Kimihiro Abe

Developmentally-Regulated Excision of the SPβ Prophage Reconstitutes a Gene Required for Spore Envelope Maturation in Bacillus subtilis

Kimihiro Abe, Yuta Kawano, Keito Iwamoto et al. · PLoS Genetics · 2014 · 92 citations · Full text

Microbial Pathogens, Genetics, Bacteriology +21

Stabilization of <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> collagenase mRNA by VR‐RNA‐dependent cleavage in 5′ leader sequence

Nozomu Obana, Yu Shirahama, Kimihiro Abe et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2010 · 75 citations · Full text

Toxin Genes, Leader Sequence, Cola Mrna +13

Contributions of crust proteins to spore surface properties in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>

Bentley Shuster, Mark Khemmani, Kimihiro Abe et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2018 · 65 citations · Full text

Autolysis‐mediated membrane vesicle formation in <i>Bacillus subtilis</i>

Kimihiro Abe, Masanori Toyofuku, Nobuhiko Nomura et al. · Environmental Microbiology · 2021 · 47 citations

Mechanism of bacterial gene rearrangement: SprA-catalyzed precise DNA recombination and its directionality control by SprB ensure the gene rearrangement and stable expression of spsM during sporulation in Bacillus subtilis

Kimihiro Abe, Takuo Takamatsu, Tsutomu Sato · Nucleic Acids Research · 2017 · 41 citations · Full text

Genetics, Bacteriology, Molecular Biology +19