I. Outline of the Noda Institute for Scientific Research
II. Achievement of Research Activities in 2004
Reproduced Papers
- T. Takahashi, O. Hatamoto, Y. Koyama and K. Abe
- Efficient gene disruption in the koji-mold Aspergillus sojae using a novel variation of the positive-negative method
Reproduced from Mol Gen Genomics, 272: 344-352 (2004) by copyright permission of the Springer-Verlag
- A. Ventosa, M. C. Gutiérrez, M. Kamekura, I. S. Zvyagintseva and A. Oren
- Taxonomic study of Halorubrum distributum and proposal of Halorubrum terrestre sp. nov.
Reproduced from Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 54: 389-392 (2004) by copyright permission of the International Union of Microbiological Society
- T. Mizuki, M. Kamekura, S. DasSarma, T. Fukushima, R. Usami, Y. Yoshida and K. Horikoshi
- Ureases of extreme halophiles of the genus Haloarcula with a unique structure of gene cluster
Reproduced from Biosci. Biotechnol. Biochem., 68: 397-406 (2004) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry
- Y. Boucher, M. Kamekura and W. F. Doolittle
- Origins and evolution of isoprenoid lipid biosynthesis in aechaea
Reproduced from Mol. Microbiol., 52: 515-527 (2004) by copyright permission of the Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- T. Mizuki, M. Kamekura, M. Ishibashi, R. Usami, Y. Yoshida, M. Tokunaga and K. Horikoshi
- Nucleoside diphosphate kinase of halobacteria―Amino acid sequence and salt-response pattern
Reproduced from J. Japn. Soc. Extremophiles, 3: 18-27 (2004) by copyright permission of the Japan Society for Extremophiles
- H. Tokunaga, K. Mitsuo, M. Kamekura and M. Tokunaga
- Major outer membrane proteins in moderately halophilic eubacteria of genera Chromohalobacter and Halomonas
Reproduced from J. Basic Microbiol., 44: 232-240 (2004) by copyright permission of the John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Y. Boucher, C. J. Douady, A. K. Sharma, M. Kamekura and W. F. Doolittle
- Intragenomic heterogeneity and intergenomic recombination among haloarchaeal ribosomal RNA genes
Reproduced from J. Bacteriol., 186: 3980-3990 (2004) by copyright permission of the American Society for Microbioligy
- M. Akahira-Azuma, M. Szczepanik, R. F. Tsuji, R. A. Campos, A. Itakura, N. Mobini, J. McNiff, I. Kawikova, B. Lu, C. Gerard, J. S. Pober and P. W. Askenase
- Early delayed-type hypersensitivity eosinophil infiltrates depend on T helper 2 cytokines and interferon-gamma via CXCR3 chemokines
Reproduced from Immunology, 111: 306-317 (2004) by copyright permission of the Blackwell Publishing Ltd
- T. Koga, P. Kwan, L. Zubik, C. Ameho, D. Smith and M. Meydani
- Vitamin E supplementation suppresses macrophage accumulation and endothelial cell expression of adhesion molecules in the aorta of hypercholesterolemic rabbits
Reproduced from Atherosclerosis, 176: 265-272 (2004) by copyright permission of the Elsevier Science Ltd
- A. Oda, C. Sakuta, S. Masuda, T. Mizoguchi, H. Kamada and S. Satoh
- Possible Involvement of Leaf Gibberellins in the Clock-Controlled Expression of XSP30, a Gene Encoding a Xylem Sap Lectin, in Cucumber Roots
Reproduced from Plant Physiology, 133: 1779-1790 (2004) by copyright permission of the Springer-Verlag
Papers in Japanese
- K. Matsushima, T. Takahashi, Y. Hanya and Y. Koyama
- Molecular Biological study for Non-producibility of Aflatoxin by Koji mold Aspergillus sojae
Reproduced from J. Japan Soysauce Research Institute, 30: 5-11 (2004) by copyright permission of the Japan Soysauce Research Institute
- S. Hara, R. F. Tsuji, O. Hatamoto and T. Masuda
- A Simple Method for Enrichment of Uninucleate conidia of Aspergillus oryzae
Reproduced from J. Japan Soysauce Research Institute, 29: 229-234 (2003) by copyright permission of the Japan Soysauce Research Institute
Japanese Patents Laid-Open
Titles of Oral and Poster Presentations
III. Report on the Research Assisted by the NISR Research Grant in 2003
Research Grant
- Harushi NAKAJIMA (The University of Tokyo)
- Cell surface engineering in Aspergillus oryzae
- Hirofumi SHOUN (The University of Tokyo)
- Basic studies on fungal unique P450 for industrial applications
- Masao TOKUNAGA (Kagoshima University)
- Development of highly soluble enzymes adopting the structural characteristics of halophilic enzymes
- Masaaki WACHI (Tokyo Institute of Technology)
- Analysis of the role of E. coli RNA-binding protein Hfq in the regulation mechanism of gene expression
- Yoh WADA (Osaka University)
- Modification vacuolar function and physiology of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by expressing mammalian V-ATPases
Young Investigator Research Grant
- Shin HARUTA (The University of Tokyo)
- Microbial ecological studies on traditional food fermentation
- Takane KATAYAMA (Kyoto University)
- Functional analysis of the proteins involved in the aromatic amino acids metabolism in bacteria
- Jun-ichi MARUYAMA (The University of Tokyo)
- Functional characterization of AoHex1 involved in Woronin body formation in Aspergillus oryzae
- Hiroyasu ONAKA (Toyama Prefectural University)
- Characterization of the biosynthetic gene cluster of goadsporin which promote secondary metabolism and sporulation in actinomycetes.
- Yumiko TAKATSUKA (Tohoku University)
- Molecular dissection of the Selenomonas ruminantium cell envelope and lysine decarboxylase involved in the biosynthesis of a polyamine covalently linked to the cell wall peptidoglycan layer
- Shinji TAKENAKA (Kobe University)
- Characterization of aerobic denitrification mechanism in Klebsiella pneumoniae strain F-5-2 that can utilize ammonium and nitrate ions simultaneously and application of nitrifying and denitrifying processes to wastewater treatment
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