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Posttranslational modifications have critical roles in diverse biological processes through interactions. Tumor-suppressor protein p53 and nucleotide excision repair factor XPC each contain an acidic region, t...
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Nationwide surveillance of antimicrobial consumption and resistance to Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates at 203 Japanese hospitals in 2010
In Japan, a national surveillance study of antimicrobial consumption has never been undertaken. This study aimed to describe antimicrobial consumption and resistance to Pseudomonas aeruginosa in 203 Japanese hosp...
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Effect of amniotic fluid on blood coagulation
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Nucleotide sequence of melon yellow spot virus M RNA segment and characterization of non-viral sequences in subgenomic RNA
The nucleotide sequence of melon yellow spot virus (MYSV) M RNA segment was determined. The M RNA segment contains one open reading frame (ORF) encoding 308 amino acids (aa) in the sense orientation and anothe...
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Astrocytes co-express aquaporin-1, -4, and vascular endothelial growth factor in brain edema tissue associated with brain contusion
Brain edema may be life threatening. The mechanisms underlying the development of traumatic brain edema are still unclear; however, mixed mechanisms including vasogenic, ischemic, and neurotoxic types of edema...
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The effect of hematoma removal for reducing the development of brain edema in cases of putaminal hemorrhage
Surgical intervention in putaminal hemorrhage has been a controversial issue. The aim of this research is to evaluate the benefits of surgery for reducing the development of brain edema.
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Dynamics of electrons in a half-space with cylindrical electro-static field
Motion of electrons in a half space with cylindrical electro-static field, which is associated with electron emission devices, is investigated. The equation of motion is given as a non-linear ordinary differen...
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Exon 3 of tyrosine hydroxylase gene: lack of association with Japanese schizophrenic patients
Tyrosine hydroxylase (TH) is the rate-limiting enzyme in dopamine (DA) biosynthesis.1,2 Exon 3 of the human TH gene encodes the sequence from Ser31 to Glu104 of type 1 enzyme,3,4 which contains the critical parts...
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Comparison of the S RNA segments among Japanese isolates and Taiwanese isolates of Watermelon silver mottle virus
The complete nucleotide sequences of the S RNA of two Japanese isolates of Watermelon silver mottle virus were determined. One was isolated from naturally infected watermelon and causes malformation on upper lea...
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Tfo1: an Ac -like transposon from the plant pathogenic fungus Fusarium oxysporum
A transposable element from a plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium oxysporum, was isolated and characterized. Four clones carrying moderately repetitive DNA were selected from a genomic library of the strain MAFF30...
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Enzymatic preparation of [1, 3-13C]dihydroxyacetone phosphate from [13C]methanol and hydroxypyruvate using the methanol-assimilating system of methylotrophic yeasts
Dihydroxyacetoone synthase (EC 2.2.1.3), which is a key enzyme of the C1-compound-assimilating pathway in yeasts, catalyzes transketolation between formaldehyde and hydroxypyruvate, leading to the formation of di...
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Systematic Analysis of Characteristics for Different Types of Multilayer Insulations
Thermal characteristics for different types of multilayer insulation(MLI) were experimentally studied to correlate these characteristics with various constructions, shapes, and sizes. In this study the heat fl...
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Host Tissue Responses to Pathogenic and Non-Pathogenic Fungi, Including Aspergilli
Fungi are amongst the most ubiquitous organisms surrounding and invading higher plants and animals. In spite of this, defence mechanisms against fungi have not been adequately elucidated. Since the use of cort...
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Effect of polyvinylpyrrolidone and sodium dodecyl sulphate on the dispersity and fluidity of concentrated kaolinite suspension
Flow curves for the concentrated suspension of kaolinite (20 g/30 ml-medium) were obtained in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) and sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS) by means of a Couette-type rotary visc...
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The characterization and distribution of aerosol and gaseous species in the winter monsoon over the western pacific ocean
During the winters of 1981 and 1982, measurements were taken on two Japanese islands of the aerosol and gaseous species which had been carried by northwesterly monsoons over the Pacific Ocean. The aerosols wer...
