Hajime Ishikawa

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Affiliation: University of Arizona
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi The 160-kilobase genome of the bacterial endosymbiont Carsonella
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
    Science 314:267. 2006
  2. ncbi Transcriptome analysis of the aphid bacteriocyte, the symbiotic host cell that harbors an endocellular mutualistic bacterium, Buchnera
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory and Genome Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5477-82. 2005
  3. ncbi Extraordinary proliferation of microorganisms in aposymbiotic pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Molecular Microbial Ecology Division, Bioscience Technology Center, RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa 2 1, Wako Shi, 351 0198, Saitama, Japan
    J Invertebr Pathol 82:152-61. 2003
  4. ncbi Isolation and characterization of the bacteriophage WO from Wolbachia, an arthropod endosymbiont
    Yukiko Fujii
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 317:1183-8. 2004
  5. ncbi An experimental validation of orphan genes of Buchnera, a symbiont of aphids
    Sayaka Shimomura
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 292:263-7. 2002
  6. ncbi Internal spatiotemporal population dynamics of infection with three Wolbachia strains in the adzuki bean beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
    Nobuyuki Ijichi
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 68:4074-80. 2002

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Publications6

  1. ncbi The 160-kilobase genome of the bacterial endosymbiont Carsonella
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
    Science 314:267. 2006
    ..Genes for translation and amino acid biosynthesis are relatively well represented, but numerous genes considered essential for life are missing, suggesting that Carsonella may have achieved organelle-like status...
  2. ncbi Transcriptome analysis of the aphid bacteriocyte, the symbiotic host cell that harbors an endocellular mutualistic bacterium, Buchnera
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Environmental Molecular Biology Laboratory and Genome Science Laboratory, RIKEN, 2 1 Hirosawa, Wako, Saitama 351 0198, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 102:5477-82. 2005
    ..Conspicuously high expression of ii and iii shed light on previously unknown aspects of the host-Buchnera interactions in the symbiotic system...
  3. ncbi Extraordinary proliferation of microorganisms in aposymbiotic pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum
    Atsushi Nakabachi
    Molecular Microbial Ecology Division, Bioscience Technology Center, RIKEN, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, Hirosawa 2 1, Wako Shi, 351 0198, Saitama, Japan
    J Invertebr Pathol 82:152-61. 2003
    ..Three had no phylogenetic association with known taxonomic divisions. None of the sequences studied in this study coincided exactly with those deposited in GenBank...
  4. ncbi Isolation and characterization of the bacteriophage WO from Wolbachia, an arthropod endosymbiont
    Yukiko Fujii
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 317:1183-8. 2004
    ..This bacteriophage is the only known mobile genetic element potentially used for transformation of Wolbachia...
  5. ncbi An experimental validation of orphan genes of Buchnera, a symbiont of aphids
    Sayaka Shimomura
    Department of Biological Sciences, Graduate School of Science, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1, Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0033, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 292:263-7. 2002
    ..In view of codon usage and AT bias observed in these genes, it is likely that Buchnera have maintained them for an evolutionarily long time...
  6. ncbi Internal spatiotemporal population dynamics of infection with three Wolbachia strains in the adzuki bean beetle, Callosobruchus chinensis (Coleoptera: Bruchidae)
    Nobuyuki Ijichi
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST, Tsukuba 305-8566, Japan
    Appl Environ Microbiol 68:4074-80. 2002
    ..On the basis of our results, we discuss interactions among the three coinfecting Wolbachia types, reproductive strategies of Wolbachia, and factors involved in the different cytoplasmic incompatibility phenotypes...