All-trans- and 9-cis-retinoic acids activate the human cyclooxynase-2 gene: a role for DR1 as RARE or RXRE.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to explore whether the cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 (CTLA-4) +49 A/G polymorphism confers susceptibility to rheumatoid arthritis (RA). A meta-analysis was conducted on the associations between CTLA-4 +49 A/G polymorphism and RA using; 1) allele contrast, 2) the recessive model, 3) the dom...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Lee YH,Bae SC,Choi SJ,Ji JD,Song GG

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:TopBP1 protein displays structural as well as functional similarities to BRCA1 and is involved in DNA replication, DNA damage checkpoint response and transcriptional regulation. Aberrant expression of TopBP1 may lead to genomic instability and can have pathological consequences. In this study we aimed to investigate e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Forma E,Krzeslak A,Bernaciak M,Romanowicz-Makowska H,Brys M

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plant microRNAs have shown the capacity to regulate mammalian systems. The potential bioactivity of miR171vr, an isoform of the plant miR171, on human embryonic kidney 293 (HEK293) cells was investigated. Bioinformatics simulations revealed that human G protein subunit alpha 12 (GNA12) transcript could represent an ex...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gismondi A,Nanni V,Monteleone V,Colao C,Di Marco G,Canini A

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) polymorphism may play an important role in the pathophysiology of obesity and diabetes accompanied by obesity due to its influence on plasma homocysteine levels. There are significant and sometimes very strong relationship between levels of homocysteine and several multi-sys...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Tavakkoly Bazzaz J,Shojapoor M,Nazem H,Amiri P,Fakhrzadeh H,Heshmat R,Parvizi M,Hasani Ranjbar S,Amoli MM

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We reported earlier about the detection of a chromosomally located arsenic operon (arsRBC) in a gram-negative bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens strain MSP3, which showed resistance to elevated levels of sodium arsenate and sodium arsenite. The genes for arsenic resistance were cloned into the HindIII site of pBluescri...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Prithivirajsingh S,Mishra SK,Mahadevan A

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyltransferases play essential roles in modulating important cellular and metabolic processes. A mouse putative N6-DNA methyltransferase gene (GenBank No AY456393) is a novel gene named mN6amt1(mN6A1). To investigate its function in cell fate and protein translation, RNA interference (RNAi)-mediated knock-down meth...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu Y,Nie D,Huang Y,Lu G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autoantibodies directed to a variety of cellular antigens and organelles are a feature of autoimmune diseases. They have proven useful in a clinical setting to establish diagnosis, estimate prognosis, follow disease progression, alter therapy, and initiate new investigations. Cellular and molecular biologists have use...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rattner JB,Mack GJ,Fritzler MJ

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendropoma petraeum, considered the primary vermetid reef-building species in the Mediterranean, has recently been shown to be a species complex of at least four cryptic species. These species have highly restricted, non-overlapping distributions, causing concern for their conservation status. To better study the gene...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： López-Márquez V,García-Jiménez R,Calvo M,Templado J,Machordom A

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cartilage has a limited self-repair capability and the repair of large cartilage defects remains a challenge in clinic. This study aimed to investigate the effect of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) loaded three-dimensional bilayer collagen scaffold for cartilage repair. Cross-linked three-dimensional bilayer collagen sc...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qi Y,Zhao T,Xu K,Dai T,Yan W

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A cDNA encoding an O-methyltransferase (namely FGCOMT1) was identified from the medicinal plant Trigonella foenum-graecum L. The FGCOMT1 enzyme is a functional caffeic acid O-methyltransferase (COMT) and is localized in the cytosol. Kinetic analysis indicated that FGCOMT1 protein exhibited the highest catalyzing effic...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Qin JC,Zhang YM,Lang CY,Yao YH,Pan HY,Li X

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chloroplast microsatellites for two Korean endemic species, Eranthis byunsanensis and E. pungdoensis (Ranunculaceae), were isolated to address the questions of their distributional patterns and evolutionary relationships, using next-generation sequencing. Twenty-four polymorphic chloroplast microsatellite markers for ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Oh A,Oh BU

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is necessary that genetic markers or biomarkers can be used to predict resistance towards a wide range of infectious diseases. In the present study, we estimated the potential markers and measured their relationship with heritabilities of a wide range of immune traits. Polymorphisms in exon 13 of Mx1, intron 25 of ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang SJ,Liu WJ,Sargent CA,Zhao SH,Liu HB,Liu XD,Wang C,Hua GH,Yang LG,Affara NA,Zhang SJ

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The goal of this study was to determine whether ultrasound (US) exposure combined with microbubble destruction could be used to enhance non-viral gene delivery in rat C6 glioma cells. Microbubbles were prepared and gently mixed with plasmid DNA. The mixture of the DNA and microbubbles was administered to cultured C6 c...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang JF,Wu CJ,Zhang CM,Qiu QY,Zheng M

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Suicide genes such as cytosine deaminase (CD) and herpes simplex virus thymidine kinase (TK) encode products that convert nontoxic substances (prodrugs) into toxic metabolites. Studies in recent years indicated that survivin(sur) expression was associated with the biological behaviors of gastric carcinoma. In the pres...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Luo XR,Li JS,Niu Y,Miao L

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies investigating the association between glutathione S-transferase M1 (GSTM1) polymorphism and bladder cancer risk report conflicting results. The objective of this study was to quantitatively summarize the evidence for such a relationship. We performed a systematic search of the National Library of Medline and E...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang R,Xu G,Chen W,Zhang W

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Cdx-2 polymorphism in VDR gene has been extensively investigated for association with cancer risk, however, results of different studies have been inconsistent. The objective of this study is to assess the relationship of the Cdx-2 polymorphism in VDR and cancer risk by meta-analysis. All eligible case-control stu...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Huang J,Huang J,Ma Y,Wang H,Yang J,Xiong T,Du L

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hepatitis C virus (HCV) can be classified into six major genotypes. The HCV genotypes variability accounts for its geographical distribution, its responses to treatments and the clinical outcomes. The aim of this study was to determine the distribution of HCV genotypes among volunteer blood donors in Thailand. Samples...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Sistayanarain A,Kunthalert D,Vipsoongnern Y

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of peptidyl-tRNA on the dissociation of yeast 80 S ribosomes into subunits was studied. For this purpose temperature-sensitive (ts) suppressor strain of yeast Saccharomyces cervisiae carrying a defect in peptide chain termination was used. It was found that peptidyl-tRNA did not influence the dissociatio...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Surguchov AP,Fominykch ES,Lyzlova LV

更新日期：1978-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:In autoimmune disease body's own immune system knows healthy cells as undesired and foreign cells. Over 80 types of autoimmune diseases have been recognized. Currently, at clinical practice, treatment strategies for autoimmune disorders are based on relieving symptoms and preventing difficulties. In other words, there...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rad F,Ghorbani M,Mohammadi Roushandeh A,Habibi Roudkenar M

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human type II inosine monophosphate dehydrogenase (IMPDH2) is a key enzyme in the purine nucleotide biosynthetic pathway and constitutes a pivotal biological target for immunosuppressant and antiviral drugs. Several Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNP) affecting the IMPDH2 gene sequence have been reported with potent...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Garat A,Cardenas CL,Lionet A,Devos A,Glowacki F,Kenani A,Migot-Nabias F,Allorge D,Lo-Guidice JM,Broly F,Cauffiez C

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circadian rhythms are endogenous and self-sustained oscillations of multiple biological processes with approximately 24-h rhythmicity. Circadian genes and their protein products constitute the molecular components of the circadian oscillator that form positive/negative feedback loops and generate circadian rhythms. Th...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Rana S,Munawar M,Shahid A,Malik M,Ullah H,Fatima W,Mohsin S,Mahmood S

更新日期：2014-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narrow-leafed lupin (Lupinus angustifolius L.) is used as grain legumes, fodder for livestock and green manure in the world and has a great potential to be developed as a new crop in China. In this study, we assessed the genetic diversity among a set of 109 newly introduced accessions of narrow-leafed lupin using 76 g...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Ji Y,Liu R,Hu J,Huang Y,Wang D,Li G,Rahman MM,Zhang H,Wang C,Li M,Yang T,Zong X

更新日期：2020-07-01 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：:Fluorescent quantum dots (QDs) have been widely applied in biological and biomedical areas, but relatively little is known about the interaction of QDs with some natural enzymes. Herein, the interactions between 3-mercaptopropionic acid-capped CdTe QDs (MPA-QDs) and papain were systematically investigated by UV-Vis ab...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Xiao Q,Qiu H,Huang S,Huang C,Su W,Hu B,Liu Y

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The novel dipstick DNA extraction method was tested for its reliability and usability for biological barcoding in comparison to a commercial kit and to a simplified isopropanol precipitation method using crayfish gill tissue. Following DNA extraction, the mitochondrial COI-gene was amplified in a PCR-reaction using a ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Martello A,Lambert B,Johnston C,Cutler J,Stumpf CF

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucor circinelloides is a dimorphic fungal model for studying several biological processes including cell differentiation (yeast-mold transitions) as well as biodiesel and carotene production. The recent release of the first draft sequence of the M. circinelloides genome, combined with the availability of analytical m...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Valle-Maldonado MI,Jácome-Galarza IE,Gutiérrez-Corona F,Ramírez-Díaz MI,Campos-García J,Meza-Carmen V

更新日期：2015-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A full-length cDNA encoding common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) sucrose synthase (designated as Pv_BAT93 Sus), which catalyses the synthesis and cleavage of sucrose, was isolated from seeds at 15 days after pollination (DAP) by rapid amplification of cDNA ends (RACE). The full-length cDNA of Pv_BAT93 Sus had a 2,418 b...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Abid G,Muhovski Y,Jacquemin JM,Mingeot D,Sassi K,Toussaint A,Baudoin JP

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CD45, a common leukocyte antigen expressed on the surface of all nucleated hematopoietic cells, indicates the developmental stage and functional status of lymphocytes by its alternative splicing isoforms. Estrogen is correlated with the immune activity of lymphocytes and is involved in the sex bias of several human au...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Zhang T,Dong Z,Cai H,Rong J,Su Z

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Keratin-associated proteins (KAPs) are structural components of wool and variation in them may affect wool characteristics. In this study, we used PCR-SSCP to analyse the ovine KAP6 family which encodes glycine and tyrosine-rich KAPs. Five unique PCR-SSCP patterns were detected in the 250 sheep investigated. Between t...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gong H,Zhou H,Hickford JG

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As initial steps to define how the 26S proteasome degrades ubiquitinated proteins in plants, we have characterized many of the subunits that comprise the proteolytic complex from Arabidopsis thaliana. A set of 23 Arabidopsis genes encoding the full complement of core particle (CP) subunits and a collection encoding 12...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Fu H,Girod PA,Doelling JH,van Nocker S,Hochstrasser M,Finley D,Vierstra RD

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00