18 Result(s)

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Isolation of Plastid Ribosomes

Plastid ribosomes are responsible for a large part of the protein synthesis in plant leaves, green algal cells, and the vast majority in the thalli of red algae. Plastid translation is necessary not only for p...

Kenichi Yamaguchi in Isolation of Plant Organelles and Structures (2017)

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Prolongation of heart rate-corrected QT interval is a predictor of cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

Heart rate-corrected QT interval duration (QTc) has been shown to be related to cardiac autonomic dysfunction in patients with diabetes mellitus, although this association has not been previously described in ...

Atsushi Nomura, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Osamu Takahashi… in Rheumatology International (2014)

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Safety and efficacy of mizoribine in patients with connective tissue diseases other than rheumatoid arthritis

The objective of this study was to examine the safety and efficacy of mizoribine (MZR), an inhibitor of inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase, in patients with connective tissue diseases (CTDs) other than rheuma...

Ryo Rokutanda, Mitsumasa Kishimoto, Sachiko Ohde… in Rheumatology International (2014)

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A case of infantile Takayasu arteritis with a p.D382E NOD2 mutation: an unusual phenotype of Blau syndrome/early-onset sarcoidosis?

Blau syndrome/early-onset sarcoidosis (Blau/EOS) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by granulomatous arthritis, uveitis, and skin rash. It has been shown that gain-of-function NOD2 mutations cause Bl...

Yuzaburo Inoue, Yasushi Kawaguchi, Naoki Shimojo, Kenichi Yamaguchi… in Modern Rheumatology (2013)

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Infliximab for Behçet disease with aortic involvement: two novel case reports without concurrent use of immunosuppressive agents or corticosteroids

Ryo Rokutanda, Masato Okada, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Taiki Nozaki… in Modern Rheumatology (2013)

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Preparation and Proteomic Analysis of Chloroplast Ribosomes

Proteomics of chloroplast ribosomes in spinach and Chlamydomonas revealed unique protein composition and structures of plastid ribosomes. These studies have suggested the presence of some ribosomal proteins uniqu...

Kenichi Yamaguchi in Chloroplast Research in Arabidopsis (2011)

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Marked effect and steroid-sparing ability of anakinra on a patient with refractory adult-onset Still’s disease

We report a case of refractory adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) successfully controlled with anakinra, an interleukin-1 (IL-1) receptor antagonist. The patient was a 23-year-old Japanese woman with AOSD who ...

Hiromichi Tamaki, Hisanori Shimizu, Eiji Hiraoka, Eishi Uechi… in Modern Rheumatology (2010)

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Producing mechanism of an algicidal compound against red tide phytoplankton in a marine bacterium γ-proteobacterium

Strain MS-02-063, γ-proteobacterium, isolated from a coast area of Nagasaki, Japan, produced a red pigment which belongs to prodigiosin members. This pigment, PG-L-1, showed potent algicidal activity against vari...

Takuji Nakashima, Yousuke Miyazaki… in Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology (2006)

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Comparison of the activities of various alginates to induce TNF-α secretion in RAW264.7 cells

We compared the abilities of alginate polymers having different molecular sizes and compositions to induce the secretion of tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α in RAW264.7 cells. The molecular sizes and α-L-guluronate/...

Maki Kurachi, Takuji Nakashima, Chihiro Miyajima… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2005)

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Evaluation of the anti-Trichophyton activity of a prodigiosin analogue produced by γ-proteobacterium, using stratum corneum epidermis of the Yucatan micropig

Prodigiosins (PGs) are known to be a family of natural red pigments, characterized by a common pyrrolydipyrrolylmethane skeleton structure with a C-4 methoxy group, and some of these pigments have been isolate...

Takuji Nakashima, Yoko Kato, Kenichi Yamaguchi… in Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy (2005)

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Transcriptional and Translational Regulation of Photosystem II Gene Expression

The plastid gene expression system employs a highly developed transcription and translation system that is an elaborated prokaryotic and eukaryotic chimera. Photosystem II (PS II) gene expression is regulated ...

Kenichi Yamaguchi, Stephen P. Mayfield, Mamoru Sugita in Photosystem II (2005)

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The translational apparatus of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii chloroplast

Genetic and biochemical studies have revealed that chloroplast gene expression in Chlamydomonas is controlled primarily post-transcriptionally, including events that effect mRNA processing and stability, and duri...

María Verónica Beligni, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Stephen P. Mayfield in Photosynthesis Research (2004)

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Intraspecific phenotypic variation associated with nuclear DNA content in Lolium perenne L.

The variation in nuclear DNA content and its association with phenotypic traits were examined in 15 cultivated populations of perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), including herbage and turf populations. Nuclea...

Shuichi Sugiyama, Kenichi Yamaguchi, Toshihiko Yamada in Euphytica (2002)