M. Kataoka

Publication List Details

Period

1997 - 2008

Number

152

Co-Authors

Expected Performance of the ATLAS Experiment - Detector, Trigger and Physics (2008)

Abat, E., Abbott, B., Abdallah, J., Abdelalim, A. A., Abdesselam, A., ...

A detailed study is presented of the expected performance of the ATLAS detector. The reconstruction of tracks, leptons, photons, missing energy and jets is investigated, together with the performance...

Alignment of the Pixel and SCT Modules for the 2004 ATLAS Combined Test Beam (2008)

Ahmad, A., Andreazza, A., Atkinson, T., Baines, J., Barr, A. J., Beccherle, R., ...

A small set of final prototypes of the ATLAS Inner Detector silicon tracker (Pixel and SCT) were used to take data during the 2004 Combined Test Beam. Data were collected from runs with beams of...

Geometric suppression of single-particle energy spacings in quantum antidots (2008)

Bassett, L. C., Michael, C. P., Ford, C. J. B., Kataoka, M., Barnes, C. H. W., Simmons, M. Y., ...

Quantum antidot (AD) structures have remarkable properties in the integer quantum Hall regime, exhibiting Coulomb-blockade charging and the Kondo effect despite their open geometry. In some regimes a...

Electron interactions in an antidot in the integer quantum Hall regime (2007)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B.

A quantum antidot, a submicron depletion region in a two-dimensional electron system, has been actively studied in the past two decades, providing a powerful tool for understanding quantum Hall...

Energy-dependent tunnelling from few-electron dynamic quantum dots (2007)

Astley, M. R., Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B., Barnes, C. H. W., Anderson, D., Jones, G. A. C., ...

We measure the electron escape-rate from surface-acoustic-wave dynamic quantum dots (QDs) through a tunnel barrier. Rate-equations are used to extract the tunnelling rates, which change by an order...

Geometric Suppression of Single-Particle Energy Spacings in Quantum Antidots (2007)

Bassett, L. C., Michael, C. P., Ford, C. J. B., Kataoka, M., Barnes, C. H. W., Simmons, M. Y., ...

Quantum Antidot (AD) structures have remarkable properties in the integer quantum Hall regime, exhibiting Coulomb-blockade charging and the Kondo effect despite their open geometry. In some regimes a...

Photoproduction of events with rapidity gaps between jets at HERA (2007)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., Nicholass, D., ...

The photoproduction of dijet events, where the two jets with the highest transverse energy are separated by a large gap in pseudorapidity, have been studied with the ZEUS detector using an integrated...

Surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction (2007)

Gell, J. R., Atkinson, P., Bremner, S. P., Sfigakis, F., Kataoka, M., Anderson, D., ...

The authors report surface-acoustic-wave-driven luminescence from a lateral p-n junction formed by molecular beam epitaxy regrowth of a modulation doped GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well on a patterned GaAs...

Pulse-induced acousto-electric vibrations in surface-gated GaAs-based quantum devices (2007)

Rahman, S., Stace, T. M., Langtangen, H. P., Kataoka, M., Barnes, C. H. W.

We present the results of a numerical investigation which show the excitation of acoustoelectric modes of vibration in GaAs-based heterostructures due to sharp nanosecond electric-field pulses...

A numerical investigation of a piezoelectric surface acoustic wave interaction with a one-dimensional channel (2005)

Rahman, S., Kataoka, M., Barnes, C. H. W., Langtangen, H. P.

We investigate the propagation of a piezoelectric surface acoustic wave (SAW) across a GaAs/Al$_X$Ga$_{1-X}$As heterostructure surface, on which there is fixed a metallic split-gate. Our method is...

Comment on "Absence of Compressible Edge Channel Rings in Quantum Antidots" (2004)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B.

In a recent article, Karakurt et al. [I. Karakurt et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 89, 226803 (2002)] reported the absence of compressible regions around antidots in the quantum Hall regime. We wish to point...

Principals' and teachers' perceptions of learning disabilities: A study from Nara Prefecture, Japan (2004)

Kataoka, M, Van Kraayenoord, CE, Elkins, J

In this study, perceptions of learning disabilities were obtained from 128 principals and 123 teachers in the Nara Prefecture, Japan. A factor analysis indicated that five factors underlie...

Substructure dependence of jet cross sections at HERA and determination of alpha(S) (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Jet substructure and differential cross sections for jets produced in the photoproduction and deep inelastic ep scattering regimes have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an...

Observation of isolated high-E-T photons in deep inelastic scattering (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

First measurements of cross sections for isolated prompt photon production in deep inelastic ep scattering have been made using the ZEUS detector at the HERA electron-proton collider using an...

The dependence of dijet production on photon virtuality in ep collisions at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The dependence of dijet production on the virtuality of the exchanged photon, Q(2), has been studied by measuring dijet cross sections in the range 0 less than or similar to Q(2) lt 2000 GeV2 with...

Evidence for a narrow baryonic state decaying to K0s-p and K0s-pbar in deep inelastic scattering at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

A resonance search has been made in the K(S)(0)p and K-S(0)(p) over bar invariant-mass spectrum measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The search was...

Photoproduction of D*(+/-) mesons associated with a leading neutron (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of D*(+/-)(2010) mesons associated with a leading neutron has been observed with the ZEUS detector in ep collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 80 pb(-1). The...

Search for QCD-instanton induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for QCD-instanton-induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the HERA collider, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 38...

Isolated tau leptons in events with large missing transverse momentum at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, A., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions in deep inelastic scattering (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions have been studied in deep inelastic ep scattering events measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The...

Search for contact interactions, large extra dimensions and finite quark radius in ep collisions at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for physics beyond the Standard Model has been performed with high-Q(2) neutral current deep inelastic scattering events recorded with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Two data sets, e(+) p →...

Observation of (KsKs0)-K-0 resonances in deep inelastic scattering at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive (KSKS0)-K-0 production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA has been studied with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 120 pb(-1). Two states are observed at masses of...

High-Q(2) neutral current cross sections in e(+)p deep inelastic scattering at root s=318 GeV (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Cross sections for e(+)p neutral current deep inelastic scattering have been measured at a center-of-mass energy of roots=318 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 63.2...

Bottom photoproduction measured using decays into muons in dijet events in ep collisions at root s=318 GeV (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of bottom quarks in events with two jets and a muon has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 110 pb(-1). The fraction of jets containing...

Measurement of Dstar(+/-) production in deep inelastic e(+/-)p scattering at DESY HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive production of Dstar(+/-) (2010) mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at DESY HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.9 pb-1. The decay channel...

Measurement of beauty production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA (2004)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The beauty production cross section for deep inelastic scattering events with at least one hard jet in the Breit frame together with a union has been measured, for photon virtualities Q(2) gt 2 GeV2,...

Principals' and teachers' perceptions of learning disabilities: A study from Nara Prefecture, Japan (2004)

Kataoka, M, Van Kraayenoord, CE, Elkins, J

In this study, perceptions of learning disabilities were obtained from 128 principals and 123 teachers in the Nara Prefecture, Japan. A factor analysis indicated that five factors underlie...

Coulomb Blockade and Kondo Effect in a Quantum Hall Antidot (2003)

Kataoka, M., Yi, Hangmo, Hwang, N. Y., Yang, S. -R. E.

We propose a general capacitive model for an antidot, which has two localized edge states with different spins in the quantum Hall regime. The capacitive coupling of localized excess charges, which...

Kondo Effect in a Quantum Antidot (2002)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B., Simmons, M. Y., Ritchie, D. A.

We report Kondo-like behaviour in a quantum antidot (a submicron depleted region in a two-dimensional electron gas) in the quantum-Hall regime. When both spin branches of the lowest Landau level...

Coulomb blockade of tunnelling through compressible rings formed around an antidot: an explanation for $h/2e$ Aharonov-Bohm oscillations (2000)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B., Faini, G., Mailly, D., Simmons, M. Y., Ritchie, D. A.

We consider single-electron tunnelling through antidot states using a Coulomb-blockade model, and give an explanation for h/2e Aharonov-Bohm oscillations, which are observed experimentally when the...

Detection of Coulomb Charging around an Antidot in the Quantum Hall Regime (1999)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B., Faini, G., Mailly, D., Simmons, M. Y., Mace, D. R., ...

We have detected oscillations of the charge around a potential hill (antidot) in a two-dimensional electron gas as a function of a large magnetic field B. The field confines electrons around the...

Detection of Coulomb Charging around an Antidot (1999)

Kataoka, M., Ford, C. J. B., Faini, G., Mailly, D., Simmons, M. Y., Mace, D. R., ...

We have detected oscillations of the charge around a potential hill (antidot) in a two-dimensional electron gas as a function of a perpendicular magnetic field B. The field confines electrons around...

Substructure dependence of jet cross sections at HERA and determination of alpha(S)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Jet substructure and differential cross sections for jets produced in the photoproduction and deep inelastic ep scattering regimes have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an...

Observation of isolated high-E-T photons in deep inelastic scattering

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

First measurements of cross sections for isolated prompt photon production in deep inelastic ep scattering have been made using the ZEUS detector at the HERA electron-proton collider using an...

The dependence of dijet production on photon virtuality in ep collisions at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The dependence of dijet production on the virtuality of the exchanged photon, Q(2), has been studied by measuring dijet cross sections in the range 0 less than or similar to Q(2) lt 2000 GeV2 with...

Evidence for a narrow baryonic state decaying to K0s-p and K0s-pbar in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

A resonance search has been made in the K(S)(0)p and K-S(0)(p) over bar invariant-mass spectrum measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The search was...

Photoproduction of D*(+/-) mesons associated with a leading neutron

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of D*(+/-)(2010) mesons associated with a leading neutron has been observed with the ZEUS detector in ep collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 80 pb(-1). The...

Search for QCD-instanton induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for QCD-instanton-induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the HERA collider, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 38...

Isolated tau leptons in events with large missing transverse momentum at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, A., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions in deep inelastic scattering

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions have been studied in deep inelastic ep scattering events measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The...

Search for contact interactions, large extra dimensions and finite quark radius in ep collisions at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for physics beyond the Standard Model has been performed with high-Q(2) neutral current deep inelastic scattering events recorded with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Two data sets, e(+) p →...

Observation of (KsKs0)-K-0 resonances in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive (KSKS0)-K-0 production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA has been studied with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 120 pb(-1). Two states are observed at masses of...

High-Q(2) neutral current cross sections in e(+)p deep inelastic scattering at root s=318 GeV

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Cross sections for e(+)p neutral current deep inelastic scattering have been measured at a center-of-mass energy of roots=318 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 63.2...

Bottom photoproduction measured using decays into muons in dijet events in ep collisions at root s=318 GeV

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of bottom quarks in events with two jets and a muon has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 110 pb(-1). The fraction of jets containing...

Measurement of Dstar(+/-) production in deep inelastic e(+/-)p scattering at DESY HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive production of Dstar(+/-) (2010) mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at DESY HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.9 pb-1. The decay channel...

Measurement of beauty production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The beauty production cross section for deep inelastic scattering events with at least one hard jet in the Breit frame together with a union has been measured, for photon virtualities Q(2) gt 2 GeV2,...

Structure of the N intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by x-ray diffraction.

Kamikubo, H, Kataoka, M, Váró, G, Oka, T, Tokunaga, F, Needleman, R, ...

X-ray diffraction experiments revealed the structure of the N photointermediate of bacteriorhodopsin. Since the retinal Schiff base is reprotonated from Asp-96 during the M to N transition in the...

Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.

Flanagan, J M, Kataoka, M, Shortle, D, Engelman, D M

Deletion of 13 amino acids from the carboxyl terminus of the 149-amino acid staphylococcal nuclease molecule results in a denatured, partly unfolded molecule that lacks persistent secondary structure...

Cloning of the aldehyde reductase gene from a red yeast, Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, and characterization of the gene and its product.

Kita, K, Matsuzaki, K, Hashimoto, T, Yanase, H, Kato, N, Chung, M C, ...

An NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase (ALR) isolated from a red yeast, Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, catalyzes the reduction of a variety of carbonyl compounds. To investigate its primary structure,...

Characterization of a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein gene, dmcA, from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola.

Kataoka, M, Li, H, Arakawa, S, Kuramitsu, H

A gene, dmcA, expressing a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola has been characterized. The gene was initially identified as an open reading frame...

Development of a temperature-inducible expression system for Streptomyces spp.

Kataoka, M, Tatsuta, T, Suzuki, I, Kosono, S, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

PCR mutagenesis of a 0.9-kbp fragment, containing a repressor gene, traR, and its target promoter, Ptra, from Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, produced Streptomyces lividans clones with...

L-allo-threonine aldolase from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39: gene cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and identification of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-binding lysine residue by site-directed mutagenesis.

Liu, J Q, Dairi, T, Kataoka, M, Shimizu, S, Yamada, H

We have isolated the gene encoding L-allo-threonine aldolase (L-allo-TA) from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39, a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that stereospecifically catalyzes the...

Regulation of the transfer genes of Streptomyces plasmid pSN22: in vivo and in vitro study of the interaction of TraR with promoter regions.

Kataoka, M, Kosono, S, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

Expression of the tra operon, essential for conjugative transfer of the 11-kb Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, is negatively regulated by traR, which is located upstream of the tra operon and...

Five genes involved in self-transmission of pSN22, a Streptomyces plasmid.

Kataoka, M, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

An 11-kbp multicopy plasmid, pSN22, was isolated from Streptomyces nigrifaciens SN22. pSN22 is self-transmissible (conjugative), is maintained stably in S. lividans, and forms pocks in a wide range...

Regulation and function of the Streptomyces plasmid pSN22 genes involved in pock formation and inviability.

Kataoka, M, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

pSN22 is an 11-kb multicopy plasmid from Streptomyces nigrifaciens which is being studied in Streptomyces lividans. A segment of about 7 kb of pSN22 contains five genes involved in conjugation. Three...

Efficacy of oral administration of live herpes simplex virus type 1 as a vaccine.

Irie, H, Harada, Y, Kataoka, M, Nagamuta, M, Moriya, Y, Handa, M, ...

Mice given herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) (Miyama +GC strain) intragastrically via a stainless-steel cannula were rendered immune to subsequent lethal intraperitoneal (i.p.) challenge with...

Melittin binding causes a large calcium-dependent conformational change in calmodulin.

Kataoka, M, Head, J F, Seaton, B A, Engelman, D M

The interaction between calmodulin and its target protein is a key step in many calcium-regulated cellular functions. Melittin binds tightly to calmodulin in the presence of calcium and is a...

Direct interaction of the calcium sensor protein synaptotagmin I with a cytoplasmic domain of the alpha1A subunit of the P/Q-type calcium channel.

Charvin, N, L'evêque, C, Walker, D, Berton, F, Raymond, C, Kataoka, M, ...

Synaptotagmins are synaptic vesicle proteins containing two calcium-binding C2 domains which are involved in coupling calcium influx through voltage-gated channels to vesicle fusion and exocytosis of...

Conformational change of helix G in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle: investigation with heavy atom labeling and x-ray diffraction.

Oka, T, Kamikubo, H, Tokunaga, F, Lanyi, J K, Needleman, R, Kataoka, M

According to the current structural model of bacteriorhodopsin, Ile222 is located at the cytoplasmic end of helix G. We labeled the single cysteine of the site-directed mutant Ile222 --> Cys with...

Problems associated with the EEA stapling technique for esophagojejunostomy after total gastrectomy.

Kataoka, M, Masaoka, A, Hayashi, S, Honda, H, Hotta, T, Niwa, T, ...

Since November 1980, the EEA stapling device has been used to create an end-to-side esophagojejunostomy in 238 patients who underwent total gastrectomy. Failures in the stapling technique were...

Structure of the N intermediate of bacteriorhodopsin revealed by x-ray diffraction.

Kamikubo, H, Kataoka, M, Váró, G, Oka, T, Tokunaga, F, Needleman, R, ...

X-ray diffraction experiments revealed the structure of the N photointermediate of bacteriorhodopsin. Since the retinal Schiff base is reprotonated from Asp-96 during the M to N transition in the...

Truncated staphylococcal nuclease is compact but disordered.

Flanagan, J M, Kataoka, M, Shortle, D, Engelman, D M

Deletion of 13 amino acids from the carboxyl terminus of the 149-amino acid staphylococcal nuclease molecule results in a denatured, partly unfolded molecule that lacks persistent secondary structure...

Cloning of the aldehyde reductase gene from a red yeast, Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, and characterization of the gene and its product.

Kita, K, Matsuzaki, K, Hashimoto, T, Yanase, H, Kato, N, Chung, M C, ...

An NADPH-dependent aldehyde reductase (ALR) isolated from a red yeast, Sporobolomyces salmonicolor, catalyzes the reduction of a variety of carbonyl compounds. To investigate its primary structure,...

Characterization of a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein gene, dmcA, from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola.

Kataoka, M, Li, H, Arakawa, S, Kuramitsu, H

A gene, dmcA, expressing a methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein (MCP) from the oral spirochete Treponema denticola has been characterized. The gene was initially identified as an open reading frame...

Development of a temperature-inducible expression system for Streptomyces spp.

Kataoka, M, Tatsuta, T, Suzuki, I, Kosono, S, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

PCR mutagenesis of a 0.9-kbp fragment, containing a repressor gene, traR, and its target promoter, Ptra, from Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, produced Streptomyces lividans clones with...

L-allo-threonine aldolase from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39: gene cloning, nucleotide sequencing, and identification of the pyridoxal 5'-phosphate-binding lysine residue by site-directed mutagenesis.

Liu, J Q, Dairi, T, Kataoka, M, Shimizu, S, Yamada, H

We have isolated the gene encoding L-allo-threonine aldolase (L-allo-TA) from Aeromonas jandaei DK-39, a pyridoxal 5'-phosphate (PLP)-dependent enzyme that stereospecifically catalyzes the...

Regulation of the transfer genes of Streptomyces plasmid pSN22: in vivo and in vitro study of the interaction of TraR with promoter regions.

Kataoka, M, Kosono, S, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

Expression of the tra operon, essential for conjugative transfer of the 11-kb Streptomyces nigrifaciens plasmid pSN22, is negatively regulated by traR, which is located upstream of the tra operon and...

Five genes involved in self-transmission of pSN22, a Streptomyces plasmid.

Kataoka, M, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

An 11-kbp multicopy plasmid, pSN22, was isolated from Streptomyces nigrifaciens SN22. pSN22 is self-transmissible (conjugative), is maintained stably in S. lividans, and forms pocks in a wide range...

Regulation and function of the Streptomyces plasmid pSN22 genes involved in pock formation and inviability.

Kataoka, M, Seki, T, Yoshida, T

pSN22 is an 11-kb multicopy plasmid from Streptomyces nigrifaciens which is being studied in Streptomyces lividans. A segment of about 7 kb of pSN22 contains five genes involved in conjugation. Three...

Efficacy of oral administration of live herpes simplex virus type 1 as a vaccine.

Irie, H, Harada, Y, Kataoka, M, Nagamuta, M, Moriya, Y, Handa, M, ...

Mice given herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) (Miyama +GC strain) intragastrically via a stainless-steel cannula were rendered immune to subsequent lethal intraperitoneal (i.p.) challenge with...

Melittin binding causes a large calcium-dependent conformational change in calmodulin.

Kataoka, M, Head, J F, Seaton, B A, Engelman, D M

The interaction between calmodulin and its target protein is a key step in many calcium-regulated cellular functions. Melittin binds tightly to calmodulin in the presence of calcium and is a...

Direct interaction of the calcium sensor protein synaptotagmin I with a cytoplasmic domain of the alpha1A subunit of the P/Q-type calcium channel.

Charvin, N, L'evêque, C, Walker, D, Berton, F, Raymond, C, Kataoka, M, ...

Synaptotagmins are synaptic vesicle proteins containing two calcium-binding C2 domains which are involved in coupling calcium influx through voltage-gated channels to vesicle fusion and exocytosis of...

Conformational change of helix G in the bacteriorhodopsin photocycle: investigation with heavy atom labeling and x-ray diffraction.

Oka, T, Kamikubo, H, Tokunaga, F, Lanyi, J K, Needleman, R, Kataoka, M

According to the current structural model of bacteriorhodopsin, Ile222 is located at the cytoplasmic end of helix G. We labeled the single cysteine of the site-directed mutant Ile222 --> Cys with...

Problems associated with the EEA stapling technique for esophagojejunostomy after total gastrectomy.

Kataoka, M, Masaoka, A, Hayashi, S, Honda, H, Hotta, T, Niwa, T, ...

Since November 1980, the EEA stapling device has been used to create an end-to-side esophagojejunostomy in 238 patients who underwent total gastrectomy. Failures in the stapling technique were...

Substructure dependence of jet cross sections at HERA and determination of alpha(S)

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Jet substructure and differential cross sections for jets produced in the photoproduction and deep inelastic ep scattering regimes have been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an...

Observation of isolated high-E-T photons in deep inelastic scattering

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

First measurements of cross sections for isolated prompt photon production in deep inelastic ep scattering have been made using the ZEUS detector at the HERA electron-proton collider using an...

The dependence of dijet production on photon virtuality in ep collisions at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The dependence of dijet production on the virtuality of the exchanged photon, Q(2), has been studied by measuring dijet cross sections in the range 0 less than or similar to Q(2) lt 2000 GeV2 with...

Evidence for a narrow baryonic state decaying to K0s-p and K0s-pbar in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

A resonance search has been made in the K(S)(0)p and K-S(0)(p) over bar invariant-mass spectrum measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The search was...

Photoproduction of D*(+/-) mesons associated with a leading neutron

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of D*(+/-)(2010) mesons associated with a leading neutron has been observed with the ZEUS detector in ep collisions at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 80 pb(-1). The...

Search for QCD-instanton induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for QCD-instanton-induced events in deep inelastic ep scattering has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the HERA collider, using data corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 38...

Isolated tau leptons in events with large missing transverse momentum at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, A., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for events containing isolated tau leptons and large missing transverse momentum, not originating from the tau decay, has been performed with the ZEUS detector at the electron-proton...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions in deep inelastic scattering

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Bose-Einstein correlations in one and two dimensions have been studied in deep inelastic ep scattering events measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 121 pb(-1). The...

Search for contact interactions, large extra dimensions and finite quark radius in ep collisions at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

A search for physics beyond the Standard Model has been performed with high-Q(2) neutral current deep inelastic scattering events recorded with the ZEUS detector at HERA. Two data sets, e(+) p →...

Observation of (KsKs0)-K-0 resonances in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive (KSKS0)-K-0 production in deep inelastic ep scattering at HERA has been studied with the ZEUS detector using an integrated luminosity of 120 pb(-1). Two states are observed at masses of...

High-Q(2) neutral current cross sections in e(+)p deep inelastic scattering at root s=318 GeV

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

Cross sections for e(+)p neutral current deep inelastic scattering have been measured at a center-of-mass energy of roots=318 GeV with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 63.2...

Bottom photoproduction measured using decays into muons in dijet events in ep collisions at root s=318 GeV

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., ...

The photoproduction of bottom quarks in events with two jets and a muon has been measured with the ZEUS detector at HERA using an integrated luminosity of 110 pb(-1). The fraction of jets containing...

Measurement of Dstar(+/-) production in deep inelastic e(+/-)p scattering at DESY HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Krakauer, D., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Musgrave, B., ...

Inclusive production of Dstar(+/-) (2010) mesons in deep inelastic scattering has been measured with the ZEUS detector at DESY HERA using an integrated luminosity of 81.9 pb-1. The decay channel...

Measurement of beauty production in deep inelastic scattering at HERA

Chekanov, S., Derrick, M., Loizides, J.H., Magill, S., Miglioranzi, S., Musgrave, B., ...

The beauty production cross section for deep inelastic scattering events with at least one hard jet in the Breit frame together with a union has been measured, for photon virtualities Q(2) gt 2 GeV2,...

Urea-induced conformational changes in cold- and heat-denatured states of a protein, Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor.

Konno, T., Kamatari, Y. O., Kataoka, M., Akasaka, K.

Streptomyces subtilisin inhibitor (SSI) is known to exist in at least two distinct denatured states, cold-denatured (D') and heat-denatured (D) under acidic conditions. In the present work, we...

Structural characterization of the molten globule of alpha-lactalbumin by solution X-ray scattering.

Kataoka, M., Kuwajima, K., Tokunaga, F., Goto, Y.

A compact denatured state is often observed under a mild denaturation condition for various proteins. A typical example is the alpha-lactalbumin molten globule. Although the molecular compactness and...

The methanol-induced transition and the expanded helical conformation in hen lysozyme.

Kamatari, Y. O., Konno, T., Kataoka, M., Akasaka, K.

Methanol-induced conformational transitions of hen egg white lysozyme were investigated with a combined use of far- and near-UV CD and NMR spectroscopies, ANS binding and small-angle X-ray...

The compact and expanded denatured conformations of apomyoglobin in the methanol-water solvent.

Kamatari, Y. O., Ohji, S., Konno, T., Seki, Y., Soda, K., Kataoka, M., ...

We have performed a detailed study of methanol-induced conformational transitions of horse heart apomyoglobin (apoMb) to investigate the existence of the compact and expanded denatured states. A...

Serum CA125 level is a good prognostic indicator in lung cancer.

Kimura, Y., Fujii, T., Hamamoto, K., Miyagawa, N., Kataoka, M., Iio, A.

The serum CA125 level was determined by a one-step immunoradiometric assay method in patients with lung cancer. Increased serum CA125 levels were observed in 37.8% of patients with squamous cell...

Hydration Affects Both Harmonic and Anharmonic Nature of Protein Dynamics

Nakagawa, H., Joti, Y., Kitao, A., Kataoka, M.

To understand the effect of hydration on protein dynamics, inelastic neutron-scattering experiments were performed on staphylococcal nuclease samples at differing hydration levels: dehydrated,...