Organization of the Hox gene cluster in the grasshopper, Schistocerca gregaria

The conserved organization of the Hox genes throughout the animal kingdom has become one of the major paradigms of evolutionary developmental biology. We have examined the organization of the Hox genes of the grasshopper, Schistocerca gregaria. We find that the grasshopper Hox cluster is over 700 kb long, and is not split into equivalents of the Antennapedia complex and the bithorax complex of Drosophila melanogaster. SgDax and probably also Sgzen, the grasshopper homologues of fushi-tarazu (ftz) and Zerknüllt (zen), respectively, are also in the cluster, showing that the non-homeotic Antp-class genes, “accessory genes,” are an ancient feature of insect Hox clusters.

Interaction of the Hsp70 molecular chaperone, DnaK, with its cochaperone DnaJ

Chaperones of the Hsp70 family bind to unfolded or partially folded polypeptides to facilitate many cellular processes. ATP hydrolysis and substrate binding, the two key molecular activities of this chaperone, are modulated by the cochaperone DnaJ. By using both genetic and biochemical approaches, we provide evidence that DnaJ binds to at least two sites on the Escherichia coli Hsp70 family member DnaK: under the ATPase domain in a cleft between its two subdomains and at or near the pocket of substrate binding. The lower cleft of the ATPase domain is defined as a binding pocket for the J-domain because (i) a DnaK mutation located in this cleft (R167H) is an allele-specific suppressor of the binding defect of the DnaJ mutation, D35N and (ii) alanine substitution of two residues close to R167 in the crystal structure, N170A and T173A, significantly decrease DnaJ binding. A second binding determinant is likely to be in the substrate-binding domain because some DnaK mutations in the vicinity of the substrate-binding pocket are defective in either the affinity (G400D, G539D) or rate (D526N) of both peptide and DnaJ binding to DnaK. Binding of DnaJ may propagate conformational changes to the nearby ATPase catalytic center and substrate-binding sites as well as facilitate communication between these two domains to alter the molecular properties of Hsp70.

Blurring the lines : how Japanese American internment camps re-defined art and religion's relationship

After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor during WWII, anyone of Japanese descent living on the West Coast was placed in internment camps scattered throughout the country. Life inside the camps included many different activities to make life as normal as possible. This study will focus on two intersecting day-to-day activities in particular, the practice of religion within the camps, as well as the creation of art. Art created in the camps was influenced by multiple religious traditions. An analysis of artworks created by professional and amateur artists, interviews and an examination of existing scholarship demonstrates that internment camps created a unique environment for the creation of art. The values of internees reflected the seamless coexistence of Christianity, Buddhism and Shinto in internment camp art.

Japan, 1876 (Raster Image)

This layer is a georeferenced raster image of the historic paper map entitled: 府懸改正大日本全圖 : 全 [Fuken kaisei Dai Nihon zenzu : zen], Sekiguchi Bisho shu. It was published by Kobayashi Shinbē, Nakamura Nakamura Kumajirō in Meiji 9 [1876]. Scale: 1:100,000. Map in Japanese.The image inside the map neatline is georeferenced to the surface of the earth and fit to the Asia North Lambert Conformal Conic coordinate system. All map collar and inset information is also available as part of the raster image, including any inset maps, profiles, statistical tables, directories, text, illustrations, index maps, legends, or other information associated with the principal map. This map shows features such as drainage, cities and other human settlements, roads, administrative boundaries, shoreline features, and more. Includes 3 island insets: Hokkaidō, Ryūkyū shotō, and Ogasawara guntō; and 6 additional insets: Owari Nagoya, Rikuzen Sendai, Aki Hiroshima, and Higo Kumamoto.This layer is part of a selection of digitally scanned and georeferenced historic maps from the Harvard Map Collection. These maps typically portray both natural and manmade features. The selection represents a range of originators, ground condition dates, scales, and map purposes.

Shodō, il fascino della calligrafia estremo-orientale

La storia della calligrafia orientale, la sua evoluzione stilistica, i materiali e le tecniche che la caratterizzano e il suo profondo significato nella cultura giapponese in quanto disciplina meditativa e strettamente connessa allo Zen. L'arte, l’eleganza e la filosofia tipiche della cultura giapponese sono l’essenza di questa magica disciplina.

A catena of Buddhist scriptures from the Chinese.

Mode of access: Internet.

Gleanings in Buddha-fields : and, the romance of the Milky Way /

Mode of access: Internet.

Dangi shōshinroku /

Includes: Eishōin Nichikan Shōnin ryakuden at end.

A record of Buddhistic kingdoms being an account by the Chinese monk of his travels in India and Ceylon (A.D. 399-414) in search of the Buddhist books of discipline.

Mode of access: Internet.

Epochs in Buddhist history;

Mode of access: Internet.

The dragon, image, and demon; or, The three religions of China:

Mode of access: Internet.

"Das Scherflein der Witwe" und seine Entsprechung im Tripitaka /

Includes Bibliographie zur Frage nach den Wechselbeziehungen zwischen Buddhismus und Christentum, p. [1]-47.

Sāranāthera itihāsa = A documentary history of Sarnath /

Includes bibliographical references and index.

India in primitive Christianity /

Rev. ed. of: The influence of Buddhism on primitive Christianity.