Two distinct proteinase activities required for the processing of a putative nonstructural precursor protein of hepatitis C virus

Makoto Hijikata, Hiroto Mizushima, Tsuyoshi Akagi, +6

Journal of Virology

Viral ReplicationHepatitis C VirusDistinct Proteinase ActivitiesMolecular BiologyVirus Structure +15

Anti-HIV-1 and anti-HIV-1-protease substances from Ganoderma Lucidum

Sahar El‐Mekkawy, Meselhy R. Meselhy, Norio Nakamura, +6

Phytochemistry

Ganoderma LucidumMedicineAntiviral Drug DevelopmentAntiviral DrugHiv +2

Isolation and characterization of RNA aptamers specific for the hepatitis C virus nonstructural protein 3 protease

Kotaro Fukuda, Daesety Vishnuvardhan, Satoru Sekiya, +6

European Journal of Biochemistry

Isolation of RNA Aptamers Specific to the NS3 Protein of Hepatitis C Virus from a Pool of Completely Random RNA

Penmetcha K. R. Kumar, Keigo Machida, Petri Urvil, +5

Virology

Viral ReplicationCompletely Random RnaHepatitis C VirusNatural SciencesRna Biology +8

Isolation of a Human Intestinal Bacterium That Transforms Mangiferin to Norathyriol and Inducibility of the Enzyme That Cleaves a C-Glucosyl Bond

Kanjana Sanugul, Teruaki Akao, Yan Li, +3

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Inhibitory effects of Sudanese plant extracts on HIV-1 replication and HIV-1 protease

Ghazi Hussein, Hirotsugu Miyashiro, Norio Nakamura, +5

Phytotherapy Research

Sudanese Plant ExtractsMedicinal ChemistryHiv-1 ProteaseMedicineHuman Retrovirus +13

Studies on dental caries prevention by traditional medicines. VIII. Inhibitory effect of various tannins on glucan synthesis by glucosyltransferase from Streptococcus mutans.

Nobuko Kakiuchi, Masao Hattori, Makoto Nishizawa, +3

Chemical and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

Glucan SynthesisOral MicrobiologyPreventive DentistryDental InfectionsBiosynthesis +16

Biotransformation of C-Glucosylisoflavone Puerarin to Estrogenic (3S)-Equol in Co-culture of Two Human Intestinal Bacteria

Jong‐Sik Jin, Tomohiro Nishihata, Nobuko Kakiuchi, +1

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin

BiosynthesisStrain DzeEngineeringBiochemistryBiotransformation +11

Inhibitory Effect of Tannins on Reverse Transcriptase from RNA Tumor Virus

Nobuko Kakiuchi, Masao Hattori, Tsuneo Namba, +3

Journal of Natural Products

Viral ReplicationMolecular BiologyMedicinal ChemistryVirus GeneViral Genetics +16

Enantioselective Dehydroxylation of Enterodiol and Enterolactone Precursors by Human Intestinal Bacteria

Jong‐Sik Jin, Yu-Feng Zhao, Norio Nakamura, +4

Biological and Pharmaceutical Bulletin