H. Iwasaki

Publication List Details

Period

1984 - 2009

Number

145

Co-Authors

On the equivalence theorem in f(R)-type generalized gravity (2009)

Ezawa, Y., Iwasaki, H., Ohkuwa, Y., Watanabe, S., Yamada, N., Yano, T.

We investigate whether the equivalence theorem in f(R)-type gravity is valid also in quantum theory. It is shown that, if the canonical quantization is assumed, equivalence does not hold in quantum...

Forest decline caused by high soil water conditions in a permafrost region (2009)

H. Iwasaki, H. Saito, K. Kuwao, T. C. Maximov, S. Hasegawa

In the permafrost region near Yakutsk, eastern Siberia, Russia, annual precipitation (June–May) in 2005–2006 and 2006–2007 exceeded the 26-year (1982–2008) mean of 222±68 mm by 185 mm...

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Low-lying Proton Intruder State in 13B (2008)

Ota, S., Shimoura, S., Iwasaki, H., Kurokawa, M., Michimasa, S., Aoi, N., ...

The neturon rich nucleus 13B was studied via the proton transfer reaction 4He(12Be,13B \gamma) at 50AMeV. The known 4.83-MeV excited state was strongly populated and its spin and parity were assigned...

Thermal simulation of the ATLAS SCT barrel module 27/5/97 (2008)

Thermal Simulation, T. Kondo, T. Haruyama, T. Kohriki, H. Iwasaki, S. Terada, ...

A finite element thermal analysis is performed for the various configurations of the ATLAS barrel SCT module. The design of the module are based on the recent proposal by RAL to reduce the overall...

Lifetime measurements of first excited states in 16,18C (2007)

Ong, H. J., Imai, N., Suzuki, D., Iwasaki, H., Sakurai, H., Onishi, T. K., ...

The electric quadrupole transition from the first 2+ state to the ground 0+ state in 18C was studied through lifetime measurement by an upgraded recoil shadow method applied to inelastically...

A new laser test stand for simulating charged-particle tracks (2007)

Y. Unno, Y. Iwata, T. Ohsugi, T. Kohriki, T. Kondo, S. Terada, ...

We report on the construction of a new laser test stand equipped with a 1064nm pulsed infrared YAG laser for simulating the passage of a charged particle in a silicon detector. The standard...

Thermal simulation of ATLAS barrel SCT modules - II (2007)

Kondo Haruyama, T. Kondo, T. Haruyama, T. Kohriki, H. Iwasaki, S. Terada, ...

A finite element thermal analysis is performed for the ATLAS barrel SCT module. The design of the module are based on the TDR model. Its several variations are also evaluated. The goal of the present...

SCIPP 94/34 October 1994 (2007)

J. Dewitt, D. Dorfan, T. Dubbs, A. Grillo, B. Hubbard, ...

. We report the results of a beam test using double-sided ACcoupled silicon microstrip detectors with binary readout, i.e., a readout where the signals are discriminated in the front-end electronics...

Gravitational waves originated before compactification in Kaluza-Klein theory (2007)

Ezawa, T., Iwasaki, H., Nakamura, A., Ohkuwa, Y., Yano, T.

We investigate the propagation of multidimensional gravitational waves generated before compactification and observes today as 4-dimensional gravitational waves and gauge fields by generalizing the...

Fragmentation cross-sections and binding energies of neutron-rich nuclei (2007)

Tsang, M. B., Lynch, W. G., Friedman, W. A., Mocko, M., Sun, Z. Y., Aoi, N., ...

An exponential dependence of the fragmentation cross-section on the average binding energy is observed and reproduced with a statistical model. The observed functional dependence is robust and allows...

Projectile Fragmentation of $^{86}$Kr at 64 MeV/nucleon (2007)

Mocko, M., Tsang, M. B., Sun, Z. Y., Aoi, N., Cook, J., Delaunay, F., ...

We measured fragmentation cross sections produced using the primary beam of $^{86}$Kr at 64 MeV/nucleon on $^9$Be and $^{181}$Ta targets. The cross sections were obtained by integrating the momentum...

The ATLAS Level-1 Trigger: Status of the System and First Results from Cosmic-Ray Data (2007)

Berge, D, Aielli, G, Andrei, V, Achenbach, R, Adragna, P, Aloisio, A, ...

The ATLAS detector at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC) will be exposed to proton-proton collisions from beams crossing at 40 MHz. At the design luminosity of 10^34 cm^-2 s^-1 there are on average...

Projectile fragmentation reactions and production of nuclei near the neutron drip-line (2007)

Notani, M., Sakurai, H., Aoi, N., Iwasaki, H., Fukuda, N., Liu, Z., ...

The reaction mechanism of projectile fragmentation at intermediate energies has been investigated observing the target dependence of the production cross sections of very neutron-rich nuclei....

Arytenoid cartilage dislocation caused by a double-lumen endobronchial tube (2006)

Mikuni, I., Suzuki, A., Takahata, O., Fujita, S., Otomo, S., Iwasaki, H.

Following surgery requiring the use of a double-lumen endobronchial tube, a patient immediately complained of persistent severe hoarseness. On the third day after the operation, fibreoptic...

The first-level trigger of ATLAS (2005)

Haller, J, Achenbach, R, Aielli, G, Aloisio, A, Alviggi, M G, Aprodu, V, ...

Due to the huge interaction rates and the tough experimental environment of pp collisions at a centre-of-mass energy sqrt(s)=14 TeV and luminosities of up to 10^34cm^-2s^-1, one of the experimental...

A canonical formalism of f(T)-type gravity in terms of Lie derivatives (2005)

Ezawa, Y., Iwasaki, H., Ohkuwa, Y., Watanabe, S., Yamada, N., Yano, T.

A canonical formalism of f(R)-type gravity is proposed, resolving the problem in the formalism of Buchbinder and Lyakhovich(BL). The new coordinates corresponding to the time derivatives of the...

Thermo-magnetic hysteretic properties resembling superconductivity in the normal state of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 (2005)

Majoros, M., Panagopoulos, C., Nishizaki, T., Iwasaki, H.

We have performed detailed magnetic and thermal hysteresis experiments in the normal-state magnetization of La1.85Sr0.15CuO4 single crystal. Using a combination of in-field and in-zero-magnetic-field...

Excited states in neutron rich boron isotopes (2005)

Kanungo, R., Elekes, Z., Baba, H., Dombrádi, Zs., Fülöp, Zs., Gibelin, J., ...

New experimental results on in-beam gamma spectroscopy of neutron rich boron isotopes are presented for 17B and its neutron removal fragments 14,15B, after scattering with a H2 target. A gamma...

Reduced transition probabilities for the first 2$^+$ excited state in $^{46}$Cr, $^{50}$Fe, and $^{54}$Ni (2005)

Yamada, K., Motobayashi, T., Aoi, N., Baba, H., Demichi, K., Elekes, Z., ...

We measured B(E2;0+g.s. -> 2+1) values for the proton-rich 46Cr, 50Fe, and 54Ni nuclides by intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation in order to study the systematic behavior of collectivity in the Z =...

Inelastic proton scattering on $^{16}$C (2005)

Imai, N., Aoi, N., Sakurai, H., Dombrádi, Zs., Saito, A., ...

We have studied the 2+1 state in neutron-rich 16Cvia inelastic proton scattering in inverse kinematics, using a 33 MeV/nucleon beam. From the angle-integrated cross-section, the deformation parameter...

Low-lying excited states in $^{17,19}$C (2005)

Elekes, Z., Dombrádi, Zs., Kanungo, R., Baba, H., Fülöp, Zs., Gibelin, J., ...

$^{17,19}$C nuclei have been investigated by proton inelastic scattering on a liquid hydrogen target at intermediate energies. Two peaks were observed in the Doppler-corrected $\gamma$-ray spectra...

Excited states in neutron rich boron isotopes (2005)

Kanungo, R., Elekes, Z., Baba, H., Dombrádi, Zs., Fülöp, Zs., Gibelin, J., ...

New experimental results on in-beam gamma spectroscopy of neutron rich boron isotopes are presented for 17B and its neutron removal fragments 14,15B, after scattering with a H2 target. A gamma...

Reduced transition probabilities for the first 2$^+$ excited state in $^{46}$Cr, $^{50}$Fe, and $^{54}$Ni (2005)

Yamada, K., Motobayashi, T., Aoi, N., Baba, H., Demichi, K., Elekes, Z., ...

We measured B(E2;0+g.s. -> 2+1) values for the proton-rich 46Cr, 50Fe, and 54Ni nuclides by intermediate-energy Coulomb excitation in order to study the systematic behavior of collectivity in the Z =...

Inelastic proton scattering on $^{16}$C (2005)

Imai, N., Aoi, N., Sakurai, H., Dombrádi, Zs., Saito, A., ...

We have studied the 2+1 state in neutron-rich 16Cvia inelastic proton scattering in inverse kinematics, using a 33 MeV/nucleon beam. From the angle-integrated cross-section, the deformation parameter...

Low-lying excited states in $^{17,19}$C (2005)

Elekes, Z., Dombrádi, Zs., Kanungo, R., Baba, H., Fülöp, Zs., Gibelin, J., ...

$^{17,19}$C nuclei have been investigated by proton inelastic scattering on a liquid hydrogen target at intermediate energies. Two peaks were observed in the Doppler-corrected $\gamma$-ray spectra...

Arytenoid cartilage dislocation caused by a double-lumen endobronchial tube (2005)

Mikuni, I., Suzuki, A., Takahata, O., Fujita, S., Otomo, S., Iwasaki, H.

Following surgery requiring the use of a double-lumen endobronchial tube, a patient immediately complained of persistent severe hoarseness. On the third day after the operation, fibreoptic...

Magnetic order in the normal state of the archetypal high-Tc superconductor La2-xSrxCuO4 (2004)

Panagopoulos, C., Majoros, M., Nishizaki, T., Iwasaki, H.

We report detailed bulk magnetization measurements of the normal state in the high transition temperature (high-Tc) superconductor La2-xSrxCuO4. A magnetic order in the form of hysteresis in the low...

Coulomb and nuclear breakup of a halo nucleus 11Be (2004)

Fukuda, N., Nakamura, T., Aoi, N., Imai, N., Ishihara, M., Kobayashi, T., ...

Breakup reactions of the one-neutron halo nucleus 11Be on Pb and C targets at about 70 MeV/u have been investigated by measuring the momentum vectors of the incident 11Be, outgoing 10Be, and neutron...

Interpretation of the first order formalism of f(R)-type gravity and the corresponding second order formalism (2004)

Ezawa, Y., Iwasaki, H., Ohkuwa, Y., Uegaki, T., Yamada, N., Yano, T.

f(R)-type gravity in the first order formalism is interpreted as Einstein gravity with non-minimal coupling arising from the use of unphysical frame. Identification of the corresponding second order...

Bound excited states in$^{27}$F (2004)

Elekes, Z., Dombrádi, Zs., Saito, A., Aoi, N., Baba, H., Demichi, K., ...

The 1H(27F, 25,26,27F) reactions have been studied at 40 MeV/nucleon average energy using a liquid hydrogen target. For 25F, 26F and 27F nuclei, we have observed two γ-ray peaks each originating...

Bound excited states in$^{27}$F (2004)

Elekes, Z., Dombrádi, Zs., Saito, A., Aoi, N., Baba, H., Demichi, K., ...

The 1H(27F, 25,26,27F) reactions have been studied at 40 MeV/nucleon average energy using a liquid hydrogen target. For 25F, 26F and 27F nuclei, we have observed two γ-ray peaks each originating...

Anomalously hindered E2 strength B(E2;2_1^+ -> 0^+) in 16C (2003)

Imai, N., Aoi, N., Fukuda, N., Kishida, T., Kubo, T., Minemura, T., ...

The electric quadrupole transition from the first 2+ state to the ground 0+ state in 16C is studied through measurement of the lifetime by a recoil shadow method applied to inelastically scattered...

Correspondence between the first and the second order formalism in the generalized gravity of f(R)-type (2003)

Ezawa, Y., Iwasaki, H., Ohkuwa, Y., Yamada, N., Yano, T.

We clarify the correspondence between the first order formalism and the second order formalism in the generalized gravity where the Lagrangian density is given by a function of the scalar curvature...

Non-equilibrium and non-linear stationary state in thermoelectric materials (2003)

Iwasaki, H., Koyano, M., Yamamura, Y., Hori, H.

Efficiency of thermoelectric materials is characterized by the figure of merit Z. Z has been believed to be a peculiar material constant. However, the accurate measurements in the present work reveal...

Cosmology in a Higher-Curvature Gravity (2003)

Ezawa, Y., Iwasaki, H., Ohmori, M., Ueda, S., Yamada, N., Yano, T.

We investigated the cosmology in a higher-curvature gravity where the dimensionality of spacetime gives rise to only quantitative difference, contrary to Einstein gravity. We found exponential type...

Evidence for particle stability of $^{31}$F and particle instability of $^{25}$N and $^{28}$O (1999)

Sakurai, H., Lukyanov, S.M., Notani, M., Aoi, N., Beaumel, D., Fukuda, N., ...

The neutron drip line up to fluorine has been investigated by the projectile fragmentation of a 94.1A MeV /sup 40/Ar beam at the fragment separator RIPS at RIKEN. A new neutron-rich isotope, /sup...

Evidence for particle stability of $^{31}$F and particle instability of $^{25}$N and $^{28}$O (1999)

Sakurai, H., Lukyanov, S.M., Notani, M., Aoi, N., Beaumel, D., Fukuda, N., ...

The neutron drip line up to fluorine has been investigated by the projectile fragmentation of a 94.1A MeV /sup 40/Ar beam at the fragment separator RIPS at RIKEN. A new neutron-rich isotope, /sup...

THERMAL EXPANSION OF LITHIUM TANTALATE SINGLE CRYSTAL. (1998)

Iwasaki, H., Toyoda, H., Kubota, H.

Last author is with School of Science and Engineering, Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan.

Hot Isostatic Pressing in Oxygen of Ferrite Magnet (1997)

Ogata, Y., Iwasaki, H., Kubota, Y., Yamamoto, M., Iimura, T., Shinohara, T.

The effect of hot isostatic pressing in 5%O2-95%Ar on the magnetic properties of Sr ferrite magnet was studied. It was found that the size of voids at grain boundaries are decreased by hot isostatic...

Hot Isostatic Pressing in Oxygen of Ferrite Magnet (1997)

Ogata, Y., Iwasaki, H., Kubota, Y., Yamamoto, M., Iimura, T., Shinohara, T.

The effect of hot isostatic pressing in 5%O2-95%Ar on the magnetic properties of Sr ferrite magnet was studied. It was found that the size of voids at grain boundaries are decreased by hot isostatic...

Hot Isostatic Pressing in Oxygen of Ferrite Magnet (1997)

Ogata, Y., Iwasaki, H., Kubota, Y., Yamamoto, M., Iimura, T., Shinohara, T.

The effect of hot isostatic pressing in 5%O2-95%Ar on the magnetic properties of Sr ferrite magnet was studied. It was found that the size of voids at grain boundaries are decreased by hot isostatic...

A Calculational Fusion System HYLO (1997)

Yoshiyuki Onoue, Zhenjiang Hu, Hideya Iwasaki, Masato Takeichi, Y. Onoue, Z. Hu, ...

Fusion, one of the most useful transformation tactics for deriving efficient programs, is the process whereby separate pieces of programs are fused into a single one, leading to an efficient program...

A Calculational Fusion System HYLO (1997)

Y. Onoue, Z. Hu, H. Iwasaki, M. Takeichi

Fusion, one of the most useful transformation tactics for deriving efficient programs, is the process whereby separate pieces of programs are fused into a single one, leading to an efficient program...

Measurement of inclusive particle spectra and test of MLLA prediction in e+e- annihilation at \Sqrt s = 58 GeV (1995)

Itoh, R, Yamauchi, M, Yamaguchi, A, Abe, K, Abe, T, Adachi, I, ...

Inclusive momentum spectra are measured for all charged particles and for each of \pi^{\pm}, K^{\pm}, K^0/\overline{K^0}, and p/\overline{p} in hadronic events produced via e^+e^- annihilation at...

Differential neuromuscular effects of vecuronium on the adductor and abductor laryngeal muscles and tibialis anterior muscle in dogs (1994)

IWASAKI, H., IGARASHI, M., NAMIKI, A., OMOTE, K.

We have studied in dogs the neuromuscular blocking effects of vecuronium on the cricothyroid (CT) (a tensor muscle of the vocal folds) and posterior cricoarytenoid (PCA) (sole abductor muscle of the...

Identification of four acidic amino acids that constitute the catalytic center of the RuvC Holliday junction resolvase.

Saito, A, Iwasaki, H, Ariyoshi, M, Morikawa, K, Shinagawa, H

Escherichia coli RuvC protein is a specific endonuclease that resolves Holliday junctions during homologous recombination. Since the endonucleolytic activity of RuvC requires a divalent cation and...

SOS-inducible DNA repair proteins, RuvA and RuvB, of Escherichia coli: functional interactions between RuvA and RuvB for ATP hydrolysis and renaturation of the cruciform structure in supercoiled DNA.

Shiba, T, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The ruv operon is induced by treatments that damage DNA and is regulated by the LexA repressor. It encodes two proteins, RuvA and RuvB, that are involved in DNA repair, recombination in RecE and RecF...

Molecular analysis of the Escherichia coli ruvC gene, which encodes a Holliday junction-specific endonuclease.

Takahagi, M, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The Escherichia coli ruvC gene is involved in DNA repair and recombination and encodes an endonuclease that resolves Holliday structure in vitro. The 2.8-kb chromosomal DNA fragment that encompasses...

Structure of macroamphiphiles from several Bifidobacterium strains.

Iwasaki, H, Araki, Y, Ito, E, Nagaoka, M, Yokokura, T

Lipoteichoic acid-like substances, macroamphiphiles, were isolated from cell homogenates of Bifidobacterium bifidum YIT 4007 and YIT 4013, Bifidobacterium breve YIT 4010 and YIT 4014, and...

Structure and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids in Bacillus strains.

Iwasaki, H, Shimada, A, Yokoyama, K, Ito, E

The occurrence, structure, and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids were studied in 15 Bacillus strains, including Bacillus cereus (4 strains), Bacillus subtilis (5 strains), Bacillus licheniformis (1...

Overproduction, purification, and ATPase activity of the Escherichia coli RuvB protein involved in DNA repair.

Iwasaki, H, Shiba, T, Makino, K, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The ruvA and ruvB genes of Escherichia coli constitute an operon which belongs to the SOS regulon. Genetic evidence suggests that the products of the ruv operon are involved in DNA repair and...

Structure and regulation of the Escherichia coli ruv operon involved in DNA repair and recombination.

Shinagawa, H, Makino, K, Amemura, M, Kimura, S, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A

The ruv gene of Escherichia coli, which is involved in DNA repair and recombination, was cloned on a plasmid vector. The DNA of the ruv region was sequenced; it had two open reading frames in tandem...

Comparative studies of lipoteichoic acids from several Bacillus strains.

Iwasaki, H, Shimada, A, Ito, E

Structural studies were carried out on lipoteichoic acids obtained from defatted cells of 10 Bacillus strains by phenol-water partition followed by chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel and Octyl-Sepharose...

Increased levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor, gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factor alpha in sera of patients with Orientia tsutsugamushi infection.

Iwasaki, H, Takada, N, Nakamura, T, Ueda, T

Levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (nine of nine patients) and gamma interferon (six of nine patients) in serum were elevated above the range of normal in the acute phase of tsutsugamushi...

RecA protein-dependent cleavage of UmuD protein and SOS mutagenesis.

Shinagawa, H, Iwasaki, H, Kato, T, Nakata, A

Induction of the Escherichia coli SOS system increases the ability of the cell to perform DNA repair and mutagenesis. Products of the recA and umuD,C genes are required for mutagenesis induced by...

Escherichia coli RuvC protein is an endonuclease that resolves the Holliday structure.

Iwasaki, H, Takahagi, M, Shiba, T, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

Genetic evidence suggests that the Escherichia coli ruvC gene is involved in DNA repair and in the late step of RecE and RecF pathway recombination. To study the biochemical properties of RuvC...

The Escherichia coli polB gene, which encodes DNA polymerase II, is regulated by the SOS system.

Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Walker, G C, Shinagawa, H

The dinA (damage inducible) gene was previously identified as one of the SOS genes with no known function; it was mapped near the leuB gene, where the polB gene encoding DNA polymerase II was also...

ATP-dependent resolution of R-loops at the ColE1 replication origin by Escherichia coli RecG protein, a Holliday junction-specific helicase.

Fukuoh, A, Iwasaki, H, Ishioka, K, Shinagawa, H

The RecG protein of Escherichia coli is a DNA helicase that promotes branch migration of the Holliday junctions. We found that overproduction of RecG protein drastically decreased copy numbers of...

Physical interactions among circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in cyanobacteria.

Iwasaki, H, Taniguchi, Y, Ishiura, M, Kondo, T

The kai gene cluster, which is composed of three genes, kaiA, kaiB and kaiC, is essential for the generation of circadian rhythms in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942....

Reconstitution, morphology and crystallization of a fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex from Pseudomonas fragi.

Ishikawa, M, Mikami, Y, Usukura, J, Iwasaki, H, Shinagawa, H, Morikawa, K

The fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex from Pseudomonas fragi, HDT, exhibits predominantly the three enzymic activities of 2-enoyl-CoA hydratase (EC 4.2.1.17), 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA...

A recombination repair gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, rhp57, is a functional homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD57 gene and is phylogenetically related to the human XRCC3 gene.

Tsutsui, Y, Morishita, T, Iwasaki, H, Toh, H, Shinagawa, H

To identify Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes involved in recombination repair, we identified seven mutants that were hypersensitive to both methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and gamma-rays and that...

Multiple interactions among the components of the recombinational DNA repair system in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Tsutsui, Y, Khasanov, F K, Shinagawa, H, Iwasaki, H, Bashkirov, V I

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rhp55 and Rhp57 are RecA-like proteins involved in double-strand break (DSB) repair. Here we demonstrate that Rhp55 and Rhp57 proteins strongly interact in vivo, similar to...

Identification of four acidic amino acids that constitute the catalytic center of the RuvC Holliday junction resolvase.

Saito, A, Iwasaki, H, Ariyoshi, M, Morikawa, K, Shinagawa, H

Escherichia coli RuvC protein is a specific endonuclease that resolves Holliday junctions during homologous recombination. Since the endonucleolytic activity of RuvC requires a divalent cation and...

SOS-inducible DNA repair proteins, RuvA and RuvB, of Escherichia coli: functional interactions between RuvA and RuvB for ATP hydrolysis and renaturation of the cruciform structure in supercoiled DNA.

Shiba, T, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The ruv operon is induced by treatments that damage DNA and is regulated by the LexA repressor. It encodes two proteins, RuvA and RuvB, that are involved in DNA repair, recombination in RecE and RecF...

Molecular analysis of the Escherichia coli ruvC gene, which encodes a Holliday junction-specific endonuclease.

Takahagi, M, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The Escherichia coli ruvC gene is involved in DNA repair and recombination and encodes an endonuclease that resolves Holliday structure in vitro. The 2.8-kb chromosomal DNA fragment that encompasses...

Structure of macroamphiphiles from several Bifidobacterium strains.

Iwasaki, H, Araki, Y, Ito, E, Nagaoka, M, Yokokura, T

Lipoteichoic acid-like substances, macroamphiphiles, were isolated from cell homogenates of Bifidobacterium bifidum YIT 4007 and YIT 4013, Bifidobacterium breve YIT 4010 and YIT 4014, and...

Structure and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids in Bacillus strains.

Iwasaki, H, Shimada, A, Yokoyama, K, Ito, E

The occurrence, structure, and glycosylation of lipoteichoic acids were studied in 15 Bacillus strains, including Bacillus cereus (4 strains), Bacillus subtilis (5 strains), Bacillus licheniformis (1...

Overproduction, purification, and ATPase activity of the Escherichia coli RuvB protein involved in DNA repair.

Iwasaki, H, Shiba, T, Makino, K, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

The ruvA and ruvB genes of Escherichia coli constitute an operon which belongs to the SOS regulon. Genetic evidence suggests that the products of the ruv operon are involved in DNA repair and...

Structure and regulation of the Escherichia coli ruv operon involved in DNA repair and recombination.

Shinagawa, H, Makino, K, Amemura, M, Kimura, S, Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A

The ruv gene of Escherichia coli, which is involved in DNA repair and recombination, was cloned on a plasmid vector. The DNA of the ruv region was sequenced; it had two open reading frames in tandem...

Comparative studies of lipoteichoic acids from several Bacillus strains.

Iwasaki, H, Shimada, A, Ito, E

Structural studies were carried out on lipoteichoic acids obtained from defatted cells of 10 Bacillus strains by phenol-water partition followed by chromatography on DEAE-Sephacel and Octyl-Sepharose...

Increased levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor, gamma interferon, and tumor necrosis factor alpha in sera of patients with Orientia tsutsugamushi infection.

Iwasaki, H, Takada, N, Nakamura, T, Ueda, T

Levels of macrophage colony-stimulating factor (nine of nine patients) and gamma interferon (six of nine patients) in serum were elevated above the range of normal in the acute phase of tsutsugamushi...

RecA protein-dependent cleavage of UmuD protein and SOS mutagenesis.

Shinagawa, H, Iwasaki, H, Kato, T, Nakata, A

Induction of the Escherichia coli SOS system increases the ability of the cell to perform DNA repair and mutagenesis. Products of the recA and umuD,C genes are required for mutagenesis induced by...

Escherichia coli RuvC protein is an endonuclease that resolves the Holliday structure.

Iwasaki, H, Takahagi, M, Shiba, T, Nakata, A, Shinagawa, H

Genetic evidence suggests that the Escherichia coli ruvC gene is involved in DNA repair and in the late step of RecE and RecF pathway recombination. To study the biochemical properties of RuvC...

The Escherichia coli polB gene, which encodes DNA polymerase II, is regulated by the SOS system.

Iwasaki, H, Nakata, A, Walker, G C, Shinagawa, H

The dinA (damage inducible) gene was previously identified as one of the SOS genes with no known function; it was mapped near the leuB gene, where the polB gene encoding DNA polymerase II was also...

ATP-dependent resolution of R-loops at the ColE1 replication origin by Escherichia coli RecG protein, a Holliday junction-specific helicase.

Fukuoh, A, Iwasaki, H, Ishioka, K, Shinagawa, H

The RecG protein of Escherichia coli is a DNA helicase that promotes branch migration of the Holliday junctions. We found that overproduction of RecG protein drastically decreased copy numbers of...

Physical interactions among circadian clock proteins KaiA, KaiB and KaiC in cyanobacteria.

Iwasaki, H, Taniguchi, Y, Ishiura, M, Kondo, T

The kai gene cluster, which is composed of three genes, kaiA, kaiB and kaiC, is essential for the generation of circadian rhythms in the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7942....

Reconstitution, morphology and crystallization of a fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex from Pseudomonas fragi.

Ishikawa, M, Mikami, Y, Usukura, J, Iwasaki, H, Shinagawa, H, Morikawa, K

The fatty acid beta-oxidation multienzyme complex from Pseudomonas fragi, HDT, exhibits predominantly the three enzymic activities of 2-enoyl-CoA hydratase (EC 4.2.1.17), 3-hydroxyacyl-CoA...

A recombination repair gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe, rhp57, is a functional homolog of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD57 gene and is phylogenetically related to the human XRCC3 gene.

Tsutsui, Y, Morishita, T, Iwasaki, H, Toh, H, Shinagawa, H

To identify Schizosaccharomyces pombe genes involved in recombination repair, we identified seven mutants that were hypersensitive to both methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) and gamma-rays and that...

Multiple interactions among the components of the recombinational DNA repair system in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.

Tsutsui, Y, Khasanov, F K, Shinagawa, H, Iwasaki, H, Bashkirov, V I

Schizosaccharomyces pombe Rhp55 and Rhp57 are RecA-like proteins involved in double-strand break (DSB) repair. Here we demonstrate that Rhp55 and Rhp57 proteins strongly interact in vivo, similar to...

Existence of both IL-1 alpha and beta in normal human amniotic fluid: unique high molecular weight form of IL-1 beta.

Tamatani, T, Tsunoda, H, Iwasaki, H, Kaneko, M, Hashimoto, T, Onozaki, K

We investigated the possible existence of IL-1 in human amniotic fluid (AF). Since AF from most full-term deliveries appeared to contain an inhibitor(s) for thymocyte proliferation, AFs were...

Malignant fibrous histiocytoma. Evidence of perivascular mesenchymal cell origin immunocytochemical studies with monoclonal anti-MFH antibodies.

Iwasaki, H., Isayama, T., Johzaki, H., Kikuchi, M.

Using whole cell antigens prepared from the established lines of human malignant fibrous histiocytoma (MFH), the authors have generated two different monoclonal antibodies (FU3 and FU4) by a mouse...

Clinical complications of Mycoplasma pneumoniae disease--other organs.

Suzuyama, Y., Iwasaki, H., Izumikawa, K., Hara, K.

Although self-limited respiratory tract infections caused by Mycoplasma pneumoniae are well recognized in children and young adults, respiratory involvements and hepatic dysfunction may occur. The...