A conjugation-specific gene (cnjC) from Tetrahymena encodes a protein homologous to yeast RNA polymerase subunits (RPB3, RPC40) and similar to a portion of the prokaryotic RNA polymerase alpha subunit (rpoA).

abstract：:The bZip proteins GCN4 and C/EBP differ in their DNA binding specificities: GCN4 binds well to the pseudopalindromic AP1 site 5'-A4T3G2A1C0T1C2'A3'T4'-3' and to the palindromic ATF/CREB sequence 5'-A4T3G2A1-C0*G0'T1'C2'A3'T4'-3'; C/EBP preferentially recognizes the palindromic sequence 5'-A4T3T2G1C0*G0'C1'A2'-A3'T4'-3...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Koldin B,Suckow M,Seydel A,von Wilcken-Bergmann B,Müller-Hill B

更新日期：1995-10-25 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：:Synthetic genetic sensors and circuits enable programmable control over timing and conditions of gene expression and, as a result, are increasingly incorporated into the control of complex and multi-gene pathways. Size and complexity of genetic circuits are growing, but stay limited by a shortage of regulatory parts t...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bervoets I,Van Brempt M,Van Nerom K,Van Hove B,Maertens J,De Mey M,Charlier D

更新日期：2018-02-28 00:00:00

abstract：:MethBank (http://bigd.big.ac.cn/methbank) is a database that integrates high-quality DNA methylomes across a variety of species and provides an interactive browser for visualization of methylation data. Here, we present an updated implementation of MethBank (version 3.0) by incorporating more DNA methylomes from multi...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Li R,Liang F,Li M,Zou D,Sun S,Zhao Y,Zhao W,Bao Y,Xiao J,Zhang Z

更新日期：2018-01-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Small regulatory RNAs (sRNAs) from bacterial chromosomes became the focus of research over the past five years. However, relatively little is known in terms of structural requirements, kinetics of interaction with their targets and degradation in contrast to well-studied plasmid-encoded antisense RNAs. Here, we presen...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Heidrich N,Moll I,Brantl S

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, a cDNA from the hepatitis C virus (HCV) RNA genome has been isolated in the USA from a chronically infected chimpanzee. In order to isolate HCV cDNA derived from human material, RNA was extracted from plasma of a Japanese blood donor implicated in post-transfusion non-A, non-B hepatitis and HCV cDNA was synt...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kubo Y,Takeuchi K,Boonmar S,Katayama T,Choo QL,Kuo G,Weiner AJ,Bradley DW,Houghton M,Saito I

更新日期：1989-12-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To develop structural modifications of dNTPs that are compatible with Taq DNA polymerase activity, we synthesized eight dUTP derivatives conjugated with Cy3 or Cy5 dye analogues that differed in charge and charge distribution throughout the fluorophore. These dUTP derivatives and commercial Cy3- and Cy5-dUTP were stud...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Zasedateleva OA,Vasiliskov VA,Surzhikov SA,Kuznetsova VE,Shershov VE,Guseinov TO,Smirnov IP,Yurasov RA,Spitsyn MA,Chudinov AV

更新日期：2018-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：:Three clones of non-repetitive sequences and six clones containing repetitive sequences were obtained from micronuclear DNA of Tetrahymena thermophila. All the non-repetitive and three repetitive sequences had the same organization in micro- and macronuclear DNAs as revealed by blot hybridization. On the other hand, t...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Iwamura Y,Sakai M,Muramatsu M

更新日期：1982-07-24 00:00:00

abstract：:During the last years, the demand for custom-made cDNA chips/arrays as well as whole genome chips is increasing rapidly. The efficient selection of gene-specific primers/oligomers is of the utmost importance for the successful production of such chips. We developed GenomePRIDE, a highly flexible and scalable software ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Haas SA,Hild M,Wright AP,Hain T,Talibi D,Vingron M

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) resides in a high ROS environment and suffers more mutations than its nuclear counterpart. Increasing evidence suggests that mtDNA mutations are not the results of direct oxidative damage, rather are caused, at least in part, by DNA replication errors. To understand how the mtDNA replicase, P...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Anderson AP,Luo X,Russell W,Yin YW

更新日期：2020-01-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Using circular dichroism spectroscopy, UV absorption spectroscopy and polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis, we studied conformational properties of guanine-rich DNA strands of the fragile X chromosome repeats d(GGC)n, d(GCG)n and d(CGG)n, with n = 2, 4, 8 and 16. These strands are generally considered in the literature ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Fojtík P,Kejnovská I,Vorlícková M

更新日期：2004-01-12 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA polymerase (RNAP) is a major target of gene regulation. Thermus thermophilus bacteriophage P23-45 encodes two RNAP binding proteins, gp39 and gp76, which shut off host gene transcription while allowing orderly transcription of phage genes. We previously reported the structure of the T. thermophilus RNAP•σA holoenz...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Ooi WY,Murayama Y,Mekler V,Minakhin L,Severinov K,Yokoyama S,Sekine SI

更新日期：2018-01-09 00:00:00

abstract：:We demonstrate a single DNA molecule optical mapping assay able to resolve a specific Escherichia coli strain from other strains. The assay is based on competitive binding of the fluorescent dye YOYO-1 and the AT-specific antibiotic netropsin. The optical map is visualized by stretching the DNA molecules in nanofluidi...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Nilsson AN,Emilsson G,Nyberg LK,Noble C,Stadler LS,Fritzsche J,Moore ER,Tegenfeldt JO,Ambjörnsson T,Westerlund F

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An improved method was developed for microdissection and cloning of metaphase as well as pachytene chromosomes. The protocol incorporates efficient ligation of chromosomal DNA with linker adaptors, abolishment of microcloning steps and the reduction of micromanipulation. The threshold for amplifying genomic DNA templa...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Ponelies N,Stein N,Weber G

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA double-strand breaks are repaired by end-joining or homologous recombination. A key-committing step of recombination is DNA end resection. In resection, phosphorylated CtIP first promotes the endonuclease of MRE11-RAD50-NBS1 (MRN). Subsequently, CtIP also stimulates the WRN/BLM-DNA2 pathway, coordinating thus both...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Howard SM,Ceppi I,Anand R,Geiger R,Cejka P

更新日期：2020-06-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Eucaryotic transcription initiation by RNA polymerase II involves protein:DNA interactions during the formation of a transcription complex. In addition to RNA polymerase II there are at least five other general transcription factors necessary for initiation with the adenovirus major late promoter. One of these, TFIIA,...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Burke C,Yu XB,Marchitelli L,Davis EA,Ackerman S

更新日期：1990-06-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Selenocysteine (Sec), the 21(st) amino acid in translation, uses its specific tRNA (tRNA(Sec)) to recognize the UGA codon. The Sec-specific elongation factor SelB brings the selenocysteinyl-tRNA(Sec) (Sec-tRNA(Sec)) to the ribosome, dependent on both an in-frame UGA and a Sec-insertion sequence (SECIS) in the mRNA. Th...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Itoh Y,Sekine S,Yokoyama S

更新日期：2015-10-15 00:00:00

abstract：:DEAD, DEAH and DExH proteins are involved in almost every facet of RNA biochemistry. Members of these protein families exhibit an RNA-dependent ATPase activity and some possess an ATP-dependent RNA helicase activity. Although genetic studies have identified specific functions for certain DEx(D)/(H)proteins from which ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kossen K,Uhlenbeck OC

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Defined DNA substrates containing discrete abasic sites or paired abasic sites set 1, 3, 5 and 7 bases apart on opposite strands were constructed to examine the reactivity of S1, mung bean and P1 nucleases towards abasic sites. None of the enzymes acted on the substrate containing discrete abasic sites. Under conditio...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Chaudhry MA,Weinfeld M

更新日期：1995-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:NMR methods were used to investigate a series of mutants of the pseudoknot within the gene 32 messenger RNA of bacteriophage T2, for the purpose of investigating the range of sequences, stem and loop lengths that can form a similar pseudoknot structure. This information is of particular relevance since the T2 pseudokn...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Du Z,Hoffman DW

更新日期：1997-03-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Escherichia coli MutY is an adenine and a weak guanine DNA glycosylase involved in reducing mutagenic effects of 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-guanine (8-oxoG). The C-terminal domain of MutY is required for 8-oxoG recognition and is critical for mutation avoidance of oxidative damage. To determine which residues of this domain ar...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Li L,Lu AL

更新日期：2003-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Archaeal family-B DNA polymerases bind tightly to deaminated bases and stall replication on encountering uracil in template strands, four bases ahead of the primer-template junction. Should the polymerase progress further towards the uracil, for example, to position uracil only two bases in front of the junction, 3'-5...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Richardson TT,Wu X,Keith BJ,Heslop P,Jones AC,Connolly BA

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesis is a fundamental requirement for cell proliferation and DNA repair, but no single method can identify the location, direction and speed of replication forks with high resolution. Mammalian cells have the ability to incorporate thymidine analogs along with the natural A, T, G and C bases during DNA synthe...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Georgieva D,Liu Q,Wang K,Egli D

更新日期：2020-09-04 00:00:00

abstract：:Improving the accuracy of prediction of gene starts is one of a few remaining open problems in computer prediction of prokaryotic genes. Its difficulty is caused by the absence of relatively strong sequence patterns identifying true translation initiation sites. In the current paper we show that the accuracy of gene s...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Besemer J,Lomsadze A,Borodovsky M

更新日期：2001-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:GenBank is a comprehensive database that contains publicly available DNA sequences for more than 140 000 named organisms, obtained primarily through submissions from individual laboratories and batch submissions from large-scale sequencing projects. Most submissions are made using the BankIt (web) or Sequin program an...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Benson DA,Karsch-Mizrachi I,Lipman DJ,Ostell J,Wheeler DL

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Light-inducible systems allow spatiotemporal control of a variety of biological activities. Here, we report newly optimized optogenetic tools to induce transcription with light in mammalian cells, using the Arabidopsis photoreceptor Flavin Kelch-repeat F-box 1 (FKF1) and its binding partner GIGANTEA (GI) as well as CR...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Quejada JR,Park SE,Awari DW,Shi F,Yamamoto HE,Kawano F,Jung JC,Yazawa M

更新日期：2017-11-16 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the molecular cloning and characterization of a cDNA derived from a zebrafish gene (ZF-21) related to the mouse homeobox containing gene Hox2.1. Interesting information about the differential conservation of various domains was gained from comparisons between the putative protein sequences from ZF-21 (275 am...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Njølstad PR,Molven A,Hordvik I,Apold J,Fjose A

更新日期：1988-10-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The RDM1 gene encodes a RNA recognition motif (RRM)-containing protein involved in the cellular response to the anti-cancer drug cisplatin in vertebrates. We previously reported a cDNA encoding the full-length human RDM1 protein. Here, we describe the identification of 11 human cDNAs encoding RDM1 protein isoforms. Th...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Messaoudi L,Yang YG,Kinomura A,Stavreva DA,Yan G,Bortolin-Cavaillé ML,Arakawa H,Buerstedde JM,Hainaut P,Cavaillé J,Takata M,Van Dyck E

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rap1 is an essential DNA-binding factor from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae involved in transcription and telomere maintenance. Its binding to DNA targets Rap1 at particular loci, and may optimize its ability to form functional macromolecular assemblies. It is a modular protein, rich in large potentially unfolded ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Matot B,Le Bihan YV,Lescasse R,Pérez J,Miron S,David G,Castaing B,Weber P,Raynal B,Zinn-Justin S,Gasparini S,Le Du MH

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rapidly evolving pathogens cause a diverse array of diseases and epidemics that threaten crop yield, food security as well as human, animal and ecosystem health. To combat infection greater comparative knowledge is required on the pathogenic process in multiple species. The Pathogen-Host Interactions database (PHI-bas...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Urban M,Pant R,Raghunath A,Irvine AG,Pedro H,Hammond-Kosack KE

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00