Transient overexpression of mitochondrial transcription factor A (TFAM) is sufficient to stimulate mitochondrial DNA transcription, but not sufficient to increase mtDNA copy number in cultured cells.

abstract：:Thymine DNA glycosylase (TDG) is a DNA repair enzyme that excises a variety of mismatched or damaged nucleotides (nts), e.g. dU, dT, 5fC and 5caC. TDG is shown to play essential roles in maintaining genome integrity and correctly programming epigenetic modifications through DNA demethylation. After locating the lesion...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Da LT,Yu J

更新日期：2018-06-20 00:00:00

abstract：:The transfer ribonucleic acids (tRNAs) of B. subtilis at different growth phases are examined for changes in the composition and the methylation of minor constituents. The composition of the tRNAs indicates about equal amounts of adenosine and uridine, and of guanosine and cytidine. About 3-4 residues are present as m...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Singhal RP,Vold B

更新日期：1976-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SITEHOUND-web (http://sitehound.sanchezlab.org) is a binding-site identification server powered by the SITEHOUND program. Given a protein structure in PDB format SITEHOUND-web will identify regions of the protein characterized by favorable interactions with a probe molecule. These regions correspond to putative ligand...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Hernandez M,Ghersi D,Sanchez R

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alfalfa mosaic virus RNA 4, the subgenomic messenger for viral coat protein, was partially digested with RNase T1 or RNase A and the sequence of a number of fragments was deduced by in vitro labeling with polynucleotide kinase and application of RNA sequencing techniques. From overlapping fragments, the complete prima...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Brederode FT,Koper-Zwarthoff EC,Bol JF

更新日期：1980-05-24 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular structure of the DNA double helix has been known for 60 years, but we remain surprisingly ignorant of the balance of forces that determine its mechanical properties. The DNA double helix is among the stiffest of all biopolymers, but neither theory nor experiment has provided a coherent understanding of t...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Peters JP,Yelgaonkar SP,Srivatsan SG,Tor Y,James Maher L 3rd

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The p-n-butylphenyl- and p-n-butylanilino- substituted analogs of dGTP and dATP, respectively, were tested as inhibitors of purified human placental DNA polymerases alpha and delta. It was observed that DNA polymerase alpha activity was potently inhibited by these analogs with I0.5 values as low as the nanomolar range...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Lee MY,Toomey NL,Wright GE

更新日期：1985-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:A computer program, BRUCE, was developed for the identification of transfer-messenger RNA (tmRNA) genes. The program employs heuristic algorithms to search for a tRNA(Ala)-like secondary structure surrounding a short sequence encoding the tag peptide. In the 57 completely sequenced bacterial genomes where tmRNA genes ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Laslett D,Canback B,Andersson S

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The rpoA gene, encoding the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase, was cloned from Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). It is preceded by rpsK and followed by rplQ, encoding ribosomal proteins S11 and L17, respectively, similar to the gene order in Bacillus subtilis. The rpoA gene specifies a protein of 339 amino acids with deduc...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Cho EJ,Bae JB,Kang JG,Roe JH

更新日期：1996-11-15 00:00:00

abstract：:T-region transfer from wild-type Agrobacterium strains is thought to be an orientated process, starting at the right border repeat and terminating at the left border repeat of the T-region. Here we demonstrate that a right border repeat in the inverted orientation relative to the onc-genes can also mediate transfer of...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： van Haaren MJ,Sedee NJ,de Boer HA,Schilperoort RA,Hooykaas PJ

更新日期：1988-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Cells deficient in the Werner syndrome protein (WRN) or BRCA1 are hypersensitive to DNA interstrand cross-links (ICLs), whose repair requires nucleotide excision repair (NER) and homologous recombination (HR). However, the roles of WRN and BRCA1 in the repair of DNA ICLs are not understood and the molecular mechanisms...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Cheng WH,Kusumoto R,Opresko PL,Sui X,Huang S,Nicolette ML,Paull TT,Campisi J,Seidman M,Bohr VA

更新日期：2006-05-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we describe a novel endonuclease IV (Endo IV) based assay utilizing a substrate that mimics the abasic lesions that normally occur in double-stranded DNA. The three component substrate is characterized by single-stranded DNA target, an oligonucleotide probe, separated from a helper oligonucleotide by a one base g...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kutyavin IV,Milesi D,Belousov Y,Podyminogin M,Vorobiev A,Gorn V,Lukhtanov EA,Vermeulen NM,Mahoney W

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mononegaviruses, such as Ebola virus, encode an L (large) protein that bears all the catalytic activities for replication/transcription and RNA capping. The C-terminal conserved region VI (CRVI) of L protein contains a K-D-K-E catalytic tetrad typical for 2'O methyltransferases (MTase). In mononegaviruses, cap-MTase a...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Martin B,Coutard B,Guez T,Paesen GC,Canard B,Debart F,Vasseur JJ,Grimes JM,Decroly E

更新日期：2018-09-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Translation regulation plays an important role in eukaryotic gene expression. Upstream open reading frames (uORFs) are potent regulatory elements located in 5' mRNA transcript leaders. Translation of uORFs usually inhibit the translation of downstream main open reading frames, but some enhance expression. While a mino...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Lin Y,May GE,Kready H,Nazzaro L,Mao M,Spealman P,Creeger Y,McManus CJ

更新日期：2019-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Genome engineering of human cells plays an important role in biotechnology and molecular medicine. In particular, insertions of functional multi-transgene cassettes into suitable endogenous sequences will lead to novel applications. Although several tools have been exploited in this context, safety issues such as cyto...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Vijaya Chandra SH,Makhija H,Peter S,Myint Wai CM,Li J,Zhu J,Ren Z,D'Alcontres MS,Siau JW,Chee S,Ghadessy FJ,Dröge P

更新日期：2016-04-07 00:00:00

abstract：:M13 RF IV DNA may be prepared in vitro to contain phosphorothioate-modified internucleotidic linkages in the (-)strand only. Certain restriction enzymes react with this modified DNA to hydrolyze the (+)strand exclusively when a phosphorothioate linkage occurs at the normal cleavage point in the (-)strand. The reaction...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Taylor JW,Ott J,Eckstein F

更新日期：1985-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper examines theoretically the effects that restraints on the tertiary structure of a superhelical DNA domain exert on the energetics of linking and the onset of conformational transitions. The most important tertiary constraint arises from the nucleosomal winding of genomic DNA in vivo. Conformational transiti...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Benham CJ

更新日期：1987-12-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The contacts of phosphate groups in mRNAs with ribosomes were studied. Two mRNAs were used: one mRNA contained in the middle two defined codons to construct the pre- and the post-translocational states, the other was a sequence around the initiation site of the natural cro-mRNA. Phosphorothioate nucleotides were rando...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Alexeeva EV,Shpanchenko OV,Dontsova OA,Bogdanov AA,Nierhaus KH

更新日期：1996-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Analysis of the human protein-tyrosine phosphatase (PTP) PTPRJ mRNA detected three in-frame AUGs at the 5'-end (starting at nt +14, +191 and +356) with no intervening stop codons. This tandem AUG arrangement is conserved between humans and the mouse and is unique among the genes of the classical PTPs. Until now it was...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Karagyozov L,Godfrey R,Böhmer SA,Petermann A,Hölters S,Ostman A,Böhmer FD

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative RNA splicing is an essential process to yield proteomic diversity in eukaryotic cells, and aberrant splicing is often associated with numerous human diseases and cancers. We recently described serine/arginine-rich splicing factor 3 (SRSF3 or SRp20) being a proto-oncogene. However, the SRSF3-regulated splic...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Ajiro M,Jia R,Yang Y,Zhu J,Zheng ZM

更新日期：2016-02-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Loss-of-function in melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R), a GS protein-coupled receptor that regulates signal transduction through cAMP and protein kinase A (PKA) in melanocytes, is a major inherited melanoma risk factor. Herein, we report a novel cAMP-mediated response for sensing and responding to UV-induced DNA damage re...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Jarrett SG,Wolf Horrell EM,D'Orazio JA

更新日期：2016-12-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The p53 protein is crucial for adapting programs of gene expression in response to stress. Recently, we revealed that this occurs partly through the formation of stress-specific p53 binding patterns. However, the mechanisms that generate these binding patterns remain largely unknown. It is not established whether the ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Millau JF,Bandele OJ,Perron J,Bastien N,Bouchard EF,Gaudreau L,Bell DA,Drouin R

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In vitro selection of RNA-cleaving DNAzymes is a powerful method for isolating metal-specific DNA. A few successful examples are known, but it is still difficult to target some thiophilic metals such as Cd(2+) due to limited functional groups in DNA. While using modified bases expands the chemical functionality of DNA...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Huang PJ,Liu J

更新日期：2015-07-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The selective and potent inhibition of mitochondrial translation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by pentamidine suggests a novel antimicrobial action for this drug. Electrophoresis mobility shift assay, T1 ribonuclease footprinting, hydroxyl radical footprinting and isothermal titration calorimetry collectively demonstrat...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Sun T,Zhang Y

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe an interactive computer program (ANALYSEQ) that is used from a simple graphics terminal. The main purpose of the program is to determine the function of nucleic acid sequences but it also offers the simpler listing, searching and counting options. It contains methods to locate genes by looking for the effe...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Staden R

更新日期：1984-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of the ciliated protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila with 8-methoxypsoralen combined with long wavelength ultraviolet irradiation (UVA, lambda approximately 360 nm) resulted in a dose dependent equal inhibition of the synthesis of rRNA, 5.8S, 5S and tRNA. Similar results were obtained with 3-carbethoxy-8-methox...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Nielsen PE

更新日期：1987-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We have examined the ability of a cationic planar chromophore, ethidium bromide, to intercalate into a short, defined triple helix. Using UV absorption, fluorescence spectroscopy and a gel retardation assay we demonstrate that ethidium bromide is able to bind to a triple helix with a lower affinity than to the corresp...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Mergny JL,Collier D,Rougée M,Montenay-Garestier T,Hélène C

更新日期：1991-04-11 00:00:00

abstract：:This work presents a neutral filter elution method for detecting DNA double strand breaks in mouse L1210 cells after X-ray. The assay will detect the number of double strand breaks induced by as little as 1000 rad of X-ray. The rate of DNA elution through the filters under neutral conditions increases with X-ray dose....

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bradley MO,Kohn KW

更新日期：1979-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The (cytosine-5) DNA methyltransferase M.HhaI causes its target cytosine base to be flipped completely out of the DNA helix upon binding. We have investigated the effects of replacing the target cytosine by other, mismatched bases, including adenine, guanine, thymine and uracil. We find that M.HhaI binds more tightly ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Klimasauskas S,Roberts RJ

更新日期：1995-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:MLL, the trithorax ortholog, is a well-characterized histone 3 lysine 4 methyltransferase that is crucial for proper regulation of the Hox genes during embryonic development. Chromosomal translocations, disrupting the Mll gene, lead to aggressive leukemia with poor prognosis. However, the functions of MLL in cellular ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Ali A,Veeranki SN,Tyagi S

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The photostability and narrow emission spectra of non-organic quantum dot fluorophores (QDs) make them desirable candidates for fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) to study the expression of specific mRNA transcripts. We developed a novel method for direct QD labeling of modified oligonucleotide probes through st...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Chan P,Yuen T,Ruf F,Gonzalez-Maeso J,Sealfon SC

更新日期：2005-10-13 00:00:00