Differential hTERT mRNA processing between young and older glioma patients.

abstract：:The collecting duct epithelium originates from the embryonic ureter by branching morphogenesis. Ontogeny-dependent changes of CFTR mRNA expression were assessed by quantitative reverse transcriptase-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) in primary monolayer cultures of rat ureteric buds (UB) and cortical collecting ducts...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huber S,Braun G,Burger-Kentischer A,Reinhart B,Luckow B,Horster M

更新日期：1998-02-27 00:00:00

abstract：:FACS analysis together with PIPLC treatment was applied to PI-anchoring antigens such as DAF (decay-accerelating factor, CD55), 1F5 antigen (CD59), CD14 and CD16 on the cell surfaces of blood cells from a normal adult and a male patient with paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglubinuria (PNH). Through the extensive analysis, th...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Taguchi R,Funahashi Y,Ikezawa H,Nakashima I

更新日期：1990-02-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Several studies have indicated the existence of direct effects of melatonin on platelets. Here we show that, melatonin at high concentration is capable of significantly raising platelet intracellular calcium even in the absence of an agonist. The effect of melatonin on platelets was abolished by luzindole, a melatonin...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kumari S,Dash D

更新日期：2011-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:In yeast, three AAA superfamily metalloproteases (Yme1p, Afg3p and Rca1p) are localized to the mitochondrial inner membrane where they perform roles in the assembly and turnover of the respiratory chain complexes. We have investigated the function of the proposed human orthologue of yeast Yme1p, encoded by the YME1L g...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Shah ZH,Hakkaart GA,Arku B,de Jong L,van der Spek H,Grivell LA,Jacobs HT

更新日期：2000-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：:The intracellular expression of recombinant antibodies in mammalian cells is an experimental strategy to inhibit in vivo the function of selected molecules. However, one limitation of this technology is represented by the unpredictable behaviour of antibodies, under conditions of intracellular expression. For this rea...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gargano N,Cattaneo A

更新日期：1997-09-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Adiponectin whose systemic levels are reduced in obesity-related diseases ameliorates insulin sensitivity and regulates biological processes like apoptosis, proliferation, migration and inflammation. Adiponectin binds to adiponectin receptors, AdipoR1 and AdipoR2, which are ubiquitously expressed. Clathrin-dependent e...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Buechler C,Wanninger J,Neumeier M

更新日期：2010-10-22 00:00:00

abstract：:Bilayers made of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC)/dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) mixture containing or not cholesterol (Chl) were used to investigate the interaction of a carrier peptide with membranes. Atomic force microscopy revealed that the C-terminal 9-32 fragment of human calcitonin (hCT (9-32)), free o...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Boichot S,Krauss U,Plénat T,Rennert R,Milhiet PE,Beck-Sickinger A,Le Grimellec C

更新日期：2004-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA is very stable in its double-stranded form. For many processes of DNA metabolism, such as replication, repair, recombination and transcription, the DNA has to be brought transiently into a single-stranded form. DNA helicases are enzymes capable of melting the hydrogen bonds of base pairs by using the energy of nuc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Thömmes P,Hübscher U

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study provides the first evidence that the abundance of catalytic alpha1-subunit of Na,K-ATPase increases in the course of T cell blast transformation. Immunodepressant cyclosporin A at anti-proliferative doses diminished the induction of alpha1 protein in activated lymphocytes. Furthermore, in competent T...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Marakhova I,Karitskaya I,Aksenov N,Zenin V,Vinogradova T

更新日期：2005-05-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid, a potent inducer of inducer of interferon (IFN) production and activator of some IFN-induced enzymes, inhibits [3H]uridine incorporation into the RNA of vesicular stomatitis virus even in the absence of IFN synthesis, transiently triggers the breakdown of inositol phospholipids and act...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Premecz G,Markovits A,Bagi G,Farkas T,Földes I

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Formylmethanofuran dehydrogenase, a key enzyme of methanogenesis, was purified 100-fold from methanol grown Methanosarcina barkeri to apparent homogeneity and a specific activity of 34 mumol.min-1.mg protein-1. Molybdenum was found to co-migrate with the enzyme activity. The molybdenum content of purified preparations...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Karrasch M,Börner G,Enssle M,Thauer RK

更新日期：1989-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：:Incubation of phosphatidylethanolamine containing liposomes with malondialdehyde and other aldehydes with different chain lengths results in the fluorescence of chromolipids. Relative to malondialdehyde, the fluorescence was greatly enhanced with increasing chain length upon incubation of 2-alkenals with phospholipids...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Montfoort A,Bezstarosti K,Groh MM,Koster JF

更新日期：1987-12-21 00:00:00

abstract：:The rate of formation of diferric-transferrin has been studied using various combinations of Fe(II), Tf, Cp and h serum. When the reactants were added in a correct physiological sequence, ceruloplasmin and diluted human serum showed the fastest rate of saturation of transferrin. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Chidambaram MV,Barnes G,Frieden E

更新日期：1983-08-08 00:00:00

abstract：:The interaction of the adrenoleukodystrophy protein (ALDP), mutated in the peroxisomal disorder X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy, and the very long-chain acyl-CoA synthetase (VLACS), the enzyme whose function is missing in this disease, remains obscure. As a first step to studying this interaction in wild type versus ALD...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Berger J,Truppe C,Neumann H,Forss-Petter S

更新日期：1998-03-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Vpu is an 81 amino acid protein encoded by HIV-1. Its role is to amplify viral release by two mechanisms: (i) docking to CD4 with the consequence of targeting CD4 for ubiquitine-mediated degradation, and (ii) formation of ion channels to enhance particle release. The intensive research on its in vivo function, combine...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fischer WB

更新日期：2003-09-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Various structural models for amyloid β fibrils have been derived from a variety of experimental techniques. However, these models cannot differentiate between the relative position of the two arms of the β hairpin called the stagger. Amyloid fibrils of various hierarchical levels form left-handed helices composed of ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： GhattyVenkataKrishna PK,Uberbacher EC,Cheng X

更新日期：2013-08-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Two new three-disulfide intermediates have been found to be populated in the oxidative folding pathway of bovine pancreatic ribonuclease A at a low temperature (15 degrees C). These intermediates, des-[26-84] and des-[58-110], possess all but one of the four native disulfide bonds and have a stable tertiary structure,...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Welker E,Narayan M,Volles MJ,Scheraga HA

更新日期：1999-11-05 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study describes a significant amino acid sequence homology between neuronal Cdk5 activator (nck5a) and an open reading frame of an unknown gene on the yeast S. cerevisiae chromosome III. A cDNA encoding a 25 kDa fragment of this yeast protein, the region containing homologous sequence to nck5a was cloned a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang QQ,Lee KY,Wang JH

更新日期：1996-01-02 00:00:00

abstract：:c-Myc is a transcriptional regulator involved in carcinogenesis through its role in growth control and cell cycle progression. Here we attempt to relate its role in stimulating the G1-S transition to the ability to affect functioning of key cell cycle regulators, and we focus on how its property of modulating transcri...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Nasi S,Ciarapica R,Jucker R,Rosati J,Soucek L

更新日期：2001-02-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Structures and regulations of vertebrate channels responsible for sustained calcium elevations after hormone stimulation are largely unknown. Therefore, the Drosophila photoreceptor channels, trp and trpl, which are assumed to be involved in calcium influx, serve as model system, trpl expressed in Sf9 cells showed spo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Harteneck C,Obukhov AG,Zobel A,Kalkbrenner F,Schultz G

更新日期：1995-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:PMA-induced leukotriene C4 synthase (LTC4S) phosphorylation was investigated over a period of 8 h in a monocytic cell line (THP-1). The level of LTC4S phosphorylation was increased 3-5 fold over a 4 h period decreasing to basal levels after 8 h. This phosphorylation event was found to be specific to THP-1 cells as the...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Gupta N,Nicholson DW,Ford-Hutchinson AW

更新日期：1999-04-16 00:00:00

abstract：:Nitric oxide (.NO) synthase (NOS) activity in subcellular fractions from cultured endothelial cells (EC) and lipopolysaccharide-activated J774.2 monocyte/macrophages was investigated by monitoring the .NO-mediated increase in intracellular cyclic GMP in LLC-PK1 pig kidney epithelial cells. The constitutive NOS in EC (...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hecker M,Walsh DT,Vane JR

更新日期：1991-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:It has recently been discovered that glutathione-dependent formaldehyde dehydrogenase (FALDH) exhibits a strong S-nitrosoglutathione reductase activity. Plants use NO and S-nitrosothiols as signaling molecules to activate defense mechanisms. Therefore, it is interesting to investigate the regulation of FALDH by mechan...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Díaz M,Achkor H,Titarenko E,Martínez MC

更新日期：2003-05-22 00:00:00

abstract：:The effective synthesis of the envelope antigen F1 of Y. pestis in E. coli HB101 is mediated by the expression of the caf1M gene. This gene was sequenced, and the protein encoded was found to have a significant homology with the chaperone protein PapD of uropathogenic E. coli. The data presented allow one to suppose C...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Galyov EE,Karlishev AV,Chernovskaya TV,Dolgikh DA,Smirnov OYu,Volkovoy KI,Abramov VM,Zav'yalov VP

更新日期：1991-07-29 00:00:00

abstract：:Structure-based drug design requires the development of efficient computer programs for exploring the structural compatibility of various flexible ligands with a given receptor. While various algorithms are available for finding docked conformations, selecting a target function that can reliably score the conformation...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： King BL,Vajda S,DeLisi C

更新日期：1996-04-08 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthetic machinery requires balanced distribution of excitation energy from the light-harvesting complexes to photosystems. The efficiency of light-harvesting is regulated by thermal dissipation of excess energy, while the distribution of energy between photosystems is dependent on STN7 kinase and phosphorylatio...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Tikkanen M,Suorsa M,Gollan PJ,Aro EM

更新日期：2012-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the effect of hydroxyl substituted chalcone (1a) and some chalcone analogues (1b-d) on isolated rat liver mitochondria to gain new insights into the cytotoxic mechanism of these compounds. We observed an inhibitory effect on phosphorylation and the partial uncoupling of compounds 1a and 1d. Increased r...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Guzy J,Vasková-Kubálková J,Rozmer Z,Fodor K,Mareková M,Poskrobová M,Perjési P

更新日期：2010-02-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Extensive data on the glycosaminoglycan (GAG) composition and the collagen fibril diameter distribution have been collected for a diverse range of connective tissues. It is shown that tissues with the smallest diameter collagen fibrils (mass-average diameter less than 60 nm) have high concentrations of hyaluronic acid...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Parry DA,Flint MH,Gillard GC,Craig AS

更新日期：1982-11-22 00:00:00

abstract：:In hydra the neuropeptide head activator (HA) is responsible for head-specific growth and differentiation processes. The effects of HA are mediated by high and low affinity receptors on hydra cells. In the current study HA receptors from a multi-headed mutant of Chlorohydra viridissima were solubilized from the membra...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Christians S,Neubauer KH,Ulrich H

更新日期：1993-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We screened active compounds from natural marine products able to increase PPARalpha/gamma transcriptional activity. Sargaquinoic acid (SQA) and sargahydroquinoic acid (SHQA) from Sargassum yezoense were identified as novel PPARalpha/gamma dual agonists. The binding affinity of SQA with PPARgamma was higher than that ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kim SN,Choi HY,Lee W,Park GM,Shin WS,Kim YK

更新日期：2008-10-15 00:00:00