Toru Tobe

Type IV Pili, Transient Bacterial Aggregates, and Virulence of Enteropathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i>

David Bieber, Sandra W. Ramer, Cheng-Yen Wu et al. · Science · 1998 · 460 citations

Life Sciences, Infectious Diseases, Microbiology +17

Transcriptional control of the invasion regulatory gene virB of Shigella flexneri: activation by virF and repression by H-NS

Toru Tobe, M Yoshikawa, Takuya Mizuno et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 1993 · 227 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

SdiA, an <i>Escherichia coli</i> homologue of quorum‐sensing regulators, controls the expression of virulence factors in enterohaemorrhagic <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7

Kyoko Kanamaru, Kyoko Kanamaru, Ichiro Tatsuno et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 2000 · 182 citations

Life Sciences, Microbiology, Molecular Biology +17

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

Veterinary Medicine, Immunology, Infectious Diseases +7

Extensive Genomic Diversity in Pathogenic <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Shigella</i> Strains Revealed by Comparative Genomic Hybridization Microarray

Satoru Fukiya, Hiroshi Mizoguchi, Toru Tobe et al. · Journal of Bacteriology · 2004 · 159 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Microbiology +14