Abstract:
A novel organic anion transporter gene participating in organic anion transport in the placenta; and an organic anion transporter which is a polypeptide encoded by the gene. A placental organic anion transporter OAT4, more particularly, a placental organic anion transporter OAT4 having the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:2 or an amino acid sequence derived therefrom by deletion, substitution or addition of a part of the amino acids thereof. A nucleic acid (preferably DNA) having a base sequence encoding the placental organic anion transporter OAT4 or a base sequence hybridizable therewith under stringent conditions.
Abstract translation:参与胎盘中有机阴离子转运的新型有机阴离子转运蛋白基因; 和由该基因编码的多肽的有机阴离子转运蛋白。 胎盘有机阴离子转运蛋白OAT4,更特别是具有由SEQ ID NO:2表示的氨基酸序列的胎盘有机阴离子转运蛋白OAT4或其部分氨基酸的缺失,取代或添加导致的氨基酸序列。 具有编码胎盘有机阴离子转运蛋白OAT4的碱基序列或在严格条件下可与其杂交的碱基序列的核酸(优选DNA)。
Abstract:
A microscope includes a first light source to emit a first light to excite a molecule of a sample to a higher energy level vibration state which belongs to a lowest energy level electron state from the ground state, a second light source to emit a second light source to excite the molecule to a higher energy level quantum state from the higher energy vibration state, an optical system to overlap the first light and the second light partially on the sample, and an optical detector to detect a given fluorescence from the irradiated region of the first light and the second light on the sample.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or a sequence where in said amino acid sequence, one or more amino acids are deleted, replaced or added, said polypeptide having polyester synthase activity; a polyester synthase gene comprising DNA coding for said polypeptide; a recombinant vector comprising the gene; and a transformant transformed with the recombinant vector.
Abstract translation:本发明涉及包含SEQ ID NO:1的氨基酸序列的多肽或其中在所述氨基酸序列中缺失,置换或添加一个或多个氨基酸的所述多肽具有聚酯合酶活性的序列; 包含编码所述多肽的DNA的聚酯合酶基因; 包含该基因的重组载体; 和用重组载体转化的转化体。
Abstract:
A photo-induced phase transition organic material is composed of a diheteroarylethene-based compound within which the photo-chromic reaction occurs in the crystalline state. The diheteroarylethene-based compound of the present invention reversibly changes in color with light irradiation and also changes in phase from the open-ring form in the crystalline state to the closed-ring form in the crystalline state, or from the closed-ring form in the crystalline state to the open-ring form in the crystalline state via the liquid state, and can be applicable to optical recording media, display panels, sensors, optical switch devices and the like, by taking advantages of its variations in color with light irradiation and also its changes in physical property, such as the refractive index and the permeability, with its changes in phase.
Abstract:
An inductively coupled type dry etching apparatus has a spiral RF antenna disposed on the ceiling wall of a process chamber. A susceptor is arranged in the process chamber, for mounting a semiconductor wafer thereon. The ceiling wall has upper and lower layers with a dielectric matrix, and a conductive Faraday shield layer sandwiched therebetween. The Faraday shield layer has a plurality of slits radially arranged. The matrix of the upper and lower layers and the Faraday shield layer are set to have coefficients of thermal expansion close to each other, and/or the Faraday shield layer is set to have a very small thickness.
Abstract:
An aluminum alloy is industrially producible and has higher strength and toughness than the prior art alloys. The high-strength high-toughness aluminum alloy includes a first phase of .alpha.-aluminum consisting of crystal grains whose mean crystal grain size is within the range of 60 to 1000 nm and a second phase of at least two different of intermetallic compounds consisting of crystal grains whose mean crystal grain sizes are within the range of 20 to 2000 nm. The crystal grains of the intermetallic compounds are dispersed so that they are only intermittently, and not continuously, linked throughout the alloy material.
Abstract:
An imaging microstrip gas chamber (MSGC) high-speed data acquisition system capable of processing at high speed a large number of output signals of an imaging microstrip gas chamber. The system includes discrimination circuits for binary conversion of signals from anode strips and back strips of a two-dimensional microstrip gas chamber; signal synchronizing circuits for converting binary asynchronous signals output from the discrimination circuits into clock-synchronized signals; data encoder circuits connected to the signal synchronizing circuits; an incident-particle hit judgment circuit connected to the data encoder circuits and operating such that when a plurality of adjacent signal lines receive signals at the same timing, a value corresponding to a signal line at the center of the adjacent signal lines is output, and when separated signal lines receive signals at the same timing, the signals are ignored; a storage device connected to the incident-particle hit judgment circuit and adapted to store, for each event, the vertical and horizontal coordinates of an incident particle, the timing of incidence of the particle, the degree of spreading of output signals, and the energy of the incident particle obtained from an overall pulse height; and a computer connected to the storage device.
Abstract:
A germanium layer 19 is melted on top of a starting polycrystalline silicon ingot 18, at a temperature below the melting point of pure silicon. Silicon is dissolved at the interface and floats to the top of the germanium melt to form a silicon melt layer 11, from which a crystal 20 can be drawn. The process permits the production of large diameter crystal with low oxygen content and no more than one percent germanium.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing a hypoallergenic wheat flour, which comprises mixing water or aqueous ethanol solution to wheat flour, and then mixing a protease having a high collagenase-like activity and being applicable to food preparation with the mixture. The present invention also provides a hypoallergenic wheat flour produced by the above method, and wheat flour processed food products made from this hypoallergenic wheat flour as a raw material. The present invention makes it possible for a patient suffering from wheat-associated allergy to safely take various food products made from the wheat flour.
Abstract:
Dispose a fine metal particle on a semiconductor substrate. By heat-treating this in a vacuum, a constituent element of the semiconductor substrate is dissolved into the fine metal particle to form a solid solution, resulting in further formation of a homogeneous liquid phase (liquid droplet) composed of semiconductor-metal. By annealing this, the constituent element of the semiconductor substrate is precipitated from the semiconductor-metal liquid droplet. Thus, a fine projection composite structure comprising a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor fine projection epitaxially grown selectively at an arbitrary position on the semiconductor substrate, and a metal layer disposed selectively on the semiconductor fine projection, can be obtained. The metal layer can be removed as demands arise. Such a fine projection composite structure possesses applicability in, for instance, an ultra-high integration semiconductor device or a quantum size device.