Shiro Kobayashi
Shiro Kobayashi
This article is a short comprehensive review describing in vitro polyester synthesis catalyzed by a hydrolysis enzyme of lipase, most of which has been developed for these two decades. Polyesters are prepared by repeated ester bond-formatio...
Key structures of bacterial peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide triggering the innate immune system of higher animals: chemical synthesis and functional studies [0.03%]
触发高等动物先天免疫系统的细菌肽聚糖和脂多糖的关键结构的化学合成及功能研究
Shoichi Kusumoto,Koichi Fukase,Tetsuo Shiba
Shoichi Kusumoto
Chemistry-based investigation is reviewed which led to identification of the active entities responsible for the immunostimulating potencies of peptidoglycan and lipopolysaccharide. Though these glycoconjugates which ubiquitously occur in w...
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita
Neutrino oscillation was discovered through studies of neutrinos produced by cosmic-ray interactions in the atmosphere. These neutrinos are called atmospheric neutrinos. They are produced as decay products in hadronic showers resulting from...
Hirotaka Sugawara
Hirotaka Sugawara
Some of my work of the last 50 years in the field of theoretical particle physics is described with particular emphasis on the motivation, the process of investigation, relationship to the work of others, and its impact. My judgment is unav...
Toward a superconducting quantum computer. Harnessing macroscopic quantum coherence [0.03%]
超导量子计算机展望.驾驭宏观量子相干性
Jaw-Shen Tsai
Jaw-Shen Tsai
Intensive research on the construction of superconducting quantum computers has produced numerous important achievements. The quantum bit (qubit), based on the Josephson junction, is at the heart of this research. This macroscopic system ha...
SSD1, which encodes a plant-specific novel protein, controls plant elongation by regulating cell division in rice [0.03%]
编码植物特有的新型蛋白的SSD1通过调控水稻细胞分裂控制株高大小
Kenji Asano,Akio Miyao,Hirohiko Hirochika et al.
Kenji Asano et al.
Plant height is one of the most important traits in crop improvement. Therefore revealing the mechanism of plant elongation and controlling plant height in accordance with breeding object is important. In this study we analyzed a novel dwar...
Selectivity of seismic electric signal (SES) of the 2000 Izu earthquake swarm: a 3D FEM numerical simulation model [0.03%]
2000年伊豆地震群的地震电动信号(SES)的选择性：一个三维FEM数值模拟模型
Qinghua Huang,Yufeng Lin
Qinghua Huang
Although seismic electric signal (SES) has been used for short-term prediction of earthquakes, selectivity of SES still remains as one of the mysterious features. As a case study, we made a numerical simulation based on a 3D finite element ...
Masamitsu Iino
Masamitsu Iino
Changes in the intracellular Ca(2+) concentration regulate numerous cell functions and display diverse spatiotemporal dynamics, which underlie the versatility of Ca(2+) in cell signaling. In many cell types, an increase in the intracellular...
A new paradigm of bacteria-gut interplay brought through the study of Shigella [0.03%]
志贺菌研究带来的一种细菌与肠道互作新范式
Chihiro Sasakawa
Chihiro Sasakawa
Bacteria-gut epithelial interplay and the mucosal immune response are the most critical issues in determining the fate of bacterial infection and the severity of diseases. Shigella species (abbreviated here as Shigella), the causative agent...