JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 190(18) 6134-6147 2008年9月 [査読有り]
Branched-chain amino acids are the most abundant amino acids in proteins. The Bacillus subtilis ilv-leu operon is involved in the biosynthesis of branched-chain amino acids. This operon exhibits a RelA-dependent positive stringent response to amin...
JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY 189(14) 5170-5182 2007年7月 [査読有り]
Bacillus subtilis LmrA is known to be a repressor that regulates the hnrAB and yxaGH operons; lmrB and yxaG encode a multidrug resistance pump and quercetin 2,3-dioxygenase, respectively. DNase I footprinting analysis revealed that LmrA and YxaF, ...
JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 52(3) 407-414 2006年6月 [査読有り]
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of semen collection into tubes containing extender supplemented with BSA on the cryosurvival of goat spermatozoa. Semen was collected from two goats into empty tubes or tubes containing 10 m...
JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT 52(3) 397-406 2006年6月 [査読有り]
The objective of this experiment was to investigate whether the motility parameters and acrosome integrity of goat ejaculated spermatozoa are affected by collecting semen into tubes containing an extender, and thereby determine the significance of...
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY AND ENDOCRINOLOGY 4 4 2006年2月 [査読有り]
Background: The objective of this study was to investigate whether the steroid hormone(s) secreted from cumulus-oocyte complexes (COCs) is a prerequisite for bovine oocyte maturation and cumulus expansion using aminoglutethimide (AGT), a P450 chol...