Atsuo Sakurai

Comparative genomic analyses of Streptococcus mutans provide insights into chromosomal shuffling and species-specific content

Fumito Maruyama, Mitsuhiko Kobata, Ken Kurokawa et al. · BMC Genomics · 2009 · 89 citations · Full text

Specific Behavior of Intracellular Streptococcus pyogenes That Has Undergone Autophagic Degradation Is Associated with Bacterial Streptolysin O and Host Small G Proteins Rab5 and Rab7

Atsuo Sakurai, Fumito Maruyama, Junko Funao et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 2010 · 73 citations · Full text

Bacterial Streptolysin O, Bacteriology, Molecular Biology +21

Pili of oral Streptococcus sanguinis bind to salivary amylase and promote the biofilm formation

Nobuo Okahashi, Masanobu Nakata, Yutaka Terao et al. · Microbial Pathogenesis · 2011 · 71 citations

Biofilm Formation, Salivary Amylase, Bacteriology +3

Pili of oral Streptococcus sanguinis bind to fibronectin and contribute to cell adhesion

Nobuo Okahashi, Masanobu Nakata, Atsuo Sakurai et al. · Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications · 2009 · 53 citations

Virulence Factor, Cell Adhesion, Pathogenesis +6

<i>Streptococcus pyogenes</i>Infection Induces Septic Arthritis with Increased Production of the Receptor Activator of the NF-κB Ligand

Atsuo Sakurai, Nobuo Okahashi, Ichirô Nakagawa et al. · Infection and Immunity · 2003 · 41 citations · Full text