Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is one of the major causes of failure in retinal detachment
surgery. To prevent PVR, it is necessary to determine factors predisposing its development…

The genome of Aspergillus oryzae, a fungus important for the production of traditional
fermented foods and beverages in Japan, has been sequenced. The ability to secrete large …

The evolution of land flora transformed the terrestrial environment. Land plants evolved from
an ancestral charophycean alga from which they inherited developmental, biochemical, and …

The rice species Oryza sativa is considered to be a model plant because of its small genome
size, extensive genetic map, relative ease of transformation and synteny with other cereal …

A germ-line mutation of hMSH6 (also called GTBP) was found in a hereditary nonpolyposis
colorectal cancer (HNPCC)-like patient in whom germ-line mutations of hMSH2, hMSH3, or …

… Finally, we summarize our most important findings thus far in the H-Inv project in … that 5,155
(26%) of the H-Inv loci had no counterparts and were unique to the H-Inv. All of these 5,155 …

… OAc) 2 (5 mol %), and Cu(OAc) 2 (50 mol %) were suspended in toluene (0.1 M) and heated
in an oil bath at 120 C for 2 or 24 h. b Product ratios were determined by 1 H NMR analysis. …

While Marchantia polymorpha has been utilized as a model system to investigate
fundamental biological questions for over almost two centuries, there is renewed interest in M. …

… 24 h after DEX treatment. Expression levels of five OsIPT genes (OsIPT1, OsIPT4, OsIPT5,
OsIPT7, and OsIPT8) were slightly or greatly decreased at 24 h … from 3 to 6 h after treatment, …

Displacement, velocity, acceleration and jerk (change of acceleration with time) were
analyzed for arm flexion movement over a wide range of movement amplitudes and speeds. …