Whole genome sequencing of meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus M Kuroda, T Ohta, I Uchiyama, T Baba, H Yuzawa, I Kobayashi, L Cui, ... The Lancet 357 (9264), 1225-1240, 2001 | 2563 | 2001 |
Silkworm larvae as an animal model of bacterial infection pathogenic to humans C Kaito, N Akimitsu, H Watanabe, K Sekimizu Microbial pathogenesis 32 (4), 183-190, 2002 | 275 | 2002 |
Quantitative evaluation of the therapeutic effects of antibiotics using silkworms infected with human pathogenic microorganisms H Hamamoto, K Kurokawa, C Kaito, K Kamura, I Manitra Razanajatovo, ... Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy 48 (3), 774-779, 2004 | 245 | 2004 |
Silkworm pathogenic bacteria infection model for identification of novel virulence genes C Kaito, K Kurokawa, Y Matsumoto, Y Terao, S Kawabata, S Hamada, ... Molecular microbiology 56 (4), 934-944, 2005 | 199 | 2005 |
Colony Spreading in Staphylococcus aureus C Kaito, K Sekimizu Journal of bacteriology 189 (6), 2553-2557, 2007 | 157 | 2007 |
Transcription and Translation Products of the Cytolysin Gene psm-mec on the Mobile Genetic Element SCCmec Regulate Staphylococcus aureus Virulence C Kaito, Y Saito, G Nagano, M Ikuo, Y Omae, Y Hanada, X Han, ... PLoS pathogens 7 (2), e1001267, 2011 | 151 | 2011 |
Mobile Genetic Element SCCmec-encoded psm-mec RNA Suppresses Translation of agrA and Attenuates MRSA Virulence C Kaito, Y Saito, M Ikuo, Y Omae, H Mao, G Nagano, T Fujiyuki, S Numata, ... PLoS pathogens 9 (4), e1003269, 2013 | 126 | 2013 |
Tree of motility–A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life M Miyata, RC Robinson, TQP Uyeda, Y Fukumori, S Fukushima, S Haruta, ... Genes to Cells 25 (1), 6-21, 2020 | 124 | 2020 |
Novel DNA binding protein SarZ contributes to virulence in Staphylococcus aureus C Kaito, D Morishita, Y Matsumoto, K Kurokawa, K Sekimizu Molecular microbiology 62 (6), 1601-1617, 2006 | 118 | 2006 |
Genetic identification of two distinct DNA polymerases, DnaE and PolC, that are essential for chromosomal DNA replication in Staphylococcus aureus R Inoue, C Kaito, M Tanabe, K Kamura, N Akimitsu, K Sekimizu Molecular Genetics and Genomics 266, 564-571, 2001 | 97 | 2001 |
Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus virulence factors using a silkworm model S Miyazaki, Y Matsumoto, K Sekimizu, C Kaito FEMS microbiology letters 326 (2), 116-124, 2012 | 80 | 2012 |
Phosphodiesterase activity of CvfA is required for virulence in Staphylococcus aureus M Nagata, C Kaito, K Sekimizu Journal of Biological Chemistry 283 (4), 2176-2184, 2008 | 77 | 2008 |
Inhibitory effects of basic or neutral phospholipid on acidic phospholipid-mediated dissociation of adenine nucleotide bound to DnaA protein, the initiator of chromosomal DNA … N Ichihashi, K Kurokawa, M Matsuo, C Kaito, K Sekimizu Journal of Biological Chemistry 278 (31), 28778-28786, 2003 | 77 | 2003 |
A silkworm model of pathogenic bacterial infection C Kaito, K Sekimizu Drug Discov Ther 1 (2), 89-93, 2007 | 72 | 2007 |
Lipopolysaccharide O-antigen of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 is required for killing both insects and mammals A Miyashita, S Iyoda, K Ishii, H Hamamoto, K Sekimizu, C Kaito FEMS microbiology letters 333 (1), 59-68, 2012 | 56 | 2012 |
A Novel Gene, fudoh, in the SCCmec Region Suppresses the Colony Spreading Ability and Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus C Kaito, Y Omae, Y Matsumoto, M Nagata, H Yamaguchi, T Aoto, T Ito, ... PLoS One 3 (12), e3921, 2008 | 56 | 2008 |
Silkworm apolipophorin protein inhibits Staphylococcus aureus virulence Y Hanada, K Sekimizu, C Kaito Journal of Biological Chemistry 286 (45), 39360-39369, 2011 | 55 | 2011 |
Use of silkworm larvae to study pathogenic bacterial toxins MS Hossain, H Hamamoto, Y Matsumoto, IM Razanajatovo, J Larranaga, ... Journal of biochemistry 140 (3), 439-444, 2006 | 54 | 2006 |
Primed immune responses triggered by ingested bacteria lead to systemic infection tolerance in silkworms A Miyashita, S Takahashi, K Ishii, K Sekimizu, C Kaito PLoS One 10 (6), e0130486, 2015 | 51 | 2015 |
Regulation of Exoprotein Gene Expression by the Staphylococcus aureus cvfB Gene Y Matsumoto, C Kaito, D Morishita, K Kurokawa, K Sekimizu Infection and immunity 75 (4), 1964-1972, 2007 | 47 | 2007 |