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An unknown ferulate in rice bran oil was isolated by column chromatography. The ferulate was identified as methyl ferulate by TLC, GLC, UV, IR, NMR and mass spectrometry.
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The reaction between equimolar silica and barium carbonate powders in oxygen, air or carbon dioxide was studied by means of TG and DTA. The particle size of the silica showed appreciable effects on the reactiv...
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The sinterability of ultrafine WC powders obtained by a CVD method
The sintering behaviour of ultrafine WC powders produced by a CVD method (particle size <0.3μm) and commercial WC powders (particle size ~ 1μm) is investigated in hydrogen and in vacuum. It has been found that ul...
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Some Common Aspects of the Formation of Nonoxide Powders by the Vapor Reaction Method
As technology has advanced, needs for fine homogeneous powders have increased. Among many new powder preparation techniques, the vapor reaction method is receiving increasing attention as an important techniqu...
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Material for the electrode of the alkali metal thermoelectric converter (AMTEC)
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Fine Ni particles were directly prepared from Ni(NO3)2 and NiCl2 aqueous solutions by the spray-pyrolysis technique under an H2-N2 atmosphere. Hollow Ni particles with rough surfaces were obtained at a low reacti...
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Selective Peak Enhancement and Suppression in Conductometric Ion Chromatography and Its Application to the Determination of Trace Levels of Orthophosphate in Environmental Samples
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Thermoelectric properties of several oxides were investigated. Al2O3-, TiO2- or ZrO2-doped ZnO showed large power factor over the wide temperature range. Fe2O3. showed large power factor by do** of TiO2. BaO-do...
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Bicellular pollen with one vegetative nucleus and one diploid arrested generative cell (”monospermic” pollen) was induced by trifluralin treatment of diploid maize plants at 7–9 days before flowering. The arr...
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We have studied male flower production and relative illumination in clonal sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) forests planted at densities of 1,500/ha, 3,000/ha, and 5,000/ha, to clarify the effects of forest management...
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Sequences associated with A chromosome centromeres are present throughout the maize B chromosome
Maize chromosome spreads containing the supernumerary B chromosome were hybridized with probes from various repetitive elements including CentC, CRM, and CentA, which have been localized to centromeric regions...
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A test for ectopic exchange catalyzed by Cre recombinase in maize
A maize line expressing Cre recombinase as well as the recipient line without the transgene were assayed for evidence of ectopic recombination within the maize genome. Such a test is valuable for understanding...
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Genetic variation for the response to ploidy change in Zea mays L.
Polyploidization is an important process in the evolutionary history of most eukaryotic species. It oftentimes causes large-scale genomic reorganizations and is accompanied by a wide variety of phenotypic alte...
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Distinct chromosomal distributions of highly repetitive sequences in maize
The majority of genomic DNA in most plant species is made up of repetitive elements including satellites and retrotransposons. The maize genome is intermediate in size and abundance of repetitive elements betw...
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The effect of calnexin deletion on the expression level of PDI in Saccharomyces cerevisiae under heat stress conditions
We cultured calnexin-disrupted and wild-type Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains under conditions of heat stress. The growth rate of the calnexin-disrupted yeast was almost the same as that of the wild-type yeast un...
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Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of maize (Zea mays) with Cre-lox site specific recombination cassettes in BIBAC vectors
The Cre/loxP site-specific recombination system has been applied in various plant species including maize (Zea mays) for marker gene removal, gene targeting, and functional genomics. A BIBAC vector system was ada...
