Search Results - "MITANI, Harumi"

Molecular mechanisms for the variation of mitochondrial gene content and gene arrangement among chigger mites of the genus Leptotrombidium (Acari: Acariformes) by Shao, Renfu, Barker, Stephen C, Mitani, Harumi, Takahashi, Mamoru, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…The gene content of a mitochondrial (mt) genome, i.e., 37 genes and a large noncoding region (LNR), is usually conserved in Metazoa. The arrangement of these…”
Get full text

Novel mitochondrial gene content and gene arrangement indicate illegitimate inter-mtDNA recombination in the chigger mite, Leptotrombidium pallidum by Shao, Renfu, Mitani, Harumi, Barker, Stephen C, Takahashi, Mamoru, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…To better understand the evolution of mitochondrial (mt) genomes in the Acari (mites and ticks), we sequenced the mt genome of the chigger mite,…”
Get full text

New World Relapsing Fever Borrelia Found in Ornithodoros porcinus Ticks in Central Tanzania by Mitani, Harumi, Talbert, Alison, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…Ticks were collected from 8 houses in Mvumi Mission village, near Dodoma, Tanzania. All ticks were examined for Borrelia infestation by flagellin gene‐based…”
Get full text

A newly identified tick-borne Borrelia species and relapsing fever in Tanzania by Kisinza, William N, McCall, PJ, Mitani, Harumi, Talbert, Alison, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…Tick-borne relapsing fever caused by the spirochaete Borrelia duttonii is a common cause of serious illness in central Tanzania. Screening of Ornithodoros sp…”
Get full text

Lyme Disease Borrelia spp. in Ticks and Rodents from Northwestern China by TAKADA, Nobuhiro, MASUZAWA, Toshiyuki, ISHIGURO, Fubito, FUJITA, Hiromi, KUDEKEN, Midori, MITANI, Harumi, FUKUNAGA, Masahito, TSUCHIYA, Kimiyuki, YANO, Yasuhiro, MA, Xiao-Hang

“…Classifications Services AEM Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley Reddit…”
Get full text

The 44-kb Linear Plasmid Molecule in the Relapsing Fever Agent Borrelia duttonii Strain Ly Serve as a Preservation of vmp Genes by Tabuchi, Norihiko, Mitani, Harumi, Seino, Satoshi, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…Borrelia duttonii strain Ly, a causative agent of relapsing fever, contains a linear one megabase chromosome and 12 linear plasmid molecules. Here we report…”
Get full text

Evolution of duplicate control regions in the mitochondrial genomes of metazoa: a case study with Australasian Ixodes ticks by Shao, Renfu, Barker, Stephen C, Mitani, Harumi, Aoki, Yayoi, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…To investigate the evolution pattern and phylogenetic utility of duplicate control regions (CRs) in mitochondrial (mt) genomes, we sequenced the entire mt…”
Get full text

Absence of transovarial transmission of Borrelia duttonii, a tick-borne relapsing fever agent, by the vector tick Ornithodoros moubata by Tabuchi, Norihiko, Kataoka-Ushijima, Yoko, Talbert, Alison, Mitani, Harumi, Fukunaga, Masahito

“…We examined the vector competence of the tick, Ornithodoros moubata, using laboratory-reared gerbils as hosts. Transmission of the relapsing fever agent…”
Get more information