Identification and characterisation of PmaCI an endonuclease of novel specificity from Pseudomonas maltophila.

abstract：:In this paper, we report investigations, based on circular dichroism, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electrophoresis methods, on three oligonucleotide sequences, each containing one 3'-3' and two 5'-5' inversion of polarity sites, and four G-runs with a variable number of residues, namely two, three and f...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Virgilio A,Russo A,Amato T,Russo G,Mayol L,Esposito V,Galeone A

更新日期：2017-08-21 00:00:00

abstract：:While RNA structures have been extensively characterized in vitro, very few techniques exist to probe RNA structures inside cells. Here, we have exploited mechanisms of post-transcriptional regulation to synthesize fluorescence-based probes that assay RNA structures in vivo. Our probing system involves the co-expressi...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Sowa SW,Vazquez-Anderson J,Clark CA,De La Peña R,Dunn K,Fung EK,Khoury MJ,Contreras LM

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ubiquitin mRNA was found to be an abundant transcript which was induced by heat shock (HS), and certain other stresses in mammalian cells. In Chinese hamster cells, the 2 major ubiquitin transcripts of 2.6 kb and 1.7 kb were induced coordinately, while a minor ubiquitin transcript of 0.8 kb was not induced; the respon...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Fornace AJ Jr,Alamo I Jr,Hollander MC,Lamoreaux E

更新日期：1989-02-11 00:00:00

abstract：:The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Sgs1p helicase localizes to the nucleolus and is required to maintain the integrity of the rDNA repeats. Sgs1p is a member of the RecQ DNA helicase family, which also includes Schizo-saccharomyces pombe Rqh1, and the human BLM and WRN genes. These genes encode proteins which are essential ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Sun H,Bennett RJ,Maizels N

更新日期：1999-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DNA synthesized by in vitro transcription on rat interferon (IFN) mRNA has been cloned and amplified as recombinant DNA. The nucleotide sequence of these rat IFN cDNA clones revealed i. the partial presence of the coding region of the gene and ii all cDNA clones were derived from the same subtype of rat IFN-alpha mRNA...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Dijkema R,Pouwels P,de Reus A,Schellekens H

更新日期：1984-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：:We have developed a web server, PRince, which analyzes the structural features and physicochemical properties of the protein-RNA interface. Users need to submit a PDB file containing the atomic coordinates of both the protein and the RNA molecules in complex form (in '.pdb' format). They should also mention the chain ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Barik A,Mishra A,Bahadur RP

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sequence GCGCGCGCGC contains three overlapping, mutually exclusive, BssHII restriction sites, each corresponding to one of the three different reading frames. When inserted into a plasmid and digested with BssHII, the three sites in this sequence are cleaved at an approximate ratio of 2:1:2. Consequently, this sys...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Orum H,Poulsen LK

更新日期：1989-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:In two-colour microarrays, the ratio of signal intensities of two co-hybridized samples is used as a relative measure of gene expression. Ratio-based analysis becomes complicated and inefficient in multi-class comparisons. We therefore investigated the validity of an intensity-based analysis procedure. To this end, tw...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： 't Hoen PA,Turk R,Boer JM,Sterrenburg E,de Menezes RX,van Ommen GJ,den Dunnen JT

更新日期：2004-02-24 00:00:00

abstract：:Initiation of bacterial DNA replication at oriC is mediated by primosomal proteins that act cooperatively to melt an AT-rich region where the replicative helicase is loaded prior to the assembly of the replication fork. In Bacillus subtilis, the dnaD, dnaB and dnaI genes are essential for initiation of DNA replication...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Grainger WH,Machón C,Scott DJ,Soultanas P

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In many organisms (e.g., gram-positive eubacteria) Gin-tRNA is not formed by direct glutaminylation of tRNAGln but by a specific transamidation of Glu-tRNAGln. We wondered whether a similar transamidation pathway also operates in the formation of Asn-tRNA in these organisms. Therefore we tested in S-100 preparations o...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kim SI,Nalaskowska M,Germond JE,Pridmore D,Söll D

更新日期：1996-07-15 00:00:00

abstract：:The PAH Mutation Analysis Consortium (81 investigators, 26 countries) is engaged in mutation detection at the human PAH locus. Ascertainment of probands occurs largely through newborn screening for hyperphenylalaninemia. A relational database records allelic variation (disease-producing and polymorphic) at the locus. ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Hoang L,Byck S,Prevost L,Scriver CR

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first step in gene expression, transcription, is modulated by the interaction of transcription factors with their corresponding binding sites on the DNA sequence. Pscan is a software tool that scans a set of sequences (e.g. promoters) from co-regulated or co-expressed genes with motifs describing the binding speci...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Zambelli F,Pesole G,Pavesi G

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Post-transcriptional modifications are characteristic features of tRNAs and have been shown in a number of cases to influence both their structural and functional properties, including structure stabilization, amino-acylation and codon recognition. We have developed an approach which allows the investigation of the po...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Helm M,Florentz C,Chomyn A,Attardi G

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:RNA duplex stability depends strongly on ionic conditions, and inside cells RNAs are exposed to both monovalent and multivalent ions. Despite recent advances, we do not have general methods to quantitatively account for the effects of monovalent and multivalent ions on RNA stability, and the thermodynamic parameters f...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bizarro CV,Alemany A,Ritort F

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Proteins perform biological functions through cascading interactions with each other by forming protein complexes. As a result, interactions among proteins, called protein-protein interactions (PPIs) are not completely free from selection constraint during evolution. Therefore, the identification and analysis of PPI c...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kwon D,Lee D,Kim J,Lee J,Sim M,Kim J

更新日期：2018-07-02 00:00:00

abstract：:The Raf-1 proto-oncogene product is a highly regulated serine/threonine kinase that functions in signal transduction downstream from growth factor receptors and upstream from nuclear proto-oncogene products. Using a transient cotransfection assay we have found that activated Raf-1 activates expression from the HIV-LTR...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Bruder JT,Heidecker G,Tan TH,Weske JC,Derse D,Rapp UR

更新日期：1993-11-11 00:00:00

abstract：:More than 20 different heterogeneous nuclear ribonucleoproteins (hnRNPs) are associated with pre-mRNAs in the nucleus of mammalian cells and these proteins appear to influence pre-mRNA processing and other aspects of mRNA metabolism and transport. The arrangement of hnRNP proteins on pre-mRNAs is likely to be unique f...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Matunis MJ,Xing J,Dreyfuss G

更新日期：1994-03-25 00:00:00

abstract：:To investigate the principles driving recognition between proteins and DNA, we analyzed more than thousand crystal structures of protein/DNA complexes. We classified protein and DNA conformations by structural alphabets, protein blocks [de Brevern, Etchebest and Hazout (2000) (Bayesian probabilistic approach for predi...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Schneider B,Cerný J,Svozil D,Cech P,Gelly JC,de Brevern AG

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sleeping Beauty (SB) transposon is a promising gene transfer vector that integrates nonspecifically into host cell genomes. Herein, we attempt to direct transposon integration into predetermined DNA sites by coupling a site-specific DNA-binding domain (DBD) to the SB transposase. We engineered fusion proteins comp...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Yant SR,Huang Y,Akache B,Kay MA

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isopentenyl adenosine derivatives are always located adjacent to the 3' end of the anticodon in transfer RNA and have been implicated in certain biological functions. In the enteric bacterium, E. coli, the derivative is ms2i6A whereas in some plant associated bacteria the derivative is the hydroxylated form, ms2io6A. ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Janzer JJ,Raney JP,McLennan BD

更新日期：1982-09-25 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of MHC class II promoters depends upon conserved regulatory signals one of which, the extended X-box, contains in its X2 subregion a sequence related to the cAMP response element, CRE and to the TPA response element, TRE. Accordingly, X2 is recognized by the AP-1 factor and by other c-Jun or c-Fos contain...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Neve Ombra M,Autiero M,DeLerma Barbaro A,Barretta R,Del Pozzo G,Guardiola J

更新日期：1993-04-25 00:00:00

abstract：:Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) are promising new active compounds in gene medicine but the induction of non-specific immune responses following their delivery continues to be a serious problem. With the purpose of avoiding such effects chemically modified siRNAs are tested in screening assay but often only examining ...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Schyth BD,Bramsen JB,Pakula MM,Larashati S,Kjems J,Wengel J,Lorenzen N

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability to sense and respond to environmental and physiological signals is critical for the survival of the soil-dwelling Gram-positive bacterium Streptomyces coelicolor. Nutrient deprivation triggers the onset of a complex morphological differentiation process that involves the raising of aerial hyphae and format...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Haiser HJ,Karginov FV,Hannon GJ,Elliot MA

更新日期：2008-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:PvuRts1I is a prototype for a larger family of restriction endonucleases that cleave DNA containing 5-hydroxymethylcytosine (5hmC) or 5-glucosylhydroxymethylcytosine (5ghmC), but not 5-methylcytosine (5mC) or cytosine. Here, we report a crystal structure of the enzyme at 2.35 Å resolution. Although the protein has bee...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Kazrani AA,Kowalska M,Czapinska H,Bochtler M

更新日期：2014-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether methylation changes in specific DNA sequences of the albumin and AFP genes are implicated in the modulation of transcriptional activity during rat liver development and neoplasia we have analysed the methylation pattern of C-C-G-G sequences within these genes in DNA isolated from fetal and adult h...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Vedel M,Gomez-Garcia M,Sala M,Sala-Trepat JM

更新日期：1983-07-11 00:00:00

abstract：:RBD-1 is the Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of Mrd1p, which was recently shown to be required for 18S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) processing in yeast. To gain insights into the relationship between ribosome biogenesis and the development of multicellular organisms, we examined the expression and function of RBD-1. Maternal R...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Saijou E,Fujiwara T,Suzaki T,Inoue K,Sakamoto H

更新日期：2004-02-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The nucleoplasm is not homogenous; it consists of many types of nuclear bodies, also known as nuclear domains or nuclear subcompartments. These self-organizing structures gather machinery involved in various nuclear activities. Nuclear speckles (NSs) or splicing speckles, also called interchromatin granule clusters, w...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Galganski L,Urbanek MO,Krzyzosiak WJ

更新日期：2017-10-13 00:00:00

abstract：:The oncoprotein c-Myc plays an important role in cell proliferation, transformation, inhibition of differentiation and apoptosis. These functions most likely result from the transcription factor activity of c-Myc. As a heterodimer with Max, the c-Myc protein binds to the E-box sequence (CACGTG), which is also recogniz...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Walhout AJ,Gubbels JM,Bernards R,van der Vliet PC,Timmers HT

更新日期：1997-04-15 00:00:00

abstract：:Telomeres comprise the protective caps of natural chromosome ends and function in the suppression of DNA damage signaling and cellular senescence. Therefore, techniques used to determine telomere length are important in a number of studies, ranging from those investigating telomeric structure to effects on human disea...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Göhring J,Fulcher N,Jacak J,Riha K

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Conserved segments in DNA or protein sequences are strong candidates for functional elements and thus appropriate methods for computing them need to be developed and compared. We describe five methods and computer programs for finding highly conserved blocks within previously computed multiple alignments, primarily fo...

journal_title：Nucleic acids research

authors： Stojanovic N,Florea L,Riemer C,Gumucio D,Slightom J,Goodman M,Miller W,Hardison R

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00