K. Furukawa

Publication List Details

Period

1986 - 2007

Number

147

Co-Authors

Enhancement of the Positron Intensity by a Tungsten Single Crystal Target at the KEKB Injector Linac (2007)

Suwada, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Kamitani, T., Furukawa, K., Umemori, K., ...

A new tungsten single-crystalline positron target has been successfully employed for generation of the intense positron beam at the KEKB injector linac in September 2006. The target is composed of a...

Enhancement of the Positron Intensity by a Tungsten Single Crystal Target at the KEKB Injector Linac (2007)

Suwada, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Kamitani, T., Furukawa, K., Umemori, K., ...

A new tungsten single-crystalline positron target has been successfully employed for generation of the intense positron beam at the KEKB injector linac in September 2006. The target is composed of a...

Enhancement of the Positron Intensity by a Tungsten Single Crystal Target at the KEKB Injector Linac (2007)

Suwada, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Kamitani, T., Furukawa, K., Umemori, K., ...

A new tungsten single-crystalline positron target has been successfully employed for generation of the intense positron beam at the KEKB injector linac in September 2006. The target is composed of a...

Compensation of the Crossing Angle with Crab Cavities at KEKB (2007)

Abe, T., Akai, K., Akemoto, M., Akiyama, A., Arinaga, M., Ebihara, K., ...

Crab cavities have been installed in the KEKB B--Factory rings to compensate the crossing angle at the collision point and thus increase luminosity. The beam operation with crab crossing has been...

Experimental study of positron production from a 2.55-mm-thick silicon crystal target using 8-GeV channeling electron beams with high-bunch charges (2007)

Suwada, T., Furukawa, K., Kamitania, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Umemori, K., ...

We have investigated quenching phenomena of channeling radiation through positron production from a silicon crystal hit by a single-bunch electron beam with high-bunch charge at the 8-GeV...

Experimental study of positron production from a 2.55-mm-thick silicon crystal target using 8-GeV channeling electron beams with high-bunch charges (2007)

Suwada, T., Furukawa, K., Kamitania, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Umemori, K., ...

We have investigated quenching phenomena of channeling radiation through positron production from a silicon crystal hit by a single-bunch electron beam with high-bunch charge at the 8-GeV...

Experimental study of positron production from a 2.55-mm-thick silicon crystal target using 8-GeV channeling electron beams with high-bunch charges (2007)

Suwada, T., Furukawa, K., Kamitania, T., Satoh, M., Sugimura, T., Umemori, K., ...

We have investigated quenching phenomena of channeling radiation through positron production from a silicon crystal hit by a single-bunch electron beam with high-bunch charge at the 8-GeV...

Introduction of Modern Subsystems at the KEK Injector-linac (2001)

Kamikubota, N., Furukawa, K., Kusano, S., Obata, T.

As an accelerator control system survives over several years, it is often the case that new subsystems are introduced into the original control system. The control system for the KEK...

A Control System of the Joint-Project Accelerator Complex (2001)

Chiba, J., Fujii, H., Furukawa, K., Kamikubota, N., Nakagawa, H., Yamamoto, N., ...

The current status of the control system for a new high intensity proton accelerator, the JAERI-KEK Joint Project, is presented. The Phase 1 of the Joint-Project has been approved and recently...

Beam Feedback Systems and BPM Read-out System for the Two-Bunch Acceleration at Kekb Linac (2001)

Furukawa, K., Kamikubota, N., Suwada, T., Obata, T.

In order to double the positron injection rate into the KEKB ring, a two-bunch acceleration scheme has been studied at the linac, in which bunches separated by 96 ns are accelerated in 50 Hz. In this...

Implementation of the Epics Device Support for Network-Based Controllers (2001)

Furukawa, K., Chiba, J., Kamikubota, N., Nakagawa, H.

In the control system of the JAERI-KEK joint project (High Intensity Proton Accelerator Facility), it is planned to employ network-based controllers such as PLC's and measurement stations instead of...

Towards Reliable Acceleration of High-energy and High-intensity Electron Beams (2000)

Furukawa, K., Group, Linac Commissioning

KEK electron linac was upgraded to 8 GeV for the KEK B-Factory (KEKB) project. During the commissioning of the upgraded linac, even continuing SOR ring injections, we had achieved a primary electron...

Beam Switching and Beam Feedback Systems at KEKB Linac (2000)

Furukawa, K., Enomoto, A., Kamikubota, N., Kamitani, T., Matsumoto, T., Ogawa, Y., ...

The KEK 8-GeV electron / 3.5-GeV positron linac has been operated with very different beam specifications for downstream rings, KEKB, PF and PF-AR. For the reliable operation among these beam modes...

First Beam Collision In The Kekb (1999)

Y. Funakoshi, K. Akai, N. Akasaka, A. Enomoto, J. Flanagan, H. Fukuma, ...

The first beam collision study was done in the KEKB double ring collider. Beam collision conditions were found by searching beam-beam deflection curves in a trial-and-error method. From these curves,...

Lattice Diagnostics Using Single Kick Closed Orbit (1999)

Y. Ohnishi, K. Akai, N. Akasaka, A. Enomoto, J. Flanagan, H. Fukuma, ...

We have measured beta functions using single kick closed orbit at KEKB. The measured beta functions were compared with the model lattice and gradient errors were extracted from the result in a beta...

For The Kekb Injector Linac (1999)

J. W. Flanagan, K. Oide, N. Akasaka, A. Enomoto, K. Furukawa, T. Kamitani, ...

A simple real-time beam tuning program has been developed for use at the KEK B-Factory injector linac. The program features the ability to adjust an arbitrary combination of parameters (e.g. magnet...

Beam-Position Monitor System for the KEKB Injector Linac (1998)

Injector Linac, T. Suwada, N. Kamikubota, K. Furukawa, H. Kobayashi

. About 90 stripline-type beam position monitors (BPMs) have been newly installed in the KEKB injector linac. These monitors easily reinforce handling beam orbits and measuring the charge of...

HIGH RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY OF B EXCITED STATE OF BENZENE DIMER CATION (1998)

Furukawa, K., Kawasaki, T., Kitagawa, T., Shirota, E., Ichiyanagi, T., Nishi, S., ...

$^{a}$ K. Ohashi and N. Nishi, J. Chem. Phys. 95, 4002 (1991); K. Ohashi, Y. Nakai, T. Shibata, and N. Nishi. Laser Chem. 14,3 (1994)

Design and Implementation of a Handy Distributed KLIC System (1995)

K. Kakiuchi, M. Ohkawa, R. Kawabata, T. Hagino, K. Furukawa, T. Hattori

We added distributed processing functions to KLIC and developed "Handy Distributed KLIC System" called HAYDN. It is useful for the research on distributed AI. HAYDN allows multiple KLIC programs to...

Mice with disrupted GM2/GD2 synthase gene lack complex gangliosides but exhibit only subtle defects in their nervous system.

Takamiya, K, Yamamoto, A, Furukawa, K, Yamashiro, S, Shin, M, Okada, M, ...

Gangliosides, sialic acid-containing glycosphingolipids, are abundant in the vertebrate (mammalian) nervous system. Their composition is spatially and developmentally regulated, and gangliosides have...

An antibody-interleukin 2 fusion protein overcomes tumor heterogeneity by induction of a cellular immune response.

Becker, J C, Varki, N, Gillies, S D, Furukawa, K, Reisfeld, R A

Antibody-based therapies for cancer rely on the expression of defined antigens on neoplastic cells. However, most tumors display heterogeneity in the expression of such antigens. We demonstrate here...

Amyloid beta-peptide disrupts carbachol-induced muscarinic cholinergic signal transduction in cortical neurons.

Kelly, J F, Furukawa, K, Barger, S W, Rengen, M R, Mark, R J, Blanc, E M, ...

Cholinergic pathways serve important functions in learning and memory processes, and deficits in cholinergic transmission occur in Alzheimer disease (AD). A subset of muscarinic cholinergic receptors...

Tumor necrosis factors alpha and beta protect neurons against amyloid beta-peptide toxicity: evidence for involvement of a kappa B-binding factor and attenuation of peroxide and Ca2+ accumulation.

Barger, S W, Hörster, D, Furukawa, K, Goodman, Y, Krieglstein, J, Mattson, M P

In Alzheimer disease (AD) the amyloid beta-peptide (A beta) accumulates in plaques in the brain. A beta can be neurotoxic by a mechanism involving induction of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and...

Isolation of GD3 synthase gene by expression cloning of GM3 alpha-2,8-sialyltransferase cDNA using anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody.

Haraguchi, M, Yamashiro, S, Yamamoto, A, Furukawa, K, Takamiya, K, Lloyd, K O, ...

For the isolation of ganglioside GD3 synthase (EC 2.4.99.8) cDNA, we developed an expression cloning approach that used an anti-GD2 monoclonal antibody for selection. A host recipient cell line that...

GD2 ganglioside on human T-lymphotropic virus type I-infected T cells: possible activation of beta-1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase gene by p40tax.

Furukawa, K, Akagi, T, Nagata, Y, Yamada, Y, Shimotohno, K, Cheung, N K, ...

Ganglioside expression on adult T-cell leukemia (ATL) and human T-cell lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I)-infected cells was determined by using a panel of monoclonal antibodies. ATL lines and...

Human monoclonal antibody with dual GM2/GD2 specificity derived from an immunized melanoma patient.

Yamaguchi, H, Furukawa, K, Fortunato, S R, Livingston, P O, Lloyd, K O, Oettgen, H F, ...

GM2 ganglioside is a common cell surface constituent of human melanoma and other tumors of neuroectodermal origin, and vaccination with GM2 ganglioside results in high levels of anti-GM2 antibodies...

Functional analysis of the threonine- and serine-rich Gp-I domain of glucoamylase I from Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi.

Semimaru, T, Goto, M, Furukawa, K, Hayashida, S

Glucoamylase I (GAI) from Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi hydrolyzes raw starch efficiently and is composed of three functional domains: the amino-terminal catalytic GAI' domain (A-1 to V-469), the...

Expression and functional analysis of a hyperglycosylated glucoamylase in a parental host, Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi.

Goto, M, Ekino, K, Furukawa, K

A modified glucoamylase gene (glaA) with an extra Thr- and Ser-rich Gp-I domain (T. Semimaru, M. Goto, K. Furukawa, and S. Hayashida, Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 61:2885-2890, 1995) was introduced into...

Engineering hybrid pseudomonads capable of utilizing a wide range of aromatic hydrocarbons and of efficient degradation of trichloroethylene.

Suyama, A, Iwakiri, R, Kimura, N, Nishi, A, Nakamura, K, Furukawa, K

We constructed hybrid Pseudomonas strains in which the bphA1 gene (coding for a large subunit of biphenyl dioxygenase) is replaced with the todC1 gene (coding for a large subunit of toluene...

Functional analyses of a variety of chimeric dioxygenases constructed from two biphenyl dioxygenases that are similar structurally but different functionally.

Kimura, N, Nishi, A, Goto, M, Furukawa, K

The biphenyl dioxygenases (BP Dox) of strains Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 and Pseudomonas cepacia LB400 exhibit a distinct difference in substrate ranges of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB)...

Cloning of alpha- and beta-galactosidase genes from an extreme thermophile, Thermus strain T2, and their expression in Thermus thermophilus HB27.

Koyama, Y, Okamoto, S, Furukawa, K

The genes encoding thermostable alpha- and beta-galactosidases from an extremely thermophilic bacterium, Thermus strain T2, were cloned in Escherichia coli. The alpha-galactosidase gene was located...

Analysis of the raw starch-binding domain by mutation of a glucoamylase from Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Goto, M, Semimaru, T, Furukawa, K, Hayashida, S

Carboxy-terminal deletions were introduced into the raw starch-binding domain (A-515 to R-615) encoded by the gene for glucoamylase I (GAI) from Aspergillus awamori var. kawachi. Genes coding for...

Gene components responsible for discrete substrate specificity in the metabolism of biphenyl (bph operon) and toluene (tod operon).

Furukawa, K, Hirose, J, Suyama, A, Zaiki, T, Hayashida, S

bph operons coding for biphenyl-polychlorinated biphenyl degradation in Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 and Pseudomonas putida KF715 and tod operons coding for toluene-benzene metabolism in P....

Efficient degradation of trichloroethylene by a hybrid aromatic ring dioxygenase.

Furukawa, K, Hirose, J, Hayashida, S, Nakamura, K

Engineering of hybrid gene clusters between the toluene metabolic tod operon and the biphenyl metabolic bph operon greatly enhanced the rate of biodegradation of trichloroethylene. Escherichia coli...

Pseudomonas putida KF715 bphABCD operon encoding biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation: cloning, analysis, and expression in soil bacteria.

Hayase, N, Taira, K, Furukawa, K

We cloned the entire bphABCD genes encoding degradation of biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyls to benzoate and chlorobenzoates from the chromosomal DNA of Pseudomonas putida KF715. The nucleotide...

Cloning and sequence analysis of tryptophan synthetase genes of an extreme thermophile, Thermus thermophilus HB27: plasmid transfer from replica-plated Escherichia coli recombinant colonies to competent T. thermophilus cells.

Koyama, Y, Furukawa, K

Tryptophan synthetase genes (trpBA) of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB27 were cloned by a novel method of direct plasmid transfer from replica-plated Escherichia coli recombinant...

Molecular relationship of chromosomal genes encoding biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl catabolism: some soil bacteria possess a highly conserved bph operon.

Furukawa, K, Hayase, N, Taira, K, Tomizuka, N

All the genes we examined that encoded biphenyl/polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) degradation were chromosomal, unlike many other degradation-encoding genes, which are plasmid borne. The molecular...

Cloning and nucleotide sequences of histidase and regulatory genes in the Bacillus subtilis hut operon and positive regulation of the operon.

Oda, M, Sugishita, A, Furukawa, K

An 8-kilobase HindIII fragment carrying the histidase gene (hutH) and its regulatory region (hutP), from the Bacillus subtilis histidine utilization (hut) operon, was cloned in the temperate...

Nucleotide sequence of the 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase gene of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes.

Furukawa, K, Arimura, N, Miyazaki, T

2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase, which catalyzes ring metacleavage of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl, is encoded by the bphC gene of Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes KF707 (K. Furukawa and T. Miyazaki, J....

Purification and properties of 2,3-dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase from polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes and Pseudomonas aeruginosa carrying the cloned bphC gene.

Furukawa, K, Arimura, N

2,3-Dihydroxybiphenyl dioxygenase, involved in biphenyl and polychlorinated biphenyl degradation, was purified from cell extracts of polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes...

Characterization of Pi-repressible enzymes secreted in culture media by Neurospora crassa wild-type cells and null-type mutants.

Furukawa, K, Hasunuma, K, Shinohara, Y

In wild-type mycelial cultures of Neurospora crassa under Pi-limited conditions, alkaline phosphatase, cyclic phosphodiesterases I, II, III, and IV, 5'-nucleotidase, acid and alkaline nucleases,...

Genetic transformation of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus and of other Thermus spp.

Koyama, Y, Hoshino, T, Tomizuka, N, Furukawa, K

Genetic transformation of auxotrophs of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus HB27 to prototrophy was obtained at high frequencies of 10(-2) to 10(-1) when proliferating cell populations were...

Cloning of a gene cluster encoding biphenyl and chlorobiphenyl degradation in Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes.

Furukawa, K, Miyazaki, T

A gene cluster encoding biphenyl- and chlorobiphenyl-degrading enzymes was cloned from a soil pseudomonad into Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1161. Chromosomal DNA from polychlorinated biphenyl-degrading...

SAL-TOL in vivo recombinant plasmid pKF439.

Furukawa, K, Miyazaki, T, Tomizuka, N

SAL-TOL in vivo recombinant plasmid pKF439 was characterized in a strain from a mixed culture of bacteria harboring various degradative plasmids. Analysis of the gene organization of pKF439 revealed...