Kazuo Ishii

System Design and Control System of An Autonomous Underwater Robot “AquaBox” (2008)

Yu Eriguchi, Satomi Ohata, Ryo Kusakabe, Satoshi Araki, Kunihiro Mori, Atushi K, ...

Abstract: Various kinds of robots have been developed parallel with the progress of computers and information processing technology, and the operations in the extreme environments, such as disaster...

BASIC RESEARCH ON NAVIGATION OF AN OMNI-DIRECTIONAL MOBILE ROBOT (2008)

Ryuugo Mochizuki, Kazuo Ishii

Human-beings, other animals and insects, etc. are able to reach a target place from a distant location, implement a collision avoidance and also detect landmarks from environments, mainly using a

Estimation of the Time of Divergence between Japanese Mishima Island Cattle and Other Cattle Populations Using Microsatellite DNA Markers (2008)

Nagamine, Yoshitaka, Nirasawa, Keijiro, Takahashi, Hideaki, Sasaki, Osamu, Ishii, Kazuo, Minezawa, Mitsuru, ...

We applied the theory of random genetic drift to determine the divergence history of a closed cattle population over the relatively short timescale of several hundred years. The divergence history of...

Quantitative Trait Loci (2007)

Chindo Hicks, Eiji Kobayashi, Masahiro Satoh, Kazuo Ishii, Tsutomu Furukawa

The process of locating quantitative trait loci (QTLs) using genetic linkage maps, an ordered array of genetic markers placed along the chromosome, could be facilitated by applying efficient computer...

Bipedal walk using a central pattern generator (2004)

Hironobu Inada, Kazuo Ishii

Abstract. In biological systems, the rhythm generator mechanism called Central Pattern Generator (CPG) is involved in rhythmic activities, such as locomotion, respiration, heartbeat, etc, and various...

Complete Genome Sequence of Enterohemorrhagic Eschelichia coli O157:H7 and Genomic Comparison with a Laboratory Strain K-12 (2001)

Hayashi, Tetsuya, Makino, Kozo, Ohnishi, Makoto, Kurokawa, Ken, Ishii, Kazuo, Yokoyama, Katsushi, ...

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a major food-borne infectious pathogen that causes diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Here we report the complete chromosome sequence of an...

Comparison of whole genome sequences of Chlamydia pneumoniae J138 from Japan and CWL029 from USA (2000)

Shirai, Mutsunori, Hirakawa, Hideki, Kimoto, Mitsuaki, Tabuchi, Mitsuaki, Kishi, Fumio, Ouchi, Kazunobu, ...

Chlamydia pneumoniae is a widespread pathogen of humans causing pneumonia and bronchitis. There are many reports of an association between C.pneumoniae infection and atherosclerosis. We determined...

Chromosome of the Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7; Comparative Analysis with K-12 MG1655 Revealed the Acquisition of a Large Amount of Foreign DNAs (1999)

Ohnishi, Makoto, Tanaka, Chiho, Kuhara, Satoru, Ishii, Kazuo, Hattori, Masahiro, Kurokawa, Ken, ...

A complete Xba I and Bln I cleavage map was constructed for the chromosome of an enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7 strain isolated from an outbreak in Sakai City, Japan, in 1996. A...

Complete Nucleotide Sequences of 93-kb and 3.3-kb Plasmids of an Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 Derived from Sakai Outbreak (1998)

Makino, Kozo, Ishii, Kazuo, Yasunaga, Teruo, Hattori, Masahiro, Yokoyama, Katsushi, Yutsudo, Chikako H., ...

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) O157:H7, derived from an outbreak in Sakai city, Japan in 1996, possesses two kinds of plasmids: a 93-kb plasmid termed pO157, found in clinical EHEC...

A Simple and Specific Assay of Glycosyltransferase and Glycosidase Activities by an Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay Method, and Its Application to Assay of GalactosyItransferase Activity in Sera from Patients with Cancer (1990)

Taki, Takao, Nishiwaki, Shigeru, Ishii, Kazuo, Handa, Shizuo

A simple, sensitive, and specific assay method for glycosyltransferase and glycosidase activities has been established by means of an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) using monoclonal...

Studies on Furan Fatty Acids of Salmon Roe Phospholipids (1988)

Ishii, Kazuo, Okajima, Haruo, Okada, Youji, Watanabe, Hiroshi

Mature salmon roe lipids were found to consist of triacylglycerols (63%), phospholipids (30%), sterols (4.2%), steryl esters (0.7%), and other minor components. In the steryl esters and...

Comparison of whole genome sequences of Chlamydia pneumoniae J138 from Japan and CWL029 from USA

Shirai, Mutsunori, Hirakawa, Hideki, Kimoto, Mitsuaki, Tabuchi, Mitsuaki, Kishi, Fumio, Ouchi, Kazunobu, ...

Chlamydia pneumoniae is a widespread pathogen of humans causing pneumonia and bronchitis. There are many reports of an association between C.pneumoniae infection and atherosclerosis. We determined...

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Cell Wall-Specific Differentially Expressed Genes Identified by Differential Display and cDNA Subtraction in Human Macrophages

Begum, Nasim A., Ishii, Kazuo, Kurita-Taniguchi, Mitsue, Tanabe, Masako, Kobayashi, Mika, Moriwaki, Yasuhiro, ...

We have analyzed the gene expression profile of monocytes in response to a highly purified cell wall fraction of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a clinically approved adjuvant known as BCG cell wall...

Comparison of whole genome sequences of Chlamydia pneumoniae J138 from Japan and CWL029 from USA

Shirai, Mutsunori, Hirakawa, Hideki, Kimoto, Mitsuaki, Tabuchi, Mitsuaki, Kishi, Fumio, Ouchi, Kazunobu, ...

Chlamydia pneumoniae is a widespread pathogen of humans causing pneumonia and bronchitis. There are many reports of an association between C.pneumoniae infection and atherosclerosis. We determined...

Mycobacterium bovis BCG Cell Wall-Specific Differentially Expressed Genes Identified by Differential Display and cDNA Subtraction in Human Macrophages

Begum, Nasim A., Ishii, Kazuo, Kurita-Taniguchi, Mitsue, Tanabe, Masako, Kobayashi, Mika, Moriwaki, Yasuhiro, ...

We have analyzed the gene expression profile of monocytes in response to a highly purified cell wall fraction of Mycobacterium bovis BCG, a clinically approved adjuvant known as BCG cell wall...

The Complete Nucleotide Sequence of the Human Immunoglobulin Heavy Chain Variable Region Locus

Matsuda, Fumihiko, Ishii, Kazuo, Bourvagnet, Patrice, Kuma, Kei-ichi, Hayashida, Hidenori, Miyata, Takashi, ...

The complete nucleotide sequence of the 957-kb DNA of the human immunoglobulin heavy chain variable (VH) region locus was determined and 43 novel VH segments were identified. The region contains 123...