Molecular cloning and baculovirus expression of the rabbit corneal aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH1A1) cDNA.

abstract：:We have isolated and characterized a cDNA encoding a chicken beta homolog of c-erbA, or thyroid hormone receptor (TR). Chicken liver cDNA libraries were screened with a rat TR beta-1 cDNA probe, and several cDNA inserts were isolated and characterized. The sequence of one cDNA predicts a 369-amino-acid open reading fr...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Showers MO,Darling DS,Kieffer GD,Chin WW

更新日期：1991-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sterol carrier protein2 (SCP2) is a 13.2-kD protein that is thought to be involved in the intracellular transport of cholesterol. Using synthetic oligonucleotides based on the protein sequence of SCP2, a clone (SP43) was isolated from a rat liver cDNA library. The DNA sequence revealed that the cDNA could encode a pol...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Billheimer JT,Strehl LL,Davis GL,Strauss JF 3rd,Davis LG

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA) causes severe visual impairment and blindness very early in life. Mutant alleles of several genes acting in different pathways, of which all have critical roles for normal retinal function, were involved in LCA development. The purpose of this study was to use genome-wide genotyping to...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Yücel-Yılmaz D,Tarlan B,Kıratlı H,Ozgül RK

更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By using the methodology of both wet and dry biology (i.e., RT-PCR and cycle sequencing, and biocomputational technology, respectively) and the data obtained through the Genome Projects, we have cloned Xenopus laevis SOD2 (MnSOD) cDNA and determined its nucleotide sequence. These data and the deduced protein primary s...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Purrello M,Di Pietro C,Ragusa M,Pulvirenti A,Giugno R,Di Pietro V,Emmanuele G,Travali S,Scalia M,Shasha D,Ferro A

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) is known for its ability to infect immune cells, including T-cells and macrophages. The 96-amino acid Vpr, a virion-associated protein, is essential for viral replication in monocytes/macrophages and increases viral replication in primary and established T-cell lines. The Vp...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Muthumani K,Montaner LJ,Ayyavoo V,Weiner DB

更新日期：2000-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chromosomal gain on 1q23-24 is a cytogenetic finding found in approximately 30% of bladder tumors. Currently, no defined or candidate tumor-associated genes from this region have been identified. The objective of this study was to identify and quantitate the expression of putative cancer genes located at this chromoso...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Huang WC,Taylor S,Nguyen TB,Tomaszewski JE,Libertino JA,Malkowicz SB,McGarvey TW

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our previous study showed that the mutation hotspots of the K-ras proto-oncogene in human functional adrenocortical tumors are in codons 15, 16, 18, and 31, thus differing from the sites in other tumors. In addition, analyzing the K-Ras protein by a recombinant DNA technique showed that the activity of endogenic GTPas...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Hsu CH,Yang YC,Lian ST,Lee SC,Shin SJ,Tsai JH,Lin SR

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methionine is the limiting amino acid for milk protein synthesis in dairy cows. The effect of methionine availability on milk protein synthesis is dependent on its active transport into cells through amino acid transporters. L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1), which induces the transport of neutral amino acids, is...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Duan X,Lin Y,Lv H,Yang Y,Jiao H,Hou X

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteosarcoma (OS) is a bone malignancy with high incidence. The underlying molecular mechanisms that are associated with the development of OS need further investigation. In this study, we showed that SLC34A2, a member of the solute carrier gene family, was significantly downregulated in OS patients and cell lines. Ov...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Liu X,Zhou X,Xu H,He Z,Shi X,Wu S

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the current study, we evaluated the potential effect of a novel sphingosine kinase 1 (SphK1) activator, K6PC-5, on oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)/reoxygenation-induced damages to myocardial cells. We demonstrated that K6PC-5 increased intracellular sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) content and remarkably inhibited OG...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Shao JJ,Peng Y,Wang LM,Wang JK,Chen X

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 tumor suppressor gene is frequently mutated in multiple human cancers, leading to loss of wild-type p53 (wt-p53)-dependent functions and tumorigenesis. p53 gene therapy is used to induce apoptosis in human cancer cells and tumors. Activation of nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) causes resistance to both chemo...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Rath PC,Mukhopadhyay T

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major surface glycoprotein (MSG) of Pneumocystis carinii is encoded by a family of related but distinct genes distributed throughout the P. carinii genome. Previous reports of the genomic and mRNA MSG structure suggested that there was a highly conserved 5'-untranslated region and a highly variable translated regi...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Edman JC,Hatton TW,Nam M,Turner R,Mei Q,Angus CW,Kovacs JA

更新日期：1996-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetes is a worldwide health problem with increasing prevalence. Some reports indicate the interplay between bone and glucose metabolism. The imbalance between bone resorption and formation resulted in the structural integrity and strength of bone. Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) and its agonists (Liraglutide) have ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Gao L,Li SL,Li YK

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aromatic hydrocarbon receptor (AHR) is a ligand-activated transcription factor that regulates the expression of several drug-metabolizing enzymes and has been implicated in immunosuppression, teratogenesis, cell-specific hyperplasia, and certain types of malignancies and toxicities. The mouse Ahr gene 5' proximal ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Fitzgerald CT,Nebert DW,Puga A

更新日期：1998-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The globally distributed American cockroach (Periplaneta americana) is considered a pest, but it has been widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. In the past, the American cockroach's genome and transcriptomes were sequenced, but the differential expression transcripts between developmental stages were unavailabl...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Zeng C,Li W,Liao Q,Yan T,Wang K,Hu Y,Shen Y,Price M,Fan Z,Zhang X,Yue B,Geng F,Chen L

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The computer program, SIGSEQ2, was used to select heterologous signal peptides from a catalog of published sequences to express the echistatin gene in insect (Sf9) cells. S-values for each amino acid were determined to select empirically the site of cleavage between the signal peptide and mature echistatin. Five gene ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Daugherty BL,Zavodny SM,Lenny AB,Jacobson MA,Ellis RW,Law SW,Mark GE

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apelin, an endogenous ligand for apelin receptor (APJ), is reported to be involved in cardiomyocyte hypertrophy. In this study, we explored the mechanism of cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by apelin-13/APJ system. Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) rat model was established by constricting the abdominal aorta. Weste...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Wu D,Xie F,Xiao L,Feng F,Huang S,He L,Liu M,Zhou Q,Li L,Chen L

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genes involved in the production of nitric oxide (NO) have been suggested as genetic factors for migraine. It has been studied whether polymorphisms in the genes encoding for different types of NO synthase (NOS) could be involved in the liability to migraine; however, most studies yield negative results. The pentanucl...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Jia S,Ni J,Chen S,Jiang Y,Dong W,Gao Y

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential association of variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) gene expression with clonal expression of virulence in African trypanosomes was addressed. Two populations of clonally related trypanosomes, which differ dramatically in virulence for the infected host, but display the same apparent VSG surface coat pheno...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Inverso JA,Uphoff TS,Johnson SC,Paulnock DM,Mansfield JM

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate the expression and clinical significance of chemokine-like factor-like MARVEL transmembrane domain-containing family member 2 (CMTM2) in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) tissues. Bioinformatics analysis showed that CMTM2 was downregulated in HCC tissues and correlated with vascular invasi...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Guo X,Zhang S,Tan S,Bei C,Zhang H,Zhu X,Qiu X

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zidovudine (AZT) is widely used in the treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection because of its ability to act as a false substrate for the viral reverse transcriptase. AZT in the clinical setting has also been shown to produce significant hematologic and other toxicity, even though prior reports in th...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Nusbaum NJ,Joseph PE

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Minimally modified low-density lipoprotein (MM-LDL) is regarded as a major risk factor for the development of atherosclerosis. In this report, we show that this lipoprotein complex can induce expression of an inflammatory protein, serum amyloid A (SAA), in monocyte/macrophage cells, a key cell type implicated in the p...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ray BK,Chatterjee S,Ray A

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human monoclonal antibodies (HuMAbs) demonstrate great potential for passive immunotherapy against HIV-1. The gp41 transmembrane envelope glycoprotein of HIV has an important role in the pathogenicity of AIDS and importantly displays considerably less hypervariability than the gp120 surface envelope HIV glycoprotein, ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Cao C,Bai Y,Holloway MJ,Edgeworth RL,Jackson EA Jr,Cotropia J,Ugen KE

更新日期：2004-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Accumulating evidence has suggested that microRNAs play important roles in the development of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and are involved in drug resistance. miR-21-5p was overexpressed in a variety of cancers and promoted the tumorigenesis; however, the function of miR-21-5p in HCC still remains unknown. In this ...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Chen S,Yang C,Sun C,Sun Y,Yang Z,Cheng S,Zhuge B

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We identified extracellular signal-regulated kinase 2 (erk2) from green mud crab, Scylla paramamosain, in this article. It was originally identified from an expressed sequence tag fragment from a normalized gonadal cDNA library. 5' Rapid amplification of cDNA end (RACE) technique was used to obtain the 5' untranslated...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ma A,Wang Y,Zou Z,Fu M,Lin P,Zhang Z

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Protein homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) in eukaryotic cells is maintained by a conserved quality control system named ER-associated degradation (ERAD). The ERAD system retains misfolded or unassembled polypeptides in the ER, retrotranslocates them into the cytosol for degradation by the ubiquitin proteas...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Zhang T,Ye Y

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A constituent of green tea, (-)-epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) has been known to possess antiproliferative properties. In this study, we investigated the anticancer effects of EGCG in human papillomavirus (HPV)-16 associated cervical cancer cell line, CaSki cells. The growth inhibitory mechanism(s) and regulation o...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Ahn WS,Huh SW,Bae SM,Lee IP,Lee JM,Namkoong SE,Kim CK,Sin JI

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have isolated and sequenced cDNA clones that encode human spermine synthase (EC 2.5.1.22). The total length of the sequenced cDNA was 1,612 nucleotides, containing an open reading frame encoding a polypeptide chain of 368 amino acids. All of the previously sequenced peptide fragments of human and bovine spermine sy...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Korhonen VP,Halmekytö M,Kauppinen L,Myöhänen S,Wahlfors J,Keinänen T,Hyvönen T,Alhonen L,Eloranta T,Jänne J

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Apicomplexa is a phylum within the kingdom Protista that contains some of the most significant threats to public health. One of the members of this phylum, Toxoplasma gondii, is amenable to molecular genetic analyses allowing for the identification of factors critical for colonization and disease. A pathway found to b...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Frankel MB,Knoll LJ

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The coupling of viral and arthropod host diversity, with evolving methods of virus discovery, has resulted in the identification and classification of a growing number of novel insect-specific viruses (ISVs) that appear to be evolutionarily related to many human pathogens but have either lost or have yet to gain the a...

journal_title：DNA and cell biology

authors： Erasmus JH,Weaver SC

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00