Comparative allelotyping of the short arm of human chromosome 3 in epithelial tumors of four different types.

abstract：:Small interfering (si)RNAs isolated from Brassica juncea leaves infected by Turnip mosaic virus (TuMV) were characterized by cloning and sequencing. The TuMV siRNA population was dominated by 21 and 22-nt long species originated mainly from the same siRNA hotspots, indicating operational similarity between the plant D...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ho T,Wang H,Pallett D,Dalmay T

更新日期：2007-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To better understand the outcome of the interaction between TNF-related apoptosis-inducing factor (TRAIL) and tumor cells, we studied TRAIL-resistant melanoma cells resulting from prolonged exposure to TRAIL and found that they had higher proliferative activity than the parental cells both in vitro and in vivo. This w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu JJ,Zhang XD,Gillespie S,Hersey P

更新日期：2005-03-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of the inositol phospholipid-binding antibiotic neomycin was studied on high-affinity GTPase in human platelet membranes. At low concentrations (up to 1 mM), neomycin by itself stimulated a high-affinity GTPase. This GTPase stimulation was additive with that caused by the hormonal factors, prostaglandin E1 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Herrmann E,Jakobs KH

更新日期：1988-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of protein structure by NMR is restricted at molecular masses above 10 kDa by overlapping resonances. One way of overcoming this problem is to label the protein with 15N. The conventional way to record 15N spectra is to use heteronuclear multiple-quantum coherence. We present here an alternative appr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Norwood TJ,Boyd J,Campbell ID

更新日期：1989-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Anaerobic biosynthesis of carotenoids in the purple facultative photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides was studied using mass spectrometry. We have demonstrated that (18)O from H2(18)O was incorporated into the 1-methoxy group of spheroidene and spheroidenone, the two major carotenoids produced by this bacte...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yeliseev AA,Kaplan S

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the action of hydrocortisosone on arachidonic acid mobilisation in cultures of mouse peritoneal macrophages, mouse L929 cells and the mouse macrophage-like cell line RAW264. Hydrocortisone inhibits both arachidonic acid release and prostaglandin production by L929 cells. However, prostaglandin pro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wood JN,Coote PR,Rhodes J

更新日期：1984-08-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid precursor protein (APP) gene expression was investigated in primary cultures of neurons, astrocytes, microglial cells and oligodendrocytes. Neurons from various rat brain regions, as well as oligodendrocytes, contained RNA encoding APP695, while astrocytes and microglial cells expressed high levels of RNAs for...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gaul G,Dutly F,Frei K,Foguet M,Lübbert H

更新日期：1992-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a rat model in which continuous supply of hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) prevents liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) and E. coli 011:B4 lipopolysaccharide (LPS). Rat fibroblasts genetically modified to secrete rat HGF were implanted in syngenic rat spleen 7 days before administration of the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kaido T,Yamaoka S,Seto S,Funaki N,Kasamatsu T,Tanaka J,Nakamura T,Imamura M

更新日期：1997-07-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein tyrosine kinase p72syk purified from rat spleen has been assayed for its ability to phosphorylate a number of peptide substrates derived from naturally occurring phospho-acceptor sites. The phosphorylation efficiency is extremely variable, depending on the peptide sequence, with Km values in the 3-1500 microM ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brunati AM,Donella-Deana A,Ruzzene M,Marin O,Pinna LA

更新日期：1995-06-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligopeptidase B (OpdB) from Trypanosoma brucei is a candidate therapeutic target in African trypanosomiasis. OpdB is an atypical serine peptidase, since activity is inhibited by thiol-blocking reagents and enhanced by reducing agents. We have identified C256 as the reactive cysteine residue that mediates OpdB inhibit...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morty RE,Shih AY,Fülöp V,Andrews NW

更新日期：2005-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA clone (RASC8) encoding glutaredoxin (thioltransferase) was isolated from a cDNA library of an aleurone layer prepared from a developing seed of rice (Oryza sativa L.). RASC8, 568bp in length, contained an ATG codon and two possible polyadenylation signals, and encoded 112 amino acid residues. Cys-Pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Minakuchi K,Yabushita T,Masumura T,Ichihara K,Tanaka K

更新日期：1994-01-10 00:00:00

abstract：:PDZ domains are thought to act as protein-binding modules mediating the clustering of membrane and membrane-associated proteins. The INAD protein has been shown to interact via a PDZ domain with the calcium channel TRP which contributes to capacitative calcium entry into Drosophila photoreceptor cells. We have cloned ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Philipp S,Flockerzi V

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:A truncated human Na(+)/glucose cotransporter (C(5), residues 407-664) was expressed and purified from Escherichia coli using a GST fusion vector and glutathione affinity chromatography. The truncated transporter (C(5)) was cleaved from GST-C(5) by Factor Xa proteolysis and purified by gel filtration chromatography. U...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Panayotova-Heiermann M,Leung DW,Hirayama BA,Wright EM

更新日期：1999-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined the expression of peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors (PPARs) and the role of PPARs in cytokine production in mouse bone marrow-derived mast cells (mBMMCs). mBMMCs expressed PPARbeta strongly and gamma slightly, but not alpha. Activation of mBMMCs with antigen or calcium ionophore resulted in the i...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugiyama H,Nonaka T,Kishimoto T,Komoriya K,Tsuji K,Nakahata T

更新日期：2000-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:cDNA clones encoding the 45 kDa protein were isolated from a rat olfactory epithelium cDNA library and their inserts were sequenced. The reconstructed protein sequence comprises 400 amino acids with a calculated molecular mass of 46,026 Da. A homology was revealed between the amino acid sequence of the 45 kDa protein ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Merkulova MI,Andreeva SG,Shuvaeva TM,Novoselov SV,Peshenko IV,Bystrova MF,Novoselov VI,Fesenko EE,Lipkin VM

更新日期：1999-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT4 is a transcription factor activated in response to IL-12, and is involved in Th1 cell development. The molecular mechanisms controlling the transcription of the STAT4 gene are however, unclear. Sequence comparison of the 5' flanking regions of human, mouse and pufferfish (Fugu rubripes) Stat4 genes revealed a hi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yap WH,Yeoh E,Tay A,Brenner S,Venkatesh B

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of a new sarafotoxin, SRTX-d, from the venom of Atractaspis engaddensis is described. SRTX-d differs from SRTX-b in two substitutions: Ile19 instead of Val and Thr2 instead of Ser. The toxicity of SRTX-d and its vasoconstriction potency are very low in comparison to SRTX-a and SRTX-b, whereas its...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bdolah A,Wollberg Z,Fleminger G,Kochva E

更新日期：1989-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Zwittermicin A (ZwA) is a hybrid polyketide-non-ribosomal peptide that is thought to be biosynthesized from five proposed building blocks, including the 2,3-diaminopropionate. Candidate genes for de novo biosynthesis of 2,3-diaminopropionate, zwa5A and zwa5B, have been identified in a previous study. In this research,...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhao C,Song C,Luo Y,Yu Z,Sun M

更新日期：2008-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy is used to estimate the secondary structure of bacteriorhodopsin dissolved in chloroform-methanol (1:1 v/v), 0.1 M LiClO4. Curve-fitting of the deconvolved spectra in the amide I region shows that the total content of alpha-helices, reverse turns and beta-sheets are similar to t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Torres J,Padrós E

更新日期：1993-02-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We have identified and analyzed a 27-nucleotide sequence (U5 repressive element, designated as U5RE) at the U5 region of the human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) long terminal repeat (LTR) which is required for HTLV-I basal transcriptional repression. The basal promoter strength of constructs that contained del...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Okumura K,Takagi S,Sakaguchi G,Naito K,Minoura-Tada N,Kobayashi H,Mimori T,Hinuma Y,Igarashi H

更新日期：1994-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Clusters of codons pairing to low-abundance tRNAs synchronize the translation with co-translational folding of single domains in multidomain proteins. Although proven with some examples, the impact of the ribosomal speed on the folding and solubility on a global, cell-wide level remains elusive. Here we show that upre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fedyunin I,Lehnhardt L,Böhmer N,Kaufmann P,Zhang G,Ignatova Z

更新日期：2012-09-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological and pathophysiological differences exist between the left and right kidneys; however, the molecular bases for these differences remain unknown. Since miRNAs are involved in kidney function and the development of kidney diseases, we examined their differential expression through miRNA profiling of the lef...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gao Y,Yang W,Jin L,Xue L,Yang J,Cui Q

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipid metabolism is extensively studied in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Here, we report that revertant of glycogen synthase kinase mutation-1 (Rog1p) possesses monoacylglycerol (MAG) lipase activity in S. cerevisiae. The lipase activity of Rog1p was confirmed in two ways: through analysis of a strain with a double deleti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vishnu Varthini L,Selvaraju K,Srinivasan M,Nachiappan V

更新日期：2015-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a potent platelet aggregation inducer from the crude venom of Calloselasma rhodostoma (Malayan pit viper), termed rhodoaggretin, with a novel oligomeric structure consisting of a dimer of C-type lectin-like heterodimers. On the basis of its native molecular mass of 66 kDa, and a M(r) of 30 kDa for its...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wang R,Kong C,Kolatkar P,Chung MC

更新日期：2001-11-23 00:00:00

abstract：:LH-stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in membrane preparations of bovine luteal cells could be enhanced by treating the cells with either phospholipase D or its hydrolysis product, phosphatidic acid. Similar augmentary effects were also produced following treatment of the cells with EGF. Moreover, EGF could stimula...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Budnik LT,Mukhopadhyay AK

更新日期：1993-07-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Disulfide bridges were introduced into CrylAa, a Bacillus thuringiensis lepidopteran toxin, to stabilize different protein domains including domain I alpha-helical regions thought to be involved in membrane integration and permeation. Bridged mutants could not form functional ion channels in lipid bilayers in the oxid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schwartz JL,Juteau M,Grochulski P,Cygler M,Préfontaine G,Brousseau R,Masson L

更新日期：1997-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The β-xylosidase B from Bifidobacterium adolescentis ATCC15703 belongs to the newly characterized family 120 of glycoside hydrolases. In order to investigate its catalytic mechanism, an extensive kinetic study of the wild-type enzyme and mutants targeting the three highly conserved residues Asp(393), Glu(416) and Glu(...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cecchini DA,Fauré R,Laville E,Potocki-Veronese G

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Annexins are multifunctional intracellular proteins with Ca2+- and phospholipid-binding properties. Their structures consist of four conserved repeat domains that form the core and a diverse N-terminal tail, from which their functional differences may arise. We searched for cellular proteins that interact with the N-t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee KH,Na DS,Kim JW

更新日期：1999-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine of the cbi genes from the 17.5 kb cob operon of Salmonella typhimurium previously shown by genetic studies to be involved in the biosynthesis of cobinamide from precorrin-2, have been subcloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Seven of the gene products were found in the soluble fraction of cell lysates and hav...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roessner CA,Warren MJ,Santander PJ,Atshaves BP,Ozaki S,Stolowich NJ,Iida K,Scott AI

更新日期：1992-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:H/D isotope exchange effects on P680+. reduction by Yz and electron abstraction from the water oxidizing complex (WOC) in redox state S3 by YZOX were analyzed in PS II core complexes from spinach by measurements of laser flash induced absorption changes at 820 nm and 355 nm. The results obtained reveal: (1) the rate o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karge M,Irrgang KD,Sellin S,Feinäugle R,Liu B,Eckert HJ,Eichler HJ,Renger G

更新日期：1996-01-08 00:00:00