Cloning, expression and enzymatic properties analysis of dihydrofolate reductase gene from the silkworm, Bombyx mori.

abstract：:In individuals with diabetes, a log linear relationship exists between cholesterol levels and cardiovascular disease. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and Statins, a cholesterol lowering drug, have a complex relationship. Statins are potent modulators of CYP3A4 2 enzyme and endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) functions in a...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Jamil K,Kandula V,Kandula R,Asimuddin M,Joshi S,Yerra SK

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potential benefiting effects of probiotic Dahi on age-inflicted accumulation of oxidation products, antioxidant enzymes and expression of biomarkers of ageing were evaluated in mice. Probiotic Dahi were prepared by co-culturing in buffalo milk (3% fat) Dahi bacteria (Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris NCDC-86 and La...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kaushal D,Kansal VK

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin-like growth factor (IGF) expression plays a critical role in the endocrine regulation of proliferation, differentiation, and growth in shellfish as well as in fish. The Pacific oyster, Crassostrea gigas, is a significant aquaculture species that comprises a large percentage of the Korean shellfish industry; mo...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Moon JS,Choi YH

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The kelch-repeat protein family is a recently found new kind of actin-binding protein. It is characterized by tandemly arranged motifs of about 50 amino acids. Previous study showed that most members of the kelch-repeat family were cytoskeletal proteins implicated in various cellular processes, such as actin cytoskele...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Xu J,Gu S,Wang S,Dai J,Ji C,Jin Y,Qian J,Wang L,Ye X,Xie Y,Mao Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have chosen to test the safety of human intracerebroventricular (ICV) brain injections of autologous non-genetically-modified adipose-derived stromal vascular fraction (ADSVF). In this IRB-approved trial, 24 patients received ICV ADSVF via an implanted reservoir between 5/22/14 and 5/22/17. Seven others were inject...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Duma C,Kopyov O,Kopyov A,Berman M,Lander E,Elam M,Arata M,Weiland D,Cannell R,Caraway C,Berman S,Scord K,Stemler L,Chung K,Khoudari S,McRory R,Duma C,Farmer S,Bravo A,Yassa C,Sanathara A,Singh E,Rapaport B

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Folate is crucial for various cellular functions. Several transport mechanisms allow folate to enter the intracellular compartment with folate receptor-α being the major high-affinity receptor. Rare genetic variations in exons of the FR-α gene, FOLR1, were recently shown to cause severe folate deficiency accompanied b...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Nilsson TK,Laanpere M,Altmäe S,Serra-Majem L,Salumets A

更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is to explore the relationship between vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and pathological changes in cryptorchidism by using murine model of intraperitoneal cryptorchidism with surgical operation. To investigate the relationship between the changes of VEGF expression and heat stress inducing germ ce...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Gao P,Gao J,Dou X,Peng D,Zhang Y,Li H,Zhu T,Jiang H,Zhang X

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Synthetic hexaploid (SH) wheat derived from crossing tetraploid durum wheat and diploid Aegilops tauschii provide germplasm for wheat improvement as the conventional wheat varieties possess very low genetic diversity. This study aims to identify diverse SH lines which can be used in breeding programs for transferring ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Shakeel M,Ilyas M,Kazi M

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), which catalyzes the reduction of dihydroflavonols to leucoanthocyanins, is a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of anthocyanidins, proanthocyanidins, and other flavonoids of importance in plant development and human nutrition. This study isolated a full length cDNA encoding DFR, designat...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li H,Qiu J,Chen F,Lv X,Fu C,Zhao D,Hua X,Zhao Q

更新日期：2012-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transition from laying to incubation behavior in chicken is an interesting topic in reproductive biology. The decline of incubation behavior in chicken population has led to considerable phenotypic differences in reproductive traits between breeds. However, the exact genetic mechanism of the reproductive phase transit...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Shen X,Bai X,Xu J,Zhou M,Xu H,Nie Q,Lu X,Zhang X

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of CBA mice were administered [35S] methionine (1 mCi/mouse). Non-histone proteins, H1 and H1(0) histones and nucleosomal core histones were isolated from different issues by selective extractions. The measurements of radioactivity of individual bands and autoradiography of dry gels were used to identify methio...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Medvedev ZA,Medvedeva MN

更新日期：1988-01-01 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：:Disorders in the proliferation and apoptosis of thyrocytes may induce goitre, adenoma and carcinoma in the thyroid. The Wnt/beta-catenin pathway has been demonstrated to be involved in the regulation of cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis in various cell lines. The regulatory mechanism on the proliferati...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Chen G,Jiang Q,You Z,Yao J,Mou L,Lin X,Shen X,You T,Lin Q,Wen J,Lin L

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Various efforts made to stop the deadly epidemic of HIV since its discovery in 1983 remain unsuccessful and this virus still continues to claim the lives of millions of individuals every year. The viral effect in the cell is complicated and the overall disease outcome is the result of interaction between a few viral p...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Sobti RC,Berhane N,Mehedi SA,Kler R,Hosseini SA,Kuttiat V,Wanchu A

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to identify the differential expression of the canonical transient receptor potential (TRPC) channels in the left ventricle of spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). Echocardiography studies were performed to compare the left ventricular function in SHR vs. Wistar-Kyoto rats (WKY), and the mRNA...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Liu FF,Ma ZY,Li DL,Feng JB,Zhang K,Wang R,Zhang W,Li L,Zhang Y

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the present work, Site-directed mutagenesis to insert the Glu50Lys amino acid substitution was achieved by PCR using plasmid pBluescript-OPTN. Mutated human OPTN(E50K) gene-driven mouse c-kit promoter was constructed and confirmed by endonuclease digestion and sequence analysis. Transgenic mice were generated via t...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Meng Q,Xiao Z,Yuan H,Xue F,Zhu Y,Zhou X,Yang B,Sun J,Meng B,Sun X,Cheng F

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the present study was construction of mammary gland specific expression vector for high level of human insulin (hINS) expression in transgenic buffalo for therapeutic use. We have constructed mammary gland specific vector containing human insulin gene and there expression efficiency was checked into in vitr...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kaushik R,Singh KP,Kumari A,Rameshbabu K,Singh MK,Manik RS,Palta P,Singla SK,Chauhan MS

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A chromosomal fragment containing purA, the nearest marker from the replication origin of the Bacillus subtilis chromosome, was highly purified as a complex containing at least proteins and being solubilized easily during cell lysis. The complex had a markedly higher sedimentation rate (70-120S) than the bulk of the s...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Yamaguchi K,Yoshikawa H

更新日期：1976-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The researches on yak genetics and breeding were extremely restricted due to lacking of reliable DNA molecular markers. The microsatellites with repeat motif (AC)n/(GT)n in yak genome were enriched by Dynal magnetic beads and the gene libraries containing (AC)n/(GT)n were constructed. Among the 92 identified and seque...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Cai X,Mipam T,Zhao F,Sun L

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cellular cholesterol homeostasis is controlled by the sterol-regulatory element binding transcription factors (SREBFs) that are activated by an SREBF cleavage-activating protein (SCAP). SREBF-2 1784G > C single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP, rs2228314) and SCAP 2386A > G variant (rs12487736) are associated with early o...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Chen Z,Ding Z,Ma G,Liu N,Qian Q

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Rice production in recent years is highly affected by rapidly increasing temperatures in the tropical and sub-tropical countries, which threatens the sustainable production in near future. Hence, understanding the heat tolerance mechanism and evolving tolerant varieties is an immense need in the staple crop rice. An e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wahab MMS,Akkareddy S,Shanthi P,Latha P

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We utilized Percoll density gradient centrifugation to isolate and fractionate chloroplasts of Korean winter wheat cultivar cv. Kumgang (Triticum aestivum L.). The resulting protein fractions were separated by one dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (1D-PAGE) coupled with LTQ-FTICR mass spectrometry. This e...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kamal AH,Cho K,Komatsu S,Uozumi N,Choi JS,Woo SH

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a multifactorial disease with complex pathophysiology. It is the main cause of blindness among the people in productive age. The purpose of this literature review is to highlight recent achievements in the genetics of diabetic retinopathy with particular focus on candidate gene studies. We...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Priščáková P,Minárik G,Repiská V

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent evidence supports a role of Toll-like receptor (TLR) signaling in the development of atherosclerotic lesions. It was confirmed that the presence of functional TLR4 promotes a proinflammatory phenotype and proliferation of vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs). Here we tested whether designed TLR4 small interferi...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Li H,Xu H,Liu S

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mitochondrial disorders are a frequent cause of neurological disability affecting children and adults. Traditionally, molecular diagnosis of mitochondrial diseases was mostly accomplished by the use of Sanger sequencing and PCR-RFLP. However, there are particular drawbacks associated with the use of these methods. Rec...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Kauffman MA,Gonzlez-Morón D,Consalvo D,Westergaard G,Vazquez M,Mancini E,Taratuto AL,Rey R,Kochen S

更新日期：2012-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The response of the respiratory subsystem of oxidative phosphorylation to the environmental pollutant, 2,2',5,5'-tetrachlorobiphenyl (2,2',5,5'-TCB) was investigated by modular kinetic approach. The effects of 20 microM 2,2',5,5'-TCB on the activity of the respiratory chain modules in rat liver mitochondria oxidizing ...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Mildaziene V,Nauciene Z,Krab K

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study is aimed to identify polymorphic microsatellite markers and establish their potential for population genetics studies in three carp (family cyprinidae; subfamily cyprininae) species, Labeo rohita, Catla catla and Cirrhinus mrigala through use of cyprinid primers. These species have high commercial value and...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Masih P,Luhariya RK,Das R,Gupta A,Mohindra V,Singh RK,Srivastava R,Chauhan UK,Jena JK,Lal KK

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insect molting is an important developmental process of metamorphosis, which is initiated by molting hormone. The molting process includes the activation of dermal cells, epidermal cells separation, molting fluid secretion, the formation of new epidermis and old epidermis excoriation etc. Polyphenol oxidases (PPOs), d...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Wang MX,Lu Y,Cai ZZ,Liang S,Niu YS,Miao YG

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute lung injury (ALI) or acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) are common syndromes characterized by diffuse, acute injury to the alveolar epithelium and pulmonary vascular endothelial cells, with high mortality rate for there are no effective pharmacological therapies. Peroxisome proliferators-activated recept...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Xiao B,Xu J,Wang G,Jiang P,Fang F,Huang J,Wang J

更新日期：2011-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Safe harbor loci allow predicable integration of a transgene into the genome without perturbing endogenous gene activity and for decades have been exploited in the mouse to investigate gene function, generate humanised models and create tissue specific reporter and Cre recombinase expressing lines. Herein, we show tha...

journal_title：Molecular biology reports

authors： Browning J,Rooney M,Hams E,Takahashi S,Mizuno S,Sugiyama F,Fallon PG,Kelly VP

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00