K. Kurokawa

Hong-Hee Kim, S. Han, C. Yun, 2013, Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research.

Intradermal Immunization with Wall Teichoic Acid (WTA) Elicits and Augments an Anti-WTA IgG Response that Protects Mice from Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection Independent of Mannose-Binding Lectin Status

K. Kurokawa, E. Paul, B. Lee, 2013, PloS one.

Overcoming the blockade at the upstream of caspase cascade in Fas-resistant HTLV-I-infected T cells by cycloheximide.

K. Kurokawa, N. Kobayashi, M. Hieda, 2002, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Two-component signaling in the virulence of Staphylococcus aureus: a silkworm larvae-pathogenic agent infection model of virulence.

K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, K. Sekimizu, 2007, Methods in enzymology.

Silkworm pathogenic bacteria infection model for identification of novel virulence genes

S. Hamada, K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, 2005, Molecular microbiology.

Identification and Characterization of Amino Acid Residues Essential for the Active Site of UDP-N-acetylenolpyruvylglucosamine Reductase (MurB) from Staphylococcus aureus*

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, K. Kita, 2006, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

DNA topoisomerase II is required for the G0‐to‐S phase transition in Drosophila Schneider cells, but not in yeast

N. Akimitsu, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2004, Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms.

The staphylococcal surface-glycopolymer wall teichoic acid (WTA) is crucial for complement activation and immunological defense against Staphylococcus aureus infection.

K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, Kazue Takahashi, 2016, Immunobiology.

Biochemical characterization of evasion from peptidoglycan recognition by Staphylococcus aureus D-alanylated wall teichoic acid in insect innate immunity.

K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, Lili Zheng, 2011, Developmental and comparative immunology.

Characterization of the Staphylococcus aureus mprF gene, involved in lysinylation of phosphatidylglycerol.

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, N. Ichihashi, 2004, Microbiology.

Inhibitory Effects of Basic or Neutral Phospholipid on Acidic Phospholipid-mediated Dissociation of Adenine Nucleotide Bound to DnaA Protein, the Initiator of Chromosomal DNA Replication*

K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, K. Sekimizu, 2003, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Eosinophil hyporesponse of jirds induced by microfilariae of Brugia pahangi.

T. Oda, K. Kurokawa, A. Mori, 1989, The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene.

Local Structure and Xenon Adsorption Behavior of Metal-Organic Framework System [M2(O2CPh)4(pyz)]n (M = Rh and Cu) As Studied with Use of Single-Crystal X-ray Diffraction, Adsorption Isotherm, and Xenon-129 NMR

T. Ueda, S. Takamizawa, K. Kurokawa, 2007 .

Novel Bacterial Lipoprotein Structures Conserved in Low-GC Content Gram-positive Bacteria Are Recognized by Toll-like Receptor 2*

S. Akira, T. Saitoh, H. Nakayama, 2012, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The Triacylated ATP Binding Cluster Transporter Substrate-binding Lipoprotein of Staphylococcus aureus Functions as a Native Ligand for Toll-like Receptor 2*

S. Akira, O. Takeuchi, H. Nakayama, 2009, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

1H NMR Study of Molecular Motion of Benzene and n-Decane Confined in the Nanocavities of Metal–Organic Frameworks

T. Ueda, K. Kurokawa, T. Eguchi, 2012 .

Influence of the linking number of template DNA on sigma 32-dependent transcription initiation in vitro of the Escherichia coli groE gene.

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, T. Miki, 1996, Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin.

93-kDa Twin-domain Serine Protease Inhibitor (Serpin) Has a Regulatory Function on the Beetle Toll Proteolytic Signaling Cascade*

Joon-Hee Lee, Eunhye Kim, K. Kurokawa, 2011, Journal of Biological Chemistry.

The molecular activation and regulation mechanisms of proteolytic Toll signaling cascade in insect innate immunity

M. Matsushita, K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, 2010 .

Three Pairs of Protease-Serpin Complexes Cooperatively Regulate the Insect Innate Immune Responses*

D. Gubb, Eunhye Kim, Ji-won Park, 2009, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Adsorption of Staphylococcus viruses S13' and S24-1 on Staphylococcus aureus strains with different glycosidic linkage patterns of wall teichoic acids.

Y. Sakaguchi, K. Kurokawa, Jumpei Uchiyama, 2017, The Journal of general virology.

Structural evidence of α‐aminoacylated lipoproteins of Staphylococcus aureus

H. Nakayama, N. Dohmae, K. Kurokawa, 2011, The FEBS journal.

for Staphylococcus aureus B Is Exploited by Inhibitory Receptor Paired Ig-like Receptor

A. Aderem, D. Underhill, K. Kurokawa, 2012 .

Isolation of a temperature-sensitive dnaA mutant of Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, N. Ichihashi, 2006, FEMS microbiology letters.

Isolation and characterization of temperature-sensitive mutants of the Staphylococcus aureus dnaC gene.

N. Akimitsu, K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, 2002, FEMS microbiology letters.

Pleiotropic Roles of Polyglycerolphosphate Synthase of Lipoteichoic Acid in Growth of Staphylococcus aureus Cells

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, B. Lee, 2008, Journal of bacteriology.

Surface Glycopolymers Are Crucial for In Vitro Anti-Wall Teichoic Acid IgG-Mediated Complement Activation and Opsonophagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus

P. Andersen, K. Kurokawa, A. Peschel, 2015, Infection and Immunity.

Staphylococcus aureus against Complement-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis Staphylococcal Wall Teichoic Acid Induces Specific Serum Ig Recognizing

M. Matsushita, Shin-ichiro Takahashi, K. Kurokawa, 2012 .

Inhibitory Role for d-Alanylation of Wall Teichoic Acid in Activation of Insect Toll Pathway by Peptidoglycan of Staphylococcus aureus

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, A. Shiratsuchi, 2010, The Journal of Immunology.

Auxiliary role for d‐alanylated wall teichoic acid in Toll‐like receptor 2‐mediated survival of Staphylococcus aureus in macrophages

K. Shimizu, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2010, Immunology.

DnaB and DnaI temperature-sensitive mutants of Staphylococcus aureus: evidence for involvement of DnaB and DnaI in synchrony regulation of chromosome replication.

L. Reutimann, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2007, Microbiology.

Participation of Rho‐dependent transcription termination in oxidative stress sensitivity caused by an rpoB mutation

Takahiro Ito, K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, 2005, Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms.

Trend in Chlamydia trachomatis Infection Among Pregnant Women in the Past Ten Years in Japan: Significance of Chlamydia trachomatis Seroprevalence

Taro Yamamoto, K. Kurokawa, S. Katamine, 1998, Sexually transmitted diseases.

Quantitative Evaluation of the Therapeutic Effects of Antibiotics Using Silkworms Infected with Human Pathogenic Microorganisms

H. Kusuhara, K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, 2004, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

Purification and characterization of tenecin 4, a new anti-Gram-negative bacterial peptide, from the beetle Tenebrio molitor.

Ji-won Park, K. Kurokawa, Y. Jo, 2012, Developmental and comparative immunology.

Deleted HTLV‐1 provirus in cord‐blood samples of babies born to HTLV‐1‐carrier mothers

K. Kurokawa, S. Katamine, H. Miyata, 1998, International journal of cancer.

CORRELATION BETWEEN FILARIAL ANTIBODY TITRE AND ADULT-T-CELL LEUKEMIA VIRUS ANTIBODY TITRE IN INHABITANTS OF GOTO ISLANDS, NAGASAKI JAPAN.

T. Oda, K. Kurokawa, A. Mori, 1983 .

Enzymatic degradation of poly(L-lactide) film by proteinase K: quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy study.

Y. Doi, K. Yamashita, K. Kurokawa, 2005, Biomacromolecules.

Contribution of the Mannan Backbone of Cryptococcal Glucuronoxylomannan and a Glycolytic Enzyme of Staphylococcus aureus to Contact-Mediated Killing of Cryptococcus neoformans

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, M. Yamaguchi, 2007, Journal of bacteriology.

Beetle immunity.

Ji-won Park, K. Kurokawa, N. Ha, 2010, Advances in experimental medicine and biology.

Diversity of Innate Immune Recognition Mechanism for Bacterial Polymeric meso-Diaminopimelic Acid-type Peptidoglycan in Insects

Ji-won Park, H. Nakayama, N. Dohmae, 2010, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Polyester synthesis genes associated with stress resistance are involved in an insect–bacterium symbiosis

Y. Rhee, H. Nakayama, N. Dohmae, 2013, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Environment-Mediated Accumulation of Diacyl Lipoproteins over Their Triacyl Counterparts in Staphylococcus aureus

H. Nakayama, N. Dohmae, K. Kurokawa, 2012, Journal of bacteriology.

Solvent-induced morphological diversification in poly(l-lactide-b-ɛ-caprolactone) block copolymer thin films

H. Abe, K. Kurokawa, Y. Kikkawa, 2010 .

The role of phagocytosis in IL-8 production by human monocytes in response to lipoproteins on Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, H. Kim, 2011, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Identification of Lipoteichoic Acid as a Ligand for Draper in the Phagocytosis of Staphylococcus aureus by Drosophila Hemocytes1

T. Awasaki, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2009, The Journal of Immunology.

Hemocytes Drosophila by Staphylococcus aureus Ligand for Draper in the Phagocytosis of Identification of Lipoteichoic Acid as a Shiratsuchi

T. Awasaki, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2009 .

Isolation and mutation site determination of the temperature-sensitive murB mutants of Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Miura, K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, 2003, FEMS microbiology letters.

High frequency of postnatal transmission of TT virus in infancy

K. Kurokawa, S. Katamine, M. A. Khan, 2000, Archives of Virology.

Human Blood Feeding Activity of Female Hybrids between Culex pipiens pipiens and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae)

T. Oda, K. Uchida, M. Mine, 2007 .

The Initiator Function of DnaA Protein Is Negatively Regulated by the Sliding Clamp of the E. coli Chromosomal Replicase

T. Katayama, K. Kurokawa, E. Crooke, 1998, Cell.

Effect of Indoor-Keeping of House Dogs on the Transmission of Dirofilaria immitis in Nagasaki City, Japan.

T. Oda, M. Mine, K. Kurokawa, 1996 .

Studies on Epidemiology of Dirofilaria Immitis in House Dogs in Nagasaki City, Japan, with Considerations on Yearly Changes in Microfilarial Prevalence.

T. Oda, M. Mine, K. Kurokawa, 1993 .

Induction of protective immunity to Brugia pahangi in jirds by drug-abbreviated infection

T. Oda, K. Kurokawa, A. Mori, 1992, Journal of Helminthology.

Preliminary Report on Human Filariasis in Mozambique,East Africa

T. Oda, K. Kurokawa, A. Mori, 1985 .

Replication cycle‐coordinated change of the adenine nucleotide‐bound forms of DnaA protein in Escherichia coli

T. Katayama, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 1999, The EMBO journal.

Identification of temperature-sensitive dnaD mutants of Staphylococcus aureus that are defective in chromosomal DNA replication

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, Y. Li, 2004, Molecular Genetics and Genomics.

Rapid Exchange of Bound ADP on the Staphylococcus aureus Replication Initiation Protein DnaA*

T. Takaki, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2009, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Negative control of DNA replication by hydrolysis of ATP bound to DnaA protein, the initiator of chromosomal DNA replication in Escherichia coli

T. Katayama, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 1997, The EMBO journal.

A stimulation factor for hydrolysis of ATP bound to DnaA protein, the initiator of chromosomal DNA replication in Escherichia coli.

T. Katayama, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 1998, Biochemical and biophysical research communications.

Glycoepitopes of Staphylococcal Wall Teichoic Acid Govern Complement-mediated Opsonophagocytosis via Human Serum Antibody and Mannose-binding Lectin*

M. Matsushita, K. Kurokawa, A. Peschel, 2013, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

DNA replication‐coupled inactivation of DnaA protein in vitro: a role for DnaA arginine‐334 of the AAA+ Box VIII motif in ATP hydrolysis

T. Katayama, H. Kawakami, K. Kurokawa, 2001, Molecular microbiology.

Human Serum Mannose-binding Lectin Senses Wall Teichoic Acid Glycopolymer of Staphylococcus aureus, Which Is Restricted in Infancy*

M. Matsushita, J. Kwak, K. Kurokawa, 2010, The Journal of Biological Chemistry.

Novel DNA binding protein SarZ contributes to virulence in Staphylococcus aureus

K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, K. Sekimizu, 2006, Molecular microbiology.

Shuttle vectors derived from pN315 for study of essential genes in Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, B. Lee, 2010, Biological & pharmaceutical bulletin.

Isolation of temperature-sensitive mutations in murC of Staphylococcus aureus.

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, S. Nishida, 2007, FEMS microbiology letters.

Regulation of Exoprotein Gene Expression by the Staphylococcus aureus cvfB Gene

K. Kurokawa, C. Kaito, K. Sekimizu, 2007, Infection and Immunity.

Insemination rates of hybrids between Culex pipiens pipiens and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus or Culex pipiens pallens at high temperature.

T. Oda, Y. Eshita, K. Uchida, 2004, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.

Human anti-peptidoglycan-IgG-mediated opsonophagocytosis is controlled by calcium mobilization in phorbol myristate acetate-treated U937 cells

K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, So-Young Rah, 2015, BMB reports.

Effects of high temperature on the emergence and survival of adult Culex pipiens molestus and Culex quinquefasciatus in Japan.

T. Oda, K. Uchida, M. Mine, 1999, Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association.

Structural effects of terminal groups on nonenzymatic and enzymatic degradations of end-capped poly(L-lactide).

H. Abe, Y. Doi, K. Yamashita, 2008, Biomacromolecules.

Specific Serum Ig Recognizing Staphylococcal Wall Teichoic Acid Induces Complement-Mediated Opsonophagocytosis against Staphylococcus aureus

M. Matsushita, K. Kurokawa, B. Lee, 2012, The Journal of Immunology.

Staphylococcus aureus MurC participates in L-alanine recognition via histidine 343, a conserved motif in the shallow hydrophobic pocket.

T. Yutsudo, K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, 2007, Journal of biochemistry.

Evaluation of Target Specificity of Antibacterial Agents Using Staphylococcus aureus ddlA Mutants and d-Cycloserine in a Silkworm Infection Model

K. Kurokawa, K. Sekimizu, H. Hamamoto, 2009, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy.

NMR investigation of rapid structural changes and non-metal-to-metal transition in the molten eutectic Ge–Te alloy

K. Kurokawa, Y. Tsuchiya, H. Kanaya, 2007 .

Surface properties and enzymatic degradation of end-capped poly(l-lactide)

H. Abe, Y. Doi, K. Yamashita, 2006 .

Short communication: epidemiological evidence that simian T-lymphotropic virus type 1 in Macaca fuscata has an alternative transmission route to maternal infection.

Taro Yamamoto, K. Kurokawa, K. Eguchi, 2011, AIDS research and human retroviruses.

β-O-N-Acetyl-d-glucosamine residue of wall teichoic acid of Staphylococcus aureus is required for serum antibody-mediated complement activation

K. Kurokawa, A. Peschel, D. J. Jun, 2013 .