In recent years,large-scale sequencing of complete genomes has fueled the discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),which have been the representatives of genetic variants associated with susceptibility to va...
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In recent years,large-scale sequencing of complete genomes has fueled the discovery of single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs),which have been the representatives of genetic variants associated with susceptibility to various common diseases and response to various *** a number of methods have been proposed for SNPs mapping and typing[1],most of
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T.SeinoS.NishizawaN.TeramaeDepartment of Chemistry
Graduate School of Science Tohoku University and Core Research for Evolution Science and Technology (CREST) Japan Science and Technology Agency Aoba-ku Sendai 980-8578 Japan
Pulse shaping and phase control of femtosecond pulses are shown to have effect on the dielectric breakdown of sapphire. The influence of a pulse tilt on a dielectric breakdown is demonstrated. Three-dimensional struct...
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Pulse shaping and phase control of femtosecond pulses are shown to have effect on the dielectric breakdown of sapphire. The influence of a pulse tilt on a dielectric breakdown is demonstrated. Three-dimensional structuring of transparent dielectric and semiconducting materials at tight focusing is discussed.
Bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photons was adopted to determine the detection efficiency of single-photon detectors operating at 1550nm without comparing to a reference standard. A self-calibration m...
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(纸本)1424411742
Bidirectional coincidence counting of correlated photons was adopted to determine the detection efficiency of single-photon detectors operating at 1550nm without comparing to a reference standard. A self-calibration method best suitable for single-photon detectors was established.
Bcl-2 is a member of the large Bcl-2 family and protects cells from apoptosis. Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation induces apoptosis of keratinocytes that is known as “sunburn cells.” Previously we reported that UVB irr...
Bcl-2 is a member of the large Bcl-2 family and protects cells from apoptosis. Ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation induces apoptosis of keratinocytes that is known as “sunburn cells.” Previously we reported that UVB irradiation induces apoptosis accompanied by sequential activation of caspase 8, 3 and 1 in keratinocytes, and that the process is inhibited by various caspase inhibitors. Using bcl-2–expressing adenovirus vector we investigated the effect of Bcl-2 on UVB-induced apoptosis. Adenovirus vector efficiently introduced bcl-2 gene in cultured normal mouse keratinocytes (NMK cells); almost all NMK cells (1 × 10 6 ) were transfected at 1 × 10 8 plaque-forming unit (PFU)/mL. Bcl-2–transfected NMK cells were significantly resistant to UVB-induced apoptosis with the suppressive effect dependent on the Bcl-2 expression level. Following UVB irradiation caspase 8, 3 and 9 activities were stimulated in NMK cells, whereas in bcl-2–transfected cells only caspase 8, but not caspase 3 or 9, activity was stimulated. In order to investigate the effect of Bcl-2 in vivo topical application of Ad-bcl-2 on tape-stripped mouse skin was performed. Following the application Bcl-2 was efficiently overexpressed in almost all viable keratinocytes. The expression was transient with the maximal expression of Bcl-2 on the first day following the application of 1 × 10 9 PFU in 200 μL. The introduced Bcl-2 remained at least for 6 days. UVB irradiation (1250 J/m 2 ) induced apoptosis within 12 h and the maximal effect was observed at 24 h in control mouse skin. Both bcl-2–transfected and topical caspase 3 inhibitor-treated mice skin were resistant to UVB-induced apoptosis. The suppressive effect of Bcl-2 was more potent than that of caspase 3 inhibitor application. Topical application of empty adenovirus vector alone had no effect on Bcl-2 expression or UVB-induced apoptosis. These results indicate that adenovirus vector is an efficient gene delivery system into keratinocytes and that Bcl-2 is
A novel optical buffer memory with a shift register function using a two-dimensional array of polarization bistable VCSELs is proposed. 1-bit optical buffering, which is an essential part of the memory, has been exper...
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(纸本)1557528136
A novel optical buffer memory with a shift register function using a two-dimensional array of polarization bistable VCSELs is proposed. 1-bit optical buffering, which is an essential part of the memory, has been experimentally demonstrated.
Drebrin A is a neuron-specific F-actin binding protein, and plays a pivotal role in the spine formation. In this study, we expressed drebrin A tagged with green fluorescent protein (GFP-DA) in hippocampal neurons at 7...
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Drebrin A is a neuron-specific F-actin binding protein, and plays a pivotal role in the spine formation. In this study, we expressed drebrin A tagged with green fluorescent protein (GFP-DA) in hippocampal neurons at 7¨C9 days in vitro when presynaptic terminals are not fully maturated. GFP-DA was accumulated in dendritic protrusions and formed large abnormal structures. Since these structures were similar to filopodia in terms of lack of MAP2 immunostaining, we named them ?°megapodia?± meaning large dendritic filopodia. F-actin and PSD-95 were also accumulated in megapodia, and their amounts were significantly correlated with that of GFP-DA. However, the expression of GFP-DA did not result in the promotion of the morphological change from filopodia into spines. These results demonstrate that drebrin A accumulates spine-resident proteins via protein¨Cprotein interaction in filopodia, and suggest that the spine formation requires the concurrence of the increase of drebrin-A expression and the functional presynaptic contact.
Detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)in human genome has become increasingly important in the fields of genetics,molecular diagnostics and cancer research.1 Various methods for SNPs detection,including hi...
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Detection of single-nucleotide polymorphisms(SNPs)in human genome has become increasingly important in the fields of genetics,molecular diagnostics and cancer research.1 Various methods for SNPs detection,including high-density arrays,primer extension methods,real time PCR,invader assay,
Drebrin A is a neuron-specific, actin binding protein. Evidence to date is from in vitro studies, consistently supporting the involvement of drebrin A in spinogenesis and synaptogenesis. We sought to determine whether...
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