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Yasunori Tanji is affiliated with the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan, focusing primarily on environmental science and immunology and microbiology. Their research spans several related subfields, including ecology, microbiology, molecular biology, materials chemistry, and animal science and zoology.

The main topics addressed in Tanji's work include bacteriophages and microbial interactions, microbial infections and disease research, corrosion behavior and inhibition, animal virus infection studies, aquaculture disease management and microbiota, hepatitis B virus studies, and liver physiology and pathology.

Tanji has published in a variety of scientific venues, with the most frequent outlets being:

  • Scientific Reports (4 publications)
  • Research Square (2 publications)
  • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Among the recent papers authored or coauthored by Tanji are:

  • "Liver sinusoidal endothelial cells contribute to the uptake and degradation of entero bacterial viruses," 2020, Scientific Reports
  • "Characterization of Pseudomonas lytic phages and their application as a cocktail with antibiotics in controlling Pseudomonas aeruginosa," 2020, Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering
  • "The contribution of nitrate-reducing bacterium Marinobacter YB03 to biological souring and microbiologically influenced corrosion of carbon steel," 2020, Biochemical Engineering Journal
  • "Biological properties of Staphylococcus virus ΦSA012 for phage therapy," 2022, Scientific Reports
  • "Identification and characterization of a novel Enterococcus bacteriophage with potential to ameliorate murine colitis," 2021, Scientific Reports

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of Tanji's research. Frequent coauthors include Kazuhiko Miyanaga with 11 joint publications, Tomoko Hanawa with 4, as well as Aa Haeruman Azam, Tomohiro Nakamura, and Kotaro Kiga each with 3 coauthored works.

Best Publications

  • Proteolytic processing and membrane association of putative nonstructural proteins of hepatitis C virus

    Makoto Hijikata;Hiroto Mizushima;Yasunori Tanji;Yasumasa Komoda

  • Phosphorylation of hepatitis C virus-encoded nonstructural protein NS5A.

    Yasunori Tanji;Takashi Kaneko;Shinya Satoh;Kunitada Shimotohno

  • Hepatitis C virus-encoded nonstructural protein NS4A has versatile functions in viral protein processing.

    Yasunori Tanji;Makoto Hijikata;Shinya Satoh;Takasi Kaneko

  • Fractionation of N2O isotopomers during production by denitrifier

    Sakae Toyoda;Hidenori Mutobe;Hiroaki Yamagishi;Naohiro Yoshida

  • Production of Two Phosphoproteins from the NS5A Region of the Hepatitis C Viral Genome

    T. Kaneko;Y. Tanji;S. Satoh;M. Hijikata

  • Toward rational control of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by a phage cocktail.

    Y. Tanji;T. Shimada;M. Yoichi;K. Miyanaga

  • Therapeutic use of phage cocktail for controlling Escherichia coli O157:H7 in gastrointestinal tract of mice.

    Yasunori Tanji;Takuya Shimada;Hiroshi Fukudomi;Kazuhiko Miyanaga

  • Coevolution of Bacteriophage PP01 and Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Continuous Culture

    Katsunori Mizoguchi;Masatomo Morita;Curt R. Fischer;Masatoshi Yoichi

  • Rapid detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7 by using green fluorescent protein-labeled PP01 bacteriophage.

    Masahito Oda;Masatomo Morita;Hajime Unno;Yasunori Tanji

  • Isolation from sewage influent and characterization of novel Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages with wide host ranges and potent lytic capabilities.

    Aidan J. Synnott;Ying Kuang;Miki Kurimoto;Keiko Yamamichi

  • Bacteriophage-host arm race: an update on the mechanism of phage resistance in bacteria and revenge of the phage with the perspective for phage therapy.

    Aa Haeruman Azam;Yasunori Tanji

  • Alteration of tail fiber protein gp38 enables T2 phage to infect Escherichia coli O157:H7.

    Masatoshi Yoichi;Michiharu Abe;Kazuhiko Miyanaga;Hajime Unno

  • The N-terminal region of hepatitis C virus-encoded NS5A is important for NS4A-dependent phosphorylation

    Shin Ichi Asabe;Yasunori Tanji;Shinya Satoh;Takashi Kaneko

  • Site-specific recombination of T2 phage using IP008 long tail fiber genes provides a targeted method for expanding host range while retaining lytic activity

    Faezeh Mahichi;Aidan John Synnott;Keiko Yamamichi;Toshiya Osada

  • The N-terminal region of hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 (NS3) is essential for stable complex formation with NS4A.

    Shinya Satoh;Yasunori Tanji;Makoto Hijikata;Koichi Kimura

  • Succession of bacterial community and enzymatic activities of activated sludge by heat-treatment for reduction of excess sludge

    Sangtian Yan;Sangtian Yan;Kazuhiko Miyanaga;Xin-Hui Xing;Yasunori Tanji

  • Construction of self-disruptive Bacillus megaterium in response to substrate exhaustion for polyhydroxybutyrate production

    K. Hori;M. Kaneko;Y. Tanji;X.-H. Xing

  • Hepatitis C virus polyprotein processing: kinetics and mutagenic analysis of serine proteinase-dependent cleavage.

    Y Tanji;M Hijikata;Y Hirowatari;K Shimotohno

  • Characterization of a virulent bacteriophage specific for Escherichia coli O157:H7 and analysis of its cellular receptor and two tail fiber genes

    Masatomo Morita;Yasunori Tanji;Katsunori Mizoguchi;Tetsuya Akitsu

  • Analysis of N-terminal processing of hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 2.

    H Mizushima;M Hijikata;Y Tanji;K Kimura

Frequent Co-Authors

Kunitada Shimotohno
Kunitada Shimotohno National Center For Global Health and Medicine
Yuki Morono
Yuki Morono Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Nobuyuki Kato
Nobuyuki Kato Okayama University
Hiroyuki Imachi
Hiroyuki Imachi Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Kazuya Watanabe
Kazuya Watanabe Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
Naohiro Yoshida
Naohiro Yoshida Tokyo Institute of Technology
Ken Takai
Ken Takai Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology
Akiyoshi Ohashi
Akiyoshi Ohashi Hiroshima University
Makoto Kuroda
Makoto Kuroda National Institutes of Health
Masayori Inouye
Masayori Inouye Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

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