K. Maruyama

Publication List Details

Period

1991 - 2009

Number

103

Co-Authors

Testing the Kochen-Specker theorem with Josephson qubits (2008)

Wei, L. F., Maruyama, K., You, J. Q., Nori, Franco

We propose an experimental approach to {\it macro}scopically test the Kochen-Specker theorem (KST) with superconducting qubits. This theorem, which has been experimentally tested with single photons...

Envelope Simulation by SPICE-Compatible Models of Electric Circuits Driven by Modulated Signals (2008)

H. Hashimoto, K. Maruyama, F. Harashima, A Microprocessorbased, Sam Ben-yaakov, Stanislav Glozman, ...

displays a very high capacity of precision control. V. CONCLUSION A novel tracking controller with an NN that incorporates a knowledge base has been proposed for servo systems, which is robust to...

Randomized cross-over comparison of cervical-spine motion with the AirWay Scope or Macintosh laryngoscope with in-line stabilization: a video-fluoroscopic study (2008)

Maruyama, K., Yamada, T., Kawakami, R., Hara, K.

Background The AirWay Scope (AWS) is a fibreoptic device that allows for intubation without alignment of the oral, pharyngeal, and tracheal axes. It may be useful for patients with an unstable...

Upper cervical spine movement during intubation: fluoroscopic comparison of the AirWay Scope, McCoy laryngoscope, and Macintosh laryngoscope (2008)

Maruyama, K., Yamada, T., Kawakami, R., Kamata, T., Yokochi, M., Hara, K.

Background The AirWay Scope (AWS) is a new fibreoptic intubation device, which allows visualization of the glottic stractures without alignment of the oral, pharyngeal, and tracheal axes, and thus...

Characteristics of particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause based on optical particle counter and lidar measurements (2007)

Iwasaki, S., Maruyama, K., Hayashi, M., Ogino, S. Y., Ishimoto, H., Tachibana, Y., ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud at the tropical tropopause (TT) over...

Characteristics of aerosol and cloud particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause layer measured with optical particle counter and lidar (2007)

Iwasaki, S., Maruyama, K., Hayashi, M., Ishimoto, H., Tachibana, Y., ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud in the tropical tropopause layer...

Characteristics of particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause based on optical particle counter and lidar measurements (2007)

Iwasaki, S., Maruyama, K., Hayashi, M., Ogino, S. Y., Ishimoto, H., Tachibana, Y., ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud at the tropical tropopause (TT) over...

Characteristics of aerosol and cloud particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause layer measured with optical particle counter and lidar (2007)

Iwasaki, S., Maruyama, K., Hayashi, M., Ishimoto, H., Tachibana, Y., ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud in the tropical tropopause layer...

Characteristics of aerosol and cloud particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause layer measured with optical particle counter and lidar (2007)

S. Iwasaki, K. Maruyama, M. Hayashi, H. Ishimoto, Y. Tachibana, ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud in the tropical tropopause layer...

Characteristics of particle size distributions in the tropical tropopause based on optical particle counter and lidar measurements (2007)

S. Iwasaki, K. Maruyama, M. Hayashi, S. Y. Ogino, H. Ishimoto, Y. Tachibana, ...

An optical particle counter (OPC) is used in conjunction with lidar measurements to examine the characteristics of the particle size distribution in cirrus cloud at the tropical tropopause (TT) over...

Enhancement of entanglement transfer in a spin chain by phase shift-control (2006)

Maruyama, K., Iitaka, T., Nori, F.

We study the effect of a phase shift on the amount of transferrable two-spin entanglement in a spin chain. We consider a ferromagnetic Heisenberg/XY spin chain, both numerically and analytically, and...

Thermodynamical Cost of Accessing Quantum Information (2004)

Maruyama, K., Brukner, C., Vedral, V.

Thermodynamics is a macroscopic physical theory whose two very general laws are independent of any underlying dynamical laws and structures. Nevertheless, its generality enables us to understand a...

RECOGNITION METHOD FOR CURSIVE JAPANESE WORD WRITTEN IN LATIN CHARACTERS (2004)

Maruyama, K., Nakano, Y.

Microsoft, Motorola, Siemens, Hitachi, NICI, IAPR, NICI, IUF This paper proposes a recognition method for cursive Japanese words written in Latin characters. The method integrates multiple...

Sore throat and hoarseness after total intravenous anaesthesia (2004)

Maruyama, K., Sakai, H., Miyazawa, H., Toda, N., Iinuma, Y., Mochizuki, N., ...

Background. Sore throat and hoarseness are common complications, but these have not been studied after total i.v. anaesthesia. Methods. We prospectively studied 418 surgical patients, aged 15–92...

Sore throat and hoarseness after total intravenous anaesthesia (2004)

Maruyama, K., Sakai, H., Miyazawa, H., Toda, N., Iinuma, Y., Mochizuki, N., ...

Background. Sore throat and hoarseness are common complications, but these have not been studied after total i.v. anaesthesia. Methods. We prospectively studied 418 surgical patients, aged 15-92 yr,...

Sore throat and hoarseness after total intravenous anaesthesia (2004)

Maruyama, K., Sakai, H., Miyazawa, H., Toda, N., Iinuma, Y., Mochizuki, N., ...

Background. Sore throat and hoarseness are common complications, but these have not been studied after total i.v. anaesthesia. Methods. We prospectively studied 418 surgical patients, aged 15-92 yr,...

Thermodynamical Detection of Entanglement by Maxwell's Demons (2003)

Maruyama, K., Morikoshi, F., Vedral, V.

Quantum correlation, or entanglement, is now believed to be an indispensable physical resource for certain tasks in quantum information processing, for which classically correlated states cannot be...

In-Medium rho^0 Spectral Function Study via the 2H, 3He, 12C(gamma,pi+pi-) Reaction (2003)

Huber, G. M., Lolos, G. J., Papandreou, Z., Shinozaki, A., Brash, E. J., Iurescu, M., ...

We report a helicity analysis of sub-threshold rho^0 production on 2H, 3He and 12C at low photo-production energies. The results are indicative of a large longitudinal rho^0 polarization (l=1, m=0)...

Quantum state restoration by quantum cloning and measurement (2003)

Maruyama, K., Knight, P. L.

Copying information is an elementary operation in classical information processing. However, copying seems rather different in the quantum regime. Since the discovery of the universal quantum cloning...

Upper Bounds for the Number of Quantum Clones under Decoherence (2002)

Maruyama, K., Knight, P. L.

Universal quantum cloning machines (UQCMs), sometimes called quantum cloners, generate many outputs with identical density matrices, with as close a resemblance to the input state as is allowed by...

Microscopic Response of Radiation on Imaging Plates (2002)

Kobayashi, H., Satoh, M., Etoh, M., Ogura, K., Maruyama, K., Yanagie, H.

The microscopic response of alpha particles on an imaging plate was studied experimentally. It is proved that a single alpha event can be discriminated from background signals and be recorded on the...

Helicity Signatures in Subthreshold rho Production on Nuclei (2001)

Lolos, G. J., Huber, G. M., Shinozaki, A., Papandreou, Z., Brash, E. J., Hossain, K., ...

We report a helicity analysis of subthreshold rho production on 2H and 12C nuclei at low photoproduction energies and large |t|. The results are indicative of a large longitudinal rho polarization...

Alcohol and the pancreas (2001)

Haber, P, Nakamura, M, Tsuchimoto, K, Ishii, H, Keogh, GW, Apte, MV, ...

This article represents the proceedings of a workshop at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The presentations were (1) Phenotypic alteration of myofibroblast during ethanol-induced pancreatic...

Alcohol and the pancreas (2001)

Haber, Paul, Nakamura, Masahiko, Tsuchimoto, Kanji, Ishii, Hiromasa, Keogh, Gregory W., Apte, Minoti V., ...

This article represents the proceedings of a workshop at the 2000 ISBRA Meeting in Yokohama, Japan. The presentations were (1) Phenotypic alteration of myofibroblast during ethanol-induced pancreatic...

Probing the DeltaNN component of 3He (1999)

Huber, G. M., Lolos, G. J., Brash, E. J., Dumalski, S., Farzanpay, F., Iurescu, M., ...

The 3He(gamma,pi^+/- p) reactions were measured simultaneously over a tagged photon energy range of 800

Subthreshold rho^0 photoproduction on 3He (1998)

Papandreou, Z., Huber, G. M., Lolos, G. J., Shinozaki, A., Brash, E. J., ...

A large reduction of the rho^0 mass in the nuclear medium is reported, inferred from dipion photoproduction spectra in the 1 GeV region, for the reaction 3He(gamma,pi+ pi-)X with a 10% duty factor...

Plasticity of Fe2(Dy,Tb) Magnetostrictive Compound at High Temperature. (1998)

Saka, H., Hayakawa, T., Maruyama, K., Nakamura, M., Mizutani, H.

Single crystals of Fe2(Dy,Tb) deformed between 800 and 950 C in compression were brittle below 800 C, very ductile above 875 C, and deformed as much as 20% at 950 C.

Different Origins of Grain Size and Composition Effects on Creep in TiAl. (1998)

Maruyama, K., Takahashi, T., Oikawa, H.

Grain size and aluminum content strongly affect creep rate of single phase gamma-TiAl; origins of the grain size and composition dependence have been discussed based on creep curve analysis by the...

Antibody to human T-lymphotropic virus in a patient with Guillain-Barré syndrome (case report) (1991)

Nakauchi,C.M., Linhares,A.C., Gomes,M.L.C., Maruyama,K., Kanzaki,L.I., Azevedo,V.N.

Serum sample obtained from a male, 12 year old patient suffering from Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) was positive for human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV-I) antibody by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent...

Ligand-induced activation of chimeric receptors between the erythropoietin receptor and receptor tyrosine kinases.

Ohashi, H, Maruyama, K, Liu, Y C, Yoshimura, A

Ligand-induced dimerization is a key step in the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, including the epidermal growth factor receptor, stem cell factor receptor (c-kit), and colony-stimulating...

Expression cloning of a CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase (GD3 synthase) from human melanoma cells.

Nara, K, Watanabe, Y, Maruyama, K, Kasahara, K, Nagai, Y, Sanai, Y

Using an expression cloning approach, we have isolated a cDNA encoding GD3 synthase (CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase, EC 2.4.99.8), which is a key...

Lipid composition is important for highly efficient target binding and retention of immunoliposomes.

Maruyama, K, Kennel, S J, Huang, L

By taking advantage of a monoclonal IgG antibody, 34A, which is highly specific to pulmonary endothelial cells, we have prepared liposomes containing various amounts of antibody molecules...

Conservation of structure and cold-regulation of RNA-binding proteins in cyanobacteria: probable convergent evolution with eukaryotic glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins.

Maruyama, K, Sato, N, Ohta, N

The rbp gene family of the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis strain M3 consists of eight members that encode small RNA-binding proteins containing a single RNA recognition motif (RRM). Similar genes...

Characterization of flat revertant cells isolated from simian virus 40-transformed mouse and rat cells which contain multiple copies of viral genomes.

Maruyama, K, Hiwasa, T, Oda, K I

Eight clones of flat revertants were isolated by negative selection from simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed mouse and rat cell lines in which two and six viral genome equivalents per cell were...

Incomplete transformation of rat cells by a deletion mutant of adenovirus type 5.

Shiroki, K, Maruyama, K, Saito, I, Fukui, Y, Shimojo, H

Rat 3Y1 cells were infected with adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) wild type, dl312 (deletion of 902 base pairs between 1.5-4.5 map units), and dl313 (deletion of 2,350 base pairs between 3.5-10.5 map units)....

Isolation of a nondefective recombinant between adenovirus type 5 and early region 1A of adenovirus type 12.

Shiroki, K, Saito, I, Maruyama, K, Shimojo, H

A nondefective recombinant between adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) and type 12 (Ad12), rc-1 (Ad5 dl312, carrying the Ad12 E1A gene), was isolated from hamster cell foci transformed by a defective...

Two types of deletion within integrated viral sequences mediate reversion of simian virus 40-transformed mouse cells.

Maruyama, K, Oda, K

Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA insertions from SV40-transformed mouse cell line W-2K-11 and its revertants M18, M31, and M42 were cloned. W-2K-11 cells contain 1.5 copies of the SV40 sequences in a...

Expression of adenovirus type 12 E1A gene in monkey cells, using a simian virus 40 vector.

Oda, K, Kato, H, Saito, I, Sugano, S, Maruyama, K, Masuda, M, ...

Simian virus 40 (SV40) recombinants carrying the adenovirus type 12 E1A gene were constructed. The SV40 expression vector was constructed by removing most of the VP1 gene and an internal part of the...

Expression of adenovirus type 12 early region 1 in KB cells transformed by recombinants containing the gene.

Shiroki, K, Saito, I, Maruyama, K, Fukui, Y, Imatani, Y, Oda, K I, ...

The adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) early region 1 (E1) gene was introduced into KB cells by using a dominant selection vector, pSV2-gpt, and over 80 Gpt+ KB cell clones were established. Three types of...

Dependence of tumor-forming capacities of cells transformed by recombinants between adenovirus types 5 and 12 on expression of early region 1.

Shiroki, K, Maruyama, K, Saito, I, Fukui, Y, Yazaki, K, Shimojo, H

Recombinants between an adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) deletion mutant and the Ad12 DNA fragment containing early region 1 (E1) were isolated from cells cotransfected with the EcoRI-C fragment of Ad12 DNA...

Mutation of aspartic acid-351, lysine-352, and lysine-515 alters the Ca2+ transport activity of the Ca2+-ATPase expressed in COS-1 cells.

Maruyama, K, MacLennan, D H

Full-length cDNAs encoding neonatal and adult isoforms of the Ca2+-ATPase of rabbit fast-twitch skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum were expressed transiently in COS-1 cells. The microsomal...

Adenovirus E1A coding sequences that enable ras and pmt oncogenes to transform cultured primary cells.

Zerler, B, Moran, B, Maruyama, K, Moomaw, J, Grodzicker, T, Ruley, H E

Plasmids expressing partial adenovirus early region 1A (E1A) coding sequences were tested for activities which facilitate in vitro establishment (immortalization) of primary baby rat kidney cells and...

Cardiac-specific overexpression of angiotensin II AT2 receptor causes attenuated response to AT1 receptor-mediated pressor and chronotropic effects.

Masaki, H, Kurihara, T, Yamaki, A, Inomata, N, Nozawa, Y, Mori, Y, ...

Angiotensin (Ang) II has two major receptor isoforms, AT1 and AT2. Currently, AT1 antagonists are undergoing clinical trials in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Treatment with AT1 antagonists...

Calponin induces actin polymerization at low ionic strength and inhibits depolymerization of actin filaments.

Kake, T, Kimura, S, Takahashi, K, Maruyama, K

Calponin from chicken gizzard induced polymerization of actin in the presence of 10 mM KCl. Only 2 min after the addition of KCl in the presence of a 0.0625-0.25:1 molar ratio of calponin to actin, a...

Membrane-anchored metalloprotease MDC9 has an alpha-secretase activity responsible for processing the amyloid precursor protein.

Koike, H, Tomioka, S, Sorimachi, H, Saido, T C, Maruyama, K, Okuyama, A, ...

MDC9, also known as meltrin gamma, is a membrane-anchored metalloprotease. MDC9 contains several distinct protein domains: a signal sequence followed by a prodomain and a domain showing sequence...

Characterization of beta-connectin (titin 2) from striated muscle by dynamic light scattering.

Higuchi, H, Nakauchi, Y, Maruyama, K, Fujime, S

Connectin (titin) is a large filamentous protein (single peptide) with a molecular mass of approximately 3 MDa, contour length approximately 900 nm, and diameter approximately 4 nm, and resides in...

Lymph node metastases of gastric cancer. General pattern in 1931 patients.

Maruyama, K, Gunvén, P, Okabayashi, K, Sasako, M, Kinoshita, T

The incidence of metastases from gastric adenocarcinoma to various regional lymph node stations was studied after meticulous node dissection and correlated to survival in 1931 resected patients. The...

Molecular and Functional Analysis of the Mariner Mutator Element Mos1 in Drosophila

Medhora, M., Maruyama, K., Hartl, D. L.

The white-peach allele in Drosophila results from insertion of the transposable element mariner. The particular copy that is inserted in white-peach is an inactive copy referred to as the peach...

Evolution of the Transposable Element Mariner in Drosophila Species

Maruyama, K., Hartl, D. L.

The distribution of the transposable element mariner was examined in the genus Drosophila. Among the eight species comprising the melanogaster species subgroup, the element is present in D....

Identification of Nucleotide Substitutions Necessary for Trans-Activation of Mariner Transposable Elements in Drosophila: Analysis of Naturally Occurring Elements

Maruyama, K., Schoor, K. D., Hartl, D. L.

Six copies of the mariner element from the genomes of Drosophila mauritiana and Drosphila simulans were chosen at random for DNA sequencing and functional analysis and compared with the highly active...

Ligand-induced activation of chimeric receptors between the erythropoietin receptor and receptor tyrosine kinases.

Ohashi, H, Maruyama, K, Liu, Y C, Yoshimura, A

Ligand-induced dimerization is a key step in the activation of receptor tyrosine kinases, including the epidermal growth factor receptor, stem cell factor receptor (c-kit), and colony-stimulating...

Expression cloning of a CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase (GD3 synthase) from human melanoma cells.

Nara, K, Watanabe, Y, Maruyama, K, Kasahara, K, Nagai, Y, Sanai, Y

Using an expression cloning approach, we have isolated a cDNA encoding GD3 synthase (CMP-NeuAc:NeuAc alpha 2-3Gal beta 1-4Glc beta 1-1'Cer alpha 2,8-sialyltransferase, EC 2.4.99.8), which is a key...

Lipid composition is important for highly efficient target binding and retention of immunoliposomes.

Maruyama, K, Kennel, S J, Huang, L

By taking advantage of a monoclonal IgG antibody, 34A, which is highly specific to pulmonary endothelial cells, we have prepared liposomes containing various amounts of antibody molecules...

Conservation of structure and cold-regulation of RNA-binding proteins in cyanobacteria: probable convergent evolution with eukaryotic glycine-rich RNA-binding proteins.

Maruyama, K, Sato, N, Ohta, N

The rbp gene family of the cyanobacterium Anabaena variabilis strain M3 consists of eight members that encode small RNA-binding proteins containing a single RNA recognition motif (RRM). Similar genes...

Characterization of flat revertant cells isolated from simian virus 40-transformed mouse and rat cells which contain multiple copies of viral genomes.

Maruyama, K, Hiwasa, T, Oda, K I

Eight clones of flat revertants were isolated by negative selection from simian virus 40 (SV40)-transformed mouse and rat cell lines in which two and six viral genome equivalents per cell were...

Incomplete transformation of rat cells by a deletion mutant of adenovirus type 5.

Shiroki, K, Maruyama, K, Saito, I, Fukui, Y, Shimojo, H

Rat 3Y1 cells were infected with adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) wild type, dl312 (deletion of 902 base pairs between 1.5-4.5 map units), and dl313 (deletion of 2,350 base pairs between 3.5-10.5 map units)....

Isolation of a nondefective recombinant between adenovirus type 5 and early region 1A of adenovirus type 12.

Shiroki, K, Saito, I, Maruyama, K, Shimojo, H

A nondefective recombinant between adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) and type 12 (Ad12), rc-1 (Ad5 dl312, carrying the Ad12 E1A gene), was isolated from hamster cell foci transformed by a defective...

Two types of deletion within integrated viral sequences mediate reversion of simian virus 40-transformed mouse cells.

Maruyama, K, Oda, K

Simian virus 40 (SV40) DNA insertions from SV40-transformed mouse cell line W-2K-11 and its revertants M18, M31, and M42 were cloned. W-2K-11 cells contain 1.5 copies of the SV40 sequences in a...

Expression of adenovirus type 12 E1A gene in monkey cells, using a simian virus 40 vector.

Oda, K, Kato, H, Saito, I, Sugano, S, Maruyama, K, Masuda, M, ...

Simian virus 40 (SV40) recombinants carrying the adenovirus type 12 E1A gene were constructed. The SV40 expression vector was constructed by removing most of the VP1 gene and an internal part of the...

Expression of adenovirus type 12 early region 1 in KB cells transformed by recombinants containing the gene.

Shiroki, K, Saito, I, Maruyama, K, Fukui, Y, Imatani, Y, Oda, K I, ...

The adenovirus type 12 (Ad12) early region 1 (E1) gene was introduced into KB cells by using a dominant selection vector, pSV2-gpt, and over 80 Gpt+ KB cell clones were established. Three types of...

Dependence of tumor-forming capacities of cells transformed by recombinants between adenovirus types 5 and 12 on expression of early region 1.

Shiroki, K, Maruyama, K, Saito, I, Fukui, Y, Yazaki, K, Shimojo, H

Recombinants between an adenovirus type 5 (Ad5) deletion mutant and the Ad12 DNA fragment containing early region 1 (E1) were isolated from cells cotransfected with the EcoRI-C fragment of Ad12 DNA...

Mutation of aspartic acid-351, lysine-352, and lysine-515 alters the Ca2+ transport activity of the Ca2+-ATPase expressed in COS-1 cells.

Maruyama, K, MacLennan, D H

Full-length cDNAs encoding neonatal and adult isoforms of the Ca2+-ATPase of rabbit fast-twitch skeletal muscle sarcoplasmic reticulum were expressed transiently in COS-1 cells. The microsomal...

Adenovirus E1A coding sequences that enable ras and pmt oncogenes to transform cultured primary cells.

Zerler, B, Moran, B, Maruyama, K, Moomaw, J, Grodzicker, T, Ruley, H E

Plasmids expressing partial adenovirus early region 1A (E1A) coding sequences were tested for activities which facilitate in vitro establishment (immortalization) of primary baby rat kidney cells and...

Cardiac-specific overexpression of angiotensin II AT2 receptor causes attenuated response to AT1 receptor-mediated pressor and chronotropic effects.

Masaki, H, Kurihara, T, Yamaki, A, Inomata, N, Nozawa, Y, Mori, Y, ...

Angiotensin (Ang) II has two major receptor isoforms, AT1 and AT2. Currently, AT1 antagonists are undergoing clinical trials in patients with cardiovascular diseases. Treatment with AT1 antagonists...

Calponin induces actin polymerization at low ionic strength and inhibits depolymerization of actin filaments.

Kake, T, Kimura, S, Takahashi, K, Maruyama, K

Calponin from chicken gizzard induced polymerization of actin in the presence of 10 mM KCl. Only 2 min after the addition of KCl in the presence of a 0.0625-0.25:1 molar ratio of calponin to actin, a...

Molecular and Functional Analysis of the Mariner Mutator Element Mos1 in Drosophila

Medhora, M., Maruyama, K., Hartl, D. L.

The white-peach allele in Drosophila results from insertion of the transposable element mariner. The particular copy that is inserted in white-peach is an inactive copy referred to as the peach...

Evolution of the Transposable Element Mariner in Drosophila Species

Maruyama, K., Hartl, D. L.

The distribution of the transposable element mariner was examined in the genus Drosophila. Among the eight species comprising the melanogaster species subgroup, the element is present in D....

Identification of Nucleotide Substitutions Necessary for Trans-Activation of Mariner Transposable Elements in Drosophila: Analysis of Naturally Occurring Elements

Maruyama, K., Schoor, K. D., Hartl, D. L.

Six copies of the mariner element from the genomes of Drosophila mauritiana and Drosphila simulans were chosen at random for DNA sequencing and functional analysis and compared with the highly active...

Membrane-anchored metalloprotease MDC9 has an alpha-secretase activity responsible for processing the amyloid precursor protein.

Koike, H, Tomioka, S, Sorimachi, H, Saido, T C, Maruyama, K, Okuyama, A, ...

MDC9, also known as meltrin gamma, is a membrane-anchored metalloprotease. MDC9 contains several distinct protein domains: a signal sequence followed by a prodomain and a domain showing sequence...

Characterization of beta-connectin (titin 2) from striated muscle by dynamic light scattering.

Higuchi, H, Nakauchi, Y, Maruyama, K, Fujime, S

Connectin (titin) is a large filamentous protein (single peptide) with a molecular mass of approximately 3 MDa, contour length approximately 900 nm, and diameter approximately 4 nm, and resides in...

Lymph node metastases of gastric cancer. General pattern in 1931 patients.

Maruyama, K, Gunvén, P, Okabayashi, K, Sasako, M, Kinoshita, T

The incidence of metastases from gastric adenocarcinoma to various regional lymph node stations was studied after meticulous node dissection and correlated to survival in 1931 resected patients. The...

Electrophysiological effects of Ro 22-9194, a new antiarrhythmic agent, on guinea-pig ventricular cells.

Maruyama, K, Kodama, I, Anno, T, Suzuki, R, Toyama, J

1. Cardiac effects of Ro 22-9194 were examined in papillary muscles and single ventricular myocytes isolated from guinea-pigs and compared with those of moricizine. 2. In papillary muscles, both Ro...

Electrophysiological effects of SD-3212, a new antiarrhythmic agent with vasodilator action, on guinea-pig ventricular cells.

Kodama, I, Suzuki, R, Maruyama, K, Toyama, J

1. The effects of SD-3212 on transmembrane action potentials were examined in right ventricular papillary muscles and in single ventricular myocytes isolated from guinea-pig hearts. 2. In papillary...

Rigid spine syndrome with respiratory failure.

Morita, H, Kondo, K, Hoshino, K, Maruyama, K, Yanagisawa, N

The pathogenesis and therapy of respiratory failure in the rigid spine syndrome are discussed in two cases who improved with respiratory assistance. In both cases, the partial pressures of oxygen and...

Ataxia caused by mutations in the α-tocopherol transfer protein gene

Usuki, F., Maruyama, K.

A 48 year old woman with ataxia with vitamin E deficiency is described. Gene analysis identified two point mutations in exon 1 of the α-tocopherol transfer protein (α-TTP) gene, one missense...

Mast cell chymase in pulmonary hypertension

Mitani, Y., Ueda, M., Maruyama, K., Shimpo, H., Kojima, A., Matsumura, M., ...

Mast cells are known to be involved in various types of tissue remodelling but their role in pulmonary hypertension is still poorly understood. Two subtypes of mast cells have recently been...

A prospective study of surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy for primary gastric lymphoma stage II.

Takenaka, T., Maruyama, K., Kinoshita, T., Sasako, M., Sano, T., Katai, H., ...

The standard management of primary gastric lymphoma (PGL) (stage II) has not been established despite the use of various treatment modalities. The present prospective trial of combined surgery and...