Hydrogen sulfide: a novel gaseous signaling molecule and intracellular Ca regulator in 1 rat parotid acinar cells 2 3 Amira Moustafa1,2 and Yoshiaki Habara1 4 Laboratory of Physiology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of 5 Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan; Department of 6 Physiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig 4...

AUTOPHAGY-RELATED PROTEIN (ATG) 8-FAMILY INTERACTING MOTIF IN ATG3 MEDIATES THE ATG3-ATG8 INTERACTION AND IS CRUCIAL FOR THE CYTOPLASM-TO-VACUOLE TARGETING PATHWAY* Masaya Yamaguchi, Nobuo N. Noda, Hitoshi Nakatogawa§, Hiroyuki Kumeta, Yoshinori Ohsumi, and Fuyuhiko Inagaki Department of Structural Biology, Graduate school of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0812, Integ...

Competitive Information Systems (CIS) are information systems which help a company to obtain and sustain a competitive edge. Before any such CIS can be implemented, the idea for it has to be formulated. The paper describes a way to systematically stimulate ideas by asking questions. It discusses the question generating mechanism as well as ways to focuses these questions. I t shows an implement...

Impacts of elevated CO2 on phytoplankton community composition and organic carbon dynamics in nutrient-depleted Okhotsk Sea surface waters T. Yoshimura, J. Nishioka, K. Suzuki, H. Hattori, H. Kiyosawa, and Y. W. Watanabe Central Research Inst. of Electric Power Industry, 1646 Abiko, Abiko, Chiba 270-1194, Japan Institute of Low Temperature Science, Hokkaido University, North 19 West 8, Kita-ku,...

Molecular basis for LLT1 recognition by human CD161 (NKRP1A/KLRB1) Jun Kamishikiryo, Hideo Fukuhara, Yuki Okabe, Kimiko Kuroki and Katsumi Maenaka* From the Laboratory of Biomolecular Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-6, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0812, Japan. Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Fukuyama University, Sanzou, Gakuen-cho, Fukuy...

1Department of Physiology, Kanazawa University School of Medicine, Takara-machi, Kanazawa 920-8640, Japan, 2Department of Anatomy, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo 060-8635, Japan, 3Pharmakologisches Institut, Abteilung Molekulare Pharmakologie, Universität Heidelberg, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany, and 4Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125

Neuro Forum 1 2 3 Intelligence moderates reinforcement learning: a mini-review of the neural evidence 4 5 6 Chong Chen 1 7 1 Department of Psychiatry, Hokkaido University Graduate School of 8 Medicine, Sapporo 060-8638, Japan. Tel: (81)11-706-5973; Fax: (81)11-7069 5081; E-mail: [email protected] 10 11 12

Laboratory of Toxicology, Department of Environmental Veterinary Sciences, Graduate School of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita 18, Nishi 9, Kita-ku, Sapporo 060-0818, Japan. Department of Biomedical Studies, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia. Department of Pharmacology, School of Veterinary Medicine Rakuno Gakuen University, Ebetsu...