… However, it has been demonstrated in intensive gene-knock-out studies by The Institute
for Genomic Research (TIGR) that many of the 480 genes are not always necessary for M. …

Lactoferrin (LF) was identified as a milk protein in 1960. Large-scale manufacturing of
bovine LF (bLF) was established more than 20 years ago. Using this commercially available …

Bovine lactoferrin is produced on an industrial scale from cheese whey or skim milk. The safety
of purified lactoferrin has been confirmed from the results of a reverse mutation test using …

Adiponectin is an adipocyte-derived hormone. Recent genome-wide scans have mapped a
susceptibility locus for type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome to chromosome 3q27, where …

We have systematically made a set of precisely defined, single‐gene deletions of all
nonessential genes in Escherichia coli K‐12. Open‐reading frame coding regions were replaced …

Motivation: Molecular biotechnology now makes it possible to build elaborate systems
models, but the systems biology community needs information standards if models are to be …

Gut commensal microbes shape the mucosal immune system by regulating the differentiation
and expansion of several types of T cell 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 . Clostridia, a dominant class of …

Large-grain high-temperature superconductors of the form RE-Ba-Cu-O (where RE is a rare-earth
element) can trap magnetic fields of several tesla at low temperatures, and so can be …

We present here new evidence of cross-cultural agreement in the judgment of facial expression.
Subjects in 10 cultures performed a more complex judgment task than has been used in …

… Finally, I wish to thank Yuko Tomita for many discussions on linguistic aspects of my work,
and more importantly, for her continuous encouragement and emotional support. Yuko always …