Keiko Homma

Database Analysis of Acidic Proteins from Halophilic Species and Their Corresponding Basic Proteins from Non-halophilic Species

Hiroshi Nakashima, Keiko Homma, Michiko Yamazaki, Masao Ishizaki & Kazuhiro Mawatari · Biotechnology Journal International · 2016

Aims: To reveal which amino acid residues determine whether a protein is acidic or basic between orthologous pairs, acidic proteins from halophilic species and corresponding basic proteins from non-halophilic species were compared. Similarly acidic versus acidic protein pairs, an...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2016/25207

Relationship of Genomic G+C Content between Phages/Plasmids and Their Hosts

Hiroshi Nakashima, Keiko Homma & Kazuhiro Mawatari · Biotechnology Journal International · 2015

Aims: We compared genomic G+C content between bacteriophages/plasmids and their host genomes of 46 species to reveal their relation. To examine the large deviation in the G+C content between bacteriophages and their host genomes, the ancestral bacteriophage which infected early w...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BBJ/2015/20046