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abstract：:The inositol-depletion hypothesis was suggested to explain the therapeutic mechanism of mood-stabilizing drugs. Focus was previously on the phosphatidylinositol signalling pathway and on the regulatory roles of Ins(3,4,5)P(3) and DAG (diacylglycerol). Recent findings indicate that inositol and inositol-containing mole...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Deranieh RM,Greenberg ML

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mRNA coding for FGF-2 (fibroblast growth factor 2), a major angiogenic factor, is translated by an IRES (internal ribosome entry site)-dependent mechanism. We have studied the role of the IRES in the regulation of FGF-2 expression in vivo, under pathophysiological conditions, by creating transgenic mice lines expr...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gonzalez-Herrera IG,Prado-Lourenco L,Teshima-Kondo S,Kondo K,Cabon F,Arnal JF,Bayard F,Prats AC

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The respiratory complex I (electrogenic NADH:quinone oxidoreductase) has been considered to act exclusively as a H+ pump. This was questioned when the search for the NADH-driven respiratory Na+ pump in Klebsiella pneumoniae initiated by Peter Dimroth led to the discovery of a Na+-translocating complex in this enteroba...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Steffen W,Steuber J

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Colon cancer in humans is influenced by both genetic and dietary risk factors. The majority of colon cancers have somatic mutations in the APC (adenomatous polyposis coli) tumour-suppressor gene. Dietary arginine enhances the risk of APC-dependent colon carcinogenesis in mouse models by a mechanism involving NOS2 (nit...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gerner EW

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The availability of entire genome sequences and the wealth of literature on gene regulation have enabled researchers to model an organism's transcriptional regulation system in the form of a network. In such a network, TFs (transcription factors) and TGs (target genes) are represented as nodes and regulatory interacti...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Babu MM

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The membranes of living cells have been shown to be highly organized into distinct microdomains, which has spatial and temporal consequences for the interaction of membrane bound receptors and their signalling partners as complexes. Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS) is a technique with single cell sensitivit...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kilpatrick LE,Hill SJ

更新日期：2016-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:AMPK (AMP-activated protein kinase) is a cellular energy sensor that monitors the ratio of AMP/ATP, and possibly also ADP/ATP, inside cells. Once activated by falling cellular energy levels, it acts to restore energy homoeostasis by switching on catabolic pathways that generate ATP, while switching off anabolic pathwa...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Gowans GJ,Hardie DG

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Ran GTPase controls many cellular functions, including nucleocytoplasmic trafficking, spindle assembly, nuclear assembly and cell-cycle progression. Considerable evidence suggests that diffusible Ran-GTP near mitotic chromatin facilitates the release of critical factors from nuclear transport receptors, thereby pr...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Dasso M

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycomb group (PcG) proteins are highly conserved chromatin-modifying complexes that implement gene silencing in higher eukaryotes. Thousands of genes and multiple developmental processes are regulated by PcG proteins. As the first chromatin modifier been identified in model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the methyltran...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Jiao H,Xie Y,Li Z

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell-free transcription-translation is an expanding field in synthetic biology as a rapid prototyping platform for blueprinting the design of synthetic biological devices. Exemplar efforts include translation of prototype designs into medical test kits for on-site identification of viruses (Zika and Ebola), while gene...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Moore SJ,MacDonald JT,Freemont PS

更新日期：2017-06-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The methyl-CpG-binding protein MeCP2 was discovered over 15 years ago as part of a search for proteins that selectively bind methylated DNA. It is a nuclear protein that is largely chromatin-bound and has a strong preference for binding to methylated DNA sequences in vivo. Evidence from model systems shows that MeCP2 ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Bird A

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The past two decades in research has revealed the importance of leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2) in both monogenic and sporadic forms of Parkinson's disease (PD). In families, mutations in LRRK2 can cause PD with age-dependent but variable penetrance and genome-wide association studies have found variants of the g...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Kluss JH,Mamais A,Cookson MR

更新日期：2019-04-30 00:00:00

abstract：:PTB (polypyrimidine tract-binding protein) is a repressive regulator of alternative splicing. We have investigated the role of PTB in three model alternative splicing systems. In the alpha-actinin gene, PTB represses the SM (smooth muscle) exon by binding to key sites in the polypyrimidine tract. Repressive binding to...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Spellman R,Rideau A,Matlin A,Gooding C,Robinson F,McGlincy N,Grellscheid SN,Southby J,Wollerton M,Smith CW

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The control of the intracellular localization of NCS (neuronal calcium sensor) proteins is of importance for their ability to respond appropriately to differing calcium signals. We examine the localization of three NCS proteins: NCS-1, KChIP-1 (potassium-channel-interacting protein 1) and hippocalcin. Additionally, th...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： O'Callaghan DW,Burgoyne RD

更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Photosynthesis is fundamental to biomass production, but is a dynamic process sensitive to environmental constraints. In recent years, approaches to increase biomass and grain yield by altering photosynthetically related processes in the plant have received considerable attention. However, improving biomass yield requ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Heyneke E,Fernie AR

更新日期：2018-04-17 00:00:00

abstract：:Microvilli are found on the apical surface of epithelial cells. Recent studies on the microvillar proteins ezrin and EBP50 (ezrin/radixin/moesin-binding phosphoprotein of 50 kDa) have revealed both the dynamics and the regulation of microvillar components, and how a dynamic ezrin phosphocycle is necessary to confine m...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Viswanatha R,Bretscher A,Garbett D

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here, I review three new structural studies from our laboratory. First, the crystal structure of RNA polymerase (Pol) II in complex with an RNA inhibitor revealed that this RNA blocks transcription initiation by preventing DNA loading into the active-centre cleft. Secondly, the structure of the SRI (Set2 Rpb1-interact...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Cramer P

更新日期：2006-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 is a sediment organism capable of dissimilatory reduction of insoluble metal compounds such as those of Fe(II) and Mn(IV). This bacterium has been used as a model organism for potential applications in bioremediation of contaminated environments and in the production of energy in microbial f...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Louro RO,Paquete CM

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:SUMO (small ubiquitin-related modifier) modification is emerging as an important post-translational control in transcription. In general, SUMO modification is associated with transcriptional repression. Although many SUMO-modified transcription factors and co-activators have been identified, little is known about the ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Shih HM,Chang CC,Kuo HY,Lin DY

更新日期：2007-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lack or excess of the protein tau can be deleterious for neurons. The absence of tau can result in retarded neurogenesis and neuronal differentiation, although adult mice deficient in tau are viable, probably because of the compensation of the loss of tau by other MAPs (microtubule-associated proteins). On the con...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Avila J,de Barreda EG,Fuster-Matanzo A,Simón D,Llorens-Martín M,Engel T,Lucas JJ,Díaz-Hernández M,Hernández F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, there have been significant advancements in dynamic-mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) for biological applications. With frequency modulation AFM (FM-AFM), subnanometer-scale surface structures of biomolecules such as secondary structures of proteins, phosphate groups of DNAs, and lipid-ion complexes have be...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Fukuma T

更新日期：2020-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The endoplasmic reticulum is traditionally perceived as the key compartment for regulating intracellular cholesterol metabolism. Increasing evidence suggests that the endocytic pathway provides an additional regulatory level governing intracellular cholesterol trafficking and homoeostasis. Sterols can enter, and appar...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Hölttä-Vuori M,Ikonen E

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Varicella-zoster virus (VZV) is the causative agent of chicken pox (varicella) and shingles (zoster). Although considered benign diseases, both varicella and zoster can cause complications. Zoster is painful and can lead to post herpetic neuralgia. VZV has also been linked to stroke, related to giant cell arteritis in...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Oliver SL,Zhou M,Arvin AM

更新日期：2020-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microscopes are used to characterize small objects with the help of probes that interact with the specimen, such as photons and electrons in optical and electron microscopies, respectively. In atomic force microscopy (AFM), the probe is a nanometric tip located at the end of a microcantilever which palpates the specim...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Moreno-Madrid F,Martín-González N,Llauró A,Ortega-Esteban A,Hernando-Pérez M,Douglas T,Schaap IA,de Pablo PJ

更新日期：2017-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:A number of studies demonstrate disturbances of the central innate immune system in AD (Alzheimer's disease). In animal and human studies, there is evidence of close communication between systemic and central innate immune systems. Animal models of neurodegeneration show evidence of an exaggerated central innate immun...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Holmes C,Butchart J

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Rho/Rop small GTPase regulatory module is central for initiating exocytotically ACDs (active cortical domains) in plant cell cortex, and a growing array of Rop regulators and effectors are being discovered in plants. Structural membrane phospholipids are important constituents of cells as well as signals, and phos...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Zárský V,Potocký M

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic experiments have established an important role for the ubiquitin-like molecule NEDD8 (neural-precursor-cell-expressed developmentally down-regulated 8) in the regulation of cell growth, viability and development. It is therefore essential to identify the molecular targets for the pathway. Until recently, the c...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Xirodimas DP

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work we present a probabilistic model to estimate summaries of Affymetrix GeneChip probe level data. Comparisons with two different models were made both on a publicly available dataset and on a study performed in our laboratory, showing that our model performs better for consistency of fold change. ...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Milo M,Fazeli A,Niranjan M,Lawrence ND

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is now clear that NSPs (neutrophil serine proteases), including elastase, Pr3 (proteinase 3) and CatG (cathepsin G) are major pathogenic determinants in chronic inflammatory disorders of the lungs. Two unglycosylated natural protease inhibitors, SLPI (secretory leucocyte protease inhibitor) and elafin, and its prec...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Zani ML,Tanga A,Saidi A,Serrano H,Dallet-Choisy S,Baranger K,Moreau T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coagulation proteases are involved in a highly orchestrated proteolytic cascade which is essential for haemostasis and blood clotting. In particular, the initiator of the coagulation cascade, Factor VIIa, binds to its cofactor, tissue factor, and its substrate, Factor X, via exosite interactions to form a ternary cata...

journal_title：Biochemical Society transactions

authors： Amour A,Hutchinson J,Ruiz Avendaño AM,Ratcliffe S,Alvarez E,Martin J,Toomey JR,Senger S,Wolfendale M,Mooney C

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00