Homeodomain proteins Mox1 and Mox2 associate with Pax1 and Pax3 transcription factors.

abstract：:The gatC, gatA and gatB genes encoding the three subunits of glutamyl-tRNA(Gln) amidotransferase from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, an acidophilic bacterium used in bioleaching of minerals, have been cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. As in Bacillus subtilis the three gat genes are organized in an operon-like...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Salazar JC,Zúñiga R,Raczniak G,Becker H,Söll D,Orellana O

更新日期：2001-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleotide sequence of cDNA encoding the human substance P precursor, beta-preprotachykinin (beta-PPT), has been determined. The source of mRNA was a human laryngeal carcinoid tumour that contained a high concentration of immunoreactive substance P. The human beta-PPT polypeptide is 129 amino acids long and contai...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harmar AJ,Armstrong A,Pascall JC,Chapman K,Rosie R,Curtis A,Going J,Edwards CR,Fink G

更新日期：1986-11-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat gastric H+,K(+)-ATPase alpha subunit gene was cloned and the nucleotide sequence of its 5'-upstream region was determined. Sequence comparison with the corresponding part of the human gene indicated the presence of highly conserved regions which may be important for specific transcription of the alpha subunit ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Oshiman K,Motojima K,Mahmood S,Shimada A,Tamura S,Maeda M,Futai M

更新日期：1991-04-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Under physiological conditions significant amounts of low-density lipoprotein LDL particles ar taken up by cells independently of specific high-affinity LDL receptors (apo-B receptors). Previously it was established that some cells contain surface sites capable of binding liposomes. We proposed that liposome-binding s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Galkina SI,Ivanov VV,Preobrazhensky SN,Margolis LB,Bergelson LD

更新日期：1991-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters constitute one of the largest families of proteins in evolution. The ATM1 gene of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae encodes an ABC protein, which is localized to the mitochondrial inner membrane. A deletion of ATM1 results in the accumulation of up to a 30-fold excess of mi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chloupková M,Reaves SK,LeBard LM,Koeller DM

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Carboxypeptidase H (CPH) is one of several processing enzymes required for the conversion of peptide hormone precursors into their smaller active forms. In this study, high levels of CPH activity was found in a liver metastasis of a human ileal carcinoid which expresses beta-preprotachykinin mRNA and the tachykinin ne...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hook VY,Affolter HU

更新日期：1988-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The pH dependence of spin-spin coupling constants J (P-O-P) of ADP and ATP has been determined from the phosphorus NMR spectra at 0 degrees. The variation curves have been interpreted as titration curves. These give different pK values. Comparison with the tripolyphosphate shows the existence of triphosphate chain str...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ellenberger M,Brehamet L,Villemin M,Toma F

更新日期：1970-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sulfatide, which binds to influenza A viruses and prevents the viral infection, was found to inhibit the sialidase activities of influenza A viruses in a pH-dependent manner. The kinetic parameters of the effect of sulfatide on the sialidase activities of human influenza A viruses using fluorometric assay indicated th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Suzuki T,Takahashi T,Nishinaka D,Murakami M,Fujii S,Hidari KI,Miyamoto D,Li YT,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Fatty acid hydroperoxide lyase (HPL) is a novel P-450 enzyme that cleaves fatty acid hydroperoxides to form short-chain aldehydes and oxo-acids. In cucumber seedlings, the activities of both fatty acid 9HPL and 13HPL could be detected. High 9HPL activity was especially evident in hypocotyls. Using a polymerase chain r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Matsui K,Ujita C,Fujimoto S,Wilkinson J,Hiatt B,Knauf V,Kajiwara T,Feussner I

更新日期：2000-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Single enzyme molecules display inevitable, stochastic fluctuations in their catalytic activity. In metabolism, for instance, the stochastic activity of individual enzymes is averaged out due to their high copy numbers per single cell. However, many processes inside cells rely on single enzyme activity, such as transc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schwabe A,Maarleveld TR,Bruggeman FJ

更新日期：2013-09-02 00:00:00

abstract：:A cell-free system derived from carrot cell cytosol extract has been developed for reassembling nuclear structure around the added demembranated sperm chromatin of Xenopus. Morphological evidence suggests that reassembled nuclei display the typical characteristics of normal eukaryotic nuclei, such as double-layered nu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhao Y,Liu X,Wu M,Tao W,Zhai Z

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated a 1785-bp complementary DNA (cDNA) encoding the murine P2X7 receptor subunit from NTW8 mouse microglial cells. The encoded protein has 80%, and 85% homology to the human and rat P2X7 subunits, respectively. Functional properties of the heterologously expressed murine P2X7 homomeric receptor broadly re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chessell IP,Simon J,Hibell AD,Michel AD,Barnard EA,Humphrey PP

更新日期：1998-11-13 00:00:00

abstract：:In humans, many responses to hypoxia including angiogenesis and erythropoiesis are mediated by the alpha/beta-heterodimeric transcription factor hypoxia inducible factor (HIF). The stability and/or activity of human HIF-1alpha are modulated by post-translational modifications including prolyl and asparaginyl hydroxyla...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Murray-Rust TA,Oldham NJ,Hewitson KS,Schofield CJ

更新日期：2006-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The neurogenic gene Drosophila big brain (bib) has a high sequence homology to aquaporin-4. However, its cellular functions in Drosophila neurogenesis have remained elusive. Here we investigated cell adhesion, and the ion and water permeability of Bib. The adhesive function was examined by a cell aggregation assay usi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tatsumi K,Tsuji S,Miwa H,Morisaku T,Nuriya M,Orihara M,Kaneko K,Okano H,Yasui M

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated whether the expression in Arabidopsis thaliana seeds of a transgene (the Phaseolus vulgaris arcelin (arc)5-I gene) could be enhanced by the simultaneous introduction of an antisense gene for an endogenous seed storage protein (2S albumin). Seeds of plants transformed with both the arc5-I gene and ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Goossens A,Van Montagu M,Angenon G

更新日期：1999-07-30 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial dihydroorotate dehydrogenase (DHOdehase; EC 1.3.99.11) is a target of anti-proliferative, immunosuppressive and anti-parasitic agents. Here, redoxal, (2,2'-[3,3'-dimethoxy[1, 1'-biphenyl]-4,4'-diyl)diimino]bis-benzoic acid, was studied with isolated mitochondria and the purified recombinant human and rat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Knecht W,Löffler M

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The hirudin-like factor 1 (HLF1) of Hirudo medicinalis belongs to a new class of leech-derived factors. In previous investigations, HLF1 did not exhibit anticoagulatory activities. Here, we describe the analysis of natural and synthetic variants of HLF1 and HLF-Hyb, a yet uncharacterized member of the HLF family. Modi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Müller C,Lukas P,Böhmert M,Hildebrandt JP

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotops with extreme temperatures such as deserts force animals to avoid or escape high temperatures by biochemical, behavioural or morphological adaptation. In this context we tested the resistance to heat of the oxygen carrier hemocyanin from the ancient tarantula Eurypelma californicum, which is found in arid zones...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sterner R,Vogl T,Hinz HJ,Penz F,Hoff R,Föll R,Decker H

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven peptides from subunit 9 (S9) of the human 26S proteasome were sequenced and this information was used to clone a HeLa cDNA that encodes the 46 kDa subunit. Rabbit polyclonal antisera were made against a ubiquitin fusion protein containing 12 amino acids from S9 and against a full-length S9 expressed in E. coli. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hoffman L,Rechsteiner M

更新日期：1997-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:To identify the novel genes involved in lipid metabolism and lipid droplet formation that may play important roles in Hepatitis C virus (HCV) propagation, we have screened the small interfering RNA library using cell culture derived HCV (HCVcc)-infected cells. We selected and characterized the gene encoding farnesyl-d...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park EM,Nguyen LN,Lim YS,Hwang SB

更新日期：2014-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Male germ cells specifically express paralogues of components of the general transcription apparatus including ALF a paralogue of TFIIAalpha/beta. We show that endogenous ALF is proteolytically cleaved to give alpha- and beta-subunits and we map the proteolytic cleavage site by mass spectrometry. Immunoprecipitations ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Catena R,Argentini M,Martianov I,Parello C,Brancorsini S,Parvinen M,Sassone-Corsi P,Davidson I

更新日期：2005-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The photoreduction of the quinone (Q) pool in the photosynthetic membrane of the purple bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides was investigated by steady-state and time-resolved Fourier transform infrared difference spectroscopy. The results are consistent with the existence of a homogeneous Q pool inside the chromatophore...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mezzetti A,Leibl W,Breton J,Nabedryk E

更新日期：2003-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the cis-acting DNA elements that are involved in the regulation of class I major histocompatibility complex genes by interferon, several promoter fragments of the H-2Kk gene were linked to the reporter chloramphenicol acetyl transferase (CAT) gene, and the CAT expression was analyzed in stable transfect...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pascucci A,Pannuti A,La Mantia G,Lania L

更新日期：1988-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Brain-type creatine kinase B-CK (EC 2.7.3.2) was purified from several chicken tissues, e.g. cardiac muscle, brain, gizzard and retina. Two major monomeric chicken B-CK subunits, designated Bb (basic) and Ba (acidic), which differ in isoelectric point, were separated by chromatofocusing in the presence of 8 M urea on ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Quest AF,Eppenberger HM,Wallimann T

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of phosphatidylethanolamine containing liposomes with malondialdehyde and other aldehydes with different chain lengths results in the fluorescence of chromolipids. Relative to malondialdehyde, the fluorescence was greatly enhanced with increasing chain length upon incubation of 2-alkenals with phospholipids...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Montfoort A,Bezstarosti K,Groh MM,Koster JF

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Tripeptidyl peptidase I (TPP-I) is a lysosomal enzyme that cleaves tripeptides from the N-terminus of polypeptides. A comparison of TPP-I amino acid sequences with sequences derived from an EST database suggested that TPP-I is identical to a pepstatin-insensitive carboxyl proteinase of unknown specificity which is mut...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vines DJ,Warburton MJ

更新日期：1999-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Rat glutathione transferase 8-8 is one of the less abundant cytosolic glutathione transferases, accounting for approx. 1% of the total activity with 1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene in liver. The enzyme is eluted at pH 6.3 upon chromatofocusing and has so far been identified in liver, kidney, lung and testis. Characteristi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jensson H,Guthenberg C,Alin P,Mannervik B

更新日期：1986-07-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence of seminalplasmin, a basic antimicrobial and transcription-inhibitory protein from bovine seminal plasma, has been determined using an automated sequenator. This sequence is slightly different from that reported earlier by Theil and Scheit [(1983) EMBO J. 2, 1159-1163] and identical with that of caltrin, ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sitaram N,Kumari VK,Bhargava PM

更新日期：1986-06-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis that specific protein kinase C (PKC) isoforms regulate dopamine transporter (DAT) function was tested in Xenopus laevis oocytes expressing human (h)DAT. Activation of conventional PKCs (cPKCs) and novel PKCs (nPKCs) using 10 nM phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate (PMA) significantly inhibited DAT-associated...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doolen S,Zahniser NR

更新日期：2002-04-10 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the activity of STAT family members throughout a mammary developmental cycle. Transcripts for Stat 5 were upregulated during pregnancy whilst STAT1 and STAT3 mRNAs were expressed at constant levels. DNA binding complexes containing both STAT5a and 5b showed differing affinities for two naturally o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Philp JA,Burdon TG,Watson CJ

更新日期：1996-10-28 00:00:00