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Two substates in the O intermediate of the light-driven proton pump archaerhodopsin-2 by Kouyama, Tsutomu, Ihara, Kunio

“…The proton pumping cycle of archaerhodopsin-2 (aR2) was investigated over a wide pH range and at different salt concentrations. We have found that two…”
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Mutations in the stator protein PomA affect switching of rotational direction in bacterial flagellar motor by Terashima, Hiroyuki, Hori, Kiyoshiro, Ihara, Kunio, Homma, Michio, Kojima, Seiji

“…The flagellar motor rotates bi-directionally in counter-clockwise (CCW) and clockwise (CW) directions. The motor consists of a stator and a rotor. Recent…”
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A genetic mechanism for female-limited Batesian mimicry in Papilio butterfly by Nishikawa, Hideki, Iijima, Takuro, Kajitani, Rei, Yamaguchi, Junichi, Ando, Toshiya, Suzuki, Yutaka, Sugano, Sumio, Fujiyama, Asao, Kosugi, Shunichi, Hirakawa, Hideki, Tabata, Satoshi, Ozaki, Katsuhisa, Morimoto, Hiroya, Ihara, Kunio, Obara, Madoka, Hori, Hiroshi, Itoh, Takehiko, Fujiwara, Haruhiko

“…Haruhiko Fujiwara and colleagues report the genome sequences of two swallowtail butterfly species, Papilio xuthus and Papilio polytes , and the identification…”
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Comprehensive investigation of the gene expression system regulated by an Aspergillus oryzae transcription factor XlnR using integrated mining of gSELEX-Seq and microarray data by Oka, Hiroya, Kojima, Takaaki, Ihara, Kunio, Kobayashi, Tetsuo, Nakano, Hideo

“…Transcription factors (TFs) specifically bind to DNA sequences and control the expression of target genes. AoXlnR is a key TF involved in the expression of…”
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A slight bending of an α-helix in FliM creates a counterclockwise-locked structure of the flagellar motor in Vibrio by Takekawa, Norihiro, Nishikino, Tatsuro, Yamashita, Toshiki, Hori, Kiyoshiro, Onoue, Yasuhiro, Ihara, Kunio, Kojima, Seiji, Homma, Michio, Imada, Katsumi

“…Abstract Many bacteria swim by rotating flagella. The chemotaxis system controls the direction of flagellar rotation. Vibrio alginolyticus, which has a single…”
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gas1 mutation extends chronological lifespan via Pmk1 and Sty1 MAPKs in Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Imai, Yuki, Shimasaki, Takafumi, Enokimura, Chihiro, Ohtsuka, Hokuto, Tsubouchi, Satoshi, Ihara, Kunio, Aiba, Hirofumi

“…In the longevity research by using yeasts, chronological lifespan is defined as the survival time after entry into stationary phase. Previously, screening for…”
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Shifting transcriptional machinery is required for long-term memory maintenance and modification in Drosophila mushroom bodies by Hirano, Yukinori, Ihara, Kunio, Masuda, Tomoko, Yamamoto, Takuya, Iwata, Ikuko, Takahashi, Aya, Awata, Hiroko, Nakamura, Naosuke, Takakura, Mai, Suzuki, Yusuke, Horiuchi, Junjiro, Okuno, Hiroyuki, Saitoe, Minoru

“…Accumulating evidence suggests that transcriptional regulation is required for maintenance of long-term memories (LTMs). Here we characterize global…”
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Crystal Structure of the Light-Driven Chloride Pump Halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis by Kouyama, Tsutomu, Kanada, Soun, Takeguchi, Yuu, Narusawa, Akihiro, Murakami, Midori, Ihara, Kunio

“…The light-driven chloride pump halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis (phR) crystallised into the monoclinic space group C2, with a phR trimer per the…”
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Three-Step Isomerization of the Retinal Chromophore during the Anion Pumping Cycle of Halorhodopsin by Kouyama, Tsutomu, Ihara, Kunio, Maki, Kosuke, Chan, Siu Kit

“…The anion pumping cycle of halorhodopsin from Natronomonas pharaonis (pHR) is initiated when the all-trans/15-anti isomer of retinal is photoisomerized into…”
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Identification of ksg1 mutation showing long‐lived phenotype in fission yeast by Matsui, Kotaro, Okamoto, Keisuke, Hasegawa, Tomoka, Ohtsuka, Hokuto, Shimasaki, Takafumi, Ihara, Kunio, Goto, Yuhei, Aoki, Kazuhiro, Aiba, Hirofumi

“…Fission yeast is a good model organism for the study of lifespan. To elucidate the mechanism, we screened for long‐lived mutants. We found a nonsense mutation…”
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Energetics and kinetics of substrate analog-coupled staphylococcal nuclease folding revealed by a statistical mechanical approach by Mizukami, Takuya, Furuzawa, Shunta, Itoh, Satoru G., Segawa, Saho, Ikura, Teikichi, Ihara, Kunio, Okumura, Hisashi, Roder, Heinrich, Maki, Kosuke

“…Protein conformational changes associated with ligand binding, especially those involving intrinsically disordered proteins, are mediated by tightly coupled…”
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Cholecystokinin induces crowing in chickens by Shimmura, Tsuyoshi, Tamura, Mai, Ohashi, Shosei, Sasaki, Asuka, Yamanaka, Takamichi, Nakao, Nobuhiro, Ihara, Kunio, Okamura, Shinsaku, Yoshimura, Takashi

“…Animals that communicate using sound are found throughout the animal kingdom. Interestingly, in contrast to human vocal learning, most animals can produce…”
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The role of ROC75 as a daytime component of the circadian oscillator in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Matsuo, Takuya, Iida, Takahiro, Ohmura, Ayumi, Gururaj, Malavika, Kato, Daisaku, Mutoh, Risa, Ihara, Kunio, Ishiura, Masahiro

“…The circadian clocks in chlorophyte algae have been studied in two model organisms, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and Ostreococcus tauri. These studies revealed…”
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Deciphering the genomes of motility-deficient mutants of Vibrio alginolyticus 138-2 by Uesaka, Kazuma, Inaba, Keita, Nishioka, Noriko, Kojima, Seiji, Homma, Michio, Ihara, Kunio

“…The motility of species plays a pivotal role in their survival and adaptation to diverse environments and is intricately associated with pathogenicity in both…”
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A Robust Analytical Pipeline for Genome-Wide Identification of the Genes Regulated by a Transcription Factor: Combinatorial Analysis Performed Using gSELEX-Seq and RNA-Seq by Kojima, Takaaki, Kunitake, Emi, Ihara, Kunio, Kobayashi, Tetsuo, Nakano, Hideo

“…For identifying the genes that are regulated by a transcription factor (TF), we have established an analytical pipeline that combines genomic systematic…”
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Loss of cell wall integrity genes cpxA and mrcB causes flocculation in Escherichia coli by Sugawara, Keita, Toyoda, Hayato, Kimura, Mami, Hayasaka, Shunsuke, Saito, Hiromi, Kobayashi, Hiroshi, Ihara, Kunio, Ida, Tomoaki, Akaike, Takaaki, Ando, Eiji, Hyodo, Mamoru, Hayakawa, Yoshihiro, Hamamoto, Shin, Uozumi, Nobuyuki

“…Flocculation has been recognized for hundreds of years as an important phenomenon in brewing and wastewater treatment. However, the underlying molecular…”
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Haloarcula mannanilytica sp. nov., a galactomannan-degrading haloarchaeon isolated from commercial salt by Enomoto, Shigeaki, Shimane, Yasuhiro, Ihara, Kunio, Kamekura, Masahiro, Itoh, Takashi, Ohkuma, Moriya, Takahashi-Ando, Naoko, Fukushima, Yasumasa, Yoshida, Yasuhiko, Usami, Ron, Takai, Ken, Minegishi, Hiroaki

“…A mannan-degrading halophilic archaeal strain, MD130-1 , was isolated from a commercial salt sample. Cells were motile, rod-shaped, and stained Gram-negative…”
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In vivo transposon tagging in the nonheterocystous nitrogen‐fixing cyanobacterium Leptolyngbya boryana by Tomatsu, Chie, Uesaka, Kazuma, Yamakawa, Hisanori, Tsuchiya, Tohru, Ihara, Kunio, Fujita, Yuichi

“…Nitrogenase is an oxygen‐vulnerable metalloenzyme that catalyzes nitrogen fixation. It largely remains unknown how nitrogenase coexists with oxygenic…”
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The mechanosensitive channel YbdG from Escherichia coli has a role in adaptation to osmotic up-shock by Amemiya, Shun, Toyoda, Hayato, Kimura, Mami, Saito, Hiromi, Kobayashi, Hiroshi, Ihara, Kunio, Kamagata, Kiyoto, Kawabata, Ryuji, Kato, Setsu, Nakashimada, Yutaka, Furuta, Tadaomi, Hamamoto, Shin, Uozumi, Nobuyuki

“…Mechanosensitive channels play an important role in the adaptation of cells to hypo-osmotic shock. Among members of this channel family in Escherichia coli,…”
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A Blue-shifted Light-driven Proton Pump for Neural Silencing by Sudo, Yuki, Okazaki, Ayako, Ono, Hikaru, Yagasaki, Jin, Sugo, Seiya, Kamiya, Motoshi, Reissig, Louisa, Inoue, Keiichi, Ihara, Kunio, Kandori, Hideki, Takagi, Shin, Hayashi, Shigehiko

“…Ion-transporting rhodopsins are widely utilized as optogenetic tools both for light-induced neural activation and silencing. The most studied representative is…”
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