Mammalian-specific genomic functions: Newly acquired traits generated by genomic imprinting and LTR retrotransposon-derived genes in mammals [0.03%]
哺乳动物特有的基因组功能:基因印记和LTR逆转录转座子衍生的基因在哺乳动物中产生的新获得性状
Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino,Fumitoshi Ishino
Tomoko Kaneko-Ishino
Mammals, including human beings, have evolved a unique viviparous reproductive system and a highly developed central nervous system. How did these unique characteristics emerge in mammalian evolution, and what kinds of changes did occur in ...
Rocky coast processes: with special reference to the recession of soft rock cliffs [0.03%]
岩岸的地质作用—以软岩崖坡的蚀退为例
Tsuguo Sunamura
Tsuguo Sunamura
Substantial progress in research on the recession of coastal cliffs composed of soft materials has been made in recent years and data with higher accuracy have been accumulated. This paper provides the state of the art review in the recessi...
Muographic imaging with a multi-layered telescope and its application to the study of the subsurface structure of a volcano [0.03%]
多层望远镜的穆图成像及其在火山地下结构研究中的应用
Taro Kusagaya,Hiroyuki K M Tanaka
Taro Kusagaya
In conventional muography observations using two detectors for muon tracking, the accidental coincidence of vertical electromagnetic showers generates identical trajectories to the muon tracks. Although muography has favorable properties, w...
Kazutoshi Mori
Kazutoshi Mori
Originating from cancer research in mammalian cultured cells, the entirely new field of the unfolded protein response (UPR) was born in 1988. The UPR is a transcriptional induction program coupled with intracellular signaling from the endop...
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
Yoshinori Fujiyoshi
Electron crystallography is especially useful for studying the structure and function of membrane proteins - key molecules with important functions in neural and other cells. Electron crystallography is now an established technique for anal...
Whole-body counter surveys of over 2700 babies and small children in and around Fukushima Prefecture 33 to 49 months after the Fukushima Daiichi NPP accident [0.03%]
福岛核事故后33至49个月时对福岛及其周边2700多名婴儿和儿童的全身计数调查
Ryugo S Hayano,Masaharu Tsubokura,Makoto Miyazaki et al.
Ryugo S Hayano et al.
BABYSCAN, a whole-body counter (WBC) for small children was developed in 2013, and units have been installed at three hospitals in Fukushima Prefecture. Between December, 2013 and March, 2015, 2707 children between the ages of 0 and 11 have...
Hiroshi Kiyono,Tatsuhiko Azegami
Hiroshi Kiyono
The oral cavity is the beginning of the aero-digestive tract, which is covered by mucosal epithelium continuously under the threat of invasion of pathogens, it is thus protected by the mucosal immune system. In the early phase of our scient...
Kazuhiko Yamamoto,Yukinori Okada,Akari Suzuki et al.
Kazuhiko Yamamoto et al.
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a common autoimmune disease that results in significant morbidity. As with other complex disorders, genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have greatly contributed to the current understanding of RA etiology. I...
Yasuhiro Furuichi
Yasuhiro Furuichi
Terminal structure analysis of an insect cytoplasmic polyhedrosis virus (CPV) genome RNA in the early 1970s at the National Institute of Genetics in Japan yielded a 2'-O-methylated nucleotide in the 5' end of double-stranded RNA genome. Thi...
Catalytic enantioselective synthesis of chiral organic compounds of ultra-high purity of >99% ee [0.03%]
超高对映体 excess (> 99% ee)的手性有机化合物的催化合成
Ei-ichi Negishi,Shiqing Xu
Ei-ichi Negishi
Shortly after the discovery of Zr-catalyzed carboalumination of alkynes in 1978, we sought expansion of the scope of this reaction so as to develop its alkene version for catalytic asymmetric C-C bond formation, namely the ZACA (Zr-catalyze...