Publication

THESISAkashi M. (2017). Genetic and phylogenetic analysis on the evolutionary origin of DNA repair and recombination gene recA.  (Doctoral thesis, japanese). Available from Nodai rpository (http://id.nii.ac.jp/1186/00000674/).
PUBLICATION
  1. Akashi, Motohiro, and Hirofumi Yoshikawa. “Relevance of GC Content to the Conservation of DNA Polymerase III/Mismatch Repair System in Gram-Positive Bacteria.” Frontiers in Microbiology 4, no. September (January 2013): 266. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2013.00266.
  2. Gouda, Norio, Yuh Shiwa, Motohiro Akashi, Hirofumi Yoshikawa, Ken Kasahara, and Mitsuru Furusawa. “Distribution of Human Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Is Approximated by the Power Law and Represents a Fractal Structure.” Genes to Cells 21, no. 5 (March 31, 2016): 396–407. https://doi.org/10.1111/gtc.12344.
  3. Akashi, Motohiro, Shota Harada, Syunsuke Moki, Yuki Okouji, Kiwamu Takahashi, Shigeki Kada, Keigo Yamagami, et al. “Transposition of Insertion Sequence IS256Bsu1 in Bacillus Subtilis 168 Is Strictly Dependent on RecA.” Genes & Genetic Systems 92, no. 2 (October 24, 2017): 59–71. https://doi.org/10.1266/ggs.16-00071.
  4. Akashi, Motohiro, and Masaharu Takemura. “Co-Isolation and Characterization of Two Pandoraviruses and a Mimivirus from a Riverbank in Japan.” Viruses 11, no. 12 (December 4, 2019): 1123. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11121123.
  5. Aoki, Keita, Reika Hagiwara, Motohiro Akashi, Kenta Sasaki, Kazuyoshi Murata, Hiroyuki Ogata, and Masaharu Takemura. “Fifteen Marseilleviruses Newly Isolated From Three Water Samples in Japan Reveal Local Diversity of Marseilleviridae.” Frontiers in Microbiology 10 (2019): 1152. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2019.01152.
  6. Akashi, Motohiro, Sho Fukaya, Chieko Uchiyama, Keita Aoki, and Masaharu Takemura. “Visualization of Giant Virus Particles and Development of ‘VIRAMOS’ for High School and University Biology Course.” Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education : A Bimonthly Publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 47, no. 4 (July 25, 2019): 426–31. https://doi.org/10.1002/bmb.21249.
  7. Akashi, Motohiro, and Masaharu Takemura. “Distribution of SNSs in Mimivirus Genomes and the Classification of Mimiviruses Isolated from Japan.” Microbes and Environments 34, no. 4 (December 27, 2019): 451–55. https://doi.org/10.1264/jsme2.ME19077.
  8. Akashi, Motohiro, and Masaharu Takemura. “Gram-Positive Bacteria-Like DNA Binding Machineries Involved in Replication Initiation and Termination Mechanisms of Mimivirus.” Viruses 11, no. 3 (2019): 267. https://doi.org/10.3390/v11030267.
  9. Akashi, Motohiro, Ichiro Fujihara, Masaharu Takemura, and Mitsuru Furusawa. “2-Dimensional Genetic Algorithm Exhibited an Essentiality of Gene Interaction for Evolution.” Journal of Theoretical Biology 538 (April 7, 2022): 111044. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2022.111044.
  10. Suzuki, Seiichi, Hikaru Ugajin, Motohiro Akashi, Christine D.A.P. Wiyono, Motohiro Ohkura, Akihiro Arakawa, and Shoichi Uchihara. “Development of A Risk Alert System on Railroad Platform for Blind Person Using VSLAM Technology.” In 2023 15th Biomedical Engineering International Conference (BMEiCON), 1–4. IEEE, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1109/BMEiCON60347.2023.10322077.
  11. Akashi, Motohiro, Masaharu Takemura, and Seiichi Suzuki. “Continuous Year-Round Isolation of Giant Viruses from Brackish Shoreline Soils.” Frontiers in Microbiology 15, no. May (May 2, 2024): 1402690. https://doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2024.1402690.