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Studies on competition in plants
Competitive ability of autotetraploicls was compared with, that of the diploids in barley. Single plants, either diploid or autotetraploid, were mix-planted according to a definite plan with diploids and autot...
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Studies on competition in plants v. Competition between allopolyploids and their diploid parents
Amphidiploids of species hybrids inAbelmoschus andNicotiana were found to be superior in competitive ability to either of both parents. The amphidiploid genus hybrid betweenTriticum andSecale was found to be supe...
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Inhibition of hepatic drug metabolizing enzyme by cadmium in mice
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Inhibition of hepatic UDP-glucuronyltransferase activity by organophosphate insecticides and by carbon disulfide in mice
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Rare Earth Ion Selective Electrodes: II. Europium and Praseodymium Compound Membranes
It has been proved that cerium(IV) oxide could be used as a sensor of the rare earth(III) ions with a response slope of 60mV, as described in the authors’ previous paper (1). This slope eventually coincides wi...
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Characterization of gangliosides of porcine erythrocyte membranes: Occurrence of ganglioside GD3 as major ganglioside
Four major ganglioside species were isolated from porcine erythrocyte membranes by DEAE-Sephadex and Iatrobeads column chromatography. Treatment of the lipids with graded neuraminidase and β-galactosidase, gas...
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Quantitation of chlordane residues in mothers' milk
Chlordane residues were determined in human milk samples. Quantitative analysis was conducted for six residual compounds in the milk of 29 healthy Japanese donors who had experienced no occupational exposure t...
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Chlordane residues in normal human blood
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Adsorption and elution of metals on hair
The adsorption of zinc and lead on hair was dependent on the acidity of the hair and/or the medium in which the hair sample was immersed, suggesting that hair is an ion exchanger. The pKa was estimated to be b...
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Inositol Lipids in Cell Signaling by Parathyroid Hormone
Parathyroid hormone has a long been thought to activate its target cells through stimulation of cellular calcium.1,2 However, the evidence in support of this stimulation rested solely on isotopic fluxes.3,4 Short...
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New ganglioside analogs that inhibit influenze virus sialidase
Synthetic thioglycoside-analogs of gangliosides such as Neu5Acα)2-S-6)Glcβ-(1-1)Ceramide (1) and the GM3 analog Neu5Acα(2-S-6)Galβ-(1–4)Glcβ(1-1)Ceramide (2), competitively inhibited GM3 hydrolysis by the sialida...
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Sialidase of swine influenza A viruses: variation of the recognition specificities for sialyl linkages and for the molecular species of sialic acid with the year of isolation
The sialidase of swine influenza A viruses of N1 and N2 subtypes, isolated from 1930 to 1992, was studied for substrate specificity with ganglio-series, lacto-series type II and GM3 gangliosides containing Neu...
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Characterization of four monosialo and a novel disialo Asn N-glycosides from the urine of a patient with aspartylglycosaminuria
We previously reported for the first time two Japanese patients with aspartylglycosaminuria (AGU). A novel disialo Asn N-glycoside (AG-5) has been isolated from the urine of one of the patients in addition to ...
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Neuronal and vascular pathology produced by verocytotoxin 2 in the rabbit central nervous system
To study the pathogenesis of the central nervous system (CNS) involvement associated with verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli infection, we developed an animal model by administering verocytotoxin 2 to rabb...
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Expression of neolactoglycolipids: sialosyl-, disialosyl-,O-acetyldisialosyl- and fucosyl- derivatives of neolactotetraosyl ceramide and neolactohexaosyl ceramide in the develo** cerebral cortex and cerebellum
The following neolacto glycolipids were identified and their developmental expression was studied in the rat cerebral cortex and cerebellum: Fucα1-3IIInLcOse4Cer,Fucα1-3VnLcOse6Cer and (Fuc)2α1-3III,3VnLcOse6Cer,...
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Establishment of a monoclonal antibody directed against Gb3Cer/CD77: a useful immunochemical reagent for a differentiation marker in Burkitt's Iymphoma and germinal centre B cells
A new monoclonal antibody (TU-1) directed against the Galα1-4Galβ1-4Glc residue of the Gb3Cer/CD77 antigen was prepared by the hybridoma technique following immunization of mice with an emulsion composed of mo...
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Trace element contents in hair of residents from Harbin (China), Medan (Indonesia), and Tokushima (Japan)
The concentrations of 19 trace element in hair samples from 1273 residents of Harbin (China), Medan (Indonesia), and Tokushima (Japan) were measured by inductively coupled plasma emission spectrometry. The mea...
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Synthetic sialylphosphatidylethanolamine derivatives bind to human influenza A viruses and inhibit viral infection
We synthesized the sialylphosphatidylethanolamine (sialyl PE) derivatives Neu5Ac-PE, (Neu5Ac)2-PE, Neu5Ac-PE (amide) and Neu5Ac-PE (methyl). We examined the anti-viral effects of the derivatives on human influ...
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Simple synthesis of sialyllactose-carrying polystyrene and its binding with influenza virus
Glycoconjugate polystyrenes bearing sialyllactose moieties were prepared via a simple method from a mixture of α2-6 and α2-3 linked sialyllactose isomers of bovine milk origin. The reducing end of sialyllactos...
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Influence of long-term low-dose methotrexate therapy on periarticular and generalized osteoporosis in rheumatoid arthritis
Our objective was to evaluate the effect of low-dose methotrexate therapy on periarticular and generalized osteopenia in patients of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Fifty-five women received one of four therapeutic...
