Comparison of the current RefSeq, Ensembl and EST databases for counting genes and gene discovery.

abstract：:Quiescent fibroblasts derived from human fetal lung can be stimulated to reinitiate DNA synthesis by sequential addition of 3 nM IGF-1 and a low concentration (8 pM) of EGF or by continuous exposure to 10% fetal calf serum or 10 ng/ml PDGF. Bradykinin blocks the IGF-1 and EGF-dependent signals without affecting the re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Newman EL,Hyldahl L,Larsson O,Engström W,Rees AR

更新日期：1989-07-17 00:00:00

abstract：:The dinuclear paramagnetic center of the soluble CuA domain of the cytochrome c oxidase from Bacillus subtilis has been studied using 1H NMR. The spectrum possesses remarkably sharp shifted resonances. Comparison with the spectrum of the CuA amicyanin variant provides the spin density distribution in the CuA site of c...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dennison C,Berg A,de Vries S,Canters GW

更新日期：1996-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:Bovine globin has been incubated with mice peritoneal macrophages in order to study its hydrolysis by lysosomal enzymes, among which chiefly cathepsin D. Analysis of resulting peptides, by reversed-phase high-performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), showed the release of a bioactive peptide, VV-hemorphin-7. When a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dagouassat N,Garreau I,Sannier F,Zhao Q,Piot JM

更新日期：1996-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：:We report results from automated docking and microscopic molecular dynamics simulations of the tetraethylammonium (TEA) complexes with KcsA. Binding modes and energies for TEA binding at the external and internal sides of the channel pore are examined utilising the linear interaction energy method. Effects of the chan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Luzhkov VB,Aqvist J

更新日期：2001-04-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete amino acid sequence of porcine muscarinic acetylcholine receptor III has been deduced by cloning and sequencing the genomic DNA. The antagonist binding properties of muscarinic acetylcholine receptor III expressed from the cloned DNA in Xenopus oocytes correspond most closely to those of the pharmacologic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akiba I,Kubo T,Maeda A,Bujo H,Nakai J,Mishina M,Numa S

更新日期：1988-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Micromolar concentrations of arachidonic acid cause in Ca2+ loaded heart mitochondria matrix swelling and Ca2+ release. These effects appear to be unrelated to the classical membrane permeability transition (MPT), as they are CsA insensitive, membrane potential independent and can also be activated by Sr2+. Atractylos...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Di Paola M,Zaccagnino P,Oliveros-Celis C,Lorusso M

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNA (miRNA) play a pivotal role in the development of liver fibrosis. However, the functions of miRNA in hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related liver fibrosis remain unclear. In this study, we systematically analyzed the microarray data of the serum miRNA in patients with HCV-induced hepatic fibrosis. Among 41 dysregula...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Niu X,Fu N,Du J,Wang R,Wang Y,Zhao S,Du H,Wang B,Zhang Y,Sun D,Nan Y

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurotrophins support neuronal survival, development, and plasticity through processes requiring gene expression. We studied how vgf target gene transcription is mediated by a critical promoter region containing E-box, CCAAT and cAMP response element (CRE) sites. The p300 acetylase was present in two distinct protein ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mandolesi G,Gargano S,Pennuto M,Illi B,Molfetta R,Soucek L,Mosca L,Levi A,Jucker R,Nasi S

更新日期：2002-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The toxicity of the beta-amyloid (Abeta) peptide of Alzheimer's disease may relate to its polymerisation state (i.e. fibril content). We have shown previously that plasma lipoproteins, particularly when oxidised, greatly enhance Abeta polymerisation. In the present study the nature of the interactions between both nat...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Stanyer L,Betteridge DJ,Smith CC

更新日期：2002-05-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Apomyoglobin is a widely used model for studying the molecular mechanisms of globular protein folding. This work aimed to analyze the effects of rigidity and length of loops linking protein secondary structure elements on the stability of the molten globule intermediate state. For this purpose, we studied folding/unfo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Majorina MA,Balobanov VA,Uversky VN,Melnik BS

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lectin-like oxidized low-density lipoprotein receptor (LOX-1) is a scavenger receptor that binds oxidized low-density lipoprotein (OxLDL) and has a role in atherosclerosis development. The N-terminus intracellular region (cytoplasmic domain) of LOX-1 mediates receptor internalization and trafficking, potentially throu...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bakthavatsalam D,Soung RH,Tweardy DJ,Chiu W,Dixon RA,Woodside DG

更新日期：2014-06-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) secretion is stimulated by low extracellular calcium (Ca2+) in association with a reduction in cyosolic Ca2+, indicating that this cell type does not conform to classical models of stimulus-secretion coupling. We used the phorbol ester TPA (12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbol 13-acetate), which direct...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Brown EM,Redgrave J,Thatcher J

更新日期：1984-09-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of monocytes/macrophages with lipopolysaccharide (LPS) results in activation of nuclear factor-kappaB (NF-kappaB), which plays crucial roles in regulating expression of many genes involved in the subsequent inflammatory responses. Here, we investigated roles of transforming growth factor-beta activated kin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Irie T,Muta T,Takeshige K

更新日期：2000-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The differential scanning microcalorimetry and fluorescence methods, using probes ANS and pyrene, have been employed to study thermotropic behaviour of rat liver microsomes in the presence and absence of Mg2+. Addition of Mg2+ yields three partially reversible phase transitions at 18, 27 and 32 degrees C, respectively...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Akhrem AA,Kisel MA,Lunevich AY,Bokut SB,Andrianov VT,Kiselev PA

更新日期：1983-12-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Phlorizin, a potent inhibitor of the Na+/D-glucose cotransporter, was derivatised to 3-aminophlorizin and subsequently coupled to Affi-Gel 15. Affinity chromatography of pig kidney brush border membranes solubilised in Triton X-100 allowed the purification of a 60 kDa protein on this resin. We consider this protein to...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kitlar T,Morrison AI,Kinne R,Deutscher J

更新日期：1988-07-04 00:00:00

abstract：:tRNAs play a central role in protein translation, acting as the carrier of amino acids. By cloning microRNAs, we unexpectedly obtained some tRNA fragments generated by tRNA cleavage in the anticodon loop. These tRNA fragments are present in many cell lines and different mouse tissues. In addition, various stress condi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fu H,Feng J,Liu Q,Sun F,Tie Y,Zhu J,Xing R,Sun Z,Zheng X

更新日期：2009-01-22 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe the extraction and stabilization in vitro of discrete complexes of interferon and cellular receptor proteins. A homogeneous complex of Mr 230 000 was extracted at the time of peak receptor binding (30 min). Complex formation was specific for human interferon. At later times a second complex could also be e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Eid P,Mogensen KE

更新日期：1983-05-30 00:00:00

abstract：:A human vesicular monoamine transporter cDNA has been identified by screening a human brainstem library using sequences from the rat brain synaptic vesicle monoamine transporter (SVMT) [(1992) Cell 70, 539-551; (1992) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 89, 10993-10997]. The hSVMT shares 92% amino acid identity with the rat se...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Surratt CK,Persico AM,Yang XD,Edgar SR,Bird GS,Hawkins AL,Griffin CA,Li X,Jabs EW,Uhl GR

更新日期：1993-03-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Sequence comparison based on Hydrophobic Cluster Analysis procedures shows that the extracellular approximately 200 amino acids domains of cytokines receptors belonging to the Cytokine/Growth hormone/Prolactin receptor family and to the Interferon one are organized in two homologous subdomains. Further, comparison of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thoreau E,Petridou B,Kelly PA,Djiane J,Mornon JP

更新日期：1991-04-22 00:00:00

abstract：:A systematic exploration of the V(H)2/V(kappa)12-13 variable domains of the anti-CD4 monoclonal antibody (mAb) 13B8.2 was performed by the Spot method to screen for paratope-derived peptides (PDPs) demonstrating CD4 binding ability. Nine peptides, named CB1 to CB9, were identified, synthesized in a cyclic and soluble ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bès C,Briant-Longuet L,Cerruti M,De Berardinis P,Devauchelle G,Devaux C,Granier C,Chardès T

更新日期：2001-11-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We counted base transitions (Ts) and transversions (Tv) in mutations among various types of hepatitis C virus (HCV) sequences. The Ts/Tv ratio was useful for distinguishing the (geno)type of the compared HCV sequences, since the ratio was 4.0 or more among sequences of the same type, while it was less than 2.0 among s...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tanaka T,Kato N,Hijikata M,Shimotohno K

更新日期：1993-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Thymidine kinase in chick embryo retina reaches its highest values on the 8-10th day of development, then declines reaching the lowest value at hatching. The rate of DNA synthesis essentially follows this activity while, in contrast, nucleoside phosphotransferase increases progressively during development. Glucocortic...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tesoriere G,Tesoriere L,Giuliano M,Vento R

更新日期：1983-11-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Re-analysis of the primary structure of the ribosomal RNA N-methyltransferase that confers self-resistance on the erythromycin-producing bacterium Saccharopolyspora erythraea has confirmed the presence of a C-terminal domain containing extensive repeat sequences. Nine tandem repeats can be discerned, with a decapeptid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dhillon N,Leadlay PF

更新日期：1990-03-26 00:00:00

abstract：:The rat synapse associated protein SAP90 is a member of a superfamily of potential guanylate kinases localized at cell-cell contact sites. This superfamily includes the synapse associated protein SAP97, a close relative of SAP90, the Drosophila tumor suppressor gene product dlg-Ap, the mammalian zonula occludens prote...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kistner U,Garner CC,Linial M

更新日期：1995-02-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Excessive βAR stimulation is an independent factor in inducing pathological cardiac hypertrophy. Here, we report miR-145 regulates both expression and localization of GATA6, thereby protecting the heart against cardiomyocyte hypertrophy induced by isoproterenol (ISO). The protective activity of miR-145 was associated ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Li R,Yan G,Zhang Q,Jiang Y,Sun H,Hu Y,Sun J,Xu B

更新日期：2013-06-19 00:00:00

abstract：:The conformation of the glycine-rich loop of adenylate kinase is described in detail. It forms a giant anion hole for a sulfate ion, which presumably mimicks a nucleotide phosphoryl group. This loop had been called flexible, because at pH values of 6 or below it is displaced in the crystal. In the region of this loop ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dreusicke D,Schulz GE

更新日期：1986-11-24 00:00:00

abstract：:(7-methoxycoumarin-4-yl)Acetyl-Pro-Leu-Gly-Leu-(3-[2,4-dinitrophenyl]-L- 2,3-diaminopropionyl)-Ala-Arg-NH2 (Mca-Pro-Leu-Gly-Leu-Dpa-Ala-Arg-NH2) has been synthesised as a fluorogenic substrate for the matrix metalloproteinases. The highly fluorescent 7-methoxycoumarin group is efficiently quenched by energy transfer t...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Knight CG,Willenbrock F,Murphy G

更新日期：1992-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:The guanine nucleotide exchange reaction catalyzed by elongation factor Ts is proposed to arise from the intrusion of the side chains of D80 and F81 near the Mg2+ binding site in EF-Tu. D80A and F81A mutants of E. coli EF-Ts were 2-3-fold less active in promoting GDP exchange with E. coli EF-Tu while the D80AF81A muta...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhang Y,Li X,Spremulli LL

更新日期：1996-08-12 00:00:00

abstract：:The interferon inducible transmembrane (IFITM) proteins mediate several cellular processes such as homotypic cell adhesion functions of interferons (IFNs) and cellular anti-proliferative activities. We show that the BAF complex-mediated induction of IFITM3 is dependent on binding of the transcriptional enhancer factor...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Cuddapah S,Cui K,Zhao K

更新日期：2008-01-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetically obese (ob/ob) mice develop a marked insulin resistance in brown adipose tissue soon after weaning, and this is paralleled by a fall in the acute activation of the mitochondrial proton conductance pathway in the tissue on cold exposure. Treatment of ob/ob mice with ciglitazone, a new oral hypoglycaemic, led...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mercer SW,Trayhurn P

更新日期：1986-01-20 00:00:00