To survey endophytic actinomycetes as potential biocontrol agents against fungal diseases of rhododendron, young plants of rhododendron were surface-sterilized for use as an isolation source. Nine,… (More)
Staurosporine is a representative member of indolocarbazole antibiotics. The entire staurosporine biosynthetic and regulatory gene cluster spanning 20-kb was cloned from Streptomyces sp. TP-A0274 and… (More)
Insulin resistance is associated with the circulating free fatty acid (FFA) level and intracellular lipid content in muscle and liver. We investigated the effect of 2-wk diet and exercise therapy on… (More)
Natural products produced by microorganisms are important starting compounds for drug discovery. Secondary metabolites, including antibiotics, have been isolated from different Streptomyces species.… (More)
Heat transfer of single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWNTs) in practical situations is investigated using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Attenuation of the expected high thermal conductivity was… (More)
The biosynthetic gene cluster for rebeccamycin, an indolocarbazole antibiotic, from Lechevalieria aerocolonigenes ATCC 39243 has 11 ORFs. To clarify their functions, mutants with rebG, rebD, rebC,… (More)
Two novel anthraquinones, lupinacidins A (1) and B (2), have been isolated from the culture broth of a new endophytic actinomycete belonging to the genus Micromonospora. Lupinacidins were found to… (More)
An endophytic actinomycete, Streptomyces sp. R-5, which had been isolated from a field-grown rhododendron plant, was used to protect rhododendron seedlings in tissue culture from Pestalotia disease… (More)
Inducible nitric oxide synthetase plays an essential role in insulin resistance induced by a high-fat diet. The reaction of nitric oxide with superoxide leads to the formation of peroxynitrite… (More)
A new anthraquinone derivative, lupinacidin C (1), was isolated from the endophytic actinomycete Micromonospora lupini. The structure was elucidated on the basis of spectroscopic analyses, and the… (More)