H. Mori

Publication List Details

Period

1985 - 9999

Number

159

Co-Authors

The Load-Deformation Characteristics of Tertiary Sand Stone and Mud Stone (9999)

Mori,H., Takahashi,K., Noto,T.

As a part of the research program of Akashi Bridge, long span inter-island suspension bridge having main span length of 1,780 m., an attempt was made to develop suitable methods of ground...

Search for VHE gamma rays from SS433/W50 with the CANGAROO-II telescope (2009)

Hayashi, Sei., Kajino, F., Naito, T., Asahara, A., Bicknell, G. V., Clay, R. W., ...

SS433, located at the center of the supernova remnant W50, is a close proximity binary system consisting of a compact star and a normal star. Jets of material are directed outwards from the vicinity...

X-Ray Observations of the Galactic Center with Suzaku (2007)

Koyama, K., Hyodo, Y., Inui, T., Nobukawa, M., Mori, H.

We report on the diffuse X-ray emissions from the Galactic center (GCDX) observed with the X-ray Imaging Spectrometer (XIS) on board the Suzaku satellite. The highly accurate energy calibrations and...

Tau-4R suppresses proliferation and promotes neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus of tau knockin/knockout mice. (2007)

Sennvik, K., Boekhoorn, K., Lasrado, R., Terwel, D., Verhaeghe, S., Korr, H., ...

Differential isoform expression and phosphorylation of protein tau are believed to regulate the assembly and stabilization of microtubuli in fetal and adult neurons. To define the functions of tau in...

Tau-4R suppresses proliferation and promotes neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus of tau knockin/knockout mice (2007)

Sennvik, K., Boekhoorn, K., Lasrado, R., Terwel, D., Verhaege, S., Korr, H., ...

Differential isoform expression and phosphorylation of protein tau are believed to regulate the assembly and stabilization of microtubuli in fetal and adult neurons. To define the functions of tau in...

Tau-4R suppresses proliferation and promotes neuronal differentiation in the hippocampus of tau knockin/knockout mice. (2007)

Sennvik, K., Boekhoorn, K., Lasrado, R., Terwel, D., Verhaeghe, S., Korr, H., ...

Differential isoform expression and phosphorylation of protein tau are believed to regulate the assembly and stabilization of microtubuli in fetal and adult neurons. To define the functions of tau in...

Monte-Carlo Simulator and Ancillary Response Generator of Suzaku XRT/XIS System for Spatially Extended Source Analysis (2006)

Ishisaki, Y., Maeda, Y., Fujimoto, R., Ozaki, M., Ebisawa, K., Takahashi, T., ...

We have developed a framework for the Monte-Carlo simulation of the X-Ray Telescopes (XRT) and the X-ray Imaging Spectrometers (XIS) onboard Suzaku, mainly for the scientific analysis of spatially...

Superconductivity in the vicinity of charge ordered state in organic conductor beta-(meso-DMBEDT-TTF)_2PF_6 (2006)

Yoshimi, K., Nakamura, M., Mori, H.

We study theoretically competition between the charge ordering and the superconductivity in two-dimensional organic conductor beta-(meso-DMBEDT-TTF)_2PF_6. We analyze the extended Hubbard model on a...

Improved long-term potentiation and memory in young tau-P301L transgenic mice before onset of hyperphosphorylation and tauopathy (2006)

Boekhoorn, K., Terwel, D., Biemans, B., Borghgraef, P., Wiegert, O., Ramakers, G.J.A., ...

The microtubule binding protein tau is implicated in neurodegenerative tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with Parkinsonism caused by diverse mutations in the tau gene....

Improved long-term potentiation and memory in young tau-P301L transgenic mice before onset of hyperphosphorylation and tauopathy (2006)

Boekhoorn, K., Terwel, D., Biemans, B., Borghgraef, P., Wiegert, O., Ramakers, G.J.A., ...

The microtubule binding protein tau is implicated in neurodegenerative tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with Parkinsonism caused by diverse mutations in the tau gene....

Improved long-term potentiation and memory in young tau-P301L transgenic mice before onset of hyperphosphorylation and tauopathy (2006)

Boekhoorn, K., Terwel, D., Biemans, B., Borghgraef, P., Wiegert, O., Ramakers, G.J.A., ...

The microtubule binding protein tau is implicated in neurodegenerative tauopathies, including frontotemporal dementia (FTD) with Parkinsonism caused by diverse mutations in the tau gene....

Radio tomographic imaging of sporadic-E layers during SEEK-2 (2005)

Bernhardt, P. A., Selcher, C. A., Siefring, C., Wilkens, M., Compton, C., Bust, G., ...

During the SEEK-2 Rocket Campaign in August 2002, a Dual Band Beacon (DBB) transmitting to Ground Receivers provided unique data on E-Region electron densities. Information from two rocket beacons...

Electron density and plasma waves in mid-latitude sporadic-E layer observed during the SEEK-2 campaign (2005)

Wakabayashi, M., Ono, T., Mori, H., Bernhardt, P. A.

The SEEK-2 campaign was carried out over Kyushu Island in Japan on 3 August 2002, by using the two sounding rockets of S310-31 and S310-32. This campaign was planned to elucidate generation...

Electric field measurements of DC and long wavelength structures associated with sporadic-E layers and QP radar echoes (2005)

Pfaff, R., Freudenreich, H., Yokoyama, T., Yamamoto, M., Fukao, S., Mori, H., ...

Electric field and plasma density data gathered on a sounding rocket launched from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan, reveal a complex electrodynamics associated with sporadic-E layers and simultaneous...

Comparison between CNA and energetic electron precipitation: simultaneous observation by Poker Flat Imaging Riometer and NOAA satellite (2005)

Ishii, M., Murayama, Y., Kubota, M., Mori, H., ...

The cosmic noise absorption (CNA) is compared with the precipitating electron flux for 19 events observed in the morning sector, using the high-resolution data obtained during the conjugate...

Radio tomographic imaging of sporadic-E layers during SEEK-2 (2005)

Bernhardt, P. A., Selcher, C. A., Siefring, C., Wilkens, M., Compton, C., Bust, G., ...

During the SEEK-2 Rocket Campaign in August 2002, a Dual Band Beacon (DBB) transmitting to Ground Receivers provided unique data on E-Region electron densities. Information from two rocket beacons...

Electron density and plasma waves in mid-latitude sporadic-E layer observed during the SEEK-2 campaign (2005)

Wakabayashi, M., Ono, T., Mori, H., Bernhardt, P. A.

The SEEK-2 campaign was carried out over Kyushu Island in Japan on 3 August 2002, by using the two sounding rockets of S310-31 and S310-32. This campaign was planned to elucidate generation...

Electric field measurements of DC and long wavelength structures associated with sporadic-E layers and QP radar echoes (2005)

Pfaff, R., Freudenreich, H., Yokoyama, T., Yamamoto, M., Fukao, S., Mori, H., ...

Electric field and plasma density data gathered on a sounding rocket launched from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan, reveal a complex electrodynamics associated with sporadic-E layers and simultaneous...

Comparison between CNA and energetic electron precipitation: simultaneous observation by Poker Flat Imaging Riometer and NOAA satellite (2005)

Ishii, M., Murayama, Y., Kubota, M., Mori, H., ...

The cosmic noise absorption (CNA) is compared with the precipitating electron flux for 19 events observed in the morning sector, using the high-resolution data obtained during the conjugate...

Large dielectric constant and giant nonlinear conduction in the organic conductor theta-(BEDT-TTF)_2CsZn(SCN)_4 (2004)

Inagaki, K., Terasaki, I., Mori, H., Mori, T.

The dielectric constant and ac conductivity have been measured for the layered organic conductor theta-(BEDT-TTF)_2CsZn(SCN)_4 along the out-of-plane direction, which show a relaxation behavior...

Energy distribution of precipitating electrons estimated from optical and cosmic noise absorption measurements (2004)

Mori, H., Ishii, M., Murayama, Y., Kubota, M., Sakanoi, K., ...

This study is a statistical analysis on energy distribution of precipitating electrons, based on CNA (cosmic noise absorption) data obtained from the 256-element imaging riometer in Poker Flat,...

Energy distribution of precipitating electrons estimated from optical and cosmic noise absorption measurements (2004)

Mori, H., Ishii, M., Murayama, Y., Kubota, M., Sakanoi, K., ...

This study is a statistical analysis on energy distribution of precipitating electrons, based on CNA (cosmic noise absorption) data obtained from the 256-element imaging riometer in Poker Flat,...

Flow Velocity Measurements in Nirogen Plumes Stimulated by REMPI (2003)

Dankert, C., Mori, H.

In the DLR- high vacuum plume test facility STG,experiments have been performed to study the expansion of supersonic plumes into vacuum with N2 as a test gas. The measured values were the Pitot...

Infrared properties of $\theta$-type ET charge-transfer salts: $\theta$-ET$_2$CsZn(SCN)$_4$ vs $\theta$-ET$_2$RbZn(SCN)$_4$ (2002)

Wang, N. L., Feng, T., Chen, Z. J., Mori, H.

We performed polarized far-infrared reflectance measurements at different temperatures on $\theta$-ET$_2$RbZn(SCN)$_4$ and $\theta$-ET$_2$CsZn(SCN)$_4$, two typical charge-transfer salts in a series...

Crystal growth and characterization of MgB2: Relation between structure and superconducting properties (2002)

Lee, S., Masui, T., Mori, H., Eltsev, Yu., Yamamoto, A., Tajima, S.

We discuss the important aspects of synthesis and crystal growth of MgB2 under high pressure (P) and temperature (T) in Mg-B-N system, including the optimisation of P-T conditions for reproducible...

Growth, structure analysis and anisotropic superconducting properties of MgB2 single crystals (2001)

Lee, S., Mori, H., Masui, T., Eltsev, Yu., Yamamoto, A., Tajima, S.

Here we report the growth of sub-millimeter MgB2 single crystals of various shapes under high pressure in Mg-B-N system. Structure refinement using a single-crystal X-ray diffraction analysis gives...

Far-infrared study of the insulator-metal transition in $\theta$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$RbZn(SCN)$_4$ (2001)

Wang, N. L., Mori, H., Tanaka, S., Dong, J., Clayman, B. P.

The temperature-dependent infrared properties of $\theta$-(BEDT-TTF)$_2$RbZn(SCN)$_4$ were investigated. In the temperatures above the metal-insulator (M-I) transition, the optical conductivity...

Chemical disordering and crystalline-to-amorphous transition induced by MeV electron irradiation in GaAs (1999)

Yasuda, H., Mori, H.

Single crystals of GaAs were irradiated with 2 MeV electrons in an ultrahigh-voltage electron microscope. Electron irradiation at 20 K first induces chemical disordering and with continued...

Zinc Oxide/n-Si Junction Solar Cells Produced by Spray-Pyrolysis Method. (1998)

Kobayashi, H., Mori, H., Ishida, T., Nakato, Y.

Zinc oxide (ZnO)/n-Si junction solar cells were fabricated by a spray-pyrolysis method and high short-circuit photocurrent densities and relatively high photovoltages were obtained by adjusting the...

Rotational Relaxation Analysis and Simulation of REMPI Spectra for Molecule Nitrogen (1998)

Nazari, B.K., Ishida, T., Mori, H., Niimi, T.

The new DLR-High Vacuum Test Facility STG enables an experimental investigation of typical thruster plumes as prerequisite to determine disturbance effects of thruster firing like e.g. perturbing...

Spontaneous Interlayer Coherence in Double-Layer Quantum Hall Systems: Symmetry Breaking Interactions, In-Plane Fields and Phase Solitons (1996)

Yang, Kun, Moon, K., Belkhir, Lotfi, Mori, H., Girvin, S. M., MacDonald, A. H., ...

At strong magnetic fields double-layer two-dimensional-electron-gas systems can form an unusual broken symmetry state with spontaneous inter-layer phase coherence. The system can be mapped to an...

Angle-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations and Thermoelectric Power of (BO)2Cl(H2O)x (1996)

Mori, T., Ono, S., Mori, H., Tanaka, S.

Magnetoresistance of the tittle organic metal, where BO is bis (ethylenedioxy)-tetrathiafulvalene, is investigated. The angle dependent oscillations indicate the existence of cylindrical Fermi...

Angle-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations and Thermoelectric Power of (BO)2Cl(H2O)x (1996)

Mori, T., Ono, S., Mori, H., Tanaka, S.

Magnetoresistance of the tittle organic metal, where BO is bis (ethylenedioxy)-tetrathiafulvalene, is investigated. The angle dependent oscillations indicate the existence of cylindrical Fermi...

Angle-Dependent Magnetoresistance Oscillations and Thermoelectric Power of (BO)2Cl(H2O)x (1996)

Mori, T., Ono, S., Mori, H., Tanaka, S.

Magnetoresistance of the tittle organic metal, where BO is bis (ethylenedioxy)-tetrathiafulvalene, is investigated. The angle dependent oscillations indicate the existence of cylindrical Fermi...

Expression of hyaluronidase by tumor cells induces angiogenesis in vivo. (1996)

Liu, D, Pearlman, E, Diaconu, E, Guo, K, Mori, H, Haqqi, T, ...

Hyaluronic acid is a proteoglycan present in the extracellular matrix and is important for the maintenance of tissue architecture. Depolymerization of hyaluronic acid may facilitate tumor invasion....

Spontaneous Inter-layer Coherence in Double-Layer Quantum-Hall Systems I: Charged Vortices and Kosterlitz-Thouless Phase Transitions (1994)

Moon, K., Mori, H., Yang, Kun, Girvin, S. M., MacDonald, A. H., Zheng, L., ...

At strong magnetic fields double-layer two-dimensional-electron-gas systems can form an unusual broken symmetry state with spontaneous inter-layer phase coherence. In this paper we explore the rich...

Magnetocardiographic studies of ventricular repolarization in old inferior myocardial infarction (1989)

NOMURA, M., NAKAYA, Y., FUJINO, K., ISHIHARA, S., KATAYAMA, M., TAKEUCHI, A., ...

Isomagnetic maps of 50 normal subjects (control group) and 23 patients with old inferior myocardial infarction (IMI group) were recorded in order to analyse T wave abnormalities in inferior...

Expression of hyaluronidase by tumor cells induces angiogenesis in vivo.

Liu, D, Pearlman, E, Diaconu, E, Guo, K, Mori, H, Haqqi, T, ...

Hyaluronic acid is a proteoglycan present in the extracellular matrix and is important for the maintenance of tissue architecture. Depolymerization of hyaluronic acid may facilitate tumor invasion....

Activation of Stat5 by interleukin 2 requires a carboxyl-terminal region of the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain but is not essential for the proliferative signal transmission.

Fujii, H, Nakagawa, Y, Schindler, U, Kawahara, A, Mori, H, Gouilleux, F, ...

The high-affinity interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) consists of three subunits: the IL-2R alpha, IL-2R beta c, and IL-2R gamma c chains. Two members of the Janus kinase family, Jak1 and Jak3, are...

c-fos gene induction by interleukin 2: identification of the critical cytoplasmic regions within the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain.

Hatakeyama, M, Kawahara, A, Mori, H, Shibuya, H, Taniguchi, T

Interleukin 2 (IL-2) plays a critical role in the growth and differentiation of lymphoid cells. The IL-2 signal is delivered intracellularly by the IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta); however, the...

Molecular cloning and deduced amino acid sequence of nonspecific lipid transfer protein (sterol carrier protein 2) of rat liver: a higher molecular mass (60 kDa) protein contains the primary sequence of nonspecific lipid transfer protein as its C-terminal part.

Mori, T, Tsukamoto, T, Mori, H, Tashiro, Y, Fujiki, Y

Two types of cDNA for nonspecific lipid transfer protein (nsLTP), identical to sterol carrier protein 2, of rat liver were cloned; one was 787 base pairs (bp) long containing a 429-bp open reading...

Gene expression of fibroblast growth factors in human gliomas and meningiomas: demonstration of cellular source of basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA and peptide in tumor tissues.

Takahashi, J A, Mori, H, Fukumoto, M, Igarashi, K, Jaye, M, Oda, Y, ...

The growth autonomy of human tumor cells is considered due to the endogenous production of growth factors. Transcriptional expression of candidates for autocrine stimulatory factors such as basic...

Identification of a basic glycoprotein induced by ethylene in primary leaves of azuki bean as a cationic peroxidase.

Ishige, F, Mori, H, Yamazaki, K, Imaseki, H

Ethylene causes the accumulation of seven different proteins (each designated AZxx according to its molecular mass, xx in kD) in excised primary leaves of azuki bean (Vigna angularis) (F. Ishige, H....

Purification and characterization of an extracellular beta-1,4-mannanase from a marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. strain MA-138.

Tamaru, Y, Araki, T, Amagoi, H, Mori, H, Morishita, T

A beta-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78) from Vibrio sp. strain MA-138 was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and several chromatographic procedures including gel filtration, adsorption, and...

Cloning of a guanosine-inosine kinase gene of Escherichia coli and characterization of the purified gene product.

Mori, H, Iida, A, Teshiba, S, Fujio, T

We attempted to clone an inosine kinase gene of Escherichia coli. A mutant strain which grows slowly with inosine as the sole purine source was used as a host for cloning. A cloned 2.8-kbp DNA...

Purification and cloning of a proline 3-hydroxylase, a novel enzyme which hydroxylates free L-proline to cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline.

Mori, H, Shibasaki, T, Yano, K, Ozaki, A

Proline 3-hydroxylase was purified from Streptomyces sp. strain TH1, and its structural gene was cloned. The purified enzyme hydroxylated free L-proline to cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline and showed...

The Escherichia coli FtsH protein is a prokaryotic member of a protein family of putative ATPases involved in membrane functions, cell cycle control, and gene expression.

Tomoyasu, T, Yuki, T, Morimura, S, Mori, H, Yamanaka, K, Niki, H, ...

The ftsH gene is essential for cell viability in Escherichia coli. We cloned and sequenced the wild-type ftsH gene and the temperature-sensitive ftsH1(Ts) gene. It was suggested that FtsH protein was...

Induction of heat shock proteins by abnormal proteins results from stabilization and not increased synthesis of sigma 32 in Escherichia coli.

Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Yura, T

Accumulation of abnormal proteins in cells of bacteria or eukaryotes can induce synthesis of a set of heat shock proteins. We examined such induction following addition of azetidine (a proline...

Molecular cloning and expression of an isomalto-dextranase gene from Arthrobacter globiformis T6.

Iwai, A, Ito, H, Mizuno, T, Mori, H, Matsui, H, Honma, M, ...

The gene encoding an extracellular isomalto-dextranase, designated imd, was isolated from the chromosomal DNA of Arthrobacter globiformis T6 and cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A single...

Effects of reduced levels of GroE chaperones on protein metabolism: enhanced synthesis of heat shock proteins during steady-state growth of Escherichia coli.

Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Yura, T

The GroE heat shock proteins (GroEL and GroES) of Escherichia coli represent major molecular chaperones that participate in folding (and assembly) of a variety of proteins and are essential for cell...

Positioning of replicated chromosomes in Escherichia coli.

Hiraga, S, Ogura, T, Niki, H, Ichinose, C, Mori, H

The positioning of replicated chromosomes at one-fourth and three-fourths of the cell length was inhibited when protein synthesis was inhibited by chloramphenicol or rifampin or by starvation for...

Identification and characterization of gyrB mutants of Escherichia coli that are defective in partitioning of mini-F plasmids.

Ogura, T, Niki, H, Mori, H, Morita, M, Hasegawa, M, Ichinose, C, ...

hopA mutants, which have been suggested to be defective in mini-F plasmid partitioning (H. Niki, C. Ichinose, T. Ogura, H. Mori, M. Morita, M. Hasegawa, N. Kusukawa, and S. Hiraga, J. Bacteriol....

Chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli: novel mutants producing anucleate cells.

Hiraga, S, Niki, H, Ogura, T, Ichinose, C, Mori, H, Ezaki, B, ...

To study the chromosomal partitioning mechanism in cell division, we have isolated a novel type of Escherichia coli mutants which formed anucleate cells, by using newly developed techniques. One of...

Chromosomal genes essential for stable maintenance of the mini-F plasmid in Escherichia coli.

Niki, H, Ichinose, C, Ogura, T, Mori, H, Morita, M, Hasegawa, M, ...

We have isolated mutants of Escherichia coli which do not support stable maintenance of mini-F plasmids (delta ccd rep+ sop+). These host mutations, named hop, were classified into five linkage...

F plasmid ccd mechanism in Escherichia coli.

Hiraga, S, Jaffé, A, Ogura, T, Mori, H, Takahashi, H

The ccd mechanism specified by the ccdA and ccdB genes of the mini-F plasmid determines fate of plasmid-free segregants in Escherichia coli (Jaffé et al., J. Bacteriol. 163:841-849, 1985). The...

Detection by polymerase chain reaction amplification of human herpesvirus 6 DNA in peripheral blood of patients with exanthem subitum.

Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, Mori, H, Sato, S, Kondo, T, Takahashi, K, ...

The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with exanthem subitum. Amplified products were detected by agarose...

Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation mediates the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning through augmentation of 5'-nucleotidase activity.

Kitakaze, M, Hori, M, Morioka, T, Minamino, T, Takashima, S, Sato, H, ...

We have reported that ischemic preconditioning may limit infarct size by increasing 5'-nucleotidase activity. The present study tested whether alpha 1-adrenoceptor stimulation in ischemic...

Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 2.4-4.1 min (110,917-193,643 bp) region.

Fujita, N, Mori, H, Yura, T, Ishihama, A

The complete sequence analysis of the E. coli genome was initiated as a collaborative study in Japan. Following the initial analysis of the 0-2.4 min region (Yura, T. et al. (1992) Nucleic Acids Res....

Heat induction of sigma 32 synthesis mediated by mRNA secondary structure: a primary step of the heat shock response in Escherichia coli.

Yuzawa, H, Nagai, H, Mori, H, Yura, T

Induction of heat shock proteins following transfer of E. coli cells from 30 degrees C to 42 degrees C depends on rapid accumulation of sigma 32, a minor sigma factor specifically required for...

Escherichia coli FtsH is a membrane-bound, ATP-dependent protease which degrades the heat-shock transcription factor sigma 32.

Tomoyasu, T, Gamer, J, Bukau, B, Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Rutman, A J, ...

Escherichia coli FtsH is an essential integral membrane protein that has an AAA-type ATPase domain at its C-terminal cytoplasmic part, which is homologous to at least three ATPase subunits of the...

Mutations that alter the allosteric nature of cAMP receptor protein of Escherichia coli.

Aiba, H, Nakamura, T, Mitani, H, Mori, H

Mutations which permit cAMP binding protein (CRP) to act in the absence of cAMP have been isolated by in vitro mutagenesis of a plasmid containing the cloned crp gene. Adenylate cyclase deficient...

A Drosophila haemocyte-specific protein, hemolectin, similar to human von Willebrand factor.

Goto, A, Kumagai, T, Kumagai, C, Hirose, J, Narita, H, Mori, H, ...

We identified a novel Drosophila protein of approximately 400 kDa, hemolectin (d-Hml), secreted from haemocyte-derived Kc167 cells. Its 11.7 kbp cDNA contains an open reading frame of 3843 amino acid...

Detection of Novel Proline 3-Hydroxylase Activities in Streptomyces and Bacillus spp. by Regio- and Stereospecific Hydroxylation of l-Proline

Mori, H., Shibasaki, T., Uozaki, Y., Ochiai, K., Ozaki, A.

During the screening of microbial proline hydroxylases, novel proline 3-hydroxylase activities, which hydroxylate free l-proline to free cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline, were detected in whole cells of...

Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 0-2.4 min region.

Yura, T, Mori, H, Nagai, H, Nagata, T, Ishihama, A, Fujita, N, ...

A contiguous 111,402-nucleotide sequence corresponding to the 0 to 2.4 min region of the E. coli chromosome was determined as a first step to complete structural analysis of the genome. The resulting...

Expression of hyaluronidase by tumor cells induces angiogenesis in vivo.

Liu, D, Pearlman, E, Diaconu, E, Guo, K, Mori, H, Haqqi, T, ...

Hyaluronic acid is a proteoglycan present in the extracellular matrix and is important for the maintenance of tissue architecture. Depolymerization of hyaluronic acid may facilitate tumor invasion....

Activation of Stat5 by interleukin 2 requires a carboxyl-terminal region of the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain but is not essential for the proliferative signal transmission.

Fujii, H, Nakagawa, Y, Schindler, U, Kawahara, A, Mori, H, Gouilleux, F, ...

The high-affinity interleukin 2 (IL-2) receptor (IL-2R) consists of three subunits: the IL-2R alpha, IL-2R beta c, and IL-2R gamma c chains. Two members of the Janus kinase family, Jak1 and Jak3, are...

c-fos gene induction by interleukin 2: identification of the critical cytoplasmic regions within the interleukin 2 receptor beta chain.

Hatakeyama, M, Kawahara, A, Mori, H, Shibuya, H, Taniguchi, T

Interleukin 2 (IL-2) plays a critical role in the growth and differentiation of lymphoid cells. The IL-2 signal is delivered intracellularly by the IL-2 receptor beta chain (IL-2R beta); however, the...

Molecular cloning and deduced amino acid sequence of nonspecific lipid transfer protein (sterol carrier protein 2) of rat liver: a higher molecular mass (60 kDa) protein contains the primary sequence of nonspecific lipid transfer protein as its C-terminal part.

Mori, T, Tsukamoto, T, Mori, H, Tashiro, Y, Fujiki, Y

Two types of cDNA for nonspecific lipid transfer protein (nsLTP), identical to sterol carrier protein 2, of rat liver were cloned; one was 787 base pairs (bp) long containing a 429-bp open reading...

Gene expression of fibroblast growth factors in human gliomas and meningiomas: demonstration of cellular source of basic fibroblast growth factor mRNA and peptide in tumor tissues.

Takahashi, J A, Mori, H, Fukumoto, M, Igarashi, K, Jaye, M, Oda, Y, ...

The growth autonomy of human tumor cells is considered due to the endogenous production of growth factors. Transcriptional expression of candidates for autocrine stimulatory factors such as basic...

Identification of a basic glycoprotein induced by ethylene in primary leaves of azuki bean as a cationic peroxidase.

Ishige, F, Mori, H, Yamazaki, K, Imaseki, H

Ethylene causes the accumulation of seven different proteins (each designated AZxx according to its molecular mass, xx in kD) in excised primary leaves of azuki bean (Vigna angularis) (F. Ishige, H....

Purification and characterization of an extracellular beta-1,4-mannanase from a marine bacterium, Vibrio sp. strain MA-138.

Tamaru, Y, Araki, T, Amagoi, H, Mori, H, Morishita, T

A beta-mannanase (EC 3.2.1.78) from Vibrio sp. strain MA-138 was purified by ammonium sulfate precipitation and several chromatographic procedures including gel filtration, adsorption, and...

Cloning of a guanosine-inosine kinase gene of Escherichia coli and characterization of the purified gene product.

Mori, H, Iida, A, Teshiba, S, Fujio, T

We attempted to clone an inosine kinase gene of Escherichia coli. A mutant strain which grows slowly with inosine as the sole purine source was used as a host for cloning. A cloned 2.8-kbp DNA...

Purification and cloning of a proline 3-hydroxylase, a novel enzyme which hydroxylates free L-proline to cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline.

Mori, H, Shibasaki, T, Yano, K, Ozaki, A

Proline 3-hydroxylase was purified from Streptomyces sp. strain TH1, and its structural gene was cloned. The purified enzyme hydroxylated free L-proline to cis-3-hydroxy-L-proline and showed...

The Escherichia coli FtsH protein is a prokaryotic member of a protein family of putative ATPases involved in membrane functions, cell cycle control, and gene expression.

Tomoyasu, T, Yuki, T, Morimura, S, Mori, H, Yamanaka, K, Niki, H, ...

The ftsH gene is essential for cell viability in Escherichia coli. We cloned and sequenced the wild-type ftsH gene and the temperature-sensitive ftsH1(Ts) gene. It was suggested that FtsH protein was...

Induction of heat shock proteins by abnormal proteins results from stabilization and not increased synthesis of sigma 32 in Escherichia coli.

Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Yura, T

Accumulation of abnormal proteins in cells of bacteria or eukaryotes can induce synthesis of a set of heat shock proteins. We examined such induction following addition of azetidine (a proline...

Molecular cloning and expression of an isomalto-dextranase gene from Arthrobacter globiformis T6.

Iwai, A, Ito, H, Mizuno, T, Mori, H, Matsui, H, Honma, M, ...

The gene encoding an extracellular isomalto-dextranase, designated imd, was isolated from the chromosomal DNA of Arthrobacter globiformis T6 and cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. A single...

Effects of reduced levels of GroE chaperones on protein metabolism: enhanced synthesis of heat shock proteins during steady-state growth of Escherichia coli.

Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Yura, T

The GroE heat shock proteins (GroEL and GroES) of Escherichia coli represent major molecular chaperones that participate in folding (and assembly) of a variety of proteins and are essential for cell...

Positioning of replicated chromosomes in Escherichia coli.

Hiraga, S, Ogura, T, Niki, H, Ichinose, C, Mori, H

The positioning of replicated chromosomes at one-fourth and three-fourths of the cell length was inhibited when protein synthesis was inhibited by chloramphenicol or rifampin or by starvation for...

Identification and characterization of gyrB mutants of Escherichia coli that are defective in partitioning of mini-F plasmids.

Ogura, T, Niki, H, Mori, H, Morita, M, Hasegawa, M, Ichinose, C, ...

hopA mutants, which have been suggested to be defective in mini-F plasmid partitioning (H. Niki, C. Ichinose, T. Ogura, H. Mori, M. Morita, M. Hasegawa, N. Kusukawa, and S. Hiraga, J. Bacteriol....

Chromosome partitioning in Escherichia coli: novel mutants producing anucleate cells.

Hiraga, S, Niki, H, Ogura, T, Ichinose, C, Mori, H, Ezaki, B, ...

To study the chromosomal partitioning mechanism in cell division, we have isolated a novel type of Escherichia coli mutants which formed anucleate cells, by using newly developed techniques. One of...

Chromosomal genes essential for stable maintenance of the mini-F plasmid in Escherichia coli.

Niki, H, Ichinose, C, Ogura, T, Mori, H, Morita, M, Hasegawa, M, ...

We have isolated mutants of Escherichia coli which do not support stable maintenance of mini-F plasmids (delta ccd rep+ sop+). These host mutations, named hop, were classified into five linkage...

F plasmid ccd mechanism in Escherichia coli.

Hiraga, S, Jaffé, A, Ogura, T, Mori, H, Takahashi, H

The ccd mechanism specified by the ccdA and ccdB genes of the mini-F plasmid determines fate of plasmid-free segregants in Escherichia coli (Jaffé et al., J. Bacteriol. 163:841-849, 1985). The...

Detection by polymerase chain reaction amplification of human herpesvirus 6 DNA in peripheral blood of patients with exanthem subitum.

Kondo, K, Hayakawa, Y, Mori, H, Sato, S, Kondo, T, Takahashi, K, ...

The polymerase chain reaction was used to detect human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) DNA in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from patients with exanthem subitum. Amplified products were detected by agarose...

Alpha 1-adrenoceptor activation mediates the infarct size-limiting effect of ischemic preconditioning through augmentation of 5'-nucleotidase activity.

Kitakaze, M, Hori, M, Morioka, T, Minamino, T, Takashima, S, Sato, H, ...

We have reported that ischemic preconditioning may limit infarct size by increasing 5'-nucleotidase activity. The present study tested whether alpha 1-adrenoceptor stimulation in ischemic...

Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 2.4-4.1 min (110,917-193,643 bp) region.

Fujita, N, Mori, H, Yura, T, Ishihama, A

The complete sequence analysis of the E. coli genome was initiated as a collaborative study in Japan. Following the initial analysis of the 0-2.4 min region (Yura, T. et al. (1992) Nucleic Acids Res....

Heat induction of sigma 32 synthesis mediated by mRNA secondary structure: a primary step of the heat shock response in Escherichia coli.

Yuzawa, H, Nagai, H, Mori, H, Yura, T

Induction of heat shock proteins following transfer of E. coli cells from 30 degrees C to 42 degrees C depends on rapid accumulation of sigma 32, a minor sigma factor specifically required for...

Systematic sequencing of the Escherichia coli genome: analysis of the 0-2.4 min region.

Yura, T, Mori, H, Nagai, H, Nagata, T, Ishihama, A, Fujita, N, ...

A contiguous 111,402-nucleotide sequence corresponding to the 0 to 2.4 min region of the E. coli chromosome was determined as a first step to complete structural analysis of the genome. The resulting...

Escherichia coli FtsH is a membrane-bound, ATP-dependent protease which degrades the heat-shock transcription factor sigma 32.

Tomoyasu, T, Gamer, J, Bukau, B, Kanemori, M, Mori, H, Rutman, A J, ...

Escherichia coli FtsH is an essential integral membrane protein that has an AAA-type ATPase domain at its C-terminal cytoplasmic part, which is homologous to at least three ATPase subunits of the...

Mutations that alter the allosteric nature of cAMP receptor protein of Escherichia coli.

Aiba, H, Nakamura, T, Mitani, H, Mori, H

Mutations which permit cAMP binding protein (CRP) to act in the absence of cAMP have been isolated by in vitro mutagenesis of a plasmid containing the cloned crp gene. Adenylate cyclase deficient...

A Drosophila haemocyte-specific protein, hemolectin, similar to human von Willebrand factor.

Goto, A, Kumagai, T, Kumagai, C, Hirose, J, Narita, H, Mori, H, ...

We identified a novel Drosophila protein of approximately 400 kDa, hemolectin (d-Hml), secreted from haemocyte-derived Kc167 cells. Its 11.7 kbp cDNA contains an open reading frame of 3843 amino acid...

Detection of Novel Proline 3-Hydroxylase Activities in Streptomyces and Bacillus spp. by Regio- and Stereospecific Hydroxylation of l-Proline

Mori, H., Shibasaki, T., Uozaki, Y., Ochiai, K., Ozaki, A.

During the screening of microbial proline hydroxylases, novel proline 3-hydroxylase activities, which hydroxylate free l-proline to free cis-3-hydroxy-l-proline, were detected in whole cells of...

Localization of a gene for an autosomal recessive form of juvenile Parkinsonism to chromosome 6q25.2-27.

Matsumine, H, Saito, M, Shimoda-Matsubayashi, S, Tanaka, H, Ishikawa, A, Nakagawa-Hattori, Y, ...

An autosomal recessive form of juvenile Parkinsonism (AR-JP) (MIM 600116) is a levodopa-responsive Parkinsonism whose pathological finding is a highly selective degeneration of dopaminergic neurons...

Comparison of the immunoglobulin heavy-chain complementarity determining region-3 structure among the DNA sequences and the mu- and gamma-transcripts in human B-lineage cells.

Kiyoi, H, Mori, H, Horibe, K, Ohno, R, Naoe, T

To study the recombinational significance of the (immunoglobulin heavy) IgH chain gene in human B-cell development, we compared the complementarity determining region (CDR)-3 sequences of the DNA and...

Effects of N-alpha-methyl-histamine on human H2 receptors expressed in CHO cells

Saitoh, T, Fukushima, Y, Otsuka, H, Ishikawa, M, Tamai, M, Takahashi, H, ...

Background: Production of N-alpha-methyl-histamine (NAMH), a histamine H3 receptor (H3R) agonist, is reportedly promoted in Helicobacter pylori infected human gastric mucosa. NAMH was suggested to...

Brugada syndrome associated with an autonomic disorder

Nomura, M, Nada, T, Endo, J, Kondo, Y, Yukinaka, M, Saito, K, ...

A 44 year old man with Brugada syndrome and ventricular fibrillation had an autonomic disorder, shown by spectral analysis of heart rate variability and 123I-MIBG myocardial scintigraphy. Periodic...

Measurement of antiphospholipid antibody by ELISA using purified beta 2-glycoprotein I in preeclampsia.

Yamamoto, T, Yoshimura, S, Geshi, Y, Sasamori, Y, Okinaga, S, Kobayashi, T, ...

It has been reported that the binding of some antiphospholipid antibodies (APA) to phospholipids requires the presence of beta 2-glycoprotein I (beta 2-GPI). Using a new ELISA, in which well coated...

Decrease of peripheral large granular lymphocytes in Graves' disease.

Iwatani, Y, Amino, N, Kabutomori, O, Mori, H, Tamaki, H, Motoi, S, ...

Peripheral large granular lymphocytes (LGL) were enumerated in normal subjects and patients with autoimmune thyroid diseases. In normal subjects, the percentage of LGL was significantly lower in...

Increase of peripheral B lymphocytes in Graves' disease.

Mori, H, Amino, N, Iwatani, Y, Kabutomori, O, Asari, S, Motoi, S, ...

Peripheral T and B lymphocytes were examined in autoimmune thyroid diseases. The percentages of T and B lymphocytes were calculated from the proportions of E and EAC rosette-forming cells and...

Role of decidual natural killer (NK) cells in patients with missed abortion: differences between cases with normal and abnormal chromosome

Yamamoto, T, Takahashi, Y, Kase, N, Mori, H

In order to study the mechanism of abortion, the proportions of NK cells in the peripheral blood and decidual lymphocytes were evaluated in both chromosomally normal and abnormal missed abortions. In...

A study of tobacco carcinogenesis XX: mastocytoma induction in mice by cigarette smoke particulates ("cigarette tar").

Ohmori, T., Mori, H., Rivenson, A.

A significant incidence of cutaneous mastocytomas was observed in female mice of CAF1/J and ARS-HA (ICR) strains upon long-term application of cigarette smoke condensate suspensions ("tar"). The...

Improvement by dynorphin A (1-13) of galanin-induced impairment of memory accompanied by blockade of reductions in acetylcholine release in rats.

Hiramatsu, M., Mori, H., Murasawa, H., Kameyama, T.

1. Human galanin (0.32 nmol per rat, i.c.v.), an endogenous neuropeptide, administered 30 min before acquisition or retention trials, significantly impaired the acquisition of learning and recall of...

Engineered plant phosphorylase showing extraordinarily high affinity for various alpha-glucan molecules.

Mori, H., Tanizawa, K., Fukui, T.

alpha-Glucan phosphorylases are characterized by considerable difference in substrate specificities, even though the primary structures are well conserved among the enzymes from microorganisms,...

Unilateral brain damage after prolonged hemiconvulsions in the elderly associated with theophylline administration.

Mori, H, Mizutani, T, Yoshimura, M, Yamanouchi, H, Shimada, H

The brains of 14 elderly patients who died after status epilepticus were examined pathologically. Three of the 14 patients showed unilateral brain damage which corresponded to the side of the...

Rising Energy Prices in Moldova: Macroeconomic and Distributional Impact

I. Baclajanschi, L. Bouton, H. Mori, D. Ostojic, T. Pushak, E. R. Tiongson

In January 2006, the price of natural gas supplied to Moldova increased from $80 to $110 per thousand cubic meters. Prices may increase further in the near future, putting additional pressure on the...

Effects of green tea polyphenol on methylation status of RECK gene and cancer cell invasion in oral squamous cell carcinoma cells

Kato, K, Long, N K, Makita, H, Toida, M, Yamashita, T, Hatakeyama, D, ...

RECK is a novel tumour suppressor gene that negatively regulates matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and inhibits tumour invasion, angiogenesis and metastasis. In the present study, we investigated the...

The diagnostic significance of lactate dehydrogenase isoenzymes in urinary cytology.

Nishikawa, A., Tanaka, T., Takeuchi, T., Fujihiro, S., Mori, H.

Lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) isoenzyme distribution was examined in 106 urine samples being tested cytologically for evidence of bladder cancer; the samples were selected to have less than 20...

Alteration of p53 gene in ovarian carcinoma: clinicopathological correlation and prognostic significance.

Niwa, K., Itoh, M., Murase, T., Morishita, S., Itoh, N., Mori, H., ...

Inactivation of the tumour-suppressor gene p53 has been demonstrated in a variety of human tumours. We extracted DNA from paraffin-embedded tissues of 67 ovarian carcinoma samples (54 primary...

Effects of Fas-mediated liver cell apoptosis on diethylnitrosamine-induced hepatocarcinogenesis in mice

Hara, A, Yoshimi, N, Yamada, Y, Matsunaga, K, Kawabata, K, Sugie, S, ...

The present study was designed to investigate the effect of Fas-mediated liver cell apoptosis, induced by a hamster monoclonal antibody against mouse Fas antigen, on diethylnitrosamine (DEN)-induced...