MORIKAWA Kazuya

Researcher's full information

Articles
  • Effect of cell surface components on ASABF-α susceptibility in Staphylococcus aureus: a resistance mechanism involving cell wall alteration.
    Melody Tsai; Yusuke Kato; and Kazuya Morikawa; +森川 一也
    Microorganisms in Industry and Environment. From scientific and industrial research to consumer products./p.564-549, 2010-01
  • The analysis on different SigB concentration in Staphylococcus aureus High SigB accumulation enhances biofilm formation
    Takeshita Sayaka L.; Hidaka Toshie; Ohta Toshiko; Morikaw...
    Current Research Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology/pp.611-614, 2009-01
  • The analysis on different SigB concentration in Staphylococcus aureus ~High SigB accumulation enhances biofilm formation~
    Sayaka L. Takeshita; Toshie Hidaka; Toshiko Ohta; and Ka...
    Current Research Topics in Applied Microbiology and Microbial Biotechnology/p.611-614, 2009-01
  • The sigH gene sequence can subspeciate staphylococci
    Morikawa Kazuya; Ohniwa Ryosuke L.; Kumano Miyuki; Okamur...
    DIAGNOSTIC MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE/61(4)/pp.373-380, 2008-08
  • Transcription-coupled Nucleoid Architecture in Bacteria.
    Ryosuke L. Ohniwa; Kazuya Morikawa; Sayaka L. Takeshita; ...
    Genes to Cells/12(10)/p.1141-1152, 2007-10
  • Transcription-coupled nucleoid architecture in bacteria
    Ohniwa Ryosuke L.; Morikawa Kazuya; Takeshita Sayaka L.; ...
    GENES TO CELLS/12(10)/pp.1141-1152, 2007-10
  • Biochemical, Molecular Genetic, and Structural Analyses of the Staphylococcal Nucleoid.
    Kazuya Morikawa*; Ryosuke L. Ohniwa; Joongbaek Kim; Sayaka L...
    Microscopy and Microanalysis/13(1)/p.30-35, 2007-02
  • Structural and mutational analyses of Drp35 from Staphylococcus aureus - A possible mechanism for its lactonase activity
    Tanaka Yoshikazu; Morikawa Kazuya; Ohki Yu; Yao Min; Tsum...
    JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY/282(8)/pp.5770-5780, 2007-02
  • Biochemical, molecular genetic, and structural analyses of the staphylococcal nucleoid
    Morikawa Kazuya; Ohniwa Ryosuke L.; Kim Joongbaek; Takesh...
    MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS/13(1)/pp.30-35, 2007-02
  • Atomic force Microscopy dissects the hierarchy of genome architectures in eukaryote, prokaryote, and chloroplast
    Ohniwa R. L.; Morikawa K.; Kim J.; Kobori T.; Hizume K.; ...
    MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS/13(1)/pp.3-12, 2007-02
  • Dynamic state of DNA topology is essential for genome condensation in bacteria
    Ohniwa Ryosuke L.; Morikawa Kazuya; Kim Joongbaek; Ohta ...
    EMBO JOURNAL/25(23)/pp.5591-5602, 2006-11
  • Genetic characterization of the natural SigB variants found in clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus
    Inose Yumiko; Takeshita Sayaka L.; Hidaka Toshie; Higashi...
    JOURNAL OF GENERAL AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY/52(5)/pp.259-271, 2006-10
  • Bacterial Nucleoid Dynamics: Oxidative Stress Response in Staphylococcus aureus
    Kazuya Morikawa; Ryosuke L. Ohniwa; Joongbaek Kim; Atsushi M...
    Genes Cells/11/p.409 423, 2006-04
  • The mammalian ionic environment dictates microbial susceptibility to antimicrobial defense peptides
    Dorschner RA; Lopez-Garcia B; Peschel A; Kraus D; Morikaw...
    FASEB JOURNAL/20(1)/pp.35-42, 2006-01
  • Whole genome sequence of Staphylococcus saprophyticus reveals the pathogenesis of uncomplicated urinary tract infection
    Kuroda M; Yamashita A; Hirakawa H; Kumano M; Morikawa K; Higas...
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/102(37)/pp.13272-13277, 2005-09
  • Staphylococcal Drp35 is the functional counterpart of the eukaryotic PONs
    Morikawa K; Hidaka T; Murakami H; Hayashi H; Toshiko Ohta
    FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS/249(1)/pp.185-190, 2005-08
  • In vitro resistance to the CS alpha beta-type antimicrobial peptide ASABF-alpha is conferred by overexpression of sigma factor sigB in Staphylococcus aureus
    Zhang H; Morikawa K; Ohta T; Kato Y
    JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY/55(5)/pp.686-691, 2005-05
  • Blue light-induced transcription of plastid-encoded psbD gene is mediated by a nuclear-encoded transcription initiation factor, AtSig5
    Tsunoyama Y; Ishizaki Y; Morikawa K; Kobori M; Nakahira ...
    PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/101(9)/pp.3304-3309, 2004-03
  • Nucleotide substitutions in Staphylococcus aureus strains, Mu50, Mu3, and N315
    Ohta T; Hirakawa H; Morikawa K; Maruyama A; Inose Y; Yamashita...
    DNA RESEARCH/11(1)/pp.51-56, 2004-02
  • Genome architecture studied by nanoscale imaging: analyses among bacterial phyla and their implication to eukaryotic genome folding
    Takeyasu K; Kim J; Ohniwa RL; Kobori T; Inose Y; Morikawa...
    CYTOGENETIC AND GENOME RESEARCH/107(1-2)/pp.38-48, 2004-01
  • A new staphylococcal sigma factor in the conserved gene cassette: Functional significance and implication for the evolutionary processes.(jointly worked)
    Kazuya Morikawa; Yumiko Inose; Hideyuki Okamura; Atsushi ...
    Genes Cells/8(8)/pp.699-712, 2003-08
  • A role of the -35 element in the initiation of transcription at psbA promoter in tobacco plastids(jointly worked)
    Keiko Hayashi; Takashi Shiina; Nao Ishii; Kayou Iwai; Yok...
    Plant Cell Physiology/44/p.334 341, 2003-03
  • Novel nuclear-encoded proteins interacting with a plastid sigma factor, Sig1, in Arabidopsis thaliana.(jointly worked)
    Morikawa Kazuya; Takashi Shiina; Shinya Murakami; Yoshino...
    FEBS Lett/514/pp.300-304, 2002-03
  • Oxidative stress-inducible qorA encodes an NADPH-dependent quinone oxidoreductase catalyzing a one-electron reduction in Staphylococcus aureus(jointly worked)
    Maruyama Atsushi; Kumagai Yoshito; Morikawa Kazuya; Taguc...
    Microbiology (Reading, England)/149(Pt 2)/pp.389-398, 2002-02
  • Overexpression of alternative sigma factor, sB, urges Staphylococcus aureus cells to thicken the cell walls and resist b-lactams. (jointly worked)
    Morikawa Kazuya; Atsushi Maruyama; Yumiko Inose; Masato ...
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun./288/pp.385-389, 2001-10
  • more...