Anticancer molecule AS1411 exhibits low nanomolar antiviral activity against HIV-1.

abstract：:The ability of asialo-thyroglobulin to bind the thyroid RHL-1 subunit of the asialoglycoprotein receptor has been investigated. Ligand blot assays show that the recombinant carbohydrate recognition domain of the thyroid RHL-1 subunit specifically interacts with rat desialated thyroglobulin. Moreover, RT-PCR and Wester...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Pacifico F,Liguoro D,Acquaviva R,Formisano S,Consiglio E

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Single cell oils (SCOs) are now produced by various microorganisms as commercial sources of arachidonic acid (ARA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA). These oils are now used extensively as dietary supplements in infant formulas. An understanding of the underlying biochemistry and genetics of oil accumulation in such micr...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ratledge C

更新日期：2004-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Diadenosine 5',5'''-p1,p4-tetraphosphate (Ap4A) alpha, beta-phosphorylase from yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae catalyzes two reactions: Ap4A cleavage and nucleoside diphosphate--phosphate (NDP-Pi) exchange. In both reactions phosphate can be substituted by arsenate, chromate, molybdate, tungstate or vanadate. In the pr...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Guranowski A,Blanquet S

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cell reproduction cycle of parasitic wall-free bacteria, mycoplasma, is reviewed. DNA replication of Mycoplasma capricolum starts at a fixed site neighboring the dnaA gene and proceeds to both directions after a short arrest in one direction. The initiation frequency fits to the slow speed of replication fork and ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Miyata M,Seto S

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We are here reporting that calpain-1 is a constitutive component of a distinct lipid raft/caveolin-1 microdomain isolated from bEnd5 cells in association with endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS) and heat shock protein 90 (HSP90). Perturbations in intracellular calcium concentration by Ca2+-ionophore A23187 or pro...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Martines A,Stifanese R,Faelli EL,Perasso L,Melloni I,Ruggeri P,Averna M

更新日期：2017-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously identified a protein with Mr approximately 40,000 (p40) that binds with high specificity and affinity to the 5'-untranslated leaders of mitochondrial mRNAs in yeast. Here we show that this protein is abundant, comprising about 0.4% of total mitochondrial protein. p40 is present in a cytoplasmic (rho...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Dekker PJ,Papadopoulou B,Grivell LA

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Excitation-contraction coupling describes the series of events that beginning with propagated action potential on the muscle fiber surface membrane, leads to the twitch contraction of the fiber. Myotonic disorders are inherited diseases whose clinical manifestations include electrophysiological signs such as increased...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Renaud JF

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper provides an overview of the usefulness of the resonance Raman (RR) spectroscopy in the determination of the structural and electronic properties of heme(s) included in c-type cytochromes. It reviews the mode assignments presently available for heme c and includes recent RR data on the most important subclas...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Desbois A

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial superantigens (SAg) are the most potent activators of human T lymphocytes and recombinant immunotoxin using bacterial SAg shows promising clinical values. To engineer superantigen for immunotherapy of hepatocellular carcinoma, we genetically fused the superantigen staphylococcus enterotoxin A (SEA(D(227)A)) ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Hao HJ,Jiang YQ,Zheng YL,Ma R,Yu DW

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human prophospholipase A2 was purified from pancreatic juice. The protein has a molecular weight of 14500 and a free N-terminal residue identified as aspartic acid (or asparagine). The amino acid composition was determined. Partial immunological identity has been obtained between human and porcine prophospholipase A2....

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Grataroli R,De Caro A,Guy O,Amic J,Figarella C

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The translation factor EF-P is required for efficient prokaryotic peptide bond synthesis on 70S ribosomes from fMet-tRNAfMet. This protein has been purified from Escherichia coli cells and the gene, efp, encoding it has been cloned and sequenced. We have isolated recombinant clones which overexpress a protein that co-...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Aoki H,Adams SL,Turner MA,Ganoza MC

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleic acid Aptamers are ligands that are selected by a process of molecular evolution to bind with high affinities and specificities to a specific target. Recently, an increasing number of aptamers have been selected against biomarkers expressed at the surface of human cells or infectious pathogens. This class of ta...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Cibiel A,Pestourie C,Ducongé F

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have studied the kinetics of erythromycin inhibition of translation in growing bacteria. In order to simplify the interpretation of our data, we have used a mutant (envA), known to have an increased permeability to several antibiotics, including erythromycin. The data clearly show that an initial stage of translati...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Andersson S,Kurland CG

更新日期：1987-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A reliable phylogenetic reconstruction of the evolutionary history of contemporary species depends on a robust identification of the universal common ancestor (UCA) at the root of the Tree of Life (ToL). That root polarizes the tree so that the evolutionary succession of ancestors to descendants is discernable. In eff...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Harish A,Kurland CG

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare and complex inherited blood disorder of the child. At least 15 genes are associated with the disease. The highest frequency of mutations belongs to groups A, C and G. Genetic instability and cytokine hypersensitivity support the selection of leukemic over non-leukemic stem cells. FA cellu...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Ravera S,Vaccaro D,Cuccarolo P,Columbaro M,Capanni C,Bartolucci M,Panfoli I,Morelli A,Dufour C,Cappelli E,Degan P

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sm and Sm-like (Lsm) proteins are considered as an evolutionary conserved family involved in RNA metabolism in organisms from bacteria and archaea to human. Currently, the function of Sm-like archaeal proteins (SmAP) is not well understood. Here, we report the crystal structures of SmAP proteins from Sulfolobus acidoc...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Lekontseva N,Mikhailina A,Fando M,Kravchenko O,Balobanov V,Tishchenko S,Nikulin A

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leishmania is a unicellular protozoan parasite which causes leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease. It possess a unique thiol metabolism comprising of several proteins among which, tryparedoxin (cTXN) and tryparedoxin peroxidase (cTXNPx), function in concert as oxidoreductases, utilizing trypanothione as a source...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Suman SS,Equbal A,Zaidi A,Ansari MY,Singh KP,Singh K,Purkait B,Sahoo GC,Bimal S,Das P,Ali V

更新日期：2016-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The suhB gene of Escherichia coli has been defined by its mutant allele that suppresses other mutants in secY, rpoH, dnaB, and era. The suhB mutant by itself is cold sensitive, and is shown to have defects in protein synthesis. Starting with the suhB cold-sensitive mutant, cold-resistant suppressors were isolated. The...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Inada T,Nakamura Y

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hydrolysis of trioctanoin and of monoolein by rat intestinal homogenates, catalyzed by the previously described "trioctanoin hydrolase" and "monoglyceride lipase" [Ref. 6 and 11], was shown to be entirely due to the action of the intestinal glycerol-ester hydrolase [Ref. 1 and 2] and to contaminating pancreatic li...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Negrel R,Serrero G,Ailhaud G

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potent cytotoxicity of reactive oxygen species (ROS) can cause various diseases, however, it may also serve as a powerful chemotherapeutic strategy capable of killing cancer cells. Oxalomalate (OMA, α-hydroxy-β-oxalosuccinic acid), a tricarboxylic acid intermediate, is a well-known competitive inhibitor of two cla...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Kim SH,Kil IS,Kwon OS,Kang BS,Lee DS,Lee HS,Lee JH,Park JW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oligonucleotides that complement Escherichia coli 16S ribosomal RNA residues 685-696 and 694-705 have been synthesized so as to incorporate antibody-recognizable markers: a 3'-terminal residue of N6-delta 2-isopentenyladenosine, a 5'-dinitrophenyl group, or both. Each oligonucleotide is able to bind RNA within the sma...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： McWilliams RA,Glitz DG

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A depletion in long-chain polyunsaturated omega3 fatty acids may affect fuel homeostasis. In such a perspective, the present study deals mainly with the in vitro fate of D-[U-(14)C]glucose in hemidiaphragms, stretched soleus and plantaris muscle pieces obtained from normal and omega3-depleted rats (second generation) ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Agascioglu E,Zhang Y,Sener A,Portois L,Chardigny JM,Malaisse WJ,Carpentier YA

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glycolipids constitute a class of molecules with various biological activities. Among them, sugar-based bolaamphiphiles characterized by their biocompatibility, biodegradability and lower toxicity, became interesting for the development of efficient and low cost lipid-based drug delivery systems. Their activity seems ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Nasir MN,Crowet JM,Lins L,Obounou Akong F,Haudrechy A,Bouquillon S,Deleu M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Amyloid beta protein (beta/A4) is deposited in senile plaques of patients with Alzheimer's disease. This protein is derived from a larger membrane-associated protein, termed amyloid precursor protein (APP). The constitutive processing of APP occurs at the central portion of beta/A4, resulting in the release of large N...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Shimokawa M,Nakamura K,Maruyama K,Tagawa K,Miyatake T,Sugita H,Ishiura S,Suzuki K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, peptidomics and genomics analyses were used to study antimicrobial peptides from the skin of Hylarana spinulosa. Twenty-nine different antimicrobial peptide precursors were characterized from the skin of H. spinulosa, which produce 23 mature antimicrobial peptides belonging to 12 different families. To ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Yang X,Hu Y,Xu S,Hu Y,Meng H,Guo C,Liu Y,Liu J,Yu Z,Wang H

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs), characterized by 16 conserved cysteines, are distributed in a wide range of organisms, such as secernenteas, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. In the previous studies, a novel CRISP family member (cysteine-rich buccal gland protein, CRBGP) was separated from the buccal gland ...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Jiang Q,Liu Y,Duan D,Gou M,Wang H,Wang J,Li Q,Xiao R

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The concept of a stem cell subpopulation as understood from normal epithelial tissue or bone marrow function has been extended to our understanding of cancer tissue and is now the target of treatment efforts specifically directed to this subpopulation. In glioblastoma, as well as in other cancers, increased expression...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Rappa F,Cappello F,Halatsch ME,Scheuerle A,Kast RE

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of various concentrations of 2-fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (FDG) on the aerobic metabolism of glucose and the reciprocal effect of glucose on the metabolism of FDG in glucose-grown repressed Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells were studied at 30 degrees C in a standard pyrophosphate medium containing 5 x 10(7) cel...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Tran-Dinh S,Courtois A,Wietzerbin J,Bouet F,Herve M

更新日期：1995-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Viral expression was analyzed in ten cell clones of a Friend erythroleukemia cell line (HFL/b cell line [3]), which had lost its capacity to produce infectious particles. All the ten subclones were non producers but expressed spleen focus forming virus (SFFV) polypeptides in the form of p48-p50gag and gp50-gp52env. On...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Moreau-Gachelin F,Robert-Lezenes J,Mathieu-Mahul D,Gisselbrecht S,Larsen CJ

更新日期：1983-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vegetable oils, consisting principally of triacylglycerols (TAG), are major sources of calories and essential fatty acids in the human diet. The fatty acid composition of TAG is a primary determinant of the nutritional quality and health-promoting properties of vegetable oils. TAG fatty acid composition also affects t...

journal_title：Biochimie

authors： Msanne J,Kim H,Cahoon EB

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00