T. Miura

Publication List Details

Period

1993 - 2009

Number

111

Co-Authors

Recent results on 2H(e, e'p)n from Bates using the out-of plane spectrometers (2008)

Z-L Zhou, J Chen, S-B Soong, A Young, X Jian, R Alarcon, ...

A set of three out-of-plane magnetic spectrometers (OOPS) has recently been deployed and commissioned at the Bates Linear Accelerator. Measurements of the 2H(e, e'p)n reaction have been...

Design Of A High-Power Test Cavity For The Atf Damping Ring (2007)

Sakanaka Hinode Akemoto, S. Sakanaka, F. Hinode, M. Akemoto, S. Tokumoto, T. Higo, ...

INTRODUCTION A HOM damped cavity for the ATF damping ring (DR) [1] is under development at KEK. This cavity is capable of avoiding coupled-bunch instabilities driven by higher order modes (HOMs). In...

Increased sequence diversity coverage improves detection of HIV-specific T cell responses (2007)

Frahm, N., Kaufmann, D.E., Yusim, K., Muldoon, M., Kesmir, C., Allen, T.M., ...

The accurate identification of HIV-specific T cell responses is important for determining the relationship between immune response, viral control, and disease progression. HIV-specific immune...

Mixed mode pattern in Doublefoot mutant mouse limb - Turing reaction-diffusion model on a growing domain during limb development (2006)

Miura, T, Shiota, K, Morriss-Kay, G, Maini, P K

It has been suggested that the Turing reaction–diffusion model on a growing domain is applicable during limb development, but experimental evidence for this hypothesis has been lacking. In the...

Mixed mode pattern in Doublefoot mutant mouse limb - Turing reaction-diffusion model on a growing domain during limb development (2006)

Miura, T., Shiota, K., Morriss-Kay, G., Maini, P. K.

It has been suggested that the Turing reaction–diffusion model on a growing domain is applicable during limb development, but experimental evidence for this hypothesis has been lacking. In the...

Thermal characterisation and analysis of two tone intermodulation distortion in InGaP/GaAs DHBT (2005)

Khan, A., Dharmasiri, C. N., Miura, T., Rezazadeh, A. A.

The effect of temperature (-25 to1000C) on two-tone Intermodulation Distortion (IMD) characteristics of InGaP/GaAs microwave DHBTs is studied. This is carried out through measurement with the results...

Proceedings of the 12th JPL Airborne Earth Science Workshop (2005)

Green, Robert O., Asner, G. P., Nepstad, D., Cardinot, G., Moutinho, P., Harris, T., ...

Participants at the 12th Airborne Earth Science Workshop reported science research and applications results with spectral images measured by the NASA Airborne Invisible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer...

Radiation safety design for the J-PARC project (2005)

Nakashima, H., Nakane, Y., Masukawa, F., Matsuda, N., Oguri, T., Nakano, H., ...

The High-Intensity Proton Accelerator Project, named J-PARC, is in progress, with the aim of enabling studies on the latest basic science and the advancement of nuclear technology. In the project, a...

Radiation streaming experiment through a labyrinth of the 12 GeV proton accelerator facility at KEK(2)--TLD rem-counter method (2005)

Nakamura, H., Miura, T., Numajiri, M., Nakao, N., Nakashima, H., Matsuda, N., ...

The doses of radiation streaming through a labyrinth were measured using thermoluminescence dosemeters (TLDs) and neutron moderators for TLDs at the neutrino beam line of the 12 GeV proton...

Analysis of induced radionuclides in low-activation concrete (limestone concrete) using the 12 GeV proton synchrotron accelerator facility at KEK (2005)

Saito, K., Tanosaki, T., Fujii, H., Miura, T.

22Na is one of the long-lived radionuclides induced in shielding concrete of a beam-line tunnel of a high-energy particle accelerator facility and poses a problem of radiation wastes at the...

Direct evidence for ferromagnetic spin polarization in gold nanoparticles (2004)

Yamamoto, Y., Miura, T., Teranishi, T., Miyake, M., Hori, H., Suzuki, M., ...

We report the first direct observation of ferromagnetic spin polarization of Au nanoparticles with a mean diameter of 1.9 nm using X-ray magnetic circular dichroism (XMCD). Owing to the element...

Periodic pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems -an introduction for numerical simulation (2004)

Miura, T, Maini, P K

The aim of the present review is to provide a comprehensive explanation of Turing reaction–diffusion systems in sufficient detail to allow readers to perform numerical calculations themselves. The...

Speed of pattern appearance in reaction-diffusion models: Implications in the pattern formation of limb bud mesenchyme cells (2004)

Miura, T, Maini, P K

It has been postulated that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) treatment of cultured limb bud mesenchyme cells reinforces the lateral inhibitory effect, but the cells also show accelerated pattern...

Periodic pattern formation in reaction-diffusion systems -an introduction for numerical simulation (2004)

Miura, T., Maini, P. K.

The aim of the present review is to provide a comprehensive explanation of Turing reaction–diffusion systems in sufficient detail to allow readers to perform numerical calculations themselves. The...

Speed of pattern appearance in reaction-diffusion models: Implications in the pattern formation of limb bud mesenchyme cells (2004)

Miura, T., Maini, P. K.

It has been postulated that fibroblast growth factor (FGF) treatment of cultured limb bud mesenchyme cells reinforces the lateral inhibitory effect, but the cells also show accelerated pattern...

Diameter dependence of ferromagnetic spin moment in Au nanocrystals (2003)

Hori, H., Yamamoto, Y., Iwamoto, T., Miura, T., Teranishi, T., Miyake, M.

Au nanoparticles exhibit ferromagnetic spin polarization and show diameter dependence in magnetization. The magnetic moment per Au atom in the particle attains its maximum value at a diameter of...

Strength of Aluminum Alloys Produced by a Mechanical Alloying Process. (1998)

Hasegawa, T., Shibuya, T., Yakou, T., Miura, T.

Mechanically alloyed aluminum alloys, which contained a fine oxide and carbide dispersion, were studied by TEM, SEM, and stress-strain testing between 20 and 600 C. The high density of dislocations...

Measurement of the 6Li(e,e'p) reaction cross sections at low momentum transfer (1998)

Hotta, T., Tamae, T., Miura, T., Miyase, H., Nakagawa, I., Suda, T., ...

The triple differential cross sections for the 6Li(e,e'p) reaction have been measured in the excitation energy region from 27 to 46 MeV in a search for evidence of the giant dipole resonance (GDR) in...

Digital image-based modeling applied to the homogenization analysis of composite materials (1997)

Kikuchi, Noboru, Terada, K., Miura, T.

The systematic methodologies to derive accurate microstructural models are developed for studying the mechanical behaviors of composite materials. Since the geometric information of a microstructure...

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (1993)

Suzuki, T., Miura, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Ito, Y.

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene during the positron lifetime measurements have been studied in detail. The effect, which was to decrease I3, has been found to be...

Water absorption in novolac epoxy resins studied by positron annihilation (1993)

Miura, T., Suzuki, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Shiomi, Y., ...

Water absorption rates of four kinds of epoxy resins cured with phenol novolac (PH) were compared with the results of positron annihilation lifetime measurements (PAL). Three samples : cresol novolac...

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (1993)

Suzuki, T., Miura, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Ito, Y.

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene during the positron lifetime measurements have been studied in detail. The effect, which was to decrease I3, has been found to be...

Water absorption in novolac epoxy resins studied by positron annihilation (1993)

Miura, T., Suzuki, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Shiomi, Y., ...

Water absorption rates of four kinds of epoxy resins cured with phenol novolac (PH) were compared with the results of positron annihilation lifetime measurements (PAL). Three samples : cresol novolac...

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (1993)

Suzuki, T., Miura, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Ito, Y.

Positron irradiation effects on polypropylene (PP) and polyethylene during the positron lifetime measurements have been studied in detail. The effect, which was to decrease I3, has been found to be...

Water absorption in novolac epoxy resins studied by positron annihilation (1993)

Miura, T., Suzuki, T., Oki, Y., Numajiri, M., Kondo, K., Shiomi, Y., ...

Water absorption rates of four kinds of epoxy resins cured with phenol novolac (PH) were compared with the results of positron annihilation lifetime measurements (PAL). Three samples : cresol novolac...

Glycosylation site binding protein and protein disulfide isomerase are identical and essential for cell viability in yeast.

LaMantia, M, Miura, T, Tachikawa, H, Kaplan, H A, Lennarz, W J, Mizunaga, T

Glycosylation site binding protein (GSBP) has been shown to be identical to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI; EC 5.3.4.1) in a variety of multicellular organisms. We have utilized immunological and...

Hormonal induction of all stages of spermatogenesis in vitro in the male Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica).

Miura, T, Yamauchi, K, Takahashi, H, Nagahama, Y

The importance of gonadotropins and androgens for spermatogenesis is generally accepted in vertebrates, but the role played by specific hormones has not been clarified. Under cultivation conditions,...

Evolutionary origin of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.

Gojobori, T, Moriyama, E N, Ina, Y, Ikeo, K, Miura, T, Tsujimoto, H, ...

From what viruses the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) originated is an extremely controversial question. To address this question, we have analyzed nucleotide sequences of simian...

Creation of genetic information by DNA polymerase of the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

Genetic information encoded in a template of a genome is replicated in a complementary way by DNA polymerase or RNA polymerase with high fidelity; no creation of information occurs in this reaction...

Creation of genetic information by DNA polymerase of the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis: influences of temperature and ionic strength.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

DNA polymerase of the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis can synthesize a long stretch of linear double-stranded DNA in the complete absence of added primer and template DNAs. This finding suggests that...

Oxidative modification of a cephalosporin C acylase from Pseudomonas strain N176 and site-directed mutagenesis of the gene.

Saito, Y, Fujimura, T, Ishii, Y, Noguchi, Y, Miura, T, Niwa, M, ...

A cephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonas strain N176 catalyzes hydrolysis of both glutarylcephalosporanic acid and cephalosporin C to 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid. Chemical modification of the...

Endogenous interleukin-4, but not interleukin-10, is involved in suppression of host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection in interferon-depleted mice.

Nakane, A, Nishikawa, S, Sasaki, S, Miura, T, Asano, M, Kohanawa, M, ...

The production and roles of endogenous interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-10 in a sublethal infection with Listeria monocytogenes were studies in normal mice and anti-gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) monoclonal...

Transforming growth factor beta is protective in host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice.

Nakane, A, Asano, M, Sasaki, S, Nishikawa, S, Miura, T, Kohanawa, M, ...

The role of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection was studied with mice. The constitutive expression of TGF-beta 1 mRNA was observed...

Characterization of the Treponema denticola prtP gene encoding a prolyl-phenylalanine-specific protease (dentilisin).

Ishihara, K, Miura, T, Kuramitsu, H K, Okuda, K

A chymotrypsin-like protease from Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 was purified by chromatographic techniques. The purified enzyme consisted of three polypeptides (38, 43, and 72 kDa). The protease...

Construction and characterization of an infectious DNA clone and of mutants of simian immunodeficiency virus isolated from the African green monkey.

Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Sakai, H, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...

We constructed a full-length molecular clone of simian immunodeficiency virus from an African green monkey. Upon transfection, this clone directed the production of virus particles cytopathic and...

Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) genome in relation to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus SIV (AGM).

Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Sakai, H, Kiyomasu, T, ...

We constructed an infectious molecular clone of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) and generated nine frameshift mutants corresponding to nine open reading frames identified so far....

Complementation of the rev gene mutation among human and simian lentiviruses.

Sakai, H, Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...

The functional exchangeability of the rev gene was assessed in transient transfection experiments by using in vitro-constructed rev and gag mutants of the following three primate lentiviruses: human...

Isolation and characterization of simian immunodeficiency virus from mandrills in Africa and its relationship to other human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.

Tsujimoto, H, Cooper, R W, Kodama, T, Fukasawa, M, Miura, T, Ohta, Y, ...

Two isolates of simian retrovirus related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were obtained from apparently healthy mandrills, Papio (Mandrillus) sphinx, in western equatorial Africa. This...

Treatment of human peripheral blood leukocytes with proteases does not affect Sendai virus-induced interferon production.

Tsukui, K, Miura, T, Tokunaga, E

Trypsinization of human peripheral blood leukocytes was found to have no effect on Sendai virus adsorption or on interferon induction by the virus. alpha-Chymotrypsin and papain also did not affect...

A missense mutation in the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene with possible dominant effects on plasma high density lipoproteins.

Takahashi, K, Jiang, X C, Sakai, N, Yamashita, S, Hirano, K, Bujo, H, ...

Plasma HDL are a negative risk factor for atherosclerosis. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; 476 amino acids) transfers cholesteryl ester from HDL to other lipoproteins. Subjects with...

Tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Bruton tyrosine kinase upon Fc epsilon RI cross-linking.

Kawakami, Y, Yao, L, Miura, T, Tsukada, S, Witte, O N, Kawakami, T

Tyrosine phosphorylation of several cellular proteins is one of the earliest signaling events induced by cross-linking of the high-affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (Fc epsilon RI) on mast cells...

Phylogenetic subtypes of human T-lymphotropic virus type I and their relations to the anthropological background.

Miura, T, Fukunaga, T, Igarashi, T, Yamashita, M, Ido, E, Funahashi, S, ...

Isolates of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) were phylogenetically analyzed from native inhabitants in India and South America (Colombia and Chile) and from Ainu (regarded as pure Japanese...

Genetic information 'created' by archaebacterial DNA polymerase.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

DNA polymerase catalyses replication of cellular DNA. The reaction requires a primer-template complex, and a new DNA chain grows from the 3' end of the primer along the template; no genetic...

Glycosylation site binding protein and protein disulfide isomerase are identical and essential for cell viability in yeast.

LaMantia, M, Miura, T, Tachikawa, H, Kaplan, H A, Lennarz, W J, Mizunaga, T

Glycosylation site binding protein (GSBP) has been shown to be identical to protein disulfide isomerase (PDI; EC 5.3.4.1) in a variety of multicellular organisms. We have utilized immunological and...

Hormonal induction of all stages of spermatogenesis in vitro in the male Japanese eel (Anguilla japonica).

Miura, T, Yamauchi, K, Takahashi, H, Nagahama, Y

The importance of gonadotropins and androgens for spermatogenesis is generally accepted in vertebrates, but the role played by specific hormones has not been clarified. Under cultivation conditions,...

Evolutionary origin of human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.

Gojobori, T, Moriyama, E N, Ina, Y, Ikeo, K, Miura, T, Tsujimoto, H, ...

From what viruses the human immunodeficiency viruses (HIVs) originated is an extremely controversial question. To address this question, we have analyzed nucleotide sequences of simian...

Creation of genetic information by DNA polymerase of the thermophilic bacterium Thermus thermophilus.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

Genetic information encoded in a template of a genome is replicated in a complementary way by DNA polymerase or RNA polymerase with high fidelity; no creation of information occurs in this reaction...

Creation of genetic information by DNA polymerase of the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis: influences of temperature and ionic strength.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

DNA polymerase of the archaeon Thermococcus litoralis can synthesize a long stretch of linear double-stranded DNA in the complete absence of added primer and template DNAs. This finding suggests that...

Oxidative modification of a cephalosporin C acylase from Pseudomonas strain N176 and site-directed mutagenesis of the gene.

Saito, Y, Fujimura, T, Ishii, Y, Noguchi, Y, Miura, T, Niwa, M, ...

A cephalosporanic acid acylase from Pseudomonas strain N176 catalyzes hydrolysis of both glutarylcephalosporanic acid and cephalosporin C to 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid. Chemical modification of the...

Endogenous interleukin-4, but not interleukin-10, is involved in suppression of host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection in interferon-depleted mice.

Nakane, A, Nishikawa, S, Sasaki, S, Miura, T, Asano, M, Kohanawa, M, ...

The production and roles of endogenous interleukin-4 (IL-4) and IL-10 in a sublethal infection with Listeria monocytogenes were studies in normal mice and anti-gamma interferon (IFN-gamma) monoclonal...

Transforming growth factor beta is protective in host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection in mice.

Nakane, A, Asano, M, Sasaki, S, Nishikawa, S, Miura, T, Kohanawa, M, ...

The role of transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) in host resistance against Listeria monocytogenes infection was studied with mice. The constitutive expression of TGF-beta 1 mRNA was observed...

Characterization of the Treponema denticola prtP gene encoding a prolyl-phenylalanine-specific protease (dentilisin).

Ishihara, K, Miura, T, Kuramitsu, H K, Okuda, K

A chymotrypsin-like protease from Treponema denticola ATCC 35405 was purified by chromatographic techniques. The purified enzyme consisted of three polypeptides (38, 43, and 72 kDa). The protease...

Construction and characterization of an infectious DNA clone and of mutants of simian immunodeficiency virus isolated from the African green monkey.

Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Sakai, H, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...

We constructed a full-length molecular clone of simian immunodeficiency virus from an African green monkey. Upon transfection, this clone directed the production of virus particles cytopathic and...

Mutational analysis of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) genome in relation to HIV-1 and simian immunodeficiency virus SIV (AGM).

Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Sakai, H, Kiyomasu, T, ...

We constructed an infectious molecular clone of the human immunodeficiency virus type 2 (HIV-2) and generated nine frameshift mutants corresponding to nine open reading frames identified so far....

Complementation of the rev gene mutation among human and simian lentiviruses.

Sakai, H, Shibata, R, Miura, T, Hayami, M, Ogawa, K, Kiyomasu, T, ...

The functional exchangeability of the rev gene was assessed in transient transfection experiments by using in vitro-constructed rev and gag mutants of the following three primate lentiviruses: human...

Isolation and characterization of simian immunodeficiency virus from mandrills in Africa and its relationship to other human and simian immunodeficiency viruses.

Tsujimoto, H, Cooper, R W, Kodama, T, Fukasawa, M, Miura, T, Ohta, Y, ...

Two isolates of simian retrovirus related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) were obtained from apparently healthy mandrills, Papio (Mandrillus) sphinx, in western equatorial Africa. This...

Treatment of human peripheral blood leukocytes with proteases does not affect Sendai virus-induced interferon production.

Tsukui, K, Miura, T, Tokunaga, E

Trypsinization of human peripheral blood leukocytes was found to have no effect on Sendai virus adsorption or on interferon induction by the virus. alpha-Chymotrypsin and papain also did not affect...

A missense mutation in the cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene with possible dominant effects on plasma high density lipoproteins.

Takahashi, K, Jiang, X C, Sakai, N, Yamashita, S, Hirano, K, Bujo, H, ...

Plasma HDL are a negative risk factor for atherosclerosis. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein (CETP; 476 amino acids) transfers cholesteryl ester from HDL to other lipoproteins. Subjects with...

Tyrosine phosphorylation and activation of Bruton tyrosine kinase upon Fc epsilon RI cross-linking.

Kawakami, Y, Yao, L, Miura, T, Tsukada, S, Witte, O N, Kawakami, T

Tyrosine phosphorylation of several cellular proteins is one of the earliest signaling events induced by cross-linking of the high-affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (Fc epsilon RI) on mast cells...

Phylogenetic subtypes of human T-lymphotropic virus type I and their relations to the anthropological background.

Miura, T, Fukunaga, T, Igarashi, T, Yamashita, M, Ido, E, Funahashi, S, ...

Isolates of human T-lymphotropic virus type I (HTLV-I) were phylogenetically analyzed from native inhabitants in India and South America (Colombia and Chile) and from Ainu (regarded as pure Japanese...

Genetic information 'created' by archaebacterial DNA polymerase.

Ogata, N, Miura, T

DNA polymerase catalyses replication of cellular DNA. The reaction requires a primer-template complex, and a new DNA chain grows from the 3' end of the primer along the template; no genetic...

Transforming growth factor-beta 1 enhances the generation of allospecific cytotoxic T lymphocytes.

Kondo, S, Isobe, K, Ishiguro, N, Nakashima, I, Miura, T

We investigated the effects of transforming growth factor-beta 1 (TGF-beta 1) on the proliferation and generation of murine T lymphocytes in vitro. TGF-beta 1 suppressed T- and B-lymphocyte...

Soldier morphogenesis in a nasute termite: discovery of a disc-like structure forming a soldier nasus.

Miura, T, Matsumoto, T

Nasute termites belonging to the subfamily Nasutitermitinae, have a soldier caste that possesses a frontal projection (nasus) on the head, from which defensive substances are secreted. In the course...

Intravascular stenting of systemic venous baffle stenosis after corrective surgery for double outlet right ventricle with left isomerism

Miura, T., Sano, T., Matsuda, H.

A 14 year old girl with double outlet right ventricle, left isomerism, and complicated atrial anatomy had undergone corrective surgery with intra-atrial rerouting at 5 years of age. Cardiac...

Induction of autoimmune hepatitis and autoantibodies to liver antigens by neonatal thymectomy in mice

MYOZAKI, M, KAMIYASU, M, MIURA, T, WATANABE, Y, NAKANISHI, T, YAMASHITA, U

We examined development of autoimmune hepatitis in neonatally thymectomized C3H/HeN mice and tried to characterize the nature of liver antigens recognized by the autoantibodies at the molecular...

Induction of aquaporin-1 mRNA following cardiopulmonary bypass and reperfusion.

Tabbutt, S., Nelson, D. P., Tsai, N., Miura, T., Hickey, P. R., Mayer, J. E., ...

BACKGROUND: Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) are important components of congenital cardiac surgery. Ischemia/reperfusion injury and inflammatory cascade...

Circulating cell-free DNA as a predictive marker for distant metastasis of hepatitis C virus-related hepatocellular carcinoma

Tokuhisa, Y, Iizuka, N, Sakaida, I, Moribe, T, Fujita, N, Miura, T, ...

In a previous study, we showed that levels of cell-free DNA (cfDNA) were significantly higher in sera of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) associated with hepatitis C virus (HCV) than in...

Frequent expression of new cancer/testis gene D40/AF15q14 in lung cancers of smokers

Takimoto, M, Wei, G, Dosaka-Akita, H, Mao, P, Kondo, S, Sakuragi, N, ...

We found a significant correlation between lung cancer in smokers and the expression of a human gene, D40, predominantly expressed in testis and cancers. In an attempt to clone a novel human gene, we...