H Wada

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Affiliation: Kyoto University
Country: Japan

Publications

  1. ncbi Tripartite organization of the ancestral chordate brain and the antiquity of placodes: insights from ascidian Pax-2/5/8, Hox and Otx genes
    H Wada
    School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AJ, UK
    Development 125:1113-22. 1998
  2. ncbi Neural tube is partially dorsalized by overexpression of HrPax-37: the ascidian homologue of Pax-3 and Pax-7
    H Wada
    School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, United Kingdom
    Dev Biol 187:240-52. 1997
  3. ncbi Prognostic significance of proliferative activity in pN2 non-small-cell lung carcinomas and their mediastinal lymph node metastases
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Ann Surg 232:112-8. 2000
  4. ncbi The prognostic significance of malignant pleural effusion at the time of thoracotomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, 1 1 35 Nagara, Otsu City 520 8511, Japan
    Lung Cancer 34:75-81. 2001
  5. ncbi Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with PVM (Cisplatin + Vindesine + Mitomycin C) and UFT (Uracil + Tegaful) in resected stage I-II NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer): a randomized clinical trial. West Japan Study Group for lung cancer surgery (WJSG)
    H Wada
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 15:438-43. 1999
  6. ncbi A case of endobronchial endometriosis treated by subsegmentectomy
    Y Terada
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
    Chest 115:1475-8. 1999
  7. ncbi Developmental expression of Pax1/9 genes in urochordate and hemichordate gills: insight into function and evolution of the pharyngeal epithelium
    M Ogasawara
    Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    Development 126:2539-50. 1999
  8. ncbi Addition of ATP and MgCl2 to the preservation solution attenuates lung reperfusion injury following cold ischemia
    T Hirata
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Respiration 68:292-8. 2001
  9. ncbi Patterning the protochordate neural tube
    H Wada
    Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Nishimuro gun, Wakayama 649 2211, Japan
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 11:16-21. 2001
  10. ncbi "Chemical preconditioning" by 3-nitropropionate reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac-arrested rat lungs
    T Hirata
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Transplantation 71:352-9. 2001

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  1. ncbi Tripartite organization of the ancestral chordate brain and the antiquity of placodes: insights from ascidian Pax-2/5/8, Hox and Otx genes
    H Wada
    School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AJ, UK
    Development 125:1113-22. 1998
    ..Therefore, placodes are not likely to be a newly acquired feature in vertebrates, but may have already been possessed by the earliest chordates...
  2. ncbi Neural tube is partially dorsalized by overexpression of HrPax-37: the ascidian homologue of Pax-3 and Pax-7
    H Wada
    School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, United Kingdom
    Dev Biol 187:240-52. 1997
    ..These results suggest that dorsal specification in the neural tube by Pax-3/7 subfamily genes was established in the ancestors of extant chordates during emergence of the dorsal tubular nervous system...
  3. ncbi Prognostic significance of proliferative activity in pN2 non-small-cell lung carcinomas and their mediastinal lymph node metastases
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Ann Surg 232:112-8. 2000
    ..To investigate the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) in both primary tumor and lymph node metastases of pathologic stage IIIA N2 non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) and the relation to prognosis...
  4. ncbi The prognostic significance of malignant pleural effusion at the time of thoracotomy in patients with non-small cell lung cancer
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Otsu Red Cross Hospital, 1 1 35 Nagara, Otsu City 520 8511, Japan
    Lung Cancer 34:75-81. 2001
    ..In conclusion, the patients with T1-2 of primary tumor and only a small amount of PE without PD can be expected to show long-term survival after tumor resection...
  5. ncbi Postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy with PVM (Cisplatin + Vindesine + Mitomycin C) and UFT (Uracil + Tegaful) in resected stage I-II NSCLC (non-small cell lung cancer): a randomized clinical trial. West Japan Study Group for lung cancer surgery (WJSG)
    H Wada
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, Japan
    Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 15:438-43. 1999
    ..The West Japan Study Group For Lung Cancer Surgery (WJSG) conducted a randomized controlled trial in order to assess the usefulness of adjuvant chemotherapy for NSCLC...
  6. ncbi A case of endobronchial endometriosis treated by subsegmentectomy
    Y Terada
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Japan
    Chest 115:1475-8. 1999
    ..Since the operation, the patient has been asymptomatic for 11 months with no recurrence of hemoptysis...
  7. ncbi Developmental expression of Pax1/9 genes in urochordate and hemichordate gills: insight into function and evolution of the pharyngeal epithelium
    M Ogasawara
    Department of Zoology, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8502, Japan
    Development 126:2539-50. 1999
    ..The Pax1/9 genes therefore might provide the first developmental genetic corroboration of hypotheses of organ-level homology that unifies hemichordates, urochordates and cephalochordates...
  8. ncbi Addition of ATP and MgCl2 to the preservation solution attenuates lung reperfusion injury following cold ischemia
    T Hirata
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Respiration 68:292-8. 2001
    ..In lung transplantation, reperfusion injury following cold ischemia is one of the crucial problems for recipients...
  9. ncbi Patterning the protochordate neural tube
    H Wada
    Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Nishimuro gun, Wakayama 649 2211, Japan
    Curr Opin Neurobiol 11:16-21. 2001
    ..We are entering a new era in the understanding of how the evolution of novel vertebrate structures is linked to genetic evolution...
  10. ncbi "Chemical preconditioning" by 3-nitropropionate reduces ischemia-reperfusion injury in cardiac-arrested rat lungs
    T Hirata
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Transplantation 71:352-9. 2001
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  11. ncbi Origin and evolution of the neural crest: a hypothetical reconstruction of its evolutionary history
    H Wada
    Seto Marine Biological Laboratory, Kyoto University, 459 Shirahama, Nishimuro gun, Wakayama 649 2211, Japan
    Dev Growth Differ 43:509-20. 2001
    ..The new regulatory mechanism of Hox genes in the neural crest is postulated to have developed through the acquisition of new roles by coactivators involved in retinoic acid signaling...
  12. ncbi Evolutionary history of free-swimming and sessile lifestyles in urochordates as deduced from 18S rDNA molecular phylogeny
    H Wada
    School of Animal and Microbial Sciences, University of Reading Whiteknights, England
    Mol Biol Evol 15:1189-94. 1998
    ..Based on this phylogeny, a free-swimming ancestor for chordates is more parsimonious than a sessile ancestor. The evolutionary history of various lifestyles of chordates from this ancestral form is proposed...
  13. ncbi Significance of cyclic adenosine monophosphate and nitroglycerin in ET-Kyoto solution for lung preservation
    T Bando
    Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Germany
    Ann Thorac Surg 69:887-91; discussion 891-2. 2000
    ..However, the significance of each component in lung preservation remained unclear. We examined the efficacy of the two components on lung preservation in the current study...
  14. ncbi Successful use of argon plasma coagulation and tranilast to treat granulation tissue obstructing the airway after tracheal anastomosis
    M Sato
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University Hospital, Kyoto, Japan
    Chest 118:1829-31. 2000
    ..To our knowledge, this is the first description of the use of APC in the management of anastomotic granulation tissue in the trachea or bronchus...
  15. ncbi Modified two-layer preservation method (M-Kyoto/PFC) improves islet yields in islet isolation
    H Noguchi
    Diabetes Research Institute Kyoto, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, 54 Kawahara cho, Shogoin, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    Am J Transplant 6:496-504. 2006
    ..In conclusion, the advantages of M-Kyoto solution are trypsin inhibition and less collagenase inhibition. Based on these data, we now use M-Kyoto solution for clinical islet transplantation from nonheart-beating donor pancreata...
  16. ncbi Prognostic significance of cyclin E overexpression in resected non-small cell lung cancer
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    Cancer Res 60:242-4. 2000
    ..New therapeutic options may be provided by combination of cyclin E expression and proliferating cell nuclear antigen overexpression...
  17. ncbi Molecular cloning and linkage analysis of the Japanese medaka fish complement Bf/C2 gene
    N Kuroda
    Department of Biochemistry, Nagoya City University Medical School, Mizuho ku, Nagoya 467, Japan
    Immunogenetics 44:459-67. 1996
    ..The Bf/C2 locus was mapped to the close proximity (2.9 cM) of the superoxide dismutase locus on the linkage group XX by the use of a restriction site polymorphism between two inbred strains of the medaka...
  18. ncbi Identification of novel isoforms of human RAD52
    K Kito
    Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, 77030, USA
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1489:303-14. 1999
    ..Thus, these isoforms might act as dominant negative mutants or negative regulators of RAD52alpha...
  19. ncbi Effective application of ET-Kyoto solution for clinical lung transplantation
    F Chen
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto University, 54 Shogoin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan
    Transplant Proc 36:2812-5. 2004
    ..Functional and histopathological efficiency of ET-Kyoto solution was confirmed. Longer preservation times with preserved quality using ET-Kyoto solution would increase the donor pool and enable semielective LTx...
  20. ncbi Comparison of University of Wisconsin and ET-Kyoto preservation solutions for the cryopreservation of primary human hepatocytes
    S Illouz
    Department of Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Surgery, Leicester General Hospital, Leicester, UK
    Transplant Proc 40:1706-9. 2008
    ..In conclusion, our study confirms the beneficial effect of ETK for the cryopreservation of human hepatocytes in combination with other cryoprotective agents...
  21. ncbi Effect of green tea extracted polyphenol on ischemia/reperfusion injury after cold preservation of rat lung
    M Omasa
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto, Japan
    Transplant Proc 35:138-9. 2003
  22. ncbi Detection of differentially expressed genes in the early developmental stage of the mouse mandible
    H Yamaza
    Department of Oral Pathology, Faculty of Dentistry, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan
    Int J Dev Biol 45:675-80. 2001
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  23. ncbi Expression of Set-alpha during morphogenesis of mouse lower first molar
    H Yamaza
    Laboratory of Oral Pathology and Medicine, Faculty of Dental Science, Kyushu University 61, Fukuoka, Japan
    Histochem J 33:437-41. 2001
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  24. ncbi Mouse glutaredoxin - cDNA cloning, high level expression in E. coli and its possible implication in redox regulation of the DNA binding activity in transcription factor PEBP2
    T Nakamura
    Department of Biological Responses, Institute for Virus Research, Kyoto University, Japan
    Free Radic Res 31:357-65. 1999
    ..This showed that GRX may be involved in the redox regulation of the DNA-binding activity of PEBP2 as is the case with thioredoxin...
  25. ncbi Mutational analysis of the PTEN gene in endometrial carcinoma and hyperplasia
    H Sun
    Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan
    Am J Clin Pathol 115:32-8. 2001
    ..The presence of PTEN mutations in hyperplasia suggests that PTEN inactivation may occur as an initiating event in endometrial carcinogenesis and is involved in the development of cytologic atypia in hyperplasia...
  26. ncbi Molecular cloning and characterization of CHM1L, a novel membrane molecule similar to chondromodulin-I
    K Yamana
    Teijin Institute for Biomedical Research, Teijin Limited, 4 3 2 Asahigaoka, Hino, Tokyo, 191 8512, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 280:1101-6. 2001
    ..These data suggest that ChM1L is a novel membrane molecule which is similar to ChM-I that plays a regulatory role in eye, skeletal muscle, and development of embryo...
  27. ncbi Identification of proacrosin binding protein sp32 precursor as a human cancer/testis antigen
    T Ono
    Department of Immunology, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama 700 8558, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 98:3282-7. 2001
    ..No OY-TES-1 sera reactivity was found in 20 normal individuals. These findings indicate that OY-TES-1 is an additional member of the cancer/testis family of antigens and that OY-TES-1 is immunogenic in humans...
  28. ncbi Expression of thioredoxin in bleomycin-injured airway epithelium: possible role of protection against bleomycin induced epithelial injury
    Y Gon
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan
    Life Sci 68:1877-88. 2001
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  29. ncbi [Evolutionary embryology revived in Japan with a new molecular basis--Nori Satoh and history of ascidian studies in Kyoto in the 20th century]
    S Kuratani
    Ontogenez 37:474-7. 2006
  30. ncbi Plasma-binding globulins and acute stress response
    C W Breuner
    Integrative Biology, University of Texas at Austin, USA
    Horm Metab Res 38:260-8. 2006
    ..CBG capacity significantly declined within 30 - 60 minutes of capture in five of the nine species examined. This decline may serve to significantly increase the level of corticosterone reaching tissues during acute stress...
  31. ncbi Usefulness of a virtual reality simulator or training box for endoscopic surgery training
    T Kimura
    Surgical Department, Fujinomiya City General Hospital, 3 1 Nishikicyo, Fujinomiya, 418 0076, Japan
    Surg Endosc 20:656-9. 2006
    ..More actual experience and good supervision are essential for increasing the effectiveness of training with the VR and TB simulators, respectively...
  32. ncbi Mitochondrial respiratory function and reperfusion injury during pulmonary preservation
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Otsu Red-Cross Hospital, Otsu-city, Japan
    Transplant Proc 35:461-2. 2003
  33. ncbi Molecular cloning and sequencing of a cDNA of rat dopa decarboxylase: partial amino acid homologies with other enzymes synthesizing catecholamines
    T Tanaka
    Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 86:8142-6. 1989
    ..These results indicate that catecholamine biosynthetic enzymes are structurally related and suggest that their homologous domains are important for catechol-protein interactions...
  34. ncbi Structural characterization and chromosomal localization of the MAGE-E1 gene
    Y Kawano
    Laboratory of Neural Information, National Institute for Physiological Sciences, Okazaki 444 8585, Japan
    Gene 277:129-37. 2001
    ..These results suggest that MAGE-D and -E1 may be evolutionarily distant from other members of the MAGE family, and the two may be ancestral genes for the others...
  35. ncbi Optimal alveolar oxygen concentration for cold storage of the lung
    T Fukuse
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Shogo-in Kawahara-cho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8397, Japan
    Transplantation 72:300-4. 2001
    ..Therefore, hypoxic conditions that can maintain the energy level of the lung during cold storage would be optimal...
  36. ncbi Calcineurin-GATA4 pathway is involved in beta-adrenergic agonist-responsive endothelin-1 transcription in cardiac myocytes
    T Morimoto
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8507 Japan
    J Biol Chem 276:34983-9. 2001
    ..These findings demonstrate that NE-stimulated ET-1 expression in cardiac myocytes is mediated predominantly via a beta-adrenergic pathway, and that calcium-activated calcineurin-GATA4 plays a role in this process...
  37. ncbi Lipoic acid metabolism in Arabidopsis thaliana: cloning and characterization of a cDNA encoding lipoyltransferase
    M Wada
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka, 810 8560 Japan
    Plant Cell Physiol 42:650-6. 2001
    ..Western blot analysis with an antibody against lipoyltransferase demonstrated that a 29 kDa form of lipoyltransferase is located in the mitochondrial compartment of A. thaliana...
  38. ncbi Do mammalian cells synthesize lipoic acid? Identification of a mouse cDNA encoding a lipoic acid synthase located in mitochondria
    T Morikawa
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka 810 8560, Japan
    FEBS Lett 498:16-21. 2001
    ..These findings suggest that mammalian cells are able to synthesize lipoic acid in mitochondria...
  39. ncbi Protein kinase C-catalyzed phosphorylation of an inhibitory phosphoprotein of myosin phosphatase is involved in human platelet secretion
    Y Watanabe
    2nd and 1st Departments of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174 Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan
    Blood 97:3798-805. 2001
    ..Thus, CPI phosphorylation by PKC may participate in inhibiting myosin phosphatase, in addition to the Rho-kinase-mediated regulation of myosin phosphatase, during agonist-induced platelet secretion. (Blood. 2001;97:3798-3805)..
  40. ncbi Calcineurin pathway is required for endothelin-1-mediated protection against oxidant stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes
    T Kakita
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan
    Circ Res 88:1239-46. 2001
    ..These findings demonstrate that the calcineurin pathway is required for the inhibitory effect of ET-1 on oxidant stress-induced apoptosis in cardiac myocytes...
  41. ncbi A p300 protein as a coactivator of GATA-6 in the transcription of the smooth muscle-myosin heavy chain gene
    H Wada
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan
    J Biol Chem 275:25330-5. 2000
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  42. ncbi Complete amino acid sequence of mitochondrial aspartate aminotransferase from pig heart muscle. Peptide ordering procedures and the complete sequence
    H Kagamiyama
    J Biol Chem 255:6153-9. 1980
  43. ncbi The complete amino acid sequence of mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase from rat liver
    Q K Huynh
    J Biochem 90:863-75. 1981
    ..Comparison showed that 24 of the 401 residues of mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase from rat liver are different from those of pig heart isozyme and that homology between the two isozymes is 94%...
  44. ncbi Rat cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase: molecular cloning of cDNA and expression in Escherichia coli
    Y Horio
    Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University School of Medicine
    J Biochem 103:797-804. 1988
    ..This hybrid protein represented about 18% of the soluble proteins in E. coli and its kinetic properties were comparable with those of cAspAT preparations purified from rat liver...
  45. ncbi Molecular cloning of rat mitochondrial glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase mRNA and regulation of its expression in regenerating liver
    Y Horio
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 134:803-11. 1986
    ..Using the cDNA of mGOT, it was revealed that the increase of mGOT in the regenerating rat liver depended on its mRNA content...
  46. ncbi Induction of cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase by glucagon in primary cultured rat hepatocytes
    Y Horio
    Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University School of Medicine, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 153:410-6. 1988
    ..Insulin (1 x 10(-7) M) did not inhibit the enzyme induction by glucagon or dibutyryl cAMP. These results suggest that the cytosolic aspartate aminotransferase gene is regulated by cAMP, and not by insulin...
  47. ncbi Cell type-specific expression of the genes for the protein kinase C family: down regulation of mRNAs for PKC alpha and nPKC epsilon upon in vitro differentiation of a mouse neuroblastoma cell line neuro 2a
    H Wada
    Department of Molecular Biology, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Science, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 165:533-8. 1989
    ..In a mouse neuroblast cell line, Neuro 2a, down modulation of mRNAs for both PKC alpha and nPKC epsilon was observed in association with in vitro differentiation...
  48. ncbi Molecular cloning of guinea-pig aromatic-L-amino acid decarboxylase cDNA
    M Taketoshi
    Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University, Faculty of Medicine, Japan
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 170:1229-35. 1990
    ..Guinea-pig DDC has a region showing 100% sequence identity with rat HDC, but only 67% sequence identity with rat DDC, suggesting that this region is related with the cross-reactivity of guinea-pig DDC and anti-rat HDC antibody...
  49. ncbi Enhancement of chilling tolerance of a cyanobacterium by genetic manipulation of fatty acid desaturation
    H Wada
    National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
    Nature 347:200-3. 1990
    ..The introduction of this gene from a chilling-resistant cyanobacterium, Synechocystis PCC6803, into a chilling-sensitive cyanobacterium, Anacystis nidulans, increases the tolerance of the recipient to low temperature...
  50. ncbi Expression cloning of a cDNA encoding the bovine histamine H1 receptor
    M Yamashita
    Department of Pharmacology II, Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan
    Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 88:11515-9. 1991
    ..This investigation discloses the molecular nature of the H1 receptor--a receptor that mediates diverse neuronal and peripheral actions of histamine and that may be of therapeutic importance in allergy...
  51. ncbi Histamine N-methyltransferase from rat kidney. Cloning, nucleotide sequence, and expression in Escherichia coli cells
    M Takemura
    Department of Pharmacology II, Osaka University Faculty of Medicine, Suita, Japan
    J Biol Chem 267:15687-91. 1992
    ..All of the inhibitors of the natural enzyme tested showed similar Ki values on both recombinant and natural enzyme...
  52. ncbi Homozygous protein C deficiency: identification of a novel missense mutation that causes impaired secretion of the mutant protein C
    K Yamamoto
    First Department of Internal Medicine, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan
    J Lab Clin Med 119:682-9. 1992
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  53. ncbi A deletional frameshift mutation of the beta-spectrin gene associated with elliptocytosis in spectrin Tokyo (beta 220/216)
    A Kanzaki
    Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan
    Blood 80:2115-21. 1992
    ..However, for some reason, Spectrin Tokyo had a lower incorporation level into the membrane than Spectrin Nice...
  54. ncbi Cloning of omega 3 desaturase from cyanobacteria and its use in altering the degree of membrane-lipid unsaturation
    T Sakamoto
    Department of Molecular Biomechanics, Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Okazaki, Japan
    Plant Mol Biol 26:249-63. 1994
    ..These results confirm the function of the desB gene and demonstrate that it is possible to genetically manipulate the fatty-acid unsaturation of membrane lipids in cyanobacteria...
  55. ncbi Characterization of the murF gene of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    M P Malakhov
    Department of Regulation Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
    Microbiology 141:163-9. 1995
    ..The cyanobacterial murF gene complemented a temperature-sensitive mutation in a murF-deficient strain of E. coli, restoring the mutant's ability to synthesize a cell wall and to survive at high sublethal temperatures...
  56. ncbi Purification and characterization of bovine cone arrestin (cArr)
    T Maeda
    Department of Ophthalmology, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, S 1 W 16, Chuo Ku, Sapporo, Japan
    FEBS Lett 470:336-40. 2000
    ..The present data suggest that cArr may play a role in the quenching of phototransduction in cone photoreceptors and that its activity therein is different to that of rArr...
  57. ncbi p300 protein as a coactivator of GATA-5 in the transcription of cardiac-restricted atrial natriuretic factor gene
    T Kakita
    Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, 54 Kawara cho, Shogoin, Sakyo ku, Kyoto 606 8507, Japan
    J Biol Chem 274:34096-102. 1999
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  58. ncbi Identification of NEDD8-conjugation site in human cullin-2
    H Wada
    Department of Internal Medicine, Institute of Molecular Medicine for the Prevention of Human Diseases, Houston, Texas 77030, USA
    Biochem Biophys Res Commun 257:100-5. 1999
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  59. ncbi Biosynthesis of lipoic acid in Arabidopsis: cloning and characterization of the cDNA for lipoic acid synthase
    R Yasuno
    Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Ropponmatsu, Fukuoka 810 8560, Japan
    Plant Physiol 118:935-43. 1998
    ..Western analysis with an antibody against lipoic acid synthase demonstrated that this enzyme is located in the mitochondrial compartment in Arabidopsis cells as a 43-kD polypeptide...
  60. ncbi Identification of three major sentrinization sites in PML
    T Kamitani
    Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    J Biol Chem 273:26675-82. 1998
    ..These studies provide novel insight into the pathobiochemistry of acute promyelocytic leukemia and the sentrinization pathway...
  61. ncbi Homozygous missense mutation (band 3 Fukuoka: G130R): a mild form of hereditary spherocytosis with near-normal band 3 content and minimal changes of membrane ultrastructure despite moderate protein 4.2 deficiency
    T Inoue
    Department of Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki City, Japan
    Br J Haematol 102:932-9. 1998
    ..2 deficiencies...
  62. ncbi The gshB gene in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 encodes a functional glutathione synthetase
    N Okumura
    Biological Laboratory, Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Japan
    Microbiology 143:2883-90. 1997
    ..These findings demonstrate that the gshB gene of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 is a structural gene for glutathione synthetase and is involved in the biosynthesis of glutathione...
  63. ncbi The coxD gene for heme O synthase in Synechocystis
    M Malakhov
    National Institute for Basic Biology, Myodaiji, Japan
    Biochim Biophys Acta 1273:84-6. 1996
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  64. ncbi Structure of a cyanobacterial gene encoding the 50S ribosomal protein L9
    M P Malakhov
    Department of Regulation Biology, National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
    Plant Mol Biol 21:913-8. 1993
    ..The gene is present as a single copy in the chromosome and is transcribed as a mRNA of 0.64 kb. An open reading frame of unknown function (ORF291) was found in the upstream region of the rplI gene...
  65. ncbi Identification of conserved domains in the delta 12 desaturases of cyanobacteria
    T Sakamoto
    Department of Molecular Biomechanics, Graduate University of Advanced Studies, Okazaki, Japan
    Plant Mol Biol 24:643-50. 1994
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  66. ncbi A second groEL-like gene, organized in a groESL operon is present in the genome of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
    C Lehel
    Institute of Biochemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
    J Biol Chem 268:1799-804. 1993
    ..2-kb transcript of groESL operon increased 100-fold within 15 min upon heat stress. A 9-base pair inverted repeat revealed around the groESL promoter might be involved in regulation of the heat shock response...
  67. ncbi delta 9 Acyl-lipid desaturases of cyanobacteria. Molecular cloning and substrate specificities in terms of fatty acids, sn-positions, and polar head groups
    T Sakamoto
    National Institute for Basic Biology, Okazaki, Japan
    J Biol Chem 269:25576-80. 1994
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  68. ncbi Heat shock protein synthesis of the cyanobacterium Synechocystis PCC 6803: purification of the GroEL-related chaperonin
    C Lehel
    Institute of Biochemistry, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Szeged
    Plant Mol Biol 18:327-36. 1992
    ..Moreover, the purified HSP64 cross-reacted to anti-E. coli GroEL antibody. To our knowledge, this is the first report about the purification and partial protein sequencing of a cyanobacterial chaperonin...