Phospholipid phase transitions in homogeneous nanometer scale bilayer discs.

abstract：:Energetic behaviors of eight pairs of RNA/DNA hybrid duplexes with identical nearest neighbors have been investigated by UV melting analysis. In the pairs with identical nearest-neighbor pairs, the melting curve traces at the same strand concentration were very similar. The average difference in stabilization energy o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sugimoto N,Katoh M,Nakano S,Ohmichi T,Sasaki M

更新日期：1994-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Gibberellins are ent-kaurene-derived diterpenoid phytohormones produced by plants, fungi, and bacteria. The distinct gibberellin biosynthetic pathways in plants and fungi are known, but not that in bacteria. Plants typically use two diterpene synthases to form ent-kaurene, while fungi use only a single bifunctional di...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Morrone D,Chambers J,Lowry L,Kim G,Anterola A,Bender K,Peters RJ

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32 kDa phospholipase A2 inhibitory protein was isolated from pig thyroid gland after calcium precipitation and fast protein liquid anion-exchange chromatography. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis revealed the purity of the protein. The protein activity was assessed by the inhibition of pancreatic phospholipase ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Antonicelli F,Rothhut B,Martiny L,Aguie-Aguie G,Lambert B,Bellon G,Russo-Marie F,Jacquemin C,Haye B

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To unravel the mechanism of interleukin-13 (IL-13)-specific functions, we sought to identify IL-13 receptor (IL-13R) binding molecules. A novel human IL-13Ralpha1 binding protein (IL13RBP1) has been identified using yeast tri-hybrid system, which was found to encode the same protein as MIP-T3 (microtubule interacting ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Niu Y,Murata T,Watanabe K,Kawakami K,Yoshimura A,Inoue J,Puri RK,Kobayashi N

更新日期：2003-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:SB203580 (4-(4-fluorophenyl)-2-(4-methylsulfinylphenyl)-5-(4-pyridyl)1H-imi dazole) is widely used as a specific inhibitor of p38 mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK). Here, we report that SB203580 activates the serine/threonine kinase Raf-1 in quiescent smooth muscle cells in a dose-dependent fashion. The concentr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalmes A,Deou J,Clowes AW,Daum G

更新日期：1999-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin-22 (IL-22) plays an important role in the regulation of immune and inflammatory responses in mammals. The IL-22 binding protein (IL-22BP), a soluble receptor that specifically binds IL-22, prevents the IL-22/interleukin-22 receptor 1 (IL-22R1)/interleukin-10 receptor 2 (IL-10R2) complex assembly and blocks...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： de Moura PR,Watanabe L,Bleicher L,Colau D,Dumoutier L,Lemaire MM,Renauld JC,Polikarpov I

更新日期：2009-04-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Most geckos are nocturnal forms and possess rod retinas, but some diurnal genera have pure-cone retinas. We isolated cDNAs encoding the diurnal gecko opsins, dg1 and dg2, similar to nocturnal gecko P521 and P467, respectively. Despite the large morphological differences between the diurnal and nocturnal gecko photorec...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taniguchi Y,Hisatomi O,Yoshida M,Tokunaga F

更新日期：1999-02-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) replication and pathogenesis involve both virus-encoded proteins and cellular factors. In our study, we showed that NS5B, the HCV RNA-dependent RNA polymerase, interacted with M2 type pyruvate kinase (M2PK) but not L type pyruvate kinase. We confirmed the interaction by GST pull down, coimmunop...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wu X,Zhou Y,Zhang K,Liu Q,Guo D

更新日期：2008-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:A simple method was developed for the isolation of primase-free DNA polymerase-alpha from the DNA polymerase-alpha-primase complex of mouse FM3A cells. The polymerase was separated from primase subunits by chromatography on a single-stranded DNA-cellulose column in the presence of 50% etylene glycol. The primase-free ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Takada-Takayama R,Suzuki M,Enomoto T,Hanaoka F,Ui M

更新日期：1990-10-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Vacuolar membrane H(+)-translocating pyrophosphatase (H(+)-PPase) was purified from pumpkin seedlings. Its enzymatic properties including molecular size of constituting polypeptide (75 kDa) were very similar to those of mung bean H(+)-PPase [(1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 20068-20073]. The native, functional molecular siz...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sato MH,Maeshima M,Ohsumi Y,Yoshida M

更新日期：1991-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Tissue plasminogen activator was purified in high yield from pig heart by immunoaffinity chromatography and characterized by analysis of the glycosylation pattern and the N-terminal amino acid sequence. Comparisons with the human enzyme reveals residue exchanges in the A-chain at positions 3 (porcine Arg/human Gln) an...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Pohl G,Jörnvall H,Kok P,Wallén P

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molybdenum is an essential micronutrient required by plants. The mechanism of molybdenum uptake in plants is poorly understood, however, evidence has suggested that sulfate transporters may be involved. The sulfate transporter from Stylosanthes hamata, SHST1, restored growth of the sulfate transport yeast mutant, YSD1...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fitzpatrick KL,Tyerman SD,Kaiser BN

更新日期：2008-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The D- and L-forms of an alpha-helical antifreeze polypeptide (AFP) have been chemically synthesized. Circular dichroism spectra of the molecules show equal and opposite ellipticites. The D- and the L-enantiomers alone, and a 50:50 mixture of the two, all show identical antifreeze activity, but the enantiomeric forms ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Wen D,Laursen RA

更新日期：1993-02-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Hemin stimulates cAMP production in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). The kinetics are similar to that of hormone-induced cAMP generation, namely a rapid effect followed by a desensitization phase. Several experimental findings suggest that prostaglandins do not mediate this effect. First, macrophage de...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lander HM,Levine DM,Novogrodsky A

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-ATPase loses hydrolytic activity and the ability to be phosphorylated by Pi following incubation with EDC [1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide]. 4 nmol of tempamine per mg SR protein can be coupled to either a glu or an asp side chain through the EDC reaction. Mg2+ protects ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Coan C,Jakobs P,Ji JY,Murphy AJ

更新日期：1993-11-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic activities of orexin A (OXA) in mature adipocytes are mediated via PI3K/PKB and PPARγ. However, the effects of OXA on preadipocytes are largely unknown. We report here that OXA stimulates the proliferation and viability of 3T3-L1 preadipocytes and protects them from apoptosis via ERK1/2, but not through PKB....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Skrzypski M,Kaczmarek P,Le TT,Wojciechowicz T,Pruszyńska-Oszmalek E,Szczepankiewicz D,Sassek M,Arafat A,Wiedenmann B,Nowak KW,Strowski MZ

更新日期：2012-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:We used cDNA microarray to identify transforming growth factor beta (TGF-beta) responsive target genes during osteoblast development and found that nephronectin (Npnt) is one such gene that is significantly down-regulated. Here we report the role of TGF-beta in regulating Npnt-mediated osteoblast differentiation. We f...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fang L,Kahai S,Yang W,He C,Seth A,Peng C,Yang BB

更新日期：2010-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Affinity labelling of E. coli ribosomes with the 2',3'-O-[4-(N-2-chloroethyl)-N-methylamino]benzylidene derivative of AUGU6 was studied within the initiation complex (complex I) obtained by using fMet-tRNAMetf and initiation factors and within the pretranslocational complex (complex II) obtained by treatment of comple...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Babkina GT,Veniaminova AG,Vladimirov SN,Karpova GG,Yamkovoy VI,Berzin VA,Gren EJ,Cielens IE

更新日期：1986-07-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Di(1,N6-ethenoadenosine)5',5'''-P1,P4-tetraphosphate, epsilon-(Ap4A), a fluorescent analog of Ap4A has been synthesized by reaction of 2-chloroacetaldehyde with Ap4A. At neutral pH this Ap4A analog presents characteristics maxima at 265 and 274 nm, shoulders at ca 260 and 310 nm and moderate fluorescence (lambda exc 3...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rotilán P,Ramos A,Pintor J,Torres M,Miras-Portugal MT

更新日期：1991-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Challenge of Rhodobacter capsulatus cells with the superoxide propagator methyl viologen resulted in the induction of a diaphorase activity identified as a member of the ferredoxin (flavodoxin)-(reduced) nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADP(H)) reductase (FPR) family by N-terminal sequencing. The gene cod...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bittel C,Tabares LC,Armesto M,Carrillo N,Cortez N

更新日期：2003-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Two highly contrasted images depict genomes: at first sight, genes appear to be distributed randomly along the chromosome. In contrast, their organisation into operons (or pathogenicity islands) suggests that, at least locally, related functions are in physical proximity. Analysis of the codon usage bias in orthologou...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Rocha EP,Sekowska A,Danchin A

更新日期：2000-06-30 00:00:00

abstract：:To gain an understanding of the mechanism by which the hydroxyl free radical can arise in superoxide generating systems and learn how different chelaters of iron can inhibit this reaction, a pulse radiolysis kinetic study of the reaction of O;- with Fe(III)EDTA, Fe(III)HEDTA and Fe(III)DETAPAC (or DTPA)was undertaken....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buettner GR,Doherty TP,Patterson LK

更新日期：1983-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutual arrangement of histone H1 molecules in chromatin extended in low salt-EDTA buffer and additionally in the presence of urea was studied by means of reversible cross-linking combined with chymotryptic digestion. In the chromatins tested, the chymotryptic halves of H1 were cross-linked in all possible combinations...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nikolaev LG,Glotov BO,Dashkevich VK,Barbashov SF,Severin ES

更新日期：1983-10-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Human complement component C8gamma is an unusual complement factor since it shows no homology to other complement proteins but is a member of the lipocalin superfamily. So far, it has been found exclusively in plasma, covalently linked to C8alpha by disulfide bridging. We have used dot blot and Northern blot analyses ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Trojer P,Wojnar P,Merschak P,Redl B

更新日期：1999-03-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Physiological amyloid aggregation occurs within the nuclei of stress-treated cells. These structures, termed Amyloid bodies (A-bodies), assemble through the rapid accumulation of proteins into dense membrane-less organelles, which possess the same biophysical properties as plaques observed in many amyloid-based diseas...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marijan D,Tse R,Elliott K,Chandhok S,Luo M,Lacroix E,Audas TE

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study Bax-induced release of cytochrome c in vivo, we have expressed a cytochrome c-GFP (green fluorescent protein) fusion in Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells null for the expression of the endogenous cytochrome. We show here that cytochrome c-GFP is efficiently localised to mitochondria and able to function as an el...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roucou X,Prescott M,Devenish RJ,Nagley P

更新日期：2000-04-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Spectral variants of the green fluorescent protein (GFP) have been extensively used as reporters to image molecular interactions in living cells by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET). However, those GFP variants which are the most efficient donor acceptor pairs for FRET measurements show a high degree of sp...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zimmermann T,Rietdorf J,Girod A,Georget V,Pepperkok R

更新日期：2002-11-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Using radiolysis with (32)P enriched phosphate as an internal source of ionizing radiation, the formation of hydroperoxo-ferric complex from oxy-ferrous precursor with a high yield was monitored at 77 K in heme oxygenase (HO) by means of optical absorption spectroscopy. Well-resolved absorption spectra (maxima at 421 ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Denisov IG,Ikeda-Saito M,Yoshida T,Sligar SG

更新日期：2002-12-04 00:00:00

abstract：:A macromolecular complex containing survival of motor neurons (SMN), the spinal muscular atrophy protein, and Gemin2-7 interacts with Sm proteins and snRNAs to carry out the assembly of these components into spliceosomal small nuclear ribonucleoproteins (snRNPs). Here we report the characterization of unr-interacting ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Carissimi C,Baccon J,Straccia M,Chiarella P,Maiolica A,Sawyer A,Rappsilber J,Pellizzoni L

更新日期：2005-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial permeability transition pore, a cyclosporin A-sensitive channel, is controlled by the transmembrane electric potential difference across the inner membrane. Here, we show that treatment of rat liver mitochondria with the arginine reagent phenylglyoxal inhibits the permeability transition pore trigger...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Eriksson O,Fontaine E,Petronilli V,Bernardi P

更新日期：1997-06-16 00:00:00