I. Fukuda

The absence of a surface protease, OmpT, determines the intercellular spreading ability of <i>Shigella</i>: the relationship between the <i>ompT</i> and <i>kcpA</i> loci

Noboru Nakata, Toru Tobe, I. Fukuda et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1993 · 138 citations

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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Identification and characterization of a chromosomal virulence gene, <i>vacJ</i>, required for intercellular spreading of <i>Shigella flexneri</i>

Toshihiko Suzuki, Tatuo Murai, I. Fukuda et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1994 · 96 citations

Identification of a novel virulence gene, <i>virA</i>, on the large plasmid of <i>Shigella</i>, involved in invasion and intercellular spreading

Kei‐ichi Uchiya, Toru Tobe, Keiko Komatsu et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1995 · 85 citations

Identification and characterization of <i>virK</i>, a virulence‐associated large plasmid gene essential for intercellular spreading of <i>Shigella flexneri</i>

Noboru Nakata, Chihiro Sasakawa, Nobuhiko Okada et al. · Molecular Microbiology · 1992 · 83 citations