Involvement of the telomeric protein Pin2/TRF1 in the regulation of the mitotic spindle.

abstract：:Astrocytes (AC) induce blood-brain barrier (BBB) properties in brain endothelial cells (EC). As antioxidative activity (AOA) is assumed to be a BBB characteristic, we tested whether AC improve AOA of EC. Monocultivated AC showed higher AOA [manganese superoxide dismutase (SOD), catalase (Cat), glutathione peroxidase (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schroeter ML,Mertsch K,Giese H,Müller S,Sporbert A,Hickel B,Blasig IE

更新日期：1999-04-23 00:00:00

abstract：:In human colon carcinoma HT-29 Glc(-/+) cells, L-arginine is the common precursor of polyamines which are absolutely necessary for cellular proliferation and nitric oxide (NO) with reported anti-proliferative activity. The aim of the present work was to test the effect of the NO donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) on pol...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Blachier F,Robert V,Selamnia M,Mayeur C,Duee PH

更新日期：1996-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous study [(1987) J. Mol. Biol. 194, 663-673], we isolated ten insertion/deletion mutants (indels) of the maltose binding protein for which the maltose binding constant was only a little or not at all affected. In this paper, we have localized these mutations in the recently solved three-dimensional structur...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Betton JM,Martineau P,Saurin W,Hofnung M

更新日期：1993-06-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The chemotherapeutic activity of three synthetic antibacterial peptides was investigated. KLKLLLLLKLK-NH2 and its D-enantiomer showed significant chemotherapeutic activity in MRSA-infected mice, whereas KLKLLLKLK-NH2, which showed the highest antibacterial activity among them in vitro, was found to have almost no abil...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakajima Y,Alvarez-Bravo J,Cho J,Homma K,Kanegasaki S,Natori S

更新日期：1997-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary structure of a novel subunit of the mouse NMDA (N-methyl-D-aspartate) receptor channel, designated epsilon 4, has been revealed by cloning and sequencing the cDNA. The epsilon 4 subunit shares high amino acid sequence identity with the epsilon 1, epsilon 2 and epsilon 3 subunits of the mouse NMDA receptor ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ikeda K,Nagasawa M,Mori H,Araki K,Sakimura K,Watanabe M,Inoue Y,Mishina M

更新日期：1992-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Octopus, squid and cuttle-fish organs were examined for alcohol dehydrogenase activity. Only one form was detectable, with properties typical of mammalian class III alcohol dehydrogenase. The corresponding protein was purified from octopus and enzymatically characterized. Ion-exchange and affinity chromatography produ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rosario Fernández M,Jörnvall H,Moreno A,Kaiser R,Parés X

更新日期：1993-08-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The up-regulation of HER2/neu is associated with human malignancies and is a useful target for developing anticancer drugs. Overexpression of human manganese superoxide dismutase (MnSOD) has been demonstrated to effectively suppress various carcinoma cells, including breast carcinomas, in vitro and in vivo. This study...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chuang TC,Liu JY,Lin CT,Tang YT,Yeh MH,Chang SC,Li JW,Kao MC

更新日期：2007-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:SecM in Escherichia coli has two functionally crucial regions. The arrest motif near the C-terminus interacts with the ribosomal exit tunnel to arrest its own translational elongation. The signal sequence at the N-terminus directs the SecM nascent polypeptide to the Sec-mediated export pathway to release the arrested ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakamori K,Chiba S,Ito K

更新日期：2014-08-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The intestinal epithelium is equipped with sensing receptor mechanisms that interact with luminal microorganisms and nutrients to regulate barrier function and gut immune responses, thereby maintaining intestinal homeostasis. Herein, we clarify the role of the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR) using intest...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cheng SX,Lightfoot YL,Yang T,Zadeh M,Tang L,Sahay B,Wang GP,Owen JL,Mohamadzadeh M

更新日期：2014-11-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The yeast integral plasma membrane protein Ist2 belongs to a group of membrane proteins which are synthesized from localized mRNAs. The protein reaches the plasma membrane via the ER on a route operating independently of the classical secretory pathway. We have identified a complex peptide-sorting signal located at th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Franz A,Maass K,Seedorf M

更新日期：2007-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of Fas (Apo-1) and TNF receptor-1 with their respective ligands can lead to cell death. The so-called death domain, a sequence motif present in the cytoplasmic portion of the two receptors, has been identified as a critical structural element involved in signal transduction that leads to apoptosis. Her...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hofmann K,Tschopp J

更新日期：1995-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Vav functions as a specific GDP/GTP nucleotide exchange factor which is regulated by tyrosine phosphorylation in the hematopoietic system. Loss of the amino-terminus sequences of Vav was sufficient to control its transforming potential and its function in T cells. We report here the identification of the hematopoietic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Groysman M,Russek CS,Katzav S

更新日期：2000-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The remarkable stability of c-myc during oogenesis contrasts with its degradation during the early developmental period in Xenopus laevis. Three evolutionary conserved motifs found in the 3'-untranslated region of Xenopus c-myc RNAs have been analyzed for a possible role in c-myc RNA degradation. No specific degradati...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tchang F,Vriz S,Méchali M

更新日期：1991-10-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulation of unfolded proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) causes ER stress. The ER stress sensor inositol requiring enzyme-1beta (IRE1β), which is specifically expressed in intestinal epithelial cells, is thought to be involved in translational repression. However, its mechanism of action is not fully unders...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nakamura D,Tsuru A,Ikegami K,Imagawa Y,Fujimoto N,Kohno K

更新日期：2011-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The Wnt/beta-catenin signalling pathway is evolutionarily conserved across many species and plays important roles during embryogenesis. The Lee-Heinrich model (to recognize the contributions of R. Heinrich we will refer to the work proposed by Lee et al. [Lee, E., Salic, A., Krüger, R., Heinrich, R., Kirschner, M.W. (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wawra C,Kühl M,Kestler HA

更新日期：2007-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The glycogen branching enzyme from Vibrio vulnificus (VvGBE) transfers short side chains (DP 3-5) significantly greater than any other bacterial glycogen branching enzyme (GBE). To elucidate the role of the N-domain of VvGBE in the unique branching pattern, domain-truncated (N1 and N) and N1-domain-swapped (with VvGBE...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jo HJ,Park S,Jeong HG,Kim JW,Park JT

更新日期：2015-04-28 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro cultured blood cells for transfusion purposes provide a safe alternative to donor blood, particularly for patients who require recurrent transfusions, and can be used as carriers of therapeutic molecules. In vitro derivation of hematopoietic cell types from human-induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) allows ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hansen M,von Lindern M,van den Akker E,Varga E

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In tritium-hydrogen exchange experiments, the large GroEL substrate Rubisco was unfolded and exchanged in urea/acid/tritiated water, then diluted into either protic buffer or protic buffer containing GroEL. The respective Rubisco metastable folding intermediate or Rubisco-GroEL binary complex was then separated from r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Park ES,Fenton WA,Horwich AL

更新日期：2005-02-14 00:00:00

abstract：:The early response gene IEX-1 modulates apoptosis and cell growth in a poorly defined fashion. Here, we describe the effect of hammerhead ribozymes specifically disrupting IEX-1 expression in 293 cells. Compared to vector control, 293 cells exhibit a reduced growth rate and a slowed cell cycle progression, when stably...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Grobe O,Arlt A,Ungefroren H,Krupp G,Fölsch UR,Schmidt WE,Schäfer H

更新日期：2001-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the effects of 'hydrophobic mismatch' between a poly-Leu transmembrane helix (TMH) and the ER membrane using a glycosylation mapping approach. The simplest interpretation of our results is that the lumenal end of the TMH is located deeper in the membrane for both short (negative mismatch) and long (pos...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Monné M,von Heijne G

更新日期：2001-05-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Prolonged incubation of membrane fragments containing homogeneous (Na+ + K+)-ATPase with Mg2+, K+ and VO-3 at 4 degrees C resulted in formation of two-dimensional crystals of this enzyme with unit cell parameters: a = 66 A, b = 118 A, gamma = 108 degrees. The crystals correspond to the two-sided plane group p21. By co...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Ovchinnikov YuA,Demin VV,Barnakov AN,Kuzin AP,Lunev AV,Modyanov NN,Dzhandzhugazyan KN

更新日期：1985-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Degradation of extracellular matrix proteins is performed by metalloproteinases which are inhibited by tissue inhibitors of metalloproteinases (TIMP). We expressed the murine TIMP-1 protein in E. coli and prepared a polyclonal antiserum against the recombinant protein. Using this antiserum we studied the biosynthesis ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roeb E,Graeve L,Müllberg J,Matern S,Rose-John S

更新日期：1994-07-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The temperate phage phi H of the extremely halophilic archaebacterium Halobacterium salinarium encodes a repressor, Rep, which in the immune state represses the production of an early lytic transcript, denoted T4. Rep acts at the transcriptional level by blocking the promoter for T4. The promoter for the rep gene itse...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stolt P,Zillig W

更新日期：1994-05-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Human pepsinogen A3 and A5 have been purified to chromatographic and electrophoretic homogeneity. At pH 2 pepsinogen A3 activates at a much faster rate than pepsinogen A5. Leu-23-Lys-24 is the first bond cleaved during activation of pepsinogen A3. This bond is also cleaved in pepsinogen A5, but together with the cleav...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Foltmann B

更新日期：1988-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:alpha-1-Antitrypsin is found in hepatocytes as a high-mannose glycoprotein (Mr 49 000), extracellularly as a complex-type glycoprotein (Mr 54 000). Deglycosylation of both forms with peptide: N-glycosidase led to proteins of identical app. Mr (41 000). The sequence of 26 N-terminal amino acids of rat alpha 1-antitryps...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gross V,Kaiser C,Tran-Thi TA,Schmelzer E,Witt I,Plummer TH Jr,Heinrich PC

更新日期：1983-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarafotoxins (SRTa, SRTb and SRTc) as well as endothelin-1 (ET-1) produced vasoconstrictions in rat thoracic aorta, rat isolated perfused mesentery and pithed rat in various of extents. The potency was ET-1 greater than SRTb greater than SRTa greater than SRTc at lower doses, but SRTb greater than ET-1 greater than SR...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitazumi K,Shiba T,Nishiki K,Furukawa Y,Takasaki C,Tasaka K

更新日期：1990-01-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The tuf gene of eubacteria, encoding the EF-tu elongation factor, was duplicated early in the evolution of the taxon. Phylogenetic and genomic location analysis of 20 complete eubacterial genomes suggests that this ancient duplication has been differentially lost and maintained in eubacteria. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lathe WC 3rd,Bork P

更新日期：2001-08-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of human lymphoblastoid (Daudi) cells with interferons inhibits cell proliferation in culture within 24 h. The failure of cell growth has been shown to be associated with impaired processing and decreased stability of newly replicated DNA. Because there is a close relationship between DNA replication and pro...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Clemens MJ,McNurlan MA,Moore G,Tilleray VJ

更新日期：1984-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:On April 1898 Camillo Golgi communicated to the Medical-Surgical Society of Pavia, the discovery of the "internal reticular apparatus", a novel intracellular organelle which he observed in nerve cells with the silver impregnation he had introduced for the staining of the nervous system. Soon after the discovery it bec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mazzarello P,Garbarino C,Calligaro A

更新日期：2009-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Acetaldehyde (1-20 mM) was metabolized at high rates and in a dose-dependent manner in isolated human and baboon kidney-cortex tubules. Acetaldehyde removal was accompanied by a large accumulation of acetate in both human and baboon tubules. By contrast, a large synthesis of ethanol was observed only in baboon tubules...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Michoudet C,Baverel G

更新日期：1987-05-25 00:00:00