Toru Tobe

Disulfide oxidoreductase activity of Shigella flexneri is required for release of Ipa proteins and invasion of epithelial cells.

M. Watarai, C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, 1995, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.

Transcriptional control of the invasion regulatory gene virB of Shigella flexneri: activation by virF and repression by H-NS

C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, T. Tobe, 1993, Journal of bacteriology.

Temperature‐regulated expression of invasion genes in Shigella flexneri is controlled through the transcriptional activation of the virB gene on the large plasmid

C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, T. Tobe, 1991, Molecular microbiology.

A dual transcriptional activation system for the 230 kb plasmid genes coding for virulence‐associated antigens of Shigella flexneri

S. Makino, C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, 1989, Molecular microbiology.

vacB, a novel chromosomal gene required for expression of virulence genes on the large plasmid of Shigella flexneri

C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, T. Tobe, 1992, Journal of bacteriology.

Contact of Shigella with host cells triggers release of Ipa invasins and is an essential function of invasiveness.

M. Watarai, C. Sasakawa, M. Yoshikawa, 1995, The EMBO journal.