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  1. Establishment of plasmid vector and allelic exchange mutagenesis systems in a mycobacterial strain that is able to degrade polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, March 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  2. The Small Protein HemP Is a Transcriptional Activator for the Hemin Uptake Operon in Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, June 2017, ASM Journals

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  3. Host Range of the Conjugative Transfer System of IncP-9 Naphthalene-Catabolic Plasmid NAH7 and Characterization of Its oriT Region and Relaxase

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2016, ASM Journals

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  4. Tn4651

    Article • Genome Announcements, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  5. Isolation of oxygenase genes for indigo-forming activity from an artificially polluted soil metagenome by functional screening using Pseudomonas putida strains as hosts

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, January 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  6. Stepwise enhancement of catalytic performance of haloalkane dehalogenase LinB towards β-hexachlorocyclohexane

    Article • AMB Express, September 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  7. Biodegradative Bacteria

    Article • January 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  8. Mobile Catabolic Genetic Elements in Pseudomonads

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  9. Strategies to Reveal Genomic Function in Natural Soil Systems

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  10. Appearance and Evolution of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane-Degrading Bacteria

    Article • September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  11. Inhibitory effect of Pseudomonas putida nitrogen-related phosphotransferase system on conjugative transfer of IncP-9 plasmid from Escherichia coli

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, June 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  12. Cointegrate-resolution of toluene-catabolic transposon Tn4651: Determination of crossover site and the segment required for full resolution activity

    Article • Plasmid, January 2013, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  13. Analysis of Extracellular Alginate Lyase (alyA) Expression and its Regulatory Region in a Marine Bacterial Strain, Pseudoalteromonas atlantica AR06, Using a gfp Gene Reporter System

    Article • Marine Biotechnology, November 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  14. Cloning of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane dehydrochlorinase gene with its flanking regions from soil by activity-based screening techniques

    Article • European Journal of Soil Biology, September 2012, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  15. ParI, an orphan ParA family protein fromPseudomonas putida KT2440-specific genomic island, interferes with the partition system of IncP-7 plasmids

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, August 2012, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda, Dr Masaki Shintani

  16. Pivotal role of anthranilate dioxygenase genes in the adaptation of Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616 in soil

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  17. Genomic organization and genomic structural rearrangements of Sphingobium japonicum UT26, an archetypal γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading bacterium

    Article • Enzyme and Microbial Technology, December 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  18. The lin Genes for γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Degradation in Sphingomonas sp. MM-1 Proved to Be Dispersed across Multiple Plasmids

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, March 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  19. PCB / biphenyl degradation operon repressed by different compounds in Acidovorax sp. KKS102 and Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  20. Conjugative transfer of naphthalene-catabolic plasmid NAH7 regulated by nitrogen-related phosphotransferase system of recipient cells

    Article • Journal of Biotechnology, November 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  21. Optimization of the packing in the haloalkane dehalogenase crystal by seeding

    Article • Acta Crystallographica Section A Foundations of Crystallography, August 2010, International Union of Crystallography

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  22. Identification of Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616 genes induced in soil environment by in vivo expression technology

    Article • Environmental Microbiology, April 2010, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  23. Analysis of extracellular alginate lyase and its gene from a marine bacterial strain, Pseudoalteromonas atlantica AR06

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  24. Redesigning dehalogenase access tunnels as a strategy for degrading an anthropogenic substrate

    Article • August 2009, Nature

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  25. Novel organization of aromatic degradation pathway genes in a microbial community as revealed by metagenomic analysis

    Article • The ISME Journal, July 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  26. Revised nomenclature for transposable genetic elements

    Article • Plasmid, November 2008, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  27. GenomeMatcher: A graphical user interface for DNA sequence comparison

    Article • BMC Bioinformatics, September 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  28. Insertion sequence-based cassette PCR: cultivation-independent isolation of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading genes from soil DNA

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, April 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  29. Aerobic degradation of lindane (γ-hexachlorocyclohexane) in bacteria and its biochemical and molecular basis

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  30. Degradation of β-hexachlorocyclohexane by haloalkane dehalogenase LinB from γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-utilizing bacterium Sphingobium sp. MI1205

    Article • Archives of Microbiology, May 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  31. Complete Sequence Determination Combined with Analysis of Transposition/Site-specific Recombination Events to Explain Genetic Organization of IncP-7 TOL Plasmid pWW53 and Related Mobile Genetic Elements

    Article • Journal of Molecular Biology, May 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  32. The identification of catalytic pentad in the haloalkane dehalogenase DhmA from Mycobacterium avium N85: Reaction mechanism and molecular evolution

    Article • Journal of Structural Biology, February 2007, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  33. Isolation and characterization of naphthalene-catabolic genes and plasmids from oil-contaminated soil by using two cultivation-independent approaches

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, November 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  34. Comparative Analysis of argK-tox Clusters and Their Flanking Regions in Phaseolotoxin-Producing Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, August 2006, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  35. Identification of a response regulator gene for catabolite control from a PCB‐degrading β‐proteobacteria, Acidovorax sp. KKS102

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, May 2006, Wiley

    Dr Toshiaki Kudo, Professor Masataka Tsuda

  36. Distribution of γ-hexachlorocyclohexane-degrading genes on three replicons in Sphingobium japonicum UT26

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, March 2006, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  37. Growth Inhibition by Metabolites of γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane inSphingobium japonicumUT26

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2006, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  38. Global Gene Expression in Bradyrhizobium japonicum Cultured with Vanillin, Vanillate, 4-Hydroxybenzoate and Protocatechuate

    Article • Microbes and Environments, January 2006, Japanese Society of Microbial Ecology

    Professor Masataka Tsuda, Professor Kiwamu Minamisawa

  39. Recipient Range of IncP-7 Conjugative Plasmid pCAR2 from Pseudomonas putida HS01 is Broader than from Other Pseudomonas Strains

    Article • Biotechnology Letters, December 2005, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda, Dr Masaki Shintani

  40. Organization and localization of the dnaA and dnaK gene regions on the multichromosomal genome of Burkholderia multivorans ATCC 17616

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, June 2005, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  41. Identification of Insertion Sequence from a γ-Hexachlorocyclohexane Degrading Bacterium,Sphingomonas paucimobilisUT26

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, January 2005, Taylor & Francis

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  42. Strategies for bioremediation of polychlorinated biphenyls

    Article • Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, July 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Toshiaki Kudo, Professor Masataka Tsuda

  43. Halide-Stabilizing Residues of Haloalkane Dehalogenases Studied by Quantum Mechanic Calculations and Site-Directed Mutagenesis †

    Article • Biochemistry, December 2002, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  44. A Phylogenomic Study of the OCTase Genes in Pseudomonas syringae Pathovars: The Horizontal Transfer of the argK–tox Cluster and the Evolutionary History of OCTase Genes on Their Genomes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Evolution, April 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  45. Iron-Mediated Regulation of Alkaline Proteinase Production inPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Microbiology and Immunology, August 2001, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  46. Identification of the urease operon in Helicobacter pylori and its control by mRNA decay in response to pH

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2000, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  47. Mobile catabolic genes in bacteria

    Article • Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering, January 1999, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  48. Functional replacement of OprJ by OprM in the MexCD-OprJ multidrug efflux system of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, August 1998, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  49. Use of a transposon-encoded site-specific resolution system for construction of large and defined deletion mutations in bacterial chromosome

    Article • Gene, January 1998, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  50. Fiber-Optic-Based Biomonitoring of Benzene Derivatives by Recombinant E . coli Bearing Luciferase Gene-Fused TOL-Plasmid Immobilized on the Fiber-Optic End

    Article • Analytical Chemistry, July 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  51. The Role ofmex-Gene Products in Antibiotic Extrusion inPseudomonas aeruginosa

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, April 1997, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  52. A genetic analysis system of Burkholderia cepacia: construction of mobilizable transposons and a cloning vector

    Article • Gene, January 1996, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  53. A positive regulatory gene,pvdS, for expression of pyoverdin biosynthetic genes inPseudomonas aeruginosa PAO

    Article • July 1995, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  54. シュードモナス属細菌のトランスポゾンの解析とトランスポゾンを用いた分子遺伝学的解析

    Article • Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi, January 1995, Japanese Society for Bacteriology

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  55. 環境微生物分解系遺伝子のダイナミズム ３ 分解系トランスポゾン

    Article • KAGAKU TO SEIBUTSU, January 1994, Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  56. A mutagenesis system utilizing a Tn1722 derivative containing an Escherichia coli-specific vector plasmid: application to Pseudomonas species

    Article • Gene, December 1993, Elsevier

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  57. Genetic Transformation inHelicobacter pylori

    Article • Microbiology and Immunology, January 1993, Wiley

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  58. Naphthalene degrading genes on plasmid NAH7 are on a defective transposon

    Article • August 1990, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  59. Identification and characterization of Tn4653, a transposon covering the toluene transposon Tn4651 on TOL plasmid pWW0

    Article • July 1988, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  60. Genetic analysis of a transposon carrying toluene degrading genes on a TOL plasmid pWWO

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, January 1987, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  61. Tn501 insertion mutagenesis in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO

    Article • Molecular Genetics and Genomics, January 1984, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  62. Tn1 insertion mutagenesis in Escherichia coli K-12 using a temperature-sensitive mutant of plasmid RP4

    Article • January 1981, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  63. High frequency mobilization of the chromosome of Escherichia coli by a mutant of plasmid RP4 temperature-Sensitive for maintenance

    Article • January 1980, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda

  64. Tol Plasmid: Organization And Regulation Of Gene Expression

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Masataka Tsuda