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1202

Overview

Junichi Kato is affiliated with Hiroshima University in Japan. Their research encompasses diverse topics within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with a focus on areas including molecular biology, plant science, biomedical engineering, physiology, and epidemiology.

Their recent papers address various aspects of microbial metabolic engineering, enzyme catalysis, plant-microbe interactions, and health-related studies. Notable publications include:

  • Alpha-Glucosidase Inhibitor Voglibose Suppresses Azoxymethane-Induced Colonic Preneoplastic Lesions in Diabetic and Obese Mice, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Kato collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Akiko Hida, Takahisa Tajima, Yohei Shirakami, Hiroyasu Sakai, and Masahito Shimizu.

The main research fields Kato contributes to are Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Within these, the subfields include:

  • Molecular Biology
  • Plant Science
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology

Main topics associated with Kato's research comprise:

  • Microbial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction
  • Biofuel production and bioconversion
  • Enzyme Catalysis and Immobilization
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
  • Plant Pathogenic Bacteria Studies
  • Infections and bacterial resistance

Kato frequently publishes in venues such as Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal of Biotechnology, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, and International Journal of Urology.

Best Publications

  • Role of inorganic polyphosphate in promoting ribosomal protein degradation by the Lon protease in E. coli.

    Akio Kuroda;Kazutaka Nomura;Ryo Ohtomo;Junichi Kato

  • Alginate synthesis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a key pathogenic factor in chronic pulmonary infections of cystic fibrosis patients.

    T B May;D Shinabarger;R Maharaj;J Kato

  • Statistical analysis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development: impact of mutations in genes involved in twitching motility, cell-to-cell signaling, and stationary-phase sigma factor expression.

    Arne Heydorn;Bjarne Kjær Ersbøll;Junichi Kato;Morten Hentzer

  • Multiple-spot parallel processing for laser micronanofabrication

    Jun-ichi Kato;Nobuyuki Takeyasu;Yoshihiro Adachi;Hong-Bo Sun

  • Involvement of an extracellular protease in algicidal activity of the marine bacterium Pseudoalteromonas sp. strain A28

    Sun-og Lee;Junichi Kato;Noboru Takiguchi;Akio Kuroda

  • Subwavelength optical imaging through a metallic nanorod array.

    Atsushi Ono;Jun-ichi Kato;Satoshi Kawata

  • Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa by N-Acyl Cyclopentylamides

    Takenori Ishida;Tsukasa Ikeda;Noboru Takiguchi;Akio Kuroda

  • A simple method to release polyphosphate from activated sludge for phosphorus reuse and recycling.

    Akio Kuroda;Noboru Takiguchi;Takafumi Gotanda;Kazutaka Nomura

  • Inhibition of Quorum Sensing in Serratia marcescens AS-1 by Synthetic Analogs of N-Acylhomoserine Lactone

    Tomohiro Morohoshi;Toshitaka Shiono;Kiyomi Takidouchi;Masashi Kato

  • Identification of Chemotaxis Sensory Proteins for Amino Acids in Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf0-1 and Their Involvement in Chemotaxis to Tomato Root Exudate and Root Colonization

    Shota Oku;Ayaka Komatsu;Takahisa Tajima;Yutaka Nakashimada

  • Isolation and characterization of benzene-tolerant Rhodococcus opacus strains

    Kyung-su Na;Akio Kuroda;Noboru Takiguchi;Tsukasa Ikeda

  • Bacterial phosphate metabolism and its application to phosphorus recovery and industrial bioprocesses.

    Ryuichi Hirota;Akio Kuroda;Junichi Kato;Hisao Ohtake

  • Genetic identification of chemotactic transducers for amino acids in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Kazunori Taguchi;Hiroyuki Fukutomi;Akio Kuroda;Junichi Kato

  • AlgR3, a protein resembling eukaryotic histone H1, regulates alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Junichi Kato;Tapan K. Misra;A. M. Chakrabarty

  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a model microorganism for investigation of chemotactic behaviors in ecosystem.

    Junichi Kato;Hye-Eun Kim;Noboru Takiguchi;Akio Kuroda

  • Nucleotide sequence of a regulatory region controlling alginate synthesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: characterization of the algR2 gene

    J. Kato;L. Chu;K. Kitano;J.D. DeVault

  • Accumulation of inorganic polyphosphate in phoU mutants of Escherichia coli and Synechocystis sp. strain PCC6803.

    Tomohiro Morohoshi;Tatsuya Maruo;Yoko Shirai;Junichi Kato

  • Identification and Characterization of Two Chemotactic Transducers for Inorganic Phosphate in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Hong Wu;Junichi Kato;Akio Kuroda;Tsukasa Ikeda

  • Cloning and characterization of chemotaxis genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

    Junichi Kato;Tetsuya Nakamura;Akio Kuroda;Hisao Ohtake

  • Inorganic polyphosphate kinase is required to stimulate protein degradation and for adaptation to amino acid starvation in Escherichia coli

    Akio Kuroda;Shoutaro Tanaka;Tsukasa Ikeda;Junichi Kato

Frequent Co-Authors

Hisao Ohtake
Hisao Ohtake Osaka University
Akio Kuroda
Akio Kuroda Hiroshima University
Satoshi Kawata
Satoshi Kawata Osaka University
Ananda M. Chakrabarty
Ananda M. Chakrabarty University of Illinois at Chicago
Jiang Guo
Jiang Guo California State University Los Angeles
Masaya Nakamura
Masaya Nakamura Keio University
Tino Krell
Tino Krell Spanish National Research Council
Tim Tolker-Nielsen
Tim Tolker-Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Michael Givskov
Michael Givskov University of Copenhagen
Hong-Bo Sun
Hong-Bo Sun Tsinghua University

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