Critical segment of apocytochrome c for its insertion into membrane.

abstract：:Thrombocytopenia is a major hematological concern in oxidative stress-associated pathologies and chronic clinical disorders, where premature platelet destruction severely affects the normal functioning of thrombosis and hemostasis. In addition, frequent exposure of platelets to chemical entities and therapeutic drugs ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jagadish S,Rajeev N,NaveenKumar SK,Sharath Kumar KS,Paul M,Hegde M,Basappa,Sadashiva MP,Girish KS,Rangappa KS

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cytosolic purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNPase) is a well known, and described enzyme which exists in a variety of organisms, both procaryotic and eucaryotic. More recently this enzyme was found in bovine liver mitochondria. The mitochondrial purine nucleoside phosphorylase was purified 63 fold and has a molecular ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Haag R,Lewis RA

更新日期：1994-06-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The term leishmaniasis refers collectively to various clinical syndromes that are caused by obligate intracellular protozoa of the genus Leishmania. Approximately 350 million people in 8 countries are estimated to be threatened by the disease. The World Health Organization estimated that there are 12 million cases of ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ghosh M,Bandyopadhyay S

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since the glucose-lowering effects of vanadium could be related to increased muscle glycogen synthesis, we examined the in vivo effects of vanadium and insulin treatment on glycogen synthase (GS) activation in Zucker fatty rats. The GS fractional activity (GSFA), protein phosphatase-1 (PP1), and glycogen synthase kina...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Semiz S,McNeill JH

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycosphingolipid biosynthesis was examined using [3H]-galactose as a precursor as rat L6 myoblasts fused to form multinucleated myotubes. Incorporation of label into neutral glycolipids decreased steadily as the population of myotubes increased, so that final biosynthesis was one-half that observed with myoblasts (p ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leskawa KC,Erwin RE,Buse PE,Hogan EL

更新日期：1988-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammation-induced colonic motility dysfunction is associated with a disturbance in Ca(2+) ion transporting mechanisms. The main objective of this study was to identify the types of Na-Ca-exchanger-1 (NCX-1) variants expressed in the rat colon, and how this was affected by colitis. In addition, the effect of colitis...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Shubair M,Oriowo MA,Khan I

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glomerular mesangial cells play an important role in the development of glomerulosclerosis. Mesangial cell apoptosis has been shown to be involved in different stages of development of glomerulonephritis. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of inhibition of serine/threonine phosphatases by okadaic ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Parameswaran N,Spielman WS,Brooks DP,Nambi P

更新日期：2004-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abnormal QT prolongation with the associated arrhythmias is a significant predictor of mortality in diabetic patients. Gap junctional intercellular communication allows electrical coupling between heart muscle cells. The effects of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus on the expression and distribution of co...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Howarth FC,Chandler NJ,Kharche S,Tellez JO,Greener ID,Yamanushi TT,Billeter R,Boyett MR,Zhang H,Dobrzynski H

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Winter survival for many insect species relies on the ability to endure the freezing of extracellular body fluids. Because freezing impedes oxygen delivery to tissues, one component of natural freeze tolerance is a well-developed anoxia/ischemia resistance. The present study explores the responses of the hypoxia-induc...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Morin P Jr,McMullen DC,Storey KB

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidants and inflammatory mediators such as tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) activate nuclear factor kappa B (NF-kappaB) and activator protein-1 (AP-1) transcription factors, and enhance the expression of both pro-inflammatory and protective antioxidant genes. Remodelling of chromatin within the nucleus, contr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Rahman I,Gilmour PS,Jimenez LA,MacNee W

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tRNA modifying enzyme, S-adenosylmethionine:tRNA(guanine-7-)-methyltransferase, has been extensively purified from Salmonella typhimurium. A rapid and efficient purification method using phosphocellulose chromatography followed by ammonium sulfate precipitation and Sephadex G-100 gel filtration is described. The e...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Colonna A,Ciliberto G,Santamaria R,Cimino F,Salvatore F

更新日期：1983-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac myocytes proliferate most rapidly during the hyperplastic phase of heart development; however, the level of cell cycle activity is drastically down regulated after birth. Further growth of the heart is achieved by hypertrophic growth of cardiac myocytes. The mechanism that controls the switch from hyperplastic...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Evans HJ,Goodwin RL

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To explore the effect of LYRM1 over-expression on basal and insulin-stimulated glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle cells, and to understand the underlying mechanisms, Rat myoblasts (L6) transfected with either an empty expression vector (pcDNA3.1Myc/His B) or a LYRM1 expression vector were differentiated into myotub...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Kou C,Cao X,Qin D,Ji C,Zhu J,Zhang C,Zhu C,Gao C,Chen R,Guo X,Zhang M

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:S-glutathionylation, the formation of mixed disulfides of glutathione with cysteine residues of proteins, is a broadly observed physiological modification that occurs in response to oxidative stress. Since cysteine residues are particularly susceptible to oxidative modification by reactive oxygen species, S-glutathion...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Leonberg AK,Chai YC

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:Since recent findings indicate the involvement of G-proteins in the mechanism of ischaemic preconditioning (PC), the present study was aimed to investigate the role of adrenergic mechanisms, such as G-proteins and stimulation of adrenergic receptors, in this phenomenon. For this purpose, isolated Langendorff...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Ravingerová T,Pyne NJ,Parratt JR

更新日期：1995-06-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Shin et al. (Biochim Biophys Acta 444: 794-801, 1976) described the subcellular location of [3H]folic acid after injection into rats. The microsomal fraction of the liver contained relatively large amounts of tracer initially but lower amounts at later times. Because of the heterogeneous nature of the microsomal fract...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Brody T,Stokstad EL

更新日期：1990-09-03 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat uterine secretory enzyme glycerylphosphorylcholine (GPC) diesterase (EC 3.1.4.2) had been purified and characterized previously with respect to its mol. wt., size, amino acid, carbohydrate composition and estrogen inducible properties. This enzyme is observed to have exclusive specificity for GPC and exhibits ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mitra J,Chowdhury M

更新日期：1994-10-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies presented here show that cellular NAD, which we hypothesize to be the relevant biomarker of niacin status, is significantly lower in humans than in the commonly studied animal models of carcinogenesis. We show that nicotinamide and the resulting cellular NAD concentration modulate expression of the tumor suppr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jacobson EL,Shieh WM,Huang AC

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been recently hypothesized that in PIH a placental oxidant-antioxidant imbalance might cause the release of lipoperoxidation products into the circulation, with subsequent damage of endothelial cell membranes. In this hypothesis the endothelial cell and further increase in circulating lipoperoxide levels, which...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Cester N,Staffolani R,Rabini RA,Magnanelli R,Salvolini E,Galassi R,Mazzanti L,Romanini C

更新日期：1994-02-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Using a synthetic peptide that encompasses the zinc finger domain of the eukaryotic transcription factor Sp1, we produced a number of monoclonal antibodies that specifically reacted with the target antigen. Analysis by competitive inhibition assay of five of the monoclonal antibodies revealed that they all recognized ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Katai H,Terato K,Raghow R

更新日期：1991-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been reported that HER2 level is strongly correlated with the expression of MMP-7 in some carcinomas. HER2 is a preferred heterodimerization partner of EGFR, HER3, and HER4. HER2 overexpression is believed to enhance the signaling from these receptors in response to binding of their specific ligands. In this st...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yuan G,Qian L,Song L,Shi M,Li D,Yu M,Hu M,Shen B,Guo N

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Activation of extracellular signal-related kinase (ERK) is involved in decreased melanogenesis by sphingosylphosphorylcholine (SPC). In the present study, we confirmed that SPC activated ERK and that a specific inhibitor of the ERK pathway (PD98059) recovered SPC-induced hypopigmentation. Moreover, we found that SPC s...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Jeong HS,Park KC,Kim DS

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tryptophan as a circulating precursor of serotonin (5-HT) may suppress food intake and body weight. Tryptophan administration can enhance the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by inducing oxidative pathway in vivo and in vitro. We have examined the effect of repeated tryptophan administration on food consump...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Coşkun S,Ozer C,Gönül B,Take G,Erdoğan D

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nicotinic acid administration, which depletes liver glycogen, leads to an increase of both pyruvate kinase L and phosphoenolypyruvate carboxykinase in liver by a factor of nearly two. The former is not prevented by either cycloheximide or actinomycin D. L-Cysteine, an allosteric inhibitor of pyruvate kinase L, favors ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Moreno FJ,Benito M,Sánchez-Medina F,Medina JM,Mayor F

更新日期：1976-11-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The PI-3 kinase signalling pathway is an important pathway in mediating the glucoregulatory effects of insulin and skeletal muscle (SKM) is the major tissue involved in glucose utilization. In diabetes this pathway is impaired, either due to lack of insulin as in Type I diabetes, or due to insulin resistance as in Typ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Mohammad A,Bhanot S,McNeill JH

更新日期：2001-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenates and plasma membranes were isolated from the livers of male Fischer 344 rats ranging in age from 19 hr to 92 days postnatal. These plasma membranes exhibited comparable levels of purity: protein yields were 2-2.5%; relative specific activities of 5'-nucleotidase and ouabain-sensitive Na+/K(+)-ATPase were fr...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Sulakhe-Hemmings SJ,Pulga VB,Tran ST

更新日期：1992-09-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Our study evaluated the relationship between the endogenous production of prostacyclin and the antiarrhythmic effect of ischemic preconditioning against ischemic and reperfusion-induced tachyarrhythmia. Langendorff perfused rat hearts underwent 30 min regional ischemia with reperfusion. Preconditioning was induced by ...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Arad M,Oxman T,Leor R,Rabinowitz B

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amylase-protein amylase inhibitor system offers a unique model of specific and reversilbe protein-protein interaction. The monomeric and dimeric inhibitors, exhibiting closely related properties and interacting with the same amylase, also provide a convenient test to compare effects of monomer-monomer and monomer-...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Silano V,Poerio E,Buonocore V

更新日期：1977-12-29 00:00:00

abstract：:The accessibility of pyridoxal 5'-phosphates of the phosphorylase ab hybrid to resolution by imidazole citrate and cysteine was studied and compared with that of the b and a forms. Promotion of resolution of phosphorylated forms by raising the temperature or in the presence of glycogen indicates that the resistance of...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Vereb G,Pallagi E,Gergely P

更新日期：1992-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The acute, as well as late, phase of cardioprotection induced by ischemic preconditioning is abolished in hyperlipidemic (HL) rat heart. The pharmacological inhibition of glycogen synthase kinase-3β (GSK-3β), has earlier been reported to restore this attenuated acute cardioprotective effect. However, it not known whet...

journal_title：Molecular and cellular biochemistry

authors： Yadav HN,Singh M,Sharma PL

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00