Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism and allele frequencies in the Lebanese population: prevalence and review of the literature.

abstract：:This study was designed to examine the interactions of ergosterol with bovine serum albumin (BSA) and human serum albumin (HSA) under physiological conditions with the drug concentrations in the range of 2.99-105.88 μM and the concentration of proteins was fixed at 5.0 μM. The analysis of emission spectra quenching at...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Cheng Z

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Toll-like receptors (TLRs) constitute a multi-gene family, which plays a pivotal role in sensing invading pathogens by virtue of conserved microbial patterns. TLR repertoire of chicken and zebra finch has been well studied. However TLR family of other avian species is yet to be characterized. In the present study, we ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ramasamy KT,Reddy MR,Verma PC,Murugesan S

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are a newly identified class of non-coding small RNAs of about 21-24 nucleotides. They play important roles in multiple biological processes by degrading targeted mRNAs or repressing mRNA translation. To date, a total of 2,043 plant miRNAs are present in the miRNA Registry database (miRBase Release ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lang Q,Jin C,Lai L,Feng J,Chen S,Chen J

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anti-EGFR monoclonal antibodies (anti-EGFR MoAbs) in metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) treatment are still not effective in all patients. This study aimed to evaluate the relationship between BRAF V600E mutation and the tumor response of anti-EGFR MoAbs for first-line treatment in mCRC patients. We searched the MEDL...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Cui D,Cao D,Yang Y,Qiu M,Huang Y,Yi C

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The tertiary structure of nucleic acids results from an equilibrium between electrostatic interactions of phosphates, stacking interactions of bases, hydrogen bonds between polar atoms and water molecules. Water interactions with ribonucleic acid play a key role in its structure formation, stabilization and dynamics. ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Giel-Pietraszuk M,Barciszewski J

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stats are latent transcription factors involved in normal cellular signaling in response to cytokine or growth factor stimulation. Constitutive activation of Stats (primarily Stat3 and Stat5) has been implicated in growth dysregulation and oncogenesis. Furthermore, increased activation of Stats has been observed in se...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Barboza JA,Wang S,Schaefer TS

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of familial breast and ovarian cancers arise from mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. Amplification at the 11q13.5 locus is commonly observed in breast and ovarian cancers. In 2003, Hughes-Davies et al. identified a novel gene (EMSY) at this locus which binds BRCA2 within a region deleted in some canc...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Altinisik J,Karateke A,Coksuer H,Ulutin T,Buyru N

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Osteocytic potentiality of human CD34+ stem cells explored in the present study by generating in vitro agarose gel 3D model to understand the bone ossification process. The G-CSF and IL-3 mobilized human CD34+ stem cells isolated apheretically from donor peripheral blood and purity of the cells was assessed by FACS an...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Srikanth L,Sunitha MM,Kumar PS,Chandrasekhar C,Vengamma B,Sarma PV

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The majority of the genomic DNA sequence in mammalian and other higher organisms can be transcribed into abundant functional RNA transcripts, especially regulatory non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are expressed in a developmentally and species-specific regulated manner. Here, we review various regulatory non-coding RNAs,...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Huang B,Zhang R

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proton beam therapy is widely used for treating brain tumor. Despite the efficacy of treatment, the use of this therapy has met some limitations associated with possible damage to normal brain tissues located beyond the tumor site. In this context, the exploration of the harmful effects of protons on the normal brain ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Abdullaev S,Bulanova T,Timoshenko G,Gaziev AI

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Latexin, a carboxypeptidase A inhibitor, is expressed in a cell type-specific manner in both central and peripheral nervous systems in the rat. It is used as a molecular marker for the regional specification of the neocortex. In this study, a cDNA was isolated from a human fetal brain cDNA library. The cDNA (LXN) cont...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu Q,Yu L,Gao J,Fu Q,Zhang J,Zhang P,Chen J,Zhao S

更新日期：2000-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Allele frequencies for the high polymorphic short tandem repeats (STR) loci PentaE, PentaD, D18S51, D21S11, TH01, D3S1358, FGA, D16S539, D7820, D13S317, vWA and D81179 were analysed in an native Amerindian population from Mato Grosso do Sul state named Terena. Deviations from Hardy-Weinberg expectations were evaluated...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Manta FS,Silva DA,Sánchez-Diz P,Aguiar JI,Cabello PH,Carvalho EF

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An RNA polymerase III transcript, 7SK nuclear RNA, was found to bear sequence homology to the B2 class of highly repeated elements in the mouse genome. Northern blot hybridizations between the small RNAs and two B2 clones showed that only one of them (p49C8) hybridized to 7SK RNA. Both clones, however, hybridized to 4...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gallant J,Lovely J,Krause M

更新日期：1987-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is complex, with several susceptibility genes and environmental factors involved in its development and clinical manifestation. Currently, there is a great amount of interest in the identification of biomarkers, as cytokines, that can quantify the susceptibility o...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： da Silva HD,da Silva AP,da Silva HA,Asano NM,Maia Mde M,de Souza PR

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this work was to sequence the promoter region of β-lactoglobulin (BLG) gene in four sheep breeds, in order to identify polymorphisms, infer and analyze haplotypes, and phylogenetic relationship among the Valle del Belice breed and the other three breeds considered as ancestors. Sequencing analysis and align...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mastrangelo S,Sardina MT,Riggio V,Portolano B

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine the plasma lipid and lipoprotein profiles and their possible association with the type of β-thalassemia mutation we studied 103 major β-thalassemia patients including 71 children and 32 young adults compared to 102 healthy subjects consisted of 90 children and 12 young healthy adults. The plasma lipid and...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Madani H,Rahimi Z,Manavi-Shad M,Mozafari H,Akramipour R,Vaisi-Raygani A,Rezaei M,Malek-Khosravi S,Shakiba E,Parsian A

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:β-Catenin plays a crucial role in embryonic development and responds to the activation of several signal transduction pathways. In this paper, in order to understand the functions of β-catenin gene in early embryonic development of Artemia sinica, the complete cDNA sequence was cloned for the first time using RACE tec...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li X,Hou L,Ma J,Liu Y,Zheng L,Zou X

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Complementary DNA to mouse globin mRNA was prepared using viral reverse transcriptase. Molecular hybridisation of this cDNA to Friend virus RNA demonstrates the absence of globin gene sequences. ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Pragnell IB,Gilmour RS

更新日期：1973-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:STAT4 is a transcription factor that has been implicated in the pathogenesis of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Recently, several reports has documented that a STAT4 haplotype is associated with RA, SLE and Sjogren's syndrome. To summarize and review these findings, we conducted a met...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ji JD,Lee WJ,Kong KA,Woo JH,Choi SJ,Lee YH,Song GG

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Male Breast Cancer (MBC) is a rare and aggressive disease that is associated with genetic factors. Mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 account for 10% of all MBC cases suggesting that other genetic factors are involved. The aim of the present study is to screen whole BRCA1 and BRCA2 exons using the Ampliseq BRCA panel in Tun...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ben Kridis-Rejeb W,Ben Ayed-Guerfali D,Ammous-Boukhris N,Ayadi W,Kifagi C,Charfi S,Saguem I,Sellami-Boudawara T,Daoud J,Khanfir A,Mokdad-Gargouri R

更新日期：2020-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Covalent modification/demodification cycles are common in metabolism. When the modification and demodification steps are carried out by two independent enzymes, the degree of modification can be ultrasensitive to the total concentration of either catalyst. We recently showed that the degree of modification of a target...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ortega F,Ehrenberg M,Acerenza L,Westerhoff HV,Mas F,Cascante M

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA polymerase III in an extract of HeLa cells transcribes RNA 5S in size from genomic bovine DNA template. This RNA represents a major fraction of the RNA synthesized. 5S RNA is not transcribed from bovine chromatin at equivalent concentrations and RNA the size of tRNA or tRNA precursor is not detected. At low UTP co...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Furth JJ,Su CY

更新日期：1983-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta(2)-microglobulin (beta(2)m), a protein necessary for proper folding, peptide binding, and surface display of class I antigens plays an important role in immune response. The full-length cDNA containing beta(2)m was cloned from the spleen cDNA library of large yellow croaker Pseudosciaena crocea (Pscr-beta ( 2 ) m...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yu S,Chen X,Ao J

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice bran oil is good quality edible oil, rich in antioxidants and comprised typically of oleic-linoleic type fatty acids. However, presence of a highly lipolytic enzyme Phospholipase D alpha1 (OsPLDα1) increases free fatty acid content in the oil which further leads to stale flavor and rancidity of the oil, making it...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kaur A,Neelam K,Kitazumi A,Kaur K,Sharma P,Mangat GS,de Los Reyes BG,Brar DS,Singh K

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The increasing worldwide incidence of mycobacteriosis and the need to achieve improved clinical management makes nontuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) genotyping a useful tool. However, because of technical difficulties, medium size microbiology laboratories do not attempt to compare the genetic patterns that each of thei...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Blanco-Conde S,González-Cortés C,López-Medrano R,Palacios-Gutiérrez JJ,Diez-Tascón C,Nebreda-Mayoral T,Sierra-García MJ,Rivero-Lezcano OM

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The oligochaete earthworm, Eudrilus eugeniae is capable of regenerating both anterior and posterior segments. The present study focuses on the transcriptome analysis of earthworm E. eugeniae to identify and functionally annotate the key genes supporting the anterior blastema formation and regulating the anterior regen...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Paul S,Balakrishnan S,Arumugaperumal A,Lathakumari S,Syamala SS,Arumugaswami V,Sivasubramaniam S

更新日期：2020-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between genetic polymorphisms of glutathione S-transferase (GST) and the development of glioma has been investigated in several epidemiologic studies. However these studies report inconsistent results. In order to quantitatively summarise the evidence for such a relationship, a meta-analysis is conduc...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Fan Z,Wu Y,Shen J,Zhan R

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The complete mitochondrial genome of Zhikong scallop Chlamys farreri is 21,695 bp in length and contains 12 protein-coding genes (the atp8 gene is absent, as in most bivalves), 2 ribosomal RNA genes, and 22 transfer RNA genes. The heavy strand has an overall A+T content of 58.7%. GC and AT skews for the mt genome of C...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Xu K,Kanno M,Yu H,Li Q,Kijima A

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CYP1B1 encodes an estrogen enzyme that oxidizes 17β-estradiol to 4-hydroxyestradiol. The evidence demonstrates there may be a relationship between CYP1B1 and thyroid function. To date, no study has evaluated if genetic polymorphisms that regulate concentrations of serum FT3 and FT4 contribute to Polycyctic Ovary Syndr...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zou S,Sang Q,Wang H,Feng R,Li Q,Zhao X,Xing Q,Jin L,He L,Wang L

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) (OMIM 143890) is an autosomal dominantly inherited disease mainly caused by mutations of the gene encoding the low density lipoprotein receptor (LDLR) and Apolipoprotein (Apo) B. First the common mutation R3500Q in ApoB gene was determined using PCR/RFLP method. Then the LDLR gene wa...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Cheng X,Ding J,Zheng F,Zhou X,Xiong C

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00