Emma L. Spence, Makoto Kawamukai, Jonathan Sanvoism, Helen Braven and Timothy D. H. Bugg. Catechol dioxygenases from Escherichia coli (MhpB) and Alcaligenes eutrophus (MpcI):Sequence analysis and biochemical properties of a third family of extradiol dioxygenases. J. Bacteriol 178:5249-5256 (1996)

Ryutaro Utsumi, Takahiro Nakayama, Naomi Iwamoto, Kumiko Kohda, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiroyuki Tanabe, Kan Tanaka, Hideo Takahashi and Manjiro Noda. Mutational analysis of the fic promoter recognized by RpoS (σ３８) in 　 Escherichia coli. Biosci. Biotech. Biochem. 59:1573-1575. (1995).

Soo-Yeol Chung, Yong-Lark Choi, Moo-Je Cho, Hajime Yoshisue, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiroshi Sakai and Tohru Komano. Transcription of sfs4, one of the genetic elements related to CRP*-dependent expression of Escherichia coli mal genes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol. 41:257-262. (1995).

内海龍太郎、川向　誠、田中　寛．対数増殖後の世界とその主役達．化学と生物． 　　31:170-171．(1993)．

Ryutaro Utsumi, Shie Kusafuka, Takahiro Nakayama, Kan Tanaka, Yuko Takayanagi, 　　Hideo Takahashi, Manjiro Noda and Makoto Kawamukai. Stationary phase- 　　specific expression of fic gene in Escherichia coli K-12 is controlled by the rpoS gene product (σ３８). FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 113:273-278. (1993).

Tohru Komano, Ryutaro Utsumi and Makoto Kawamukai, Functional analysis of the fic gene involved in regulation of cell division. Res Microbiol., 142:269-277 (1991).

Makoto Kawamukai, Ryutaro Utsumi, Kazuhiko Takeda, Akihisa Higashi, Hideyuki Matsuda, Yong-Lark Choi and Tohru Komano, Nucleotide sequence and characterization of the sfs1 gene:sfs1 is involved in CRP*-dependent mal gene expression in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol., 173:2644-2648. (1991).

川向　誠、内海龍太郎．大腸菌細胞増殖のサイクリックAMPによる調節機構．化学と生物 28：3-5. (1990).

Yong-Lark Choi, Tohru Nishida, Makoto Kawamukai, Ryutaro Utsumi, Hiroshi Sakai and Tohru Komano, Cloning and sequencing of an Escherichia coli gene, nlp, highly homologous to the ner genes of bacteriophages Mu and D108., J. Bacteriol. 171:5222-5225. (1989).

Makoto Kawamukai, Hideyuki Matsuda, Wataru Fujii, Ryutaro Utsumi, and Tohru Komano, Nucleotide sequences of fic and fic-1 genes involved in cell filamentation induced by cyclic AMP in Escherichia coli. J. Bacteriol., 171(8):4525-4529. (1989).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Manjiro Noda, Makoto Kawamukai, and Tohru Komano, Control mechanism of the Escherichia coli K-12 cell cycle is triggered by the cyclic AMP-cyclic AMP receptor protein complex, J. Baceriol.,171(5):2909-2912 (1989).

ong-Lark Choi, Shido Kawase, Makoto Kawamukai, Ryutaro Utsumi, Hiroshi Sakai, and Tohru Komano, Nucleotide sequence of the glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase gene of Escherichia coli and regulation by the cAMP-CRP complex. Agric. Biol. Chem., 53(4):1135-1143. (1989).

Yong-Lark Choi, Makoto Kawamukai, Ryutaro Utsumi, Hiroshi Sakai, and Tohru Komano, Molecular cloning and sequencing of the glycogen phosphorylase gene from Escherichia coli. FEBS Lett., 243(3):193-198. (1989).

Yong-Lark Choi, Shido Kawase, Tohru Nishida, Hiroshi Sakai, Tohru Komano, Makoto Kawamukai, Ryutaro Utsumi, Yuji Kohara and Kiyotaka Akiyama. Nucleotide sequence of the glpR gene encoding the repressor for the glycerol-3-phosphate regulon of Escherichia coli K12. Nuc. Acids. Res. 16:7732. (1988).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Manjiro Noda, Makoto Kawamukai, and Thoru Komano. Isolation of a cAMP-requiring mutant in Escherichia coli K-12:evidence of growth regulation vir N-acetylglucosamine metabolism controlled by cAMP. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 50:217-221. (1988).

Makoto Kawamukai, Hideyuki Matsuda, Wataru Fujii, Tohru Nishida, Yoshitaka Izumoto, Michio Himeno, Ryutaro Utsumi, and Tohru Komano, Cloning of the fic-1 gene involved in cell filamentation induced by cyclic AMP and construction of a Δfic Escherichia coli strain. J. Bacteriol., 170 (9):3864-3869. (1988).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Manjiro Noda, Makoto Kawamukai, and Thoru Komano. Effects of cya and cid mutations on cell growth in Escherichia coli. Agri. Biol. Chem. 51:465-469. (1987).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiroji Aiba, Michio Himeno, and Thoru Komano. Expression of the adenylate cyclase gene during cell elongation in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 168:1408-1414. (1987).

Makoto Kawamukai. Analysis of cya and fic genes related to cell division in Escherichia coli K-12. Doctorate thesis. (1986).

Makoto Kawamukai, Kanehisa Murao, Ryutaro Utsumi, Michio Himeno, and Thoru Komano. Cell filamentation in an Escherichia coli K-12 fic mutant caused by theophylline or an adenylate cyclase gene (cya)-containing plasmid. FEMS Microbiol. Lett. 34:117-120. (1986).

Makoto Kawamukai, Jiro Kishimoto, Ryutaro Utsumi, Michio Himeno, Thoru Komano, and Hiroji Aiba. Negative regulation of adenylate cyclase gene (cya) expression by cyclic AMP-cyclic AMP receptor protein in Escherichia coli:studies with cya-lac protein and operon fusion plasmids. J. Bacteriol. 164:872-877. (1985).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Makoto Kawamukai, Kazuhiro Obata, Junji Morita, Michio Himeno, and Thoru Komano. Identification of a membrane protein induced concurrently with cell filamentation by cyclic AMP in an Escherichia coli K-12 fic mutant. J. Bacteriol. 155:872-877. (1983).

Hiroji Aiba, Makoto Kawamukai, and Akira Ishihama. Cloning and promoter analysis of the Escherichia coli adenylate cyclase gene. Nuc. Acids Res. 11:3451-3465. (1983).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Yumiko Nakamoto, Makoto Kawamukai, Michio Himeno, and Thoru Komano. Involvement of cyclic AMP and its receptor protein in filamentation of an Escherichia colific mutant. J. Bacteriol. 151:807-812 (1982).

Ryutaro Utsumi, Hiroyuki Tanabe, Yumiko Nakamoto, Makoto Kawamukai, Hiroshi Sakai, and Thoru Komano. Inhibitory effect of adenosine 3',5'-phosphate on cell division of Escherichia coli K-12 mutant derivatives. J. Bacteriol. 147:1105-1109. (1981).