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  1. Architecture of Actinoplanes missouriensis sporangia and zoospores visualized using quick-freeze deep-etch electron microscopy

    Article • Bioscience Biotechnology and Biochemistry, November 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  2. Cryo-electron microscopy of cytoskeletal ‘fibril’ involved inSpiroplasmaswimming

    Article • June 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  3. Assembly properties of bacterial actin MreB involved in Spiroplasma swimming motility

    Article • Journal of Biological Chemistry, June 2023, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  4. Structure and Function of Gli123 Involved in Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2023, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  5. Assembly properties ofSpiroplasmaMreB involved in swimming motility

    Article • January 2023, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  6. Reconstitution of a minimal motility system based on Spiroplasma swimming by two bacterial actins in a synthetic minimal bacterium

    Article • Science Advances, December 2022, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Makoto Miyata

  7. ATP-dependent polymerization dynamics of bacterial actin proteins involved in Spiroplasma swimming

    Article • Open Biology, October 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Makoto Miyata

  8. Structure and Function of Gli123 Involved in Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

    Article • September 2022, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  9. A Multi-Rail Structure in the Cell Envelope for the Bacteroidetes Gliding Machinery

    Article • June 2022, Research Square

    Makoto Miyata

  10. Core and rod structures of a thermophilic cyanobacterial light-harvesting phycobilisome

    Article • Nature Communications, June 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  11. Coordinated regulation of TORC2 signaling by MCC /eisosome‐associated proteins, Pil1 and tetraspan membrane proteins during the stress response

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, April 2022, Wiley

    Mitsuaki Tabuchi, Makoto Miyata

  12. Reconstitution of minimal motility system based on Spiroplasma swimming by expressing two bacterial actins in synthetic minimal bacterium

    Article • November 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  13. Correction: Tahara et al. Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy Reveals the Characteristic Architecture of the Fission Yeast Spore. J. Fungi 2021, 7, 7

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2021, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata

  14. Chained Structure of Dimeric F 1 -like ATPase in Mycoplasma mobile Gliding Machinery

    Article • mBio, August 2021, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  15. Movements of Mycoplasma mobile Gliding Machinery Detected by High-Speed Atomic Force Microscopy

    Article • mBio, June 2021, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  16. Force and stepwise movements of gliding motility in human pathogenic bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • May 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  17. Involvement of a Multidrug Efflux Pump and Alterations in Cell Surface Structure in the Synergistic Antifungal Activity of Nagilactone E and Anethole against Budding Yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

    Article • Antibiotics, May 2021, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata

  18. ATP dependent polymerization dynamics of bacterial actin proteins involved in Spiroplasma swimming

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  19. Chained structure of dimeric F1-like ATPase in Mycoplasma mobile gliding machinery

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  20. Unraveling the host-selective toxic interaction of cassiicolin with lipid membranes and its cytotoxicity

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  21. Use of a Ferritin L134P Mutant for the Facile Conjugation of Prussian Blue in the Apoferritin Cavity

    Article • Inorganic Chemistry, March 2021, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Makoto Miyata

  22. Isolation and structure of the fibril protein, a major component of the internal ribbon for Spiroplasma swimming

    Article • February 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  23. Movements of Mycoplasma mobile gliding machinery detected by high-speed atomic force microscopy

    Article • January 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  24. Mycolic acid-containing bacteria trigger distinct types of membrane vesicles through different routes

    Article • iScience, January 2021, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  25. Quick-Freeze, Deep-Etch Electron Microscopy Reveals the Characteristic Architecture of the Fission Yeast Spore

    Article • Journal of Fungi, December 2020, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata

  26. The Fission Yeast RNA-Binding Protein Meu5 Is Involved in Outer Forespore Membrane Breakdown during Spore Formation

    Article • Journal of Fungi, November 2020, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata

  27. Multilamellar and Multivesicular Outer Membrane Vesicles Produced by a Buttiauxella agrestis tolB Mutant

    Article • Applied and Environmental Microbiology, October 2020, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  28. Phylogenetic origin and sequence features of MreB from the wall-less swimming bacteria Spiroplasma

    Article • May 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  29. A Factor Produced by Kaistia sp. 32K Accelerated the Motility of Methylobacterium sp. ME121

    Article • Biomolecules, April 2020, MDPI AG

    Makoto Miyata

  30. Current status of the website of the Biophysical Society of Japan

    Article • Biophysical Reviews, February 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  31. Tree of motility – A proposed history of motility systems in the tree of life

    Article • Genes to Cells, January 2020, Wiley

    Makoto Miyata

  32. Refined Mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile Gliding Based on Structure, ATPase Activity, and Sialic Acid Binding of Machinery

    Article • mBio, December 2019, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  33. Peptidoglycan layer and disruption processes in Bacillus subtilis cells visualized using quick-freeze, deep-etch electron microscopy

    Article • Microscopy, November 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  34. Refined mechanism ofMycoplasma mobilegliding based on structure, ATPase activity, and sialic acid binding of machinery

    Article • October 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  35. Behaviors and Energy Source of Mycoplasma gallisepticum Gliding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2019, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  36. Behaviors and Energy Source ofMycoplasma gallisepticumGliding

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  37. Peptidoglycan layer and disruption processes inBacillus subtiliscells visualized using quick-freeze, deep-etch electron microscopy

    Article • April 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  38. Identification of novel protein domain for sialyloligosaccharide binding essential toMycoplasma mobilegliding

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, January 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata, Prof. Dr. Hidemitsu Furukawa

  39. Publisher Correction: Linear motor driven-rotary motion of a membrane-permeabilized ghost in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  40. Linear motor driven-rotary motion of a membrane-permeabilized ghost in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Scientific Reports, July 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  41. Linear motor driven-rotary motion of a membrane-permeabilized ghost in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • March 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  42. Transformation of crustacean pathogenic bacterium Spiroplasma eriocheiris and expression of yellow fluorescent protein

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, June 2017, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  43. Detailed Analyses Of Stall Force Generation In Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

    Article • May 2017, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Makoto Miyata

  44. Force Measurement on Mycoplasma mobile Gliding Using Optical Tweezers

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2017, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Makoto Miyata

  45. Directed Binding of Gliding Bacterium,Mycoplasma mobile, Shown by Detachment Force and Bond Lifetime

    Article • mBio, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  46. Integrated Information and Prospects for Gliding Mechanism of the Pathogenic Bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Frontiers in Microbiology, June 2016, Frontiers

    Makoto Miyata

  47. Structural Study of MPN387, an Essential Protein for Gliding Motility of a Human-Pathogenic Bacterium, Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, June 2016, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  48. Periodicity in Attachment Organelle Revealed by Electron Cryotomography Suggests Conformational Changes in Gliding Mechanism of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • mBio, May 2016, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  49. Prospects for the gliding mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, February 2016, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  50. Reprint of “Prospects for the gliding mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile”

    Article • Current Opinion in Microbiology, December 2015, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  51. C2-O-04Gliding machinery ofMycoplasma mobile,pathogenic bacterium

    Article • Microscopy, November 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  52. Gliding Direction of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2015, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  53. Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma mobile on Uniform Oligosaccharides

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2015, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  54. Unitary step of gliding machinery in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, May 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Makoto Miyata

  55. Localization of P42 and F1-ATPase  -Subunit Homolog of the Gliding Machinery in Mycoplasma mobile Revealed by Newly Developed Gene Manipulation and Fluorescent Protein Tagging

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2014, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  56. Molecular Basis of SMC ATPase Activation: Role of Internal Structural Changes of the Regulatory Subcomplex ScpAB

    Article • Structure, April 2013, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  57. Decoding system for the AUA codon by tRNA Ile with the UAU anticodon in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Nucleic Acids Research, January 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  58. Analyzing Inhibitory Effects of Reagents on Mycoplasma Gliding and Adhesion

    Article • BIO-PROTOCOL, January 2013, Bio-Protocol, LLC

    Makoto Miyata

  59. Role of Binding in Mycoplasma mobile and Mycoplasma pneumoniae Gliding Analyzed through Inhibition by Synthesized Sialylated Compounds

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  60. Whole Surface Image of Mycoplasma mobile, Suggested by Protein Identification and Immunofluorescence Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2012, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  61. Molecular Structure of Isolated MvspI, a Variable Surface Protein of the Fish Pathogen Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2012, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  62. “Mycoplasmal Antigen Modulation,” a Novel Surface Variation Suggested for a Lipoprotein Specifically Localized on Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Current Microbiology, February 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  63. Rapid imaging of mycoplasma in solution using Atmospheric Scanning Electron Microscopy (ASEM)

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2012, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  64. Mycoplasma mobile Cells Elongated by Detergent and Their Pivoting Movements in Gliding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2011, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  65. Isolation and Characterization of P1 Adhesin, a Leg Protein of the Gliding Bacterium Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2010, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  66. Unique Centipede Mechanism ofMycoplasmaGliding

    Article • Annual Review of Microbiology, October 2010, Annual Reviews

    Makoto Miyata

  67. Molecular shape and binding force of Mycoplasma mobile’s leg protein Gli349 revealed by an AFM study

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, January 2010, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  68. Motor-Substrate Interactions in Mycoplasma Motility Explains Non-Arrhenius Temperature Dependence

    Article • Biophysical Journal, December 2009, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  69. Triskelion Structure of the Gli521 Protein, Involved in the Gliding Mechanism of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2009, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  70. Cytoskeletal Asymmetrical Dumbbell Structure of a Gliding Mycoplasma, Mycoplasma gallisepticum, Revealed by Negative-Staining Electron Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2009, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  71. Regions on Gli349 and Gli521 Protein Molecules Directly Involved in Movements of Mycoplasma mobile Gliding Machinery, Suggested by Use of Inhibitory Antibodies and Mutants

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, January 2009, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  72. Centipede and inchworm models to explain Mycoplasma gliding

    Article • Trends in Microbiology, January 2008, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  73. Cytoskeletal “jellyfish” structure of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Makoto Miyata

  74. Identification of a novel nucleoside triphosphatase fromMycoplasma mobile: a prime candidate motor for gliding motility

    Article • Biochemical Journal, April 2007, Portland Press Ltd.

    Makoto Miyata

  75. Article • Nippon Saikingaku Zasshi, January 2007, Japanese Society for Bacteriology

    Makoto Miyata

  76. Cytoskeleton of Mollicutes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, September 2006, Karger Publishers

    Makoto Miyata

  77. Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma mobile Can Occur by Repeated Binding to N-Acetylneuraminyllactose (Sialyllactose) Fixed on Solid Surfaces

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, September 2006, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  78. A microrotary motor powered by bacteria

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, September 2006, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Makoto Miyata

  79. Morphology of Isolated Gli349, a Leg Protein Responsible for Mycoplasma mobile Gliding via Glass Binding, Revealed by Rotary Shadowing Electron Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2006, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  80. Characterization of dnaA gene expression in Mycoplasma capricolum

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

    Makoto Miyata

  81. Gliding ghosts of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2005, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Makoto Miyata

  82. Identification of a 123-Kilodalton Protein (Gli123) Involved in Machinery for Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, August 2005, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  83. Identification of a 521-Kilodalton Protein (Gli521) Involved in Force Generation or Force Transmission for Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, May 2005, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  84. Living microtransporter by uni-directional gliding of Mycoplasma along microtracks

    Article • Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, May 2005, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  85. Involvement of P1 Adhesin in Gliding Motility of Mycoplasma pneumoniae as Revealed by the Inhibitory Effects of Antibody under Optimized Gliding Conditions

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2005, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  86. Sequence analysis of the gliding protein Gli349 in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • BIOPHYSICS, January 2005, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Makoto Miyata

  87. Cell surface differentiation of Mycoplasma mobile visualized by surface protein localization

    Article • Microbiology, December 2004, Society for General Microbiology

    Makoto Miyata

  88. Use of Fluorescent-Protein Tagging To Determine the Subcellular Localization of Mycoplasma pneumoniae Proteins Encoded by the Cytadherence Regulatory Locus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, October 2004, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  89. Energetics of Gliding Motility in Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2004, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  90. Spike Structure at the Interface between Gliding Mycoplasma mobile Cells and Glass Surfaces Visualized by Rapid-Freeze-and-Fracture Electron Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, July 2004, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  91. Identification of a 349-Kilodalton Protein (Gli349) Responsible for Cytadherence and Glass Binding during Gliding of Mycoplasma mobile

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2004, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  92. Unknown Mechanism, Gliding Motility of Mycoplasmas : Gliding without Rail Proteins?

    Article • Seibutsu Butsuri, January 2004, Biophysical Society of Japan

    Makoto Miyata

  93. Attachment Organelle Formation Represented by Localization of Cytadherence Proteins and Formation of the Electron-Dense Core in Wild-Type and Mutant Strains of Mycoplasma pneumoniae

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, February 2003, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  94. Movement on the cell surface of the gliding bacterium, Mycoplasma mobile, is limited to its head-like structure

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, October 2002, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  95. Electron Microscopic Studies of Three Gliding Mycoplasmas, Mycoplasma mobile, M. pneumoniae, and M. gallisepticum, by Using the Freeze-Substitution Technique

    Article • Current Microbiology, June 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  96. Force and Velocity of Mycoplasma mobile Gliding

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, April 2002, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  97. Cell Division

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata

  98. Visualization of the Attachment Organelle and Cytadherence Proteins of Mycoplasma pneumoniae by Immunofluorescence Microscopy

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, March 2001, ASM Journals

    Makoto Miyata

  99. Cell reproduction cycle of mycoplasma

    Article • Biochimie, August 1999, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  100. Asymmetrical progression of replication forks just after initiation on Mycoplasma capricolum chromosome revealed by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis

    Article • Gene, July 1997, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  101. Expression, Purification, and Characterization of Enzyme IIAglc of the Phosphoenolpyruvate:Sugar Phosphotransferase System of Mycoplasma capricolum

    Article • Biochemistry, June 1997, American Chemical Society (ACS)

    Makoto Miyata

  102. Characterization of gene expression in

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, May 1997, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  103. The gyrB gene lies opposite from the replication origin on the circular chromosome of Mycoplasma capricolum

    Article • Gene, December 1994, Elsevier

    Makoto Miyata

  104. Comparison of the conserved region in thednaAgene from three mollicute species

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, December 1993, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  105. Physical mapping of theMycoplasma capricolumgenome

    Article • FEMS Microbiology Letters, April 1991, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  106. Elementary Steps of the Actin-Activated ATPase Reaction of Cardiac Muscle Myosin Subfragment-11

    Article • The Journal of Biochemistry, May 1988, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Makoto Miyata

  107. Molecular Mechanism of Mycoplasma Gliding - A Novel Cell Motility System

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Makoto Miyata