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Akira Takahashi
Life Sciences
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Open AccessPanicle blast 1 (Pb1) resistance is dependent on at least four QTLs in the rice genome
Rice blast is the most serious disease afflicting rice and there is an urgent need for the use of disease resistance (R) genes in blast tolerance breeding programs. Pb1 is classified as a quantitative resistance ...
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Open AccessTherapeutic interactions between mesenchymal stem cells for healing medication-related osteonecrosis of the jaw
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been isolated from a variety of tissues, including bone marrow, adipose, and mucosa. MSCs have the capacity for self-renewal and differentiation. Reports have been published ...
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Light and abscisic acid independently regulated FaMYB10 in Fragaria × ananassa fruit
Light and ABA independently regulated anthocyanin biosynthesis via activation of FaMYB10 expression. FaMYB10 accelerated anthocyanin synthesis of pelargonidi...
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Membrane Nanotube Formation in Osteoclastogenesis
Membrane tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) are unique intercellular structures, which enable rapid transport of various materials and rapid communication between cells present in a long distance. During osteoclastoge...
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Open AccessTransposon Insertion Finder (TIF): a novel program for detection of de novo transpositions of transposable elements
Transposition event detection of transposable element (TE) in the genome using short reads from the next-generation sequence (NGS) was difficult, because the nucleotide sequence of TE itself is repetitive, mak...
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Phototropin 2 is involved in blue light-induced anthocyanin accumulation in Fragaria x ananassa fruits
Anthocyanins are widespread, essential secondary metabolites in higher plants during color development in certain flowers and fruits. In strawberries, anthocyanins are also key contributors to fruit antioxidan...
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Open AccessUnique features of the rice blast resistance Pish locus revealed by large scale retrotransposon-tagging
R gene-mediated resistance is one of the most effective mechanisms of immunity against pathogens in plants. To date some components that regulate the primary steps of plant immunity have been isolated, however,.....
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Open AccessHfq regulates the expression of the thermostable direct hemolysin gene in Vibrio parahaemolyticus
The hfq gene is conserved in a wide variety of bacteria and Hfq is involved in many cellular functions such as stress responses and the regulation of gene expression. It has also been reported that Hfq is involve...
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Molecular cloning of a murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (xGPAT1)
A novel murine glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase-like protein 1 (named xGPAT1) has been cloned. The mouse xGPAT1 gene is located on mouse Chromosome 2, spans >19 kb, and consists of at least 23 exons. The p...
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Resistance and Susceptibility of Plants to Fungal Pathogens
Plants are under continuous threat of infection by pathogens endowed with diverse strategies to colonize their host. Comprehensive biochemical and genetic approaches are now starting to reveal the complex sign...
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Kinetic study on the effects of intracellular K++ and Na++ on Na++, K++, Cl+− cotransport of HeLa cells by Rb++ influx determination
The effects of intracellular K+ and Na+ (K+ c, Na+ c) on the Na+,K+,Cl+− cotransport pathway of HeLa cells were studied by measuring ouabain-insensitive, furosemide-sensitive Rb+ influx (JRb) at various intracell...
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Anomalous secondary vascular tissue inHelminthostachys zeylanica (Ophioglossaceae)
The vascular anatomy ofHelminthostachys zeylanica was examined with special reference to anomalous secondary tissue. Primary xylem development gradually takes place centrifugally. In branched rhizomes with destro...
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Developmental anatomy of vascular cambium and periderm ofBotrypus virginianus and its bearing on the systematic position of ophioglossaceae
The developmental anatomy of the vascular cambium and periderm ofBotrypus virginianus was studied, and its bearing on the systematic position of Ophioglossacease is discussed. The cambial zone including cambium i...
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Two new fossil woods ofAcer and a new combination ofPrunus from the Tertiary of Japan
Two new species ofAcer fossil woods,A. momijiyamense andA. Watarianum, are described and a short review of fossil wood of this genus from the Tertiary of Japan is given. In the course of a study on three fossil w...
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Morphology and ontogeny of stem xylem elements inSarcandra glabra (Thunb.) Nakai (Chloranthaceae): Additional evidence for the occurrence of vessels
Very recentlySarcandra, which had long been known as the only vesselless genus in Chloranthaceae, was found by Carlquist to have vessels in root secondary xylem. The present study further shows on the basis of ob...
