Hirotaka Sasaki
Dr. Hirotaka Sasaki
Postdoctoral Researcher
Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California at Irvine
Med. Sci. I, D-374
Irvine, CA 92697-4560
Voice: 949-824-6993
FAX: 949-824-8540
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Publications
- Sasaki H, Fukuzawa S, Kikuchi J, Yokoyama S, Hirota H, Tachibana K.
(2003). Cholesterol Doping Induced Enhanced Stability of Bicelles.
Langmuir 19, 9841-9844.
- Sasaki H, Araki M, Fukuzawa S, Tachibana K. (2003). The Packing of
Lipid Chains Changes the Character of Bacteriorhodopsin Reconstituted
in a Model Membrane. Bioorg. Med. Chem. Lett. 13, 3583-3585.
Patent applications
- The method for the reconstitution of membrane proteins using
cholesterol-doped bicelles. Hirotaka Sasaki, Seketsu Fukuzawa, Jun
Kikuchi, Shigeyuki Yokoyama, Hiroshi Hirota, and Kazuo Tachibana.
(Submitted)
Research Interests
- Physical characters of lipopolysaccharides (LPS)
and their effect on the LPS-induced signaling pathway.
- LPS neutralizing mechanism of
host-defence peptides.
- Lipid (membrane) - membrane
protein interaction.
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