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Michio Homma

Michio Homma

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Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
75
Citations
14880
World Ranking
5445
National Ranking
352

Overview

Michio Homma is affiliated with Nagoya University in Japan, with a research focus primarily in the field of Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Their scholarly output includes 96 publications in this broad area, with significant contributions in subfields such as Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, Condensed Matter Physics, and Endocrinology.

The scientist's research topics span multiple specialized areas including Bacterial Genetics and Biotechnology, Photoreceptor and Optogenetics research, Micro and Nano Robotics, Protist diversity and phylogeny, Lipid Membrane Structure and Behavior, Vibrio bacteria research studies, and Erythrocyte Function and Pathophysiology.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Michio Homma include:

  • Tree of motility - A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life (2020, Genes to Cells)
  • The flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus undergoes major structural remodeling during rotational switching (2020, eLife)
  • Structure and Energy-Conversion Mechanism of the Bacterial Na+-Driven Flagellar Motor (2020, Trends in Microbiology)
  • Regulation of the Single Polar Flagellar Biogenesis (2020, Biomolecules)
  • Live-cell fluorescence imaging reveals dynamic production and loss of bacterial flagella (2020, Molecular Microbiology)

Michio Homma has frequently published in the following venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Genes to Cells
  • Journal of Bacteriology
  • Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi
  • The Journal of Biochemistry

Collaborations have been a notable aspect of their work with frequent co-authors including:

  • Seiji Kojima
  • Tatsuro Nishikino
  • Hiroyuki Terashima
  • Norihiro Takekawa
  • Katsumi Imada

Best Publications

  • Direct observation of steps in rotation of the bacterial flagellar motor

    Yoshiyuki Sowa;Alexander D. Rowe;Mark C. Leake;Toshiharu Yakushi

  • Flagellar motility in bacteria structure and function of flagellar motor.

    Hiroyuki Terashima;Seiji Kojima;Michio Homma

  • Salmonella typhimurium mutants defective in flagellar filament regrowth and sequence similarity of FliI to F0F1, vacuolar, and archaebacterial ATPase subunits.

    A P Vogler;M Homma;V M Irikura;R M Macnab

  • Flagellar hook and hook-associated proteins of Salmonella typhimurium and their relationship to other axial components of the flagellum

    Michio Homma;David J. DeRosier;Robert M. Macnab

  • Stator assembly and activation mechanism of the flagellar motor by the periplasmic region of MotB

    Seiji Kojima;Katsumi Imada;Mayuko Sakuma;Yuki Sudo

  • Functional Reconstitution of the Na+-driven Polar Flagellar Motor Component of Vibrio alginolyticus

    Ken Sato;Michio Homma

  • Na+-driven flagellar motor of Vibrio

    Tomohiro Yorimitsu;Michio Homma

  • FlgB, FlgC, FlgF and FlgG: A family of structurally related proteins in the flagellar basal body of Salmonella typhimurium☆

    Michio Homma;Kazuhiro Kutsukake;Mitsuyasu Hasebe;Tetsuo Iino

  • Variation in the electrophoretic karyotype analysed by the assignment of DNA probes in Candida albicans

    Shin-Ichi Iwaguchi;Michio Homma;Kenji Tanaka

  • Ion-coupling determinants of Na+-driven and H+-driven flagellar motors.

    Yukako Asai;Toshiharu Yakushi;Ikuro Kawagishi;Michio Homma

  • The sodium‐driven polar flagellar motor of marine Vibrio as the mechanosensor that regulates lateral flagellar expression

    Ikuro Kawagishi;Miho Imagawa;Yasuo Imae;Linda McCarter

  • Putative channel components for the fast-rotating sodium-driven flagellar motor of a marine bacterium.

    Yukako Asai;Seiji Kojima;Haruki Kato;Noriko Nishioka

  • Cloning and characterization of motY, a gene coding for a component of the sodium-driven flagellar motor in Vibrio alginolyticus.

    I Okunishi;I Kawagishi;M Homma

  • Flagellar switch of Salmonella typhimurium: gene sequences and deduced protein sequences.

    M Kihara;M Homma;K Kutsukake;R M Macnab

  • L-, P-, and M-ring proteins of the flagellar basal body of Salmonella typhimurium: gene sequences and deduced protein sequences.

    C J Jones;M Homma;R M Macnab

  • Torque-speed relationship of the Na+-driven flagellar motor of Vibrio alginolyticus.

    Yoshiyuki Sowa;Hiroyuki Hotta;Michio Homma;Akihiko Ishijima;Akihiko Ishijima

  • The polar flagellar motor of Vibrio cholerae is driven by an Na+ motive force.

    Seiji Kojima;Koichiro Yamamoto;Ikuro Kawagishi;Michio Homma

  • Effect of viscosity on swimming by the lateral and polar flagella of Vibrio alginolyticus.

    T Atsumi;Y Maekawa;T Yamada;I Kawagishi

  • Isolation of the polar and lateral flagellum-defective mutants in Vibrio alginolyticus and identification of their flagellar driving energy sources.

    I Kawagishi;Y Maekawa;T Atsumi;M Homma

  • Electrophoretic karyotypes of clinically isolated yeasts of Candida albicans and C. glabrata.

    Kohtaro Asakura;Shin-Ichi Iwaguchi;Michio Homma;Tomoko Sukai

Frequent Co-Authors

Seiji Kojima
Seiji Kojima Nagoya University
Toshio Fukuda
Toshio Fukuda Nagoya University
Katsumi Imada
Katsumi Imada Osaka University
Hideki Kandori
Hideki Kandori Nagoya Institute of Technology
Keiichi Namba
Keiichi Namba Osaka University
Robert M. Macnab
Robert M. Macnab Yale University
Masahide Terazima
Masahide Terazima Kyoto University
Jun Liu
Jun Liu Yale University
Ken Sato
Ken Sato Gunma University
Tohru Minamino
Tohru Minamino Osaka University

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