Kuniaki Okamoto

Genetic Analyses of Proteolysis, Hemoglobin Binding, and Hemagglutination of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Yixin Shi, Dinath B. Ratnayake, Kuniaki Okamoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1999 · 327 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +13

Construction and Characterization of Arginine-specific Cysteine Proteinase (Arg-gingipain)-deficient Mutants of Porphyromonas gingivalis

Koji Nakayama, Tomoko Kadowaki, Kuniaki Okamoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1995 · 234 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

HSP‐enriched properties of extracellular vesicles involve survival of metastatic oral cancer cells

Kisho Ono, Takanori Eguchi, Chiharu Sogawa et al. · Journal of Cellular Biochemistry · 2018 · 177 citations · Full text

Medicine, Cancer Biology, Oncology +17

Arg-gingipain Acts as a Major Processing Enzyme for Various Cell Surface Proteins in Porphyromonas gingivalis

Tomoko Kadowaki, Koji Nakayama, Fuminobu Yoshimura et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1998 · 173 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Microbiology, Oral Biology +15

Purification and characterization of a novel arginine-specific cysteine proteinase (argingipain) involved in the pathogenesis of periodontal disease from the culture supernatant of Porphyromonas gingivalis.

Tomoko Kadowaki, Masahiro Yoneda, Kuniaki Okamoto et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1994 · 172 citations · Full text

Dentistry, Biochemistry, Periodontology +15