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    Self-Assembled Structure of α-Isostearyl Glyceryl Ether Affects Skin Permeability—a Lamellar with 70-nm Spaces and L3 Phase Enhanced the Transdermal Delivery of a Hydrophilic Model Drug

    Self-assembled surfactant structures, such as liquid crystals, have the potential to enhance transdermal drug delivery. In the present study, the pseudo-ternary system of GET (composed of α-Isostearyl glycery...

    Tomohiko Sano, Akie Okada, Kazunori Kawasaki, Takuji Kume in AAPS PharmSciTech (2022)

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    Enhancement of membrane vesicle production by disrupting the degP gene in Meiothermus ruber H328

    The phenomenon of membrane vesicle (MV) production is known to be common to all bacterial cells. Although MVs are expected to be employed in a variety of applications, improving MV productivity is essential fo...

    Yuki Asano, Manato Onishi, Kaito Nishi, Kazunori Kawasaki, Kunihiko Watanabe in AMB Express (2021)

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    Extraordinary denaturant tolerance of keratinolytic protease complex assemblies produced by Meiothermus ruber H328

    A moderately thermophilic bacterial strain, Meiothermus ruber H328, can efficiently solubilize intact chicken feathers by aerobic cultivation at 55 °C for 6 days. The keratinolytic proteases extracellularly secre...

    Maachi Kataoka, Akito Yamaoka, Kazunori Kawasaki in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2014)

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    Efficient secreted production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid from living Halomonas sp. KM-1 under successive aerobic and microaerobic conditions

    Production of (R)-3-hydroxybutyric acid [(R)-3-HB] by strain Halomonas sp. KM-1 under successive aeration conditions was investigated. The first aerobic condition allowed both cell growth and intracellular storag...

    Yoshikazu Kawata, Kazunori Kawasaki in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2012)