu K, Tsuruo T, Fujita N. Pim kinases promote cell cycle progression by phosphorylating and down-regulating p27Kip1 at the transcriptional and posttranscriptional levels. Cancer Res. 2008 Jul 1;68(13):5076-85. PMID: 18593906 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

10: Suzuki T, Oba K, Norose J, Yoshimatsu H, Sekimizu K, Futami-Suda S, Ouchi M, Suzuki K, Kigawa Y, Nakano H. Lack of relationship between blood glucose-lowering activity of colestimide and serum cholecystokinin (CCK) concentrations in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Nippon Med Sch. 2008 Apr;75(2):111-5. PMID: 18475032 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

11: Orihara Y, Hamamoto H, Kasuga H, Shimada T, Kawaguchi Y, Sekimizu K. A silkworm baculovirus model for assessing the therapeutic effects of antiviral compounds: characterization and application to the isolation of antivirals from traditional medicines. J Gen Virol. 2008 Jan;89(Pt 1):188-94. PMID: 18089742 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

12: Kurokawa K, Nishida S, Ishibashi M, Mizumura H, Ueno K, Yutsudo T, Maki H, Murakami K, Sekimizu K. Staphylococcus aureus MurC participates in L-alanine recognition via histidine 343, a conserved motif in the shallow hydrophobic pocket. J Biochem. 2008 Mar;143(3):417-24. Epub 2007 Dec 15. PMID: 18084043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

13: Iijima R, Kunieda T, Yamaguchi S, Kamigaki H, Fujii-Taira I, Sekimizu K, Kubo T, Natori S, Homma KJ. The extracellular adenosine deaminase growth factor, ADGF/CECR1, plays a role in Xenopus embryogenesis via the adenosine/P1 receptor. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 25;283(4):2255-64. Epub 2007 Nov 21. PMID: 18032387 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

14: Koyama H, Sumiya E, Ito T, Sekimizu K. Improved method for the PCR-based gene disruption in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. FEMS Yeast Res. 2008 Mar;8(2):193-4. Epub 2007 Nov 19. PMID: 18028397 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

15: Nagata M, Kaito C, Sekimizu K. Phosphodiesterase activity of CvfA is required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 25;283(4):2176-84. Epub 2007 Oct 18. PMID: 17951247 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

16: Ishii K, Hamamoto H, Kamimura M, Sekimizu K. Activation of the silkworm cytokine by bacterial and fungal cell wall components via a reactive oxygen species-triggered mechanism. J Biol Chem. 2008 Jan 25;283(4):2185-91. Epub 2007 Oct 18. PMID: 17947232 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

17: Li Y, Kurokawa K, Reutimann L, Mizumura H, Matsuo M, Sekimizu K. DnaB and DnaI temperature-sensitive mutants of Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for involvement of DnaB and DnaI in synchrony regulation of chromosome replication. Microbiology. 2007 Oct;153(Pt 10):3370-9. PMID: 17906136 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

18: Ito T, Saso K, Arimitsu N, Sekimizu K. Defective FESTA/EAF2-mediated transcriptional activation in S-II-deficient embryonic stem cells. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2007 Nov 23;363(3):603-9. Epub 2007 Sep 14. PMID: 17892859 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

19: Sekimizu K, Tagawa M, Takeda H. Defective fin regeneration in medaka fish (Oryzias latipes) with hypothyroidism. Zoolog Sci. 2007 Jul;24(7):693-9. PMID: 17824777 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

20: Takashima S, Shimada A, Kobayashi D, Yokoi H, Narita T, Jindo T, Kage T, Kitagawa T, Kimura T, Sekimizu K, Miyake A, Setiamarga DH, Murakami R, Tsuda S, Ooki S, Kakihara K, Hojo M, Naruse K, Mitani H, Shima A, Ishikawa Y, Araki K, Saga Y, Takeda H. Phenotypic analysis of a novel chordin mutant in medaka. Dev Dyn. 2007 Aug;236(8):2298-310. PMID: 17654721 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]