Characterization of 210Pb and 137Cs radionuclides in sediment from Lake Shinji, Shimane Prefecture, western Japan

Abstract During an electrophoretic screening survey for hemoglobinopathies in western Japan, a slow-moving variant of hemoglobin A, to be designated hemoglobin Hirose, was found in a family of Japanese origin. Chemical characterization of hemoglobin Hirose revealed that tryptophan at the 37th position of the β-chain was replaced by serine, the third residue of C-helix of the β-chain involving contacts between αl and β2 subunits. Even though the oxygen equilibrium of this hemoglobin was abnormal, none of the family members showed any clinically significant symptoms.

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Characterization of inter-annual changes in soil microbial flora of Panax ginseng cultivation fields in Shimane Prefecture of Western Japan by DNA metabarcoding using next-generation sequencing

Journal of Natural Medicines ◽

10.1007/s11418-021-01514-0 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Taichi Fujii ◽

Motoyasu Minami ◽

Takuya Watanabe ◽

Takumi Sato ◽

Kie Kumaishi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Next Generation Sequencing ◽

Panax Ginseng ◽

Microbial Flora ◽

Soil Microbial ◽

Dna Metabarcoding ◽

Western Japan ◽

Annual Changes ◽

Ginseng Cultivation ◽

Generation Sequencing

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Evaluating the Contribution of Long-Range Transport of Heavy Metals from the Asian Continent to Their Concentrations in Sediment Cores from Lake Shinji, Western Japan

Water Air & Soil Pollution ◽

10.1007/s11270-011-0932-4 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 223 (3) ◽

pp. 1151-1160 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Kenji Kusunoki ◽

Masahiro Sakata ◽

Yukinori Tani ◽

Yasushi Seike ◽

Kazuyasu Ayukawa

Keyword(s):

Heavy Metals ◽

Long Range ◽

Sediment Cores ◽

Long Range Transport ◽

Asian Continent ◽

Range Transport ◽

Lake Shinji ◽

Western Japan

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The Characterization of Hemoglobin Shimonoseki

Blood ◽

10.1182/blood.v24.5.624.624 ◽

1964 ◽

Vol 24 (5) ◽

pp. 624-635 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

M. HANADA ◽

D. L. RUCKNAGEL

Keyword(s):

Western Japan ◽

A Minor ◽

Polypeptide Chains

Abstract Hemoglobin Shimonoseki, discovered in western Japan in 1960, has been further characterized as a mutant with abnormal α-polypeptide chains on the basis of: (1) The presence of a minor hemoglobin component migrating cathodally at pH 8.6 to Hb A2, presumably α2Shσ2A2. (2) Hybridization studies. (3) Fingerprinting of isolated α-polypeptide chains. Hemoglobin Sh is characterized by the substitution of arginine for glutamine at residue 54 and can therefore be designated as α254Argβ2A.

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