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  1. Direct observation of speed fluctuations of flagellar motor rotation at extremely low load close to zero

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, December 2019, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  2. Autonomous control mechanism of stator assembly in the bacterial flagellar motor in response to changes in the environment

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2018, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  3. Effect of a clockwise-locked deletion in FliG on the FliG ring structure of the bacterial flagellar motor

    Article • Genes to Cells, February 2018, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  4. The role of a cytoplasmic loop of MotA in load-dependent assembly and disassembly dynamics of the MotA/B stator complex in the bacterial flagellar motor

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, September 2017, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  5. The role of intrinsically disordered C-terminal region of FliK in substrate specificity switching of the bacterial flagellar type III export apparatus

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2017, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  6. High-Resolution pH Imaging of Living Bacterial Cells To Detect Local pH Differences

    Article • mBio, December 2016, ASM Journals

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  7. Structural stability of flagellin subunit affects the rate of flagellin export in the absence of FliS chaperone

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, August 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  8. Rearrangements of α-helical structures of FlgN chaperone control the binding affinity for its cognate substrates during flagellar type III export

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, June 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  9. FliH and FliI ensure efficient energy coupling of flagellar type III protein export in Salmonella

    Article • MicrobiologyOpen, February 2016, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  10. Assembly and stoichiometry of FliF and FlhA inSalmonellaflagellar basal body

    Article • Molecular Microbiology, February 2014, Wiley

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  11. Interaction between FliJ and FlhA, Components of the Bacterial Flagellar Type III Export Apparatus

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Tohru Minamino

  12. Distinct Roles of Highly Conserved Charged Residues at the MotA-FliG Interface in Bacterial Flagellar Motor Rotation

    Article • Journal of Bacteriology, November 2012, ASM Journals

    Dr Tohru Minamino