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Characterization of luciferases and its paralogue in the Panamanian luminous click beetle Pyrophorus angustus: A click beetle luciferase lacks the fatty acyl-CoA synthetic activity.

Oba Y, Kumazaki M, Inouye S.

Gene. . [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 20004235 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Blood flow distribution of repaired lip in cleft lip patients.

Kondo Y, Takahashi T, Oba Y, Kuroda S, Tanaka E, Moriyama K.

Angle Orthod. 2009 Nov;79(6):1182-7.PMID: 19852613 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Biosynthesis of coelenterazine in the deep-sea copepod, Metridia pacifica.

Oba Y, Kato S, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 2009 Dec 18;390(3):684-8. Epub 2009 Oct 13.PMID: 19833098 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Functional conversion of fatty acyl-CoA synthetase to firefly luciferase by site-directed mutagenesis: a key substitution responsible for luminescence activity.

Oba Y, Iida K, Inouye S.

FEBS Lett. 2009 Jun 18;583(12):2004-8. Epub 2009 May 18.PMID: 19450587 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of salmeterol, fluticasone, and combination therapy for COPD.

Oba Y.

Am J Manag Care. 2009 Apr;15(4):226-32.PMID: 19355795 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk of major adverse cardiovascular events with inhaled anticholinergics in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Oba Y.

JAMA. 2009 Mar 25;301(12):1223; author reply 1225-6. No abstract available. PMID: 19318646 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness of long-term oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive disease.

Oba Y.

Am J Manag Care. 2009 Feb;15(2):97-104. Review.PMID: 19284806 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

High levels of PEEP may improve survival in acute respiratory distress syndrome: A meta-analysis.

Oba Y, Thameem DM, Zaza T.

Respir Med. 2009 Aug;103(8):1174-81. Epub 2009 Mar 9.PMID: 19269800 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Diel changes in the expression of long wavelength-sensitive and ultraviolet-sensitive opsin genes in the Japanese firefly, Luciola cruciata.

Oba Y, Kainuma T.

Gene. 2009 May 1;436(1-2):66-70. Epub 2009 Feb 13.PMID: 19232386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Design, synthesis, and biological evaluation of biotin-labeled (-)-ternatin, a potent fat-accumulation inhibitor against 3T3-L1 adipocytes.

Shimokawa K, Yamada K, Ohno O, Oba Y, Uemura D.

Bioorg Med Chem Lett. 2009 Jan 1;19(1):92-5. Epub 2008 Nov 6.PMID: 19022665 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tributyltin-binding protein type 1 has a distinctive lipocalin-like structure and is involved in the excretion of tributyltin in Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.

Satone H, Oshima Y, Shimasaki Y, Tawaratsumida T, Oba Y, Takahashi E, Kitano T, Kawabata S, Kakuta Y, Honjo T.

Aquat Toxicol. 2008 Dec 11;90(4):292-9. Epub 2008 Sep 13.PMID: 18992946 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

[Multidisciplinary strategy for lung cancer patients with bone metastasis]

Takagi M, Arizumi T, Tanio Y, Shimura K, Miura S, Oba Y, Kodama M, Koma M, Kaneshiro S, Asano M, Fujiwara K, Shimamoto S, Araki N.

Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. 2008 Oct;35(10):1783-6. Japanese. PMID: 18931589 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Germ cell specification and early embryonic patterning in Bombyx mori as revealed by nanos orthologues.

Nakao H, Matsumoto T, Oba Y, Niimi T, Yaginuma T.

Evol Dev. 2008 Sep-Oct;10(5):546-54.PMID: 18803773 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ventilation strategies for acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Oba Y.

JAMA. 2008 Jul 2;300(1):39-40; author reply 41-3. No abstract available. PMID: 18594033 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Determination of the luciferin contents in luminous and non-luminous beetles.

Oba Y, Shintani T, Nakamura T, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2008 May;72(5):1384-7. Epub 2008 May 7.PMID: 18460798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Does tiotropium reduce hospitalizations in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?

Oba Y.

Ann Intern Med. 2008 Apr 15;148(8):626; author reply 626-7. No abstract available. PMID: 18413628 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

CO2 regulator SLAC1 and its homologues are essential for anion homeostasis in plant cells.

Negi J, Matsuda O, Nagasawa T, Oba Y, Takahashi H, Kawai-Yamada M, Uchimiya H, Hashimoto M, Iba K.

Nature. 2008 Mar 27;452(7186):483-6. Epub 2008 Feb 27.PMID: 18305482 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Safety, tolerability and risk benefit analysis of tiotropium in COPD.

Oba Y, Zaza T, Thameem DM.

Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2008;3(4):575-84. Review.PMID: 19281075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Orthologous gene of beetle luciferase in non-luminous click beetle, Agrypnus binodulus (Elateridae), encodes a fatty acyl-CoA synthetase.

Oba Y, Iida K, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Gene. 2008 Jan 15;407(1-2):169-75. Epub 2007 Oct 13.PMID: 17996401 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Tributyltin causes abnormal development in embryos of medaka, Oryzias latipes.

Hano T, Oshima Y, Kim SG, Satone H, Oba Y, Kitano T, Inoue S, Shimasaki Y, Honjo T.

Chemosphere. 2007 Oct;69(6):927-33. Epub 2007 Aug 7.PMID: 17686507 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The evolutionary process of bioluminescence and aposematism in cantharoid beetles (Coleoptera: Elateroidea) inferred by the analysis of 18S ribosomal DNA.

Sagegami-Oba R, Takahashi N, Oba Y.

Gene. 2007 Oct 1;400(1-2):104-13. Epub 2007 Jun 13.PMID: 17629422 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Purification and characterization of tributyltin-binding protein type 2 from plasma of Japanese flounder, Paralichthys olivaceus.

Oba Y, Shimasaki Y, Oshima Y, Satone H, Kitano T, Nakao M, Kawabata S, Honjo T.

J Biochem. 2007 Aug;142(2):229-38. Epub 2007 Jun 1.PMID: 17545251 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hospitalizations with severe COPD.

Oba Y.

Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2007 Jun 1;175(11):1207; author reply 1207-8. No abstract available. PMID: 17519347 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cost-effectiveness of long-acting bronchodilators for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Oba Y.

Mayo Clin Proc. 2007 May;82(5):575-82.PMID: 17493425 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Zooxanthellamide D, a polyhydroxy polyene amide from a marine dinoflagellate, and chemotaxonomic perspective of the Symbiodinium polyols.

Fukatsu T, Onodera K, Ohta Y, Oba Y, Nakamura H, Shintani T, Yoshioka Y, Okamoto T, ten Lohuis M, Miller DJ, Kawachi M, Ojika M.

J Nat Prod. 2007 Mar;70(3):407-11. Epub 2007 Feb 22.PMID: 17315927 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of proteins from venom of the paralytic spider wasp, Cyphononyx dorsalis.

Yamamoto T, Arimoto H, Kinumi T, Oba Y, Uemura D.

Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 Mar;37(3):278-86. Epub 2007 Feb 5. Erratum in: Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2007 May;37(5):520-1. PMID: 17296502 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Role of regulator of G-protein signaling 2 (RGS2) in periodontal ligament cells under mechanical stress.

Santos de Araujo RM, Oba Y, Moriyama K.

Cell Biochem Funct. 2007 Nov-Dec;25(6):753-8.PMID: 17294519 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of genes related to mechanical stress in human periodontal ligament cells using microarray analysis.

de Araujo RM, Oba Y, Moriyama K.

J Periodontal Res. 2007 Feb;42(1):15-22.PMID: 17214635 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Site-specific carbon isotope analysis of aromatic carboxylic acids by elemental analysis/pyrolysis/isotope ratio mass spectrometry.

Oba Y, Naraoka H.

Rapid Commun Mass Spectrom. 2006;20(24):3649-53.PMID: 17094169 [PubMed]Related articles

Catalytic properties of domain-exchanged chimeric proteins between firefly luciferase and Drosophila fatty Acyl-CoA synthetase CG6178.

Oba Y, Tanaka K, Inouye S.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2006 Nov;70(11):2739-44. Epub 2006 Nov 7.PMID: 17090919 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Phylogenetic relationships of click beetles (Coleoptera: Elateridae) inferred from 28S ribosomal DNA: insights into the evolution of bioluminescence in Elateridae.

Sagegami-Oba R, Oba Y, Ohira H.

Mol Phylogenet Evol. 2007 Feb;42(2):410-21. Epub 2006 Aug 3.PMID: 16971143 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Selective delivery of rifampicin incorporated into poly(DL-lactic-co-glycolic) acid microspheres after phagocytotic uptake by alveolar macrophages, and the killing effect against intracellular Mycobacterium bovis Calmette-Guérin.

Yoshida A, Matumoto M, Hshizume H, Oba Y, Tomishige T, Inagawa H, Kohchi C, Hino M, Ito F, Tomoda K, Nakajima T, Makino K, Terada H, Hori H, Soma G.

Microbes Infect. 2006 Aug;8(9-10):2484-91. Epub 2006 Jul 13.PMID: 16879999 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Stereoselective incorporation of isoleucine into Cypridina luciferin in Cypridina hilgendorfii (Vargula hilgendorfii).

Kato S, Oba Y, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2006 Jun;70(6):1528-32.PMID: 16794342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Cloning and characterization of the homologous genes of firefly luciferase in the mealworm beetle, Tenebrio molitor.

Oba Y, Sato M, Inouye S.

Insect Mol Biol. 2006 Jun;15(3):293-9.PMID: 16756548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Function and regulation of osteopontin in response to mechanical stress.

Fujihara S, Yokozeki M, Oba Y, Higashibata Y, Nomura S, Moriyama K.

J Bone Miner Res. 2006 Jun;21(6):956-64.PMID: 16753026 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Biosynthesis of 2'-O-methylmyxalamide D in the myxobacterium Cystobacter fuscus: a polyketide synthase-nonribosomal peptide synthetase system for the myxalamide D skeleton and a methyltransferase for the final O-methylation.

Feng Z, Qi J, Tsuge T, Oba Y, Sakagami Y, Ojika M.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2006 Mar;70(3):699-705.PMID: 16556988 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

An interdisciplinary approach for improved functional and esthetic results in a periodontally compromised adult patient.

Feng X, Oba T, Oba Y, Moriyama K.

Angle Orthod. 2005 Nov;75(6):1061-70.PMID: 16448256 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of paralogous genes of firefly luciferase in the Japanese firefly, Luciola cruciata.

Oba Y, Sato M, Ohta Y, Inouye S.

Gene. 2006 Mar 1;368:53-60. Epub 2005 Dec 27.PMID: 16380223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Novel relationship between the antifungal activity and cytotoxicity of marine-derived metabolite xestoquinone and its family.

Nakamura M, Kakuda T, Qi J, Hirata M, Shintani T, Yoshioka Y, Okamoto T, Oba Y, Nakamura H, Ojika M.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005 Sep;69(9):1749-52.PMID: 16195594 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Construction of a bacterial artificial chromosome library for a myxobacterium of the genus Cystobacter and characterization of an antibiotic biosynthetic gene cluster.

Feng Z, Qi J, Tsuge T, Oba Y, Kobayashi T, Suzuki Y, Sakagami Y, Ojika M.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005 Jul;69(7):1372-80.PMID: 16041144 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Zooxanthellamide Cs: vasoconstrictive polyhydroxylated macrolides with the largest lactone ring size from a marine dinoflagellate of Symbiodinium sp.

Onodera K, Nakamura H, Oba Y, Ohizumi Y, Ojika M.

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Jul 27;127(29):10406-11.PMID: 16028954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Messenger RNA expression of periostin and Twist transiently decrease by occlusal hypofunction in mouse periodontal ligament.

Afanador E, Yokozeki M, Oba Y, Kitase Y, Takahashi T, Kudo A, Moriyama K.

Arch Oral Biol. 2005 Dec;50(12):1023-31. Epub 2005 May 31.PMID: 15922993 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Enzymatic and genetic characterization of firefly luciferase and Drosophila CG6178 as a fatty acyl-CoA synthetase.

Oba Y, Sato M, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2005 Apr;69(4):819-28.PMID: 15849423 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Purification and characterisation of blarinasin, a new tissue kallikrein-like protease from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: comparative studies with blarina toxin.

Kita M, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Nakamura Y, Kido H, Uemura D.

Biol Chem. 2005 Feb;386(2):177-82.PMID: 15843162 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

MIP-1alpha utilizes both CCR1 and CCR5 to induce osteoclast formation and increase adhesion of myeloma cells to marrow stromal cells.

Oba Y, Lee JW, Ehrlich LA, Chung HY, Jelinek DF, Callander NS, Horuk R, Choi SJ, Roodman GD.

Exp Hematol. 2005 Mar;33(3):272-8.PMID: 15730850 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification of the luciferin-luciferase system and quantification of coelenterazine by mass spectrometry in the deep-sea luminous ostracod Conchoecia pseudodiscophora.

Oba Y, Tsuduki H, Kato S, Ojika M, Inouye S.

Chembiochem. 2004 Nov 5;5(11):1495-9.PMID: 15515099 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of modification at the fifth residue of mu-conotoxin GIIIA with bulky tags on the electrically stimulated contraction of the rat diaphragm.

Nakamura M, Ishida Y, Kohno T, Sato K, Oba Y, Nakamura H.

J Pept Res. 2004 Sep;64(3):110-7.PMID: 15317501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Cost-effectiveness analysis of omalizumab in adults and adolescents with moderate-to-severe allergic asthma.

Oba Y, Salzman GA.

J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2004 Aug;114(2):265-9.PMID: 15316501 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Blarina toxin, a mammalian lethal venom from the short-tailed shrew Blarina brevicauda: Isolation and characterization.

Kita M, Nakamura Y, Okumura Y, Ohdachi SD, Oba Y, Yoshikuni M, Kido H, Uemura D.

Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2004 May 18;101(20):7542-7. Epub 2004 May 10.PMID: 15136743 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Zooxanthellamide B, a novel large polyhydroxy metabolite from a marine dinoflagellate of Symbiodinium sp.

Onodera K, Nakamura H, Oba Y, Ojika M.

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2004 Apr;68(4):955-8.PMID: 15118333 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article