Masaaki Wachi

Overview

Best Publications

• MreB Actin-Mediated Segregation of a Specific Region of a Bacterial Chromosome

  Zemer Gitai;Natalie Anne Dye;Ann Reisenauer;Masaaki Wachi

  471
  Citations

• Molecular cloning of the gene of a penicillin-binding protein supposed to cause high resistance to beta-lactam antibiotics in Staphylococcus aureus.

  M. Matsuhashi;Min Dong Song;F. Ishino;M. Wachi

  456
  Citations

• Evolution of an inducible penicillin-target protein in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by gene fusion.

  Min Dong Song;Masaaki Wachi;Masaki Doi;Fumitoshi Ishino

  442
  Citations

• Synthesis and Antibacterial Activity of a Novel Series of Potent DNA Gyrase Inhibitors. Pyrazole Derivatives

  Akihiko Tanitame;Yoshihiro Oyamada;Keiko Ofuji;Mika Fujimoto

  358
  Citations

• Mutant isolation and molecular cloning of mre genes, which determine cell shape, sensitivity to mecillinam, and amount of penicillin-binding proteins in Escherichia coli.

  M. Wachi;M. Doi;S. Tamaki;Wan Park

  337
  Citations

• Generation of hydrogen peroxide primarily contributes to the induction of Fe(II)-dependent apoptosis in Jurkat cells by (−)-epigallocatechin gallate

  Hiroshi Nakagawa;Keiji Hasumi;Je-Tae Woo;Kazuo Nagai

  285
  Citations

• Mutations of the Corynebacterium glutamicum NCgl1221 gene, encoding a mechanosensitive channel homolog, induce L-glutamic acid production.

  Jun Nakamura;Seiko Hirano;Hisao Ito;Masaaki Wachi

  273
  Citations

• Novel S-Benzylisothiourea Compound That Induces Spherical Cells in Escherichia coli Probably by Acting on a Rod-shape-determining Protein(s) Other Than Penicillin-binding Protein 2

  Noritaka Iwai;Kazuo Nagai;Masaaki Wachi

  233
  Citations

• Determinations of the DNA sequence of the mreB gene and of the gene products of the mre region that function in formation of the rod shape of Escherichia coli cells.

  M Doi;M Wachi;F Ishino;S Tomioka

  225
  Citations

• Fenton Reaction Is Primarily Involved in a Mechanism of (−)-Epigallocatechin-3-gallate to Induce Osteoclastic Cell Death ☆

  Hiroshi Nakagawa;Masaaki Wachi;Je-Tae Woo;Masanori Kato

  210
  Citations

• Structural similarity among Escherichia coli FtsW and RodA proteins and Bacillus subtilis SpoVE protein, which function in cell division, cell elongation, and spore formation, respectively.

  M Ikeda;T Sato;M Wachi;H K Jung

  202
  Citations

• New mre genes mreC and mreD, responsible for formation of the rod shape of Escherichia coli cells.

  M Wachi;M Doi;Y Okada;M Matsuhashi

  198
  Citations

• Negative control of cell division by mreB, a gene that functions in determining the rod shape of Escherichia coli cells.

  M Wachi;M Matsuhashi

  196
  Citations

• Synthesis and antibacterial activity of novel and potent DNA gyrase inhibitors with azole ring.

  Akihiko Tanitame;Yoshihiro Oyamada;Keiko Ofuji;Mika Fujimoto

  187
  Citations

• The Escherichia coli mraY gene encoding UDP-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide: undecaprenyl-phosphate phospho-N-acetylmuramoyl-pentapeptide transferase.

  M Ikeda;M Wachi;H K Jung;F Ishino

  186
  Citations

• Actin homolog MreB and RNA polymerase interact and are both required for chromosome segregation in Escherichia coli

  Thomas Kruse;Blagoy Blagoev;Anders Løbner-Olesen;Masaaki Wachi

  164
  Citations

• Escherichia coli cafA gene encodes a novel RNase, designated as RNase G, involved in processing of the 5' end of 16S rRNA.

  Masaaki Wachi;Genryou Umitsuki;Miwa Shimizu;Ayako Takada

  157
  Citations

• Synthesis and antibacterial activity of a novel series of DNA gyrase inhibitors: 5-[(E)-2-arylvinyl]pyrazoles.

  Akihiko Tanitame;Yoshihiro Oyamada;Keiko Ofuji;Hideo Terauchi

  149
  Citations

• Effects of high hydrostatic pressure on bacterial cytoskeleton FtsZ polymers in vivo and in vitro.

  Akihiro Ishii;Akihiro Ishii;Takako Sato;Masaaki Wachi;Kazuo Nagai

  128
  Citations

• Machinery for cell growth and division: Penicillin-binding proteins and other proteins

  M. Matsuhashi;M. Wachi;F. Ishino

  123
  Citations