Macroscopic separation of dense fluid phase and liquid phase of phosphorus     

Katayama Y  Inamura Y  Mizutani T  Yamakata M  Utsumi W  Shimomura O 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2004,306(5697):848-851

Structural transformation between a dense molecular fluid and a polymeric liquid of phosphorus that occurred at about 1 gigapascal and 1000 degrees C was investigated by in situ x-ray radiography. When the low-pressure fluid was compressed, dark and round objects appeared in the radiograph. X-ray diffraction measurements confirmed that these objects were the highpressure liquid. The drops grew and eventually filled the sample space. Decompressing caused the reverse process. The macroscopic phase separation supported the existence of a first-order phase transition between two stable disordered phases besides the liquid-gas transition. X-ray absorption measurements revealed that the change in density at the transition corresponds to about 40% of the density of the high-pressure liquid.  相似文献   

Neuronal correlates of goal-based motor selection in the prefrontal cortex     

Matsumoto K  Suzuki W  Tanaka K 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2003,301(5630):229-232

Choosing an action that leads to a desired goal requires an understanding of the linkages between actions and their outcomes. We investigated neural mechanisms of such goal-based action selection. We trained monkeys on a task in which the relation between visual cues, action types, and reward conditions changed regularly, such that the monkeys selected their actions based on anticipated reward conditions. A significant number of neurons in the medial prefrontal cortex were activated, after cue presentation and before motor execution, only by particular action-reward combinations. This prefrontal activity is likely to underlie goal-based action selection.  相似文献   

Plasma Membrane Lipids Are the Powerful Components for Early Stage Aluminum Tolerance in Triticale   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Tadao Wagatsuma  Satoru Ishikawa  Matsuo Uemura  Wataru Mitsuhashi  Takeshi Kawamura  Md.  Shahadat Hossain Khan  Keitarou Tawaraya 《Soil Science and Plant Nutrition》2005,51(5):701-704

The order of aluminum (Al) tolerance in triticale lines (ST2>ST22) after re-elongation in an Al-free 0.2 mM calcium (Ca) solution for 9 h (Ca period) following 1 h pretreatment with 20 μM Al (Al period) agreed with that after 24 h of Al treatment. Permeability of the plasma membrane (PM) of root-tip cells after the Ca period was significantly increased in Al-sensitive ST22. Al was accumulated more heavily in the root-tip portion of ST22 than in that of ST2, although similar amounts of malic and citric acid anions were released from both triticale lines. We established a new system examining lipid permeability using synthesized nylon-2,8 ultrathin and porous capsules trapped previously with 0.1% (w/v) methylene blue solution and coated thereafter with PM lipid isolated from root tips by a newly developed technique. Permeability of the PM lipid measured with time in 0.2 mM Ca with or without 50 μM Al photometrically ( A ₆₈₀) was significantly greater in Al-sensitive ST22 after 5 min of Al treatment. This is the first report to directly show the primary and early role of PM lipid in Al tolerance in triticale.  相似文献   

根区温度对水培生菜生长和矿质元素含量的影响     

李润儒  朱月林  高垣美智子  矢守航  杨立飞 《上海农业学报》2015,(3):48-52

在水培条件下,研究了5个根区温度对生菜(Lactuca sativa L.)生长和矿质元素含量的影响。结果表明:随着根区温度的升高,生菜单株产量呈先增加后减少的趋势,在25℃时达到最大值,且干物质含量最高;根区温度对生菜叶片净光合速率和矿质元素含量的影响与对产量的影响相似,即在25℃时达到最大值。35℃根区温度处理下,根叶生长和地上部矿质元素的积累受到严重阻碍,生菜叶片硝酸盐含量显著下降。在5个根区温度处理中,25℃对水培生菜的生长及矿质元素的吸收最为适宜。  相似文献   

Skeletal development and deformities in cultured larval and juvenile seven-band grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus (Thunberg)   总被引：1，自引：0，他引：1  

Naoki Nagano  Akiko Hozawa  Wataru Fujiki  Toshiyuki Yamada  Kadoo Miyaki  Yoshitaka Sakakura  & Atsushi Hagiwara 《Aquaculture Research》2007,38(2):121-130

The seven‐band grouper, Epinephelus septemfasciatus (Thunberg), is currently recognized as a potential new species for aquaculture in Japan. This study describes normal and abnormal skeletal development of the jaw and vertebrae in cultured larvae and early juveniles of E. septemfasciatus. The ontogenetic stages at which skeletal deformities of jaw and vertebra developed were also described for this species. Osteological observations were made using a clearing and staining method for larvae and soft X‐ray photographs for juveniles. A high incidence of skeletal deformities was observed in the jaws and vertebral column during the larval and juvenile stages. Most of the jaw deformities were explained by an abnormal maxilla curvature. Jaw deformities were visually evident from flexion stage after ossification of the deformed elements. Deformities in the vertebral column (mostly lordosis) were observed from the post‐larval stage and became more evident as growth proceeded. The lordosis generally occurred on the positions of the 8–11th vertebra. These types of deformities are compared with those of other species, and possible causative factors of the skeletal deformities are discussed.
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Quinone profiling of bacterial populations developed in the surface layer of volcanic mudflow deposits from Mt. Pinatubo (the Philippines)     

Hiroyuki Ohta  Kazuya OgiwaraEri Murakami  Hiroshi TakahashiMasaru Sekiguchi  Kiyokazu KoshidaTakashi Someya  Wataru MorishimaJose D Rondal  Rogelio N ConcepcionMasao Yoshida  Makiko Watanabe 《Soil biology & biochemistry》2003,35(8):1155-1158

The diversity of bacterial populations developed in the surface layer (0-0.25 m depth) of volcanic mudflow deposits from the Mt. Pinatubo volcano (the Philippines) was investigated using quinone profiling. Samples were collected from sites (named N and S1) that had been hit repeatedly by mudflows during successive rainy seasons after the violent eruption of 1991 and also from sites (F1 and F3) covered by mudflow in 1991 but with no deposition in following years. The total microscopic count ranged from 10⁸ g⁻¹ (N and S1 sites) to 3.9×10⁹ g⁻¹(site F3). In the N sample only three quinone species were detected, while the quinone profiles of samples from sites S3 and F3 showed higher diversity. Tetrahydrogenated menaquinone with eight isoprenoid units [MK-8 (H₄)] was the predominant quinone species in the sample from site N, while MK-8, MK-8 (H₂), MK-8 (H₄), MK-9 (H₄) and MK-9 (H₈) were found as major quinones in the sample from site F3. Because these MK species are known to be the major respiratory quinones of the Actinobacteria, this bacterial group is expected to predominate in the land with primary vegetation recovery following the impact of the volcanic mudflow.  相似文献   

Finding of a highly efficient ZFN pair for Aqpep gene functioning in murine zygotes     

Wataru FUJII  Asuka ONUMA  Shin YOSHIOKA  Keisuke NAGASHIMA  Koji SUGIURA  Kunihiko NAITO 《The Journal of reproduction and development》2015,61(6):589-593

The generation efficiencies of mutation-induced mice when using engineered zinc-finger nucleases (ZFNs) have been generally 10 to 20% of obtained pups in previous studies. The discovery of high-affinity DNA-binding modules can contribute to the generation of various kinds of novel artificial chromatin-targeting tools, such as zinc-finger acetyltransferases, zinc-finger histone kinases and so on, as well as improvement of reported zinc-finger recombinases and zinc-finger methyltransferases. Here, we report a novel ZFN pair that has a highly efficient mutation-induction ability in murine zygotes. The ZFN pair induced mutations in all obtained mice in the target locus, exon 17 of aminopeptidase Q gene, and almost all of the pups had biallelic mutations. This high efficiency was also shown in the plasmid DNA transfected in a cultured human cell line. The induced mutations were inherited normally in the next generation. The zinc-finger modules of this ZFN pair are expected to contribute to the development of novel ZF-attached chromatin-targeting tools.  相似文献   

A cytochrome C oxidase model catalyzes oxygen to water reduction under rate-limiting electron flux     

Collman JP  Devaraj NK  Decréau RA  Yang Y  Yan YL  Ebina W  Eberspacher TA  Chidsey CE 《Science (New York, N.Y.)》2007,315(5818):1565-1568

We studied the selectivity of a functional model of cytochrome c oxidase's active site that mimics the coordination environment and relative locations of Fe(a3), Cu(B), and Tyr(244). To control electron flux, we covalently attached this model and analogs lacking copper and phenol onto self-assembled monolayer-coated gold electrodes. When the electron transfer rate was made rate limiting, both copper and phenol were required to enhance selective reduction of oxygen to water. This finding supports the hypothesis that, during steady-state turnover, the primary role of these redox centers is to rapidly provide all the electrons needed to reduce oxygen by four electrons, thus preventing the release of toxic partially reduced oxygen species.  相似文献   

Diurnal Variations in Photosynthesis,Stomatal Conductance and Leaf Water Relation in Sorghum Grown with or without Silicon under Water Stress     

Kaori Sonobe  Taiichiro Hattori  Ping An  Wataru Tsuji  Egrinya Eneji  Kiyoshi Tanaka 《Journal of plant nutrition》2013,36(3):433-442

Sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench] was grown hydroponically with or without 50 ppm silicon (Si), and exposed to water stress from 10 days after sowing (DAS). At 15 and 23 DAS, we measured dry weight and diurnal variations in photosynthetic rate (P _N), stomatal conductance (g _s), transpiration rate (T), leaf water potential (ψ _L), and water uptake rate (23 DAS only). The reduction in dry weight at 23 DAS caused by water stress was ameliorated by silicon. Under water stress, silicon-treated seedlings showed higher g _s, P _N, and T than untreated ones. ψ _L remained almost constant within treatments throughout the daytime. Water uptake rate was reduced by water stress, but the reduction was ameliorated by silicon. We conclude that silicon enhanced water uptake and g _s, improving water supply to the leaves. These effects of silicon occurred soon after exposure to water stress.  相似文献   

The Process and Development Mechanism of Age-related Fibrosis in the Pancreatic Islets of Sprague-Dawley Rats: Immunohistochemical Detection of Myofibroblasts and Suppression Effect by Estrogen Treatment     

Masako Imaoka  Toshimasa Jindo  Wataru Takasaki 《Journal of toxicologic pathology》2013,26(1):1-10

The mechanism of spontaneous islet fibrosis in Sprague-Dawley rats was investigated. Using sections of the pancreas in naive males aged 26 to 102 weeks old and 26-week-old males injected with β-estradiol 3-benzoate (EB), the incidence of lesions and histological scores of fibrosis were examined in conjunction with immunohistochemistry for α-smooth muscle actin (α-SMA), platelet-derived growth factor receptor-α (PDGFRα) and estrogen receptor-α (ERα). The incidence of islet fibrosis increased in 78-week-old animals compared to the 26-week-old animals, and the incidence of atrophy in the fibrotic islet increased in animals over 52 weeks old. α-SMA and PDGFRα were positively stained mainly in fibrotic/inflammatory islets, and the histological score of α-SMA in the fibrotic islet decreased age-dependently. Notably, α-SMA and PDGFRα were co-expressed in inflammatory islets with a high score at all ages. The positive index of ERα in the EB-treated group increased when compared with that of the naive group. However, it was independent of the existence of fibrosis. In contrast, the score of α-SMA and PDGFRα decreased in the EB-treated group. In conclusion, it was clarified that a part of age-related fibrosis in islets became atrophy with age, and α-SMA-positive myofibroblasts were considered to contribute to the development of fibrosis. Strong PDGFRα stainability in fibrotic/inflammatory islets may imply that myofibroblasts were stimulated by PDGF to produce an extracellular matrix. Although estradiol has been known to suppress fibrosis/inflammation in the islet, nuclear-located ER-dependent signaling was considered not to be involved in the suppression mechanism. EB possibly affected the inhibition of the appearance of myofibroblasts.  相似文献