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Suzuki, T., Miki, H., Takenawa, T. & Sasakawa, C. EMBO J 17, 2767-76 (1998).
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Sasakawa was born in 1948 in Tokyo. He graduated from the Faculty of Science at
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Ashida H, et al. EMBO J. 39(17): e104469. doi: 10.15252/embj.2020104469 (2020).
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Jo EK, et al. Cell Mol Immunol. 13(2):148-59. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2015.95 (2016).
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Suzuki S, et al. EMBO Rep. 19(1): 89-101. doi: 10.15252/embr.20164384 (2018).
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Fukumatsu M, et al. Cell Host Microbe. 11(4):325-36. doi: 10.1016 (2012).
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Suzuki, T., Lett, M. C. & Sasakawa, J Biol Chem 270, 30874-80 (1995).
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Watarai, M., Funato, S. & Sasakawa, J Exp Med 183, 991-9 (1996).
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Suzuki S, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA. 111(40): E4254-63 (2014)
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Yoshikawa, Y. et al. Nat Cell Biol 11, 1233-40 (2009).
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Sasakawa, C. et al. J Bacteriol 175, 2334-46 (1993).
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