21 Result(s)

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Hydraulic and Mechanical Responses of Porous Sandstone During Pore Pressure-Induced Reactivation of Fracture Planes: An Experimental Study

Herein, we subjected Kimachi sandstone samples to several experimental tests to identify the hydraulic and mechanical responses associated with fracture plane reactivation induced by elevated pore-fluid pressu...

Daisuke Asahina, Peng-Zhi Pan, Minoru Sato… in Rock Mechanics and Rock Engineering (2019)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Three Dimensional Pore Geometry and Fluid Flow of Kimachi Sandstone Under Different Stress Condition: Suggestion to Conservation of Tuffacious World Cultural Heritage

During the confined triaxial compression test, we measured permeability of Kimachi sandstone by Transient Pulse test for three mutually perpendicular directions under effective confining pressure. In general, ...

Manabu Takahashi, Naoki Takada, Minoru Sato… in Engineering Geology for Society and Territ… (2015)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Effects of Thermal Stressors on Growth-Related Gene Expressions in Cultured Fish

Growth in fish is regulated by the growth hormone (GH)-growth hormone receptor (GHR)-insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) axis. However, the effect of severe acute stressors on the GH-IGF-1 axis in fish is not...

Toshiki Nakano, Masumi Kameda… in Marine Productivity: Perturbations and Res… (2015)

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A simple, rapid method for gizzerosine analysis in fish meal by paper electrophoresis

We established a simple, rapid method for gizzerosine analysis in fish meal. Gizzerosine was extracted from fish meal with 0.1 N HCl solution. Samples and standard gizzerosine solutions were absorbed onto a pa...

Zhihua Tao, Minoru Sato, Kegang Wu, Hiromasa Kiyota… in Fisheries Science (2012)

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Molecular Characterization of Adenosine 5′-monophosphate Deaminase—The Key Enzyme Responsible for the Umami Taste of Nori (Porphyra yezoensis Ueda, Rhodophyta)

The enzyme adenosine 5′-monophosphate deaminase (AMPD, EC 3.5.4.6) catalyzes the conversion of adenosine 5′-monophosphate to inosine 5′-mononucleotide (IMP). IMP is generally known as the compound responsible ...

Seiko Minami, Minoru Sato, Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, Koji Iwamoto in Marine Biotechnology (2011)

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Identification of oyster-derived hypotensive peptide acting as angiotensin-I-converting enzyme inhibitor

Angiotensin-I-converting enzyme (ACE) plays a crucial role in the crisis of hypertension. Some peptides that originate from protease hydrolysates are known to suppress ACE activity in vitro and in vivo. Here, ...

Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Momo Shiozaki, Junko Masuda, Akiko Yamauchi… in Fisheries Science (2010)

Chapter and Conference Paper

A Tool for Temporal Comparison of Mammograms: Image Toggling and Dense-Tissue-Preserving Registration

Temporal comparison is indispensable for mammography reading. In this paper, we propose a new method to perform temporal comparison of digital mammograms using persistence of vision and propose a dense-tissue-...

Akira Hasegawa, Huzefa Neemuchwala, Hiroko Tsunoda-Shimizu… in Digital Mammography (2008)

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A simple and rapid method for the analysis of fish histamine by paper electrophoresis

The described analytical method for histamine determination in fish and seafood consists of sample extraction, adsorption onto a paper disc, application of the paper disc onto electrophoresis paper, electropho...

Minoru Sato, Zhi Hua Tao, Kazuhiro Shiozaki, Toshiki Nakano… in Fisheries Science (2006)

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Purification and some properties of alanine racemase from the marine gastropod Cellana grata

High levels of free D-alanine were found in the muscle of a marine gastropod Cellana grata that inhabited the intertidal zone, and alanine racemase activity was detected in the muscle. The authors purified alanin...

Takehiko Yokoyama, Yuma Mimura, Minoru Sato, Eizoh Nagahisa in Fisheries Science (2006)

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Alanine racemase activity in the microalga thalassiosira sp.

In this paper, the authors report the detection of alanine racemase activity in the marine diatom Thalassiosira sp. Since the Thalassiosira sp. was cultured under germ-free conditions, it appeared that D-alanine ...

Takehiko Yokoyama, Yumiko Tanaka, Minoru Sato, Nobuhiro Kan-No… in Fisheries Science (2005)

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Complementary DNA Cloning and Molecular Evolution of Opine Dehydrogenases in Some Marine Invertebrates

The complete complementary DNA sequences of genes presumably coding for opine dehydrogenases from Arabella iricolor (sandworm), Haliotis discus hannai (abalone), and Patinopecten yessoensis (scallop) were determi...

Tomohiro Kimura, Toshiki Nakano, Toshiyasu Yamaguchi, Minoru Sato… in Marine Biotechnology (2004)

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Adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase from the marine macroalgaPorphyra yezoensis Ueda (Rhodophyta): stabilization, purification, and properties

Adenosine 5′-phosphosulfate sulfotransferase (APSSTase) was purified over 2700-fold to homogeneity from the thalli of the marine macroalgaPorphyra yezoensis Ueda (Rhodophyta), using a combination of ammonium sulf...

Nobuhiro Kanno, Eizou Nagahisa, Minoru Sato, Yoshikazu Sato in Planta (1996)

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Carbon dioxide fixation by microalgae photosynthesis using actual flue gas discharged from a boiler

To mitigate CO₂ discharged from thermal power plants, studies on CO₂ fixation by the photosynthesis of microalgae using actual exhaust gas have been carried out. The results are as follows.

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Hiroyo Matsumoto, Norio Shioji, Akihiro Hamasaki… in Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (1995)

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Purification and properties of tauropine dehydrogenase from a red alga, Rhodoglossum japonicum

Tauropine dehydrogenase which is a member of ‘opine’ dehydrogenases and catalyzes the reductive condensation of taurine with pyruvate was purified from a red alga, Rhodoglossum japonicum using a combination of am...

Minoru Sato, Masaaki Takeuchi, Nobuhiro Kanno, Eizou Nagahisa… in Hydrobiologia (1993)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Purification and properties of tauropine dehydrogenase from a red alga, Rhodoglossum japonicum

Tauropine dehydrogenase which is a member of ‘opine’ dehydrogenases and catalyzes the reductive condensation of taurine with pyruvate was purified from a red alga, Rhodoglossum japonicum using a combination of am...

Minoru Sato, Masaaki Takeuchi, Nobuhiro Kanno… in Fourteenth International Seaweed Symposium (1993)

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Studies on the distribution and metabolism of D-rhodoic acid in algae

Minoru Sato, Nobuhiro Kanno, Yoshikazu Sato in Hydrobiologia (1987)

Chapter and Conference Paper

Studies on the distribution and metabolism of D-rhodoic acid in algae

D-Rhodoic acid, N(D-l-carboxyethyl)taurine, has been isolated from some red algae by Kuriyama (1961a, b, c) and from gastropod molluscs by Sato et al. (1985). This compound has an interesting s...

Minoru Sato, Nobuhiro Kanno, Yoshikazu Sato in Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium (1987)

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Glutamate dehydrogenase of Porphyra yezoensis

Minoru Sato, Yoshikazu Sato, Yasuhiko Tsuchiya in Hydrobiologia (1984)