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Masahisa Watarai

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1994

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Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine(Current)

Yamaguchi University

National Institute of Infectious Diseases

The University of Tokyo

Gyeongsang National University

Masahisa Watarai is an author at Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine specializing in medicine, microbiology, and pathogenesis.

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1994–2022

81

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81

Interaction of Ipa proteins of Shigella flexneri with alpha5beta1 integrin promotes entry of the bacteria into mammalian cells.

Masahisa Watarai, Shuichi FUNATO, Chihiro Sasakawa · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 1996 · 228 citations · Full text

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Modulation of Brucella-induced macropinocytosis by lipid rafts mediates intracellular replication

Masahisa Watarai, Sou-ichi Makino, Yoshio Fujii et al. · Cellular Microbiology · 2002 · 181 citations

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Contact of Shigella with host cells triggers release of Ipa invasins and is an essential function of invasiveness.

Masahisa Watarai, Toru Tobe, M Yoshikawa et al. · The EMBO Journal · 1995 · 168 citations · Full text

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<i>Legionella pneumophila</i> Is Internalized by a Macropinocytotic Uptake Pathway Controlled by the Dot/Icm System and the Mouse <i>Lgn1</i> Locus<b>✪</b>

Masahisa Watarai, Isabelle Derré, James E. Kirby et al. · The Journal of Experimental Medicine · 2001 · 158 citations · Full text

vacC, a virulence-associated chromosomal locus of Shigella flexneri, is homologous to tgt, a gene encoding tRNA-guanine transglycosylase (Tgt) of Escherichia coli K-12

Jérôme M. B. Durand, Nobuhiko Okada, Toru Tobe et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1994 · 138 citations · Full text

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