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Abstract: Heterosigma akashiwo virus (HaV) is a large icosahedral virus (∼0.2 μm) harboring a double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) genome (∼294 kbp). The virus is the only member of the genus Raphidovirus in the family Phycodnaviridae. Since its first discovery, a number of ecologic, physiologic and genetic studies about HaV have been conducted; especially, the relationship between H. akashiwo and HaV in nature was studied and viral infection is now regarded as a significant factor influencing the dynamics and termination of H. akashiwo blooms. HaV infection has considerable impacts on H. akashiwo populations in both aspects of fluctuation in biomass (quantity) and changes in clonal composition (quality). Partial sequencing of the HaV genome revealed that a number of genes showed considerable similarity to those of other protist-infecting viruses; still, the phylogenetic position of HaV suggested a number of enigmas in host–virus coevolution. Here are summarized the ecology, physiology and genetics of HaV especially from the viewpoint of the host–virus relationship. 相似文献
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Fumiaki Nakatsubo Kenichi Enokita Koji Murakami Keizo Yonemori Akira Sugiura Naoki Utsunomiya Suranant Subhadrabandhu 《Journal of Wood Science》2002,48(5):414-418
The structural variety of the condensed tannins (proanthocyanidins) in the fruits of 16Diospyros species are reported. Eleven species contained condensed tannins mostly consisting of a mixture of catechin (CA) and gallocatechin (GCA) repeating units; the other five species did not. The GCA content in the CA-GCA total varied from 0.3% to 84.6%. The number of esterified gallic acid per one flavan repeating unit (degree of galloylation, DG) ranged from 0.01 to 0.89. The GCA content was found to be proportional to the DG values. Thus, 16Diospyros species tested may be classified into five groups by the analytical data of their condensed tannins. It may be interesting to compare their structural characteristics with those of the condensed tannins in other fruits, leaves, woods, and barks from the viewpoint of their biosynthesis and function in the plants.Part of this paper was presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society, Tokyo, April 1995 相似文献
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Takayuki Anzai Masamichi Kaminishi Keizo Sato Laura Kaufman Hijiri Iwata Dai Nakae 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2015,28(2):57-64
The Standard for the Exchange of Nonclinical Data (SEND), adopted by the US FDA, is part of a set of regulations and guidances requiring the submission of standardized electronic study data for nonclinical and clinical data submissions. SEND is the nonclinical implementation of SDTM (Study Data Tabulation Model), the standard electronic format for clinical regulatory submissions to FDA. SEND, SDTM, and the associated Controlled Terminology have been developed by CDISC (Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium). In order to successfully implement SEND, interdisciplinary contributions between sponsors and CROs, need a model for task allocation. This is being undertaken by the Pharmaceutical Users Software Exchange (PhUSE). Because SEND is currently the preferred submission format of the US FDA only and will become required by it starting in December 2016, only American academic societies and companies are actively involved. An exception to this is the INHAND initiative, which leads the way in standardizing terminology for toxicological pathology. On the other hand, international globalization of other clinical and nonclinical practices is not feasible because there are substantial differences between the US and non-US countries in CRO involvement in drug development. Thus, non-US countries must consider and develop approaches to SEND that meet their needs. This paper summarizes the activities of the major organizations involved in SEND development and implementation, discusses the effective use of SEND, and details a compliance scheme (research material of the Showa University School of Medicine) illustrating how pharmaceutical companies can complete a large amount of work up to an FDA application with the effective utilization of CROs and solution providers. 相似文献
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Daito T Fujino K Watanabe Y Ikuta K Tomonaga K 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2011,73(9):1243-1247
Borna disease virus (BDV) is a non-segmented, negative-strand RNA virus that is characterized by nuclear replication and persistent infection. A unique feature of BDV is that it releases only a small number of infectious particles from infected cells. Although these characteristics might make it difficult to obtain a large amount of recombinant viruses in a reverse genetics system, the mechanism underlying the budding or assembly of BDV particle has remained largely unknown. In this study, as a first step toward understanding the virion formation of BDV, we investigated the intracellular distribution and mobility of the fluorescent marker fusion envelope glycoprotein (G) of BDV in living cells. Expression analysis revealed that fusion proteins seem to cleave into functional subunits and localize in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER)/Golgi apparatus, as well as the authentic BDV G. Furthermore, we demonstrated using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching analysis that BDV G fluorescence shows rapid recovery in both the ER/Golgi and plasma membrane regions, indicating that BDV G fusion protein may be a useful tool to investigate not only the maturation of BDV G but also the budding and assembly of BDV particles in living cells. 相似文献
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Nitrogen-fixing activity in decomposing litter of three tree species at a watershed in eastern Japan
Takashi Yamanaka Keizo Hirai Shuhei Aizawa Shuichiro Yoshinaga Masamichi Takahashi 《Journal of Forest Research》2011,16(1):1-7
Nitrogen fixation during litter decomposition was studied for 34 months using litterbags containing newly fallen litter of
coniferous species Cryptomeria japonica and Pinus densiflora and that of deciduous species Quercus serrata. Litterbags were set in contact with the forest floor in a deciduous broad-leaved forest near the top of a slope and in a
C. japonica stand at the middle of the slope at a watershed in eastern Japan. Nitrogen-fixing activity, estimated by acetylene reduction
after 16 and 19 months of incubation, was 62.65–3.86 nmoles C2H4 h−1 g−1 DW in Cryptomeria litter, but only 1.07–0.09 in Pinus and 0.72–0.04 in Quercus. The rate of N increase in decomposing litter was highest in Cryptomeria. Fungal biomass in decomposing litter, estimated by ergosterol content, increased during the initial 16 months of incubation
in Cryptomeria and Quercus, and during the initial 19 months of incubation in Pinus. The litter decomposition rate was highest in Cryptomeria among the three species, due to increased N content and fungal biomass in Cryptomeria litter. Thus, N increase in decomposing Cryptomeria litter affects the subsequent N dynamics and decomposition pattern. 相似文献
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Watanabe Y Yanai H Ohtaki N Ikuta K Tomonaga K 《The Journal of veterinary medical science / the Japanese Society of Veterinary Science》2006,68(2):171-174
Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that asymptomatic infection of Borna disease virus (BDV) is found in various species of animals in Japan. Recent reports have also revealed that neurological diseases caused by this virus could exist in horses, cattle, a dog, and cats in this country. In this study, we investigated seroprevalence of BDV antibodies in Japanese black cows reared in Kyushu, the southernmost main island of Japan, using ELISA and Western-immunoblotting. Of 101 serum samples, 11 (10.9%) and 21(20.7%) sera were identified as having antibodies to the BDV N and P antigens, respectively. Among the positive sera, three cows (2.9%) were seropositive for both of the antigens. Furthermore, interestingly, only female cows showed antibodies to P, whereas N antibodies were detected in male and female cows with a comparative ratio. Together with previous studies, our results indicate that BDV might be widely spread in cattle raised in Japan. Furthermore, this is the first report to show that beef cattle, Japanese black cattle, have antibodies against a possible zoonotic pathogen, BDV. 相似文献
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Keizo Yonemori Chitose Honsho Akira Kitajima Malli Aradhya Edgardo Giordani Elvio Bellini Dan E. Parfitt 《Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution》2008,55(1):81-89
Sixty one persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.) selections, including 17 Italian, 11 Spanish, 13 Japanese, six Korean, five Chinese, one Israeli, and eight of unknown
origin, were evaluated for genetic differences by AFLP analysis. Relationships among cultivars were evaluated by UPGMA clustering,
Neighbor Joining, and MultiDimensional Scaling. While similarities among groups were generally less than 0.60, both UPGMA
and Neighbor Joining separated European and Asian cultivars. Spanish and Italian cultivars were not separated by any of the
analyses, suggesting that they share a common gene pool, while Japanese, Chinese and Korean cultivars formed distinct clusters.
Diversity within groups was greater than diversity between groups. Most cultivars were quite polymorphic (only 0.60–0.80 similarity
between cultivars). In addition, the presence of several Japanese cultivars in the European group and a group of European
cultivars nested between Chinese and Korean groups suggest that similar, but different progenitors were used in the development
of the present European cultivars. ‘Kaki Tipo’ selections from different sources were clearly different by AFLP analysis,
indicating that they are separate cultivars. 相似文献
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In several areas of Japan, rape plants (Brassica napus) show a boron deficient smyptom, resulting in a seed-maturation obstacle. And in these areas, early supply of boron before transplanting were required5,6. 相似文献
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Hosoda Naohiko Kurokawa Yoichi Sako Yoshihiko Nagasaki Keizo Yoshida Takashi Hiroishi Shingo 《Fisheries Science》2011,77(4):665-670
ORF69 in the cyanophage infecting Microcystis aeruginosa, Ma-LMM01, shows homology to the family 19 chitinases where the catalytic domain has structural similarity to lysozyme. Chitinases
hydrolyze chitin, a β-1, 4-linked monopolymer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc); whereas lysozymes hydrolyzes peptidoglycan, alternating β-1, 4-linked copolymers of N-acetylmuramic acid (MurNAc) and GlcNAc. Using amino acid sequence comparison to ORF69, the putative sugar binding residues, Gln162
and Lys165, from the barley chitinase (the model enzyme for the family 19 chitinases) corresponding to subsites −4 and −3
were found to be replaced with Gly209 and Ile213, respectively, in ORF69. To analyze their contribution to substrate binding
affinity, ORF69 was cloned into Escherichia coli; and two mutant proteins G209Q and I213K were prepared using site-directed mutagenesis. The wild-type gene product (gp69)
showed both lysozyme and chitinase activities. In contrast, the I213K mutant showed a decrease (70%) in lysozyme activity
and a significant increase (50%) in chitinase activity; whereas, the G209Q mutant almost completely abolished both enzyme
activities. The data suggest the Ile213 residue is involved in recognizing the substrate MurNAc; and Gly209 has significant
contribution in chitinase and lysozyme activities for the wild-type gp69. 相似文献
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Takamitsu TSUKAHARA Eriko KISHINO Ryo INOUE Nobuo NAKANISHI Keizo NAKAYAMA Tetsuya ITO Kazunari USHIDA 《Animal Science Journal》2013,84(1):54-59
Early weaning induces villous atrophy in the small intestine. Reduction in villous height in the small intestine after weaning is associated with reductions in brush‐border enzyme activity. Body weight gain after weaning is, therefore, correlated with villous height. This evidence suggested that the maintenance of small intestinal structure and function after weaning is important for the growth of young pigs. On the other hand, the relationship between villous height and the activity of the digestive enzymes in the small intestine has not been studied with piglets from the suckling to the growing period. Five suckling piglets, four piglets in the proximal stage of weaning, four pigs in the distal stage of weaning and four growing pigs were used. The activities of lactase (LA), sucrase (SA) and maltase (MA) were determined. LA showed a positive correlation with villous height in weaning. SA and MA were positively correlated with villous height from suckling to growing. In a previous study, non‐infectious dyspeptic diarrhea was frequently observed in growing piglets on Japanese swine farms. The maintenance of villous height to retain disaccharidase activity may prevent dyspepsic diarrhea in this stage. 相似文献