S. Fukui

Publication List Details

Period

1996 - 2009

Number

92

Co-Authors

Backward-angle photoproduction of eta meson from protons at E_gamma = 1.6 - 2.4 GeV (2009)

Sumihama, M., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Akimune, H., Asano, Y., Chang, W. C., ...

Differential cross sections for eta photoproduction off protons have been measured at E_gamma = 1.6 - 2.4 GeV in the backward direction. A bump structure has been observed above 2.0 GeV in the total...

Reduction of the incoherent $\gamma d \to \phi p n$ photoproduction near threshold (2009)

Chang, W. C., Miyabe, M., Nakano, T., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Akimune, H., ...

We report measurements of differential cross sections and decay asymmetries of incoherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction from the deuteron at forward angles using linearly-polarized photons at...

Near-threshold photoproduction of $\Lambda(1520)$ from protons and deuterons (2009)

Muramatsu, LEPS Collaboration: N., Chen, J. Y., Chang, W. C., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Akimune, H., ...

Photoproduction of $\Lambda$(1520) with liquid hydrogen and deuterium targets was examined at photon energies below 2.4 GeV in the SPring-8 LEPS experiment. For the first time, the differential cross...

Evidence of the \Theta^+ in the \gamma d \to K^+K^-pn reaction (2008)

Nakano, T., Muramatsu, N., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Akimune, H., Asano, Y., ...

The \gamma d \to K^+K^-pn reaction has been studied to search for the evidence of the \Theta^+ by detecting K^+K^- pairs at forward angles. The Fermi-motion corrected nK^+ invariant mass distribution...

Photoproduction of Lambda(1405) and Sigma^{0}(1385) on the proton at E_\gamma = 1.5-2.4 GeV (2008)

Niiyama, M., Fujimura, H., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Ajimura, S., Bhang, H. C., ...

Differential cross sections for $\gamma p \to K^+\Lambda(1405)$ and $\gamma p \to K^+\Sigma^0(1385)$ reactions have been measured in the photon energy range from 1.5 to 2.4 GeV and the angular range...

Forward coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction from deuterons near threshold (2007)

Chang, W. C., Horie, K., Shimizu, S., Miyabe, M., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., ...

Differential cross sections and decay asymmetries for coherent $\phi$-meson photoproduction from deuterons were measured for the first time at forward angles using linearly polarized photons at...

Differential cross section and photon beam asymmetry for the gamma n -> K+ Sigma- reaction at Egamma=1.5-2.4 GeV (2006)

Kohri, H., Ahn, D. S., Ahn, J. K., Akimune, H., Asano, Y., Chang, W. C., ...

Differential cross sections and photon beam asymmetries have been measured for the gamma n -> K+ Sigma- and gamma p -> K+ Sigma0 reactions separately using liquid deuterium and hydrogen targets with...

Origins of errors in AC transport current loss measurements of HTS tapes and methods to suppress errors (2001)

Tsukamoto, Osami, Ogawa, J., Ciszek, M., Miyagi, D., Okazaki, I., Niidome, Y., ...

This paper addresses an electrical measurement method of AC transport current losses in HTS tapes. In the method, there are various origins of errors e,g, improper arrangement of leads from the...

Recent technical trends of superconducting magnets in Japan, part I : Magnet data base and recent progress in magnet winding current density (1999)

Tsukamoto, Osami, Torii, S., Takao, T., Amemiya, N., Fukui, S., Hoshino, T., ...

The committee on applied superconducting apparatuses and characteristics of superconductors, the Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan (IEEJ) has made a data base on low temperature...

Dependence of AC transport current losses of HTS wires on their structures and synthesizing processes (1999)

Tsukamoto, Osami, Miyagi, D., Ishii, S., Amemiya, N., Fukui, S., Kasuu, O., ...

HTS wires of various structures and synthesizing processes are being developed for power apparatus applications in Super-CM project. AC transport current losses of four of those wires were measured...

Epitopic structure of Tn glycophorin A for an anti-Tn antibody (MLS 128).

Nakada, H, Inoue, M, Numata, Y, Tanaka, N, Funakoshi, I, Fukui, S, ...

Glycophorin A was digested with glycoprotease (Pasteurella haemolytica) and the digest was fractionated by a combination of high-pressure column chromatographies to produce the glycopeptides GPA-1 to...

Nucleotide sequences of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera genes for extracellular beta-glucosidases as expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Machida, M, Ohtsuki, I, Fukui, S, Yamashita, I

We isolated two genes for extracellular beta-glucosidase, BGL1 and BGL2, from the genomic library of the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera. Gene products (BGLI and BGLII) were purified from the...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase dependent on Ca2+ and calmodulin.

Miyakawa, T, Oka, Y, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A Ca2+- and calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was partially purified by CaM affinity chromatography of the soluble fraction, and the properties of the enzyme were...

Characterization of a DNA uptake reaction through the nuclear membrane of isolated yeast nuclei.

Tsuchiya, E, Shakuto, S, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Isolated yeast nuclei were able to incorporate 3H-labeled pJDB219 DNA in vitro in the presence of ATP and Mg2+. The number of plasmid molecules incorporated into each nucleus was calculated to be 60...

Purification and characterization of a Ca2+-dependent membrane peptidase involved in the signaling of mating pheromone in Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Kaji, M, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A mating-type-specific, membrane thiol peptidase (referred to as trigger peptidase) that seems to play a key role in the transmembrane signaling of the lipopeptidyl mating pheromone rhodotorucine A...

Gene fusion is a possible mechanism underlying the evolution of STA1.

Yamashita, I, Nakamura, M, Fukui, S

DNA from the STA1 (extracellular glucoamylase) gene of Saccharomyces diastaticus was used as a probe to enable the cloning by colony hybridization of three DNA fragments from Saccharomyces...

Nucleotide sequence of the glucoamylase gene GLU1 in the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera.

Itoh, T, Ohtsuki, I, Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

The complete nucleotide sequence of the glucoamylase gene GLU1 from the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera has been determined. The GLU1 DNA hybridized to a polyadenylated RNA of 2.1 kilobases. A...

Control of STA1 gene expression by the mating-type locus in yeasts.

Yamashita, I, Takano, Y, Fukui, S

Extracellular production of glucoamylase from the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus carrying an STA1 gene (a structural gene for the enzyme) is repressed by the mating-type constitution a/alpha. We...

Nucleotide sequence of the extracellular glucoamylase gene STA1 in the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus.

Yamashita, I, Suzuki, K, Fukui, S

The complete nucleotide sequence of the extracellular glucoamylase gene STA1 from the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus has been determined. A single open reading frame codes for a 778-amino-acid...

Polymorphic extracellular glucoamylase genes and their evolutionary origin in the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus.

Yamashita, I, Maemura, T, Hatano, T, Fukui, S

DNA coding for extracellular glucoamylase genes STA1 and STA3 was isolated from DNA libraries of two Saccharomyces diastaticus strains, each carrying STA1 or STA3. Cells transformed with a plasmid...

Mating pheromone-induced alteration of cell surface proteins in the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Tremella mesenterica.

Miyakawa, T, Kadota, T, Okubo, Y, Hatano, T, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

Mating pheromone-induced alteration of the cell surface proteins of haploid cells, presumed to play crucial roles in the specific cell-cell interactions during sexual conjugation of Tremella...

Revised restriction maps of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage phi 105 DNA.

Anaguchi, H, Fukui, S, Kobayashi, Y

Physical mapping of Bacillus subtilis temperate phage phi 105 DNA was carried out by using restriction endonucleases EcoRI, SmaI, and KpnI, and a new revised EcoRI cleavage map is presented. In...

Transient increase of Ca2+ uptake as a signal for mating pheromone-induced differentiation in the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Tachikawa, T, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

The role of Ca2+ for the signaling of rhodotorucine A, a mating pheromone of Rhodosporidium toruloides, was investigated. The efficiency with which the target cells responded to the mating pheromone...

Mechanism of thiamine-induced respiratory deficiency in Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.

Nakamura, I, Isobe, N, Nakamura, N, Kamihara, T, Fukui, S

Cells of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis 4228 grown aerobically with added thiamine (1 microgram . ml-1) in a vitamin B6-free medium contained no detectable heme precursors, such as...

Involvement of protein sulfhydryls in the trigger reaction of rhodotorucine A, a farnesyl peptide mating pheromone of Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Kaji, M, Yasutake, T, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

The involvement of protein sulfhydryls for the signaling of rhodotorucine A, a mating pheromone produced by mating type A cells of Rhodosporidium toruloides, was investigated by the use of sulfhydryl...

Role of metabolism of the mating pheromone in sexual differentiation of the heterobasidiomycete Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Nishihara, M, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A trypsin-type endopeptidase (Kamiya et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 94:855-860, 1980) responsible for the metabolism of rhodotorucine A, the farnesyl undecapeptide mating pheromone secreted...

Coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase: regulation of apoenzyme synthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae (Aerobacter aerogenes) ATCC 8724.

Toraya, T, Honda, S, Kuno, S, Fukui, S

Immunochemical studies demonstrated that Klebsiella pneumoniae (Aerobacter aerogenes) ATCC 8724 produces only a single diol dehydratase whether grown on glycerol or on 1,2-propanediol. The enzyme was...

Development of Microbodies in the yeast Kloeckera growing on methanol.

Tanaka, A, Yasuhara, S, Kawamoto, S, Fukui, S, Osumi, M

A number of microbodies appear regularly in methanol-grown yeast cells, but rarely in ethanol- or glucose-grown cells. When one of representative methanol-utilizing yeasts, Kloeckera sp.no. 2201...

Ultrastructure of methanol-utilizing yeast cells: appearance of microbodies in relation to high catalase activity.

Fukui, S, Tanaka, A, Kawamoto, S, Yasuhara, S, Teranishi, Y, Osumi, M

Nine strains of methanol-utilizing yeasts belonging to the genera Candida, Hansenula, Kloeckera, Pichia, and Torulopsis were examined with respect to the interrelationship between their catalase...

Rapid induction of alpha-amylase by nongrowing mycelia of Aspergillus oryzae.

Yabuki, M, Ono, N, Hoshino, K, Fukui, S

A rapid induction system for synthesis of alpha-amylase by the funga Aspergillus oryzae M-13 was established. The mycelia were prepared from 20-h cultures grown on a peptone-glycerol medium and...

Production of uricase by Candida tropicalis using n-alkane as a substrate.

Tanaka, A, Yamamura, M, Kawamoto, S, Fukui, S

Production of uricase (urate oxidase, EC 1.7.3.3) by n-alkane-utilizing Candida tropicalis pK233 was studied. Although the yeast showed very low enzyme productivity under growing conditions on...

Morphological change in the early stages of the mating process of Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Abe, K, Kusaka, I, Fukui, S

The events which occur in the early stages of the mating process of the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides between strains M-919 (mating type A) and M-1057 (mating type a) were investigated. In...

Distribution of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase and glycerol dehydratase in selected genera of Enterobacteriaceae and Propionibacteriaceae.

Toraya, T, Kuno, S, Fukui, S

The presence of diol dehydratase and glycerol dehydratase was shown in several bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae grown anaerobically on 1,2-propanediol and on glycerol, respectively. Diol dehydratases...

In situ reactivation of glycerol-inactivated coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes, glycerol dehydratase and diol dehydratase.

Honda, S, Toraya, T, Fukui, S

The catalytic properties of coenzyme B12-dependent glycerol dehydratase and diol dehydratase were studied in situ with Klebsiella pneumoniae cells permeabilized by toluene treatment, since the in...

Significance of ribosomal ribonucleic acid synthesis for control of the G1 period in the cell cycle of the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

A cell cycle mutant strain which is defective in the G1 period, B2-39, was selected from 1,200 temperature-sensitive mutants of the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides M-1057. In...

Characteristic alteration in the nuclear DNA polymerase activity during the cell division cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tsuchiya, E, Kimura, K, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Specific activity of the intranuclear DNA polymerase in cdc-mutant cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found to be characteristically changed by arrest in their specific stage of cell division...

Two acyl-coenzyme A oxidases in peroxisomes of the yeast Candida tropicalis: primary structures deduced from genomic DNA sequence.

Okazaki, K, Takechi, T, Kambara, N, Fukui, S, Kubota, I, Kamiryo, T

We report the complete nucleotide sequence of two genes encoding major peroxisomal polypeptides (PXPs) of Candida tropicalis. One, POX4, encodes PXP-4, which is the most abundant polypeptide in cells...

Multiple genes coding for precursors of rhodotorucine A, a farnesyl peptide mating pheromone of the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Akada, R, Minomi, K, Kai, J, Yamashita, I, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Haploid cells of mating type A of the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides secrete a mating pheromone, rhodotorucine A, which is an undecapeptide containing S-farnesyl cysteine at its...

Transcriptional control of the sporulation-specific glucoamylase gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, glucoamylase activity appears specifically in sporulating cells heterozygous for the mating-type locus (MAT). We identified a sporulation-specific glucoamylase...

In vivo ligation of linear DNA molecules to circular forms in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Suzuki, K, Imai, Y, Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed with restriction endonuclease-digested (linear) DNAs containing the replication origin of the yeast 2 microns plasmid and selectable markers with...

Epitopic structure of Tn glycophorin A for an anti-Tn antibody (MLS 128).

Nakada, H, Inoue, M, Numata, Y, Tanaka, N, Funakoshi, I, Fukui, S, ...

Glycophorin A was digested with glycoprotease (Pasteurella haemolytica) and the digest was fractionated by a combination of high-pressure column chromatographies to produce the glycopeptides GPA-1 to...

Nucleotide sequences of Saccharomycopsis fibuligera genes for extracellular beta-glucosidases as expressed in Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Machida, M, Ohtsuki, I, Fukui, S, Yamashita, I

We isolated two genes for extracellular beta-glucosidase, BGL1 and BGL2, from the genomic library of the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera. Gene products (BGLI and BGLII) were purified from the...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein kinase dependent on Ca2+ and calmodulin.

Miyakawa, T, Oka, Y, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A Ca2+- and calmodulin (CaM)-dependent protein kinase of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was partially purified by CaM affinity chromatography of the soluble fraction, and the properties of the enzyme were...

Characterization of a DNA uptake reaction through the nuclear membrane of isolated yeast nuclei.

Tsuchiya, E, Shakuto, S, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Isolated yeast nuclei were able to incorporate 3H-labeled pJDB219 DNA in vitro in the presence of ATP and Mg2+. The number of plasmid molecules incorporated into each nucleus was calculated to be 60...

Purification and characterization of a Ca2+-dependent membrane peptidase involved in the signaling of mating pheromone in Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Kaji, M, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A mating-type-specific, membrane thiol peptidase (referred to as trigger peptidase) that seems to play a key role in the transmembrane signaling of the lipopeptidyl mating pheromone rhodotorucine A...

Gene fusion is a possible mechanism underlying the evolution of STA1.

Yamashita, I, Nakamura, M, Fukui, S

DNA from the STA1 (extracellular glucoamylase) gene of Saccharomyces diastaticus was used as a probe to enable the cloning by colony hybridization of three DNA fragments from Saccharomyces...

Nucleotide sequence of the glucoamylase gene GLU1 in the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera.

Itoh, T, Ohtsuki, I, Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

The complete nucleotide sequence of the glucoamylase gene GLU1 from the yeast Saccharomycopsis fibuligera has been determined. The GLU1 DNA hybridized to a polyadenylated RNA of 2.1 kilobases. A...

Control of STA1 gene expression by the mating-type locus in yeasts.

Yamashita, I, Takano, Y, Fukui, S

Extracellular production of glucoamylase from the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus carrying an STA1 gene (a structural gene for the enzyme) is repressed by the mating-type constitution a/alpha. We...

Nucleotide sequence of the extracellular glucoamylase gene STA1 in the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus.

Yamashita, I, Suzuki, K, Fukui, S

The complete nucleotide sequence of the extracellular glucoamylase gene STA1 from the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus has been determined. A single open reading frame codes for a 778-amino-acid...

Polymorphic extracellular glucoamylase genes and their evolutionary origin in the yeast Saccharomyces diastaticus.

Yamashita, I, Maemura, T, Hatano, T, Fukui, S

DNA coding for extracellular glucoamylase genes STA1 and STA3 was isolated from DNA libraries of two Saccharomyces diastaticus strains, each carrying STA1 or STA3. Cells transformed with a plasmid...

Mating pheromone-induced alteration of cell surface proteins in the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Tremella mesenterica.

Miyakawa, T, Kadota, T, Okubo, Y, Hatano, T, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

Mating pheromone-induced alteration of the cell surface proteins of haploid cells, presumed to play crucial roles in the specific cell-cell interactions during sexual conjugation of Tremella...

Revised restriction maps of Bacillus subtilis bacteriophage phi 105 DNA.

Anaguchi, H, Fukui, S, Kobayashi, Y

Physical mapping of Bacillus subtilis temperate phage phi 105 DNA was carried out by using restriction endonucleases EcoRI, SmaI, and KpnI, and a new revised EcoRI cleavage map is presented. In...

Transient increase of Ca2+ uptake as a signal for mating pheromone-induced differentiation in the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Tachikawa, T, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

The role of Ca2+ for the signaling of rhodotorucine A, a mating pheromone of Rhodosporidium toruloides, was investigated. The efficiency with which the target cells responded to the mating pheromone...

Mechanism of thiamine-induced respiratory deficiency in Saccharomyces carlsbergensis.

Nakamura, I, Isobe, N, Nakamura, N, Kamihara, T, Fukui, S

Cells of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis 4228 grown aerobically with added thiamine (1 microgram . ml-1) in a vitamin B6-free medium contained no detectable heme precursors, such as...

In vivo ligation of linear DNA molecules to circular forms in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Suzuki, K, Imai, Y, Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was transformed with restriction endonuclease-digested (linear) DNAs containing the replication origin of the yeast 2 microns plasmid and selectable markers with...

Involvement of protein sulfhydryls in the trigger reaction of rhodotorucine A, a farnesyl peptide mating pheromone of Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Kaji, M, Yasutake, T, Jeong, Y K, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

The involvement of protein sulfhydryls for the signaling of rhodotorucine A, a mating pheromone produced by mating type A cells of Rhodosporidium toruloides, was investigated by the use of sulfhydryl...

Role of metabolism of the mating pheromone in sexual differentiation of the heterobasidiomycete Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Miyakawa, T, Nishihara, M, Tsuchiya, E, Fukui, S

A trypsin-type endopeptidase (Kamiya et al., Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun. 94:855-860, 1980) responsible for the metabolism of rhodotorucine A, the farnesyl undecapeptide mating pheromone secreted...

Coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase: regulation of apoenzyme synthesis in Klebsiella pneumoniae (Aerobacter aerogenes) ATCC 8724.

Toraya, T, Honda, S, Kuno, S, Fukui, S

Immunochemical studies demonstrated that Klebsiella pneumoniae (Aerobacter aerogenes) ATCC 8724 produces only a single diol dehydratase whether grown on glycerol or on 1,2-propanediol. The enzyme was...

Development of Microbodies in the yeast Kloeckera growing on methanol.

Tanaka, A, Yasuhara, S, Kawamoto, S, Fukui, S, Osumi, M

A number of microbodies appear regularly in methanol-grown yeast cells, but rarely in ethanol- or glucose-grown cells. When one of representative methanol-utilizing yeasts, Kloeckera sp.no. 2201...

Ultrastructure of methanol-utilizing yeast cells: appearance of microbodies in relation to high catalase activity.

Fukui, S, Tanaka, A, Kawamoto, S, Yasuhara, S, Teranishi, Y, Osumi, M

Nine strains of methanol-utilizing yeasts belonging to the genera Candida, Hansenula, Kloeckera, Pichia, and Torulopsis were examined with respect to the interrelationship between their catalase...

Rapid induction of alpha-amylase by nongrowing mycelia of Aspergillus oryzae.

Yabuki, M, Ono, N, Hoshino, K, Fukui, S

A rapid induction system for synthesis of alpha-amylase by the funga Aspergillus oryzae M-13 was established. The mycelia were prepared from 20-h cultures grown on a peptone-glycerol medium and...

Production of uricase by Candida tropicalis using n-alkane as a substrate.

Tanaka, A, Yamamura, M, Kawamoto, S, Fukui, S

Production of uricase (urate oxidase, EC 1.7.3.3) by n-alkane-utilizing Candida tropicalis pK233 was studied. Although the yeast showed very low enzyme productivity under growing conditions on...

Morphological change in the early stages of the mating process of Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Abe, K, Kusaka, I, Fukui, S

The events which occur in the early stages of the mating process of the yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides between strains M-919 (mating type A) and M-1057 (mating type a) were investigated. In...

Distribution of coenzyme B12-dependent diol dehydratase and glycerol dehydratase in selected genera of Enterobacteriaceae and Propionibacteriaceae.

Toraya, T, Kuno, S, Fukui, S

The presence of diol dehydratase and glycerol dehydratase was shown in several bacteria of Enterobacteriaceae grown anaerobically on 1,2-propanediol and on glycerol, respectively. Diol dehydratases...

In situ reactivation of glycerol-inactivated coenzyme B12-dependent enzymes, glycerol dehydratase and diol dehydratase.

Honda, S, Toraya, T, Fukui, S

The catalytic properties of coenzyme B12-dependent glycerol dehydratase and diol dehydratase were studied in situ with Klebsiella pneumoniae cells permeabilized by toluene treatment, since the in...

Significance of ribosomal ribonucleic acid synthesis for control of the G1 period in the cell cycle of the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

A cell cycle mutant strain which is defective in the G1 period, B2-39, was selected from 1,200 temperature-sensitive mutants of the heterobasidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides M-1057. In...

Characteristic alteration in the nuclear DNA polymerase activity during the cell division cycle of Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Tsuchiya, E, Kimura, K, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Specific activity of the intranuclear DNA polymerase in cdc-mutant cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found to be characteristically changed by arrest in their specific stage of cell division...

Two acyl-coenzyme A oxidases in peroxisomes of the yeast Candida tropicalis: primary structures deduced from genomic DNA sequence.

Okazaki, K, Takechi, T, Kambara, N, Fukui, S, Kubota, I, Kamiryo, T

We report the complete nucleotide sequence of two genes encoding major peroxisomal polypeptides (PXPs) of Candida tropicalis. One, POX4, encodes PXP-4, which is the most abundant polypeptide in cells...

Multiple genes coding for precursors of rhodotorucine A, a farnesyl peptide mating pheromone of the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides.

Akada, R, Minomi, K, Kai, J, Yamashita, I, Miyakawa, T, Fukui, S

Haploid cells of mating type A of the basidiomycetous yeast Rhodosporidium toruloides secrete a mating pheromone, rhodotorucine A, which is an undecapeptide containing S-farnesyl cysteine at its...

Transcriptional control of the sporulation-specific glucoamylase gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

Yamashita, I, Fukui, S

In the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, glucoamylase activity appears specifically in sporulating cells heterozygous for the mating-type locus (MAT). We identified a sporulation-specific glucoamylase...

Erythromycin and clarithromycin modulation of growth factor-induced expression of heparanase mRNA on human lung cancer cells in vitro.

Sasaki, M, Ito, T, Kashima, M, Fukui, S, Izumiyama, N, Watanabe, A, ...

Heparanase activity is correlated with the metastatic potential of several cancer cells and is a key enzyme in the breakdown of tissue barriers. It is also involved in the regulation of growth factor...

Role of ICAM-1 in the aggregation and adhesion of human alveolar macrophages in response to TNF-alpha and INF-gamma.

Sasaki, M, Namioka, Y, Ito, T, Izumiyama, N, Fukui, S, Watanabe, A, ...

Intracellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1)-mediated cell-cell adhesion is thought to play an important role at sites of inflammation. Recent evidence suggests that ICAM-1 surface expression on...

Evaluation of praecordial ST segment mapping as an index of infarct size in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Inoue, M, Hori, M, Fukunami, M, Fukushima, M, Tada, M, Abe, H, ...

We evaluated the usefulness and limitations of praecordial ST segment mapping as a clinical means of assessing the size of acute myocardial infarction in 14 patients with anterior myocardial...

Site and severity of coronary narrowing and infarct size in man.

Hori, M, Inoue, M, Ohgitani, N, Tsujioka, K, Abe, H, Fukui, S, ...

The relation between the site and severity of coronary artery lesion and infarct size was investigated in 59 patients with acute myocardial infarction. All patients had no prior myocardial infarction...

Significance of serum enzyme changes after cardiac catheterization and selective coronary arteriography.

Hori, M, Inoue, M, Fukui, S, Furukawa, T, Abe, H

The serum creatine kinase (CK), aspartate transaminase (AST), lactic dehydrogenase (LD) and alpha-hydroxybutyric dehydrogenase (HBD) were determined before and 3, 6, 18, and 36 hours after cardiac...

Evaluation of evolution of myocardial infarction by serial determinations of serum creatine kinase activity.

Inoue, M, Hori, M, Fukui, S, Abe, H, Minamino, T

In order to investigate the relation between the release of creatine kinase (CK) in acute myocardial infarction and the evolution of infarction, the appearance functions of CK (release of CK from the...

Immunological determination of serum m-AST activity in patients with acute myocardial infarction.

Inoue, M, Hori, M, Nishimoto, Y, Fukui, S, Abe, H, Wada, H, ...

Serum m-AST (mitochondrial isoenzyme of AST) activity in patients with acute myocardial infarction was determined quantitatively by a new immunological technique which is sensitive and easily...

Variation during the week in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction: increased risk for Japanese women on Saturdays

Kinjo, K, Sato, H, Sato, H, Shiotani, I, Kurotobi, T, Ohnishi, Y, ...

Background: Variations in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction during the week may differ between and within communities, according to lifestyle.