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Koji Yamamoto

japan oil, gas and metals national corporation
Verified email at jogmec.go.jp
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Comprehensive Analysis of NAC Family Genes in Oryza sativa and Arabidopsis thaliana

…, K Suzuki, K Kojima, Y Takahara, K Yamamoto… - DNA …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
The NAC domain was originally characterized from consensus sequences from petunia
NAM and from Arabidopsis ATAF1, ATAF2, and CUC2. Genes containing the NAC domain (NAC …

Key findings of the world's first offshore methane hydrate production test off the coast of Japan: Toward future commercial production

…, K Akamine, M Naiki, Y Masuda, K Yamamoto… - Energy & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Marine methane hydrate in sands has huge potential as an unconventional gas resource;
however, no field test of their production potential had been conducted. Here, we report the …

Mononuclear cell infiltration and its relation to the expression of major histocompatibility complex antigens and adhesion molecules in pancreas biopsy specimens …

…, K Yamagata, K Yamamoto… - The Journal of …, 1993 - Am Soc Clin Investig
We examined pancreas biopsy specimens from 18 newly diagnosed insulin-dependent
diabetes mellitus (IDDM) patients to elucidate the mechanism underlying beta cell destruction. …

Hydroxyl free radical is not the main active species in site-specific DNA damage induced by copper (II) ion and hydrogen peroxide

K Yamamoto, S Kawanishi - Journal of Biological Chemistry, 1989 - ASBMB
Site-specific DNA damage by Cu(II) plus H 2 O 2 was investigated by a DNA-sequencing
technique. Cu(II) plus H 2 O 2 induced strong DNA cleavage even without piperidine treatment. …

Identification of melatonin in plants and its effects on plasma melatonin levels and binding to melatonin receptors in vertebrates.

…, H Migitaka, M Iigo, M Itoh, K Yamamoto… - Biochemistry and …, 1995 - europepmc.org
Twenty-four edible plants were investigated for the presence of melatonin, heretofore
considered to be a molecule found only in the animal kingdom. The amount of melatonin in …

Operational overview of the first offshore production test of methane hydrates in the Eastern Nankai Trough

K Yamamoto, Y Terao, T Fujii, T Ikawa… - Offshore technology …, 2014 - onepetro.org
In March 2013, the world's first field trial of gas production from marine methane hydrate
deposits was conducted in the Daini Atsumi Knoll area of the Eastern Nankai Trough off the …

[HTML][HTML] Elevated Expression of Transforming Growth Factor-β in Adipose Tissue from Obese Mice

F Samad, K Yamamoto, M Pandey, DJ Loskutoff - Molecular medicine, 1997 - Springer
Background Tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) is chronically elevated in the adipose tissue
from obese humans and mice. This increase in TNF-α contributes to the insulin resistance, …

Distribution and regulation of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in murine adipose tissue in vivo. Induction by tumor necrosis factor-alpha and lipopolysaccharide.

F Samad, K Yamamoto… - The Journal of clinical …, 1996 - Am Soc Clin Investig
Although elevated plasma plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 (PAI-1) is associated with
obesity, very little is known about its tissue or cellular origin, or about the events that lead to …

[HTML][HTML] Geological setting and characterization of a methane hydrate reservoir distributed at the first offshore production test site on the Daini-Atsumi Knoll in the …

…, Y Komatsu, Y Konno, J Yoneda, K Yamamoto… - Marine and Petroleum …, 2015 - Elsevier
To obtain basic information for methane hydrate (MH) reservoir characterization at the first
offshore production test site (AT1) located on the northwestern slope of the Daini-Atsumi Knoll …

A clinical comparative study of the direct anterior with mini-posterior approach: two consecutive series

K Nakata, M Nishikawa, K Yamamoto, S Hirota… - The Journal of …, 2009 - Elsevier
We classified 182 consecutive patients (195 hips) treated by primary cementless minimally
invasive total hip arthroplasty (MIS-THA) into 2 groups via the surgical approaches: direct …