Cytokine induction of prolactin receptors mediates prolactin inhibition of nitric oxide synthesis in pulmonary fibroblasts.

abstract：:The fraction of polyclonal caldesmon antibodies cross-reacting with rabbit skeletal troponin T are shown to compete with smooth muscle tropomyosin for caldesmon and troponin T, as revealed by ELISA method. The epitope recognized by these antibodies was also found in Mr 77 kDa non-muscle caldesmon. These results provid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Birukov KG,Shirinsky VP,Vorotnikov AV,Gusev NB

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Interfering RNA was used to suppress the expression of the genes At1g06680 and At2g30790 in Arabidopsis thaliana, which encode the PsbP-1 and PsbP-2 proteins, respectively, of Photosystem II. A phenotypic series of transgenic plants was recovered that expressed intermediate and low amounts of PsbP. Earlier we had docu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yi X,Hargett SR,Frankel LK,Bricker TM

更新日期：2009-06-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Limb girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A is linked to a skeletal muscle-specific calpain isoform known as p94. Isolation of the intact 94-kDa enzyme has been difficult to achieve due to its rapid autolysis, and uncertainty has arisen over its Ca2+-dependence for activity. We have expressed a C-terminally truncated form ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rey MA,Davies PL

更新日期：2002-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial myopathy, encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes syndrome (MELAS) is a rare congenital disorder of mitochondrial DNA. Five single nucleotide substitutions within the human mitochondrial tRNALeu(UUR) gene have been reported to be associated with MELAS. Here, we provide in vitro evide...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hao R,Yao YN,Zheng YG,Xu MG,Wang ED

更新日期：2004-12-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) has been viewed as an important target for the treatment of insulin resistance. Here, by proteomic analysis, we found that expression of heat shock protein beta-1 (HSPB1) was induced by the AMP analog 5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide 1-β-D-ribofuranoside in palmitate-ind...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yuan H,Wang T,Niu Y,Liu X,Fu L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous investigation of the rDNA region in Tetrahymena pyriformis mitochondrial DNA, we identified a putative tRNA(Met) gene [Heinonen et al. (1987) J. Biol. Chem. 262, 2879-2887]. On the basis of Northern hybridization analyses, we suggested that this gene is expressed, even though the resulting tRNA would be ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Schnare MN,Greenwood SJ,Gray MW

更新日期：1995-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Ribosomal protection proteins (RPPs) confer bacterial resistance to tetracycline by releasing this antibiotic from ribosomes stalled in protein synthesis. RPPs share structural similarity to elongation factor G (EF-G), which promotes ribosomal translocation during normal protein synthesis. We constructed and functiona...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thakor NS,Nechifor R,Scott PG,Keelan M,Taylor DE,Wilson KS

更新日期：2008-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of glutamic acid decarboxylase (GDC) (EC 4.1.1.15) from Escherichia coli ATCC 11246 revealed the presence of six pyridoxal phosphates (PLPs) as well as six covalently bound pyrroloquinoline quinones (PQQs) per hexameric enzyme molecule. This is the second example of a pyridoxo-quinoprotein, suggesting that ot...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： van der Meer RA,Groen BW,Duine JA

更新日期：1989-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The (beta alpha)(8)-barrel is the most frequent and most versatile fold among enzymes [Höcker et al., Curr. Opin. Biotechnol. 12 (2001) 376-381; Wierenga, FEBS Lett. 492 (2001) 193-198]. Structural and functional evidence suggests that (beta alpha)(8)-barrels evolved from an ancestral half-barrel, which consisted of f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Höcker B,Schmidt S,Sterner R

更新日期：2002-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Phospholipase C(gamma)2 (PLCgamma2) is a phospholipid-converting enzyme which, upon receptor stimulation, is activated within membrane-bound signalling complexes. In contrast to the highly ubiquitous PLCgamma1, PLCgamma2 is expressed predominantly in B-lymphocytes. Associated with antigen-coupling receptors it is acti...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kang JS,Kohlhuber F,Hug H,Marmé D,Eick D,Ueffing M

更新日期：1996-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:The binding of glycosaminoglycans to a synthetic peptide (SKAQKAQAKQAKQAQKAQKAQAKQAKQW-CONH(2)), consisting of a hybrid consensus heparin binding sequence, is studied using circular dichroism, fluorescence anisotropy and nuclear magnetic resonance techniques. The results unveil certain novel features, most importantly...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Jayaraman G,Wu CW,Liu YJ,Chien KY,Fang JC,Lyu PC

更新日期：2000-09-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The two cytoskeletal proteins VASP and WASP and the protein Homer share a conserved domain, currently designated the WHI domain (WASP homology domain 1) or EVH1 domain (ENA/VASP homology domain 1), which could play an important role in various cellular events such as transport, folding of proteins, and signal transduc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Callebaut I,Cossart P,Dehoux P

更新日期：1998-12-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of isolated rat liver nuclei with ATP, NAD+, and micromolar Ca2+ concentrations of various metal ions resulted in extensive DNA hydrolysis. Half-maximal activity occurred with 1.0 microM Ca2+ added, and saturation of the process was observed with 10 microM Ca2+. The Ca2+ (10 microM)-activated DNA fragmentat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yamaguchi M,Sakurai T

更新日期：1991-02-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The oxidation of free methionine to methionine sulfoxide by chemically or enzymatically generated oxygen free radicals is presented. The physiological significance of this process in living cells is suggested. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Scislowski PW,Davis EJ

更新日期：1987-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Gangliosides and neutral glycolipids of muscles from normal and dystrophic chickens were studied. Total glycolipid content of the degenerating muscles was higher than the normal muscles. In addition, the myopathic muscles contained a ganglioside which was absent in the unaffected muscles from normal and dystrophic chi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kundu SK,Misra LK,Luthra MG

更新日期：1982-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:In a wild-type strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, cadmium induces the activities of both gamma-glutamyl transferase (gamma-GT) and glutathione transferase 2 (Gtt2). However, Gtt2 activity did not increase under gamma-GT or Ycf1 deficiencies, suggesting that the accumulation of glutathione-cadmium in the cytosol inhib...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Adamis PD,Mannarino SC,Eleutherio EC

更新日期：2009-05-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron-sulfur cluster biosynthesis depends on protein machineries, such as the ISC and SUF systems. The reaction is proposed to imply binding of sulfur and iron atoms and assembly of the cluster within a scaffold protein followed by transfer of the cluster to recipient apoproteins. The SufA protein from Escherichia coli...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sendra M,Ollagnier de Choudens S,Lascoux D,Sanakis Y,Fontecave M

更新日期：2007-04-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Fourier-transform infrared (FT-IR) spectral imaging was used for analyzing biochemical changes in tumor cells. Metabolic parameters of human lung A549/8 adenocarcinoma and U87 glioma cells were compared under stress conditions in culture along with tumor progression after cell implantation onto the chick embryo chorio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Petibois C,Drogat B,Bikfalvi A,Déléris G,Moenner M

更新日期：2007-11-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Tau proteins are abnormally phosphorylated in Alzheimer's disease. Pathological Tau proteins named PHF-Tau 55, PHF-Tau 64, and PHF-Tau 69, are the main constituents of the paired helical filaments (PHF). When treating SKNSH-SY 5Y cells with okadaic acid (OA), Tau 55 protein was clearly induced whereas Tau 64 protein w...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dupont-Wallois L,Sautière PE,Cocquerelle C,Bailleul B,Delacourte A,Caillet-Boudin ML

更新日期：1995-01-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Comparative allelotyping of the short arm of human chromosome 3 (3p) in four types of epithelial carcinomas was performed using an identical set of polymorphic markers. In total, 117 samples of non-papillary renal cell carcinoma (RCC), non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), carcinoma of uterine cervix (CC), and breast...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Braga E,Pugacheva E,Bazov I,Ermilova V,Kazubskaya T,Mazurenko N,Kisseljov F,Liu J,Garkavtseva R,Zabarovsky E,Kisselev L

更新日期：1999-07-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We have found that SV40 infection of CV1 cells induces the synthesis of a 72 kDa protein that upon molecular cloning was shown to be the product of the hsc70 gene. The above gene product was found to be mainly virus inducible, in contrast to the hsp70 gene product which was mainly heat inducible. The two genes were fo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sainis I,Angelidis C,Pagoulatos G,Lazaridis I

更新日期：1994-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The two subunits of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (EC 2.3.2.2) are derived from a single-chain glycosylated precursor. A small fraction of the propeptide survives proteolytic processing in the rat kidney and has been purified by an immunoaffinity technique. The propeptide contains determinants for both the subunits an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tate SS

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Moloney murine leukemia virus reverse transcriptase (RT) selectively uses deoxyribonucleotides over ribonucleotides (rNTPs) as substrates. Substitution of F155 with valine (F155V) was previously found to increase the enzyme's affinity for rNTPs, though without affecting the V(max) for catalysis, and thereby conferred ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Liu S,Goff SP,Gao G

更新日期：2006-02-20 00:00:00

abstract：:For good function, membrane lipids have to be arranged appropriately and be in the correct physical state. In poikilotherms, exposure to cold stress or heat shock can alter membrane properties such that, unless they are corrected quickly, damage and, possibly, death can result. Low temperature stress is countered by m...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guschina IA,Harwood JL

更新日期：2006-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose a unified framework for the identification of functional interaction structures of biomolecular networks in a way that leads to a new experimental design procedure. In developing our approach, we have built upon previous work. Thus we begin by pointing out some of the restrictions associated with existing s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cho KH,Choo SM,Wellstead P,Wolkenhauer O

更新日期：2005-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms involved in bidirectional transport along microtubules remain largely unknown. We explored the collective action of kinesin-2 and dynein motors during transport of melanosomes in Xenopus laevis melanophores. These motors are attached to organelles through accessory proteins establishing a complex molecu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： De Rossi MC,De Rossi ME,Sued M,Rodríguez D,Bruno L,Levi V

更新日期：2015-09-14 00:00:00

abstract：:MDNCF is a human monocyte-derived, 72-residue chemotactic peptide, which has sequence similarity with members of a family of pro-inflammatory cytokines. The peptide was synthesized by the solid-phase method, and is identical to the natural peptide in amino acid composition, sequence and chemotactic potency. MDNCF form...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanaka S,Robinson EA,Yoshimura T,Matsushima K,Leonard EJ,Appella E

更新日期：1988-08-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Two cDNA clones encoding 14-3-3 homologous proteins were isolated from Vicia faba. Deduced amino acid sequences share different degrees of homology with other plant 14-3-3 proteins. Both clones, under the control of the CaMV 35S promoter, were transformed into tobacco plants. Immunoblotting showed three different form...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Saalbach G,Schwerdel M,Natura G,Buschmann P,Christov V,Dahse I

更新日期：1997-08-18 00:00:00

abstract：:The eye lens protein and chaperonin, alpha-crystallin, was studied by differential scanning microcalorimetry, spectroscopy and size exclusion chromatography. The thermal transition of alpha-crystallin proceeds at Ttrs = 59.8 +/- 0.6 degrees C with an enthalpy change of delta H = 336 +/- 9 kJ per mol subunit. Disagreem...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gesierich U,Pfeil W

更新日期：1996-09-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The induction of apoptosis by cell cycle regulator molecules under conditions optimal for exponential growth was examined in rat pheochromocytoma PC12 cells by overexpression of cyclins and cyclin-dependent kinases (cdks). By flow cytometry and by immunofluorescence, only cells overexpressing cdk4 or cyclin D1 underwe...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Katayama K,Dobashi Y,Kitagawa M,Kamekura S,Kawai M,Kadoya Y,Kameya T

更新日期：2001-12-14 00:00:00