WIDE RANGE DETECTOR USING PARABOLIC CYLINDRICAL MIRROR FOR THz APPLICATIONS

A new, wide-band, high-speed and high-sensitivity THz detector has been developed. The prototype detector consists of a parabolic cylindrical mirror, a long wire antenna and a Schottky barrier diode. Direct detection measurements have shown a stable sensitivity of 150 ± 50 V/W for 1–2 THz without any adjustments. The long wire antenna was fixed at the focus of parabolic cylindrical mirror then it has been realized less operation steps, easy coupling to the external THz signals and a dramatic enhancement in the practicality of this system. The optically polished mirror and frosted surface one showed comparable sensitivities, thus easy polishing and less cost mirror fabrication can be applied for this system. The radiation pattern showed a maximum radiation angle of approximately 23° with its dominant main lobe, which was attributed to the wire antenna character and confirmed good agreements with classical antenna theory.     

Drug-carrying latices for prolonged release of drugs

Dichlorophene was used as a model drug. Drug-carrying latex particles were prepared by soap-free emulsion copolymerization of dichlorophene acrylate with some hydrophilic methacrylate comonomers. The comonomers used affected not only the structure and colloidal stability of particles, but also the drug-activity of particles. Preliminary study of the drug activity revealed that highly hydrophilic latex particles were very stable and too inactive to be engulfed by amoebae and kill them. On the contrary, less hydrophilic particles carrying a large amount of drug can be an effective device to release drugs at a moderate rate to fight against extracelluar targets such as parasites.     

Agents for the treatment of overactive detrusor. II. Synthesis and inhibitory activity on detrusor contraction of 1,1'-biphenyl-2,6-dicarboxylic acid diesters with an aminoalkyl group in the ester function.

A series of 1,1'-biphenyl-2,6-dicarboxylic acid diesters with an aminoalkyl group in the ester function were synthesized and examined for their inhibitory activity on detrusor contraction in vitro and in vivo. In the in vivo test, arrhythmia was observed as a side effect. Among those compounds synthesized, 2-methyl 6-[4-(1-methylpiperidinyl)] 3-hydroxy-5-methyl-2'-nitro-1,1'-biphenyl-2,6-dicarboxylate (18) showed strong inhibitory activity on detrusor contractions in vivo (ED50 = 0.54 mg/kg i.v., ED50 = 7.2mg/kg i.d.) and good separation from the side effect. Compound 18 was chosen for further pharmacological evaluation as an agent for the treatment of overactive detrusor.     

The synthesis of certain 11,14-dimethoxydeoxypodocarpic acid derivatives. an application to the synthesis of (+)-winterin from drimys winteri

This paper reports the synthesis of several 11,14-dimethoxydeoxypodocarpic acid derivatives from (+)-podocarpic acid. The synthesis of the naturally occurring sesquiterpene, (+)-winterin, from Drimys winteri illustrates a synthetic application of the 11,14-dimethoxy intermediates and establishes the absolute configuration for winterin.     

Immobilization of yeast and the function of immobilized yeast.

Hansenula anomala, which catalyzes an asymmetric reduction, was immobilized in bulk or spherical crosslinked polymers. The catalytic activity of the yeast for enantio-selective reduction of 3,8-dioxo-4-methoxycarbonyl-9-methyl-delta 4(10)-octalin (lab) was severely affected by the immobilization conditions, such as the crosslink density, and by hydrophobicity of polymers and other components used for immobilization, oxygen concentration in the medium, etc. In some immobilized systems, the ratio of resulting enantiomers was inverted from that in a free yeast system.     

On manifolds having some restricted ideal boundaries

The theory of the ideal boundary has arisen as a method of a study of noncompact manifolds. In this paper we shall investigate properties of manifolds whose ideal boundaries satisfy some conditions related to the Tits metric. In Section 2 we shall consider in what conditions the Tits topology is equivalent to the sphere topology and in Section 3 the property of points at infinity which characterize the R-factor. Furthermore, in Section 4 we shall give a sufficient condition for a projective map to be isometríc.Partially supported by Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (No. 01740011), The Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Japan.     

Chemical synthesis of the 5-́half molecule of E.coli tRNA2GLY

A tritriacontanucleotide which has the sequence of the 5$\text{-}\text{?}$half molecule of E.coli glycine tRNA₂, was synthesized by the phosphotriester method involving p-anisidate protection for the 3$\text{-}\text{?}$phosphate ends. Di- and trinucleotide units were prepared from 5$\text{-}\text{?}$dimethoxytrityl-2$\text{-}\text{?}$O-tetrahydrofuranyl-3?-O-(o-chlorophenyl)phosphoryl derivatives of uridine, N-benzoylcytidine, N-benzolyadenosine and N-iso-butyrylguanosine by condensation with 3$\text{,}\text{?}$5$\text{-}\text{?}$unprotected nucleosides followed by phosphorylation to give 3$\text{-}\text{?}$phosphodiester blocks. The 3$\text{-}\text{?}$terminal dimers and trimers were synthesized by using 3$\text{-}\text{?}$(o- chlorophenyl)phosphoro-p-anisidates instead of 3?,5?-unprotected nucleosides. The 3?-phosphodiesters of oligonucleotides with a chain length of larger than 5 were obtained by removal of the 3?-phosphoro-p-anisidate with isoamyl nitrite. The 5$\text{-}\text{?}$dimethoxytrityl group was removed by treatment with zinc bromide under anhydrous conditions. Fragments were designed to use common dimer blocks and to reduce the step for 5$\text{-}\text{?}$deblocking of larger fragments. Finally a 3$\text{-}\text{?}$phosphodiester block with a chain length of 20 was condensed with a 5$\text{-}\text{?}$OH component (tridecanucleotide). The fully protected 33 mer was deblocked and purified by chromatography. The structural integrity of the product was confirmed by mobility shift analysis and complete digestion with RNase T2.     

Sequence-specific cleavage of RNA by designed ribozymes

Abstract

Ribozymes that distinguish a single base change in RNA were synthesized and used to specifically cleave c-Ha-ras messenger RNA. Using phosphorothioate containing oligonucleotide substrates, we have shown that Mg²⁺ binds to the pro-R oxygen of the phosphate and that the RNA cleavage reaction occurs via an in-line mechanism. Oligoribonucleotides containing a modified nucleoside are described.