Bidirectional communication between sensory neurons and osteoblasts in an in vitro coculture system.

abstract：:In the phylogeny of plant polyamine oxidases (PAOs), clade III members from angiosperms, such as Arabidopsis thaliana PAO5 and Oryza sativa PAO1, prefer spermine and thermospermine as substrates and back-convert both of these substrates to spermidine in vitro. A clade III representative of lycophytes, SelPAO5 from Sel...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Sagor GH,Inoue M,Kim DW,Kojima S,Niitsu M,Berberich T,Kusano T

更新日期：2015-10-07 00:00:00

abstract：:A tetradecapeptide with a sequence identical to residues 26-39 of the cro protein from bacteriophage lambda has been synthesized. This peptide has no secondary structure in an aqueous buffer but adopts an alpha-helical conformation in the presence of 20% hexafluoroisopropanol. The fluorescence of the single tyrosyl re...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Mayer R,Lancelot G,Hélène C

更新日期：1983-03-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Nine of the cbi genes from the 17.5 kb cob operon of Salmonella typhimurium previously shown by genetic studies to be involved in the biosynthesis of cobinamide from precorrin-2, have been subcloned and expressed in Escherichia coli. Seven of the gene products were found in the soluble fraction of cell lysates and hav...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Roessner CA,Warren MJ,Santander PJ,Atshaves BP,Ozaki S,Stolowich NJ,Iida K,Scott AI

更新日期：1992-04-13 00:00:00

abstract：:Present analysis procedures for NMR structure determination of macromolecules presuppose fixed internuclear distances. Improvement of the precision of the requisite NOE information has stimulated the use of more quantitative distance constraints thus necessitating examination as to whether the assumption of a rigid mo...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： LeMaster DM,Kay LE,Brünger AT,Prestegard JH

更新日期：1988-08-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Myogenin, a member of the MyoD family which governs skeletal muscle differentiation, was identified as a pair of phosphorylated bands on SDS-PAGE during myogenesis. The slow migrating form was found to be hyperphosphorylated myogenin. In vitro phosphorylation by CDC2 kinase caused a prominent reduction in electrophore...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hashimoto N,Ogashiwa M,Okumura E,Endo T,Iwashita S,Kishimoto T

更新日期：1994-09-26 00:00:00

abstract：:Dendritic cells (DC) were enriched from murine spleen by exploring their intermediate density and transient weak adherence. The isolated population contained excellent antigen presenting cells with high surface expression of major histocompatibility complex (MHC) class II determinants thus exhibiting crucial immunofun...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fischer HG,Eder C

更新日期：1995-10-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Fibromodulin and lumican are closely related members of the extracellular matrix leucine-rich repeat glycoprotein/proteoglycan family. Similar to decorin, another member of this protein family, they bind to fibrillar collagens and function in the assembly of the collagen network in connective tissues. We have studied ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Svensson L,Närlid I,Oldberg A

更新日期：2000-03-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Reg, first isolated from a rat regenerating islet cDNA library, is expressed in regenerating islet beta-cells. Recently, it has been revealed that Reg and Reg-related genes constitute a multigene family, the Reg family. In human, the four REG family genes, i.e., REG 1 alpha, REG 1 beta, REG-related sequence (RS) and H...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Miyashita H,Nakagawara K,Mori M,Narushima Y,Noguchi N,Moriizumi S,Takasawa S,Yonekura H,Takeuchi T,Okamoto H

更新日期：1995-12-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Two major embryonic myosin heavy chains are expressed in embryonic chick breast muscle until the first week after hatching. Of these, one is already detected in the 8-day-old embryo. The other appears on day 12. Two putative slow embryonic isoforms represent minor components transiently expressed between days 8 and 12...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Hofmann S,Düsterhöft S,Pette D

更新日期：1988-10-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The action of substrate analogs containing the tetrazolyl group instead of the C-terminal carboxy group on the peptidase activity of carboxypeptidase A is studied. The analogs compete with the substrate for the secondary binding site thus showing activation phenomena. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kojro E,Willhardt I,Römbach A,Grzonka Z,Hermann P

更新日期：1987-02-09 00:00:00

abstract：:Apomyoglobin was found to break down phosphatidylcholine vesicles to form a micellar complex at pH 4. Size reduction during this process was observed by measuring light scattering at 400 nm and by passing the complex through a gel-filtration column. Micellar complex formation was confirmed by electron microscopy. ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Lee JW,Kim H

更新日期：1988-12-05 00:00:00

abstract：:Human preimplantation developmental studies are difficult to accomplish due to associated ethical and moral issues. Preimplantation cells are rare and exist only in transient cell states. From a single cell, it is very challenging to analyse the origination of the heterogeneity and complexity inherent to the human bod...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Otte J,Wruck W,Adjaye J

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) was used to explore a role for cholesterol-enriched plasma membrane microdomains in coupling lysophosphatidic acid (LPA) stimulation to phosphoinositide 3-kinase (PI3K) activation. Cholesterol depletion strongly inhibited the production of phosphatidylinositol 3,4-bisphosphate and ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Peres C,Yart A,Perret B,Salles JP,Raynal P

更新日期：2003-01-16 00:00:00

abstract：:The transcriptional start site of the human cholecystokinin (CCK)-A receptor gene was determined by the Capsite Hunting method. Two sequence changes were detected, a G to T change in nucleotide -128, and an A to G change in nucleotide -81. The homozygote (T/T, G/G) was detected in 25 of 1296 individuals (1.9%) in the ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Funakoshi A,Miyasaka K,Matsumoto H,Yamamori S,Takiguchi S,Kataoka K,Takata Y,Matsusue K,Kono A,Shimokata H

更新日期：2000-01-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspergillus nidulans catalase B (CatB) was purified to homogeneity and characterized as a hydroperoxidase which resembles typical catalases in some physicochemical characteristics: (1) it has an apparent molecular weight of 360000 and is composed of four glycosylated subunits, (2) it has hydrophobic properties as reve...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Calera JA,Sánchez-Weatherby J,López-Medrano R,Leal F

更新日期：2000-06-16 00:00:00

abstract：:An alpha beta heterodimer of the F1-ATPase of Rhodospirillum rubrum was isolated by extraction of chromatophores with LiCl. Each alpha beta heterodimer contains one tightly bound ADP, which is released upon removal of medium Mg2+. The dimer can be reversibly dissociated by removal of Mg(2+)-ions. The alpha beta hetero...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Andralojc PJ,Harris DA

更新日期：1992-09-28 00:00:00

abstract：:Deuterated arachidonic acid (AA, [2H8]20:4 n-6) 1-25 microM, is converted to other fatty acids, as evaluated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, in THP-1 cells. The major products, in the 1 to 10 microM range, are 22:4 (elongated) and 20:3 (reduced in 5). At 25 microM, 24:4, 24:5 and 22:5 accumulate, with [2H8]/[...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Caruso D,Risé P,Galella G,Regazzoni C,Toia A,Galli G,Galli C

更新日期：1994-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Mammalian color vision is mediated by light-sensitive pigments in retinal cone cells. Biochemical studies on native mammalian cone visual pigments are seriously hampered by their low levels and instability. We describe a novel approach for their functional expression, employing the baculovirus system in combination wi...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Vissers PM,DeGrip WJ

更新日期：1996-10-28 00:00:00

abstract：:The transdifferentiation of hepatic stellate cells into myofibroblast-like cells and the proliferation of the transdifferentiated cells are controlled by TGF-beta1. Little is known about the intracellular signal transducers of TGF-beta1. In this paper we show that in cultured hepatic stellate cells TGF-beta1 induces a...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Reimann T,Hempel U,Krautwald S,Axmann A,Scheibe R,Seidel D,Wenzel KW

更新日期：1997-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of U937 cells with dolichyl phosphate led to an increase in the activity of the ICE family protease CPP32, accompanied with cleavage of pre-CPP32 to generate p17. Peptide inhibitors YVAD-cmk and Z-Asp-CH2-DCB (specific to ICE) and DEVD-CHO (specific to CPP32) blocked the dolichyl phosphate-induced apoptosis....

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Yokoyama Y,Okubo T,Ozawa S,Nagai F,Ushiyama K,Kano I,Shioda M,Kubo H,Takemura M,Namiki H,Yasugi E,Oshima M,Seyama Y,Kano K

更新日期：1997-07-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Membrane proteins are usually solubilized in polar solvents by incorporation into micelles. Even for small membrane proteins these mixed micelles have rather large molecular masses, typically beyond 50000 Da. The NMR technique TROSY (transverse relaxation-optimized spectroscopy) has been developed for studies of struc...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Fernández C,Hilty C,Bonjour S,Adeishvili K,Pervushin K,Wüthrich K

更新日期：2001-08-31 00:00:00

abstract：:Caveolin is a protein present in membrane specializations termed caveolae where it may play a structural role. Previous studies on the cDNA sequence of chicken caveolin demonstrated that it is an integral membrane protein without significant homology to any known protein. The cDNA sequence of human lung caveolin is pr...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Glenney JR Jr

更新日期：1992-12-07 00:00:00

abstract：:ATP-dependent release of TCA-precipitable peptides from mitochondria-containing stroma (MCS) is described. The process is independent of ubiquitin, but is sensitive to hemin and to heat treatment. Neither chloramphenicol nor EGTA inhibit. 50% of the activity is dependent on charged tRNA. The peptides released from MCS...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Dubiel W,Drung I,Müller M,Rapoport SM

更新日期：1989-07-03 00:00:00

abstract：:CD38, a type II transmembrane glycoprotein, behaves as a catalytically active transporter responsible for ectocellular generation of cyclic ADP-ribose (cADPR) from NAD+ and for subsequent influx of cADPR across membranes [Franco, L., Guida, L., Bruzzone, S., Zocchi, E., Usai, C. and De Flora, A. (1998) FASEB J. in pre...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Bruzzone S,Guida L,Franco L,Zocchi E,Corte G,De Flora A

更新日期：1998-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:Alternative splicing of the Alzheimer's amyloid beta protein precursor (ABPP) message leads to the production of several variants of this precursor polypeptide. Two of these variants contain a domain that is highly homologous to members of the Kunitz class of protease inhibitors. In order to initiate a study of the ph...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Castro M,Marks CB,Nilsson B,Anderson S

更新日期：1990-07-16 00:00:00

abstract：:1H NMR spectra of skinned rabbit muscle fibers show a group of relatively sharp resonance lines which presumably originate from highly mobile protein domains. Comparison with the spectrum of myosin subfragment 1 suggests that these signals may come at least partly from mobile regions of the myosin head. NMR could poss...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Kalbitzer HR,Schrumpf M,Wray J

更新日期：1992-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Random sequences of 120-130 amino acid residues were inserted into a surface loop region of Escherichia coli RNase HI. This library was screened and about 10% of the clones were found to retain RNase H activity. Subsequent random mutagenesis led to an increase in RNase H activity and solubility of the protein. The ins...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Doi N,Itaya M,Yomo T,Tokura S,Yanagawa H

更新日期：1997-02-03 00:00:00

abstract：:Recently, it has been shown that really interesting new gene (RING)-in between ring finger (IBR)-RING domain-containing proteins, such as Parkin and Parc, are E3 ubiquitin ligases and are involved in regulation of apoptosis. In this report, we show that p53-inducible RING-finger protein (p53RFP), a p53-inducible E3 ub...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Huang J,Xu LG,Liu T,Zhai Z,Shu HB

更新日期：2006-02-06 00:00:00

abstract：:LUSH is a soluble odorant-binding protein of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. Mutants not expressing this protein have been reported to lack the avoidance behaviour, exhibited by wild type flies, to high concentrations of ethanol. Very recently, the three-dimensional structure of LUSH complexed with short-chain ...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Zhou JJ,Zhang GA,Huang W,Birkett MA,Field LM,Pickett JA,Pelosi P

更新日期：2004-01-30 00:00:00

abstract：:The roles of 2'-OH groups in the binding of mRNA to human ribosomes were studied using site-directed cross-linking. We found that both mRNA and mDNA analogues bearing a cross-linker can modify ribosomal proteins (rps) S3e and S2e at the mRNA entry site independently on tRNA presence, but only mRNA analogues were capab...

journal_title：FEBS letters

authors： Graifer D,Zhigailov A,Ven'yaminova A,Malygin A,Iskakov B,Karpova G

更新日期：2012-10-19 00:00:00