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Recycling of the major thylakoid lipid MGDG and its role in lipid homeostasis in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii by Iwai, Masako, Yamada-Oshima, Yui, Asami, Kota, Kanamori, Takashi, Yuasa, Hideya, Shimojima, Mie, Ohta, Hiroyuki

“…Monogalactosyldiacylglycerol (MGDG), the most abundant lipid in thylakoid membranes, is involved in photosynthesis and chloroplast development. MGDG lipase has…”
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Genome editing with removable TALEN vectors harboring a yeast centromere and autonomous replication sequence in oleaginous microalga by Kurita, Tomokazu, Iwai, Masako, Moroi, Keishi, Okazaki, Kumiko, Nomura, Seiji, Saito, Fumihiko, Maeda, Shinichiro, Takami, Akihide, Sakamoto, Atsushi, Ohta, Hiroyuki, Sakuma, Tetsushi, Yamamoto, Takashi

“…Algal lipids are expected to become a basis for sustainable fuels because of the highly efficient lipid production by photosynthesis accompanied by carbon…”
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Efficient and multiplexable genome editing using Platinum TALENs in oleaginous microalga, Nannochloropsis oceanica NIES‐2145 by Kurita, Tomokazu, Moroi, Keishi, Iwai, Masako, Okazaki, Kumiko, Shimizu, Shinsuke, Nomura, Seiji, Saito, Fumihiko, Maeda, Shinichiro, Takami, Akihide, Sakamoto, Atsushi, Ohta, Hiroyuki, Sakuma, Tetsushi, Yamamoto, Takashi

“…Algae accumulate large amounts of lipids produced by photosynthesis, and these lipids are expected to be utilized as feedstocks for sustainable new energies,…”
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MYB‐like transcription factor NoPSR1 is crucial for membrane lipid remodeling under phosphate starvation in the oleaginous microalga Nannochloropsis oceanica by Murakami, Hiroki, Kakutani, Natsue, Kuroyanagi, Yunato, Iwai, Masako, Hori, Koichi, Shimojima, Mie, Ohta, Hiroyuki

“…Membrane lipid remodeling under phosphate (Pi) limitation, a process that replaces structural membrane phospholipids with nonphosphorus lipids, is a widely…”
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Photocurrent Generation of Reconstituted Photosystem II on a Self-Assembled Gold Film by Miyachi, Mariko, Ikehira, Shu, Nishiori, Daiki, Yamanoi, Yoshinori, Yamada, Masato, Iwai, Masako, Tomo, Tatsuya, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I, Nishihara, Hiroshi

“…Photosystem II (PSII)-modified gold electrodes were prepared by the deposition of PSII reconstituted with platinum nanoparticles (PtNPs) on Au electrodes…”
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Structures and functions of the extrinsic proteins of photosystem II from different species by Enami, Isao, Okumura, Akinori, Nagao, Ryo, Suzuki, Takehiro, Iwai, Masako, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…This minireview presents a summary of information available on the variety and binding properties of extrinsic proteins that form the oxygen-evolving complex…”
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Photocurrent generation properties of Histag-photosystem II immobilized on nanostructured gold electrode by Terasaki, Nao, Iwai, Masako, Yamamoto, Noritaka, Hiraga, Takashi, Yamada, Sunao, Inoue, Yasunori

“…It is well known that photosystem II (PSII) can produce electrons, oxygen, and protons simultaneously via a water-splitting photoreaction. These photochemical…”
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Isolation and characterization of oxygen-evolving thylakoid membranes and Photosystem II particles from a marine diatom Chaetoceros gracilis by Nagao, Ryo, Ishii, Akiko, Tada, Osamu, Suzuki, Takehiro, Dohmae, Naoshi, Okumura, Akinori, Iwai, Masako, Takahashi, Takeshi, Kashino, Yasuhiro, Enami, Isao

“…Thylakoid membranes retaining high oxygen-evolving activity (about 250 μmol O 2/mg Chl/h) were prepared from a marine centric diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis,…”
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A Photochemical Hydrogen Evolution System Combining Cyanobacterial Photosystem I and Platinum Nanoparticle-terminated Molecular Wires by Miyachi, Mariko, Okuzono, Kyoko, Nishiori, Daiki, Yamanoi, Yoshinori, Tomo, Tatsuya, Iwai, Masako, Allakhverdiev, Suleyman I., Nishihara, Hiroshi

“…A H2 generation system based on the cyanobacterial photosystem I (PSI) reconstituted with 1,4-naphthoquinone-stabilized Pt nanoparticles (PtNPs) was…”
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Late‐onset acetaminophen‐induced allergic hepatitis with progression to chronicity by Mishima‐Iwai, Masako, Takahashi, Ken, Yokode, Masataka, Kimura, Yoshito, Sawai, Yugo, Ueda, Yoshihide, Chiba, Tsutomu

“…Acetaminophen (paracetamol), a widely used antipyretic/analgesic, is a well‐known agent causing acute hepatic injury. Whereas most cases are caused by its…”
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Cyanobacterial monogalactosyldiacylglycerol-synthesis pathway is involved in normal unsaturation of galactolipids and low-temperature adaptation of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 by Yuzawa, Yuichi, Shimojima, Mie, Sato, Ryoichi, Mizusawa, Naoki, Ikeda, Keiko, Suzuki, Mamie, Iwai, Masako, Hori, Koichi, Wada, Hajime, Masuda, Shinji, Ohta, Hiroyuki

“…We characterized certain physiological functions of cyanobacterial monoglucosyldiacylglycerol using a Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 mutant in which the gene for…”
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Binding and Functional Properties of Five Extrinsic Proteins in Oxygen-evolving Photosystem II from a Marine Centric Diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis[S] by Nagao, Ryo, Moriguchi, Akira, Tomo, Tatsuya, Niikura, Ayako, Nakajima, Saori, Suzuki, Takehiro, Okumura, Akinori, Iwai, Masako, Shen, Jian-Ren, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Enami, Isao

“…Oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII) isolated from a marine centric diatom, Chaetoceros gracilis, contains a novel extrinsic protein (Psb31) in addition to…”
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Location of PsbY in oxygen-evolving photosystem II revealed by mutagenesis and X-ray crystallography by Kawakami, Keisuke, Iwai, Masako, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Kamiya, Nobuo, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…PsbY is one of the low molecular mass subunits of oxygen-evolving photosystem II (PSII). Its location, however, has not been identified in the current crystal…”
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Photosensor Based on an FET Utilizing a Biocomponent of Photosystem I for Use in Imaging Devices by Terasaki, Nao, Yamamoto, Noritaka, Hattori, Mineyuki, Tanigaki, Nobutaka, Hiraga, Takashi, Ito, Kohsuke, Konno, Masae, Iwai, Masako, Inoue, Yasunori, Uno, Sigeyasu, Nakazato, Kazuo

“…We have investigated a photosensor that consists of a field emission transistor (FET) utilizing the biocomponent of the photosystem I (PSI) protein complex for…”
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Usefulness of Adalimumab for Treating a Case of Intestinal Behçet's Disease With Trisomy 8 Myelodysplastic Syndrome by Kimura, Masamichi, Tsuji, Yoshihisa, Iwai, Masako, Inagaki, Masahiro, Madian, Ali, Yoshino, Takuya, Matsuura, Minoru, Nakase, Hiroshi

“…Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic vasculitis, while myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) is a heterogeneous group of clonal hematologic disorders characterized by…”
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Lysyl oxidase‐like protein secreted from an acidophilic red alga, Cyanidium caldarium by Tomo, Tatsuya, Okumura, Akinori, Suzuki, Takehiro, Okuhara, Mirai, Katayama, Ruriko, Isayama, Noboru, Nagao, Ryo, Iwai, Masako, Dohmae, Naoshi, Enami, Isao

“…Cyanidium caldarium is a primitive acidophilic red alga which grown optimally at pH 1–3. When the alga was cultured at pH 6, which is the upper limit of…”
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Isolation, subunit composition and interaction of the NDH-1 complexes from Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 by Zhang, Pengpeng, Battchikova, Natalia, Paakkarinen, Virpi, Katoh, Hirokazu, Iwai, Masako, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Pakrasi, Himadri B, Ogawa, Teruo, Aro, Eva-Mari

“…NDH (NADH-quinone oxidoreductase)-1 complexes in cyanobacteria have specific functions in respiration and cyclic electron flow as well as in active CO2 uptake…”
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Structural and functional studies on Ycf12 (Psb30) and PsbZ-deletion mutants from a thermophilic cyanobacterium by Takasaka, Kenji, Iwai, Masako, Umena, Yasufumi, Kawakami, Keisuke, Ohmori, Yukari, Ikeuchi, Masahiko, Takahashi, Yuichiro, Kamiya, Nobuo, Shen, Jian-Ren

“…Ycf12 (Psb30) and PsbZ are two low molecular weight subunits of photosystem II (PSII), with one and two trans-membrane helices, respectively. In order to study…”
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Improved genetic transformation of the thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1 by Iwai, M. (Tokyo Univ. (Japan)), Katoh, H, Katayama, M, Ikeuchi, M

“…We improved genetic transformation of the thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus BP-1, by combining electroporation with a top agar method…”
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PSII-Tc protein plays an important role in dimerization of photosystem II by Iwai, M. (Tokyo Univ. (Japan)), Katoh, H, Katayama, M, Ikeuchi, M

“…We cloned and determined the nucleotide sequence of PSII genes. psbB and psbTc, from the thermophilic cyanobacterium, Thermosynechococcus elongatus strain…”
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