M. Yamasaki

Publication List Details

Period

2004 - 2008

Number

64

Co-Authors

Thermal degradation of anodic niobia on niobium and oxygen-containing niobium (2008)

Habazaki, H., Yamasaki, M., Ogasawara, T., Fushimi, K., Konno, H., Shimizu, K., ...

Thermal treatment of anodized niobium and oxygen-containing niobium has been carried out to elucidate the thermal degradation mechanism of niobium capacitors and to clarify the influence of oxygen...

Microstructure and mechanical properties of electron beam weld joints of a $Zr_{41}Ti_{14}Cu_{12}Ni_{10}Be_{23}$ bulk metallic glass with Zr (2007)

Bhowmick, R, Bysakh, S, Kawamura, Y, Yamasaki, M, Ramamurty, U, Chattopadhyay, K

The electron beam welding technique was used to join $Zr_{41}Ti_{14}Cu_{12}Ni_{10}Be_{23}$ bulk metallic glass (BMG) to crystalline pure Zr. Compositional,microstructural, and mechanical property...

Microstructure and mechanical properties of electron beam weld joints of a $Zr_{41}Ti_{14}Cu_{12}Ni_{10}Be_{23}$ bulk metallic glass with Zr (2007)

Bhowmick, R, Bysakh, S, Kawamura, Y, Yamasaki, M, Ramamurty, U, Chattopadhyay, K

The electron beam welding technique was used to join $Zr_{41}Ti_{14}Cu_{12}Ni_{10}Be_{23}$ bulk metallic glass (BMG) to crystalline pure Zr. Compositional,microstructural, and mechanical property...

Replication factor encoded by a putative oncogene, set, associated with myeloid leukemogenesis.

Nagata, K, Kawase, H, Handa, H, Yano, K, Yamasaki, M, Ishimi, Y, ...

DNA replication of the adenovirus genome complexed with viral core proteins is dependent on the host factor designated template activating factor I (TAF-I) in addition to factors required for...

bfr1+, a novel gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe which confers brefeldin A resistance, is structurally related to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily.

Nagao, K, Taguchi, Y, Arioka, M, Kadokura, H, Takatsuki, A, Yoda, K, ...

We have isolated a Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene, bfr1+, which on a multicopy plasmid vector, pDB248', confers resistance to brefeldin A (BFA), an inhibitor of intracellular protein transport. This...

Physiological and biochemical analysis of the effects of alkaline phosphatase overproduction in Escherichia coli.

Kadokura, H, Watanabe, K, Tsuneizumi, K, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M

Overexpression of the Escherichia coli phoA gene, coding for alkaline phosphatase (PhoA), on multicopy plasmids caused a severe defect in the precursor processing (secretion) of PhoA, beta-lactamase,...

A novel dipeptidyl aminopeptidase from Pseudomonas sp. strain WO24.

Ogasawara, W, Ochiai, K, Ando, K, Yano, K, Yamasaki, M, Okada, H, ...

An activity similar to that of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase I (DAP I) which releases dipeptide from Gly-Arg-p-nitroanilide (Gly-Arg-pNA) was detected in a Pseudomonas sp. An enzyme was isolated and...

Production and secretion in Escherichia coli of hepatitis B virus pre-S2 antigen as fusion proteins with beta-lactamase.

Kadokura, H, Yoda, K, Imai, M, Yamasaki, M

The diagnostically important surface antigen pre-S2 of hepatitis B virus was produced in large amounts in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. The DNA fragments (pre-S2) coding the pre-S2...

TmrB protein, responsible for tunicamycin resistance of Bacillus subtilis, is a novel ATP-binding membrane protein.

Noda, Y, Yoda, K, Takatsuki, A, Yamasaki, M

tmrB is the gene responsible for tunicamycin resistance in Bacillus subtilis. It is predicted that an increase in tmrB gene expression makes B. subtilis tunicamycin resistant. To examine the tmrB...

The 55-kilodalton protein in an oriC complex fraction is glycogen synthase.

Kaidow, A, Kataoka, T, Wachi, M, Takada, A, Yamasaki, M, Nagai, K

Three proteins with molecular masses of 35, 55, and 75 kDa were found in an oriC complex fraction after purification through CsCl density gradient centrifugation (W. G. Hendrickson, T. Kusano, H....

Molecular cloning of the protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase genes of Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

Noda, Y, Nishikawa, S, Shiozuka, K, Kadokura, H, Nakajima, H, Yoda, K, ...

We determined the nucleotide sequence of a 1.9-kilobase fragment of Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK6 chromosomal DNA that included genes encoding protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase, the enzyme responsible...

Molecular cloning of the structural gene for alkaline elastase YaB, a new subtilisin produced by an alkalophilic Bacillus strain.

Kaneko, R, Koyama, N, Tsai, Y C, Juang, R Y, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M

Alkaline elastase YaB is an extracellular serine protease of the alkalophilic Bacillus strain YaB. We cloned the structural gene, ale, and determined the nucleotide sequence. The mature enzyme (268...

Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a Pseudomonas paucimobilis enzyme that cleaves beta-aryl ether.

Masai, E, Katayama, Y, Kawai, S, Nishikawa, S, Yamasaki, M, Morohoshi, N

We isolated Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6, which was able to degrade various dimeric lignin compounds (Y. Katayama, S. Nishikawa, M. Nakamura, K. Yano, M. Yamasaki, N. Morohoshi, and T. Haraguchi,...

Amplification and deletion of the amyE+-tmrB+ gene region in a Bacillus subtilis recombinant-phage genome by the tmrA7 mutation.

Furusato, T, Takano, J, Yamane, K, Hashiguchi, K, Tanimoto, A, Mori, M, ...

A 22.4-kilobase DNA fragment containing the tmrA7-amyR2-amyE+-tmrB+-aroI+ region of the Bacillus subtilis N7 chromosomal DNA was cloned into a recombinant B. subtilis bacteriophage, p11-AA248. The...

Alpha-amylase genes (amyR2 and amyE+) from an alpha-amylase-hyperproducing Bacillus subtilis strain: molecular cloning and nucleotide sequences.

Yamazaki, H, Ohmura, K, Nakayama, A, Takeichi, Y, Otozai, K, Yamasaki, M, ...

amyR2, amyE+, and aroI+ alleles from an alpha-amylase-hyperproducing strain, Bacillus subtilis NA64, were cloned in temperate B. subtilis phage p11, and the amyR2 and amyE+ genes were then recloned...

Essential structure in the cloned transforming DNA that induces gene amplification of the Bacillus subtilis amyE-tmrB region.

Mori, M, Tanimoto, A, Yoda, K, Harada, S, Koyama, N, Hashiguchi, K, ...

Bacillus subtilis B7, a mutant which acquired gene amplification of the amyE-tmrB region, showed, as a result, hyperproductivity (about a 5- to 10-fold increase) of alpha-amylase and tunicamycin...

High and selective resistance to mecillinam in adenylate cyclase-deficient or cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate receptor protein-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli.

Aono, R, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Adenylate cyclase-deficient (cya) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 were selectively and highly resistant to mecillinam (FL1060) among several beta-lactam antibiotics in the absence of cyclic...

Changes in composition of envelope proteins in adenylate cyclase- or cyclic AMP receptor protein-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli.

Aono, R, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Synthesis of several envelope proteins in Escherichia coli K-12 is regulated by cyclic AMP and cyclic AMP receptor protein.

Tunicamycin-resistant mutants and chromosomal locations of mutational sites in Bacillus subtilis.

Nomura, S, Yamane, K, Sasaki, T, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G, Maruo, B

The types of tunicamycin-resistant mutants of Bacillus subtilis were analyzed, and their mutational sites on the chromosome were mapped. A type 1 mutation that simultaneously expressed...

Transfer of DNA killer plasmids from Kluyveromyces lactis to Kluyveromyces fragilis and Candida pseudotropicalis.

Sugisaki, Y, Gunge, N, Sakaguchi, K, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Killer plasmids pGKL1 and pGKL2 of double-stranded linear DNAs were transferred from Kluyveromyces lactis to strains of Kluyveromyces fragilis and Candida pseudotropicalis. The resultant killer...

Chimeric hepatitis B virus core particles with parts or copies of the hepatitis C virus core protein.

Yoshikawa, A, Tanaka, T, Hoshi, Y, Kato, N, Tachibana, K, Iizuka, H, ...

Either parts or multiple copies of the core gene of hepatitis C virus (HCV) were fused to the 3' terminus of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) core gene with 34 codons removed. As many as four copies of...

CDNA cloning of p112, the largest regulatory subunit of the human 26s proteasome, and functional analysis of its yeast homologue, sen3p.

Yokota, K, Kagawa, S, Shimizu, Y, Akioka, H, Tsurumi, C, Noda, C, ...

The 26S proteasome is a large multisubunit protease complex, the largest regulatory subunit of which is a component named p112. Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding human p112 revealed a polypeptide...

Length and structural effect of signal peptides derived from Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase on secretion of Escherichia coli beta-lactamase in B. subtilis cells.

Ohmura, K, Nakamura, K, Yamazaki, H, Shiroza, T, Yamane, K, Jigami, Y, ...

The precursor of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase contains an NH2-terminal extension of 41 amino acid residues as the signal sequence. The E. coli beta-lactamase structural gene was fused with the DNA...

The nucleotide sequence of the promoter and the amino-terminal region of alkaline phosphatase structural gene (phoA) of Escherichia coli.

Kikuchi, Y, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

The promoter and the amino-terminal region of phoA, the structural gene for alkaline phosphatase of Escherichia coli K12, was cloned by using a promoter cloning vector pMC1403. The nucleotide...

Synthesis and secretion of human epidermal growth factor by Escherichia coli.

Oka, T, Sakamoto, S, Miyoshi, K, Fuwa, T, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M, ...

A synthetic gene for human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) was joined to a sequence encoding the signal peptide of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase. This hybrid gene was placed under the control...

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 causes differential signalling mediated by proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 in THP-1 cells.

Yamasaki, M, Arai, H, Ashida, N, Ishii, K, Kita, T

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) has a crucial role in atherogenesis and inflammation. However, MCP-1-mediated signalling pathways in monocytes have not been fully elucidated. In the...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. III. Guinea pig (Cavia cobaya).

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 30 male and 30 female Hartley guinea pigs. The superior thyroid artery was the most common (73% of males, 55% of females). It arose from the...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. IV. Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 30 male and 30 female Japanese white strain rabbits. Because of the high frequency (87% on average) of an independent superior laryngeal artery,...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. II. Polyprotodont marsupials.

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 27 specimens from 9 species belonging to the Australian Polyprotodont marsupials, which are subdivided into 2 superfamilies, Dasyuroidea and...

Replication factor encoded by a putative oncogene, set, associated with myeloid leukemogenesis.

Nagata, K, Kawase, H, Handa, H, Yano, K, Yamasaki, M, Ishimi, Y, ...

DNA replication of the adenovirus genome complexed with viral core proteins is dependent on the host factor designated template activating factor I (TAF-I) in addition to factors required for...

bfr1+, a novel gene of Schizosaccharomyces pombe which confers brefeldin A resistance, is structurally related to the ATP-binding cassette superfamily.

Nagao, K, Taguchi, Y, Arioka, M, Kadokura, H, Takatsuki, A, Yoda, K, ...

We have isolated a Schizosaccharomyces pombe gene, bfr1+, which on a multicopy plasmid vector, pDB248', confers resistance to brefeldin A (BFA), an inhibitor of intracellular protein transport. This...

Physiological and biochemical analysis of the effects of alkaline phosphatase overproduction in Escherichia coli.

Kadokura, H, Watanabe, K, Tsuneizumi, K, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M

Overexpression of the Escherichia coli phoA gene, coding for alkaline phosphatase (PhoA), on multicopy plasmids caused a severe defect in the precursor processing (secretion) of PhoA, beta-lactamase,...

A novel dipeptidyl aminopeptidase from Pseudomonas sp. strain WO24.

Ogasawara, W, Ochiai, K, Ando, K, Yano, K, Yamasaki, M, Okada, H, ...

An activity similar to that of dipeptidyl aminopeptidase I (DAP I) which releases dipeptide from Gly-Arg-p-nitroanilide (Gly-Arg-pNA) was detected in a Pseudomonas sp. An enzyme was isolated and...

Production and secretion in Escherichia coli of hepatitis B virus pre-S2 antigen as fusion proteins with beta-lactamase.

Kadokura, H, Yoda, K, Imai, M, Yamasaki, M

The diagnostically important surface antigen pre-S2 of hepatitis B virus was produced in large amounts in the periplasmic space of Escherichia coli. The DNA fragments (pre-S2) coding the pre-S2...

TmrB protein, responsible for tunicamycin resistance of Bacillus subtilis, is a novel ATP-binding membrane protein.

Noda, Y, Yoda, K, Takatsuki, A, Yamasaki, M

tmrB is the gene responsible for tunicamycin resistance in Bacillus subtilis. It is predicted that an increase in tmrB gene expression makes B. subtilis tunicamycin resistant. To examine the tmrB...

The 55-kilodalton protein in an oriC complex fraction is glycogen synthase.

Kaidow, A, Kataoka, T, Wachi, M, Takada, A, Yamasaki, M, Nagai, K

Three proteins with molecular masses of 35, 55, and 75 kDa were found in an oriC complex fraction after purification through CsCl density gradient centrifugation (W. G. Hendrickson, T. Kusano, H....

Molecular cloning of the protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase genes of Pseudomonas paucimobilis.

Noda, Y, Nishikawa, S, Shiozuka, K, Kadokura, H, Nakajima, H, Yoda, K, ...

We determined the nucleotide sequence of a 1.9-kilobase fragment of Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK6 chromosomal DNA that included genes encoding protocatechuate 4,5-dioxygenase, the enzyme responsible...

Molecular cloning of the structural gene for alkaline elastase YaB, a new subtilisin produced by an alkalophilic Bacillus strain.

Kaneko, R, Koyama, N, Tsai, Y C, Juang, R Y, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M

Alkaline elastase YaB is an extracellular serine protease of the alkalophilic Bacillus strain YaB. We cloned the structural gene, ale, and determined the nucleotide sequence. The mature enzyme (268...

Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a Pseudomonas paucimobilis enzyme that cleaves beta-aryl ether.

Masai, E, Katayama, Y, Kawai, S, Nishikawa, S, Yamasaki, M, Morohoshi, N

We isolated Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK-6, which was able to degrade various dimeric lignin compounds (Y. Katayama, S. Nishikawa, M. Nakamura, K. Yano, M. Yamasaki, N. Morohoshi, and T. Haraguchi,...

Amplification and deletion of the amyE+-tmrB+ gene region in a Bacillus subtilis recombinant-phage genome by the tmrA7 mutation.

Furusato, T, Takano, J, Yamane, K, Hashiguchi, K, Tanimoto, A, Mori, M, ...

A 22.4-kilobase DNA fragment containing the tmrA7-amyR2-amyE+-tmrB+-aroI+ region of the Bacillus subtilis N7 chromosomal DNA was cloned into a recombinant B. subtilis bacteriophage, p11-AA248. The...

Alpha-amylase genes (amyR2 and amyE+) from an alpha-amylase-hyperproducing Bacillus subtilis strain: molecular cloning and nucleotide sequences.

Yamazaki, H, Ohmura, K, Nakayama, A, Takeichi, Y, Otozai, K, Yamasaki, M, ...

amyR2, amyE+, and aroI+ alleles from an alpha-amylase-hyperproducing strain, Bacillus subtilis NA64, were cloned in temperate B. subtilis phage p11, and the amyR2 and amyE+ genes were then recloned...

Essential structure in the cloned transforming DNA that induces gene amplification of the Bacillus subtilis amyE-tmrB region.

Mori, M, Tanimoto, A, Yoda, K, Harada, S, Koyama, N, Hashiguchi, K, ...

Bacillus subtilis B7, a mutant which acquired gene amplification of the amyE-tmrB region, showed, as a result, hyperproductivity (about a 5- to 10-fold increase) of alpha-amylase and tunicamycin...

High and selective resistance to mecillinam in adenylate cyclase-deficient or cyclic adenosine 3',5'-monophosphate receptor protein-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli.

Aono, R, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Adenylate cyclase-deficient (cya) mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 were selectively and highly resistant to mecillinam (FL1060) among several beta-lactam antibiotics in the absence of cyclic...

Changes in composition of envelope proteins in adenylate cyclase- or cyclic AMP receptor protein-deficient mutants of Escherichia coli.

Aono, R, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Synthesis of several envelope proteins in Escherichia coli K-12 is regulated by cyclic AMP and cyclic AMP receptor protein.

Tunicamycin-resistant mutants and chromosomal locations of mutational sites in Bacillus subtilis.

Nomura, S, Yamane, K, Sasaki, T, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G, Maruo, B

The types of tunicamycin-resistant mutants of Bacillus subtilis were analyzed, and their mutational sites on the chromosome were mapped. A type 1 mutation that simultaneously expressed...

Transfer of DNA killer plasmids from Kluyveromyces lactis to Kluyveromyces fragilis and Candida pseudotropicalis.

Sugisaki, Y, Gunge, N, Sakaguchi, K, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

Killer plasmids pGKL1 and pGKL2 of double-stranded linear DNAs were transferred from Kluyveromyces lactis to strains of Kluyveromyces fragilis and Candida pseudotropicalis. The resultant killer...

Chimeric hepatitis B virus core particles with parts or copies of the hepatitis C virus core protein.

Yoshikawa, A, Tanaka, T, Hoshi, Y, Kato, N, Tachibana, K, Iizuka, H, ...

Either parts or multiple copies of the core gene of hepatitis C virus (HCV) were fused to the 3' terminus of the hepatitis B virus (HBV) core gene with 34 codons removed. As many as four copies of...

CDNA cloning of p112, the largest regulatory subunit of the human 26s proteasome, and functional analysis of its yeast homologue, sen3p.

Yokota, K, Kagawa, S, Shimizu, Y, Akioka, H, Tsurumi, C, Noda, C, ...

The 26S proteasome is a large multisubunit protease complex, the largest regulatory subunit of which is a component named p112. Molecular cloning of cDNA encoding human p112 revealed a polypeptide...

Length and structural effect of signal peptides derived from Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase on secretion of Escherichia coli beta-lactamase in B. subtilis cells.

Ohmura, K, Nakamura, K, Yamazaki, H, Shiroza, T, Yamane, K, Jigami, Y, ...

The precursor of Bacillus subtilis alpha-amylase contains an NH2-terminal extension of 41 amino acid residues as the signal sequence. The E. coli beta-lactamase structural gene was fused with the DNA...

The nucleotide sequence of the promoter and the amino-terminal region of alkaline phosphatase structural gene (phoA) of Escherichia coli.

Kikuchi, Y, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M, Tamura, G

The promoter and the amino-terminal region of phoA, the structural gene for alkaline phosphatase of Escherichia coli K12, was cloned by using a promoter cloning vector pMC1403. The nucleotide...

Synthesis and secretion of human epidermal growth factor by Escherichia coli.

Oka, T, Sakamoto, S, Miyoshi, K, Fuwa, T, Yoda, K, Yamasaki, M, ...

A synthetic gene for human epidermal growth factor (hEGF) was joined to a sequence encoding the signal peptide of Escherichia coli alkaline phosphatase. This hybrid gene was placed under the control...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. III. Guinea pig (Cavia cobaya).

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 30 male and 30 female Hartley guinea pigs. The superior thyroid artery was the most common (73% of males, 55% of females). It arose from the...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. IV. Rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus).

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 30 male and 30 female Japanese white strain rabbits. Because of the high frequency (87% on average) of an independent superior laryngeal artery,...

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 causes differential signalling mediated by proline-rich tyrosine kinase 2 in THP-1 cells.

Yamasaki, M, Arai, H, Ashida, N, Ishii, K, Kita, T

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1 (MCP-1) has a crucial role in atherogenesis and inflammation. However, MCP-1-mediated signalling pathways in monocytes have not been fully elucidated. In the...

Comparative anatomical studies on the thyroid and thymic arteries. II. Polyprotodont marsupials.

Yamasaki, M

The thyroid and thymic arteries were investigated in 27 specimens from 9 species belonging to the Australian Polyprotodont marsupials, which are subdivided into 2 superfamilies, Dasyuroidea and...

Cheiro-oral syndrome with bilateral oral involvement: a study of pontine lesions by high-resolution magnetic resonance imaging.

Matsumoto, S, Kaku, S, Yamasaki, M, Imai, T, Nabatame, H, Kameyama, M

Two cases of unusual cheiro-oral syndrome due to small pontine haemorrhage are described, in which both sides of the mouth were involved in the initial stage. High resolution magnetic resonance...

Retrograde pyramidal tract degeneration in a patient with cervical haematomyelia.

Yamamoto, T, Yamasaki, M, Imai, T

Retrograde pyramidal tract degeneration has been described only very rarely in the human central nervous system. In most of these cases the thoracic or cervical corticospinal tracts were shown to...

Effect of prewarming in the cold season on thermoregulatory responses during exercise.

Torii, M, Yamasaki, M, Sasaki, T

OBJECTIVE: To assess whether thermoregulation in the cold season can be affected by prewarming before exercise. METHODS: Four healthy non-athletic unacclimatised males were exercised to the same...

Fall in skin temperature of exercising man.

Torii, M, Yamasaki, M, Sasaki, T, Nakayama, H

Fall in skin temperature during initial muscular work was investigated in ten healthy men. Bicycle exercise was performed at workloads of 50-150 W in a climatic chamber at ambient temperatures of...