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Toshio Miwatani

Toshio Miwatani

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Microbiology

D-Index
50
Citations
7885
World Ranking
4488
National Ranking
184

Overview

Toshio Miwatani is affiliated with Osaka University in Japan. Their professional background is grounded in an academic environment recognized for its research contributions.

Information regarding Toshio Miwatani's research papers, frequent co-authors, main fields and subfields of study, main topics, and publication venues is not available. There is also no data on book publications or awards received by Toshio Miwatani.

Due to the absence of records on specific research outputs or thematic concentrations, no detailed overview of research topics or contributions can be provided. The profile reflects a current academic affiliation without further publicly accessible research documentation.

Best Publications

  • Purification and characterization of a hemolysin produced by a clinical isolate of Kanagawa phenomenon-negative Vibrio parahaemolyticus and related to the thermostable direct hemolysin.

    T Honda;Y X Ni;T Miwatani

  • Enterotoxicity of El Tor-like hemolysin of non-O1 Vibrio cholerae.

    Y Ichinose;K Yamamoto;N Nakasone;M J Tanabe

  • Amino-acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin produced by human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    Saburo Aimoto;Toshifumi Takao;Yasutsugu Shimonishi;Saburo Hara

  • Modified Elek test for detection of heat-labile enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    T Honda;S Taga;Y Takeda;T Miwatani

  • Immunological nonidentity of heat-labile enterotoxins from human and porcine enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli.

    T Honda;T Tsuji;Y Takeda;T Miwatani

  • Purification and characterization of Vibrio cholerae non-O1 heat-stable enterotoxin.

    M Arita;T Takeda;T Honda;T Miwatani

  • Amino acid sequence of a heat-stable enterotoxin isolated from enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli strain 18D

    Toshifumi Takao;Tetsuo Hitouji;Saburo Aimoto;Yasutsugu Shimonishi

  • Cloning and nucleotide sequence of the gene (trh) encoding the hemolysin related to the thermostable direct hemolysin of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    M Nishibuchi;T Taniguchi;T Misawa;V Khaeomanee-Iam

  • Characterization of new hydrophobic pili of human enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli: a possible new colonization factor.

    Takeshi Honda;Michiko Arita;Toshio Miwatani

  • Gastroenteritis due to Kanagawa negative Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    Shun-Ichi Honda;Ikuo Goto;Ichirou Minematsu;Nagashige Ikeda

  • Two-step processing for activation of the cytolysin/hemolysin of Vibrio cholerae O1 biotype El Tor: nucleotide sequence of the structural gene (hlyA) and characterization of the processed products.

    K Yamamoto;Y Ichinose;H Shinagawa;K Makino

  • Essential structure for full enterotoxigenic activity of heat-stable enterotoxin produced by enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

    Shoko Yoshimura;Haruo Ikemura;Hiroyuki Watanabe;Saburo Aimoto

  • Identification of lethal toxin with the thermostable direct hemolysin produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and some physicochemical properties of the purified toxin.

    T Honda;S Taga;T Takeda;M A Hasibuan

  • The thermostable direct hemolysin of Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a pore-forming toxin.

    Takeshi Honda;Yuxin Ni;Toshio Miwatani;Toshiyuki Adachi

  • In vitro proteolytic processing and activation of the recombinant precursor of El Tor cytolysin/hemolysin (pro-HlyA) of Vibrio cholerae by soluble hemagglutinin/protease of V. cholerae, trypsin, and other proteases.

    K Nagamune;K Yamamoto;A Naka;J Matsuyama

  • Mode of disulfide bond formation of a heat-stable enterotoxin (STh) produced by a human strain of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

    Yasutsugu Shimonishi;Yuji Hidaka;Michiyuki Koizumi;Motomu Hane

  • Demonstration of the cardiotoxicity of the thermostable direct hemolysin (lethal toxin) produced by Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    T Honda;K Goshima;Y Takeda;Y Sugino

  • Evidence that a non-O1 Vibrio cholerae produces enterotoxin that is similar but not identical to cholera enterotoxin.

    K Yamamoto;Y Takeda;T Miwatani;J P Craig

  • Purification and partial characterization of heat-stable enterotoxin of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli

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  • Production of cholera-like enterotoxin by a Vibrio cholerae non-O1 strain isolated from the environment

    J P Craig;K Yamamoto;Y Takeda;T Miwatani

  • Isolation of a factor causing morphological changes of chinese hamster ovary cells from the culture filtrate of Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

    T Honda;M Shimizu;Y Takeda;T Miwatani

Frequent Co-Authors

Takeshi Honda
Takeshi Honda Osaka University
Yoshifumi Takeda
Yoshifumi Takeda Okayama University
Tae Takeda
Tae Takeda Osaka University
Yasutsugu Shimonishi
Yasutsugu Shimonishi Osaka University
Saburo Aimoto
Saburo Aimoto Osaka University
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi
Mitsuaki Nishibuchi Kyoto University
Toshifumi Takao
Toshifumi Takao Osaka University
Hiroshi Matsubara
Hiroshi Matsubara Osaka Metropolitan University
Kazuo Yamamoto
Kazuo Yamamoto University of Tokyo
Susumu Tsunasawa
Susumu Tsunasawa Osaka University

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