Mizunuma, K., Ikeda, S., Park, J. H., Yamamoto, H., Gan, H., Miura, K., ...
The authors studied an effect of ferromagnetic (Co20Fe60B20 or Fe) layer insertion on tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) properties of MgO-barrier magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) with CoFe/Pd multilayer...
Periodic metallo-dielectric structure in diamond (2009)
Shimizu, M, Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Yuasa, T, Homma, H, Minowa, Y, ...
Brown-Rho Scaling in the Strong Coupling Lattice QCD (2008)
Ohnishi, A., Kawamoto, N., Miura, K.
We examine the Brown-Rho scaling for meson masses in the strong coupling limit of lattice QCD with one species of staggered fermion. Analytical expression of meson masses is derived at finite...
Michael C. Dorris, Tracy L. Taylor, Raymond M. Klein, Douglas P. Munoz, J Neurophysiol, H. Tabata, ...
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Canceling Planned Action: An fMRI Study of Countermanding Saccades (2008)
Krista Kornylo, Natalie Dill, Melissa Saenz, Richard J. Krauzlis, J Neurophysiol, H. Tabata, ...
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Stuart N. Baker, Roger N. Lemon, J Neurophysiol, K. Miura, Y. Tsubo, M. Okada, ...
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Photo-initiated growth of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods (2008)
Lee, ETY, Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Nishi, M, Miura, K, Hirao, K
Ohnishi, A ., Kawamoto, N., Miura, K.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (μ) in the strong coupling region of lattice QCD for colour SU(3). Baryon has effects to extend the hadron...
Ohnishi, A ., Kawamoto, N., Miura, K.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (μ) in the strong coupling region of lattice QCD for colour SU(3). Baryon has effects to extend the hadron...
Strong coupling limit/region of lattice QCD (2007)
Ohnishi, A., Kawamoto, N., Miura, K., Tsubakihara, K., Maekawa, H.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter and nuclear properties based on the strong coupling expansion of lattice QCD. Both of baryon and finite coupling correction are found to have effects to...
"Quill" writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent materials (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Yang, W., Bricchi, E., Bovatsek, J., Arai, A., Shimotsuma, Y., ...
A remarkable phenomenon in ultrafast laser processing of transparent materials, in particular, silica glass, manifested as a change in material modification by reversing the writing direction is...
Ohnishi, A., Kawamoto, N., Miura, K.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (mu) in the strong coupling region of lattice QCD for color SU(3). Baryon has effects to extend the hadron...
Kawamoto, N., Miura, K., Ohnishi, A., Ohnuma, T.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (µ) in the strong coupling limit of lattice QCD for color SU(3). We derive an analytical expression of the...
Kawamoto, N., Miura, K., Ohnishi, A., Ohnuma, T.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and chemical potential (µ) in the strong coupling limit of lattice QCD for color SU(3). We derive an analytical expression of the...
Powder diffraction studies on proteins: An overview of data collection approaches (2007)
Margiolaki, I., Wright, J. P., Fitch, A. N., Fox, G. C., Labrador, A., Von Dreele, R. B., ...
Following the seminal work of Von Dreele, high quality powder X-ray diffraction studies on proteins are being established as a valuable complementary technique to single-crystal measurements. Several...
Application of femtosecond-laser induced nanostructures in optical memory (2007)
Shimotsuma, Y, Sakakura, M, Miura, K, Qiu, JR, Kazansky, PG, Fujita, K, ...
Quill writing with ultrashort light pulses in transparent optical materials (2007)
Kazansky, P.G., Yang, W., Bricchi, E., Bovatsek, J., Arai, A., Shimotsuma, Y., ...
Writing in silica glass in opposite directions can be different. The phenomenon resembles quill writing and is interpreted in terms of anisotropic trapping of electron plasma by a tilted front of the...
Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., ...
We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...
Joint LIGO and TAMA300 search for gravitational waves from inspiralling neutron star binaries (2006)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, Juri, Ajith, P., ...
We search for coincident gravitational wave signals from inspiralling neutron star binaries using LIGO and TAMA300 data taken during early 2003. Using a simple trigger exchange method, we perform an...
Akutsu, Tomomi, Akutsu, Tomotadu, Ando, Masaki, Arai, Koji, Araya, Akito, Asada, H., ...
We analyze the data of the TAMA300 detector to search for gravitational waves from inspiraling compact star binaries with masses of the component stars in the range 1M[sun]–3M[sun]. In this...
Nakamura, K., Miura, K., Ueno, H.
The incidence of sibling cannibalism in clutches of Harmonia axyridis infected by the male-killing Spiroplasma was compared with that in uninfected clutches, and the way in which fitness compensation...
Network-based de-noising improves prediction from microarray data (2006)
Kato, T., Murata, Y., Miura, K., Asai, K., Horton, P.B., Tsuda, K., ...
Prediction of human cell response to anti-cancer drugs (compounds) from microarray data is a challenging problem, due to the noise properties of microarrays as well as the high variance of living...
Kawamoto, N., Miura, K., Ohnishi, A., Ohnuma, T.
We study the phase diagram of quark matter at finite temperature (T) and finite chemical potential (mu) in the strong coupling limit of lattice QCD for color SU(3). We derive an analytical expression...
Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts (2005)
Abbott,B., Abbott,R., Adhikari,R., Ageev,A., Agresti,J., Ajith,P., ...
Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts (2005)
Abbott,B., Abbott,R., Adhikari,R., Ageev,A., Agresti,J., Ajith,P., ...
Search for optimal measure for discriminating spike trains with different randomness (2005)
Miura, K., Okada, M., Shinomoto, S.
We wish to discriminate spike sequences based on the degree of irregularity. For this purpose, we search for a rational expressions of quadratic functions of consecutive interspike intervals that...
Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts (2005)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, Juri, Ajith, P., ...
Ando, M., Arai, K., Aso, Y., Beyersdorf, P. T., Hayama, K., Iida, Y., ...
Upper limits from the LIGO and TAMA detectors on the rate of gravitational-wave bursts (2005)
Abbott, B., Abbott, R., Adhikari, R., Ageev, A., Agresti, J., Ajith, P., ...
Carbonization of cellulose under mechanical pressure as a means for increasing char yield (2005)
Miura, K, Nakagawa, H, Ashida, R, Sakuramoto, Y, Nakagawa, K
Regional and laminar differences in in vivo firing patterns of primate cortical neurons (2005)
Y. Tsubo, T. Fukai, H. Shimazaki, S. Shinomoto, D. Durstewitz, T. Gabriel, ...
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Funakoshi, T., Ishibe, Y., Okazaki, N., Miura, K., Liu, R., Nagai, S., ...
Background. Re‐expansion pulmonary oedema is a rare complication caused by rapid re‐expansion of a chronically collapsed lung. Several cases of pulmonary oedema associated with...
Funakoshi, T., Ishibe, Y., Okazaki, N., Miura, K., Liu, R., Nagai, S., ...
Background. Re-expansion pulmonary oedema is a rare complication caused by rapid re-expansion of a chronically collapsed lung. Several cases of pulmonary oedema associated with one-lung ventilation...
Funakoshi, T., Ishibe, Y., Okazaki, N., Miura, K., Liu, R., Nagai, S., ...
Background. Re-expansion pulmonary oedema is a rare complication caused by rapid re-expansion of a chronically collapsed lung. Several cases of pulmonary oedema associated with one-lung ventilation...
Sugiyama, Y., Mizuno, K., Nanayama, F., Sugai, T., Yokota, H., Hosoya, T., ...
We acquired high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and continuously cored boreholes to evaluate active flexures produced by major blind thrust fault systems within two densely populated...
Sugiyama, Y.; Active Fault Research Center, Geological Survey Of Japan, National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Mizuno, K.; Active Fault Research Center, Geological Survey Of Japan, National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Osaka, Japan, Nanayama, F.; Active Fault Research Center, Geological Survey Of Japan, National Institute Of Advanced Industrial Science And Technology, Tsukuba, Japan, Sugai, T.; Department Of Natural Environmental Studies, University Of Tokyo, Japan, Yokota, H.; Hanshin Consultants Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan, Hosoya, T.; Chuo Kaihatsu Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, ...
We acquired high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and continuously cored boreholes to evaluate active flexures produced by major blind thrust fault systems within two densely populated...
Conversion of tar in hot coke oven gas by pyrolysis and steam reforming (2003)
Miura, K, Kawase, M, Nakagawa, H, Ashida, R, Nakai, T, Ishikawa, T
Special issue for energy engineering - Preface to the special issue (2003)
Miura, K, Kameyama, H, Nakagawa, N, Ninomiya, Y, Tsutsumi, A
Tagami, Y., Miura, K., Stouthamer, R.
We analyzed the survival rate of the immature stages of Trichogramma species and lines that differed in their mode of reproduction. Specifically, we compared the mortality of arrhenotokous (W-),...
Adsorption and growth inhibition of bacteria on carbon materials containing zinc oxide (2001)
Yamamoto, O, Nakakoshi, K, Sasamoto, T, Nakagawa, H, Miura, K
Memorized polarization-dependent light scattering in rare-earth-ion-doped glass (2000)
Qiu, JR, Kazanski, PG, Si, J, Miura, K, Mitsuyu, T, Hirao, K, ...
Memorized polarization-dependent light scattering in rare-earth-ion-doped glass (2000)
Qui, J., Kazansky, P.G., Si, J., Miura, K., Mitsuyu, T., Hirao, K., ...
We report the observation of memorized polarization-dependent light scattering in a Eu2 + -doped fluoroaluminate glass sample. Anisotropic light scattering along the plane of the light polarization...
Memorized polarization-dependent light scattering in rare-earth-ion-doped glass (2000)
Qiu, JR, Kazanski, PG, Si, J, Miura, K, Mitsuyu, T, Hirao, K, ...
Antibacterial activity against Staphylococcus aureus of carbon materials dispersed with ZnO (2000)
Yamamoto, O, Nakakoshi, K, Sawai, J, Sasamoto, T, Nakagawa, H, Miura, K
Anomalous anisotropic light scattering in Ge-doped silica glass (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qiu, J, Hirao, K, ...
Observation of anomalous light scattering in glass pumped by femtosecond laser (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qui, J, Hirao, K
Anomalous anisotropic light scattering in Ge-doped silica glass (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qiu, J, Hirao, K, ...
Observation of anomalous light scattering in glass pumped by femtosecond laser (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qui, J, Hirao, K
Anomalous anisotropic light scattering in Ge-doped silica glass (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qiu, J, Hirao, K, ...
Observation of anomalous light scattering in glass pumped by femtosecond laser (1999)
Kazansky, P G, Inouye, H, Mitsuyu, T, Miura, K, Qui, J, Hirao, K
Ishizaki, M., Yamada, Y., Morikawa, Y., Noborisaka, Y., Ishida, M., Miura, K., ...
As a marker of body fat distribution and therefore level of obesity, the waist-to-hip ratio (W:H) is a good indicator of coronary heart disease risk status. The present study investigated the...
Human Basophils and Mast Cells. (1998)
Lavens-Phillips, Sandra, Miura, K., Schroeder, J. T.
Critical progress has been made in the identification and characterization of cells and mediators involved in allergic inflammation. Accumulating evidence supports the importance of cell adhesion...
A study of occupant cooling by personally controlled air movement (1997)
Arens, Edward A, Xu, T., Miura, K., Zhang , H., Fountain, M., Bauman, Fred
Yoshida, A, Araki, Y, Motoyama, M, Kim, SY, Sung, H, Araki, S, ...
Dicentric Y chromosome in an azoospermic male (1997)
Yoshida, A, Nakahori, Y, Kuroki, Y, Motoyama, M, Araki, Y, Miura, K, ...
The Impact of Humidity Standards on Energy Efficient Cooling in California (1996)
Bauman, Fred, Arens, Edward A, Huizenga, C., Xu, T., Zhang , H., Akimoto, T., ...
Comfort and Health Considerations: Air Movement and Humidity Constraints (1995)
Arens, Edward A, Bauman, Fred, Baughman, A., Fountain, M., Miura, K., Xu, T., ...
Localized Thermal Distribution for Office Buildings; Final Report - Phase III (1994)
Bauman, Fred, Arens, Edward A, Fountain, M., Huizenga, C, Miura, K., Xu, T., ...
Structural analysis of SiO2 gel films by high energy electron diffraction (1994)
Ohsaki, H., Miura, K., Imai, A., Tada, M., Aegerter, Michel A.
The structure of SiO2 gel-films prepared from acid and basic TEOS solutions is analyzed by high energy transmission electron diffraction method. The Si-O bond length of gel-films is 1.58 to 1.60 Å,...
Kawase, Y., Iwai, S., Inoue, H., Miura, K., Ohtsuka, E.
The thermal stability of DNA duplexes containing deoxyinosine in a pairing position in turn with each of the four major deoxynucleotides has been investigated by measuring ultraviolet-absorbance at...
Yagi, T., Hidaka, Y., Miura, K.
The Brillouin scattering spectra of NaNO2 have been observed as a function of temperature near the two phase transition points ; normal (paraelectric)-incomensurate (antiferroelectric) and...
Yagi, T., Hidaka, Y., Miura, K.
The Brillouin scattering spectra of NaNO2 have been observed as a function of temperature near the two phase transition points ; normal (paraelectric)-incomensurate (antiferroelectric) and...
Yagi, T., Hidaka, Y., Miura, K.
The Brillouin scattering spectra of NaNO2 have been observed as a function of temperature near the two phase transition points ; normal (paraelectric)-incomensurate (antiferroelectric) and...
Imazu, S., Fujita, H., Miura, K., Takamatsu, T.
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Imazu, S., Fujita, H., Miura, K., Takamatsu, T.
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Imazu, S., Fujita, H., Miura, K., Takamatsu, T.
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Crystal structure of an engineered subtilisin inhibitor complexed with bovine trypsin.
Takeuchi, Y, Nonaka, T, Nakamura, K T, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Mitsui, Y
Proteinase specificity of a proteinaceous inhibitor of subtilisin (SSI; Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor) can be altered so as to strongly inhibit trypsin simply by replacing P1 methionine with...
Functional conversion of the homologous proteins alpha-lactalbumin and lysozyme by exon exchange.
Kumagai, I, Takeda, S, Miura, K
Exons of eukaryotic genes that encode proteins frequently appear to encode structural and/or functional protein units [Gilbert, W. (1978) Nature (London) 271, 501; Blake, C.C.F. (1979) Nature...
Taguchi, S, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Momose, H
Previously, we isolated a candidate for an endogenous target enzyme(s) of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI), termed SAM-P20, from a non-SSI-producing mutant strain (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins are distributed widely in streptomycetes.
Taguchi, S, Kikuchi, H, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Terabe, M, Miura, K, ...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins were found to be distributed widely in streptomycetes by using the combination of the convenient, newly developed plate assay system and an established...
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphatase regulates the rearrangement of actin filaments.
Sakisaka, T, Itoh, T, Miura, K, Takenawa, T
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) reorganizes actin filaments by modulating the functions of a variety of actin-regulatory proteins. Until now, it was thought that bound PIP2 is hydrolyzed...
Kinoshita, R, Miura, K, Suzuki, S, Uchino, H
Interferon production in hepatitis B virus carriers with normal liver functions was preserved, whereas in carriers with chronic hepatitis it was depressed. The lower interferon production in...
Synthesis and hybridization studies on two complementary nona(2'-O-methyl)ribonucleotides.
Inoue, H, Hayase, Y, Imura, A, Iwai, S, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E
2'-O-Methyl derivatives of the common ribonucleosides except for guanosine were synthesized via the 2'-O-methylation of appropriately-protected nucleosides with CH3I in the presence of Ag2O. The...
Unusual anticodon loop structure found in E.coli lysine tRNA.
Watanabe, K, Hayashi, N, Oyama, A, Nishikawa, K, Ueda, T, Miura, K
Although both tRNA(Lys) and tRNA(Glu) of E. coli possess similar anticodon loop sequences, with the same hypermodified nucleoside 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine (mnm5s2U) at the first position of...
Hirao, I, Kawai, G, Yoshizawa, S, Nishimura, Y, Ishido, Y, Watanabe, K, ...
The three-dimensional structure of a short DNA fragment, d(GCGAAGC) exhibiting an extraordinarily stable hairpin structure was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Two possible...
Kawase, Y, Iwai, S, Inoue, H, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E
The thermal stability of DNA duplexes containing deoxyinosine in a pairing position in turn with each of the four major deoxynucleotides has been investigated by measuring ultraviolet-absorbance at...
Molecular design of a eukaryotic messenger RNA and its chemical synthesis.
Iwase, R, Maeda, M, Fujiwara, T, Sekine, M, Hata, T, Miura, K
A designed mRNA consisting of 42 ribonucleotides having the cap structure was synthesized. The capped leader sequence of the brome mosaic virus (BMV) mRNA 4, m7G5'pppGUAUUAAUA (F-1), was synthesized...
Hirao, I, Nishimura, Y, Naraoka, T, Watanabe, K, Arata, Y, Miura, K
Short single-stranded DNA fragments carrying a GCGAAAGC sequence were found to move unexpectedly faster than other fragments of the same length in electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel containing a...
Yokogawa, T, Kumazawa, Y, Miura, K, Watanabe, K
For large scale preparation of mitochondrial tRNAs, a new hybridization assay method using synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes (16-17mer) complementary to individual tRNA sequences was...
Yamaguchi, K, Nakagawa, I, Sekine, M, Hata, T, Shimotohno, K, Hiruta, M, ...
The 5'-terminal structures of mRNA bearing the so-called 'cap' from cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV), m7G5' pppAmpG and m7G5' pppAmpGpU, were first chemically synthesized. S,S-Di(4-methoxyphenyl)...
Ozonolysis of supercoiled pBR322 DNA resulting in strand scission to open circular DNA.
Sawadaishi, K, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E, Ueda, T, Ishizaki, K, Shinriki, N
Treatment of supercoiled pBR322 DNA with ozone resulted in the conversion of closed circular DNA to open circular DNA. Restriction analysis of the resulting open circular DNA showed that ozonolysis...
On the base-stacking in the 5'-terminal cap structure of mRNA: a fluorescence study.
Nishimura, Y, Takahashi, S, Yamamoto, T, Tsuboi, M, Hattori, M, Miura, K, ...
The fluorescence at 370 nm of the 7-methylguanosine residue (m7G) is found to be quenched when the base residue is involved in a stacking interaction with the adenosine residue in the cap structure...
Miura, K, Tsuda, S, Harada, F, Ueda, T
Sulfhydrolysis of cytosine residues to 4-thiouracil residues in mouse U6 snRNA was carried out to examine the secondary structure of U6 snRNA. The cytosine residues at positions 6, 42 and 68 were...
A novel cloverleaf structure found in mammalian mitochondrial tRNA(Ser) (UCN).
Yokogawa, T, Watanabe, Y, Kumazawa, Y, Ueda, T, Hirao, I, Miura, K, ...
Bovine mitochondrial tRNA(Ser) (UCN) has been thought to have two U-U mismatches at the top of the acceptor stem, as inferred from its gene sequence. However, this unusual structure has not been...
Watanabe, Y, Kawai, G, Yokogawa, T, Hayashi, N, Kumazawa, Y, Ueda, T, ...
On the basis of enzymatic probing and phylogenetic comparison, we have previously proposed that mammalian mitochondrial tRNA(sSer) (anticodon UGA) possess a slightly altered cloverleaf structure in...
Hirao, I, Nishimura, Y, Tagawa, Y, Watanabe, K, Miura, K
A small DNA fragment having a characteristic sequence d(GCGAAAGC) has been shown to form an extraordinarily stable mini-hairpin structure and to have an unusually rapid mobility in polyacrylamide gel...
Streptomyces bldA gene, which encodes a tRNA corresponding to a very minor leucine codon, UUA, regulates pleiotropic gene expression which is involved in sporulation and secondary metabolism. The...
Role of the extra G-C pair at the end of the acceptor stem of tRNA(His) in aminoacylation.
Himeno, H, Hasegawa, T, Ueda, T, Watanabe, K, Miura, K, Shimizu, M
All sequenced histidine tRNAs have one additional nucleotide at the 5' end compared with other tRNA species. To investigate the role of this unique structure in aminoacylation, we constructed in...
Structure- and sequence-specificity of ozone degradation of supercoiled plasmid DNA.
Sawadaishi, K, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E, Ueda, T, Shinriki, N, Ishizaki, K
Ozone-reactive sites on the nucleobase moieties in supercoiled pBR322 DNA were investigated by using sequencing procedures. Ozonolysis in the absence of salt resulted in degradation of thymine...
Yamaguchi, K, Hidaka, S, Miura, K
To determine whether the rate of protein synthesis is controlled by the structure of mRNA near its 5' terminus, protein-synthesizing ability, especially in its initial stage, was compared among RNAs...
Miura, K, Nagai, S, Kinomoto, M, Haga, S, Tokunaga, T
A protein, isolated and purified from the unheated culture filtrate of Mycobacterium bovis BCG (substrain Tokyo 172) and designated MPB70, elicited a delayed skin reaction in guinea pigs sensitized...
c-Ha-ras down regulates the alpha-fetoprotein gene but not the albumin gene in human hepatoma cells.
Nakao, K, Lawless, D, Ohe, Y, Miyao, Y, Nakabayashi, H, Kamiya, H, ...
We studied the effects of transfection of the normal c-Ha-ras gene, rasGly-12, and its oncogenic mutant, rasVal-12, on expression of the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and albumin genes in a human hepatoma...
Double-stranded Ribonucleic Acid from Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus of the Silkworm
Miura, K., Fujii, I., Sakaki, T., Fuke, M., Kawase, S.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted by phenol treatment from cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus isolated from the midgut of infected silkworms. This RNA appears as threads when precipitated in alcohol....
The nucleotide sequence around the origin of replication in DNA of mouse polyoma virus was determined by 32P labeling of the 3' terminus of the Hap II-5/Alu I-1 DNA fragment, with the use of DNA...
Miki, H, Miura, K, Takenawa, T
Here we identify a 65 kDa protein (N-WASP) from brain that binds the SH3 domains of Ash/Grb2. The sequence is homologous to Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP). N-WASP has several functional...
Yoshizawa, S, Ueda, T, Ishido, Y, Miura, K, Watanabe, K, Hirao, I
The nuclease resistance of a short, thermostable mini-hairpin, d(GCGAAGC), and other related hairpins was examined. Hairpins possessing a purine-rich (GAA) or (GAAA) loop appeared to be more...
A major role for phospholipase A2 in antigen-induced arachidonic acid release in rat mast cells.
Yamada, K, Okano, Y, Miura, K, Nozawa, Y
Cross-linking of IgE receptors by antigen stimulation leads to histamine release and arachidonic acid release in rat peritoneal mast cells. Investigators have reported a diverse distribution of...
Interaction of Ash/Grb-2 via its SH3 domains with neuron-specific p150 and p65.
Miura, K, Miki, H, Shimazaki, K, Kawai, N, Takenawa, T
We found that 180 kDa, 150 kDa (p150), 110 kDa, 100 kDa and 65 kDa (p65) proteins comprise the major Ash/Grb-2-binding proteins in bovine brain. Among these proteins, 180 kDa and 100 kDa proteins...
Methylation Imprinting of H19 and SNRPN Genes in Human Benign Ovarian Teratomas
Miura, K., Obama, M., Yun, K., Masuzaki, H., Ikeda, Y., Yoshimura, S., ...
In humans, studies of female germ cells are very limited by ethics. The current study investigated the usefulness of benign ovarian teratomas as a substitute for ova in analyses of imprinted genes....
Kumazawa, Y, Yokogawa, T, Tsurui, H, Miura, K, Watanabe, K
In the course of developing a method to purify a single tRNA species efficiently, we have examined hybridization efficiencies between some tRNAs and short oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes both by the...
Establishment and characterization of methylmercury-resistant PC12 cell line.
Miura, K, Clarkson, T W, Ikeda, K, Naganuma, A, Imura, N
Methylmercury (MeHg)-resistant sublines of rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells were isolated by repeated exposure to stepwise increased concentrations of MeHg. One of the sublines (PC12/TM) showed an...
Crystal structure of an engineered subtilisin inhibitor complexed with bovine trypsin.
Takeuchi, Y, Nonaka, T, Nakamura, K T, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Mitsui, Y
Proteinase specificity of a proteinaceous inhibitor of subtilisin (SSI; Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor) can be altered so as to strongly inhibit trypsin simply by replacing P1 methionine with...
Functional conversion of the homologous proteins alpha-lactalbumin and lysozyme by exon exchange.
Kumagai, I, Takeda, S, Miura, K
Exons of eukaryotic genes that encode proteins frequently appear to encode structural and/or functional protein units [Gilbert, W. (1978) Nature (London) 271, 501; Blake, C.C.F. (1979) Nature...
Taguchi, S, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Miura, K, Momose, H
Previously, we isolated a candidate for an endogenous target enzyme(s) of the Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI), termed SAM-P20, from a non-SSI-producing mutant strain (S. Taguchi, A. Odaka, Y....
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins are distributed widely in streptomycetes.
Taguchi, S, Kikuchi, H, Suzuki, M, Kojima, S, Terabe, M, Miura, K, ...
Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor-like proteins were found to be distributed widely in streptomycetes by using the combination of the convenient, newly developed plate assay system and an established...
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate phosphatase regulates the rearrangement of actin filaments.
Sakisaka, T, Itoh, T, Miura, K, Takenawa, T
Phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) reorganizes actin filaments by modulating the functions of a variety of actin-regulatory proteins. Until now, it was thought that bound PIP2 is hydrolyzed...
Kinoshita, R, Miura, K, Suzuki, S, Uchino, H
Interferon production in hepatitis B virus carriers with normal liver functions was preserved, whereas in carriers with chronic hepatitis it was depressed. The lower interferon production in...
Synthesis and hybridization studies on two complementary nona(2'-O-methyl)ribonucleotides.
Inoue, H, Hayase, Y, Imura, A, Iwai, S, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E
2'-O-Methyl derivatives of the common ribonucleosides except for guanosine were synthesized via the 2'-O-methylation of appropriately-protected nucleosides with CH3I in the presence of Ag2O. The...
Unusual anticodon loop structure found in E.coli lysine tRNA.
Watanabe, K, Hayashi, N, Oyama, A, Nishikawa, K, Ueda, T, Miura, K
Although both tRNA(Lys) and tRNA(Glu) of E. coli possess similar anticodon loop sequences, with the same hypermodified nucleoside 5-methylaminomethyl-2-thiouridine (mnm5s2U) at the first position of...
Hirao, I, Kawai, G, Yoshizawa, S, Nishimura, Y, Ishido, Y, Watanabe, K, ...
The three-dimensional structure of a short DNA fragment, d(GCGAAGC) exhibiting an extraordinarily stable hairpin structure was determined by nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Two possible...
Kawase, Y, Iwai, S, Inoue, H, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E
The thermal stability of DNA duplexes containing deoxyinosine in a pairing position in turn with each of the four major deoxynucleotides has been investigated by measuring ultraviolet-absorbance at...
Molecular design of a eukaryotic messenger RNA and its chemical synthesis.
Iwase, R, Maeda, M, Fujiwara, T, Sekine, M, Hata, T, Miura, K
A designed mRNA consisting of 42 ribonucleotides having the cap structure was synthesized. The capped leader sequence of the brome mosaic virus (BMV) mRNA 4, m7G5'pppGUAUUAAUA (F-1), was synthesized...
Kumazawa, Y, Yokogawa, T, Tsurui, H, Miura, K, Watanabe, K
In the course of developing a method to purify a single tRNA species efficiently, we have examined hybridization efficiencies between some tRNAs and short oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes both by the...
Hirao, I, Nishimura, Y, Naraoka, T, Watanabe, K, Arata, Y, Miura, K
Short single-stranded DNA fragments carrying a GCGAAAGC sequence were found to move unexpectedly faster than other fragments of the same length in electrophoresis on a polyacrylamide gel containing a...
Yokogawa, T, Kumazawa, Y, Miura, K, Watanabe, K
For large scale preparation of mitochondrial tRNAs, a new hybridization assay method using synthetic oligodeoxyribonucleotide probes (16-17mer) complementary to individual tRNA sequences was...
Yamaguchi, K, Nakagawa, I, Sekine, M, Hata, T, Shimotohno, K, Hiruta, M, ...
The 5'-terminal structures of mRNA bearing the so-called 'cap' from cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV), m7G5' pppAmpG and m7G5' pppAmpGpU, were first chemically synthesized. S,S-Di(4-methoxyphenyl)...
Ozonolysis of supercoiled pBR322 DNA resulting in strand scission to open circular DNA.
Sawadaishi, K, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E, Ueda, T, Ishizaki, K, Shinriki, N
Treatment of supercoiled pBR322 DNA with ozone resulted in the conversion of closed circular DNA to open circular DNA. Restriction analysis of the resulting open circular DNA showed that ozonolysis...
On the base-stacking in the 5'-terminal cap structure of mRNA: a fluorescence study.
Nishimura, Y, Takahashi, S, Yamamoto, T, Tsuboi, M, Hattori, M, Miura, K, ...
The fluorescence at 370 nm of the 7-methylguanosine residue (m7G) is found to be quenched when the base residue is involved in a stacking interaction with the adenosine residue in the cap structure...
Miura, K, Tsuda, S, Harada, F, Ueda, T
Sulfhydrolysis of cytosine residues to 4-thiouracil residues in mouse U6 snRNA was carried out to examine the secondary structure of U6 snRNA. The cytosine residues at positions 6, 42 and 68 were...
A novel cloverleaf structure found in mammalian mitochondrial tRNA(Ser) (UCN).
Yokogawa, T, Watanabe, Y, Kumazawa, Y, Ueda, T, Hirao, I, Miura, K, ...
Bovine mitochondrial tRNA(Ser) (UCN) has been thought to have two U-U mismatches at the top of the acceptor stem, as inferred from its gene sequence. However, this unusual structure has not been...
Watanabe, Y, Kawai, G, Yokogawa, T, Hayashi, N, Kumazawa, Y, Ueda, T, ...
On the basis of enzymatic probing and phylogenetic comparison, we have previously proposed that mammalian mitochondrial tRNA(sSer) (anticodon UGA) possess a slightly altered cloverleaf structure in...
Hirao, I, Nishimura, Y, Tagawa, Y, Watanabe, K, Miura, K
A small DNA fragment having a characteristic sequence d(GCGAAAGC) has been shown to form an extraordinarily stable mini-hairpin structure and to have an unusually rapid mobility in polyacrylamide gel...
Streptomyces bldA gene, which encodes a tRNA corresponding to a very minor leucine codon, UUA, regulates pleiotropic gene expression which is involved in sporulation and secondary metabolism. The...
Role of the extra G-C pair at the end of the acceptor stem of tRNA(His) in aminoacylation.
Himeno, H, Hasegawa, T, Ueda, T, Watanabe, K, Miura, K, Shimizu, M
All sequenced histidine tRNAs have one additional nucleotide at the 5' end compared with other tRNA species. To investigate the role of this unique structure in aminoacylation, we constructed in...
Structure- and sequence-specificity of ozone degradation of supercoiled plasmid DNA.
Sawadaishi, K, Miura, K, Ohtsuka, E, Ueda, T, Shinriki, N, Ishizaki, K
Ozone-reactive sites on the nucleobase moieties in supercoiled pBR322 DNA were investigated by using sequencing procedures. Ozonolysis in the absence of salt resulted in degradation of thymine...
Yamaguchi, K, Hidaka, S, Miura, K
To determine whether the rate of protein synthesis is controlled by the structure of mRNA near its 5' terminus, protein-synthesizing ability, especially in its initial stage, was compared among RNAs...
Miura, K, Nagai, S, Kinomoto, M, Haga, S, Tokunaga, T
A protein, isolated and purified from the unheated culture filtrate of Mycobacterium bovis BCG (substrain Tokyo 172) and designated MPB70, elicited a delayed skin reaction in guinea pigs sensitized...
c-Ha-ras down regulates the alpha-fetoprotein gene but not the albumin gene in human hepatoma cells.
Nakao, K, Lawless, D, Ohe, Y, Miyao, Y, Nakabayashi, H, Kamiya, H, ...
We studied the effects of transfection of the normal c-Ha-ras gene, rasGly-12, and its oncogenic mutant, rasVal-12, on expression of the alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) and albumin genes in a human hepatoma...
Double-stranded Ribonucleic Acid from Cytoplasmic Polyhedrosis Virus of the Silkworm
Miura, K., Fujii, I., Sakaki, T., Fuke, M., Kawase, S.
Ribonucleic acid (RNA) was extracted by phenol treatment from cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus isolated from the midgut of infected silkworms. This RNA appears as threads when precipitated in alcohol....
The nucleotide sequence around the origin of replication in DNA of mouse polyoma virus was determined by 32P labeling of the 3' terminus of the Hap II-5/Alu I-1 DNA fragment, with the use of DNA...
Miki, H, Miura, K, Takenawa, T
Here we identify a 65 kDa protein (N-WASP) from brain that binds the SH3 domains of Ash/Grb2. The sequence is homologous to Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP). N-WASP has several functional...
Yoshizawa, S, Ueda, T, Ishido, Y, Miura, K, Watanabe, K, Hirao, I
The nuclease resistance of a short, thermostable mini-hairpin, d(GCGAAGC), and other related hairpins was examined. Hairpins possessing a purine-rich (GAA) or (GAAA) loop appeared to be more...
A major role for phospholipase A2 in antigen-induced arachidonic acid release in rat mast cells.
Yamada, K, Okano, Y, Miura, K, Nozawa, Y
Cross-linking of IgE receptors by antigen stimulation leads to histamine release and arachidonic acid release in rat peritoneal mast cells. Investigators have reported a diverse distribution of...
Interaction of Ash/Grb-2 via its SH3 domains with neuron-specific p150 and p65.
Miura, K, Miki, H, Shimazaki, K, Kawai, N, Takenawa, T
We found that 180 kDa, 150 kDa (p150), 110 kDa, 100 kDa and 65 kDa (p65) proteins comprise the major Ash/Grb-2-binding proteins in bovine brain. Among these proteins, 180 kDa and 100 kDa proteins...
Methylation Imprinting of H19 and SNRPN Genes in Human Benign Ovarian Teratomas
Miura, K., Obama, M., Yun, K., Masuzaki, H., Ikeda, Y., Yoshimura, S., ...
In humans, studies of female germ cells are very limited by ethics. The current study investigated the usefulness of benign ovarian teratomas as a substitute for ova in analyses of imprinted genes....
Establishment and characterization of methylmercury-resistant PC12 cell line.
Miura, K, Clarkson, T W, Ikeda, K, Naganuma, A, Imura, N
Methylmercury (MeHg)-resistant sublines of rat pheochromocytoma (PC12) cells were isolated by repeated exposure to stepwise increased concentrations of MeHg. One of the sublines (PC12/TM) showed an...
Shimokawa, Y, Miura, K, Hifumi, M, Hayashi, H
Murine lymphocyte chemotactic factor (LCF) was demonstrated in various culture fluids of C3H/HeN lymphoid cells stimulated with specific soluble protein antigen, mitogen or alloantigenic cells....
Miura, K, Honda, M, Yoshimura, T, Hayashi, H
M1- cells (leukaemic cell line cells established from SL/Am mouse), Mm1 cells (macrophage-like cells subcloned from M1- cells), and undifferentiated B24 cells (subcloned from M1- cells) were...
Epidemiology of idiopathic cardiomyopathy in Japan: results from a nationwide survey
Miura, K, Nakagawa, H, Morikawa, Y, Sasayama, S, Matsumori, A, Hasegawa, K, ...
Objective: To estimate the total number of patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy in Japan and the prevalence of the disorder.
NAGAFUCHI, H, YOSHIKAWA, H, TAKEBA, Y, NARA, K, MIURA, K, KUROKAWA, M S, ...
Recombination activating gene (RAG) re-expression and secondary Ig gene rearrangement in mature B lymphocytes have been reported. Here, we have studied RAG expression of peripheral blood B...
Kim, S, Ohta, K, Hamaguchi, A, Omura, T, Tominaga, K, Yukimura, T, ...
Fibronectin plays an important role in various vascular diseases. A subpressor (200 ng kg-1 min-1) or pressor (1000 ng kg-1 min-1) dose of angiotensin II was continuously infused into rats by osmotic...
Miura, K., Ebara, T., Okumura, M., Matsuura, T., Kim, S., Yukimura, T., ...
1. The present study was conducted in order to elucidate the in vivo contribution of nitric oxide (NO) and the glibenclamide-sensitive potassium channel in the renal action of adrenomedullin in...
Kim, S., Ohta, K., Hamaguchi, A., Yukimura, T., Miura, K., Iwao, H.
1. This study was undertaken to determine whether the AT1 receptor directly contributes to hypertension-induced cardiac hypertrophy and gene expressions. 2. Stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive...
A case of sinus arrest caused by opening the mouth under general anesthesia.
Seo, K., Takayama, H., Araya, Y., Miura, K., Someya, G.
We report a case in which transient sinus arrest was observed under general anesthesia. This was associated with opening the mouth and was thought to be caused by a trigeminovagal reflex. The reflex...
Seo, K., Takayama, H., Araya, Y., Miura, K., Tanaka, Y., Kobayashi, Y., ...
Indirect inhibition of an external temporary pacemaker by electrocautery is reported. Before induction of general anesthesia for a hemimaxillectomy and radical neck dissection, a temporary...
Yamanaka, S., Iwao, H., Yukimura, T., Kim, S., Miura, K.
1. The present study was conducted in order to examine the effects of the platelet-activating factor (PAF) antagonist, TCV-309, and the cyclo-oxygenase inhibitor, ibuprofen, on the acute haemodynamic...
Mortality of inhabitants in an area polluted by cadmium: 15 year follow up.
Nishijo, M, Nakagawa, H, Morikawa, Y, Tabata, M, Senma, M, Miura, K, ...
OBJECTIVE--To assess the influence of environmental exposure to cadmium (Cd) on long term outcome of inhabitants living in an area polluted by Cd. METHODS--A follow up study for 15 years (from 1974-5...
Ishihara, N, Yamada, K, Yamada, Y, Miura, K, Kato, J, Kuwabara, N, ...
Tsukamoto, K, Hayakawa, H, Sato, A, Chida, K, Nakamura, H, Miura, K
BACKGROUND—The role of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is uncertain. A study was undertaken to detect the virus in IPF as well as to clarify the influence of EBV on...
Causes of death and renal tubular dysfunction in residents exposed to cadmium in the environment
Nishijo, M, Morikawa, Y, Nakagawa, H, Tawara, K, Miura, K, Kido, T, ...
Ohe, Y., Podack, E. R., Olsen, K. J., Miyahara, Y., Miura, K., Saito, H., ...
HuIL-6 cDNA, cloned into a neomycin resistant conferring expression vector, BMGNeo, was transfected into Lewis Lung Carcinoma (LLC) cells. LLC cells (5 x 10(6) ml-1) transfected with IL-6 cDNA...
A cell line from a human salivary-gland carcinoma.
Yoshida, M., Uchibori, N., Sato, E., Sobue, M., Miura, K., Takeuchi, J.
Glycosaminoglycan content and synthesis in gastric carcinoma.
Sobue, M., Takeuchi, J., Miura, K., Kawase, K., Mizuno, F., Sato, E.
The glycosaminoglycan (GAG) content of stomach carcinoma tissue was compared with that of non-neoplastic mucosa. GAG synthesis was also studied, by an analysis of 35S-labelled material after...
Chromosome band 16q24 is frequently deleted in human gastric cancer
Mori, Y, Matsunaga, M, Abe, T, Fukushige, S, Miura, K, Sunamura, M, ...
Mineta, H, Miura, K, Ogino, T, Takebayashi, S, Misawa, K, Ueda, Y, ...
Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has been identified as the substance that increases the permeability and proliferation of vascular endothelial cells. We examined the clinical significance...
Miura, K., Sugita, Y., Matsuura, K., Inaba, N., Kawano, K., Miles, F. A.
We recorded the initial vertical vergence eye movements elicited in monkeys at short latency (∼70 ms) when the two eyes see one-dimensional (1D) horizontal grating patterns that are identical...