… Mitsuhiro Obara … and javanica cultivars based on total leaf nitrogen (Obara et al., 2000). On
the other … the borders of the confidence intervals for QTLs (modified from Obara et al., 2001). …

The maintenance of pH homeostasis in the CNS is of key importance for proper execution
and regulation of neurotransmission, and deviations from this homeostasis are a crucial factor …

Vascular plants appeared ~410 million years ago, then diverged into several lineages of
which only two survive: the euphyllophytes (ferns and seed plants) and the lycophytes. We …

Adhesive macromolecules of the extracellular matrix regulate cellular migration, differentiation,
and growth. They also contribute actively to the pathogenesis of diseases characterized …

Genome engineering using programmable nucleases enables homologous recombination (HR)-mediated
gene knock-in. However, the labour used to construct targeting vectors …

Polypeptide sequences required for function of the cell-binding domain of human
fibronectin were analyzed by site-directed mutagenesis. Site-specific deletion of the putative …

IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is considered a systemic, chronic, and inflammatory disorder
that is characterized by the enlargement of involved organs, elevated levels of IgG4, and …

In 2006, a total of 178 cases of acute Chagas disease were reported from the Amazonian
state of Pará, Brazil. Eleven occurred in Barcarena and were confirmed by visualization of …

We demonstrated the energy scaling of high-order harmonics using a self-guided beam
under the phase-matched condition. By adjusting the argon gas density and pump laser …

Femtosecond laser ablation of metallic bulk crystals of Au, Ag and Cu was experimentally
studied with laser pulse widths ranging from 120 fs through 800 fs at a center wavelength of …