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Masaaki Morikawa

- Verified email at ees.hokudai.ac.jp - Cited by 8257

Masato Morikawa

- Verified email at umin.ac.jp - Cited by 4135

Dr. Megan Morikawa

- Verified email at iberostar.com - Cited by 870

Bone morphogenetic protein receptors and signal transduction

K Miyazono, Y Kamiya, M Morikawa - Journal of biochemistry, 2010 - academic.oup.com
… Masato Morikawa Masato Morikawa … Kohei Miyazono, Yuto Kamiya, Masato Morikawa,
Bone morphogenetic protein receptors and signal transduction, The Journal of Biochemistry, …

TGF-β and the TGF-β family: context-dependent roles in cell and tissue physiology

M Morikawa, R Derynck… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2016 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) is the prototype of the TGF-β family of growth and
differentiation factors, which is encoded by 33 genes in mammals and comprises homo- and …

A dual effector theory of growth-hormone action

H Green, M Morikawa, T Mxon - Differentiation, 1985 - Elsevier
Growth hormone increases tissue formation by acting both directly and indirectly on target
cells. The direct action promotes the differentiation of precursor cells; this has been …

A study on the structure–function relationship of lipopeptide biosurfactants

M Morikawa, Y Hirata, T Imanaka - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular and …, 2000 - Elsevier
… AF is the most effective CLPBS, which reduces the surface tension of water from 72 to 24
mN/m and has CMC=1×10 −5 M. Linear AF and AF with different alkyl chain length were also …

A new lipopeptide biosurfactant produced by Arthrobacter sp. strain MIS38

M Morikawa, H Daido, T Takao, S Murata… - Journal of …, 1993 - Am Soc Microbiol
… around 1.0 X 10- 5 M and 7.0 x 10-5 M at 25C, respectively. … of arthrofactin was 24 mN/m at
a concentration higher than … the surface tension of 0.1 M NaHCO3 from 71.6 to 27.0 mN/m (1). …

Discrimination of metastatic cervical lymph nodes with diffusion-weighted MR imaging in patients with head and neck cancer

…, T Sumi, M Morikawa, M Uetani… - American Journal …, 2003 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Metastasis to the regional cervical lymph nodes may be
associated with alterations in water diffusivity and microcirculation of the node. We tested …

Beneficial biofilm formation by industrial bacteria Bacillus subtilis and related species

M Morikawa - Journal of bioscience and bioengineering, 2006 - Elsevier
Biofilms are densely packed multicellular communities of microorganisms attached to a
surface or interface. Bacteria seem to initiate biofilm formation in response to specific …

Association between preterm birth and vaginal colonization by mycoplasmas in early pregnancy

…, R Nishida, M Morikawa, M Minami… - Journal of clinical …, 2006 - Am Soc Microbiol
To examine the association between colonization by two newly classified species of genital
ureaplasmas (Ureaplasma parvum and U. urealyticum) in early pregnancy and subsequent …

Microbicidal efficacy of ozonated water against Candida albicans adhering to acrylic denture plates

…, T Okinaga, S Masumi, M Morikawa… - Oral microbiology …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Background/aims: Ozone is known to act as a strong antimicrobial agent against bacteria,
fungi, and viruses. We examined the effect of ozonated water on Candida albicans on acrylic …

Description of Thermococcus kodakaraensis sp. nov., a well studied hyperthermophilic archaeon previously reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1

H Atomi, T Fukui, T Kanai, M Morikawa, T Imanaka - Archaea, 2004 - hindawi.com
A hyperthermophilic archaeal strain, KOD1, isolated from a solfatara on Kodakara Island,
Japan, has previously been reported as Pyrococcus sp. KOD1. However, a detailed …