DNA supercoiling by gyrase is linked to nucleoid compaction.

abstract：:Ku70 plays an important role in the DSBR (DNA double-strand breaks repair) and maintenance of genomic integrity. Genetic variations within human Ku70 have been demonstrated to be associated with increased risk of several types of cancers. In this hospital-based case-control study, we aimed to investigate whether a sin...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： He W,Luo S,Huang T,Ren J,Wu X,Shao J,Zhu Q

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete mitochondrial genome of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri is 21,695 bp in length and contains 12 protein-coding genes (the atp8 gene is absent, as in most bivalves), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. The heavy strand has an overall A+T content of 58.7%. GC and AT skews for the mt genome of C...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Xu K,Kanno M,Yu H,Li Q,Kijima A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free cytoplasmic 40S mRNP particles from rat liver were treated with EDTA and separated into two populations of RNP particles with sedimentation maxima of 20S and 35S, respectively. A characteristic set of distinct scRNAs is found for 20S and 35S RNP particles. The sequences of two of the most abundant scRNAs from 20S...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Villringer A,Kühn B,Schneider K,Andus T,Michels K,Northemann W,Krupp G,Walckhof B,Gross HJ,Klump H,Kroll A,Branlant C,Heinrich PC

更新日期：1983-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HMG proteins were extracted with 5% PCA or 0.35 M NaCl from whole tissue, nuclei or chromatin of the liver of young (19 weeks) and old (118 weeks) male rats. They were resolved on acetic acid-urea polyacrylamide gel. The electrophoretic patterns of the major HMG proteins 1, 2, 14 and 17 of both ages are similar. The i...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Thakur MK,Prasad S

更新日期：1991-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Current study was conducted to investigation of effect of magnetic field on cell dedifferentiation and follow it callus induction derived from mature embryo culture in bread wheat genotypes. For this purpose, a factorial experiment based on completely randomized design was carried out with two wheat genotypes and thre...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kahrizi D,Cheghamirza K,Akbari L,Rostami-Ahmadvandi H

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Initially, we isolated the caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) gene from Miscanthus sinensis (accession number HM062766.1). Next, we produced transgenic tobacco plants with down-regulated COMT gene expression to study its control of total phenol and lignin content and to perform morphological analysis. These trans...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Seong ES,Yoo JH,Lee JG,Kim HY,Hwang IS,Heo K,Kim JK,Lim JD,Sacks EJ,Yu CY

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a role of Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. It was confirmed that the presence of functional TLR4 promotes a proinflammatory phenotype and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Here we tested whether designed TLR4 small interferi...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li H,Xu H,Liu S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous studies have shown that miR-125b-5p was highly expressed and significantly upregulated during abdominal fat deposition in chickens. However, the role of miR-125b in the regulation of adipogenesis is not clear in chickens. Therefore, we evaluated the effects of miR-125b-5p on preadipocyte proliferation and...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li G,Chen Y,Jin W,Zhai B,Li Y,Sun G,Li H,Kang X,Tian Y

更新日期：2021-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes for individual domains such as CH, lim, ankyrin, PH and RhoGAP, IQ motif, Ig_FLMN, spectrin, and EF hand probably existed in early evolution before there were plants, fungi or animals so that when we examine multidomain proteins in Arabidopsis, Saccharomyces, Dictyostelium or Homo Sapiens we encounter various co...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Friedberg F

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT4 is a transcription factor that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently, several reports has documented that a STAT4 haplotype is associated with RA, SLE and Sjogren's syndrome. To summarize and review these findings, we conducted a met...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ji JD,Lee WJ,Kong KA,Woo JH,Choi SJ,Lee YH,Song GG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Putatively functional polymorphisms of one-carbon and xenobiotic metabolic pathways influence susceptibility for wide spectrum of diseases. The current study was aimed to explore gene-gene interactions among these two metabolic pathways in four diseases i.e. breast cancer, systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), coronary ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Naushad SM,Vijayalakshmi SV,Rupasree Y,Kumudini N,Sowganthika S,Naidu JV,Ramaiah MJ,Rao DN,Kutala VK

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular cholesterol homeostasis is controlled by the sterol-regulatory element binding transcription factors (SREBFs) that are activated by an SREBF cleavage-activating protein (SCAP). SREBF-2 1784G > C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, rs2228314) and SCAP 2386A > G variant (rs12487736) are associated with early o...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Chen Z,Ding Z,Ma G,Liu N,Qian Q

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circular RNA (circRNA), a novel type of non-coding RNA that consists of a circular loop, has been demonstrated to act as a "sponge" for microRNAs (miRNAs). However, the role of circRNAs in keloid remains unknown. In this study, we investigated circRNA expression profiles in keloid to identify potential diagnostic and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Shi J,Yao S,Chen P,Yang Y,Qian M,Han Y,Wang N,Zhao Y,He Y,Lyu L,Lu D

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growth-regulating factor (GRF) is an important protein in GA-mediated response, with key roles in plant growth and development. However, it is not known whether or how the GRF proteins in citrus to regulate organ size. In this study, nine citrus GRF genes (CsGRF1-9) were validated from the 'Anliu' sweet orange (AL, Ci...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu X,Guo LX,Jin LF,Liu YZ,Liu T,Fan YH,Peng SA

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete coding sequences of three porcine genes-SDHB, SNRPA and CRYBB1 were amplified using the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) based on the conserved coding sequence information of the mouse or other mammals and highly homologous pig ESTs. These three genes were then deposited into GenBa...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： An QC,Liu GY

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein profile of the skeletal muscle of Takifugu rubripes, a kind of pufferfish, was carried out with two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (2-DE). Among the 112 protein spots detected in a silver-stained 2-D polyacrylamide gel, 33 were analyzed by Matrix Assisted Laser Desorption Ionisation tandem time...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lu J,Zheng J,Liu H,Li J,Chen H,Chen K

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrinsic bent DNA sites were identified in the 4289 bp segment encompassing the replication zone which directs DNA amplification and transcription of the C3-22 gene of Rhynchosciara americana. Restriction fragments showed reduced electrophoretic mobility in polyacrylamide gels. The 2D modeling of the 3D DNA path and ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Fiorini A,de Gouveia FS,de Soares MA,Stocker AJ,Ciferri RR,Fernandez MA

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to sequence the promoter region of β-lactoglobulin (BLG) gene in four sheep breeds, in order to identify polymorphisms, infer and analyze haplotypes, and phylogenetic relationship among the Valle del Belice breed and the other three breeds considered as ancestors. Sequencing analysis and align...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mastrangelo S,Sardina MT,Riggio V,Portolano B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BURP domain-containing genes comprise a large plant-specific family, yet the functions are very poorly understood, especially in maize (Zea mays) and sorghum (Sorghum vulgare). In this study, 26 BURP family genes in maize (ZmBURP01-15) and sorghum (SbBURP01-11) were identified including the gene structure, phylogeneti...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gan D,Jiang H,Zhang J,Zhao Y,Zhu S,Cheng B

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies investigating the association between glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) polymorphism and bladder cancer risk report conflicting results. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarize the evidence for such a relationship. We performed a systematic search of the National Library of Medline and E...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang R,Xu G,Chen W,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One mutant transgenic line displaying homeotic conversion of sepals to petals with other phenotypic aberrations was selected and characterized at molecular level. The increased transcript level of gene encoding anthocyanidin synthase and petal specific class B genes, GLOBOSA and DEFECIENS in sepals of mutant line may ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mahajan M,Yadav SK

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (anti-EGFR MoAbs) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treatment are still not effective in all patients. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between BRAF V600E mutation and the tumor response of anti-EGFR MoAbs for first-line treatment in mCRC patients. We searched the MEDL...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Cui D,Cao D,Yang Y,Qiu M,Huang Y,Yi C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergence of MDR 'superbugs' inflamed a severe sense of urgency amongst scientists aiming at the discovery of novel potential drug molecules. Bacteria of the genus Streptomyces are really worth investigating for their immense potential to produce natural compounds of pharmaceutical importance. In the present study, th...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kumar P,Chauhan A,Kumar M,Kuanr BK,Solanki R,Kapur MK

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoprotein particles (HnRNP) were separated in metrizamide density gradients, into two fractions migrating to 1.31 g ml-1 and 1.18 g ml-1, respectively. Proteins associated with each of these fractions were analysed by SDS-acrylamide gel electrophoresis. It is shown that the whole proteins...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Houssais JF

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The big advantage of using molecular biomarkers to monitor oxygen levels in aquatic systems is that responses at the molecular level tend to be more sensitive, and usually occur earlier than those at higher levels of biological organization Aquatic hypoxia is a frequent event, which can occur naturally in a variety of...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rimoldi S,Terova G,Ceccuzzi P,Marelli S,Antonini M,Saroglia M

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) is an essential cofactor for aromatic acid hydroxylases, which control the levels of monoamine neurotransmitters. BH4 deficiency has been associated with many neuropsychological disorders. Dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) can catalyze 7,8-dihydrobiopterin to 5,6,7,8-tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) in...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang W,Gao J,Wang J,Liu C,Meng Y

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer death worldwide. Smoking is known as the strongest single factor in the development of lung cancer. However, there are inherited genetic factors that cause different responses to cigarette smoking exposure among individuals. We tried to identify these differences in heavy...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lee M,Lee Y,Cho HJ,Hong J,Kwon SJ,Park CG,Lee HY,Son JW,Kang J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study is to investigate whether ketamine, a noncompetitive N-methyl-D: -aspartate receptor (NMDAR) antagonist, had an influence on learning and memory in developing mice. Fifty Kunming mice aged 21 days were randomly divided into 5 subgroups (n = 10 for each) to receive intraperitoneal injection of equ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Peng S,Zhang Y,Wang H,Ren B,Zhang J

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Consistent with its precloning characterization from the cellulolytic Bacillus sp., beta-1,4-endoglucanase purified from the recombinant E. coli exhibited maximum activity at 60 degrees C and pH 7.0. It was highly specific for CMC hydrolysis, with stability up to 70 degrees C and over a pH range of 6.0-8.0. The K(m) a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Afzal S,Saleem M,Yasmin R,Naz M,Imran M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micro-RNAs (miRNAs) play key roles in regulating genes of the immune system. The aim of this study was to examine the expression of miR-1, 21 and 125a in the immune cells taken from the peripheral blood of patients suffering from chronic HBV infection (CHB). This cross-sectional study was performed on 60 CHB patients ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Momeni M,Hassanshahi G,Arababadi MK,Kennedy D

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00